Mark

Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it!

Dang, that is so cool

Thank you very much!

Really appreciate it, thank you!

Thank you very much! Honestly, yah, it's really something else in person, if I may say so myself.

Thanks, much appreciated!

Really pleased with how this came out after selenium toning.

11"x14" on Ilford FB from a 4x5 of Ilford Delta 100

I'd do better to share more than a cell phone picture but here we are

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Love to have the last bit of 8x10 kit just chilling in a "regional distribution center" after almost two weeks of international shipping

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Outstanding 🙏

This is literally like finding out about a party I wasn't invited to

Several silver gelatin prints toned with selenium on top of an expandable window screen I got off Amazon on top of two Rubbermaid totes...are those totes? tubs?

Selenium experimentation complete

They look so nice until they curl up like dead bugs once they're dry

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Out here flattening prints in Adidas slides just like Ansel used to

It's honestly embarrassing that I never made this association.

I had everything so segmented and compartmentalized that I never considered the value of having both in tandem.

Not only is it not mutually exclusive, it's beautifully complimentary.

Graindrop #9 - A Roll of 35mm Tells the Story There's just nothing like coming back from a trip and reliving that experience through 36 frames, and it's nothing I think I could ever convey with my large format cameras.

Real big fan of smaller film.

I'm certain this topic is not a revelation to the #believeinfilm crowd, but it's something that, if I ever knew, I had forgotten since immersing myself in large format photography

open.substack.com/pub/grainfal...

Mat, you hero, you. Thank you very much, I'll start there.

Basically I have some prints I screwed up in the darkroom on my way to a final print so I've got some awesome learning opportunities stacked up in my office 👍

Much appreciated, as always!

Hi #believeinfilm friends, specifically those with selenium toning experience.

I have some prints on Ilford multi grade fiber glossy I'd like to tone enough to see some visible changes in color as well.

What would be a good dilution and time just to start with, do you think?

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Congrats, Tom, that's one hell of a project!

Also a reminder for me to complain less about my incomparably tiny scanning sessions

Definitely didn't spend enough time exploring different framing options, either. I think I got overly excited by the big waves haha

Waves bigger than I've ever seen in that area when I shot this last Friday. I got some cool stuff on the big film but I'll be headed back there to spend much more time with a wider array of lenses.

Also really curious to see this view in different lighting throughout the year.

Working on some cool stuff today

Shot this on 35mm HP5 rated at 800 and developed in 510-Pyro for around a half hour or so.

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So good, that composition is amazing. Great shot!

Nice!

Graindrop #8 - Large Format Film Photography In the Studio, FP4+, and 300mm Focus Fall-Off A stubborn refusal to get my ass beat by a bunch of flowers

I'm learning a lot about how much light it really takes to make these kinds of shots work- metered at f/128

For anyone who might be interested in additional details:

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Studio photo of flowers from Trader Joe's shot on 4x5 Ilford FP4+ at 200ISO, 300mm Nikkor/5.6 @ f/22, developed in 510 Pyro

So this is the "hero image" from my last Substack post. I keep going back to it. It's my second go at botanical photography on large format film, but I'm optimistic.

Photo notes in alt text

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I bought 5 packs at once and I'm on my second 1L batch where negs have been off.

I bought some of the liquid ecofix mix from the UK that I'll try once I get through my current stockpile but yah, this has been real strange.

I miss my brown negs :(

Any #believeinfilm friends using 510-Pyro having issues with recent batches of Ecofix?

I, along with a friend of mine, are encountering some oddities. Pink-ish negs, far less staining than previous batches - all else remaining the same.

Should I switch to something like a Kodak fix?