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4x5 Kakita-gawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Sinar P2 + Rodenstock Apo-Macro-Sironar 120mm/f5.6. Ilford HP5+ developed for 14min. in 1/20 Adox FX39II at 20C in a Jobo 2520 tank with reel on a Jobo processor. Split-grade printed with an LPL 7453 enlarger +fujinon-EP 135mm/5.6 lens. The base exposure is Gr2.5 with the water around the tree, the upper 1/4 of the frame and high lights in the upper right burned in at Gr0. Left, right , and bottom edges have been burned in a Gr5. Paper is 8x10 Adox Variotone M) processed with Chugai developer. Print was washed with a Patterson print washer, and Sepia (Moersch MT5) direct-toned and selenium toned (Adox Seletoner). Pressed with a Seal Junior 60 press and scanned on a Epson GTX970 scanner without adjustments.
This is the first time I have used Adox FX39II film developer and it seems as it will serve as a replacement for Rodinal which has bee my standard developer for several years.
Instead of directly printing on 8x10 paper, I test printed on 5x7 Adox MCC110, processed and dried them, but did not like the results. After looking at them for about a week, I realized I needed to burn-in the highlights of the water around the tree and did a second round of printing, first using 5x7 paper, then 8x10 MCC112 and then the Variotone. I usually try to get a final print in one afternoon, but in this case taking the time to decide on how to make the print over two sessions worked well and I am happy. Using 5x7 paper for the test prints encouraged me to try out more exposure and grade variations and thus also contributed toward a better print.
4x5 Kakita-gawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Sinar P2 + Rodenstock Apo-Macro-Sironar 120mm/f5.6. Ilford HP5+ developed for 14min. in 1/20 Adox FX39II at 20C in a Jobo 2520 tank with reel on a Jobo processor. Split-grade printed with an LPL 7453 enlarger +fujinon-EP 135mm/5.6 lens. The base exposure is Gr2.5 with the water around the tree, the upper 1/4 of the frame and high lights in the upper right burned in at Gr0. Left, right , and bottom edges have been burned in a Gr5. Paper is 8x10 Adox Variotone M) processed with Chugai developer. Print was washed with a Patterson print washer, and Sepia (Moersch MT5) direct-toned and selenium toned (Adox Seletoner). Pressed with a Seal Junior 60 press and scanned on a Epson GTX970 scanner without adjustments.
This is the first time I have used Adox FX39II film developer and it seems as it will serve as a replacement for Rodinal which has bee my standard developer for several years.
Instead of directly printing on 8x10 paper, I test printed on 5x7 Adox MCC110, processed and dried them, but did not like the results. After looking at them for about a week, I realized I needed to burn-in the highlights of the water around the tree and did a second round of printing, first using 5x7 paper, then 8x10 MCC112 and then the Variotone. I usually try to get a final print in one afternoon, but in this case taking the time to decide on how to make the print over two sessions worked well and I am happy. Using 5x7 paper for the test prints encouraged me to try out more exposure and grade variations and thus also contributed toward a better print.