First BW film through T90

[Rob MacKillop]

First some unprocessed shots. 28mm 2.8 Canon lens.

Close by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


India Street by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Sunshine on Victoria Street by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Trees by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Fettes College by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

And now some processed ones, with varying degrees of pp...


Fettes College lk by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Maxwell seltriste by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Mound_wr by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Trees triste by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Waverley by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

So far the weather has been uniformly dull, and all these shots are on auto exposure, with me choosing the aperture. Looking forward to seeing skies with more detail...

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Actually, seeing them all on one page like this, I do prefer the originals

 

[Brian Moore]

But "Mound" and the 2nd "Trees" have wonderful tones to them Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Brian. Thankfully it is not case of either-or. I can have both

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Now I'm liking the last one more and more...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Looking good Rob - which B&W film were you using?

might be worth trying a yellow filter for your B&W to help with skies and tonality (especially when the fog lifts!)

 

[Brian Moore]

I like "Waverley" also, Rob. Should have commented on it before. Add some sepia and you have another 19th C Edinburgh image.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ha. You are right, Chris. A yellow filter would be useful right now. I forgot to mention I used HP5.

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Thanks, Brian. I did try some sepia, but it didn't quite work for me. This one has a wee bit selenium in the mix.

 

[Pete Askew]

I also like the shot of Waverley station and especially like the cool PP you have used. Trees is great also and gritty, grainy PP gives it a very Eastern European feel I think (probably a foretaste of what an independent Scotland would turn out like - that Salmond is a latent Orwellian monster I'm telling you ). My favourite though is the painting. And I'd love to see the Victoria Street shot worked up.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Something like this?


Victoria Street fn1 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

The painting is of James Clark Maxwell, whom Einstein regarded as the greatest scientist since Newton. He was an Edinburgh lad, and his house is a now a museum come meeting place for physicists and mathematicians. I arrived to be told that you have to make an appointment, and they were just about to have a meeting. So I grabbed a quick shot, and made my exit. Despite that, they seemed a nice bunch, so I will definitely return there - and book ahead!

Glad you like that shot - my favourite of them all.

 

[Pete Askew]

Most definitely! Wonderful stuff!

 

[Kev Pugh]

Yep liking both pre and post Rob

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Kev.

 

[David Mitchell]

Wow....those are amazing

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, David!

 

[Stan Hesketh]

Very impressed I am going to have to try some B/W in my T90 now!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I look forward to seeing your edits, Stan.