E P Hopper
Ortho Test 2
This is the second test shot "selfie" of a new batch of Arista Ortho Litho film that I got in the other day.
I developed this in a 1+150 dilution of Rodinal at 68 degrees for 7 minutes and then fixed with TF-4 for 7 minutes. It definitely brought out more detail in the highlights than the one developed for 10 minutes. I may do another one and try for 5 minutes just to see what happens.
This one had some interesting artifacts show up and I'm not really sure where they came from. There is a line along the left side of the image that appears under-developed, some marks on the shadow side of the face and a line along the transfer edge between the diffused highlight and the shadow that looks almost like the Sabatier Effect. Not sure where these came from but they are kind of cool looking.
I shot this on my Cambo 4x5 with my Schneider-Kreuznach 210mm 5.6 lens. I stood about 1 1/2 to 2 feet away from the camera so that I could reach the shutter release cable, so the depth of field is razor thin - maybe about a centimeter. I managed to get my eye pretty well in focus, but I had to fire the strobe three times during the exposure and I wasn't perfectly still so there is some movement evident there.
I lit the image with my Paul C Buff White Lightning X1600 at full power with a 47 inch gridded octabox about a foot and a half away. I rated the film at about ISO 3 and had to fire the strobe 3 times at full power with the aperture set wide open at 5.6 to achieve the calculated exposure (It's actually about 4/10 of a stop over exposed)
Ortho Test 2
This is the second test shot "selfie" of a new batch of Arista Ortho Litho film that I got in the other day.
I developed this in a 1+150 dilution of Rodinal at 68 degrees for 7 minutes and then fixed with TF-4 for 7 minutes. It definitely brought out more detail in the highlights than the one developed for 10 minutes. I may do another one and try for 5 minutes just to see what happens.
This one had some interesting artifacts show up and I'm not really sure where they came from. There is a line along the left side of the image that appears under-developed, some marks on the shadow side of the face and a line along the transfer edge between the diffused highlight and the shadow that looks almost like the Sabatier Effect. Not sure where these came from but they are kind of cool looking.
I shot this on my Cambo 4x5 with my Schneider-Kreuznach 210mm 5.6 lens. I stood about 1 1/2 to 2 feet away from the camera so that I could reach the shutter release cable, so the depth of field is razor thin - maybe about a centimeter. I managed to get my eye pretty well in focus, but I had to fire the strobe three times during the exposure and I wasn't perfectly still so there is some movement evident there.
I lit the image with my Paul C Buff White Lightning X1600 at full power with a 47 inch gridded octabox about a foot and a half away. I rated the film at about ISO 3 and had to fire the strobe 3 times at full power with the aperture set wide open at 5.6 to achieve the calculated exposure (It's actually about 4/10 of a stop over exposed)