I did it! (First successful film development)

[videocrew]

Tri-X 400 35mm in D-76. Took everyone's advice and used a gallon of water left to sit at room temperature for the whole process. Perfect!

Thanks for everyone's help, I plan to stick around and learn as much as I possibly can.

 

[Anscojohn]

A nice crisp image. Congrats!

 

[Hexavalent]

Congratulations! Nice job

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

Well done.

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

Congratulations, 'vc'.

As I've said before, every time I read one of these first-time success posts I get the biggest smile on my face. Pretty cool, isn't it?

And to think that the only significant electrons involved were as parts of chemical reactions.

Who knew?

Ken

 

[fotch]

Hey, very cool.

 

[Worker 11811]

Not too shabby!

I'd say that's about as good as one could want, technically speaking. How do you feel about it? Is it what you wanted?

How do you feel about the image? Not the photograph... The image you were thinking of when you took the photo. Is the image you saw in your mind the same as what came out on film?

If so, then it's PERFECT!
And I'm betting it's pretty darned close to what you were shooting for if not right on the money. Correct?

If it's not what you were shooting for then ask yourself what you can do to bring the picture on film closer to the image in your head.

My opinion: Don't change a thing!

 

[ricksplace]

Well done. Just a blast isn't it?

 

[videocrew]

Came out even better than I could have expected. I was born in the 80's, film has always been something that disappeared into the drugstore and came back a few hours later in the form of 4x6 prints. Knowing that this is something I can do myself is pretty awesome. I just can't wait until I have a spare bathroom to become my darkroom and start doing my own printing.

 

[KWhitmore]

Keep up the good work!

 

[SilverGlow]

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[Worker 11811]

I was born in the 80's, film has always been something that disappeared into the drugstore and came back a few hours later in the form of 4x6 prints.

Been there. Done that. Bought the T-Shirt.

Yes, back then that was the way I processed a lot of my pictures too. A lot of them come out "okay." Just okay. But there were very few "great" ones. Most of them got stuffed in a box and have lived on a shelf in my closet all these years.

However, I just started getting those old negatives out again and I have been going through and scanning a bunch of them. It's funny but there are several that have found new life once I have the ability to manipulate them on the screen a little bit. I can tweak the exposure and color and I can crop and retouch any way I like. I don't have to go through the expense of setting up a darkroom to do it, either.

I do plan to start printing real prints or, at least, making contact prints using digital intermediates created on computer. All of those old negatives I have stored up since the 1980's can now be source material for any new projects I dream up.

I don't know what your plans are but, if you play your cards right, you could have a whole world of new possibilities opening up as you learn to print real photos!

Just keep on truckin'!