Seal Beach Pier

[Brian Moore]

Mamiya C33 and Kodak TMAX 100 (expired October 2004). Processed in Caffenol C-M.


Seal Beach Pier by brian-moore, on Flickr

 

[Dave Moss]

I really like the tones in this Brian

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks, Dave. Its one of my favorite shots from this roll. It came out underdeveloped. Don't know if that was because the film was old or if it was just because it was a TMAX film, which I haven't before deved in coffee. Anyway, I liked the results. Thanks again.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Loving all the texture in the sky - and the crisp pier silhouette

So how do you rate TMAX vs other B&W Films Brian?

Any experience with Kodak Plus-X 125?

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks, Chris.

As for TMAX,...I'd rather shoot FP4 or Fuji Acros 100. I like Plus-X also, but its getting scarce. (Kodak no longer makes it.)

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Love the silhouettes: the people, the birds, the bridge. Really good.

 

[Pete Askew]

I like the composition very much Brian. Shame the shadows are a bit blocked up. Maybe the T-grain film doesn't like Caffenol. I wonder of Delta would respond int he same way? You could always lift the foreground a touch.

 

[Paul Lange]

I like the way quite a few people have their heads tilted down as if it has come to the end of the day and a bit of melancholy has taken over. The lifting of the shadows certainly does help.

 

[Brian Moore]

Love the silhouettes: the people, the birds, the bridge. Really good.

Much appreciated, Rob. Thanks.

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I like the composition very much Brian. Shame the shadows are a bit blocked up. Maybe the T-grain film doesn't like Caffenol. I wonder of Delta would respond int he same way? You could always lift the foreground a touch.

Thank you, Pete. This film expired in Oct 2004. I don't know what conditions its been kept in before that or since. I used the same recipe for this film that has given me recent success with other films (FP4 and Acros 100) of similar speed. The entire roll of negs came out thin. So, was it the T-grain film not getting along with caffenol? Or was it deterioration of the emulsion due to age? Or did I screw up my recipe? Dunno.

Shame the shadows are a bit blocked up.

Do you refer here simply to the foreground darkness? Or is it the silhouette appearance of the pier and the people?

Thank you, Pete!

 

[Brian Moore]

I like the way quite a few people have their heads tilted down as if it has come to the end of the day and a bit of melancholy has taken over. The lifting of the shadows certainly does help.

Thank you, Paul. It does have a very end-of-day appearance, this fotie. But in fact I took it at about 9 in the morning. I think I'll give that shadow lifting a go. Thanks again, Paul.

 

[Pete Askew]

The foreground really.

 

[Brian Moore]

The foreground really.

Thanks, Pete.