It's art, Jim, but not as we know it...

[Scuba Jim]

While I was in Bikini last month I took a roll of 3200 ASA b&w print film along and took some pickies with it on the Apogon.

Here are a couple of shots, the one with the shark in has been "colourised" a little to give it some colour (which, in case you didn't know, is what colourising does!).

They're very grainy, obviously, but quite interesting. Well I think so anyway.

And thesre's no backscatter, so that should keep Ed happy!

 

[Seapix]

Gorgeous photos! They certainly have impact, especially the "lone" shark one. Congratulations on getting on those two "keepers!"

George

 

[RICHinNC]

Great photos....
Being a photo buff long before diving...it is nice to see someone using b&w. You can come up with some great stuff.

You might want to try Ilford...if you can find it...they have a film you can change ASA on while on the same roll.

And, i think it is kodak....has a b&w film you can shoot and use the standard c41 color processing. That comes in real handy on liveaboards that just have the c41 processing capability.

 

[Scuba Jim]

You might want to try Ilford...if you can find it...they have a film you can change ASA on while on the same roll.

This was Ilford Delta 3200 Professional. I can't change the film speed underwater on my housing, if I am not mistaken. I can push it +/- a little bit but that's about it.

I think this is a little too fast to be honest. Next time I will try something about half that speed. Still plenty of available light down there but it would retain some more detail. I can always blur it up if needs be on the computer! Or just take the picture out of focus!

 

[wackodacko]

what kind of shark is that?

 

[Scuba Jim]

grey reef shark

 

[Dee]

I think the graininess actually is a good thing with these!

Question...In the second photo, underneath the second diver and shark, there's is what appears to be a thread or scratch on the negative. Is this common in B/W film? Reason I ask is I know a girl who takes alot of B/W shark photos and almost every single one has a thread/scratch somewhere on each exposure.

 

[blacknet]

Hello,

awsome! no backscatter!

Most '3200' film is really 800 speed film. Have you thought about printing them with sepia think that would look awsome.

do you put copyright info into your images?

Ed

 

[AliKat]

Wow. I have to agree, I think the graininess adds to the impact of the B&W. Love the shark photo.

 

[drbill]

Agree with RICHinNC that it's nice to see B/W. I've been a photographer slightly longer than I've been a diver (42 years). I did shoot my first underwater photos black-and-white but wasn't pleased with them. These are quite nice.

Dr. Bill