Death of a Sales Trolley (apologies to Arthur Miller)

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Death of a Sales Trolley (apologies to Arthur Miller)

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Derek Lincoln Friend Registered: September 2008 Location: Market Drayton, Shropshire Posts: 206	Taken around the "interesting" bits of Stoke on Trent. Always lots of pics round here for me - very scenic! I wanted to get the gritty atmosphere and hence the development in Rodinal for the grain. It will not be long before such areas have disappeared in the "Five Towns."They seem to be tidying up everything!
	· Date: Sat, 16, May, 2015 · Views: 4689 · Filesize: 100.1kb, 199.5kb · Dimensions: 949 x 757 ·
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	Keywords: Stoke on Trent
	Film make, size & rating:: Ilford HP5 at 400 ISO Olympus OM4
	Film developer & temp:: Rodinal 1:50 11mins
	Lens Focal Length, aperture & speed:: 35mm lens
	Tripod used Y or N:: N
	Paper:: Ilford MG4 RC Gloss
	Paper developer & temp:: Ilford MG 1:14

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alexmuir
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Registered: January 2010
Location: Glasgow, Scotland.
Posts: 2,681

Sat, 16, May, 2015 12:00pm

I think you have achieved the gritty look you were after with your film/developer combination. I like the positioning of the trolley, and the effect of the sunlit metal.
Alex.

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Martin Erdner

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Registered: January 2014
Location: Upper Bavaria
Posts: 233

Tue, 19, May, 2015 9:44pm

I like those trolleys and their adventures as well. With an open eye you can find them at astoundingly different places. Of course they are only sleeping, maybe waiting for the reincarnation... Wink

And I also sort of fancy the places, tarred, concreted, but abandoned long enough to let the plants come back, having a strange micro-climate, hotter than usual, inviting even cicada (or simply crickets...).
I guess, I would have been tempted to use one higher gradation, just to make it a bit harder,grittier. Probably it would have been to much. I like your result a lot!
Thanks for showing!

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"They do clutter their lives, don't they?" - Steel ("Sapphire & Steel", TV Series, ATV, 1979)

Derek Lincoln

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Registered: September 2008
Location: Market Drayton, Shropshire
Posts: 206

Wed, 20, May, 2015 8:38am

This was grade 4.5 Martin. Grade 5 was a little bit too much.

Martin Erdner

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Registered: January 2014
Location: Upper Bavaria
Posts: 233

Wed, 20, May, 2015 11:37am

Wow, 4.5?! I certainly see your point.

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"They do clutter their lives, don't they?" - Steel ("Sapphire & Steel", TV Series, ATV, 1979)

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