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Title quoted from Depeche Mode – who else!

 

I need to photograph more churches. When used correctly, they can hand such an amazing, ghostly, haunting, spiritual atmosphere to photos.

That's especially true for this church: ancient architecture with a few crosses outside. The lighting was perfect that day, very strong and I visited at the right time of day.

 

I especially like the way the shadows fall on the church's wall. I went for something that looks like what Depeche Mode sounds like (if that makes any sense) and think I did really well.

 

Coincidentally, it was election day here in Germany. I had just voted, it was a beautiful, warm day, so I decided it was the best time to test out my new wide angle lens that I had recently gotten to replace my (literally falling apart) Sigma 24mm. Very nice and handy little lens!

 

As a side note: I've finally taken more care in proper easel alignment before starting the darkroom session. Good thing I finally did, it's always a pain to notice off-sized borders/tilted images after the fact. Also, I stole the idea of printing part of the film border in order to create a thin black inner frame from Ludwig Römer, love it! ;)

 

Fomaspeed Variant 313 in Moersch Easy Lith 1+10

Briefly toned in selenium: Moersch MT 1 1+10

 

Nikon F3 + Ai Nikkor 20mm f3.5 + Kentmere Pan 400 (EI 200)

 

Developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 13:30 at 20 °C

 

Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

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Hasselblad 501 C/M with Bergger Pancro 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD.

 

Printed on Bergger Prestige CM

 

Developed in SE6 Blue + FB

 

Selenium / Thiourea

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

My attempt at a selenium-tone look. An aqueduct on the Macclesfield Canal in Congleton, Cheshire

I finally made a final print of this negative, taken in Orkney in 2009, as I had only made a small print when first experimenting with lith printing. Fomatone Classic (before the emulsion changed) on Easylith. Selenium toned to cool down the shadows as they had a greeninsh hue.

Some more lith printing - Foma Chamois, light selenium toning.

Passage

 

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

View On Black

 

I can do romantic shots too....

 

f/4.5

ISO100

1/60s

PS CS3

Silver Efex Pro

Added selenium and like most of my photos it is uncropped.

Explore #14 March 12 2009

Iceland

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Horseman SW612 - APO-Grandagon-N 45mm with Tri-X 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD

 

Printed on Foma 542 II

 

Developed in Catechol/Sepia

 

Toned in Selenium

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One day solargraphy

pinhole box + RC paper + Fomatol P (1+10, 15° ) + Selenium bath for a little intensification

 

www.vincenzocaniparoli.com

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Hasselblad SWC 903 with Kodak Tri-X 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD.

 

Printed on Select Sepia VC

 

Developed in Ansco 130

 

Toned in Selenium / MT3 / MT2

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Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

A super classic, I know, but I love those cliffs

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Hasselblad 501 C/M with Kodak Tri-X 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD

 

Printed on Ilford Art 300

 

Developed in Catechol/Sepia

 

Toned in Selenium / MT3

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Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

The black churches can make for great photographs, but I've seen a number of them and I was fascinated with the cemetery surrounding this one.

Hasselblad 50mm lens, Acros film, Ilford multigrade warm tone paper with selenium toning

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

HP5+ @ 800 - XtolR- Olympus Pen F - Zuiko 38mm - Printed on Adox MCC 110 toned with Moersch MT3a and selenium

Holga 120N loaded with Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 ACROS II developed in Kodak HC-110 and toned negative in selenium for extra contrast. Used close-up filter and blue filter. Scanned the negative with my DSLR.

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Hasselblad 501 C/M with Kodak Tri-X 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD

 

Printed on Adox Variotone

 

Developed in Catechol/Sepia

 

Selenium / MT3

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Rolleiflex sl 66, Hp5, D76 1+1

Ilford multigrade fb classic 1k 24x30cm/ 20x20cm

PQ universal

stop bath water

Alkaline Fixer

Selenium toner 1+9 2min

Sepia toner.

 

I would like to prepare a photo exhibition.

If you would like to help me with this project, you can write to me.

The silver print is looking for a new home. ;-)

 

Trees at the Gran Paradiso, walking back to the valley in the evening. Looking Near Ceresole Reale, Piemonte.

 

Taken with a Canon F1n on Ilford FP4. Self-developed in Tetenal Ultrafin.

 

Printed on Ilford MGIV, developed in AM6006, selenium toned.

 

'Scanned' with iPhone 5s - surprised how well that worked

Dark room print on Hahnemuehle Platinum rag, self soated with Foma liquid emulsion. Selenium and sepia toned.

 

Negative on Ilford FP4+ by pre-war Certo Dolly Super sport with Zeiss Tessar 2.8/80.

House in the old town in Steinau an der Straße, Hessen, Germany.

 

The camera has a selenium meter which operates the automatic mode. The meter still works.

 

The Rollei Magic gives only limited control over the exposure time. In the automatic (default) mode, f-stop and exposure time are set automatically. This also makes it hard to calibrate the meter.

 

In manual mode, you can set the f-stop and then do long exposures for as long as you press the shutter release. That requires a tripod. Conversely, in flash mode, even if you don't have a flash, you can set the f-stop and the exposure time will then always be 1/30 s. This is a good workaround. You can keep the camera steady for 1/30 as the leaf shutter does not induce any vibration and there is no mirror slap with a TLR.

 

As there was plenty of light here and I was shooting at ISO 500, there was no way I could have used the workaround with 1/30s, even when stopping down completely, so I just used the automatic mode. The shots looks slightly overexposed to me, but as the fastest exposure time is only 1/300s, I suppose the camera stopped down to f/22 and had to use 1/300, because that was the best it could do.

 

Rollei Magic TLR

Kodak Portra 800 professional grade colour negative film, shot at ISO 500

Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

 

www.kityoung.co.uk

I toned the original print in selenium toner diluted @ 1:200 for about 2 minutes. It's not easy to see on screen, but the print has bleached slightly, the contrast has reduced a little, and the tone has become less red. I like the colour.

iPhone snapshot of an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

Hasselblad 501 CM

Distagon 50mm CFE

PanF @25

Rodinal

Printed on Fomabrom Variant 111 (Glossy) - FB paper

Developed in Moersch Eco 4812

Selenium Toned (Moersch MT-1)

Rollei Vintage 132 : LD20 : MT3 Vario Sulphide Toner : Selenium Toner : Holga 120N : Close-up filter : Kodak Tri-X 400 : Rodinal 1+50

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

selenium tone in lightroom

Ireland

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Hasselblad 501 C/M with Kodak Tri-X 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD

 

Printed on Foma 133

 

Developed in Catechol / Sepia

 

Selenium / MT3

 

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Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

 

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

 

www.kityoung.co.uk

holga pan/tri-x ilford mgfb matte/selenium toned 40x50cm

Negative shot by Retina IIIS with 35mm Curtagon

Print 30x40 cm, selenium and sepia toned

Personal comment: sharpness is overrated, sometimes

Visit my Print Shop

 

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper

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Agfa Isola pinhole with Kodak Tri-X 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD.

 

Printed on Adox Variotone

 

Developed in Moersch Blue+FB

 

MT3 / Selenium

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