More Ilford Delta 3200

I posted awhile back about my first experience with Ilford Delta 3200 film – or any high-ISO film, for that matter.  I was initially disappointed, but later the results grew on me.  I had no idea just how much grain would result from pushing the film to ISO 4000, given that it is actually (allegedly) around ISO 1600, and I looked forward to trying it again at a more reasonable speed.  I finally got around to shooting another roll of the stuff and was very pleased with the outcome.

Parallel

A cemetery seemed like an interesting place to shoot high-contrast black-and-white film. In the late afternoon, as the light faded, with an already gloomy, cloudy sky, we visited a crowded cemetery on Reunion Island.

Cherub

Wilt

Graveyard for the Crosses

SacrificialAs the light faded, the shots became grainier and grainier, and some of the blacks were not as solid as I might have liked, but I was happy with the results.  The clouds are a key element though, in my opinion.

I tried some shots in full daylight as well, and the blacks ended up better but the sky looked like it had smudges on it.  The high shutter speed required to compensate for the film speed is great for capturing ocean droplets in midair!

Wave

I was also really happy with this portrait – probably my best, I think, though the subject of the photo was not as impressed.
PortraitI plan to continue experimenting with Delta 3200, but it seems this one-of-a-kind film will soon have a competitor – Kodak Alaris recently announced they will again produce TMax P3200 film, discontinued in 2012, in addition to the recently-announced rerelease of Ektachrome.  P3200 is actually 800-speed, but I’m looking forward to experimenting with a film I never managed to try when it was originally sold.

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