Ok so a little frustrated with both of these shots although to be fair I didn't expect the tree shot to please me very much as I generally fail to obtain satisfying results with this type of scene.
The idea was to seperate the different greens (tones) of the grass, the small tree in the fore (ish) ground, then the two different types of trees behind…...I hoped a green filter was going to do the trick….maybe it has, but not enough ??
The railway signal image however is right up my street but sadly has evidence of light entry to the left edge.
Some of you may recall that earlier this year I posted a 10x8 image of the local mountains heavily cropped due to severe light entry with same film holder and same camera so this time I immediatley re inserted the darkslide an inch or so after removal and left it in place to avoid light entry through the foam seals.
Clearly it didn't work.!
Immediatley convincing myself that I have a dodgy holder ( which side I wouldn't know without further testing) I've had the torch out and attempted to locate the offending foam decay/ damage….to no avail.
Then I had a thought ( no sarcasm thank you!! lol),
Both images with light entry were exposed in landscape orientation. None of the portrait orientated shots show the same problem.
Camera mounted on tripod, filmholder in place and a strong torch inside the bellows around the rear standard shows a very very fine gap between the fixed part of the rear standard and the removable section holding the groundglass.
Potentially and probably, this could well be where the issue lies.
Not great news but at least it looks like I don't need to obtain another film holder at nearly 200 quid.
That said, I will have to find a solution for the rear standard……..Intrepid are a good team and will no doubt help enormously.
More investigations required and if possible some photos before contacting them.
Anyway, back to the shots.
Done very little with them as I doubt i will be printing them out.
The tree one has had curves adjusted slightly and sharpened. ( ignore the horizontal ( scratch??) lines )
The signal shot is exactly as it has come off the scanner.