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Which Board? => Photo Essays => : Late Developer April 19, 2014, 07:10:33 PM
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Having lived in north Essex for the past 15 years and never having been especially enamoured of its charms, this year I'm going to try and change my mind - if for no other reason than there's no immediate likelihood of a move back to my native north west of England, its hills, mountains and jagged horizons.....
To that end, last weekend, Lara and I took a drive out to a place I'd never even heard of until one of the FW family posted a photo from there. It's called Shingle Street and whoever named it took the job literally. It's a shingle spit that runs along the Suffolk coast - a bit like a miniature Chesil Beach.
The shot I saw on the weekend thread a few weeks ago was a wonderfully bleak study that spoke of the isolation of this spot. Our visit couldn't have been different. A beautifully sunny day, cars everywhere and the cottages weren't anything like as picturesque. However, we struck lucky as there was a boat out to sea and it kept tacking this way and that - allowing me to take these completely different studies from almost identical standpoints but with completely different lighting.
The sunnier / more backlit one seems a bit fogged - which is frustrating in some ways but I actually prefer it.
I'm going to let this thread run as a bit of a personal project but hope you like the opening shots.
(Hasselblad 500c/m with 120mm Makro-Planar and Ilford XP2 Super. Sepia toned in Adobe Lightroom 4)
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I think the backlit one is wonderful. I'll be back to see later images.
Cheers from an ex-Cheshireman
ps - tech question: I also have a 500 cm - why do your images have notches in the borders, while mine don't? I want notches!
Thanks
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Glad you like them.
I was born in Stockport, Cheshire (in 1961 Stockport was still in Cheshire although it is now supposedly in "Greater Manchester").
I have no idea when it comes to the notches question, I'm afraid. I haven't checked other negs (yet) but I think mine are all like that. Maybe it's to do with the backs I use - though I'd have thought A12 backs would be much of a muchness......
All the best, Paul.
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A couple more. This time I've pimped up the contrast a bit to make them a bit punchier. Any views / preferences?
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Nice shots. I tend to prefer the lower contrast versions for these - seems to suit the subject better.
On a personal note, it's a small world. I have relatives in Hale.
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really nice set Paul!
love all of them, love the compositions, contrast and lack of too.
nice, i'll be keeping an eye on this thread for sure.
;)
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A few more - this time from Woodbridge in Suffolk, taken on Ilford Delta 100 via a Rolleiflex 2.8e.