Fungus on negatives?!

[AliG]

A few scratches on the negative.

Yup, but the scratches are easy to remove with the clone tool, its the fungus which is most obvious in the black that can't be cloned away which is why I'm really interested in Frank53's result with selenium toner

 

[AliG]

I think I have now discovered what caused the growth of mildew/mould on my negs. The mildew only grew on the last neg of each line of six negs held in PhotoFile sleeves. All the sleeves were in an archival box but one edge of the box was against a stone wall (cold). The rest of the room and presumably the box was at room temperature in a centrally-heated house. The positioning of the box against the stone wall encouraged condensation and damp between the box and the wall and hence the growth of mildew/mould.

That's very interesting, Clare. I'm going to get silica bags to put with the negatives as well. Did you get any further with your suggested comparisons?
Al

 

[Frank53]

Just trying to restore some negatives (HP5) taken in 1978 so really interested in this.
I developed the film myself using Paterson chemicals which were usually out of date and over used.
Their appearance is exactly the same as this image. The results you show are stunning so I would really appreciate your opinion on how to restore them.
Cheers
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This looks like the negative I treated with selenium toner. Good chance it does the trick here as well.
Regards,
Frank

 

[AliG]

This looks like the negative I treated with selenium toner. Good chance it does the trick here as well.
Regards,
Frank

Thanks Frank, going to give it a go, fingers crossed, I'll post results