Film Stocks for Street Photography in Melbourne and Ballarat

... in which I load my Nikon FE with three different 35mm films and take to the streets; as I journey from Ballarat in Victoria, through Pentridge Prison, to the centre of Melbourne Australia. I struggle with light, grain, tonality and colour (or lack thereof) to see how these different emulsions handle the randomness of both the conditions and my aesthetic intent.
Can you guess all three?
Camera: Nikon FE
Lenses: Voigtländer 20mm f/3.5 SL-II, Voigtländer Ultron 40mm f/2 SL-II, Nikon Zoom-Nikkor 35-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Ai-S
Films: Various
Location: Ballarat, Pentridge, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.
Date: September 7-9 2023.
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[@jw48335]

This reminded me - I've got two mystery rolls from who-knows-when to soup. They're both Foma 100 . Time for some DDX 1+9 stand action. Another great installment sir!

[@patternsinsand]

Thanks. Enjoy the outcomes of your mystery films!

[@iainmc9859]

Okay, I didn't get any of the films right; so I'm feeling a bit less smug. My only vague excuse is that you pushed the HP5 which is why I thought it was Foma 400.
Ballarat = Bradford, with wider streets
Melbourne = Manchester with a river
They send you 4000 miles to the other side of the planet, just to build more goddamn depressing cities
Happy New Year 😒

[@patternsinsand]

Bang on about Ballarat and Melbourne being southern equivalents of northern UK cities. St Kilda in Melbourne is like Blackpool without the people or illuminations. And I've always thought HP5 pushed looks like box-speed Foma 400.

[@iainmc9859]

Thinking about it the colour film looks like badly pushed Kodak Gold so I might not have been that far off, but the creamy HP4 just made me think Foma 100. I'd usually associate HP4 with being quite crisp for a 100 film. I guess it depends how overcast it is.
St Kilda, in the middle of the Atlantic, might be described as like Blackpool without the people or the illuminations as well😁
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