Picture for Simon R Galley

roteague · Feb 21, 2006

Dear Roteague

You can try and worm your way into our affections...but until I see a monochrome image...no way... just one image... not hundreds.. just one Black and White... no colour at all...how hard can this be...

With Kind Regards to a colourfull character

Simon.
b.

Ok, Simon, here is the answer to your challenge. I hope you like it.

This image was taken on Ilford HP5, in 1981, using a Yashica Mat 124G. Sorry, no clue what developer I used. The location is the Nakdong River, in South Korea.

Simon R Galley · Feb 22, 2006

Dear Robert,

I knew you could do it....now that is a very nice image, no colour, just tones, tones
that stir the imagination, tones and textures that leave the viewer free to interpret
the shades and shadows with his or her imagination and is an artistic and real emotion of a moment in time....

I will have it put on the website...

Please could you send me a file to my personal APUG e.mail

Many Thnaks

Simon.

Andy K · Feb 22, 2006

Hi, nice photo Robert! South Korea? Were you in the services at the time? I am always envious of the photographs of those who served in Vietnam and South Korea (I'm not so envious of what they had to go through while there). The landscapes are so beautiful.

OT, Simon, I was chatting photography with my father, he is 68, the other day, and he was saying that Ilford used to make colour film (I think he said it was a slide film, Ilford colour "D" ), is he right or does he remember incorrectly?

Simon R Galley · Feb 22, 2006

Dear Andy,

Your father is correct, we developed a colour process in the late fifties when we were part of ICI.

Simon.

Mark Layne · Feb 22, 2006

Simon R Galley said:
Dear Andy,

Your father is correct, we developed a colour process in the late fifties when we were part of ICI.

Simon.

Dear Simon
There are still Ilfochrome slides in my collection.
Problem is there are less and less of us around who remember names like ICI ammo for my BSA accompanying my P14 driven to Bisley in my Rootes. Ok -enough
regards
Mark

titrisol · Feb 22, 2006

1. Roteague... WOW!!! that is a hard print

2. Simon Ilford developed Ilfochrome/Cibachrome and I believe they also tried to develop a c41 comepetitor.
Cibachrome/Ilfochrome produced the MOST beautiful color prints I have yet seen.
The reds were firey !!!
And the processing was not that bad.

Ilfors had color film as recent as 1997 (ilford Colors). Never found it in my neighborhood so never tried it.

david b · Feb 22, 2006

How about a picture OF Simon instead of FOR Simon?

Come on Simon, show us whatcha look like!!

Struan Gray · Feb 22, 2006

I can't vouch for accuracy, but Maurice Fisher has some interesting tidbits, including on various Ilford colour products, on his site here:

http://website.lineone.net/~mauricefisher/Ilford Chronology.html

roteague · Feb 22, 2006

Simon R Galley said:
Dear Robert,

I knew you could do it....now that is a very nice image, no colour, just tones, tones
that stir the imagination, tones and textures that leave the viewer free to interpret
the shades and shadows with his or her imagination and is an artistic and real emotion of a moment in time....

I will have it put on the website...

Please could you send me a file to my personal APUG e.mail

Many Thnaks

Simon.

Sure thing. I just got home from work, but I'll send you one when I get home.

roteague · Feb 22, 2006

Andy K said:
Hi, nice photo Robert! South Korea? Were you in the services at the time? I am always envious of the photographs of those who served in Vietnam and South Korea (I'm not so envious of what they had to go through while there). The landscapes are so beautiful.

Thanks Andy, yes I was in the services at the time, but not during the war (I'm not old enough for that). I was there from 1973 to 1975, and again from 1981 to 1983. I was in West Germany from 1979 to 1981. I was a big Ilford user back in those days, mostly HP5, FP4, and some XP1. I'm pretty sure I used an Ilford developer, but don't remember which one. I was mainly printing on Agfa paper in those days. I used either a Nikon F3 or a Yashica Mat 124G. I won some awards at the US Army Europe Photography contest on Ilford HP5 (the negatives have long been lost, however) in 1980. The US Army used to maintain darkrooms for us to use on our off time, but we had to supply our own film and papers. This image brings back a lot of memories.

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