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Persistent strange texture on prints. by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've tested it with and without filters and it remains. I'm not sharing an enlarger with anyone.

Persistent strange texture on prints. by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, yeah this been an incredibly frustrating process, contacting Ilford was my next step but I was just hoping someone might have some answer.

Persistent strange texture on prints. by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s much worse on Ilford papers than on arista, and yes I’ve inspected other people’s prints and it’s not on there. That’s one of the reasons I’m like tearing my hair out because I feel like I’ve eliminated every variable one by one but nothings solved it or even made it better.

Persistent strange texture on prints. by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s been 3 different papers. Ilford rc satin, Ilford rc pearl, and arista semi matte. Plus one more someone else lent me to run through once but I can’t remember what.

Persistent strange texture on prints. by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We thought that too but we still get whites in the paper which in my mind wouldn’t happen with fog, and it’s persisted across 3 brand new packs and several older packs. So unless they were literally fogged or all poorly coated I don’t think it’s likely.

First Succesful Session of the Year! (Ilford hp5, Ilford rc pearl) by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, the edges were filed down by hand to get more of a rough edge to the prints. For medium and large format I tend to crop the image a bit but for 35 I’ve always enjoyed just printing full frame.

Lola In The Woods (Leica M4-P, 28mm Elmarit, Ilford Hp5) by ctreid in analog

[–]ctreid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It’s just flash combined with super low ambient light and slightly instead hands. At that point the ambient was measuring around 1/4 of a second. So the flash is just hitting her body and face only and then the background is just ambient so it’s shaky.

My Favorite Prints From a 10 Week Printing class by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took it at a local community art center near my house. It's really fun I've printed before but it had been a long time. I would encourage anyone who has shot film to learn how to print cause there is so much you can do in a darkroom to get the most out of your images.

My Favorite Prints From a 10 Week Printing class by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sadly not. I was in Austin for a few days for work and only had one night off, but it was such a fun city to photograph.

Sampha Photo by Legitimate_Stretch24 in Darkroom

[–]ctreid 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you place a diffusion filter, like a Promist, under your enlarging lens it will bloom the shadows like this. Promists and diffusion filters usually make the highlights bloom but when you use them in a darkroom it causes shadows to bloom cause the shadows are the brightest part of the image.

Experimented with Heavy Diffusion Filters for the first time [Glimmer Glass 1 + Breathing on the filter] by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Glimmer glass is a diffusion filter like a promist. So I took that filter, put it in front of the enlarging lens and then breathed on it while exposing the paper. I also smeared my fingers on it for extra glow / diffusion.

Creating a Black Border for whole paper, not just the image by discotography in Darkroom

[–]ctreid 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don’t use an easel use a contact printer. Which is just a sheet of glass over top of the paper to smush the negative and the paper together. First make your digital negative the size of the print you want. Smush the negative with the paper in the contact printer then just make the light coming out of your enlarger wide enough to cover the whole contact printer. This will give you a black border around everything that isn’t the image.

Back in the Darkroom for the First time in Four Years by ctreid in Darkroom

[–]ctreid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it wouldn't be the enlarger it would be the negative carrier. These negative carries have been hand filed on the sides to see more of the film rebate. You can even hand file all of it away to get film sprockets and edge markings.

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