Film and Grain and the "Film Look"
Jan 14, 2016 15:31:11 #
On my previous thread, discussion began about editing software designed to alter digital images to look like film images.
As most software seems to favor creating a grainy effect to give "the look", here's some examples hoping to show that in fact pictures made from clumps of silver are grainy more by choice than chance.
All were taken with fairly competent equipment (except the one noted), exposed correctly and processed carefully.
As most software seems to favor creating a grainy effect to give "the look", here's some examples hoping to show that in fact pictures made from clumps of silver are grainy more by choice than chance.
All were taken with fairly competent equipment (except the one noted), exposed correctly and processed carefully.
lots of grain, colour film processed in BW chemistry
heavy grain. Ilford Delta 3200 ( iso) an ultra high speed film.
moderate grain. Ilford HP5 (400 iso) vintage camera single element lens.
fine grain. Modern fine grain film Fuji acros 100
Jan 14, 2016 15:39:24 #
Thank you for these beautiful shots. You make me miss my little b&w darkroom from 1990 :)
Jan 15, 2016 21:17:31 #
dansmith wrote:
On my previous thread, discussion began about editing software designed to alter digital images to look like film images.
As most software seems to favor creating a grainy effect to give "the look", here's some examples hoping to show that in fact pictures made from clumps of silver are grainy more by choice than chance.
All were taken with fairly competent equipment (except the one noted), exposed correctly and processed carefully.
As most software seems to favor creating a grainy effect to give "the look", here's some examples hoping to show that in fact pictures made from clumps of silver are grainy more by choice than chance.
All were taken with fairly competent equipment (except the one noted), exposed correctly and processed carefully.
These are beautifully done Dan. It is a look that we can emulate in the digital darkroom but not quite reach. Of course the fact that they are nice images in the first place helps the darkroom process shine. The "kitchen sink" image is really creative. I'm a sucker for cats and this one is a such a nice one. Thanks for showing us these, they are especially interesting to those of us who "did time" in a darkroom, perhaps in a long ago time.
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