The following 4 images were taken on Long Beach Island NJ on July
12-14, M6 0.85 with 50/1.0 wide open, #29 filter,
exposure either 1/500-1/1000, Ilford Delta 100 (Xtol 1:1,
11.5min) It was late afternoon, certainly no want of light.
But I thought it would be fun to see what the Noct would do in daylight.
Here, as in other images, apparently getting a horizontal horizon and
focusing with the shallow depth of field
simultaneously was beyond my capabilities. Note that only my
daughter Kitty is in focus, Ted is not. I like the effect on
the background.
Kitty taking a walk with her friend Dan. Strong reflections of
sunlight on the left and interesting blurring effect of the
tree on shore.
The next few images were taken at the end of a test roll I was making,
which explains why I was using TechPan (Technidol powder, 15min)
I found TechPan hard to scan for pictorial purposes because of
the high contrast. I really had to manipulate those curves to even
get these,
which are not great! We were at my brother-in-law's house.
These were direct sunlight, I also used a #29 red filter. These
don't look distinctively Noctilux, probably because they
don't feature backgrounds extending perpendicular to the plan of focus.
They look more like short telephoto shots.
Finally, two images I shot at the end of a different roll of testing.
Delta 100 (Xtol 1:1,11.5 min) again. I shot these in the evening
after work in my backyard.
It was dark enough that I didn't use a filter, and exposed at 1/60th
or so. The image on the left has the sun at the upper center of the
frame.
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