Instant Coffee, not so instant film
The photo above looks very much like it was taken a century ago, but it was taken during the great snow storm flurry of February 2009, with my Voigtlander Brilliant (circa 1935), and processed last night in film developer made from instant coffee and washing soda.
I’m quite happy with the results, but it took a little rescuing in post porcessing to tease the image out of the scans. Most likely because I didn’t sit down and think about what speed film I was processing, what it had been exposed as, and how I should adjust the processing time to match. A bit more fiddling, and some practice, and I think I can get closer first time.
That’s Clevedon Pier again (I do like that pier) – The mid-tones are all too close together, and it’s a bit milky and washed out, but I like the atmosphere.
And lastly, this would appear to be at a juggling convention, some time between May 2008 and Feb 2009 – but I can’t identify which one it is.
Bungay seems the most likely candidate, but that doesn’t have trees near the tent. Bristol perhaps? It doesn’t look like the right tent (no stripes!) The only other convention I went to which has a tent that size was Crawley, but that doesn’t seem to match either.
Any ideas?
I think it is Crawley. Stood in front of the porta-cafe, looking towards the renegade tent. Pathway across the green and the bit of car-park road both tally too. Nice to see you posting again, btw.