Author Topic: This is an example....(aka the weekend thread - September 3) (Read 12689 times)

Windy · « **on:** September 03, 2010, 11:31:47 PM »

of what I've been up to so far on this first weekend in September. Please feel free to share examples of your work from the weekend too. Taken in Begur, Catalonia on my recent holiday - still ploughing through the developing

Antique Shop_Begur by windy_, on Flickr

Begur3_005 by windy_, on Flickr

Begur_OM10_retro_Rodinal016 by windy_, on Flickr

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2010, 11:57:32 PM »

I always seem to be months behind with processing so these are from the last few days.

The first is with the Hasselblad swc in Crete and the second with the Holga in Alice, Texas.

Miles · « **Reply #2 on:** September 04, 2010, 01:12:02 AM »

Starting to get the film back from this year's hols to Provence, this was taken with the underwater Canon Sureshot A1 I got on the Bay for £11 loaded with charity shop expired Agfa Vista 200.

Miles · « **Reply #3 on:** September 04, 2010, 02:05:03 AM »

The Colour on the expired Kodak VR was too poor so converted in Gimp.

Miles · « **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2010, 02:07:17 AM »

And some of a 50's Chevy Power Glide in Chateaurenard. Took some more on Ilford 3200 but on the leaky Zenit EM so not sure they will come out ...

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2010, 02:58:05 AM »

still experimenting with panorama

Alan · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2010, 09:59:32 AM »

Nice Diane, I find it hard to get a pleasing pano result from the Holga TBH.
Here is one from a roll of shanghai 100 I shot yesterday on a business trip.
the sky was cloudless which was nice and a nice easy going pleasant drive
to my destination and then back home.

3:1 ish format Develloped in Caffenol-C, contrast boost in PS.

Miles · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2010, 10:18:12 AM »

Cool, where was this taken aoluain ?

Alan · « **Reply #8 on:** September 04, 2010, 11:05:19 AM »

Hi Miles,

these was taken on the road between Fosford and Ballina
in Co.Mayo.

Serious amount of burnout marks on this stretch of road.

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #9 on:** September 04, 2010, 02:12:21 PM »

Thanks aoluain I actually took this with a circular tin with 4 pinholes in it..

Mojave · « **Reply #10 on:** September 04, 2010, 04:12:32 PM »

Aoluain, there is a stretch of road out here in the Mojave desert that looks exactly like the road you shot. I saw it and thought maybe you lived out here and got a picture of the same road. LOL!

vicky slater · « **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2010, 04:37:18 PM »

at last i'm able to use my hassy again...i ended up getting lucky on ebay & also getting my broken lens fixed for £25...funny how it goes :)
first film through today.
first pic with old fixed lens and second with new one...both seem perfect (touch wood).
fuji 400h.

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2010, 04:42:50 PM »

Lovely work, Vicky. This place just wasn't the same without you having your Hassy! Interesting chain of events although the preferred outcome I'm sure!

vicky slater · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2010, 04:45:48 PM »

thanks phil :) i'm hoping to sell the old one to fund a replacment printer.

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2010, 04:49:15 PM »

That sounds like a perfect plan.

Late Developer · « **Reply #15 on:** September 04, 2010, 05:08:16 PM »

This is a shot of a couple of ladies reading their Sunday papers in a beach hut at Shoeburyness in Essex last weekend:

Sunny Afternoon by rushfan2112, on Flickr

Thanks to Windy for the advice on how to post.

I am VERY disappointed at the standard of processing of the High Street lab I took this film to. I've never seen so much crud and dust on a set of negs. I will now be sending to a pro lab or re-learning how to process negs myself.

Miller · « **Reply #16 on:** September 04, 2010, 05:39:54 PM »

Sprocket

CarlRadford · « **Reply #17 on:** September 04, 2010, 05:44:00 PM »

Some of my colleagues - Contax 645.

Windy · « **Reply #18 on:** September 04, 2010, 05:55:49 PM »

Quote from: Late Developer on September 04, 2010, 05:08:16 PM

This is a shot of a couple of ladies reading their Sunday papers in a beach hut at Shoeburyness in Essex last weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rushfan2112/4957417202/

Incidentally, how do you post so that the photo just appears here rather than having to click a link?

Choose 'share this', then 'grab html/bb code', select the bb code, copy and paste into your post

vicky slater · « **Reply #19 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:07:50 PM »

or just click the "choose file" (where it says 'Attatch') and click on the file you want to post on your computer.

Lovely, Carl.

Pete_R · « **Reply #20 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:09:17 PM »

Was up on the Ridgeway early this morning. These are a few results.

LT · « **Reply #21 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:37:36 PM »

these look great Peter. I really like the ridgeway. I've walked from Avebury to Uffington several times and camped overnight at Wayland's Smithy. Amazing landscape around there.

Late Developer · « **Reply #22 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:42:26 PM »

Beautiful photos, Peter. My favourites are the 2nd and 4th - but I'd be delighted to have taken any of them...

Late Developer · « **Reply #23 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:50:14 PM »

I've been doing some scanning today. Mixed success. This is a grab shot I took of St Paul's Cathedral a couple of weeks ago:

Windy · « **Reply #24 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:50:27 PM »

Wow, wonderful shots, Peter

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #25 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:58:57 PM »

Some great work and well, Peter, those landscapes are damned wonderful!

