Dan,
I try to develop films regularly so as not to get a backlog. Do a
set of contacts ,and examine with a loupe or magnifying glass. Ruthlessly
discard no hopers,then pick a few for enlargement. I often "play around"
with these prints in the enlarger selecting different areas and formats. I
also change the exposure time and filtration. Like everything else you get a
"feel" for the image you are after.Sometimes I will spend hours printing and
reprinting 3 or 4 images from a roll of film to get the images I want. I
think its worth it to get the images to look the way I want them to look. I
would suggest you pick a few of your shots and experiment.......Have fun,
John Duggan Wales, U.K.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel J. Mitchell" <DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 12:27 AM
Subject: [OM] Developing B+W -- how many shots actually see enlargement?
> > Most of my photos are B+W and I use ilford Multi - Grade
> > paper + filters.
> But taking the time to print up 36 4x5 prints is a pretty imposing
> proposition -- what do people out there who have darkrooms do in this sort
> of situation? Do you just do contact sheets then enlarge the "good" ones
to
> 8x10? Something in the
> middle? Do you just get an 'eye' for the ones that're worth enlarging,
> because at the moment I can certainly tell the duds at 1:1 size, >
> Hopefully it's somewhat clear what I'm asking about here..
>
> -- dan
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