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Re: [APML] Ilford B&W film + H-Alpha filter
Beautiful shots Brian! You have an excellent eye.
Stuart
http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian larmay" <power_windows4789@yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Ilford B&W film + H-Alpha filter
>
> Hi Stuart,
>
> Thank you:)
>
> My poem is actualy not mine, but an excerpt from an
> old Rush tune...also Toronto boys....I kinda figured
> they would go good together.
>
> I understand the postcard deal.... but the
> geese...well artists will be artists.
> They are an amazing piece of work.
>
> If interested, I havent been getting around to much
> photography except for these few which arent related
> to astro pictures:
> http://www.astrobri.com/lewiston_ny_docks_2.htm
> http://www.astrobri.com/lewiston_ny_docks.htm
>
> These were taken across from Niagara falls Ontario in
> Lewiston NY during a night of some pretty severe
> weather.
> The first was taken mid aftenoon and the 2nd was at
> around 1030pm.
> The lightning makes the sky look like twilight.
> Shortly after, a huge gust front came in producing 50
> mph winds and some horizontal hail...owe!
>
> Thanks again,
> Brian
>
>
> > Brian, I loved the B&W shots of Toronto (my home
> > town!). I think your
> > poem was a beautiful complement to the photo of the
> > street scene.
> >
> > The guards at the Eaton Centre might be a bit
> > twitchy because of two
> > things - first of course is that the Eaton Centre
> > makes money from
> > postcard shots of the mall so they don't want
> > competition for the pro's.
> > Second is less obvious. There has been for years a
> > Michael Snow
> > installation that is made up of a flock of
> > life-sized Canada Geese
> > flying in formation at the south end of the mall. A
> > lot of folks photo
> > graph it but it offends the artist so perhaps the
> > mall guards react to
> > any serious looking photographer because of that
> > too.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
> > Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian larmay" <power_windows4789@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography"
> > <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 12:48 PM
> > Subject: RE: [APML] Ilford B&W film + H-Alpha filter
> >
> >
> > > Hi Phil and others, here are some non astro
> > shots...a
> > > few aerials and some downtown Toronto night shots
> > with
> > > the XP2.
> > > Gotta love this film!
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.astrobri.com/flying_over_michigan.htm
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.astrobri.com/toronto_caught_in_the_camera_eye.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> > > --- davehutch@flash.net wrote:
> > > > Phil,
> > > > I've used XP2. It is not what you want to use
> > with
> > > > an H-alpha filter. Its
> > > > not a bad film however for other items.
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: starfest@comcast.net
> > > > [mailto:starfest@comcast.net]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 1:22 PM
> > > > To: astro-photo@seds.org
> > > > Subject: [APML] Ilford B&W film + H-Alpha filter
> > > >
> > > > I have heard that there is an Ilford film
> > capable of
> > > > producing images
> > > > similar to hypered Tech Pan when used with an
> > > > H-Alpha filter. I have also
> > > > heard differing opinions on which of the Ilford
> > 400
> > > > speed B&W films it is.
> > > > Looking at the spectral sensitivity charts for
> > the
> > > > following three films, it
> > > > appears that the Delta 400 has the best 650nm+
> > > > sensitivity:
> > > >
> > > > - Delta 400
> > > > - XP2 Super 400 (C41 processing)
> > > > - HP5 Plus
> > > >
> > > > Anyone have experience with any of these? At
> > TSP, I
> > > > did try the XP2 (pushed
> > > > to 800) with a borrowed Lumicon H-Alpha filter
> > (thx
> > > > Jay) on the Lagoon for
> > > > 60 minutes at f/5.9 and nothing showed up on the
> > > > film.
> > > >
> > > > -Phil
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