Post paper neg results here

Sorry for the mundane subject matter; it was more of a technical exercise for me and I don't feel like lugging the C1 out into the Wild just yet.

Paper negative on Ilford MGRC DeLuxe Glossy rated at 3 ISO, developed for 1:30 @ 72f in Photographer's Formulary Liquidol 1 part stock to 3 parts water.

Calumet C1 w/ Fujinon 250mm f6.7 with #8 Yellow filter. Exposure was 10 seconds @ f22. Looks like I just clipped the image circle on the upper left of the image. I did have considerable front rise applied to get more of the sky to see how the yellow filter would render on a paper negative.

Contact print with enlarger lamp filtered with #3 Ilford contrast filter. Beseler MX45 with Rodenstock 150mm enlarging lens @ f11 for 30 seconds and sky burn for additional 10 seconds.

I made a crude attempt to burn-in the sky, but it's rather hard to judge just where to shade the paper when there is no image projected! I laid a failed prior attempt alongside in the same orientation and tried to judge from inferred position. Kind of worked; but not fully. You can see the dodge line on the shed, starting toward the top of the double doors.

Really surprised I got a reasonably good negative on the first try.

@Kino - that looks good. You got a very nice range of tones and good contrast. You should be pleased.

Don_ih said:

@Kino - that looks good. You got a very nice range of tones and good contrast. You should be pleased.

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Thanks, Don. By in large, I am. As with all things, there could be improvements and it's certainly not for every subject, but it's a nice method to have available.

That’s a great result, especially considering it is the first try.

Hi

An experiment related to Mortensen's paper negative process in the resources, but in camera!
- I soaked some kentmere kenthene g2 expired in multigrade dev 1.9

- squeeged and placed in chamonix 4x5 wet plate holder

- then exposed for 10mins ev 6. f3 18cm Goerz hypar (projection) sinar P.

- In the darkroom I was a little disappointed as all I could see was the clear boarder from the holder and an indistinct image

- So placed it back in the dev (no longer following mortensens plan) and end up with a paper negative with some interesting artifacts from the dev soaked exposure.

For reference the skull is painted black and is on a black plinth on some black metal film holders.

The results are just quick scans

More tests required.....