The Cereal Eater

    Taken on Ilford HP5 400 speed 120 format film with a 1956 Minolta Autocord at 75mm focal length.

    My wife has this thing about cereal... she eats it for like every meal.

    See the darkroom print

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      Jarl van Hoother added this photo to his favorites. (60 months ago)

    2. Jarl van Hoother (60 months ago | reply)

      Just picked off the thumbnail, very good bw portrait...shadows have a lovely transparency, cereal doin her no harm at all...

    3. laanba (60 months ago | reply)

      I have three different kinds of cereal in the house right at this moment. I totally understand.

    4. Susheel Chandradhas (60 months ago | reply)

      fixer bubbles, dust, and fibers... all part of what I never wanted to be a part of anymore... Now I just have to worry about dust on my sensor...

      Nice pic, but I do wish the light from the back didn't make her eyes dark.

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      Jagrap added this photo to his favorites. (60 months ago)

    6. thomas23 (60 months ago | reply)

      nothing wrong with a heathy breakfest unless it has suger...

    7. laanba (60 months ago | reply)

      No sugar, thomas? Well that's no fun. :-)

    8. time for a new beginning [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)

      Did you get a lab to develop this? 'Cause I'd be interested to know what developer they used.

      My local lab used Rodinal, and my scans came out really grainy. I'm not sure if it was because I slightly underexposed, or whether it was the Rodinal/HP5 combo, or that I only scanned at 8 bit at 4000dpi and I'm looking too close. I know it's hard to compare 35mm and 120 in grain size, but your's looks really smooth, small grain.

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    9. Brian Auer (60 months ago | reply)

      I did have a pro lab develop this, but I'm not sure what developer they're using. I'll see if I can ask today since I'm going to pick up some more b/w (including a roll of 120 format Delta 3200). The grain on these HP5 shots turned out pretty nice, but I wasn't sure what to expect since I hadn't used it before. I'm scanning at 8 bits and 3200 dpi, but the actual film size may have something to do with the grain appearance.

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      trevorscottcarpenter added this photo to his favorites. (60 months ago)

    11. time for a new beginning [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)

      If you ever get round to developing your own HP5+ in Microphen ends up with grain like PanF+ - immensely fine to the point where it's almost unobtrusive, especially for a 400 speed film.

      Apparently Rodinal + HP5+ = massive grain....

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