First off: I hope discussion posts are OK? I don't see any rules except for tagging photo posts.

I have an old beseler B&W enlarger, no color filters or brightness configuration. I have a set of gels for contrast control.

When I'm printing 5x7 and I have my lens at the manufacturer's recommended aperture size, exposure times are very short (4-6 seconds). It's hard to get a good dodge/burn in such a short period. I can dial my lens down to f16, but even then I'm starting around 8 seconds for exposure, I'd like maybe 12-16.

I was thinking 1 or 2 stops of neutral density filter could slow down my exposure and give me more time to execute the print. Is that a thing people do?

One of the quaint nooks in the Turku Castle. I love how much contrast there is always between the dark walls within, compared to the light that casts on the white walls.

Metered by eye, as I almost always do since I can't be bothered with keeping track of the batteries. Scanning with a Plustek OpticFilm 7600i, Vuescan for raws, Negpy for flipping into a positive.

This is an enlarged scan of the full negative, which looks like this:

It was shot in manual, f/22 and shutterspeed 1/2000th, the darkest settings I could get. I didn't have any filter but it was quite a wide angle shot and I covered the lens after and before shooting. This photo is exactly the same scene, but exposed for the foreground:

The shape of the eclipsed sun can be seen here as well, though slightly darker than the surrounding sun star and sky. This confused me, but apparently this is called Solarization and is common in film.

Anyway, this was my first roll of Pan F, and I love this stuff. I didn't expect these photos to really be useful at all, but the latitude and detail of this film is absolutely crazy

I really like the atmosphere/vibe on this one

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/39620790

An old neglected and crumbling barn on a family member's farm. It hasn't been used in probably 20 years now.

I developed this picture myself and the developing process was a bit of a disaster this time. The film slipped out of the holder in the developing vat, overlapped, got scratched by the film holder, messed up the developer and fixer times.

Of the vat this one and one other came out salvageable.

i often continue editing my images after i post them. this is the original. let me know what you think vs the current version!

edit: brightened up. heres the original post:

The food was very good

Of course I asked for her permission before posting

I'm pretty sure this was the 50mm