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Hyacinth Bean Arrangement (contact print)

A 5x7 contact print of a still life I arranged. I had a very challenging time lining the paper and the negative up in the frame to get a straight border. Notice the scanner goof on the third bean pod.

 

I had the subject sitting on a large white poster board which I angled somewhere between 20-30 degrees. Subject was lit with one tungsten bulb which was overhead and a bit behind the subject.

 

I faced the camera down at a fair angle and applied a fairly heavy front tilt to get the entire thing in focus. My meter gave me a reading of 400iso...f8...1/8.

 

After stopping the lens down to f32-45...and factoring light loss for bellow draw...I was left with an exposure of 8 seconds. I consulted my reciprocity failure sheet and determined I needed to expose for 48 seconds. I developed the film normally...not subtracting any time for the reciprocity...and I think it turned out pretty good. I am going to run more tests with this film to decide if development needs to be altered when extending an exposure for reciprocity.

 

Camera - Burke & James Watson 5x7

Lens - Fuji 210mm f5.6

Film - Arista EDU 400

Film Developer - Kodak D-76 (1:1)

Paper - Multigrade Resin Coated Adorama 5x7 (Glossy)

Paper Developer - Kodak Dektol (1:2)

Contrast Filter - 2

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Uploaded on October 8, 2013
Taken on October 7, 2013