Tuesday 31 December 2013

Rollei 35B + Ilford XP2 Super 400 test shots

These are some test shots I took earlier this year with the Rollei 35B and a roll of XP2.  It was the first time I'd shot 35mm film in a decade so a few of my exposures were a bit off...to say the least!  Still I got a few frames that I was quite happy with including some of Alyson Conway's brilliant Lemming sculptures.

It was really nice to see genuine film grain again, even if it did show up in ways I hadn't planned for.  It's also worth mentioning (in my defense!) that the film was several years out of date and had been lying in a box in the garage for who knows how long.  I've ordered up some new rolls for shooting further tests and will post the results here as soon as I have them.

Negatives were processed by Ilford then scanned into Photoshop by myself using an Epson V700.  Other than cropping and framing, these images have not been post processed.

Lemming sculpture by Alyson Conway. Seabraes Park, Dundee

Sheep's skull. Auchmithie.

Dundee from Newport-on-Tay.