Filmwasters
Which Board? => Photo Essays => Topic started by: AJShepherd on June 05, 2013, 10:45:42 AM
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Many years ago, not long before they stopped making it, I bought two rolls of Kodak HIE infrared film.
For some reason or another, I never got around to using it that summer. Either the conditions didn't seem right, or where I was going didn't seem right, or I was doing something where i shot colour, or whatever. So as the leaves fell from the trees I shoved the rolls in my freezer for the next year. But then it was 'out of sight, out of mind' and I kept not quite getting around to using them. I used one a few years ago, but there was that last roll and I was waiting for a good situation.
Last Monday I had to go into central London, so decided I should do something while I'm there. It was far too nice to go into a museum, and so it hit me that I should go to Highgate Cemetery, and if I was doing that, I should use my last roll of HIE.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3761/8956439501_1282fd11b3_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956439501/)
lasthie-004 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956439501/#) by Antony J Shepherd (http://www.flickr.com/people/ajshepherd/), on Flickr
So I did. It seemed like a good idea.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5346/8956440059_749b1f86d2_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956440059/)
lasthie-006 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956440059/#) by Antony J Shepherd (http://www.flickr.com/people/ajshepherd/), on Flickr
Before I set off I slapped my last roll of HIE and my Voigtlander Bessa R3A in the changing bag and loaded the film by touch, possibly wasting a frame at the start by making very sure the film was winding on OK.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7386/8956443565_f1c88cc089_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956443565/)
lasthie-015 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956443565/#) by Antony J Shepherd (http://www.flickr.com/people/ajshepherd/), on Flickr
Sadly, I had a bit of a development disaster - the film was a bit loth to go into the spiral, and while in the end it seemed to have all gone in, the last wrap-around stuck to the layer inside it, so didn't get developed, and I lost about 10 frames.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3756/8956446569_49349a05a3_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956446569/)
lasthie-021 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956446569/#) by Antony J Shepherd (http://www.flickr.com/people/ajshepherd/), on Flickr
I do like the whole look of this, and it's a shame I'll probably never use any more.
Sure, there's the odd roll on the 'bay, but pricey stuff.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8394/8956441245_e52bd00c35_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956441245/)
lasthie-008 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajshepherd/8956441245/#) by Antony J Shepherd (http://www.flickr.com/people/ajshepherd/), on Flickr
Now, I do have that roll of Efke 'Aura' film in the fridge, maybe I should use that some time this summer too!
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Beautiful photos. The subject and the film compliment each other very well.
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What a great set - well worth the hassle!
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An excellent set. I have been shooting some Rollei infrared in a graveyard this week - with a pinhole - no idea how that will work out, if at all. I do know that an R72 filter plus f133 gives some very long exposure times though ..
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lovely set - so moody
love IR films !