I liked the look of what appeared to be a roughly made chair by the water’s edge; in the stark morning light it looked like a marker or monument of some kind.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X @ EI 100, developed in TMax Dev 1+4 for 5 minutes @ 20 C
I took a picture of this gentleman outside of Edinburgh Castle. He is not wearing a kilt or playing bagpipes, but to me his expression seems to show the essence of the Scottish character.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X developed in Tmax Dev 1+4, 6 minutes @ 20 C
A break from my Scotland images š I was finally well enough after my back injury a couple of weeks ago to go out for a shoot, so it was off to the Beaches.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Ilford HP5+ developed in Tmax Dev, 1+4 for 6.5 minutes @ 20 C
After the glass and steel grid that makes up so much of Toronto, the town of Lerwick in the Scottish Shetland Islands is such a delightful change! All these images were taken with my Rolleiflex E3 camera, on some of my final rolls of Kodak Plus-X film
(Scheduled post while Iām away)
Before 8 am, a tree in Kew Gardens
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with IR72 filter.
EFKE 820 Aura IR film. 1 sec @ f11
(Scheduled post while Iām away)
From a recent walk in Kew Beach, the fence and trees capturing the late day sun. My kind of light
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with 25A filter.
Ilford HP5+ film
This past weekend on another gloriously sunny day I went out to do some more infrared shooting; I am definitely binging!
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with IR72 Infrared filter.
Exposure 1/2 second @f16
Rollei Retro 80s film,
developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
This past Saturday I went to nearby Taylor Creek Park to shoot some Rollei Retro 80s film (with my Rolleiflex). One of the advantages of this film is that if you use an infrared filter (such as an IR 72 that looks almost completely opaque to the naked eye) you can do infrared photography, and I just love the ghostly, otherworldly look you get when doing this.
The Rolleiflex is a perfect camera for infrared: as a twin lens reflex camera, the viewing lens is not covered by the filter so focussing is never an issue. On a single lens reflex camera, the filter must keep coming off (for focusing/composition) and on (shooting).
All images taken with Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with IR72 filter
Exposure 1/2 to 1 second @ f16, on Rollei Retro 80s film
Film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
Last Thursday in the early evening I was shooting at the Beaches, with my Rolleiflex, a yellow filter and some Ilford Pan F and HP5+ film. The light was amazing, and I did my best to capture it. This post shows four of the Ilford Pan F examples.
(You knew there was going to be a gazebo picture in there . . .)
I don’t recall if I have shot this combination before, but I really like the results of shooting Ilford Pan F film on my Rolleiflex, and using Rodinal as the developer (1+50 for 11 minutes @ 20 C). The sharpness is what I was expecting, but what I did not expect was the highlights to hold so well, and not block up, even in contrasty forest scenes. We may not see much sun in Scotland, but I be taking some of this film along!
My Third Eye 