Heavy Arts

The Ocean, Noarlunga Train Line, South Australia, Mid 2009.
Fomapan 400, 400EI, Bessa R2A + 50/1.5 Jupiter-3

Taken somewhere on the noarlunga train line

Narwhals, Near Mt. Compass, South Australia, Mid 2007.
ERA Pan 100, 100EI, Nikon FM2n + 50/1.8 E series

I’m weird.

Well I finally got around to trying the PaRodinal that I mixed up some weeks ago. To remind you – PaRodinal is a homemade developer based on Panadol (Tylenol to our american friends), which supposedly has the same qualities as Rodinal. It’s cheap and easy to make, and Rodinal is just amazing stuff.

So I did the logical thing and shot a roll of Pan F+, cut it in half and developed half the roll in original Rodinal and the other half in PaRodinal. Same dilution, same development time, same routine, they were developed side by side in the bathroom.

To my eye it’s just lovely stuff.

Clothes on the box I shipped everything home from Alaska in
Rodinal

A photo of painting of a carrot…
PaRodinal

Bedroom window
Rodinal

Bathroom window
PaRodinal

1+25 dilution, seven minutes development at 19 degrees.
Bessa R2A with Canon 50mm f/1.8
Pan F+ rated at 50EI

Good fun!

Vines 1-3, Near Mt. Compass, South Australia, Mid 2007.
ERA Pan 100, 100EI, Nikon FM2n + 35-135/3.5-4.5

In the vineyard.

Pruning (again), Near Mt. Compass, South Australia, Mid 2007.
ERA Pan 100, 100EI, Nikon FM2n + 35-135/3.5-4.5

I’m back at my dad’s pruning again, hurr. Every year I say I wont do it ever again.