Liverpool – HP5

I’d noted my disappointment with the Delta 400 on a Liverpool trip but later in the day I shot a roll of HP5. Same overcast conditions - just some of the light starting to go. and I was much more pleased with the result. I developed the roll in Bellini Euro HC – an equivalent to Kodak HC110 bought online at NTPHOTOWORKS and found a less grainy and contrasty negative than the Delta and one much easier to scan and print in the darkroom.

First there was a walk round the Beatles Quarter

Then a dander in the city centre

Then it was back to the Mersey to finish the roll.

So Liverpool was great (as always), the weather was meh, and Ilford HP5 gave me far better results than Delta 400 though I used different developers. It may have totally been down to me but I’ll stick with HP5 for the go-to black and white film for the long British overcast autumn-winter-spring.

Shot on the Nikon F60 and Nikkor 35-70 AF.