Try This!!!

I had a test roll of Tri-x left over from doing film speed tests and I decided to run a little experiment on it. I have read in the past somewhere that someone had developed film in D-76 and had got some interesting results. What I did was mix 4 fluid ounces of X-tol with 4 ounces of d-76 and 8 ounces of H2O all at 70 degrees. I then developed the roll for 14.5 minutes. I used a small 1 reel Nikkor tank so obviousely I had about half of the developer mixture leftover to try out again later. Results where pretty cool. Plenty of contrast and nice grain, not fine grain by any means, almost like a blend of medium grain and coarse grain. Overall there is a little bit of an otherworldly, ghostlike feel to the prints; especially when blown up quite a bit. It will be fun trying to find some good subjects to try this technique on. Any ideas? I thought some natural still lifes, or portraits would be a good place to start.

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