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BJ Bignell
04-12-2007, 08:15
Please excuse me if this has been posted before, but I wanted to give a quick heads-up about an exciting contest from Ilford:
ILFORD PHOTO HP5 Plus Challenge
http://www.ilfordphoto.com/hp5pluschallenge/
Deadline: May 31, 2007
This contest is open to everyone in North America, and the grand prize is $1250 in cash PLUS they put your winning photo on boxes of Ilford Multigrade IV paper! The only rules are that you must take the photo with Ilford HP5+ and print it (no larger than 8x10) on any Ilford photographic paper. Subject matter is open, and there is a maximum of 10 entries.
Good luck to everyone!
rogue_designer
04-12-2007, 08:45
heh - that's fun. I would love my image on an Ilford paper box. Too bad you have to use HP5plus.
heh - that's fun. I would love my image on an Ilford paper box. Too bad you have to use HP5plus.
...and the problem with HP5 is exactly what?...
PetarDima
04-12-2007, 09:09
my favourite film - superior, with good, strong contrast.
What a pitty - contest is open for U.S. folks only ... imagine, 1250$ - you can buy films,paper & chemicals and for a long time only search for motive and shoooot :)
ibcrewin
04-12-2007, 09:13
I better get cracking.. I've never printed my own stuff.
rogue_designer
04-12-2007, 09:13
...and the problem with HP5 is exactly what?...
I've just never liked it. I can't figure out why. I *should* like it based on it's characteristics, and handling. But I never have, and not for lack of trying. I love their PanF plus, but I don't like any of their films faster than that.
This is a subjective thing of course, but I would probably take HP5 over Tri-X any day (though I do use and like both for different reasons).
It's supposed to make all your pics look like they were shot in overcast England, but it's cheap and forgiving both in latitude and development in my experience. The TriX guys should hold their tongues, congrats to Ilford for a great idea and generous contest. And it's just for us on this side of the pond.....
I'm going to buy some HP5 and do some shooting.
drewbarb
04-12-2007, 09:57
This is great. My only problem is that I'll have to get some Ilford paper, which I'm not crazy about. But I'd take HP5+ over the current Tri-X any day, too. HP5 only makes everything look like overcast England if you let it. Give it enough light and process accordingly, and it's a brilliant film.
One of us has got to win this. Let's see if we can't get a RFF member's shot onto that paper box.
BJ Bignell
04-12-2007, 12:40
Open to Canadians too?The site says open to everyone in North America which means I get to contribute, even though I live in Quebec. Hoorah! Now, I just need to get off my ass and do it!
sepiareverb
04-12-2007, 12:49
HP5 in Microphen 1:1 is pretty darn brilliant if you ask me.
RObert Budding
04-12-2007, 12:55
HP5+ is a superb film. Excellent tonality and it pushes and pulls nicely. And did I mention the nice tight grain?
nightfly
04-12-2007, 12:59
The first one to make a shot that doesn't look like overcast England wins a Pro Pack of Tri-X and Forte Polygrade V neutral.
Good luck.
(couldn't hold it any longer)
xayraa33
04-12-2007, 13:09
does Tri X film give all the photographs taken on it that south of Lake Ontario" Rochester Look " ? ;-)
HP- 5 + and Tri X , both are fantastic B+W films.
does Tri X film give all the photographs taken on it that south of Lake Ontario" Rochester Look " ? ;-)
HP- 5 + and Tri X , both are fantastic B+W films.
Joseph, you are being too sensible and not polemic enough!
does Tri X film give all the photographs taken on it that south of Lake Ontario" Rochester Look " ? ;-)
HP- 5 + and Tri X , both are fantastic B+W films.
Somehow I feel Earl will be here soon!!!
xayraa33
04-12-2007, 13:15
yes, you are right Frank, sensible is my middle name.
MadMan2k
04-13-2007, 08:38
Sounds like a good idea. I'll have to pick up some of that film and see how I like it. Maybe I'll get my 4x5 setup in time to shoot something on that and contact print it to send in :D
photophorous
04-13-2007, 10:22
It says any Ilford paper, right? I wonder if that includes the "Ilford real B&W Paper" that MPIX prints digital photos on? I could scan some HP5 and have it printed on that stuff without using a darkroom....cause I don't have a darkroom. :)
I had not heard about this contest. Thanks for sharing the information. It is intriguing...
Smiler-
I'll see if I can't make it so for you, but I just want the paper- you can keep the Tri-X.
It'll be difficult, being as how I live in the Seattle area and our skies typically look rather British and overcast without any chemical enhancement.
Both films are extremely muddy to my thinking, by the way. They were designed for maximum exposure latitude and pushability, and that means weak midtone response.
Gabriel M.A.
04-13-2007, 17:22
...and the problem with HP5 is exactly what?...
There is nothing wrong with somebody's opinion which is different from somebody else's. I guess we could say..."and the problem with his comment is exactly what?" ;)
Gabriel M.A.
04-13-2007, 17:25
my favourite film - superior, with good, strong contrast.
What a pitty - contest is open for U.S. folks only ... imagine, 1250$ - you can buy films,paper & chemicals and for a long time only search for motive and shoooot :)
?? Last time I checked, North America comprised Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, etc.. Don't tell me something happened between yesterday and today that's changed the order of the continents!
Nightlfy-
Do I win? All of these were shot on HP5, in Western Washington no less.
If so, PM me about the Forte paper. As I said, you can keep the Tri-X.
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