How to mis-handle a negative.

These were all shot on a Pentax K1000, or a Ricoh XR-1s. I was using Ilford 50 - which is a VERY grainy film. I had a 50mm lens and/or any of the following: a x2 extension, a polarizing filter, a u/v haze filter and a macro lens. My film developer(Ilfosol-S) was 8 months old (4 months is the recommended shelf life). When the negative came out of the bath it was practically transparent. I didn't have my squeeeeeeeegy, and I thought the negatives were goners, so I dried them with a paper towel (you'll see the lint). The next day I scanned em anyway, and I thought that since they survived all that, they should be posted.


These are figurines. My wife has the whole landscape booby trapped with these things. Just a raw scan of the negative, and a pass with auto-levels.


Raw negative at actual scan size. I call it "the grain and lint technique".


I like the 3rd picture on the previous negative, so I gave it a good cleaning in Photoshop.


This is a reflective orb (the wife again). There's me! Oh, yeah, the Pentax has this thing with the film door, where you have to pay attention that it's actually closed.


hmmmm? another reflection? how odd.


my oldest son. I took the lint out, but otherwise it's true to the negative. I liked it anyway, but I'm bias.


and last, and least - loitering weed.

Nice dM...

Was it actually B&W film? Or did you just decrease to greyscale after scanning?

it was b&w

I think it was this http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/p ... F_Plus.pdf