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[BobNewYork]

.. audiophiles who think they can hear the grass grow. .

I can hear grass grow when I develop my film - at least it seems like that..............(he says, trying to re-introduce a sense of levity!!!)


Bob H

[jovo]

I can hear grass grow when I develop my film - at least it seems like that..............

Have you noticed the palpably deeper resonance of the sound of film developing in pyro than film developing in D76? The film actually achieves a timbre that is reminiscent of Paul Robeson! True! Actual fact! Yup!

For me, it drowns out the roar of the growing grass every time.


(BTW, if I could achieve even half the level of irony in a photograph as I have in the above, I'd be fighting off the gallerists in NYC who'd be clamoring to give me wall space by the roomful. Alas.....)

[Keith Tapscott.]

Amen, brother. Too much endless rambling on this board about chemicals and densitometers, not enough about important stuff like seeing. Let's all quit arguing and make some kick-ass new work.

I never mentioned anything about special developers or the use of densitometers. I simply asked if it was preferable to develop films a bit longer than normal to produce a slightly higher contrast negative. What`s wrong with asking that?

[BobNewYork]

Have you noticed the palpably deeper resonance of the sound of film developing in pyro than film developing in D76? The film actually achieves a timbre that is reminiscent of Paul Robeson! True! Actual fact! Yup!

For me, it drowns out the roar of the growing grass every time.

I have to take issue with the Robeson analogy...........

Bob H

[Keith Tapscott.]

The only silliness I've ever encountered that's worse than the anal writhing of photographers is the silliness of audiophiles who think they can hear the grass grow. I've seen a host of wonderful images made with a Holga (and I'm no fan of that idiom in itself), and an equal number of cliched, moribund, and stiflingly boring images made with the most arcane of LF and ULF equipment with processing in leprechaun spit and printing on angel feathers.
My only mantra to myself is to continue to learn to see.

What you really need is Leprechaun urine and that advice should be taken with a pinch of sodium chloride.

[jovo]

What you really need is Leprechaun urine and that advice should be taken with a pinch of sodium chloride.

But don't pinch the leprechaun when he's urinating. No gold for you!!

[Photo Engineer]

Make sure it is analytical grade sodium chloride! Any iodized salt will retard development!

PE

[BobNewYork]

Make sure it is analytical grade sodium chloride! Any iodized salt will retard development!

PE

You had to PE !! You just had to....

Bob H

[Photo Engineer]

Note that I said nothing about the purity of the sound of grass growing. In fact, you need a developer that produces a whole symphony to the ear. All I hear with most developers is the sloshing as I agitate.

PE

[BobNewYork]

Note that I said nothing about the purity of the sound of grass growing. In fact, you need a developer that produces a whole symphony to the ear. All I hear with most developers is the sloshing as I agitate.

PE

That's not "sloshing" - it's called tempo.

Bob H