Low Light, Low Life

[Pete Askew]

As promised to Dan, this was shot on HP5 (pushed either to 1600 ISO or 3200 ISO - I can't recall and the sheet of negatives is in the UK) and then printed onto Ilford MGIV at 16" x 12". It is scanned from a foam mounted print that was used for a small 'exhibition' related to a scientific working group a few years ago at MMU (this was shot about 10 years ago in a bar in Potsdam).

Either a Nikon F3 or a Nikon FE was used and probably a 135mm f1:3.5 Nikkor Q non-ai lens (ai converted and still a great favourite of mine on a D3 as well as film Nikons). Scanned using a Microtek ScanMaker 1000XL A3 scanner. Tiny spot of clarity applied in LR4 and then exported as is.

 

[Brian Moore]

Lovely atmospheric shot here, Pete. I love the grain. Did you have the camera resting on a table? No,...maybe not. It looks to be a little higher. Hand held, Pete?

 

[Pete Askew]

It was hand held - probably about 1/30s I guess.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Loving the way the light catches the faces on the right, and the guy's face at the table - it makes the connection of that little group.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Wow! Thanks pete! That's such a great atmosphere! And I'm LOVING the über grain!! Very nice touch!
Might have to get me some of that in 35mm... Or can I?

 

[Pete Askew]

Weren't you shooting 35mm? This was HP5 in 35mm exposed at high ISO and given extended development in ID11.

 

[Brian Moore]

Might have to get me some of that in 35mm... Or can I?

I think it was the 3 (or was it 4?) stop push that gave the grain, Dan.