Pinhole Day 8x10 Chrome without the people

[earlj]

I am not sure that I like this one better. However, I do like the exposure and processing of this sheet of 8x10 Velvia.
8x10 plywood camera, 100 mm, f250
11 seconds exposure
processed in Arista Rapid E-6 chemistry
very little post-scan work

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[dvoracek]

Shame to not be able to see this at full resolution, but I don't think you could reproduce the experience of a contact print from an 8x10 negative on a computer screen.

[blindpig]

Earl,
Great shot! If there is a prize or special recognition on pinhole day you surly will receive it.
Looks like the Arista Rapid E6 chemistry works well also.is it finicky like Kodak's E6 was?
Don

[earlj]

Don -

I don't have much experience with E-6 processing, so I don't have much to go by. Also, since this is a pinhole camera, the exposure is tough to maintain within a narrow latitude. With those caveats, I have not found this process to be especially fussy or difficult. I have a very good water temperature control unit, and I make sure that my three mixed chemicals are heated to 110 F before I start. They are supposed to work at 105, but they cool in the trays. I pour the first developer, color developer, and blix into their trays just before I turn out the lights. Then I pull the sheets out of their holders, put them into a constantly flowing bath at 105 for 1 minute, then run them through the other processes. My understanding is that only the first developer temperature is super critical, and I just let the other two bath cool down as I go. I have not attempted to set up any fancy tray warming mechanism. Between each bath is a one minute rinse in the tempered flowing water. This image is the first perfect one, but it is only about sheet 10 that I have run through.

[blindpig]

Sounds like a good technique and if the color and density of your picture is a common result,must be a good process.
Sometime I'll share a technique called"emulsion stripping"using E6 Dupe film.but don't want to steal part of your thread.You've definitely got me thinking.
Again a really impressive photo.
Don

[dannykalkhoven]

Agree: difficult to choose, but a lot of great painters have made several versions of the same painting... They could not choose either, or perhaps it's not necessary to choose, it's OK to produce variations on a theme !
Cheers Danny