Hunstanton Beach Shipwreck Se toned 10x8 print
Quite a vintage shot this one. I took it as part of an evening class project portfolio, back in the mid 1980's. I made this print about a year after doing the evening class, because I wanted to try toning some monochrome photographs and toned this one with selenium toner. One of my friends at work was a knowledgeable chemist also keen on photography and he supplied me with several bleaching and toning solutions that he used to make up in the lab. I scanned this 10x8 print using an Epson XP960 flatbed scanner. Originally taken on Kodak T-max 100 ASA b&w negative film using a Nikon F301 35mm SLR and a Sigma 24mm f/2.8 manual focus lens. I developed the film using Kodak T-max dev, followed by Ilford Ilfostop and Ilford Hypam fixer. I printed the neg onto Ilford Multigrade III resin coated paper (Ilford dev, stop and fix used), bleached the print back with a dichromate bleach solution and redeveloped it in Microphen prior to selenium toning it. I used to very much enjoy toning, because it could be carried out in daylight, with no need for working in the dark/safelight, so it was easier to judge the redevelopment and also the strength of toning. Have just discovered that the boat was a Steam Trawler called 'Sheraton' that was wrecked during a storm in 1947. To my surprise, I found out that this old boat was built in Beverley and had a steam engine provided by a company from Hull! There's a full history in this newspaper article here www.edp24.co.uk/features/real-story-behind-the-mystery-wr...
Hunstanton Beach Shipwreck Se toned 10x8 print
Quite a vintage shot this one. I took it as part of an evening class project portfolio, back in the mid 1980's. I made this print about a year after doing the evening class, because I wanted to try toning some monochrome photographs and toned this one with selenium toner. One of my friends at work was a knowledgeable chemist also keen on photography and he supplied me with several bleaching and toning solutions that he used to make up in the lab. I scanned this 10x8 print using an Epson XP960 flatbed scanner. Originally taken on Kodak T-max 100 ASA b&w negative film using a Nikon F301 35mm SLR and a Sigma 24mm f/2.8 manual focus lens. I developed the film using Kodak T-max dev, followed by Ilford Ilfostop and Ilford Hypam fixer. I printed the neg onto Ilford Multigrade III resin coated paper (Ilford dev, stop and fix used), bleached the print back with a dichromate bleach solution and redeveloped it in Microphen prior to selenium toning it. I used to very much enjoy toning, because it could be carried out in daylight, with no need for working in the dark/safelight, so it was easier to judge the redevelopment and also the strength of toning. Have just discovered that the boat was a Steam Trawler called 'Sheraton' that was wrecked during a storm in 1947. To my surprise, I found out that this old boat was built in Beverley and had a steam engine provided by a company from Hull! There's a full history in this newspaper article here www.edp24.co.uk/features/real-story-behind-the-mystery-wr...