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Yesterday, I went out to kill a roll of Ilford XP2 Super that I had sitting around on my desk.

MP, 35/2 cron ASPH, and XP2 at 250 EI.















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  • Mark Ehlers (formerly 'markE')
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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
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Who says film is dead? Wonderful compositions and I love the textures you found - and captured - in these shots.

As you know I'm pondering a return to film and from the research I've been doing there is still a lot of choice out there. Thirty years ago I shot K64, Tri-X and HP5 - with a sprinkling of others when I wanted to experiment. K64 is gone but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that there's still more choice now than there was back then...
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I especially like the swirly textures in the wood that "pop" in this series. You've framed each shot very well too.

Would also love to see the 2nd last shot blown up larger... the zig-zagging into an OOF bliss appeals to me.

Peter.

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The first and second last are my favourites in this excellent series, Mark.
Like Peter, hope you don't mind posting a much larger version of the 2nd last.
Got to load some b/w film too and get some snaps; all inspiring stuff !

Thanks for sharing.

........................................................................................................feel.free.to.shoot... ;)
Bart
 
This is a celebration of organic texture. Your work is so inspirational. There is something very appealing about each of these shots. I hope you give us more.

Ece
 
Mark, these rocks...

ARGH.. you are not helping BTW.. I am getting annoyed with my 35 1.4 and the backfocus issues so I have been looking at 35cron's, your images really show off its focus transition very well. your "burning off" old film is going to cost me money. now I just need to find a beat-up lens with perfect glass... those are the best, cheap because no self-respecting collector will touch them and still fine leica lenses.

Anyone got a brazzy cron with fine glass they want to part with..?

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I agree with the comments below. I would like to see what these look like with a little less "pop". I know the modern lenses are made to create high contrast but I wonder what these would look like with a little more gradation between light and dark areas? Just a thought. I'm no photo critic.
Edward48 said:
It's amazing the fun that can be had from a broken fence Mark. Nice compositions and tonality.
The almost abstract quality of the first two appeal to me very much too.

All the best Mike
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Thanks, Mike. I really had no idea what I was going to shoot. I just felt I needed to shoot something. I was quite pleased when I found this broken fence. It's not something I normally look for.
Edward48 said:
It's amazing the fun that can be had from a broken fence Mark. Nice compositions and tonality.
The almost abstract quality of the first two appeal to me very much too.

All the best Mike
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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'
 
QDIEM4SC said:
I especially like the swirly textures in the wood that "pop" in this series. You've framed each shot very well too.
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Yeah, those swirls really caught my eye and thought they would be fun to work with. I gave everything a bit more "pop" and USM than I notmally would, but thought it worked for these.
QDIEM4SC said:
Would also love to see the 2nd last shot blown up larger... the zig-zagging into an OOF bliss appeals to me.
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You got it! Here's a link to the full-size version. Please excuse the extra dust.

http://www.pbase.com/marke/image/119608722/original

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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'
 
Knorp said:
The first and second last are my favourites in this excellent series, Mark.
Like Peter, hope you don't mind posting a much larger version of the 2nd last.
Got to load some b/w film too and get some snaps; all inspiring stuff !
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I just did...in my response to Peter. Warning, it's a large file!

Have fun shooting the film!

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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'
 
allamande said:
This is a celebration of organic texture. Your work is so inspirational.
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You are too kind. Funny, because I went out feeling like I would just be going through the motions.
allamande said:
There is something very appealing about each of these shots. I hope you give us more.
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I'll keep trying! :D

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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'
 
Bo Lorentzen said:
Mark, these rocks...

ARGH.. you are not helping BTW.. I am getting annoyed with my 35 1.4 and the backfocus issues
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I've considered one of those many times. Just not able to afford it right now. Is this more so an issue with the M9? How does the asph compare to the pre-asph in this respect?
Bo Lorentzen said:
so I have been looking at 35cron's, your images really show off its focus transition very well.
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The shallow DOF pictures were shot at 2.8.
Bo Lorentzen said:
your "burning off" old film is going to cost me money. now I just need to find a beat-up lens with perfect glass... those are the best, cheap because no self-respecting collector will touch them and still fine leica lenses.

Anyone got a brazzy cron with fine glass they want to part with..?
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I'm sure there's one out there with your name on it.
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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'
 
BPatrick said:
Mark,

Thanks for sharing. You and Peter got me motivated. 11 rolls arrive tomorrow from B&H. Got some T-max, Pro 160s, Provia 100F, Press 800, Pro 160c, and Ektar 100. Should keep the M3 busy.
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Wow, no kidding! Sounds like you're ready for some real fun. I hope you post some.

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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'
 
LKeithR said:
Oh, yeah, I forgot, your "secret" stash. How much longer will you be able to get it developed?
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Dwaynes will be developing up until the end of 2010, roughly. So I'm starting to make plans on what I'll be shooting throughout the coming year. I also have about 4 rolls of KM 25.

However, I also have about 6 pre-paid mailers that I have to use by the end of this year, as Kodak will not honor them after December 31, 2009. OMG, that means I have roughly 5 weeks to shoot 6 rolls of Kodachrome! Gotta get on it! :O

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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'
 
Thanks for the nice compliments!

XP2 (along with Kodak's BW400CN) is a chromogenic B&W film, in that it is C-41 processed, the same as regular color negative film. It's convenient, since I can drop it off at my local Walgreens and have the uncut negatives back in 15 minutes. Unfortunately, you don't have the control that you have as when developing regular B&W by yourself. And even though my local Walgreens bends over backwards to get my film clean and scratch free, there often seems to be very small dust marks when I get them back. Oh well, it's an automated system, and they'll never be able to control the process as well as we can when doing it on our own.
ashwinrao1 said:
What did you develop these rolls of film in? D76, Rodinal, or other? Really nice! I like the fence shots the most, but all really shine....fine working of contrast!
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Funny thing is, just like the Kodak chromogenic, these films don't have a lot of contrast. That works great for scanning though, since it's best to start with a flat negative, and do any contrast adjustments in post processing.

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'Good street/wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'
 
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