we have to wait outside

At the end of January we went to Bilbao to escape the noise of the celebrations of the day of San Sebastian. It was rainy, grey and dark, just as was to be expected in the middle of winter. We were staying in the Casco Viejo, the old part of town, and so our surroundings had a lot of narrow streets which were of course quite dark with the dreary winter weather. I used the opportunity to play around with pushing some ISO 400 film to 1600 in Tetenal Ultrafin. This involved agitation every minute for 36 minutes, which is obviously incredibly boring and monotonous. Although I have pushed some film to ISO 800 in Ultrafin since then I think 36 minutes for 1600 is just too much. Pushing in Rodinal stand-development is way more comfortable, since you only have to agitate every half hour, and the grain is also less pronounced. Nevertheless, I think the atmosphere of the results is still quite special.

All pictures taken with: Zorki 4K and Jupiter 12 35mm f/2.8 ASPH.
Kentmere 400 EI 1600 developed in Tetenal Ultrafin 1:20, 36min.

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

I guess the dog wasn’t allowed to come inside the shop.

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© Lilly Schwartz 2014

Rain and lots of it.

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© Lilly Schwartz 2014

When I say dark, I mean dark …

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© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

There was a market hall that was recommended to us by our landlords. Sure, the food looked good, but the hall itself had a very sterile atmosphere.

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

More from the Casco Viejo.

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© Lilly Schwartz 2014

Across from market hall.

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© Lilly Schwartz 2014

Boy, do they look happy!

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© Lilly Schwartz 2014

Our holiday flat was very nicely decorated. The old fashioned telephone obviously didn’t work.

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