m_goetz
Cold Winter Day (Explored 2025-01-27)
Funnily enough, the very kind person I bought my enlarger from pointed me to this spot for photos. I made quite a few nice exposures there, this being one of them.
I enlarged this negative onto a paper I hadn't yet worked with before, Labaphot Labaspeed AS 314 PE. I wasn't sure that it would work at all, the box I have was given to me by a friend and I guess it was made some time in the 1980s (judging by the postal code given on the box label). I thought it might've been fogged to hell and back but it wasn't! In a previous lith test (yesterday), it didn't seem to develop any image at all but I suspect it might have not been the paper's fault, I imagine it could lith, judging by statements given on the box – "Das PE-Papier mit Barytqualität" and the fact that it doesn't include any development-enhancing chemicals. I guess another test will show.
I must say that I love how this print looks in person, I think the scan doesn't do it enough justice. I've found that to be typical in the domain of scanning darkroom prints but it's especially so with this one. The finish quality is excellent, probably the best pearl finish I've seen to date. The ever so slight color hue and soft rendering of tonal gradations, it's just beautiful to witness. The paper might look really well with a bit of selenium toning from what I can tell/was told. There's some selenium toner on its way to me, we'll see!
Some dodging was performed here, there's some telltale signs if you look closely enough ;)
Mamiya RB 67 Pro S + Sekor 50mm 1:4.5 + Kodak T-MAX 100
EI 64, expired 2004, Rodinal 1+50 @ 20 °C, 12:00 on the Jobo CPA
Labaphot Labaspeed AS 314 PE in Rollei RPN Eco 1+9, untoned
Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.
Cold Winter Day (Explored 2025-01-27)
Funnily enough, the very kind person I bought my enlarger from pointed me to this spot for photos. I made quite a few nice exposures there, this being one of them.
I enlarged this negative onto a paper I hadn't yet worked with before, Labaphot Labaspeed AS 314 PE. I wasn't sure that it would work at all, the box I have was given to me by a friend and I guess it was made some time in the 1980s (judging by the postal code given on the box label). I thought it might've been fogged to hell and back but it wasn't! In a previous lith test (yesterday), it didn't seem to develop any image at all but I suspect it might have not been the paper's fault, I imagine it could lith, judging by statements given on the box – "Das PE-Papier mit Barytqualität" and the fact that it doesn't include any development-enhancing chemicals. I guess another test will show.
I must say that I love how this print looks in person, I think the scan doesn't do it enough justice. I've found that to be typical in the domain of scanning darkroom prints but it's especially so with this one. The finish quality is excellent, probably the best pearl finish I've seen to date. The ever so slight color hue and soft rendering of tonal gradations, it's just beautiful to witness. The paper might look really well with a bit of selenium toning from what I can tell/was told. There's some selenium toner on its way to me, we'll see!
Some dodging was performed here, there's some telltale signs if you look closely enough ;)
Mamiya RB 67 Pro S + Sekor 50mm 1:4.5 + Kodak T-MAX 100
EI 64, expired 2004, Rodinal 1+50 @ 20 °C, 12:00 on the Jobo CPA
Labaphot Labaspeed AS 314 PE in Rollei RPN Eco 1+9, untoned
Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.