This is from when I used Rodinal as my choice developer for infrared. You could trip over the grain that it produced but I really liked it. I've gone softer since and only use ID11 (1+1) for 13 mins.
Thank you everyone for your kind comments. Just to answer some queries raised -"rcovingt" I'm afraid I only ever used Kodak HIE. I have seen some recent photos on this site using Rollie which looked impressive - have a search. In the meantime bracket 1 and a half stops around your chosen film speed`is the only advice I can offer or check out THE BIG DEVELOPER CHART on the web for different film and developer choices.
"phaedrus" I only know Philip Glass's `name and that he writes music, none of which I'm familiar with. I'm more a AOR man with some jazz leanings myself.
Thanks Norman, but we can't get Rodinal in Ireland at present, so I use ID11.
Tex, this is a very powerful composition with the sky and land gestures colliding into lower middle epic center. I love it. Home run.
However, I am suspicious. The trees on the right slope are not plumb and defy gravity. They all grow diagonally. Trees do not grow diagonally. They grow vertically independent of the slope of the land. Is this one of those fake digital landscape images scanned from film and Photoshop to death?
Steve that's a terrific observation and not something that I noticed before. But rest assured there is no Photoshop trickery at work here. I do have several shots in both landscape and portrait format taken at this site and I will check them out to see if that oddity reappears. Of course it might be the fact that I was using a 24mm lens which might have cause the distortion. I'll get back to you.
A real standout image - one to frame and hang on a wall. I've been tempted to try IR photography for a while and this has only added to the temptation. Is there a set of conditions that suit IR better than others.....sunny, cloudy, dark...?
Paul.
Paul I've only ever used Kodak Infrared film and now that it is no longer on the market I've to find the next best replacement. There are several, but I've yet to try any of them. Bright sunny weather offers the best chance of success, so next summer is when I hope to experiment with various films.