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Originally Posted by bowzart  You may find this interesting, or just plain weird. A friend of mine had a studio sale to simplify his life, and probably about 100 people came. One fellow came up to me and handed me his card. I don't remember his name, but under it was his "profession": "Refrigerator Developer". The story was that he kept his developer in the fridge, and whenever he loaded a roll of film into a tank, he'd pour the developer into it, put it back in, and leave it for weeks. He described the results. They sounded like fun; lots of Mackie lines, bromide streaks, etc. I've never tried it, but maybe I will! Well, back to topic.
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Was your friend's name William Mortensen? Mortesen was known to have done such an exercise, however I don't think it ever became a working technique for him.
I can tell from experience that semi-stand / stand Dev. can produce results which alter the micro contrast to such a degree that the results no longer look photographic.
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