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.
I guess the dog wasn’t allowed to come inside the shop.
Rain and lots of it.
When I say dark, I mean dark …
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.
More from the Casco Viejo.
Across from market hall.
Boy, do they look happy!
Our holiday flat was very nicely decorated. The old fashioned telephone obviously didn’t work.