Yeah, it’s a 3-stop push, which is probably the limit on most films. Apparently, the film gets thinner everytime it is “pushed.” So, the quality deteriorates for each level of pushing. I read about what could happen, some people say that it’s useless to push 3-stops because the film loses so much detail that it’s pointless, while others suggest trying it for “artistic” purposes. So, I tried it.

Exhausted!

Two weeks ago, my fellow blogger, Spartan, moved to a new apartment. So, I figured why not waste film on this eventful gathering of friends.  The friends came by and helped, along with Spartan’s siblings.  It was a nice sunny day, so there was no reason to push a 100 ISO film, but I did it anyways because I’m curious about the results. To me, experimenting is a great part of photography. It opens new doors to new methods and techniques in taking photos.

Big kid.

I scanned the film after I got it back from Sammy’s. Most of the negatives came a little dark, but I brightened it up in Photoshop so I can see what’s going on. The pictures are in very high-contrasts, which can be good or bad, depending on how you look at it. On one end, the details are lacking, especially in the dark areas. It’s almost like there’s only one shade of black. On the other hand, it looks very shiny which gave the pics a very unique and artistic feel.

Lazy bums.

Most of the other films that I scanned had an earthy brown overcast to it, but not these ones, these came with green overcasts. But, these pics were meant to be seen in black & white, so I converted all my scanned images into BWs.

For the nerds!

Overall, I like the outcome of this experiment. The photos came out shiny, and very contrasty. Even when pushed 3-stops, the Tmax100 still managed to keep the grains to a minimum level. Experiments like these is why I love working with film, I feel more involved with my work. See the whole set here.

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