It's a VERY high contrast scene which probably should have been printed on grade 2 instead of 2.5 which I used. I was only trying to demonstate the tight grain pattern of the film/processing and the resulting sharpness of the film. It was only a quick grab shot in my back yard, not an exquisite print of a artful shot. I know its not a good photograph, it was only a test and should be taken as such.
As for "shadow details" there WASNT any shadows, it was taken in heavy overcast. And yes my scanner is partly to blame has the very upper highlights in the print are lost in scan and washout as pure white. But once again i was just trying to show grain, or lack therof. I really like this film in 120 but with 35mm its a tough squeeze as its just too grainy even with pull processing for 8X10s, it looks ok for 5X7 or smaller though. JCO > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 10:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Fun with 35mm TMAX 400 > > > I am going to make a very harsh and direct comment, but I hope you take > it in the spirit I mean it. > > These photos are awful. They lack decent tonality, with a clear lack of > good mid tones, highlights are burnt out and blocked, shadow detail is > almost nonexistent ... perhaps you're having problems scanning, but I > think not, since I've seen some of your color shots, which were fine. I > suspect you really need to refine your processing and printing > techniques with B&W. > > I've been holding my tongue whenever you post your B&W work, but upon > reflection, I feel some direct, honest comment about the quality of the > photos you're posting here is warranted. > > > JCO said: > > > > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 21:46:29 -0500 > > From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Fun with 35mm TMAX 400 > > > > I changed my recipe with TMAX 400 ( 35mm ) > > today. Instead of 6.5 minutes at 75 deg. > > only developed it for 5.5 minutes ( film > > rated iso250). > > > > Got less grain and contrast which I was looking for > > but the sharpness is still excellent. > > > > full frame > > http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/tmyducks1.jpg > > > > blowup > > http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/tmyducks2.jpg > > > > JCO, > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > You can't have everything. Where would you put it? > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
