Butterfly bw

AlanE · May 21, 2012

Both:

OM2N
Zuiko 50mm 1.4
Ilford 125 FP Plus TMAX Dev 1:4 8 min @ 68 degrees

1

Humble by Nokinrocks, on Flickr

2

A Butterfly by Nokinrocks, on Flickr

theambitiousstranger · May 21, 2012

very nice, somehow ghostly shots. Not sure whether I like the noise or not. I guess it's a matter of taste.

AlanE · May 21, 2012

Thanks TAS....

theambitiousstranger said:
Not sure whether I like the noise or not.

It's grain.

I'm sure that was coming.

sleist · May 21, 2012

I think the white flowers and film grain are a distraction. A closer crop in the butterfly might help, but it seems a bit soft in focus for that I think.
I like grain myself, but I don't think it works here.

My 2 cents.

AlanE · May 22, 2012

Sleist - I may try cropping and see what it looks like but I think you're right on the softness. Hard to get in really close with the 50mm without spooking the butterfly and I agree the focus did suffer somewhat.... Thanks for taking a look...

KenC · May 22, 2012

It's been a while, but I don't remember having grain this noticeable from Plus-X (unless these are cropped a lot), which is the same ISO. Are T-Max developer and Ilford 125 really a good fit? I never used the Ilford films, but someone must know. I used to use HC-110 for Tri-X and Plus-X.