Filmwasters
Which Board? => Photo Essays => : Indofunk January 20, 2014, 09:24:13 PM
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My first attempt at bleach bypass. I thought it would be more dramatic effect, based on the instahipstagramatic fakes that I see. However, looking around Flickr for actual bleach bypass processing, it seems normal.
Here was my process:
Olympus XA with Agfa vista plus 200 shot at 400ASA
3:15 develop (100F)
0:30 blix (100F)
5:00 fix (Ilford rapidfix) RT
1:00 stab RT
rinse
Next time I'll try going directly to fix and literally bypass the bleach.
Oh, these were taken in Asbury Park, where I was playing a gig with Bruce Springsteen (really!). So I'm calling this set "Beach Bypass" :)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_19_agfa_beach_bypass/20140120_08.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_19_agfa_beach_bypass/20140120_04.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_19_agfa_beach_bypass/20140120_07.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_19_agfa_beach_bypass/20140120_09.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_19_agfa_beach_bypass/20140120_10.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_19_agfa_beach_bypass/20140120_11.jpg)
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quite subtle. Good to know that you can regulate it.
I'll be looking forward to your next roll :)
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The one thing that did happen dramatically was the overexposure. Remember that these were shot a stop faster than the film is rated, and they still came out a bit overexposed in normal development (in a good way, of course). Also, very grainy (I guess the two go together?) Anyways, I'm looking forward to my next roll too :) I may do a second "beach bypass" at Coney Island :)
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Some very nice shots, and another interesting way to develop film.
I recently almost did a developer bypass, by accident of course, managed to stop myself before i poured the bleach in first :p
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clever name!
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Some very nice shots, and another interesting way to develop film.
I recently almost did a developer bypass, by accident of course, managed to stop myself before i poured the bleach in first :p
hahaha anything in the name of experimentation I suppose! ;D
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Oh, these were taken in Asbury Park, where I was playing a gig with Bruce Springsteen (really!). So I'm calling this set "Beach Bypass" :)
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Next you´ll be telling us you were playing with Southside Johnny ;)
Seriously though, I liked the set.
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Oh, these were taken in Asbury Park, where I was playing a gig with Bruce Springsteen (really!). So I'm calling this set "Beach Bypass" :)
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Next you´ll be telling us you were playing with Southside Johnny ;)
Seriously though, I liked the set.
That's me on the right holding the trumpet.
(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1040429_10152145989017278_752065647_o.jpg)
Not sure who that joker with the Tele is, he just jumped up on stage and started playing with us...
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ooh, am I banned for posting a digital picture? :-\
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Is that Jesse Malin singing in the photo?
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Yes it is! I'm in Jesse's band. The Boss was sitting in with us at the Light of Day benefit.
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I remember DGeneration and Heart Attack!
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Nice! We're recording a new album, I'll let you know when it's out.
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Great. Would love to pick it up.
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Not banned, but yellow carded for sure...
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And now, partly to get back into Damion's good graces ;) , I present to you BEACH BYPASS II: Son of a Beach
This time, I completely skipped the blix and went straight to fix, BUT I used the same fix I used last time, which means there was a little blix contamination. I didn't figure it would matter all that much, but next time I'll mix up new fixer. I must say, I'm quite liking BEACH bypass and it may turn into my regular C41 development method :) (I wonder what E6 film would look xpro'd AND bleach bypassed?)
All pictures are Olympus XA/Agfa Vista Plus 200 rated at 400. Maybe a different filmstock will give me different results?
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_26_agfa_beach_bypass/20140126_06.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_26_agfa_beach_bypass/20140126_07.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_26_agfa_beach_bypass/20140126_08.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_26_agfa_beach_bypass/20140126_09.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_01_26_agfa_beach_bypass/20140126_04.jpg)
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And finally, I present to you BEACH BYPASS III: Mystery Science Bypass 800 (so named because it's a "science" experiment on using different filmstock than I used the last 2 times [Fuji as opposed to Agfa], it's a "mystery" whether it will actually look any different, and I rated the 400ASA film at 800). Conclusion? Filmstock makes no difference, bleach bypass is bleach bypass :) I still love the look, and it is officially my "normal" C41 development :)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_02_02_superia_beach_bypass/20140202_01.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_02_02_superia_beach_bypass/20140202_04.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_02_02_superia_beach_bypass/20140203_06.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_02_02_superia_beach_bypass/20140203_10.jpg)
(http://www.konakkol.com/images/olympus_xa/2014_02_02_superia_beach_bypass/20140203_12.jpg)
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Ok, final (??) experiment (maybe this should now be moved to articles or something?): Cross-processing AND bleach bypassing. This is Velvia 100F processed in tetenal with a bleach bypass. Conclusion: there's definitely a little bit of Velvia's characteristic redshift, but mostly it just looks bleach-bypassed. Not cool-looking enough to waste another roll of Velvia on.
(http://konakkol.com/images/canonet/2014_02_09_velvia_bb/20140209_01.jpg)
(http://konakkol.com/images/canonet/2014_02_09_velvia_bb/20140209_04.jpg)
(http://konakkol.com/images/canonet/2014_02_09_velvia_bb/20140209_06.jpg)
(http://konakkol.com/images/canonet/2014_02_09_velvia_bb/20140209_08.jpg)
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I like the look, and it saves you the longest step in the process. Great job on these. I think I am inspired to try this with some slide film I have laying around.