{"id":18500,"date":"2017-05-15T05:51:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T09:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18500"},"modified":"2017-05-14T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T12:55:11","slug":"striving-for-tonality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/striving-for-tonality\/","title":{"rendered":"Striving for Tonality."},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month I made this photo of a tram near its terminus in Basel, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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To achieve deeper tones, I’ve adjusted my photographic process, shortening the development time, then boosting highlights by toning the negatives after development.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Working with my Nikon N90S with f2.0 35mm lens, I exposed a roll of Ilford HP5, rating it at 320 ISO. I processed the film in Agfa (formula) Rodinal Special (mixed 1-30 with water) for 3 minutes 25 seconds at 68 degrees F.<\/p>\n

By design, this resulted in acceptable negatives, slightly on thin (light) side. Then, after fixing (two stage) and a thorough 10 minute rinse, I toned the negatives in selenium (using a 1-9 mix) for nine minutes with regular agitation.<\/p>\n

Selenium toner is poisonous, so I wear latex gloves and perform the toning outside to avoid breathing the fumes, and pre-rinse the film prior to bringing it back inside.<\/p>\n

Toning the negatives in this way boosts the highlights, giving the images a slightly silvery glow, while improving archival stability.<\/p>\n

For this photo, I made some additional changes in post processing.<\/p>\n

After scanning, I imported the file to Lightroom, and digitally lowered the contrast and highlight density of the sky-area in the top 1\/3 of the frame.<\/p>\n

My intent was to produce an image with a darker moody tonality and glistening highlights. I wonder if this will translate to the internet well?<\/p>\n

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Agfa Rodinal Special and selenium toners can be purchased from Freestyle in California, (see: http:\/\/www.freestylephoto.biz<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Tracking the Light posts daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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