ChrisRDark 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.
Avon reflection 2. Just down the river a bit from the previous...
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax K 58mm f/1.8, #Kodak Tri-X at EI 200, dev by The Darkroom UK in XTOL, home scanned.
Two ducks.
#Pentax MX, Vivitar Series 1 35-70mm zoom,, #Kentmere 100 at EI 200, 1 stop push in HC-110 dilution B, home scanned.
Magnolia. With this roll I was giving my Vivitar 35-70 zoom a run. I pretty much gave up zooms a few years ago, but it is a really nice lens, replacing the Pentax M 35-70 lens I destroyed on a rocky beach near the Forth Road bridge, years ago!
#Pentax MX, Vivitar Series 1 35-70mm zoom,, #Kentmere 100 at EI 200, 1 stop push in HC-110 dilution B, home scanned.
13, Lower Ladyes Hills.
#Pentax MX, Vivitar Series 1 35-70mm zoom, #Kentmere 100 at EI 200, 1 stop push in HC-110 dilution B, home scanned.
The quiet chat (with visual shouting all around!).
#Pentax MX, Vivitar Series 1 35-70mm zoom, #Kentmere 100 at EI 200, 1 stop push in HC-110 dilution B, home scanned.
Young chestnut leaves 1. Looks almost IR, maybe it was the orange filter?
#Pentax MX. Helios 44k 58mm f/2 lens, #IlfordFP4, orange filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Chestnut leaves and flower buds. Strong wind from the side in the first, but that flower spike stands tall.
#Pentax MX. Helios 44k 58mm f/2 lens, #IlfordFP4, orange filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Reed bed again. We're a bit later in the Spring so the blackthorn is in flower.
#Pentax MX. Helios 44k 58mm f/2 lens, #IlfordFP4, orange filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Canal bend. From a walk by a part of the Grand Union Canal we don't often visit.
#Pentax MX. Helios 44k 58mm f/2 lens, #IlfordFP4, orange filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Lifting footbridge across a "cut" off the main canal.
#Pentax MX. Helios 44k 58mm f/2 lens, #IlfordFP4, orange filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Picnic table.
#Pentax MX. Helios 44k 58mm f/2 lens, #IlfordFP4, orange filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Hanging in there... almost dead tree.
#Pentax MX. Helios 44k 58mm f/2 lens, #IlfordFP4, orange filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Memorial urn.
#Pentax MX. Helios 44k 58mm f/2 lens, #IlfordFP4, orange filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Tulips.
#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax M 100mm f/4 semi-macro, #KodakPortra160, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Bee on the Japonica.
#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax M 100mm f/4 semi-macro, #KodakPortra160, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Snake's head fritillaries.
#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax M 100mm f/4 semi-macro, #KodakPortra160, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Prunus (I think). Short of going out with a ladder looking up was the best I could manage this year! #BloomScrolling
#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax M 100mm f/4 semi-macro, #KodakPortra160, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Two quick photos of thatching in progress. You can clearly see how the new thatch is layered on top of the old here. First could also work for #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday .
#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax M 100mm f/4 semi-macro, #KodakPortra160, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Pieris. This particular specimen in our garden is over 10 feet tall, and a really nice shape. Mrs R thinks it's too big; I think it's just... magnificent!
#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax M 85mm f/2 [corrected], #KodakPortra160, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Oxford street.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Rotating rail bridge; no longer used, this used to cross the canal [EDIT: in Oxford], and would be swung one way to allow canal traffic and then back to allow trains to cross!.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Footbridge, by the junction of Sheepwash Cut and the Thames, Oxford.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Canal bikes.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Window with people. I saw the fellow on the right with his stick, and was framing up the phto when the person on the left came round the corner. The building at then end is either a church or a college. #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
College entry.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
The keep, Kenilworth Castle. Taken with an Olympus Stylus (mju) we (re-) found in a drawer, along with a Mamiya U. This is a test film for both. It works...
#OlympusStylus, #Kentmere100, HC-110 dilution B
That halo is much more visible in the small version, and I'm not sure what caused it. There is some evidence of bromide drag in some frames, but I don't think that's what this is. No sharpening except for 50 points of clarity to overcome softness from scanning.
Leicester's building, Kenilworth Castle. This was built specifically for one of Queen Elizabeth's visits, and extended for her last and longest visit, 450 years ago this month.
#OlympusStylus, #Kentmere100, HC-110 dilution B
Leicester's garden, Kenilworth Castle. A re-imagining of the garden built for Elizabeth. Bromide drag really strong in this one.
#OlympusStylus, #Kentmere100, HC-110 dilution B
Gatehouse, converted to a private house when the castle was "slighted" after the Civil War. This with the #MamiyaU whose lens is clearly quite a different proposition from the Olympus!
#Kentmere100, HC-110 dilution B
Oxford Castle and Prison. Now part of a fancy hotel!
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
#BelieveInFilm
#FilmPhotography
#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
Leicester's garden, Kenilworth Castle, again.
#MamiyaU, #Kentmere100, HC-110 dilution B.
The promise of this thread is, at least one from each roll of film. On this roll, we have #Sydney in 2000 in the #MamiyaU, and after reloading the unfinished roll, the local High Street in 2025, in my #PentaxME.
#KodakGold200, EI 200 in the Mamiya, EI 12 in the #Pentax, dev by Filmdev.
Back to Oxford, the Gloucester Green market.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
"Bridge of Sighs", Oxford.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Path by the giant conifer (possibly Wellingtonia?) at Leek Wooton.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Tree trunks. This group of trunks see to radiate from the same spot, perhaps grown up versions of root suckers from long ago?
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Fallen.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Pillar in the clearing. For no good reason I can see, this classical pillar stands in a clearing in the arboretum.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Multiple trunks. Not sure what kind of shrub this was, perhaps a rhododendron? [EDIT: It appears it was a Portuguese Laurel!]
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
"The Common" 1. Usually a common in England was open space for grazing; this is sloping land apparently used for gravel pits in the past.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
"The Common" 2.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
"The Common" 3.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Queen Anne's Lace in the graveyard.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
tomnorthfilm@carusb That yellow filter really made the foliage pop.
@tomnorthfilm Thanks Tom. That must have been late April so they were very new leaves, and taken more or less towards the sun, which probably contributes. Some of them look almost IR, but I've not yet tried IR so maybe the effect there is different.
RobertJacksonJ M W Turner ... looking on with appreciation.
@RobertJackson58585858 Um, thanks Robert! An ICM that worked, anyway. It's rather expensive doing them on film, and I rather regret spending a roll of Reala 100 on it. But I do like the result. There were several other interesting ones on that roll. The colours sometimes go... weird!
Jon Sullivan@carusb Good. I like it.
@joncounts Thanks Jon. Great when it works, disheartening when it doesn't! Definitely easier with digital, when you can at least see whether any attempt worked at all.
@carusb Yes, you're bold (and skilled) doing this with film. I ended up experimenting a lot more when I went to digital.
Rom | Tapas in the sun@carusb I do like the sympathetic curves.
@tapasinthesun Thanks Rom. That's what caught my eye, then the mystery of "why?". There are more of these trunks than you can see here, arranged in a ring. I couldn't work out how to photo more of it.
Kaiser has Moved!@carusb Obligatory… 😎
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs - 02 - Bridge Of Sighs
@kaiser_photo Finally got time with no-one else in the house to listen... but not all the way through, sadly not my cup of tea. But thanks for the pointer.
shom