Crappy negatives give crappy prints. I shot 20 frames, of TMAX 400, of a parade in Ottawa recently. It was a cloudy day, and the parade was interesting, but do my shots ever suck. Boooring. Check the contact sheet if you don’t believe me:
The lack of contrast really bothers me. Maybe it’s the film, maybe it’s the cloudy weather, maybe it’s not using a filter, maybe it’s the way I developed the roll, maybe it’s the way I printed the contact sheet. I don’t know really. But I did make two little prints (5×7s on ilford sepia using 2.0 filter and ilfosol 1+9) which I don’t really like:
So live and learn. Maybe I should have tried using a 3.0 or higher contrast filter. Some frames are ok.
Finally I made a print that I really like from a previous roll, but I left it to dry, so I’ll scan and post it tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
