jrong
Member
After my post about developing Tech Pan... I decided that I'd experiment with developing my own Tech Pan after shooting a test roll and not potentially destroy the one that I took on holiday at the Isle of Skye while experimenting with Technidol for the first time. I finished a roll there within an hour, the sky was bright but the landscape was not particularly high-contrast, I shot with a yellow filter, +1 compensation, at ISO 25. I took the roll in to the local pro lab for processing. I guess I should have just gone ahead and tried my hand at processing it myself, because the results came back shockingly high-contrast. In fact, the whole roll was ruined. Since it was the first time I'd taken Tech Pan to the lab, I didn't know what questions they should've asked me or anything - they didn't ask me anything at the counter, and did not ring me for further instructions although I left them my phone number as standard procedure.
I have attached two scans, and I managed to only make them look faintly presentable after a LOT of PS work, i.e reducing contrast, adjusting levels and tweaking curves. I do not claim to be a PS genius, so perhaps more could be done, but the skies were all completely blown out, any highlights were also blown out, etc. It looks like a fault with the lab processing??? At any rate, I'd like to know whether I can salvage these negatives, and whether or not I am justified in asking the lab for a refund for this botched job.
Thanks for any thoughts,
Jin
I have attached two scans, and I managed to only make them look faintly presentable after a LOT of PS work, i.e reducing contrast, adjusting levels and tweaking curves. I do not claim to be a PS genius, so perhaps more could be done, but the skies were all completely blown out, any highlights were also blown out, etc. It looks like a fault with the lab processing??? At any rate, I'd like to know whether I can salvage these negatives, and whether or not I am justified in asking the lab for a refund for this botched job.
Thanks for any thoughts,
Jin