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Leicaflex (standard)
50mm Summicron-R
Elpro VIa
HP5 @320
Perceptol 1+1
Fomatbrom variant 112
Ilford Multigrade
Adjusted in Silver Efex8 (Tone, Contrast, etc)
There is not much to play with in the dark shadows.
This was an experiment to see how Perceptol @ 1 + 1 affected grain, contrast, tone, etc
It was an overcast day with a flat but fairly bright cloud cover, making getting a good image challenging. As can be seen on the water, it was raining at the time.
OM2n Zuiko 75-150mm f4
FP4 Plus @ 125
Developed in Perceptol 1 + 1 @ 20Deg C for 15min
Nikon FE2, Nikkor AIS 135mm f/2.8, Ilford Pan 400 at EI 320 in Perceptol 1+3 twenty-five minutes at 20C
Jaffa
Leicaflex (standard)
50mm Summicron-R
HP5 @200
Perceptol 1+1
Fomatbrom variant 112
Ilford Multigrade
Toned in Moersch MT5 & Adox Selenium
Ondu 4x5 pinhole camera with Kentmere 100 in a 6x9 film back. Developed in Perceptol and scanned with an Epson V800.
The morning light revealed the fog
The wind blew it all away
Stirring the water bringing rain.
Was it all so long ago?
Nothing changes
Move on
Nothing to see here.
Film41_Foma100_28
500 CM 50mm
FP4+ (125) Perceptol 1+1
scan from print onto Kentmere VC Fineprint 20x25
SE4 1+14
toning:
MT1 1+20 60s
bleached 40s (dil. 1+99)
MT3 (50A+20B+1000) 30s
Taken in the middle of the day with high, thin cloud and a haze over the water almost obsuring the oil refinery. The sky was featureless, the light was strong but not harsh, shadows were deep and everything from mid-tones to highlights blended into one.
Film 31 FP4_Plus
OM2n
Ilford FP4+ @ Box
Perceptol 1+1 15 min @ 20 Deg C
Agitate 30 sec to start then 10 sec every min (plus 3 bumps)
Stop bath 1 min
Adofix Rapid Plus II 1+7 8 mins @ 20 Deg C
Wash and final rinse in wetting agent
Scanned Plustek 8200i SE @ 3600 ppi
LrC and FilmPack7 (for framing)
Firenze 2022, via Torta
Olympus OM1, zuiko 35mm f2, Agfaphoto APX400, Perceptol 1+1, negative film scan
Camera: Pentax ESII
Film: Ilford Delta 100
Dev.: Perceptol 1:1
Merci beaucoup pour votre visite, les gentils commentaires et les favoris. / Many thanks for your visit, kind comments and favs.
Film 20
OM2n 35-70 f3.5-4.5
Ilford Delta 400 @ ISO320
Perceptol 1 + 1 (150ml + 150ml water) @ 21 Deg C 14mins
Adofix 1 + 7 (40ml + 275ml) @ 20Deg C
3 min pre-soak
Development 30 Sec slow inversions plus 3 bumps on the counter
3 inversions every minute plus bumps x 3
Drain and stop bath
Fix for 8 mins with periodic inversions (~ every 1 min)
Wash 4 x 500ml
Final rinse with wetting agent
Scanned: PlusTek 8200i SE @ 3600 PPI
LrC & FilmPack7
"The main attraction of Stack Rocks is the sea bird colony best viewed from May to early July when thousands of Common Guillemot crowd on to the Stacks to breed together with smaller numbers of Razorbill, European Shag and Kittiwake. Red-billed Chough are regular here as are Peregrine Falcon. In the spring and summer Northern Wheatear are common on the rocky grassland of the clifftops. In the winter a walk eastwards towards St Govans may produce Merlin, possibly Hen Harrier and good flocks of European Golden Plover. Offshore the occasional Diver is possible."
( birdingplaces.eu/en/birdingplaces/united-kingdom/stack-rocks )
Film 35
Delta 100 @ Box
Canon 55e (Y2)
Perceptol 1+3 22mins @ 20 Deg C
Invert x 2 every 2 mins (twirled 10 sec on 20, 16, 12 mins)
Adofix 1+4 4 mins @ 20 Deg C
Washed with final rinse in wetting agent
Nikon F6
ZEISS Milvus 2.8/18
f11 0.7[s]
DELTA 100 PRO (135)
PERCEPTOL( 1:1 ) 20[C] 15[m]
MaSuKo1353
EPSON GT-X970 6400dpi scan
When we've spent a long time in the dark looking at 'shadows' when we turn and look the other way we are more than often blinded by the light. We must be patient, give ouselves time to adjust as only then do we have any hope of seeing things as they really are. Then we will be in a better position to make progress.
cf Republic (514a–520a, Book VII)
Film41_Foma100_3
Fomapan 100 @box
Canon EOS 55e
EF 24-70mm f4 L
Perceptol 1+1 (100ml + 100ml) & RO9 2+62 (1ml+123ml) @ 20Deg C *
10min 30 Sec agitate every min
Stop 1 min
Adofix Rapid II 1+7 8mins @ 20 Deg C
Wash 10 mins
Final rinse with wetting agent
Scanned PlusTec 8200i SE SilverFast 9
* Dilution for RO9 was calculated to match times for Perceptol @ 1+3
The view towards Rosebush from Bwlch y Gwynt
The lighting was quite extreme and changing quickly so I shot 3 bracketed pictures (+1/-1) to make sure I got 'something'. This was without compensation. The light chnaged and I shot another 3 (as before) but nothing satisfied - lost shadows, blown highlights and the one in the middle was just flat. I think another film stock, one that is more forgiving than Delta (eg FP4+, Pan F) would have helped.
