Bio and first stab at HIE

["Brewer, Kevan" <kevan.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I've been lurking on the list for a few weeks now and since I've just 
developed my first roll of Kodak HIE, I feel I qualify to make a contribution!

Firstly let me describe my experience with the HIE. I set the ISO to 400 and 
exposed all the shots with either a Cokin 003 red filter (equivalent to 
Wratten 25 I believe?) or an Ilford SFX gelatin filter. The SFX filter is 
pretty much opaque but you can just see through it if held up to a bright 
light (not a good idea to hold it up to the sun!) I've not found the spectral 
response but I assume it would be similar to a Wratten 89?

Anyway, I metered using the camera's meter (EOS 10) through the filter in each 
case and I generally bracketed, exposing at -1 0 and +1 stops. All the shots 
were taken over the course of three sunny days; some in the morning, around 
8am, most mid afternoon, 3pm-5pm and a couple about half an hour before sunset.


The subjects I chose were landscapes taken in and around the New Forest near 
Southampton and, apart from one beach scene (mudflats not sand), they were all 
either in the woods, on the edge of woods or on heathland.

Now for the bad news, all the shots were over-exposed to some extent. Some 1-2 
stops and some a lot more - the exposure has bled into the sprocket holes and 
the adjacent shots and you can't really see any detail, even with a bright 
light source. The ones taken with the Cokin 003 (red) are less over-exposed 
which suggests that my meter is not very accurate at metering infra-red. I've 
probably got a couple of shots which may print but I'm not expecting anything 
outstanding.

I'm not too disappointed since it was always going to be a learning excercise. 
Next time I think I'll set the ISO to 1600 and bracket again, giving shots 
with the SFX filter a stop less exposure.

I'd appreciate any comments.

One more thing, examining the negs against a bright light source I noticed 
tiny 'holes' in the emulsion. I seem to remember reading about these. I 
pre-soaked the film in water for 5 minutes and developed in stock ID-11 with 
the recommended agitation: 10s every minute, giving the tank a couple of sharp 
bangs each time to dislodge any air bubbles clinging to the film. Any ideas?

Here's my biography.

- Name: Kevan Brewer

- Profession/Study: Software Engineer

- Country: England

- Personal history of photography: On and off for 15 years or so but mostly 
during the last 3-4 years

- Preferred subjects: Landscapes, macro, nature

- Materials (film, filters, paper, chemistry): Colour slide (just tried Fuji 
Provia 100F which I was very pleased with), monochrome (Ilford FP4, Delta 400, 
SFX - I like to try different films). Paper - Ilford MG, Kentmere Kentona).

- Format (35mm/medium format/large format): 35mm Canon EOS 10 & 5. 28-105mm, 
75-300mm, 400mm lenses.

- Other strange hobbies: Cricket (I suppose that's strange unless you're from 
a cricket-playing country!), fishing ('...a worm at one end and a fool at the 
other' ;-)

- How did you find out about this list: via WJs Photo Homepage I think.

- In case you already have your own IR-Gallery on the web, please 
state the URL/address: (I will then also add your site to the overview of 
IR-Galleries on my homepage!....think of the fame you can get....:-))

Watch this space :-)

- Expand on anything photographic you like:

Can't think of anything just now but I think my post is long enough already!

Regards,

Kevan
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