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ChrisR

Afternoon light.

, SMC M 35/2 lens. 400 at box, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo showing the silhouetted castle through a fringe of trees, over a meadow with tussocks of grass showing strongly in the low afternoon sun.
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ChrisR

Magnolia.

, SMC M 35/2 lens. 400 at box, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo of a profusion of light-coloured, slightly veined magnolia blossoms against a background of dark twigs.
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ChrisR

Graceful winter trees in The Common.

, SMC M 35/2 lens. 400 at box, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo of a glade through sparse winter trees with little undergrowth. They appear to be swaying this way and that, but frozen in the act.
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ChrisR

Larch forest.

, SMC M 35/2 lens. 400 at box, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


A forest of larch tree trunks in winter, mostly bare and vertical but a couple leaning diagonally in this black and white portrait format photo.
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ChrisR

Three cars in the Alvis yard. The Coventry factory stopped production in 1967, but since 1968 the Red Triangle company has been maintaining and now re-manufacturing Alvis cars in Kenilworth!

, SMC M 35/2 lens. 400 at box, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo showing 3 old cars against a wooden fence. Two men are peering under the bonnet of the second car.
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ChrisR

Castle Green.

, SMC M 35/2 lens. 400 at box, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo showing a wooden bench in the foreground, behind it an old-fashioned street lamp and a waste bin. Two roads come fgrom left and right to meet and continue up through the image with a grassy area to its right. At the right hand edge is a public house, beyond it a strip of cottages. At the left is a conifer and a car park.
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ChrisR

News and tobacco kiosk in Sofia, Bulgaria, early 1970. Taken with my 1 with (not Plus) film; no meter (I used the metering hints inside film boxes in those days, essentially Sunny 16).

I worked in Sofia for 4 months at that time, so plenty of time to get to know the communist world a little. The adventures there are described in a series of blog posts starting at unsustainableideas.wordpress.c .



Black and white photo, taken in bright sunshine in winter on what is obviously a cold day, showing a "PressPoint" (name in Cyrillic text) selling postcards, newspapers, cigarettes etc. There are several people, all in heavy coats; one woman wears a head scarf. Two telephone boxes on the right of the picture are in use and a woman is waiting her turn.
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ChrisR

Stratford Canal. This is taken on the bad batch of expired 120 Tri-X, but this time taken at EI 200. Only signs of print-through on these negatives were in the inter-frame gaps.

[EDIT] Home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo in portrait format, showing a towpath and the canal to the right running from the bottom of the frme to the centre, where they curve away to the right. Buildings are visible near the curve, and two distant figures are walking on the towpath. A tree overhangs from the left.
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ChrisR

Stratford canal again.

, Tri-X (expired, bad batch), EI 200, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


A muddy canal at the bottom of the image dimly reflects two houses backing onto the canal, and the trunks of two closely-planted silver birch trees, bare of leaves. Black and white portrait format photo.
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ChrisR

The river Avon with swans and a big wheel.

, Tri-X (expired, bad batch), EI 200, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white portrait format photo of a river. On the far side and dominating the skyline is a big Ferris wheel against dark moody clouds. There are bare winter trees in front of it, with a half-timbered boat house. Part of a bridge can just be seen to the left. In the foreground several swans, some immature are swimming from right to left.
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ChrisR

Stratford swan sculpture.

, Tri-X (expired, bad batch), EI 200, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white portrait format photo showing a stainless steel sculpture of two swans greeting. They are on a four-legged plinth set in a pool. There is a group of people chatting on the lawn behind. Beyond them to the right is the bulk of the RSC Theatre, under a dark cloudy sky.
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ChrisR

Stratford church, across the river. [Edited for typo]

, Tri-X (expired, bad batch), EI 200, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white portrait format photo showing the tower and spire of the church at Stratford, across the Avon, under a moody sky. In the foreground is an ornate bench under a willow tree.
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ChrisR

Hanging basket window flowers in the sun.

, 44K 58/2 lens, at box, home dev in HC-110 dilution B.



Portrait format black and white photo shows a shuttered window in a brick wall almost obscured by a large flower basket hanging from just above. There is a small gable end immediately above, with some interesting decorative detail, looks like tiles with small circles. Above that, a tiled roof. The hanging basket is casting a strong shadow down and to the left, in the afternoon sun.
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ChrisR

Inside the Castle.

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter,, home dev in HC-110 dilution .


