How do you like grain?

[Juan Valdenebro]

Hi,

How much do you like grain?
Is it irrelevant to you?
Do you enjoy visible grain?
Do you prefer it as small as possible?
Sharp and crisp? Better dissolved?
Do you have favorite developers depending on the grain they produce?
Favorite films for their grain?
Do you prefer grain for certain scenes?
Do you avoid grain sometimes?

Cheers,

Juan

 

[daninjc]

I'm against

 

[Mongo Park]

Fermented and distilled.

 

[rover]

Fermented and distilled.

I feel I should close this thread now. After all, is there really a better answer?

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

I feel I should close this thread now. After all, is there really a better answer?

Maybe there are better ones for grainoholics...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[FPjohn]

APX 100 in Rodinol 1/50.

yours
FPJ

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

APX 100 in Rodinol 1/50.

yours
FPJ

Yes, that tone is wonderful... And small sharp grain...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

I'm against

Hi,

In which ways do you feel grain makes your photographs worse?

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Yes.
Yes.

Like bokeh and any other thing, it has it's place in the tool kit.

Hi,

When do you prefer visible grain?

Cheers,

Juan

 

[rover]

Generally, in my current mood, I am looking for smoother images. Good tones and sharp images. The look of BW400CN is in my favor. That said, I do really looking at the results I had with APX 100 and 400. The I developed them in Diafine or D76 which both produced excellent consistent results with very appealing grain.

 

[rover]

Hi,

When do you prefer visible grain?

Cheers,

Juan

People photos, outdoors, generally good light. The grain adds characher to the final product which can be captured well by a number of mediums.

 

[tapesonthefloor]

I like grain the size of breakfast cereal. I take half-frame Tri-X shots and blow them up to three feet tall. I like the chaos.

 

[ferider]

If I didn't like grain, I wouldn't shoot film.

 

[jsrockit]

How much do you like grain? I like it...
Is it irrelevant to you? No....

Do you enjoy visible grain? Yes...

Do you prefer it as small as possible? No ... depends on the image

Sharp and crisp? Better dissolved? sharp and crisp, but sometimes course and large depending on the subject...

Do you have favorite developers depending on the grain they produce? Rodinal used to be my favorite...

Favorite films for their grain? No... they are all cool in their own ways.

Do you prefer grain for certain scenes? Yes

Do you avoid grain sometimes? Yes, when I need something very clean and clinical...

I like digital because I can have it all. Sure, it is a compromise, but I get to add grain, have things clinical, convert to B&W, change the size and shape of the grain, etc. Juan, I know this has you cringing.

I love the look of my X1 photos at 3200 converted to B&W... nice "grain" believe it or not.

 

[eddie1960]

I feel I should close this thread now. After all, is there really a better answer?

agreed

add it's why i shoot film

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

How much do you like grain? I like it...
Is it irrelevant to you? No....

Do you enjoy visible grain? Yes...

Do you prefer it as small as possible? No ... depends on the image

Sharp and crisp? Better dissolved? sharp and crisp, but sometimes course and large depending on the subject...

Do you have favorite developers depending on the grain they produce? Rodinal used to be my favorite...

Favorite films for their grain? No... they are all cool in their own ways.

Do you prefer grain for certain scenes? Yes

Do you avoid grain sometimes? Yes, when I need something very clean and clinical...

I like digital because I can have it all. Sure, it is a compromise, but I get to add grain, have things clinical, convert to B&W, change the size and shape of the grain, etc. Juan, I know this has you cringing.

I love the look of my X1 photos at 3200 converted to B&W... nice "grain" believe it or not.

Nice posting, rover, Roland...

Well, I love film grain... Sharp and visible... I can also get very good looking grain in photoshop for images that were not shot on film... I really like the results too... I have been using photoshop happily for 15 years without cringing: just with the admiration it deserves.

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Kent]

Depends. Sometimes I like grain for atmospheric reasons.
Sometimes I loathe it and it annoys me.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

I like grain the size of breakfast cereal. I take half-frame Tri-X shots and blow them up to three feet tall. I like the chaos.

I like it that much too... I'm shooting TMZ under direct sun at large apertures lately... Huge grain on OOF areas is something I really enjoy...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[daninjc]

That was a joke . I love grain. One more reason to keep using TriX.

Hi,

In which ways do you feel grain makes your photographs worse?

Cheers,

Juan

 

[coelacanth]

I've been pushing 2 stops about 90% of rolls at least for past 2-3 years. Go figure.