This young man was a distraction. Luckily he was distracted. I stood behind him and took two pictures, thinking if he held still long enough, I could make a pano. I was really close to him, and had an 85mm lens, so that would mean moving some distance to get his entire portrait. Fortunately, he stood still, and here is the result.
An image from the roll of film I developed myself this weekend. Ilford HP5+, scanned with Pakon 135.
As I stated in my last post, I processed my own film at home for the first time. and scanned them after the film strip hung drying several hours in the bathroom. Â I have a Pakon 135 scanner, and it gives excellent results.
Initially, with the Pakon, I was getting only negatives – I had forgotten what to check off in the software to make the negatives into positives. Â Once that was figured out, the results were interesting – for some reason the Pakon will image black and white with a rather reddish tint.
Desaturation was the key, so in LR, the saturation bar was moved to the far left, and the result was a black and white image! Now editing could begin.
The scans showed scratches and bits of debris – not sure if the debris is in the scanner (blow it out with canned air?) – but I expect the scratches were the result of my trying to roll the film onto the reel prior to developing. Fortunately, LR and Perfect Photo Suite help a lot in the post-production clean up to produce the final digital image.
Follows are some images . . . not all have been worked on, except to reduce the reddish tint.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 