HP5 is amazing. Stand dev @6400

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Hello!

This are my examples:

madrid by Antonio Gimeno, on Flickr


madrid by Antonio Gimeno, on Flickr

Kodak Retina IIa
Trix@3200
Rodinal 1+100 : 120 minutes : 20 inversion first minute : 15" agitation every 30' : 20ºC

I'll look for the negative to show you how it looks like. I'd like to print it but I'm rearranging my darkroom now. I hope to do it in a couple of weeks.

Kind regards!
Antonio

Nice work! The biggest challenge for me with non-standing development for photos like these night shot is taming contrast.

 

[Gimenosaiz]

Given what you had to work with they’re totally fine.

That being said, if it were me working on this in LR (not that you did anything wrong, because you didn’t), I’d have kept post processing much simpler by simply setting the exposure so the histogram was in the middle, then in the tone curve controller, drag the reflected whites up until they’re 85% luminance, then drag the shadows down to taste and let the rest of the tone values lie where they land, then turn off sharpening in the sharpening controller and maybe dial in some luminance noise removal in the noise removal controller, though with no sharpening on the native resolution file, the noise/grain will throttle back quite a bit.

Hi!

Thank you!!! I didn't work a lot on the pics ... I mean, I did more or less what you recommend ... Well , you'd use the tone curve and I used the black, white and contrast sliders to get more or less the same. I think. But I'll try.

Thanks again!
Cheers
Antonio

 

[Gimenosaiz]

Nice work! The biggest challenge for me with non-standing development for photos like these night shot is taming contrast.

Hi!

Thank you! I don't shoot many night scenes to be honest ...

More examples:
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Cheers!
Antonio

 

[cliveh]

Hello!

I want to share with you the results of my first stand development with HP5@6400.
I'm very interested in your experiences with this way of developing.Antonio

HP5@6400 is not the best way of showing these wonderful dancers. Why not use a more standard film and development? The subject is more important than the photographic process.

 

[Adrian Bacon]

Hi!

Thank you!!! I didn't work a lot on the pics ... I mean, I did more or less what you recommend ... Well , you'd use the tone curve and I used the black, white and contrast sliders to get more or less the same. I think. But I'll try.

Thanks again!
Cheers
Antonio

They’re similar, but not the same. The contrast sliders for the zones affects the zone more than anything else, whereas the tone curve is a much smoother and fine-grained way to expand the contrast and roll off the whites and blacks.

 

[pentaxuser]

These latest scenes with Tri-X at 3200 are excellent but the key question for pure analoguers like myself is what will the sarkroom prints from an enlarger look like.

Once you have your darkroom up and running, Gimenosaiz I look forward to scans which replicate the prints.

pentaxuser

 

[aleckurgan]

The next step in this test is trying to print one of these photos! I hope to do it soon. I need to rearrange my darkroom these days.

In the meantime could you please make photos of those negatives with dancers. Would like to see how they look after stand development.

 

[Gimenosaiz]

HP5@6400 is not the best way of showing these wonderful dancers. Why not use a more standard film and development? The subject is more important than the photographic process.

Hello!!! Of course your are right ;-) I also shot with my Canon EOS 5D

Thank you
Cheers
Antonio

 

[Gimenosaiz]

They’re similar, but not the same. The contrast sliders for the zones affects the zone more than anything else, whereas the tone curve is a much smoother and fine-grained way to expand the contrast and roll off the whites and blacks.

Hello!!

I see ... Thank you very much for the explanation!!

Cheers
Antonio

 

[Gimenosaiz]

These latest scenes with Tri-X at 3200 are excellent but the key question for pure analoguers like myself is what will the sarkroom prints from an enlarger look like.

Once you have your darkroom up and running, Gimenosaiz I look forward to scans which replicate the prints.

pentaxuser

Hello!!
I really agree with you .. I'm in the transit from Hybrider to Darkroomer
Consider it done!!!

Regards!
Antonio

 

[Gimenosaiz]

In the meantime could you please make photos of those negatives with dancers. Would like to see how they look after stand development.

Hello!!!

Ok, I'll do it ;-)

Cheers
Antonio