LOL I knew you were gonna say something about it John, haha. Yep, there's no absolute black or white here. I've tried it with a more normal contrast, but I dunno, just didn't seem to go with the image for some reason to me. The idea was to give it an old, worn look at the time. Been really interested in "imperfect" images, lately. But if you want I can post another version of it later on to compare.
Oops, correction, I did shoot Tri-X that day, but this was actually on HP5. Still overexposed and pulled. When I was heavy into the zone system, almost all my E.I.s were slower than the film's given ISO, and almost all the Normal development times were less than what the manufacturers recommended, so now, since I just don't have the time to process the film myself, is to overexpose the film and have my lab pull the film for me. Trying to keep detail in as much of the neg as I can, then play with contrast later.
For this one I scanned from a contact sheet to give it a bit of a soft look, but I've got a film scanner here, too. The flatbed's an Epson I've had forever, a Perfection 2450. The film scanner's a Nikon SuperCoolscan 9000 ED.
Thanks for commenting John, much appreciated!
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