• 1141: Walk in north Denver. (PanF+ @ EI 50. 50mm prime lens.)
  • 1140: Third day of snowstorm. (PanF+ @ EI 50. 50mm prime lens.)
  • 1138: Great American Beer Festival. (HP5+ @ EI 400. 50mm prime lens.)
  • 1135: Pawnee National Grasslands; Orpheus Mead Fest. (Ilford Delta 100 @ EI 100.)
  • 1134: Burns Family; Parker; Rocky Mountain NP; Pawnee National Grasslands. (Ilford Delta 400 @ EI 400.)

All shot on the Pentax K-1000.

Another five-reel tank day! I’m filling all five reels this time; and developing another pair of black-and-white Ilford rolls in the two-reel tank at the same time, so I’m making extra Caffenol anyway.

This is being processed at the same time as rolls 1146-1147 (in the 120 tank), and is also being processed at 62 degrees to see what effect that has on grain and tone. This’ll be a two-hour development at 62 degrees, as that worked well during the previous five-roll day.

Mixed 1L Caffenol C-L: 16g waterfree washing soda, 10g Vitamin C, 20g iodized salt, and 40g instant coffee (Nescafe Taster’s Choice). Pre-wet for ~20 minutes while mixing and beginning to type up these plans. Used leftover additional Caffenol C-L from rolls 1136 and 1137, which are currently developing in the two-reel tank. Note to self: I really only needed to mix up 750mL of solution for batch 1136-1137, not 1L; this would even have left some over.

Poured out pre-wetting water, then poured developer into tank and noted time. Agitated gently 20x over first 30 seconds, then put into picnic cooler with cool water. Agitated 15x over 30 seconds at 7:30 in. Agitated gently 10x at 15 minutes in, then every fifteen minutes thereafter, alternating top with bottom to ensure even development, and always knocking on the bottom to dislodge air bubbles, and always putting it back into the picnic cooler.

Rinsed ~5 minutes in tap water at ~68 degrees, emptying container entirely multiple times. Fixed in Ilford Rapid Fixer 1+4 (that’s now 30 rolls from this 1.5L batch of fixer, 20 since replenishment), agitating 10x every minute for six minutes. Reclaimed fixer, then rinsed 10 minutes in ~68 degree water. Added a small amount of Photo-Flo to the water in the tank, agitated for thirty seconds, dumped water. Shook reels, then hung the negatives vertically to dry.

Photos Posted

Roll 1134

Roll 1135

Roll 1138

Roll 1141