Category Archives: Kodak Tri-X We came across a kite fair on Blackheath Common. The clouds provided a dramatic backdrop. I only had a green/yellow 060 filter with me, I could have done with the red 090 for the clouds. I found these big ‘kites’ absolutely hypnotic, moving slowly and lugubriously in the wind, stangely synchronised in their movement. Something…  …to use HC-110 with Tri-X? Love it. I shot this test roll at EV 320 and developed it in HC-110 dilution ‘H’ 1+63 for 13 minutes. 30 secs initial agitation, 3 gentle inversions every minute. Leica M6 with Summicron 35/2 IV plus yellow green filter. Fence Shop I’m going to have to start varying the…  Bright sunlight, dark shadows, contrasty lens, red filter, Tri-X and Rodinal. Asking for trouble… These turned out a little overdeveloped grrrr. Legs Whilst laying around this concrete pillar in the baking sunshine two guys came over and one proclaimed loudly to the other “This is a classic example of brutalist concrete architecure, possibly military in…  A week of wondering around taking relatively few photographs. This roll seems to have a concentrate of my fave subjects… I can’t resist a broken brolly, especially in such a dramatic setting. A broken brolly implies some sort of drama anyway. There are plenty of benches on the roll Gizmo bottom left Steps… to nowhere?…  Walking in the evening with the dog gives me the excuse to photograph in interesting light. I was using a medium red filter on the Summicron to photograph some dramatic sunset clouds from Point Hill but took this of Kate facing the sunset. It looks like she is the spectator at a nearby nuclear explosion,… |
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