03-06-18
Have been experimenting a bit with Fomapan 400, using different developers and filters.
Abbey Park
Olympus OM40, 24mm Zuiko lens, and Red filter, developed in Fomadon LQR. I almost always had a Red filter permanently attached to my lenses in the past as I had a liking for contrasty Black & White images. I put this down to having worked in the Printing industry all my working life, and litho printed images by the nature of the process were quite contrasty. The Red filter in this image has darkened the sky and foliage and given some detail to the stonework on the bridge.
Willow
Olympus OM40, 28mm Zuiko lens, and Green filter, developed in Fomadon LQR. The Green filter lightens the leaves and foliage, it can look quite dream like with certain subjects.
I’m quite impressed with the Fomadon LQR developer and Fomapan 400 film, Kodak D76 developer does a great job too. For me one of the enjoyable parts of film photography is experimenting with different films and developers. Yellow and Orange filters next time, and it’s a good excuse to visit Abbey Park again.
coronet66 
Wonderful experiments! Both images are lovely — but I like that tree especially because of the lovely effect you were able to create on the foliage with the filter.
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Thank you Heide, it keeps me busy and gives me an interest now I’m retired.
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I like Fomapan 100 more than 400. But it’s still not aa bad film at all.
Great photos!!
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Thank you Frank. Not tried the 100 yet, have some in the fridge waiting though.
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Sorry to intervene, but how to start loving Fomapan 100? I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but it lacks the contrast.
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I know what you mean, D76 or ID11 seems to give me the best results, sunshine helps too.
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Thank you! If I find these developers then I think I should try them. Yes, I think contrast scene should help a bit also 🙂
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There is a supplier in St Petersberg, https://shop.silberra.com/ have seen/heard good reports about their Film & chemicals, not sure who makes it.
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I need to go to Spb then 😀 It’s not so far away. I have a cyanotype kit by Silberra. It’s good. I didn’t try developers or films, so I can’t say anything about it more.
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I swear, she wanted to kill someone 😀
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Maybe she saw a bird or a mouse, a nice snack for her 😸
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Oh no… it was about your cat.
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A problem I find with it too! But after scanning I just tweak the contrast slider a bit… makes me like it.
Of course if you like your film contrasty out of the box, Tri-X or HP5 are better choices
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Tri-X is my favourite for contrasty images, just wish it was a bit cheaper, or the £ was a bit stronger.
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Unfortunately, this thing won’t work for me. I have sheet film and I want to use it for contact printing. I’d like to use different film but there is not much sheet films of 9×12 size. Well, then I had to live with it 😀
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When I did darkroom prints I used grade 4 paper to get the contrast I liked, and Ilford PQ universal developer or Agfa Neutol.
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Yes, it’s a great idea. But I wanted to make contact printing in cyanotype or Van Dyke brown printing.
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Ah, that’s very arty, would look good using those process’s, something I wouldn’t mind trying sometime.
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You can try, it’s interesting. And these processes are not so dangerous. You can use digital negatives also.
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