Crazy mix – Rodinal and HC110 in one cocktail p2.

 

Hi all! I put already the sequence of the images intended for this post, but spontaneously decided to change the topic of this post to something more neutral and finish what I started publishing a long time ago. The band photography theme post i will publish next time. And today my photography is dedicated to the sea, the shore of a fishing village and an unexpectedly successful experiment in the developing process of black and white film already described in one of the older publications.

The first time I visited Jisr az-Zarqa was in 2012. I think that one day i will repost my documentary series of photographs taken there. I returned there after 11 long years and this time I continued my frequent visits for almost a whole year. Little has changed there in these 11 years and the blue simple boats are still blue. the food in the fishermen’s “restaurants” is delicious and the people are friendly and ready for a long “small talk” about weather, fishing and being.

Some technical details: ilford HP5 exposed manually at box speed. Rodinal 2ml Kodak HC110 2ml 500ml of 20C water. 45 minutes of semi-stand developing process – yes, I made a correction and gently agitated the tank in the middle. Stop 1min with water and the regular fixing process. I moved to the alkaline Ilford Rapid Fixer, instead of the fast but very aggressive acid-based Fomafix, which I finished recently and don’t think about to return using it again.

Then I ended the post with these words – “In the next post I will write about this wonderful location – the Arabs Fisherman’s Village of Jisr Zarqa, located in the Center of the country”. Now is the time to continue with the images from this roll and maybe in very close future i will sort and post here my photo notes and observations about simple life on the seashore.