Hello Mark, to me this looks like perhaps the bleach-fixer was exhausted. If you know someone how does darkroom work, an addidtional bleach-fixing procedure ASAP and washing could probably save your images. I once had a similar-looking problem and could fix it this way. I did the processing for myself on a Jobo processor (rotation).
All the best, Thomas > > "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Film processing can be really hit or miss, and quality is not really > >dependant on what kind of store is doing the job. > >It is dependant on the people who are doing the job. > > Well, I just had my first "miss" in the film processing department :( > > Two weeks ago I made a spur-of-the-moment camping trip to the Dolly Sods > Wilderness in West Virginia. (Full, agonizingly-=detailed post later). > Got some mind-boggling shots at dawn. And the lab ruined the film. All > the dark areas were covered with rust-red splotches. Even outside the > frame and around the sprocket holes. Someone in the lab screwed up > something. A was able to salvage a few shots because the dark areas were > just a small part of the frame and could be burned completely black in > Photoshop without spoiling the image (they would probably have been > completely black if the film had been processed properly) but it's > heartbreaking to see some of the unsavable slides and imagine what they > could have looked like... > > Here's a sample of the damage: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d303015.jpg > > Here's one I "saved": > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d303014.jpg > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com
