hp5

I have recently returned to a project I started in 2020 which is learning more about sensitometry. My reference material is an excellent book by Phil Davis. I wanted to pickup where I left off which is all about film exposure and film density. My first experiment was to put into practice the...

Knowing how the Kodak D23 is a soft developer which I like, I wanted to test it with HP5 using the Neewer LED panel as the light source. Rather than use the perspex diffuser, I placed a homemade scrim in-front of the LED panel to see if I could maintain a softer light source in the final image...

Having not done much with Diafine and 35mm HP5, I decided to do a test. Three exposures of the same scene with three different ISO ratings, (400,800,1600) The lighting was an LED panel set to daylight positioned just the left of the setup. Exposure: The base exposure was taken from a grey card...

I find I keep returning to this moody cemetery which has a certain uniqueness about it. Leica M7 and Summarit 35mm. Scanned with Plustek Optikfilm 8100 Ilford HP5+ 400 rated at 200. DD-X for 7 mins and 40 seconds. Contrast/slight vignette/a bit of dodging to lift light on ground, highlights...