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35mm · Film photography · Photography

Foggy day trees on film

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I already posted some digital photos of trees in the fog that I took on this day, and now here are the film versions (they aren’t all the same trees, I don’t think). The second one is my favourite.

I developed my first roll of film today in what feels like ages, although it probably hasn’t been that long. Definitely a few weeks though. It was a roll of Fomapan 400 from my bulk roll. Because I was a little generous with the bulk-loader (42 clicks worth, I think), and also due to shooting it with my tiny Olympus XA-3, I ended up with 41 full frames – a record for me. I haven’t scanned any yet, but the negatives look ok and I hopefully haven’t scratched them like I have in the past.

Tree and sheep
Pointing to a friend
Small, or far away?
Another lone tree
On the fence
Dead or alive?

Nikon F80 and Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D on Tri-X Pan Kodak Tri-X Pan (likely expired sometime in the 1990s) @125asa
Ilfotec DD-X. 1+4 8mins @ 20°.

Taken on 21 March 2026

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Lone tree and chimney

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It wasn’t the best sky for photography on the day I took this. While it was a blue sky, rather than grey, which at least meant there was some contrast to be had, I still dislike empty skies most of the time, and being shot on black and white film, there wasn’t even any colour to be seen.

I think blank skies can work if you’re looking for negative space in a picture, or – if shooting colour – as a contrast to other subjects, but otherwise they can be a lot of nothing taking up a lot of the frame. This is made worse by the fact that I sometimes get banding artifacts when scanning images, which are especially noticeable in such scenes.

I’d much rather have some clouds to break things up and add interest.

Lone tree. Lone chimney

Nikon F80 and Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (@320asa). Semi-stand in Rodinal 1+100 for 1 hour @ 20°.

Taken on 8 February 2026

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Holgagraphy

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I like my Holga. Its lo-fi images have a definite charm, I feel.

This time though, the “fi” is as low as I’ve ever seen it. I really don’t know what has happened with this roll of Fomapan 400.

Grungy lychgate

The white speckles from the faulty batch of which this is a part are present and correct, and the scratches that the camera has started adding to the negs have made an appearance (although I’ve cloned the worst of them out), but as for that blothcy mottling? Well, I really don’t know.

It looks like the film is damaged, or has gotten wet, but it’s been stored in it’s sealed box and wrapper since I got it and kept in the fridge, so that seems unlikely.

Grungy tree

I suppose my development could also be to blame, although I’ve not encountered such issues before. The only thing that I can think of that might possibly have had an effect is that it was quite cold in the room when I developed the film, so it’s possible the chemicals cooled by a couple of degrees over the course of the hour’s semi-stand process, but I’m not sure if this would have been the outcome.

Despite all the problems though, if anything can carry off this distressed look, it’s the Holga, and it still manages to do so with aplomb.

Grungy path

Yashica Mat 124G and Ilford Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 9mins @ 20°.

Taken on 24 January 2026