Re: Maximizing Grain

[v.bromfield@xxxxxxxxxx (Vaughan Bromfield)]

Bobbi said:

>It seems to me that the shots that I overexpose (not intentionally)
>have more grain.


Folks

The bit of photo theory that I remember goes something like this: for
*fine* grain give minimum acceptable exposure and minimum acceptable
development. Also keep the "wet" time of the negs to a minimum (ie the
amount of time the film is procesed from dry to dry).

>From that, if you are generous with exposure and development you will end
up with more grain (which is why getting fine grain is so hard). You could
also try a rugged developer like Dektol.

Other options:

* go for reticulation (hot/cold transitions in processing)

* enlarge through a texture screen

* duplicate the image onto recording film

* use Photoshop.

I was advise long ago by a pro to always make your originals (ie negs or
transparencies) as "straight" as possible and get effects like soft focus
and grain in the darkroom. That way you have images that are more
commercially useful.

YYMV.

Vaughan

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