Which Of These Shots Do You Like - B&W or Color?

[Old-N-Feeble]

Hi Andrew... yes I can use that. I'll keep it for reference.

[Andrew O'Neill]

O-N-F, check your inbox.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Whoa… you check it already. That was fast!

[Old-N-Feeble]

Whoa… you check it already. That was fast!

Yes, thank you for the data.

[Old-N-Feeble]

RE monochrome film: It seems that I won't have the Retro 80s until mid February which is too late for proper lighting to shoot this scene. So it looks like I'll be limited to Ektar 100, Adox CMS II 20 and Tmax 100. I tried three different places for the Retro 80s... ordered from two big-name stores that showed it "in stock" but then received B/O emails. I cancelled those and ordered from an eBay seller but didn't notice the late "estimated delivery date" because of the pale yellow color eBay is using for that indicator. Oh well...

[Harley Goldman]

B&w

[Old-N-Feeble]

I now have everything I need to process silver emulsion monochrome film. However, I've decided not to use the plastic chemical containers I bought recently. I ordered amber glass wide-mouth bottles and those won't be here for at least a week. I'll sell the new plastic bottles I recently bought to someone, via eBay, who will use their chemistry far quicker than I can so oxidation isn't a factor for them. The funny thing is I KNEW BETTER than to buy plastic bottles but I assumed they'd improved over the last 30+ years. I guess not.

I'll probably shoot this on three types of black-and-white film... Tmax 100, Retro 80s and CMS 20 II. I'll shoot two rolls of each. Filters will be #58 green, #16 orange and #25 red. The former two will be processed (one roll each) in Xtol and Rodinal. The latter (both rolls) will be processed in Adotech II but at different times. All will shot at approximately half box speed and slightly underdeveloped then selenium toned to add contrast and lengthen the straight portion of the gamma curve.

I'll also shoot a roll of Ektar 100.

[JMB]

Just ONE question: Color or B&W or both?

Color photographs always seem to fail.

[Old-N-Feeble]

The weather/lighting and other issues have caused too long a delay and the sun is no longer in optimal position. I'll be shooting this subject probably mid December. I hope the building is still standing by then. The front cover posts are really leaning.

[danno@cnwl.igs]

On THIS photo?

Definitely the B&W.