Processing error
Well, one learns by one's mistakes. This one dates from February 2012, when I'd been processing my own film for about six months. What happened was that I put the film reel on its spindle ...by feel, inside the dark bag of course... and it lodged in the groove for 127 film. Inside the tank, therefore, the reel was not resting on the bottom, but was part way up the spindle and not wholly immersed in the developer. This produced the light band at the bottom and the "melting" effect at the top, presumably caused by run-off from the sprocket holes after inversions. Though it was produced by an error, I think the appearance of the sky has a certain beauty, resulting as it does from the nature of the process. The plume of steam came from the Wissington sugar factory, though the factory itself is lost to view in the mist.
Processing error
Well, one learns by one's mistakes. This one dates from February 2012, when I'd been processing my own film for about six months. What happened was that I put the film reel on its spindle ...by feel, inside the dark bag of course... and it lodged in the groove for 127 film. Inside the tank, therefore, the reel was not resting on the bottom, but was part way up the spindle and not wholly immersed in the developer. This produced the light band at the bottom and the "melting" effect at the top, presumably caused by run-off from the sprocket holes after inversions. Though it was produced by an error, I think the appearance of the sky has a certain beauty, resulting as it does from the nature of the process. The plume of steam came from the Wissington sugar factory, though the factory itself is lost to view in the mist.