Try contact printing the dense negs to get a usable positive then scan the positive. Use low contrast paper. Use intense light, even sunlight to expose the print. Then develop to get some white highlights and grey shadows. Your scanner can handle pale prints much better than dense negs. I have an 8x10 neg of a rock at Point Lobos that is one of my favorites. However I have to give 1 min exposure in bright roomlight to print rather than the usual 15 sec of stopped down enlarger light. You can't tell by the print (still no grain in a contact print). Richard Heather
Benjamin Privitt wrote: > Hi folks, > > This question may have more to do with general darkroom procedure rather > than being specifically pinhole-oriented, but here goes. I have very dense > negatives from a Zero 2000. These are outdoor, full sunlight images on a > variety of films that have lots of detail, and lots of grain. My previous > experiments with filters and high contrast paper have wiped out the images > altogether (which speaks to the experimental stage I'm in with my darkroom > technique, perhaps). And scanning has yielded a grainy white blob where the > exposure was. Does anyone have experience processing high density > negatives, and bringing out more contrast and detail? > > Thanks, > Benjamin > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
