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07/09/2003 Entry: "doing the post darkroom drag"

Feel like I've been put throough the wringer, stumbling through this morning after too many hours for too few prints in the darkroom last night. I was eager to get started on the negatives from Sunday's play but had to battle some pretty flat negs of some family shots before I could make room in the schedule for "art". Anyone have any development tips for Ilford Delta 400? It was my first time using it and the developer I used was quite the wrong choice. I hate wasting time trying to bring life to ultraflat lifeless negatives.

I did finally manage to get contact prints of Sunday done, along with some initial prints of a regular B&W pinhole (NSFW) and an attempt at a infrared pinhole. I was real happy with the pinhole contact sheets and have several more that are definitely candidates for printing. The long exposure and soft focus gave them a sort of Pre-Raphaelite look, just what I was after.