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Stu

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Lomo Labrats
« on: September 30, 2008, 10:07:36 AM »

You're all going to tell me you know this site, but what the hey...

http://shop.lomography.com/labrats/index.html

Not sure if I would do any of this stuff but as for some of you more daredevil types...
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2008, 10:26:19 AM »
Och nae wae am gonnae doo ony of rat stuff   ::)    ???    :o
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 11:14:25 AM »
Sorry to Hijack your thread Stu - but I've got to ask EdtheNed - Do all you Scotch ( ;) )people  actually start every sentence with "Och"? I've seen Trainspotting at least twice, so consider myself quite an expert on the northern folk, yet I cant recall any of the characters  saying "och".  Have I been mislead by the mass media yet again?
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2008, 12:30:05 PM »
Och Leon, a sae och oll re time an a chust cannae help masell   ::)   ::)

P.S.  Ma Mammy saed ma furst wurd a spoke wis och , so ther  8)   :)   ;D
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2008, 03:06:02 PM »
Eh! Lucky I don't start writing Canuck :)
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2008, 03:15:12 PM »
Och nae!
Actually, have no idea what Edwin is saying half the time but nod sagely now and again so that I am not seen as completely daft. Just as well you have not to cope with Gaelic Eh?

BTW, Seems like Emil's techniques!
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2008, 04:08:19 PM »
No offence meant ...  but it does get to be like reading an issue of Oor Wullie
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2008, 04:43:45 PM »
I assumed his keyboard was broken, or "pure mince" for our Caledonian cousins!
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2008, 08:34:47 PM »
i write american all the time, so why not...
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2008, 09:18:44 PM »
Och a tend tae agree wi moominsean, an onywaes weer supposed tae bee discussin Stu's thread heer !!
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2008, 09:54:33 PM »
Och well.

Always lovely to hear from you Edwin.
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2008, 10:42:57 PM »
Oh, it all adds to the gaiety of nations.  If not necessarily mutual comprehension  ;)

Back OT: a lot of those techniques seem like they might be interesting if used for a particular purpose, and although I get a bit tired of the lomo "here's something wacky (and expensive!) you can do!" at least it's encouraging film use.  Can't see anyone scrubbing their digi sensor with a toothbrush!
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2008, 10:53:15 PM »
Actually, there's a trick to understanding edthened: read it out loud using a slightly phonetic pronunciation... works for me.

Oor a shulda saed eet werks fer mee (ouch!)
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2008, 03:04:38 PM »
Quote from: Stu on September 30, 2008, 10:07:36 AM

You're all going to tell me you know this site, but what the hey...

http://shop.lomography.com/labrats/index.html

Not sure if I would do any of this stuff but as for some of you more daredevil types...

Wow.

I was looking for the page of the successful experiments but couldn't find it...  ???
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2008, 03:43:06 PM »
Quote from: hookstrapped on October 01, 2008, 03:04:38 PM
Quote from: Stu on September 30, 2008, 10:07:36 AM

You're all going to tell me you know this site, but what the hey...

http://shop.lomography.com/labrats/index.html

Not sure if I would do any of this stuff but as for some of you more daredevil types...

Wow.

I was looking for the page of the successful experiments but couldn't find it...  ???
Usual lomo...
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #15 on: October 01, 2008, 06:24:12 PM »
Quote from: edthened on September 30, 2008, 09:18:44 PM
Och a tend tae agree wi moominsean, an onywaes weer supposed tae bee discussin Stu's thread heer !!

as I say - no offence meant, just a lighthearted bit of banter. 

I fink we should aw type in ahh phone'ic colloquials.  Nuffink the ma'er wiv tha', bu' i' mie' ge' a bi' confusing.

as faw the lomo stuff, don' really ge' i'. Why would sumwan wanna do tha' wiv thair fiwm?

