Photo gallery: Mumbai/Goa, India

[alansoon]

These were shot in a trip to India in February this year -- but as some of you know, we all tend to leave our rolls sitting in the drawer waiting for that evening when there's finally some wine and mood to process them.

Well, I've finally finished processing all 15 rolls shot on that trip. And they're now on my site. Have a look, and let me know what you think.

http://monsoon.smugmug.com/gallery/2697931

Tools used: Leica M3, Leica M6 TTL, Voigtlander 40/1.4, Voigtlander 21/4.0, Olympus XA, 400TX, HC-110.

 

[schrackman]

Wonderful gallery of images! Makes me wish I was there. What kind of film and developer did you use?

 

[alansoon]

I shot it in Kodak 400TX, but rated at ISO 250.

Souped in Kodak HC-110, Dilution B at 20 degrees celsius for 5 minutes.

 

[Ororaro]

Nice one!

But I don't understand how you could be that patient with the rolls. I usually can't wait to get back and develop all the rolls, first thing!

 

[alansoon]

Laziness on my part, I guess.

I now have a new problem: 10 new rolls from a week in Myanmar. Just got back from there yesterday. Will try to get my first two rolls done later today! Don't want to go down like Garry Winogrand!

 

[alansoon]

And oh, since I've been getting a few questions on this -- the negatives were scanned directly on a Nikon Coolscan IV.

 

[Honus]

Wonderful work, Alan. I look forward to seeing your shots of Myanmar.

 

[zuikologist]

Alan - nice work, I especially like the beach shots with the VC 21/4 lens. The scanning must be as laborious as the developing.

 

[sircarl]

Alan,

You've captured the spirit of the place wonderfully. Brought back fond memories of my own trip to India several years ago.

 

[Marc-A.]

Great work Alan! Each picture is very well composed, with beautiful tones. Thanks for sharing.

 

[alansoon]

Thanks for the encouragement, guys.

I've started processing the first few rolls from the Myanmar trip. Here's a preview: