I actually felt like the hut with a soft foreground was more pleasing with those out of focus areas. It made it feel more like an old photograph you might come across at an antique store or something that might have been hanging on the wall. My eyes were quickly pulled into the hut and the out of focus vignette around it helped me focus in on the subject and not get pulled away by the surroundings. It's a happy accident! ;) Great job on this video. The outing was great to participate in, and, as always, I love how you approach your compositional process!
Another nice video. I haven’t used retropan myself but having seen this video I might get myself some and the recommended developer. One quick question - what digitizing process do you use to digitize your large negatives? Thanks.
Thank you for the support! I do like it initially, and am looking forward to shooting more of it. I do think the special developer is the way to go, but I must say t-max did surprisingly well. I use my digital camera to "scan" my LF-negatives. I just lay the negative on top of the diffuser of my EFH, and I've made a very rudimental mask of some cardboard paper. I really need to upgrade the set-up, but it works for now.
I really liked the shot of the tree. The tonality seemed.... nice and smooth. You said you used T-max developer. What time and dilution did you use? I have a roll to develop, trying to decide how to approach it. I did photograph some contrast scenes.
Thank you! I did use T-Max developer, I've since switched over to Rodinal. And I do prefer Rodinal semi-stand for most, as it works as a compensating developer. This though, was developed in the standard dilution t-max and rotary-development in my jobo-tank. I'm not sure about the time, I think I did 9 min. But I forgot to note it...
I have great ambitions of being super careful, but more often than not, I end up just winging it and hoping for the best. Luckily BnW negative is often fairly forgiving :)
I actually felt like the hut with a soft foreground was more pleasing with those out of focus areas. It made it feel more like an old photograph you might come across at an antique store or something that might have been hanging on the wall. My eyes were quickly pulled into the hut and the out of focus vignette around it helped me focus in on the subject and not get pulled away by the surroundings. It's a happy accident! ;) Great job on this video. The outing was great to participate in, and, as always, I love how you approach your compositional process!
Might grow on me with some time, and when it does I'll have to delete this video and claim it was an artistic decision ;)
Thanks for the support!
most enjoyable video for a while.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
im so happy when you publish a new video, best channel for me (with MediaM channel)
Thanks! Your support and nice comment, made my day :)
@@O.Persson Because of you I bought a large format camera and an hasselblad and subscribed to magazine silvergrainClassics
@@chriscard6544 All nice things, hope you enjoy em as much as I do. :)
@@O.Persson hasselblad I owned many in the past and 4x5 camera is not easy to use first time, but full of fun
Great to hear! LF I well worth the time and effort in my mind. The best of luck to you!
I've been looking at picking some of this film up. Great insight into how it performs.
It's a cool and different film for sure. And even cooler that it's available in 4x5 :)
Another nice video. I haven’t used retropan myself but having seen this video I might get myself some and the recommended developer. One quick question - what digitizing process do you use to digitize your large negatives? Thanks.
Thank you for the support! I do like it initially, and am looking forward to shooting more of it. I do think the special developer is the way to go, but I must say t-max did surprisingly well.
I use my digital camera to "scan" my LF-negatives. I just lay the negative on top of the diffuser of my EFH, and I've made a very rudimental mask of some cardboard paper.
I really need to upgrade the set-up, but it works for now.
Thanks for sharing your scanning technique which is similar to my own. Keep the videos coming as they are wonderful.
I really liked the shot of the tree. The tonality seemed.... nice and smooth. You said you used T-max developer. What time and dilution did you use? I have a roll to develop, trying to decide how to approach it. I did photograph some contrast scenes.
Thank you!
I did use T-Max developer, I've since switched over to Rodinal. And I do prefer Rodinal semi-stand for most, as it works as a compensating developer.
This though, was developed in the standard dilution t-max and rotary-development in my jobo-tank. I'm not sure about the time, I think I did 9 min. But I forgot to note it...
@@O.Persson Thanks for the advice. Maybe I'll give it a try. I also try to keep darkroom notes as well, but I don't always follow through with it....
I have great ambitions of being super careful, but more often than not, I end up just winging it and hoping for the best.
Luckily BnW negative is often fairly forgiving :)