Spidersnaps: Happy anniversary
Sep. 21st, 2025 06:50 pmTime for another new film, this one Ilford HP5 Plus :-) It came in a different package than normal since it was a limited 140th anniversary edition, and I got it for THB 340, so it's a bit on the high side for B&W film :-) HP5 Plus is Analogue Wonderland's best-selling black-and-white film, and their claims are "This black and white film is perfect for low-light situations and produces deep, rich tones and excellent sharpness." Sure enough, the low light situations mostly managed to put decent pictures even without flash, so if you're shooting in lots of low light situations, it's definitely worth the splurge :-) Though given the price, I decided to run it half-frame in the Kodak H35 to get my money's worth :-)

Film and camera, with special limited edition packaging :-)

Skyline taken from downtown

Muay Thai practice near MBK

Dog statues at MBK


Scenes from the Thailand premiere of the live-action Lilo and Stitch (with Sky Wongrawee)

Lizard

Radio station transmission antenna against dark clouds

Bird resting on the Sound of the Northeast platform

My regular lab

Rainy day traffic at Ladphrao

Recently-closed camera store up for sale

New skytrain under construction

Lamppost bird

Uni columns, one of my favorite film-testing spots :-)

Atmosphere from a Friends Screening of live-action Lilo and Stitch, with celebrities playing a claw machine for a Stitch plushie

An arch to promote Elio

Snail

New coffee shop at Central Ladphrao, with a 120-minute wait (!) according to the sign

Shopping mall balcony view

New smartphone promotion event at Mitrtown

Fire demo

Cat near Ladphrao

River view with Congress

Little buddha in a tree at uni

Bridge construction




Scenes from the Thailand Elio premiere

Crow on the elbow of the Sound of the Northeast

Fourth attending the Elio Thai dub premiere (not a good shot though)

Refugee benefit event at Central World


Friends Screening of Elio, with the flash reflecting off the floor in the first shot of attendees' stuff being used to reserve their spots so much it threw off the white balance for the overall shot :-\

Event for Edifier speakers at Mitrtown

Anti-drug event at Mitrtown

Pond

Display of empty film cans at the uni photo lab's drop-off bin

Bird on the top of the musical instrument on the Sounds of the Northeast (though sort of obscured by the B&W and grain of it all)


Pagoda at Boromnivat Temple (from a uni outing) from two different angles




Scenes from a badminton tournament held at uni

One of our overseas relatives died, so we went to the Tai Hong Kong shrine to make an offering


Chinatown

Early evening river shot

Live music performance at a clothing exhibition, moved off center by bad frame splitting (the exposure itself is robust, though)

Billkin for Meo cat food

Bon Marche market


Dancing at Mitrtown Open House for freshmen

The large buddha at Paknam Temple, now back to its usual glory after renovations

Not good framing for this early evening shot (was aiming for the Thonburi Rama, now home to "22's Hair Studio") but a pretty good representation of how robust this film is under reduced lighting conditions

Local mall pet expo (with bad frame splitting that ended up centering the picture on one of the enclosures)

Freshmen sports, starting with swimming

Freshmen athletics

Freshmen ping-pong

New activity at the tunnel connection Mitrtown with the subway: The same people behind last year's Adult Playground have covered half the tunnel with a large lineart and are inviting pedestrians to color it in with markers (though they appear to replace the canvas every week or so)

Famous celebrity/volleyball enthusiast Rasamee Khae coaching a superstar volleyball team at an exposition match at uni

Finishing the roll with live music at Mitr Earth environment-friendly market event at Mitrtown

Film and camera, with special limited edition packaging :-)

Skyline taken from downtown

Muay Thai practice near MBK

Dog statues at MBK


Scenes from the Thailand premiere of the live-action Lilo and Stitch (with Sky Wongrawee)

Lizard

Radio station transmission antenna against dark clouds

Bird resting on the Sound of the Northeast platform

My regular lab

Rainy day traffic at Ladphrao

Recently-closed camera store up for sale

New skytrain under construction

Lamppost bird

Uni columns, one of my favorite film-testing spots :-)

Atmosphere from a Friends Screening of live-action Lilo and Stitch, with celebrities playing a claw machine for a Stitch plushie

An arch to promote Elio

Snail

New coffee shop at Central Ladphrao, with a 120-minute wait (!) according to the sign

Shopping mall balcony view

New smartphone promotion event at Mitrtown

Fire demo

Cat near Ladphrao

River view with Congress

Little buddha in a tree at uni

Bridge construction




Scenes from the Thailand Elio premiere

Crow on the elbow of the Sound of the Northeast

Fourth attending the Elio Thai dub premiere (not a good shot though)

Refugee benefit event at Central World


Friends Screening of Elio, with the flash reflecting off the floor in the first shot of attendees' stuff being used to reserve their spots so much it threw off the white balance for the overall shot :-\

Event for Edifier speakers at Mitrtown

Anti-drug event at Mitrtown

Pond

Display of empty film cans at the uni photo lab's drop-off bin

Bird on the top of the musical instrument on the Sounds of the Northeast (though sort of obscured by the B&W and grain of it all)


Pagoda at Boromnivat Temple (from a uni outing) from two different angles




Scenes from a badminton tournament held at uni

One of our overseas relatives died, so we went to the Tai Hong Kong shrine to make an offering


Chinatown

Early evening river shot

Live music performance at a clothing exhibition, moved off center by bad frame splitting (the exposure itself is robust, though)

Billkin for Meo cat food

Bon Marche market


Dancing at Mitrtown Open House for freshmen

The large buddha at Paknam Temple, now back to its usual glory after renovations

Not good framing for this early evening shot (was aiming for the Thonburi Rama, now home to "22's Hair Studio") but a pretty good representation of how robust this film is under reduced lighting conditions

Local mall pet expo (with bad frame splitting that ended up centering the picture on one of the enclosures)

Freshmen sports, starting with swimming

Freshmen athletics

Freshmen ping-pong

New activity at the tunnel connection Mitrtown with the subway: The same people behind last year's Adult Playground have covered half the tunnel with a large lineart and are inviting pedestrians to color it in with markers (though they appear to replace the canvas every week or so)

Famous celebrity/volleyball enthusiast Rasamee Khae coaching a superstar volleyball team at an exposition match at uni

Finishing the roll with live music at Mitr Earth environment-friendly market event at Mitrtown