Tri-X 400 like 1600 portrait

[spleenone]

Shortly... was bad developing (my self - many ruined photos due incorrect reel up - need to buy some new one apparently) and not very good scan (from lab) but have one from acceptable photos adjusted with pp... see:
cam: Fujica st801 with Kodak Tri-X 400 pushed on 1600iso -> great and nice grain!
developed in Fomadon D-76n 20°C and 9,5 min




Biometar 80/2.8 @2.8 1/2000

[c&c] welcome - thx

[fish4570]

Good portrait, and it looks sharp where it should be. Can you go back and brush out the dust spots?

[Nesster]

I like the slightly grungy feel of this one, there's a sense of atmosphere

[fish4570]

She is an awfully pretty girl for such grunge ...

[spleenone]

[fish4570]

I do not see those spots now. Excellent ...

[fish4570]

Perhaps gritty is a better word than grunge. The film, exposure, scan, smoke all contribute to a gritty atmosphere ...

I have no idea what grunge music is ...

[paperinik]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mudhoney_-_Touch_Me_I%27m_Sick.ogg

[Bob van Sikorski]

tri-x 400 pushed to 1600 is excellent. i developed one few months ago in D76 1+1 and looks fantastic (mid tones are present, contrast very good and grain HP5-like style, which i love ).

[spleenone]

[Bob van Sikorski]

i using for more contrast more agitation (typically i develop with times from digitaltruth an agitate first 30sec constantly, then every half minute 3 to 4 agitations and last 30sec constantly again. my brother uses much less agitation, but he using ilford's ID11 stock.

[spleenone]

[Bob van Sikorski]

i use this rules for developing. iam not entirely sure, that they are correct, but works for me very fine:

1) want more contrast? use more agitation
2) want more mid tones? use dilution (not stock, but 1+1 or 1+3, depends on situation), but be carefull to loose contrast
3) if you want push more, use more dilution and also more time to develop. do not change agitation, because you will kill all rest mid tones on heavily pushed film

this rules work for me very fine. but i dont have much experiences in darkroom, i develop some kodak trix on 400, some pushed to 1600, since that i am using only ilford P4 (HP5 equiv) in variety of sensitivity (400 to 1600).

maybe iam totally wrong, iam newbie in darkroom and HP5/trix are VERY , VERY flexible films

[spleenone]

We'll try we'll learn. I also not experience developer. Sometimes could speak about luck

[Bob van Sikorski]

yes, luck is THE word, which i knows very well .

another funny part is, that you're from slovakia, i'am from czechchia, we was both part of "czechoslovakia". we can both wrote in our mother language and understand to each other .

[Katastrofo]

I like how the dimple (I get these too, sometimes, *dammit*) looks like part
of a smoke ring. Beautiful shot and the subject, too.

[spleenone]

[Nesster]

I'm really enjoying your work, on this one there's all that geometry and 'back stage' business, light's great, model's great...

[fish4570]

Another good shot splee.

Now I understand how "grunge" applies: the shots were made in a photo studio!

[spleenone]