Ilford XP2 at the botanical gardens

[Chris Dodkin]

Used up the remaining frames of my Christmas roll of XP2 - at the Quail Botanical Gardens.

Blue Flame Agave

Palm Fronds

Spiky Cactus

Skyscraper Cacti

All EOS 1N and 50mm 1.2

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice Chris and that last one looks like a series of skyscrapers. The film works quite well on botanical subjects doesn't it? Any filters involved?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Lovely lovely!
That first one is a stunner!!

 

[adrian jordin]

Excellent shots, especially that last one.
I'm going to have to find some architectural plants from somewhere to try B&W on...we don't generally get cacti that big round these parts...

 

[Brian Moore]

Love those plant abstracts, Chris. On the skyscraper one,...how'd you get the dark sky?

 

[Pete Askew]

And it's in a financial district by the look of it. Isn't that a Fat-Cat Banking Executive half way out of a window? Or is that just a creepy crawlie?!! I'm not sure if I can tell!

 

[Brian Moore]

Isn't that a Fat-Cat Banking Executive half way out of a window? Or is that just a creepy crawlie?!! I'm not sure if I can tell!

Nice one, Pete! (They're one and the same I think.)

 

[Pete Askew]

I think you're wrong there Brian. One is essential to the ecological balance of the planet, whereas the other...

 

[Brian Moore]

I think you're wrong there Brian. One is essential to the ecological balance of the planet, whereas the other...

You're quite right Pete! I hereby offer my humble apologies to all creepie crawlies world-wide!

 

[Pete Askew]

Gaia can rest easy now!! That film library should be safe now from a natural disaster for a while longer.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks chaps

I used a CPL on these shots, and that gave me a better looking sky, as well as giving me two stops or so of light loss to assist in using wide apertures with the 400 Asa film.

Processed at the cheap dunk and dip lap as C41. More grain than I'd like, but that may be the film, Dev, or both.

I've signed up as a member at the botanical gardens, so I can go for an hour or two and take pictures any time, without feeling I need to stay all day to make full use of an expensive day pass.

I'll be back....