Caveman said" Either you push or you Ansel."
Not necessarily. Determining your stop and shutter speed by metering the most important element in your shot and then determining where that falls on the grayscale range is really the most important part of the zone system. Development times are secondary. And what you did is exactly what the zone system prescribes. Many photographers would have just set their meter at 1600 and taken a central weighted or averaging reading, then fired away. You knew you had to meter the skin and place it at a grayscale value. That's the zone system.
On Oct 22, 2004, at 9:06 PM, Caveman wrote:
Yes I was lucky and the skin turned out great. But the idea is that at least when pushing film you can add little Ansel to that. Either you push or you Ansel.
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Normal development in this case for the ISO at which it was shot. I would consult the film manufacturer's processing guidelines. They probably spec out an ISO 1600 time. If I had to guess, I'd go with D-76 straight up for about 12 minutes at 68 degrees fahrenheit. You're dealing with a value well within the range of the film. It's not a deep shadow and it's not an extreme highlight, so special development wouldn't be required. However, you would have to push the film some since you rated it at 1600.
Paul
