the Lighting… A diffused LED “shop light” off the left shoulder, ambient room light elsewhere...the Lens & Camera…A 250mm f 2.3 Wollaston meniscus, on a 4x5 Tachihara.
Exposure
the Metering… Incident light, ISO 320 (not the usual ISO 70 for Xray film).., f:11, @1/25 sec.
the Reducer… Kodak T-14a formula reduced the negative to totally ”clear” in 10 sec, (oops!)...…after rinsing the almost invisible negative I decided to continue on…
the Scanner…Epson V700…the Software: Affinity Photo 1.8.4… adjusted levels & contrast….
...The strong grain pattern on a “soft focus” meniscus lens image is quite intriguing…
...An ink-jet 8x10 test print shows promise despite my sloppy handling.
I’ll handle it more carefully next time…
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Hi Reinhold, great portrait, diffuse, grainy, love her bright hair matched to her radiant face.
Love it.
Now, how the hell did you get a dense negative using ISO 320 with X-ray film?
If I had done that, it would have been extremely light and unprintable.
What's the secret?
I use Xray @80 all the time on 8x10 and@35@35 with a yellow filter to get some clouds.
Thanks