Topic: The really hot (for us ) weekend thread - 15th~ 17th July

[irv_b]

It's been an unusually hot past couple of weeks for us in the UK but I managed to find some time to take some photos this last week
Mamiya Super 23 & FP4+  and HP5 in a Holga

[Bryan]

Nice start Irv! 

Zeiss Ikon Maximar 9X12 with Fomapan 100 developed in Rodinal 1:50.  The ground glass focus on these cameras are set for glass plates.  With the film sheaths the film sits back a little from where the glass plate would focus so the focus is slightly in front of the subject.  I've been trying to compensate for that by racking the lens back slightly but it's kind of a guessing game.  For these shots I flipped the ground glass around so the ground side is on the back, closer to where the film would focus.  On the first shot below I focused on the front of the post with no compensation and used a narrow depth of field to see how it does.  The other two shots were focused on the logs in the foreground and used a wide depth of field.  It's an improvement bet not perfect, I think it's now focusing slightly behind where it should be, but I can live with that.  I can't expect perfection with a camera that's almost 100 years old but I think this simplifies focusing for me. 

These were all shot at the Skagit Bay Estuary on Fir Island, where the Skagit River enters the Puget Sound.  The logjams are probably from flood events that carry a lot of fallen trees out of the Cascade mountains and deposit them in the estuary. 

Old Post by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Logjam by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Skagit Bay Estuary by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

[Flippy]

shed life by Berang Berang, on Flickr

[AJShepherd]

Nice shots Irv, recognised the first one as Birling Gap, though I've not been there for a while and think there's somewhat less of it now.
Is the second one Worthing?

It's been too long since I've been anywhere interesting, thanks unemployment!

[02Pilot]

[irv_b]

Nice shots Irv, recognised the first one as Birling Gap, though I've not been there for a while and think there's somewhat less of it now.
Is the second one Worthing?

It's been too long since I've been anywhere interesting, thanks unemployment!

Correct on both counts!!
Sorry to hear about your continued unemployment, keep your spirits up and hopefully something will come your way.

[Francois]

It's been too long since I've been anywhere interesting, thanks unemployment!

Welcome to the club...

[LEAFotography]

It's been a while since I've posted here, and having been out and about for what seems weeks I'm now escaping the searing 39c temperatures by remaining indoors for a while.

Both from a trip with my Sister to the International Bomber Command Centre which names all 58 000 allied personnel who died in service during WWII, in metal plates, arranged around a spire the length of a Lancaster bomber wingspan.

The first on my Pentax P30T with red filter on Rollei IR400, and the second with my Solida I, on long expired Fuji 160 NPL.