I like how the pine needles (and the grass / bushes etc.) are rendered, it's got a nice mood 🙂
Do you know why the sky / clouds have this "blotchy" look though?
Is this a defect of the emulsion, or something that happened during developement?
Thanks! That blotchy mottling is caused by the backing paper: usually it's due to condensation or other moisture and often occurs with Fomapan (but mainly when I'm shooting with plastic toy cameras, I rarely see it when shooting the same film in my Mamiya). In winter I hypothesized that condensation occurred when I brought the camera and film back inside after being out in the cold (even though I kept the camera and film in a closed case to slow the warming process), but I took these photos in warm weather so that can't be the explanation.
I actually like it in these Diana photos and in photos with my Holga as it adds to the texture and artistic effect, but I don't like it when I'm using "better" cameras. I sometimes see the mottling with other films but mainly with Fomapan 400 and 200. Maybe the condensation occurs in the factory or during transport, I don't know.
The other thing with Fomapan 400 and 200 in 120 format (not 35mm) that you often see is hundreds of tiny white specs (which are purple on the negatives), which are caused by the antihalation layer not fully washing off during development. That can be remedied by soaking the negatives in an alcohol bath but I've never bothered.
Last week I had the fun, humbling, recurring experience of shooting, developing and scanning a couple rolls of film only to find that I wasn't particularly happy with most of the images (missed focus, bungled exposure, terrible framing). hahaha. lol. ack. I love (and hate) shooting film.
The three that I disliked the least...my dad checking to see if there was any gas in the mower:
