ChrisRFinally got my #FolderWeek photos scanned and uploaded to C1Pro. This is the other end of the small row of thatched cottages from my post earlier today
#ZeissIkonta 524/16 #IlfordFP4 home devved in HC-110 dilution B.
Abbey Fields in light snow. Sometimes you can sledge here, right in the centre of town! Good reason to settle...
#PentaxMX, SMC #Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by #DarkroomUK in #XTOL.
Another #FolderWeek post: two more thatched cottages. The second has just been re-thatched; if you look closely just above the upstairs window, you might see that there are at least 3 different layers of thatch here! I love the fluid shapes that thatched roofs can have, but they must be seriously expensive to maintain!
#ZeissIkonta 524/16 with the Novar Anastigmat 80mm f/4.5 lens, #IlfordFP4 home devved in HC-110 dilution B.
Two square castle photos for #FolderWeek and #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday .
#ZeissIkonta 524/16 with the Novar Anastigmat 80mm f/4.5 lens, #IlfordFP4 home devved in HC-110 dilution B.
One more square castle (!) photo for #FolderWeek. This is taken in the undercroft of the Great Hall.
#ZeissIkonta 524/16 with the Novar Anastigmat 80mm f/4.5 lens, #IlfordFP4 home devved in HC-110 dilution B.
Snowy walk.
#PentaxMX, SMC #Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
Snowy walk again. This couple are walking towards the castle, unseen.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
Frozen lake.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
After the thaw, the flood... behind the castle.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
There's always one! Van almost up to its windows in the flooded ford, for #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
Road block. This 150-year-old oak tree has fallen across the ford during Storm Éowyn, blocking the road completely.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
Flood behind the Castle again.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
Poplar reflections.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
After the flood, frost again. Water birds gather in a small patch of open water on Abbey Lake.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
The hornbeam.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
Across the icy lake. That building tucked into the trees is the 800-year-old Abbey Barn, one of only two remaining buildings.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL.
Icy bulrushes.
(It feels a bit weird posting these frosty photos when we're in a long sunny spring, but hey, nevermind!)
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax M 35mm f/2, IlfordHP5 lab devved by The Darkroom UK in XTOL. EDIT: Actually SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, Delta 400, home dev HC-110 dilution B. Sorry about that!
Frosty teasels.
#Pentax MX, EDIT: Actually SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, Delta 400, home dev HC-110 dilution B. Sorry about that!
Waterbirds among the frosted reeds. The swans help to keep small areas of water clear of ice; this is the first time I've seen them [EDIT: keep the water clear] this far up among the reeds.
#Pentax MX, EDIT: Actually SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, Delta 400, home dev HC-110 dilution B. Sorry about that!
Frosty log. This is from a tree that came down in last year's storms.
#Pentax MX, EDIT: Actually SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, Delta 400, home dev HC-110 dilution B. Sorry about that!
Reeds in the ice. The floods had not fully subsided when this cold snap arrived.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #IlfordDelta400, home dev in HC-110 dilution B.
Frosty reeds and castle!
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #IlfordDelta400, home dev in HC-110 dilution B.
Frosty, foggy castle!
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #IlfordDelta400, home dev in HC-110 dilution B.
Catkins.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #Kentmere400, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.
Path in Crackley Woods.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #Kentmere400, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.
Winter rose and shadow.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #Kentmere400, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.
Holyrood Park road.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #Kentmere400, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.
Door, windows and... dinosaur? Something for #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday anyway.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #Kentmere400, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.
St Margaret's Loch, Holyrood Park.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #Kentmere400, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.
Timbers. These are exposed frames of a "half-timbered" house on Castle Green; they date from the 16th to 17th century! The brick panels are later additions; they would originally have been "wattle and daub", ie mud. EDIT: The cottage and these timbers can be seen at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1035342.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 55mm f/1.8, #Kentmere400, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.
I found a long-expired roll of Konica VX 200 Super colour film from a past Secret Santa, and decided to rate it at EI 50 and try some Intentional Camera Movement (#ICM). TBH it didn't really work out well, but maybe a few are worth showing. Crackley Wood...
#Pentax ME, #Vivitar28mm f/2.8, dev/scan by Filmdev.
This one is #ICM but looks more like a double exposure. Also from Crackley Wood.
#Pentax ME, #Vivitar28mm f/2.8, Konica VX 200 Super colour film, expired 2005, at EI 50,dev/scan by Filmdev.
Last one from this roll. Some times with #ICM the colours just go really weird on you, no idea where all this pink came from!
#Pentax ME, #Vivitar28mm f/2.8, Konica VX 200 Super colour film, expired 2005, at EI 50,dev/scan by Filmdev.
I missed this roll of #Kodak200 from my #OlympusMju2. It's always in my jacket pocket, and when I'm out with black & white film and colour is called for, out it comes. I'm getting slightly better results now I remember to turn off flash in lower light frames! This roll was devved by Darkroom UK and scanned by me with Vuescan Pro; colours turned out better than I'd expected. I did scan a couple to RAW for inversion in @darktable but I've not tried that yet.
Birds on the wet ice on Abbey Lake.
Following a suggestion from @tomnorthfilm here's another icy Abbey Lake image in a panorama crop!
#OlympusMju2, #Kodak200 film, devved and scanned by Filmdev.
#BelieveInFilm
#FilmPhotography
(Note, neither the title nor description I'd added to the IPTC metadata in C1Pro made it through to the Alt Text, as I had hoped after seeing a comment from someone else.)
"When ford is flooded it may be impassable"!
#OlympusMju2, #Kodak200 film, devved and scanned by Filmdev.
This used to be the A452, said to be the only A road in England that went through a ford. The authorities solved this, not by building a bridge... but by downgrading the road, it's now the B4103!
Floods and the castle.
#OlympusMju2, #Kodak200 film, devved and scanned by Filmdev.
Millennium Trail flooded.
#OlympusMju2, #Kodak200 film, EDIT: devved by The Darkroom UK, home scanned (I got that wrong, my apologies!).
By the way, I've very belatedly realised that these mju II images were NOT dev/scanned by Filmdev as I wrote. That's my normal workflow with C41, but this time I had a bunch of B&W films going off to The Darkroom UK, who do great dev but very expensive scan. So I sent the Kodak for dev-only and scanned it myself on the Plustek 7500i with #Vuescan Pro. The results far exceeded my (very low) expectations! Maybe the VS settings are suited to consumer film? I think I should try scanning some more!
Let's have a reflected castle in black and white again!
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax [EDIT: M 35mm f/2], #IlfordHP5, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Backlit castle gatehouse.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Catkins in a wood.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
The well-pruned rose.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Dark cloud over The Almanack at Abbey End.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Abbey fields couple with dog. (What were they thinking? This is in March!)
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Long shadows in Talisman Square.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2, #IlfordHP5, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Under the Avon Bridge. This roll of REFLX Labs Double X unfortunately had defects running right through most of it, mainly showing as black lines. Just about tolerable in a few frames.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 28mm f/2, Eastman 5222, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Two winter willows by the Avon. Defects clearly visible here.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 28mm f/2, REFLX Double X (Eastman 5222), dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Bulrushes by the lake.
#Pentax MX, Cosinon-W 28mm f/2, REFLX Double X (Eastman 5222), dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
The wonky gate.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 58mm f/1.8, [not REFLX] #Kodak Tri-X, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned. Another roll afflicted by long scratches. EDIT: this is a new roll, post edited in haste, sorry!
Narrow boats at a marina.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 58mm f/1.8, #Kodak Tri-X at EI 200, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Reed bed. This is actually the site of the dock where Kings, Queens, Lords and Ladies would arrive at The Pleasance, at the far end of the Great Mere from Kenilworth Castle, for their entertainment!
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 58mm f/1.8, #Kodak Tri-X at EI 200, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Avon reflection. This house is directly opposite the Fishermen's Carpark, from which there is a pleasant walk into Stratford. Think we can also claim #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday!
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 58mm f/1.8, #Kodak Tri-X at EI 200, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
tomnorthfilm@carusb Beautiful tonalities and texture. This has more punch than I’d expect from a one stop pull.
@tomnorthfilm Thanks Tom. Really more of one stop over-exposed, rather than a pull; I just let the lab dev as normal!
@carusb I thought this was Double-X.
@tomnorthfilm Ah, we were away so I was editing the post this morning under some pressure. This is a new film, new lens, Kodak Tri-X! I'll edit the post... (Back home now.)
@tomnorthfilm The previous REFLX film was damaged on arrival (black lines, meaning white lines on the film). Unfortunately this new Kodak roll, and I think the next one (HP5), both bought new, lab-devved and home scanned, have longitudinal scratches. It's very frustrating. I can't see how lab development would do this. Unfortunately I've left it too late to do much wrt the lab development. I've been happy with the lab otherwise. [Edited]
@carusb I’ve heard that dust on the equipment can lead to those scratches. That’s supposedly why dip and dunk processing is better. I priced out sending my color film to the Darkroom in LA for dip and dunk processing. It was 2-3x the cost of getting it done at National Camera.
@carusb Too bad about the film.
@tomnorthfilm Yes, I was quite annoyed. I bought 5 rolls and I think 4 were faulty. Happily they refunded the purchase cost. This one I hadn't used, but decided to give it a go; I rather wish I'd thrown it in the bin!