As I’m still top-and-tailing my camera review post (it’ll no doubt be a crushing disappointment after I’ve carped on about it so much over the last week or so…) so I’ll drop in a few photos I took inside St. Mary and All Saints church in Chesterfield a couple off weeks ago. This is the church famous for it’s crooked spire, a phenomenon believed to be caused by uneven heating of the lead in the stucture by the sun. While I’ve made a number of photos of the spire and outside of the building in the past, I’ve only ventured inside on two or three occasions – including this one.
I quite enjoy making pictures of the artefacts and ephemera within churches. Theres a wonderful sense of history to be had. As church interiors are often quite dimly lit, and as the use of tripods or (especially) flash are generally forbidden, I decided to shoot some Ilford HP5+ pushed to 1600asa. While this increased the grain and contrast a little, I’ve found that HP5+ handles both very well and they are not overwhelming at all.
Various statues, shrines and other paraphernalia of the church.
Nikon F80, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 OS HSM & Ilford HP5+ (@1600asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 13mins @ 20°
Taken on 5 September 2020
While I don’t personally understand the people who always push it two stops, even in broad daylight, HP5 does do nicely at 1600 (or even 2000-3200) when the lighting conditions require it. I actually like the increased grain and contrast it presents in dimly-lit interior shots. I’ve got to ask though in regards to the first image, what is Kodak “Tri-C” Pan film? š
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I only tend to push it where I have a need to, although Iām perfectly happy with the way it looks when I do so. Iād rather only have to develop it for 9 minutes at box speed than the 13 minutes it takes at 1600 too. š
Tri-C is a little known variant of Tri-X for people with clumsy typing fingers. š
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I love old Churches. So I’m sharing a unique one from a fellow Blogger……
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Thank you. That’s kind of you.
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