Fraser Island, Australia – Part 1
Fraser Island, the worlds biggest sand island off the east coast of Australia. Shot on my Olympus OM-1 using Fuji Velvia 50 35mm slide film. Black and white series coming soon.
Fraser Island Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Island
Whitsunday Islands, Australia – Part 1
Whitsunday Islands off the east coast of Australia. Shot on my Olympus OM-1 using Fuji Velvia 50 35mm slide film. Black and white series coming soon.
Whitsunday Islands Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitsunday_Islands
East Coast Australia
You probably know.....I have left my life in Bristol, England for some sun, sea and....photography in beautiful Australia.
Photography out here has been amazing and I have so much to explore. At current guestimations I have shot 15 slide, 20 colour and 12 B&W films ready to be developed. It's going to be around 2 months until I find a place to live, have chemicals and get my developing tanks and kit shipped over from the UK.
So while you wait for the real photos here are a few photos of my east coast travels taken on the awesome Hipstamatic iPhone application.
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- Noosa Heads
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- Fuel Stop
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- Brisbane Sunset
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- Arts Factory – Byron Bay
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- Bus to Nimbin
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- Sailing Whitsunday Islands
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- Surfers Paradise
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- Surfers Paradise
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- Airlie Beach
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- Scooteroo
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- 1770 Lookout
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- Magnetic Island
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- Noosa Surfing
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- Cape Tribulation
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- Sailing Whitsunday Islands
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- Magnetic Island
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- Cape Tribulation
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- Cape Tribulation
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- Cape Tribulation
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- Cape Tribulation
An introduction to… Rodinal B&W film developer
Something I wrote for the first issue of the Photographique magazine...
You can view the PDF version with example images here: An introduction to Rodinal.
Patented by Dr. Momme Andresen in 1891, Rodinal was the first product produced by Agfa and the oldest continuously-produced developer formula in the world. Formally manufactured by Agfa, Rodinal was sold to Connect Chemicals (Ratingen, Germany.) in 2008.
It’s a one shot liquid developer usually used in high dilutions of 1+25, 1+50, 1+100, 1+200.
My faroite dilution/film combination being 1+100 using stand development (no agitation) for 50 minutes.
It has a very long storage life, Mine’s over 2 year’s old and producing great negatives.
Rodinal is ususaly suited to low film speeds based on the high acutance properties and the coarse grain this devloper produces. A solvent (such as sodium sulfite) can be aded to soften the granularity. However I find Fuji Neopand 1600 and Kodak Tri-X (rated at 16000 iso) looks beautiful.
Rodinal is a must try for anyone development black and white film and a great starting devloper for anyone thinking of developing their own film.
It’s readily avaliable to buy in the UK with an adverage price of £12.
Order online:
http://www.thedarkroom.co.uk
http://www.silverprint.co.uk
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodinal
http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Rodinal/rodinal.html
Fact sheet:
http://www.silverprint.co.uk/pdf/Rodinal_Leaflet.pdf
Make your own:
http://www.digitaltruth.com/techdata/rodinal.php
Examples:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rodinal
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=rodinal&w=58165461%40N00
Neopan 1600 35mm
1+50 - 8.5 minutes
Illford Pan F+ 50 35mm
1+50 - 11 minutes
Illford Pan F+ 50 35mm
1+50 - 11 minutes
Fuji Acros 100 - 35mm
1+100 - 50 minutes
Illford FP4 35mm
1+25
Illford FP4 35mm
1+25
Fuji Acros 100 35mm
1+100 - 50 minutes
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