Illford HP5Plus400 Exposed at ISO800. Stand Develop in HC110 (1:100)

[ykc2011]

Film: Illford HP5Plus400 exposed at ISO800
Dilution: HC110 (1:100) using 6ml concentrate to 600ml water at 20C to process 1 roll of film in a tank with capacity approx. 630ml.

1. Gentle inversions for first 30 seconds (I counted 15)
2. Stand for 30minutes
3. 3 gentle inversions at 30 minute mark.
4. Stand for remaining 30 minutes (total of 60 minutes stand)
5. Water stop bath @ 20C. Continuous inversion for 30 seconds.
6. Kodafix for 5 minutes, with 5 inversions at the start of every minute.
7. Rinse for 10 minutes.
8. Kodak Photo-Flo.

I'm rather new to developing my own photos, and most of my limited experience thus far have been with dilution B. Given what I'm seeing right now, stand development appears to produce better negatives.

Here are several sample shots, all shot indoors, hence requiring a 1-stop push to ISO 800. I welcome any and all comments to help improve my technique.


Marc by yeoyeoyeo, on Flickr


Happy Birthday by yeoyeoyeo, on Flickr


Cliona by yeoyeoyeo, on Flickr


Cliona and Andrew by yeoyeoyeo, on Flickr


Marc by yeoyeoyeo, on Flickr

 

[raytoei]

very nice pictures. i think you nailed it.
developing at high dilution creates very nice tonal gradation.
one thing you may want to verify is that using the same
setup (camera, developing time) to take some outdoor daytime
pictures and see if you get the same type of pictures.
i used to test for a. outdoor overcast b. outdoor sunny, c. shade and d. night
to test. apparently some scenarios require different timing.

 

[nstclicks]

Interesting. When I did the same film in HC-110 1:100, I only developed for 7.5 min but that was at room temperature (30C). You did 1 hour but at 20C. Did you cool the tank during development or just let it warm up to room temperaure ?

 

[ykc2011]

I started with water around 18C and at the end of 1 hour, it was around 21-22C. Though temperature is not as crucial in stand development, going from 20C to 30C is quite a big jump. I didnt do any additional cooling to the tank.