The height of my theatrical career. Central Bucks High School West, spring 1973
Probably a Nikon FTn, Tri-X, D-76
I was going to do some spotting but I figured, leave the fifty two year old negative as it is
These were taken at Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia in the late winter/early spring of either 1977 or 1978. The camera was a Nikon F and the film is Tri-X developed in D-76.
chez wrote:
A few years back I took on a project to scan some old negatives and photos ( more than 100 years old some of them ) and make a coffee table book for all the families to enjoy. Many of the negatives and photos were in bad shape, but with a lot of work I scanned about 200 of them and created the book. The negatives came in all sizes from 4x5 down to something smaller around the 35mm size and everything in between.
The book was a huge success. I delivered them personally to most of my relatives many coming to tears. My uncle was speechless as he thumbed through the book, tears flowing down his face.
Man, what a great project - I applaud you for doing that..
..would definitely wish I had something like covering some of my family's history - alas my family is very small and hardly anyone took any pictures so there's only very very few pictures (just a couple studio portraits basically, nothing showing them in real life etc.)
Some amazing photos you have there, thank you for sharing these!
madNbad wrote:
These were taken at Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia in the late winter/early spring of either 1977 or 1978. The camera was a Nikon F and the film is Tri-X developed in D-76.
I really enjoy the vibe in those pics 🙂
Sending you a PM regarding the Tri-X / D-76 combo to not derail the thread..
Looking through the old negatives has been an interesting journey. For some reason, many of the 35mm negatives were taken with the camera in vertical orientation. The others were, I wished someone had taught me to use an incident meter and someone should have taken the electronic flash away from me. It's been fun digging through the folder but time to move on to new stuff for the new year.
There may be a few that pop up now and then. Happy Holidays!
Thank you.
I am trying to recover my images from the past 15 years, or so. This was a renamed TIFF, so will keep an eye open for the original scan. My primary combination in this time period was Neopan 400 / XTOL + Rodinal.
Assuming you've never been there, go look up pictures of Angelo Brocato's gelato shop in New Orleans, it reminds me a ton of this place. Staffed by a bunch of tiny Sicilian ladies who remind me of my grandmother.
After scanning a book of negatives, I started working on a few today. First time using masks.
4x5 Tmax, probably mid-2000s, Glacier NP. We used to go for 3 week vacations every year.
On this one, I tried to remove the bromide drag, or what I believe is bromide drag from holes in the metal film holder. I used a luminosity mask (google Tony Kuyper), but I don't know how to tune that to a specific luminosity range. It kind of worked, but it's still easily seen. Chime in if you have ideas.
I don't know what you are seeing. My chimed-in idea is that it's a great image.
Thanks. It's good to know it's not obvious. Here's a version where I cranked up the contrast. Note the uneven sky, which I cannot unsee. At the time (20 years ago), I went from film holders and tanks to tray development and that really helped. Recently, I made a 4x5 tank for developing single sheets which gives very even development. I wish I had taken more time to run some test sheets and closely inspect the results.
I think the luminosity mask is the right direction, but I've just learned how to make and apply a mask. I would like to make a mask for just the sky. I'll have to keep farting around.
