Normally one makes a one minute exposure through the exposure scale and then looks over the results. The numbers would then suggest seconds of exposure. One tends to conclude this was a test print. (Somebody raided dad's darkroom maybe!)[ ... ] But how could the Kodak Enlarging Exposure Scale have ended up appearing in the print?
Just a curiosity...
It was printed in negative but wasn’t discarded
The second photo
It can be done, perhaps not as satisfactorily. The contact printing is emulsion to emulsion, so the backing of the paper negative acts a diffuser. In bygone years some papers had brand names and such printed on the back which would show through, but fewer papers have that these days. Thicker papers may end up showing some patterns due to fiber density variations. Occasionally some folks here post pictures from paper negatives.is contact printing possible with paper? I mean, I thought it was only possible from a negative on plate (or celluloid) onto paper, not paper onto paper.
I doubt it was made in-camera, since the paper would have been very slow, and those three seem to be relatively without motion
On the back, "Ferrania" is written: an Italian photographic brand from the past: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrania_TechnologiesThat paper negative has a word on the back, in the centre, under the scribbles, so it wouldn't be great for making a positive. It appears to be a postcard, actually. So, it's not an accident, but it also seems to be useless. I doubt it was made in-camera, since the paper would have been very slow, and those three seem to be relatively without motion (even though they appear to be standing in the sun).
I know of one successful photographer who uses the paper negative to give his prints a more pictorial rendering. He starts from a film negative, though.
Fantastic! Everything is much clearer now, thank you so much.
@koraks Just one more thing escapes me, though, regarding negative printing: is contact printing possible with paper? I mean, I thought it was only possible from a negative on plate (or celluloid) onto paper, not paper onto paper.
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