An alley between the Pavilion, a parking garage and the student library on the TAMU campus. Shot late yesterday with a Zeiss Ikonta 521/16, Arista EDU 400 film.
Too dark? Too light? Too grainy? Not grainy enough? Too much contrast? Not enough contrast? I have mixed feelings about it, personally, but would like opinions. Good, bad or otherwise.
It is a bit grainy. If you hadn't said, I would have thought it was Ilford... Arista EDU 400 was one of my standard films, but I shot it in 120 & 4x5, so the grain was not as much of an issue.
I agree with Charlie about the concrete in the foreground. If you brought the bottom of the frame up to a line just below the base of the lamp post on the left, then I think it gives the image a more balanced look.
Thanks Charlie and Wes. It is very grainy. My developing leaves something to be desired. This is 120, Wes in 6X6. Arista Premium 400 in 35mm is usually a lot less grainy but then, I develop it differently: longer time and less agitation. It's also a different film, supposedly rebranded TriX and this is rebranded Foma, or some such. Here are two different crops. I honestly like the square crop better now that I've been shooting medium format for a bit.
Think I'll try to develop the next roll of 400 in a different manner...see if I can cut down on the grain.
Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to the Zeiss Ikonta! !
I developed all my MF & LF, even 35mm, together in single batches in a Jobo processing tank on a roller base. All speeds, all brands in the same batch. I used a technique I learned about over on the LF forum and it really worked well - - I have hundred of negatives processed this way. I hesitate to talk about it, because whenever someone would post about it, it always generated a lot of negative commentary - - most about how it couldn't possibly work. But if you are interested, let me know and I'll send it in a PM... but it requires using a roller base.
But my point of bringing it up was that it was a great way to deal with grainy films. Yes, the Arista EDU 400 was Foma, at least a few years ago when I was still shooting big batches of it. I think my favorite 400 was the reformulated Kodak Tmax 400. It really had a great look in both 4x5 and 120.
I dunno that I wanna get into it that big, Wes. Right now, small tank is serving my needs, no more than I shoot. I need to order a couple five-packs of Tmax 100.
This is 120, Wes in 6X6. Arista Premium 400 in 35mm is usually a lot less grainy but then, I develop it differently: longer time and less agitation. It's also a different film, supposedly rebranded TriX and this is rebranded Foma, or some such. Here are two different crops. I honestly like the square crop better now that I've been shooting medium format for a bit. 
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