Back at the end of March I processed a batch of Ilford FP4 film in Kodak HC-110 developer. This batch of 4" x 5" sheet film included some of my last remaining unprocessed negatives from 2011. This particular batch was given N+1 development. This extended development increases contrast in the negative. This particular film and developer combination gets really snappy and contrasty when processed in this manner. I have used this combination for a number of years and am slowly beginning to learn when it is most advantageous. It works really well for details and close ups in flat light. For a broader view such as a landscape, or am image that includes any amount of sky, it does not work so well. I have to remember that when I work with these materials in the future. This combination did not lend itself particularly well to some of the images in this batch. Here are scans of a few that worked out alright. Of course if I spent the time printing these seriously in the darkroom I would be able to nurse the full tonal range out of the negative.
Dead plant, southern Alberta Badlands, Fall Fossil Weekend 2012
Cottonwood Glade showing wind motion, 2012
Cottonwoods, 2012
Abandoned Dodge and 1964 License Plate, 2012
Dinosaur Vertebra, Fall Fossil Weekend, 2012
Southern Alberta Badlands, Fall Fossil Weekend, 2012
Brazeau Collieries Historic Site, Nordegg, 2012
Window and Trunk, St. Job Monastery, 2011
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