Frank, Have them print the negative it upside down. If the stripe is still there, you have a problem. My bet is it's in the printing...
Regards, Bob S. frank theriault wrote: > --- Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > >>The first - I don't like the strange ribbon in the >>middle. > > > <snip>Julia chuckles - I see no reason why... I > >>apologize for her. <snip> > > > First, Boris, thanks for your comments. I'm glad you > liked (most of) them. > > Second, don't apologize for Julia's laughter. Women > laugh at me all the time; I'm used to it! <vbg> > > Third (and this is for the list at large), Boris > didn't like the vertical lavender stripes to the left > of centre of this shot: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2495260 > > With the greatest of humility, I agree that they ruin > what might otherwise be a not bad shot. > > Problem is, I can't figure out what caused them. > They're on the neg - I assumed they were just on the > print, because I looked at the neg and could see > nothing. I got blown up to 8x10, and it's still > there. The lab guy (not my usual b&w guy, but a > minilab at the end of my street - that's why the > colours are wonky, as many of you pointed out) looked > at the neg under a loupe on a light table, as did I, > and we can't see anything, but it's obviously there. > > The lab guy wondered aloud if it might be a light > leak, but I wouldn't expect it on that part of the neg > (usually near the edges, no?) and I haven't had any > light leak problems with the LX since I first got it, > then unbent the film door. The only thing I can think > of is that it might be a flaw on the film (it was the > last frame of the film). I doubt it was something > from the developing process. > > Any ideas? > > thanks, > frank
