[Leica] IMG:Hoppy strolls around Melbourne, part one

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Hoppy-
 I don't know what your development time is, but you
might consider, instead of reducing it, backing off
the agitation. I've had good luck with John Brownlow's
technique of a progressive partial-stand, where you
start out with 1 minute intervals, lenghten them, and
eventually end up with a final 3-4m. stand. It's also
a good idea, if doing this, to follow Mark's
suggestion of gentle rolling agitation, rather than
tank inversion.

--- G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Folks the first of some new bw pics from me. I'm
> getting to know the XTOL and was very impressed with
> 1:3 on the Neopan 400. Now
> perhaps I need to reduce my development times
> somewhat next time. 
> 
> I had a weekend in Melbourne, home of my favourite
> Leica dealer, in Victoria. I visited a marvelous
> portrait exhibition by Karen
> Catt, an Aussie now based in New York. All
> Hasselblad work and printed as large squares on good
> photo rag. It was held at the State
> Library.
> 
> There are some building photographs and some folks
> outside.
> 
> Of course it was necessary to include senoritas as
> is now a minor LUG tradition.
> 
>  
> 
> One pic of 19th century body armour as worn by Ned
> Kelly, an Australian bushranger (bandit) and folk
> anti-hero.
> 
> This chap and three gang members had armour
> fashioned from ploughshares. In their last encounter
> with the authorities, they held a
> pub full of people hostage, attempted to ambush a
> train full of law enforcement people then had a last
> stand where they emerged
> through the morning mist, revolvers blazing and
> defied their sworn enemies to defeat them. On each
> shot failing to penetrate his
> armour, Ned struck his helmet with pistol butt,
> making it ring like a bell. The police finally
> knocked him down with multiple shots
> to the unprotected limbs. He survived, only to be
> executed later. One bullet impact dent remains in
> his helmet, perhaps half an inch
> above his eyes. You may see another in his boot,
> which was later cut from his foot to address the
> injury. Another broke his finger
> on his revolver butt, which I have shown previously.
> Today the four armour suits have all been correctly
> reassembled and are on
> display over several locations in that state.
> 
>
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/Vic/MV1.jpg.html>
> 
> <http://tinyurl.com/ypcr8d>
> 
>  
> 
> As always comments are very welcome.
> 
>  
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Hoppy
> 
>  
> 
> 
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