I'm fakkin injoyin' this estuary typin'. My mum spen' years tryin' ta ge' me no' to tawk loike this.       
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #16 on: October 01, 2008, 08:58:18 PM »
Och ay re noo Leon, och ay re noo   :)   ;)
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #17 on: October 01, 2008, 09:30:39 PM »
Goodness gracious. What a lot of silly boys you are!
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2008, 09:54:42 PM »
But ever so charming and manly though too, I'm sure you'll agree. Manc and Medway accents notwithstanding.

Apparently Lomography had one of the biggest stands at Photokina this year, and were claiming to have sales growing 50% per annum ...
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2008, 11:38:40 PM »
私はわかりません。
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #20 on: October 02, 2008, 12:49:45 AM »
Och Skorj , a understood yoo rite away  :)
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2008, 11:58:27 AM »
Despite harbouring a deep anti-Lomo prejudice (as discussed at length here there and everywhere) I took a look at the original link and you know....I like the concept behind it. Good stuff.
 :o :D

The one that caught my eye involved rice and mold and spores on the negs (http://shop.lomography.com/labrats/risotto.html) and produced pretty cool effects like this:



I once read that a traditional Icelandic culinary delicacy involved burying sheep fat (or something) in the ground for several months until it had decomposed to the perfect level to be eaten. Yummy! This rice technique reminded me a little of that.
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2008, 12:38:03 PM »
Quote from: ed.wenn on October 02, 2008, 11:58:27 AM
I once read that a traditional Icelandic culinary delicacy involved burying sheep fat (or something) in the ground for several months until it had decomposed to the perfect level to be eaten. Yummy! This rice technique reminded me a little of that.

Don't forget the urine-soaked shark!  Hmm, that's a technique we could suggest to the LS ... lomicturation or something ...
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2008, 01:01:45 PM »
I'm off to Reykjavik to get me some 'Piss Shark' - Yummy

I have heard of this delicacy before so I searched it to find out if anyone actually still eats it...
totally off subject but I found this link:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080914171918AAnistS

Love it!

About the lomo film cooking... not something I would do.
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2008, 02:05:48 PM »
urine soaked? I thought it was just shark that is buried in the ground and .... ferments... Yeah wikipedia agrees with me on this... Alternatively, they have lovely expensive smoked lamb roasts in Iceland and Skyr (a sort of 'cheese' that is like very thick, rich yoghurt, it is very nice!!)

Then there's various Lye-treated fish products out there, stuff like Lutefisk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

The problem with the rice & mould thing is, how do you stop it eating your whole negative over time? At least scratching it up is nearly archival. Inviting mould to eat your gelatin-based emulsion seems like not such a good idea.
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2008, 03:51:11 PM »
The type of shark they use excretes urine through its skin, so when they bury it in the ground it essentially ferments in its own widdle.  Or so I've been told.

They did also use the human stuff as a preservative in olden times, but now tend to use yummy lactic acid instead when pickling their ram's testes!

But, I think we might be in funny territory for a photography message board now...
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2008, 08:45:44 PM »
Quote from: Skorj on October 01, 2008, 11:38:40 PM
私はわかりません。
I don't know?
That's all? ;)

Quote from: ed.wenn on October 02, 2008, 11:58:27 AM
I once read that a traditional Icelandic culinary delicacy involved burying sheep fat (or something) in the ground for several months until it had decomposed to the perfect level to be eaten. Yummy!
As for me, the most I'll go for is Surstr?mming... too bad they don't carry it at Ikea  ;D

But I do agree that the Lomo experiments could yield something interesting... just not the typical stuff we see coming from them...
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Re: Lomo Labrats
« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2008, 09:08:16 PM »
Quote from: Francois on October 02, 2008, 08:45:44 PM

But I do agree that the Lomo experiments could yield something interesting... just not the typical stuff we see coming from them...


Right at the end we have something sensible and back on track. Thanks Francois - says he who first started the whole shark's urine/food sub-thread.
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« Reply #28 on: October 02, 2008, 10:52:09 PM »
Quote from: ed.wenn on October 02, 2008, 09:08:16 PM
Right at the end we have something sensible and back on track.
You're welcome... Now I wonder if somebody ever tried deep frying some Kodak Gold  ;D
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