Replicate this Photo, How many stop higher for ASA setting and How to D76 Development ?

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

Hello there, This photo is taken in a normal day at 1:30 PM with diaphgram blade blocked olympus xa2 and developed by a professional with secret developer. As you see , its so much dark but highlights are clean white.
Film is Ilford FP4.

Now I have Canon EOS 1000 with EF 35-80mm lens , FOMA 100 ASA Film and D76 Developer and Epson Scanner. I will put ASA setting higher to replicate this dark image but how many stop should I go higher and how to develop the film ?

This is a Grocery.

 

[Bill Burk]

The real trick is to find a place where you have two sources of light, one behind bare trees and a second source directed to the scene but not flooding. Maybe late afternoon/sun behind trees and a car/headlights on the fruit stand.

Set ASA normal and overdevelop.

I would use D-76 1:1 for 17 minutes to get increased contrast like this.

 

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

 

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

The real trick is to find a place where you have two sources of light, one behind bare trees and a second source directed to the scene but not flooding. Maybe late afternoon/sun behind trees and a car/headlights on the fruit stand.

Set ASA normal and overdevelop.

I would use D-76 1:1 for 17 minutes to get increased contrast like this.

Dear Bill , Thank you for your answer. That is great. Does overdevelopment increase the grain ?

 

[Bill Burk]

It will increase grain to develop more, but not dramatically. The first photo looks like there might be a street light because the ground is not stark black.

 

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

It will increase grain to develop more, but not dramatically. The first photo looks like there might be a street light because the ground is not stark black.

Bill, Foma 100 ASA film has 8 minutes development time and are you quite sure 17 minutes goes to pure black and whites when there are some mid tones or is it a photoshop curves trick that I am after ? Or together ? I saw 17 minutes is N+3 development and does it enough to do the trick ?