Sometimes a test shot ends up growing on you, and you find yourself liking it as more than just fodder for pixel peeping and analysis. Such was the case here. On this afternoon, I grabbed the big 6x9 Fuji camera, knowing that I would only need to find eight compositions for my test of Ilford SFX 200. I've used it with an IR cut filter before, but on this outing, I wanted to see how the SFX did when used as a conventional film (in other words, without a filter). I liked the way the film rendered the waxy magnolia leaves illuminated by the afternoon sun and I also enjoyed how the film handled the shadow areas. Not sure it really makes sense to use such a specialized emulsion as my daily driver but one certainly could.
