Same shot but two different ways

Nikon F5 with 50mm f1.8 lens

Ilford Pan F 50 Film

ND8 filter and ND4 Grad

f22 at 2 seconds

Nikon F5 with 50mm f1.8

Ilford Pan F 50 film

f2.8 at 1/5000 second

Last week I was testing out an expired bulk roll of film for the first time and feeling quite sleep deprived couldnt face taking it into my usual urban jungle setting so went to the beach instead. It was reasonably overcast but I was impressed how the film handled and the tonal range that I got out of it. Considering that it expired in 2007 it still seems to be working well.

I like how even though the 2 photos have almost the exact same composition the feeling that they create is vastly different