A walk through Chester

[Fraser Euan White]

Took my (new to me Nikon F3) through Chester yesterday and processed my first B & W film in a Paterson home developing kit. Here are some of the results:

img040 by Fraser White, on Flickr

img034-Edit by Fraser White, on Flickr

img030 by Fraser White, on Flickr

img045 by Fraser White, on Flickr

img044 by Fraser White, on Flickr

img054 by Fraser White, on Flickr


Thanks for looking,

Fraser

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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Very good DR in most of them, Fraser and I really
like your story telling!

I worked for years with the HP version of the F3, a
beautiful time with these motorized bodies and I ne-
ver under stood those saying it was an ugly thing!

 

[LancsLee]

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I worked for years with the HP version of the F3, a
beautiful time with these motorized bodies and I ne-
ver under stood those saying it was an ugly thing!

Also used the F3 HP for motorsport photography. Loved that camera.

 

[FishyFish]

Nice photos. What lens were you using for these? I’m assuming something longer?

 

[Fraser Euan White]

Nice photos. What lens were you using for these? I’m assuming something longer?

Most were taken using a Nikkor 135mm f2.8 Ai-S.

 

[angelpaaul]

Very nice, Chester's a good place for street photography. Look's like you were clocked in No4

 

[Lemaildetom]

First (that guy has just something about him, is he a bad spy or something or maybe a private?) and last (great line and good positionment of this lamppost) come out of the bunch for me.
Next to last is the least favorite, i find her half blured pretty distracting in the background.
Good job you did at taking and developing these.

 

[Fraser Euan White]

Thanks for all the comments everyone

Also took this; it isn't quite 'tack sharp' but I do wonder what she is thinking about an existing ring or another purchase from the jewellers!

(Nikon F3/Nikkor 50mm f1.8/Ilford HP5):
img074 by Fraser White, on Flickr

 

[jonbeeza]

Thanks for all the comments everyone

Also took this; it isn't quite 'tack sharp' but I do wonder what she is thinking about an existing ring or another purchase from the jewellers!

(Nikon F3/Nikkor 50mm f1.8/Ilford HP5):
img074 by Fraser White, on Flickr

Possibly wondering how much her husband or partner had spent on her.

 

[horrocks]

As Kodiak says, great DR, lovely rich blacks. You have controlled the grain well, I find that it can get out of control with 35mm HP5 +. What developer did you use?

I too use a Nikon F3 HP, have had it for most of 30 years, always with me again after a long retirement.

 

[Fraser Euan White]

As Kodiak says, great DR, lovely rich blacks. You have controlled the grain well, I find that it can get out of control with 35mm HP5 +. What developer did you use?

I too use a Nikon F3 HP, have had it for most of 30 years, always with me again after a long retirement.

I used ilfosol developer for these. Thanks for the comments - when I used to shoot film many years ago I loved the 'low-fi' look of 35mm & HP5 as it gave a gritty photojournalism look which is what I like and what I struggle to like about digital.
I gave up photography when I went digital for over 10 years as I get bored quickly with it.

 

[Mintchocs]

How did you convert the negatives to digital?

 

[Fraser Euan White]

How did you convert the negatives to digital?

I used a very old Epson 3200 flatbed scanner. Unfortunately this doesn't work with Windows 10 it is that old so had to edit the driver file to get it going!

 

[-Oy-]

Fab stuff - love Chester - and love my old F3