Experimenting with C41 Black and White Film

Over the last couple of weeks I've shot a two rolls of C41 black and white film in Birmingham. The same camera and the same sort of grey day. I was interested to see the difference in contrast and grain between the Kodak C41 film (the first photo) and the Ilford C41 version (the second photo). 

I prefer the Ilford XP2 Super black and white for C41 which I can get processed locally in an hour. It's much more like a traditional Ilford HP5 black and white which I've used before, but I have to it send away and takes ten days to process.  

Kodak C41 Black & White Film

Ilford C41 Black & White Film

A Couple of Black and Whites from April 2013

Took these two with my 40-year-old OM1 in April this year, the first is the BT Tower in Birmingham with a yellow filter. Must do something about the white stripe across the picture. Think it's something on the blind. Any ideas?

BT Tower in Birmingham with Yellow Filter

The second was taken when I was in Buckinghamshire inside the folly at Wrest Park. A nice shot which a very good friend had framed and now and sits on my study wall.

Inside the folly at Wrest Park

The Beach

I went down to Devon on Sunday to see my Mother. Early in the evening I walked along the Otter Estuary and spotted these two in the distance. It was a grey day and I took this shot on my DSLR with a 300mm lens and the image set to B&W. 

It's never as good as a "real" black and white film such as the ones shot with my OM1 in my previous post.