I was debating whether to post all New Year’s Eve pictures together or split them into rolls. The problem solved itself since I still haven’t developed all the rolls from that particular trip and this is the oldest roll left to post. I’ll just show you the ones I have so far and post the rest when I’ll have developed all my remaining colour film. By the way, I’m making good progress on my development. I have developed 4 of the rolls from Carnival today and there are only 8 rolls of C41 left. Wait, didn’t I say I started out with 13 rolls? How did I end up with an even number then? Well, the added roll happened today when I shot my last roll of XP2 in my XA. We were out running errands and I really felt like I needed to shoot a couple of rolls to get back into the swing of things. After a month of not shooting, mainly due to being completely off kilter thanks to the flu, I still felt like I needed to take it slow and this is why I took out the XA rather than the Leica. In the end I shot 2 rolls of film, the second being a roll of Double-X. Well, those 2 new rolls explain why I developed 4 rolls today. I just wanted to feel like I’m progressing.

All pictures taken with: Leica M6 + Zeiss ZM C-Biogon 35mm f/2.8.
RPX400 @3200 stand-developed in Rodinal 1:100, 120min.

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My favourite from the roll.

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He was throwing a fire cracker.

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Yes, I always think of brushing my hair in the snow on New Year’s Eve too! Wait, no I don’t.

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It was very misty and uncomfortably cold.

And now for something completely creepy:

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This is a plaster mask of my face made when I was 13 and at 2 or 3 AM of the New Year I felt like playing with it. It still fits by the way! I love how the double Kinski in the background adds to the picture, just like all the lines from the doors, mirrors and frames everywhere.