Thursday, June 07, 2007

Sunny West End

Sunny West End
Too long since the last post.

I'd tried to aim for something being posted about twice a month, I now see that this is likely to be far more erratic. The practical reality is that this is not possible in two separate ways: the impulse is not routine; and there never seems to be enough time or opportunity for a creative impulse.

So.

Some more about the photos for now.

The home colour development stupidity progresses well and I think I can say I can do the robotic 3 minutes 15 seconds bit needed for the development phase pretty well. However, the pictures posted at the above (Sunny West End) link exhibit unacceptable levels of grain. Sluething around revealed that although my timing in the developer was spot on, the temperature may be suspect.

I calibrated every thermometer in the house: the medical ones, the darkroom ones, the cooking ones, the general purpose ones - and, every single one was different from every other single one. By a wide margin.

I need to do some further scrabbling about in the undergrowth to get to the bottom of it. In the meantime please enjoy a rather angular set of pics of the west end.