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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 24/3/2018: playing with film and development
From: gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 05:59:06 +0100
References: <435E5FEB-E7A0-479D-B7A7-435F6BE33A29@frozenlight.eu>

Compositionally three nice images Nathan, but I think that more conventional 
development may have rendered the tonal range etc. better.

Gerry

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> On 24 Mar 2018, at 22:46, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> 
> The photos were actually taken during the past week or 10 days, but I 
> scanned the negatives today, so they become today?s PAD. Inspired by my 
> friend Lars in Denmark, I decided to try stand development. This is a film 
> developing technique where you forget about agitation and precise 
> temperature control, and just soup the film in very diluted developer for 
> a very long time. In my case, the film was Fuji Acros, developed in 
> Rodinal 1:100 for 1 hour. Frankly speaking, some of the frames were 
> garbage, but of course that is also true with digital files. And there is 
> something satisfying in using my Leica M2 and 50mm Summilux, both of which 
> are more or less my age, i.e. on the wrong side of 50. Three images.
> 
> Carolina:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DLQn84N/A
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> Carlos:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FgB9RSJ/A
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> Alicante?s main shopping street in extreme backlight?this is the kind of 
> scene for which stand development is particularly well-suited:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-K7c7QFB/A
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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