Black and white photo showing massive stone walls from inside the Castle. The walls seem almost to be stepped from lower to the right and higher to the left, where tall stone windows can be seen. A wooden structure of steps near the centre allows visitors to climb to the top of the middle wall.
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ChrisR

Castle doorway in the rain. Looking through to the "Elizabethan garden".

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter,, home dev in HC-110 dilution .


Black and white photo showing massive stone walls and floors inside the Castle. Through an arched doorway down some steps in the centre a statue and an aviary can be glimpsed in the garden. The stone floor is wet from rain and reflects the (Norman) arch of the doorway.
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ChrisR

Terrace and pergola.

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


In the left half of this black and white photo a terrace with hedge to the left and a wooden balustrade to the right leads towards an elaborate vine-covered pergola. To the right is a bare winter tree; overhead are moody clouds.
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ChrisR

Two swans!

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo of a small lake with winter trees beyond. By the near shore of the lake, a white swan stands in the shallow water. On the far side, at the right hand end of a reed bed, its mate sits on a nest, barely seen.
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ChrisR

Mud (we had a wet winter!).

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo showing part of a field with tractor ruts in the mud filled with water. There are bare winter trees by the fence line to the left, and heaps of material further in. A few fluffy clouds in an otherwise clear sky.
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ChrisR

Blossom.

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


A small branch with blossom against an out of focus background in this black and white photo.
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ChrisR

Abbey Field trees, late winter afternoon.

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo showing winter trees in the local park. The nearest one almost seems to reach out to embrace the others. It is casting a long shadow towards the left of the viewer.
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ChrisR

Garland on the Church door.

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white portrait format photo showing a garland hanging on an old door with ornate ironwork. The garland bizarrely features almost a dozen eggs!
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ChrisR

Round the back.

, M 35/2 lens, Kentmere 400, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo showing part of the back wall of some shops. There are five air conditioning units and several vents set in the brick wall, plus a sign reading "PRIVATE PARKING, Clamping in operation, STAFF PARKING ONLY".
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ChrisR

Chapel.

, K 55/1.8 lens, REFLX LABS XX at EI 200, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


A path leads up to (and past) the porch of a small chapel made of brick. The slated roof is damp. A gravestone is visible at the left, overhing with trees, and a bench sits against the wall to the right. Black and white photo.
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ChrisR

Brandon Marsh 1

, K 55/1.8 lens, REFLX LABS XX at EI 200, yellow filter, home dev in HC-110 dilution E.


Black and white photo showing a tree on a small island reflected in a pond. Other trees the other side of the pond, and a few stray branches creeping in top left and top right.
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tomnorthfilm

@carusb What are your thoughts on XX in HC110e? What time did you use?

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ChrisR

@tomnorthfilm Really enjoying XX. Last couple of years I used a 2 rolls of Cinestill BWXX, one lab-devved in IlfoTec DD, the other I did in FX-39 II. Both good. This REFLX roll was in HC-110 E, & a 2nd one lab-devved in Tri-X but I don't have that film back yet. The time I wrote on my dev spreadsheet for XX at 200 in E was 9 min 36 seconds (it says "Calculated" beside it), but I do remember thinking that was wrong and hand-writing a shorter time on the printed sheet, at home (but we're not!)

ChrisR

@tomnorthfilm Just reviewed this whole roll, and yes, I really like XX at EI 200 in HC-110 dilution E! (Some of then photos, not so much, but that's how it goes...)

May 24, 2024, 09:41 PM·Public
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tomnorthfilm

@carusb I’m seriously thinking of making Double X my next bulk load roll. I’m getting down to the end of my bulk loaded Arista 200 (Foma).

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ChrisR

@tomnorthfilm I think that's a very good plan. Very versatile at EI 200, excellent film, and the commercial stock is bulk-loaded anyway, just by someone else!

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tomnorthfilm

@carusb I can get a 100-ft roll of Double-X from Ultrafine for $110, making it $6.11/roll when I bulk load it. That’s a pretty decent price for such a great film.

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ChrisR

@tomnorthfilm ... and you can presumably make shorter rolls if you want to, as well! I've not quite reached the roll my own stage yet, though.

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tomnorthfilm

@carusb Yes, I can make shorter rolls but usually don’t. My way is to roll all 18 rolls at one time and then store them in the freezer. I only have one bulk loader, so when fall rolls around I’ll need it to load HP5. The AP loaders are my favorite, but they are the most expensive. I prefer them because I get much less wasted film. Very little film is exposed in the process.

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