Bridge Detail

[nealjpage]

I shot this with my Mamiya M645 with Ilford Delta 100, and printed it on Ilford RC variable contrast paper, for 16 seconds at f/11, and a #3 contrast filter.

Wow. Matt's using analog now? 'Scuse me while I duck the pigs flying in my living room . Anyways, how'd you come up with that exposure time at that f-stop? I always just "wing" it, which might explain why most of my pictures suck.

 

[Digital Matt]

I love this. JEEZ, you're my new favorite photographer.

Thank you, you are too kind.

how'd you come up with that exposure time at that f-stop? I always just "wing" it, which might explain why most of my pictures suck

The exposure for the print? I made a test print by covering the print, and exposing sections of it for 2 seconds each. I probably exposed 15 sections so I had a range of densities from 2 seconds to 30 seconds to choose from, and then picked the closest one as a starting point. Then you make a print, and refine it from there.

 

[nealjpage]

The exposure for the print? I made a test print by covering the print, and exposing sections of it for 2 seconds each. I probably exposed 15 sections so I had a range of densities from 2 seconds to 30 seconds to choose from, and then picked the closest one as a starting point. Then you make a print, and refine it from there.

Ah, yes. Exposure for the print. Sorry, I didn't read the post right :er:. For some reason I thought you were talking about the exposure for the film, not for the print.

 

[Digital Matt]

To calculate the exposure of the negative, I used a handheld spot meter and the zone system.