Comments/advice welcome
Film 35
Delta 100 @ Box
Canon 55e (Y2)
Perceptol 1+3 22mins @ 20 Deg C
Invert x 2 every 2 mins (twirled 10 sec on 20, 16, 12 mins)
Adofix 1+4 4 mins @ 20 Deg C
Washed with final rinse in wetting agent
Hyons Wood, Tower Press 2x3 with Busch Pressman 103mm f4.5, HP5+ in Perceptol, Silver Gelatin Print, Ilford MG RC Satin
Film 20
OM2n 35-70 f3.5-4.5
Ilford Delta 400 @ ISO320
Perceptol 1 + 1 (150ml + 150ml water) @ 21 Deg C 14mins
Adofix 1 + 7 (40ml + 275ml) @ 20Deg C
3 min pre-soak
Development 30 Sec slow inversions plus 3 bumps on the counter
3 inversions every minute plus bumps x 3
Drain and stop bath
Fix for 8 mins with periodic inversions (~ every 1 min)
Wash 4 x 500ml
Final rinse with wetting agent
Scanned: PlusTek 8200i SE @ 3600 PPI
LrC & FilmPack7
Pentre Ifan looking through to the Cairns.
Pentre Ifan is a Neolithic burial chamber (approx 5k years old). It has a 5m (16' 6")‘capstone’ appearing to be precariously balanced on three ‘uprights’.
Having produced a number of images that aimed to bring out the atmosphere of this place, and one to show the straight scanned negative (as a reference for anyone wanting to try this method) this is a straight process using LrC for brightness, contrast, local shading (sky - it was plain white) and the removal of flaws in the negative (white dots, a watermark from drying). It's intended as an illustration of Pentre Ifan (as oppossed to fine art).
For those who are interested:
Fomapan 100 @box
Canon EOS 55e
EF 24-70mm f4 L
Perceptol 1+1 (100ml + 100ml) & RO9 2+62 (1ml+123ml) @ 20Deg C *
10min 30 Sec agitate every min
Stop 1 min
Adofix Rapid II 1+7 8mins @ 20 Deg C
Wash 10 mins
Final rinse with wetting agent
Scanned PlusTec 8200i SE SilverFast 9
* Dilution for RO9 was calculated to match times for Perceptol @ 1+3
Film36_Foma100_7
St Mary's
History: warren-church.org.uk/history.html
Film 35
Delta 100 @ Box
Canon 55e (Y2)
Perceptol 1+3 22mins @ 20 Deg C
Invert x 2 every 2 mins (twirled 10 sec on 20, 16, 12 mins)
Adofix 1+4 4 mins @ 20 Deg C
Washed with final rinse in wetting agent
Good Friday 2025 in Katwijk
Hasselblad 500C/M + 60mm Distagon.
Ilford Delta 100 @ 50ASA. Developed in Perceptol (stock)
Scanned with Nikon LS9000 + vuescan + darktable
A typical Sunday morning: people fish quietly on the jetty while a tanker is manouvered into position by tugs.
Film 33
The scanned neg didn't need much work: remove a few flaws from the sky, alter the contrast a little to bring out the sky and emphasise the texture in the water and stonework.
I could agitate more during development to increase contrast bu then I'd risk loss of detail in the dark areas (of other frames).
Scanned Plustek 8200i SE
Sanned @ 7200ppi
Delta 100 @ Box
Canon 55e (Y2)
Perceptol 1+3 22mins @ 20 Deg C
Invert x 2 every 2 mins (twirled 10 sec on 20, 16, 12 mins)
Adofix 1+4 4 mins @ 20 Deg C
Washed with final rinse in wetting agent
A view, a way of life, that appears unchanged for decades. Hidden from view (by farmhouse walls and/or lack of knowledge of history) are the impacts of political policy (block planting monoculture) and technology (internet, mobile phones, agrochemistry). Rural poverty and affluence sit side-by-side, cheek-by-jowl (the farmer, underpaid, underappreciated, controlled by supermarkets sit alongside the 'sold a house in the city for the cost of a farm, retired on a good pension' pushing up house prices to exclusion of anyone local trying to enter the housing market.
I'm not begrudging those who have - I too, would do the same. The problem lies in the single-mindedness of the powerful market to which those in power have yielded (there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed on the alter of profit) without a thought for the greater good.
OM2n
Zuiko 28mm f2.8 yellow filter
Fomapan 100 @ box
Perceptol 1+3 @ 20Deg C 14' 30” agitated every min (invert x 2; bump x 2)
Adofix Plus Rapid 1 + 7 8mins (frequent agitation)
Wash 10 mins
Final Rinse
Scanned Plustek 8200i SE SilverFast 3600ppi