HP5+ ID-11 @ 8.15 and a Stafford named Scrappy
I personally feel that HP5 developed in ID-11is the best match there is for black and white 35mm film photography, this is only my view everyone has their favourites and for different reasons, my reasons are because of the contrast and the extra bit of speed you can get with it been ISO 400, not to mention the good range of tones when shot and developed right , I always add a few extra seconds on in the development to give that bit extra contrast and “bite” to the image, this one was taken on the cheapest of the cheap Nikon AF SLRs a Nikon F50, I picked it up of ebay for less than a tenner and although it is only a cheap camera with limited functions it does the job, the glass I used was the Sigma 50mm F/2.8 DG macro for this shot, about a nano second later the shot was gone not only because of the freezing of Scrappy on just two paws but also because my oldest dog F
oxy came belting over and totally rattled Scrappy, he left the house as a very clean little puppy full of life and ended up walking home not only a nervous wreck but covered from head to toe in scratches and muck, I did try to intervene and stop Foxy from totalling Scrappy but I am just a mere human and my speed compared to a Staffordshire Bull Terrier is about the same a milk float to a 911, the next picture will show the speed well considering these were shot in harsh winter sun and between 1/125s and 1/500s, maybe I didn’t try hard enough as I did take the shot lol.
