Spidersnaps: Rise like a phoenix

[spiderbraids]

Been a while since my last set of analog snaps, but I have a good reason :-) Late last year, the UK's Harman Technology (makers of Ilford and Kentmere) made quite a splash when they announced they were making a brand-new ISO 200 color film in-house called Harman Phoenix... I managed to get me a first-batch roll of Phoenix from a different store than my usual in January for THB 480 (about USD 14), but only started shooting it in late May and only finished in late August in my Kodak M35, with me going a whole week or so between shots in some cases (esp. towards the end when I was kept from taking the camera to some potential opportunities to finish the roll :-\) What made it rather hard to shoot this roll was that despite the nominal ISO 200, it's actually less sensitive than that, so with that in mind, I kept my eyes out for sunny days (less common around these parts between May and August due to rains), and made a point to take photos with the wide aperture ("flash") mode... Turns out it pretty much only works outdoors :-\ but with the proper amount of light, it produces pretty vibrant and contrasty colors :-) (It's been compared to cross-processed slide film, and in fact some have even cross-processed it as slide film :-))


Camera and film, with price tag on the box, and yellow base film in the cartridge


BTS station at Silom, shot from Silom Edge


Lumpini Park, from Silom Edge


Filming of a commercial late afternoon at Samyan Mitr Town, showing just how light-hungry this film is

(Compare to smartphone shot)


Contrasty shot of Sound of the Northeast statue


Early morning bird on a lamppost


Rainbow pride decor at Samyan Mitr Town


Uni school construction site, now with very contrasty color, and visible cranes :-) (compare to the cross-processed pictures on this page)


Grubby early morning shot of a flower in a pond


Daddy fixing the roof on the family house


Local mall promotion for pride event


Inflatable at Samyan Mitr Town's pride event


Cat toys seemingly only illuminated by the flash; this was the only indoor photo that came out in the scans


Repainted zebra crossing


Uni entrance


Food stores near uni


Downtown towards Baiyok 2 Tower, shot from Mitr Town, with the road below looking rather dark


Central Ladphrao traffic


Grubby cosplay photography at Samyan Mitr Town lantern festival in the late afternoon


Better looking lanterns at Samyan Mitr Town, lit by early morning sun


Rainbow in the uni fountain (with a little bit of glow from the uni building in the background, thanks to its halation properties :-))

(The rainbow was more obvious in digital)


Samyan Mitr Town prepping for the Olympics with a special viewing area


Late afternoon shot of a certain Pixar-inspired mural at uni, somewhat saved with flash, but a bit drab otherwise

(In all its proper digital glory :-))


Late afternoon track renovations at the uni stadium


Merchant umbrellas near Samyan Mitr Town at midday (I made two more photos after this and neither came out in scans)