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Guitar by *FilmCollective:iconFilmCollective:

Categories Photography > Still Life

©2005-2009 *FilmCollective
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Artist's Comments

User: ~apinrise

Technical Data

Nikon F55 / Nikkor 28-80mm
35mm / Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO (developed in X-Tol 1:1)
Printed on Ilford Variable Contrast Resin Coated
Ilford 5 contrast filter
I forget the exposure but i was fully stopped down to get as much
sharpness as i could

Exposure Data

Metered off my hand in front of the guitar and stopped down one, and
bracketed. Trying different negs to see which would give me my desired
effect in the darkroom.
Zoomed to 80mm to get smallest aperture and to flatten the image as
much as possible.
Used a tripod due to indoor indecent lights and to ensure perfect
sharpness.
Set timer to avoid camera shake, again, to ensure as crisp lines as
possible.

Critique

I'd like to know if the sound hole should get a longer burn time or
would that make the piece seem too abstract?

Similarily, would some dodging at the top where you can start to see
the wood detail coming through hurt or help the image?

Is the light detail on the pick guard distracting or seem to grainy?

Although 400 was all i had available, do you think i should re-shoot
the image with a slower, finer grained ISO?

Daily Deviation

Given 2006-01-12

Guitar by *FilmCollective takes your eye around the picture over and over with its simple shapes and high contrast. (Suggested by ~neutral-cat and Featured by `hesitation)

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~apinrise Jan 13, 2006, 10:07:32 AM
good point. thank you for your input!
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~apinrise Jan 13, 2006, 10:10:41 AM
when you print a negative in the darkroom you usually use a 2.5 filter, anything higher than that results in more contrast. so if you have a perfect negative, anything higher than a 2.5 filter results in more contrast. so a 5, in this case, gave this abstract result!

i hope that answers your question.

thanks for the comment.
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~si-monty Jan 13, 2006, 10:23:42 AM
Ah, I see... I'll correct that then and I will transfer my comment there too.

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~MatthewMorse Jan 13, 2006, 10:38:42 AM
I tend to get a little better tonal range and personally I think the contrast is a bit higher.
Which I think is what you're going for with this piece. Maybe you could give it a try. Where I live it actually tends to be less expensive than the TMAX100, so it might be good to play with.

Also, AGFA makes a pretty good b&w film. I don't use their color film because it tends to be very red, but their b&w film is actually pretty good.

Love that piece, though. Very nicely done.

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"Eventually scientists will discover something that explains ghosts...And then ghosts won't be mysteries. They will be like electricity and rainbows and nonstick frying pans."

-from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Ha
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~apinrise Jan 13, 2006, 10:44:34 AM
yeah but AGFA is incredibly expensive now. i'll see if i can find some Plus-X anywhere and do some landscape shots to test it out.
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