We enjoyed a flamenco performance in Old Town's Plaza Don Luis by the Spanish Broom group on Saturday. The dancers, singers and guitarists all performed at a high level of skill. They will do another performance at the Casa Rondeña Winery on October 6th and will be back in Plaza Don Luis on the 10th. The informal setting of the little plaza combined with the excellent skills on display lent a note of authenticity to the event.
Photographing the action was quite a challenge due to the group's highly kinetic style; they are seldom still for even a moment.
I shot the pictures with both the normal and telephoto lenses for my Olympus Pen FT half-frame camera. The film was some slightly outdated Acros 400 shared with me by fellow film enthusiast, Jim Grey. His work with the film looked quite a bit better than mine, possibly because of the choice of developers. I used the same PMK Pyro I normally use with Kentmere, and at the same time and temperature. I think I'll try some HC110 for the next roll.
Update:
Margaret recorded a short video of the Old Town performance of Spanish Broom.
5 comments:
Your photo of the fellow with the guitar looks terrific, but the rest have a printed-in-the-newspaper look about them. I see that the Massive Dev Chart has no timing for Neopan 400 in PMK Pyro, leading one to have to experiment until the right formula is dialed in.
Anonymous above was me. I somehow got logged out and didn't notice it.
With the Balloon Fiesta on the way at the end of the week I'll have plenty of chances to improve my results from the Acros. Also intend to do some color. I may use the film in my Pentax ME as the auto-exposure improves the odds when timing is crucial.
These were half frame, so there was limited emulsion area. 24×36 should look less grainy. The performers must have been very skillful.
I don't mind a little grain, but I'd like a better range of tonality. I have another roll in my Pentax Me and may try stand developing in HC110.
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