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Steve Anchell's Darkroom cookbook
The developers in DRCBook are grouped on type and there is a good
description as to the applications of each type. Personally, I get satisfaction from mixing from scratch and it has re-kindled my photographic interests. I understand the idea of learning one film and one developer which will cover 95% of your situations. I have now gotten a few combos that are optimized for specific subjects, light contrasts, films, etc. and it has made my darkroom work more efficient and gratifying. Anchell's books are a great place to form a foundation of good, proven knowledge of the work of others. You will have a lot enjoyment in finding a good compensating soup, an accutance formula and the list goes on..... Many people are not interested in chasing these issues and simply make pictures and many are very, very good at it. I stay more stimulated when I'm on a project and fine-tuning a formula to my equipment and techniques. Each of us has different hot buttons that keep our interest but if nothing else, the book is a darn good read and a great resource. On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:07:00 -0800 (PST), Larry wrote: hello, I will soon be purchasing Anchell's Darkroom cookbook. I would like to know if the explanation of each developer is part of this book. I really would like to avoid researching the advantages and disadvantages of each.... thanks Larry Craig Schroeder craig nospam craigschroeder com |
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Steve Anchell's Darkroom cookbook
"Craig Schroeder" wrote
I stay more stimulated when I'm ... fine-tuning Yes, same here. I get pretty crumudgeonish on the topic of testing -- because I do too much of it with the Darkroom Automation operation, and spend too little time making pictures. I agree it is chasing the fine details that can add a transcendent touch to an image. Personally, I find those details are better chased in making the print than in making the negative. For a negative I want as linear and fine-grained a representation of the scene as I can get as it affords me the most flexibility in making the print. When it comes to linear and fine grained the developer choices are well known and few: D-76, Xtol, Microdol-X, POTA/Technidol and their clones. Developers that 'add actuance' are really taking away information in their non-linear response. If I want to add actuance the tool I reach for is an unsharp mask. Ditto if I want to lower highlight contrast my tool of choice is to burn the highlights with a #00 filter. I do not consider a staining developer. After using Pyro one's contrast control in the highlights with VC paper becomes severely limited: maybe I will like the effect Pyro gives, but as often as not I won't. The last thing I want is a 'compensating developer' - if the highlight density gets out of range the answer is a contrast mask or burning. A compensating developer just looses highlight detail by giving the film's response curve a huge shoulder - burning in highlights just produces a featureless grey mush. Folks complain about TMax and TechPan films 'blowing highlight detail'. They don't: all the detail is right there, it is just off of the paper's response curve. If one takes the time to burn it back in the results are wonderful. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters http://www.darkroomautomation.com/da-main.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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Steve Anchell's Darkroom cookbook
I catch myself going back to look at these lately.... I'm too
left-brain dominated to be a good artist but perhaps this could be a bridge? http://www.apug.org/forums/portfolios.php?u=760 Enjoy your plunge into the Cookbook! Hello everyone, Thank you for your good advice. I think I'll read the Film developing cookbook as well. I am in the medium tech side of photography being an artist who uses pictures as expression. I desire enough control of my medium such that I can create the effect I need. To each their own..... thanks again Larry Kriese Craig Schroeder craig nospam craigschroeder com |
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