Mike (happyforest) · « **Reply #26 on:** September 04, 2010, 09:24:51 PM »

Windy The last two of your images are currently unavailable according to flickr.
However the do show up on flickr (?).

I like the the Begur_OM10 one best of the three a bit abstract.

Miles despite what you say about the colour of these I do like the saturation of the 1st one.

Millar The juxtaposition of the bike lane symbol and the real bike is brillant!

Late Developer. If you are able to develop your own it brings another creative control into your pictures. Beside the dust, scratches etc will be your own fault not the labs.
This looks more like a shipping container to me than a beach hut but a lovely capture either way.

Peter As others have already said these landscapes are wonderful. Are these full sized negative or have you cropped to these dimensions?

Mike

Pete_R · « **Reply #27 on:** September 04, 2010, 10:54:33 PM »

Quote from: happyforest on September 04, 2010, 09:24:51 PM

Peter Are these full sized negative or have you cropped to these dimensions?

They're cropped but only vertically, very little horizontally. They're 645 negs. All were taken with the final format in mind. It's a new project (which gave me an excuse to buy another camera of course). I did look at buying a 6x12 format but too expensive. I settled on a Mamiya 645 and a 45mm lens (equivalent to a 28mm on 35mm).

And thanks everyone for the comments. It'll encourage me to carry on with this project.

Windy · « **Reply #28 on:** September 04, 2010, 11:46:49 PM »

Quote from: happyforest on September 04, 2010, 09:24:51 PM

Windy The last two of your images are currently unavailable according to flickr.
However the do show up on flickr (?).

I like the the Begur_OM10 one best of the three a bit abstract.

Thanks - I think I've sorted the link now

Ian

Windy · « **Reply #29 on:** September 05, 2010, 12:02:34 AM »

Quote from: Late Developer on September 04, 2010, 05:08:16 PM

I am VERY disappointed at the standard of processing of the High Street lab I took this film to. I've never seen so much crud and dust on a set of negs. I will now be sending to a pro lab or re-learning how to process negs myself.

LD, I've only recently started developing my own. Great feeling when you look at the negs and see your work. Setting yourself up to develop is relatively easy, the crux is what to do with the negs. Currently I'm using a scanner , haven't progressed to a dark room (yet)

Ian

Mike (happyforest) · « **Reply #30 on:** September 05, 2010, 01:16:35 AM »

Peter

Thank you, I was wondering if these were taken on something akin to the xpan but didn't want to get into too much detail. After all the images speak for themselves.

If this is the start of a series then I look forward to seeing more of them.

mike

Late Developer · « **Reply #31 on:** September 05, 2010, 02:10:26 PM »

Mike / Ian,

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. It's a re-learn process for me. In the mid-70's when I first started taking photos, I joined a local camera club which, like most in those days, had its own darkroom for use by the members.

I've spent goodness knows how many hours (probably more like months in total) peering into the red-tinged darkness for prints to emerge from the whiteness of the paper in the trays and also trying to perfect the inversion technique required to get a good, even development of film.

These days, my wife and I live in a small two-bed semi (the smaller of which is now an office-cum-camera store) and our commute to work takes 1 Hr 45 Mins each way so we struggle to find much time (or energy) to do stuff week nights.

However, I'm going to acquire a changing back, a tank and some chemicals and give it a go with a few specially shot films that don't matter if they get screwed up. It's been a long time......

CarlRadford · « **Reply #32 on:** September 05, 2010, 03:20:12 PM »

Wonderful landscapes Peter!

This-is-damion · « **Reply #33 on:** September 05, 2010, 06:40:31 PM »

This weekend has been the first time in a long time I have been able to take some photos for myself.

Saturday started with a trip to Chester to see some Uni friends at Tatton Park near Chester

Sunday -Giant Veg at Kings Heath Flower show.

Who could ask for more.

Windy · « **Reply #34 on:** September 05, 2010, 06:43:21 PM »

Quote from: Late Developer on September 05, 2010, 02:10:26 PM

Mike / Ian,

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. It's a re-learn process for me. In the mid-70's when I first started taking photos, I joined a local camera club which, like most in those days, had its own darkroom for use by the members.

I've spent goodness knows how many hours (probably more like months in total) peering into the red-tinged darkness for prints to emerge from the whiteness of the paper in the trays and also trying to perfect the inversion technique required to get a good, even development of film.

These days, my wife and I live in a small two-bed semi (the smaller of which is now an office-cum-camera store) and our commute to work takes 1 Hr 45 Mins each way so we struggle to find much time (or energy) to do stuff week nights.

However, I'm going to acquire a changing back, a tank and some chemicals and give it a go with a few specially shot films that don't matter if they get screwed up. It's been a long time......

Sorry LD, misunderstood.

When I went back to film last year I started by using Ilford labs. I've also used thewholepictureonline for 120 developing.

I've been using the local photography shop for colour developing (only £2.00 a roll) but some rolls come back with scratches. So am having second thoughts. May start sending them off.

Harvey · « **Reply #35 on:** September 05, 2010, 06:50:41 PM »

I've not been anywhere for a while so have passed the time playing with still life through the macro lens.

Thom Stone · « **Reply #36 on:** September 06, 2010, 05:08:22 PM »

finally recieved my polaroid 320 so ive been playing with peel apart film and also finally shot my 2nd roll of ilford panf so my lonley first roll had a dev partner :-) so i have a couple of shots form those aswel.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #37 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:09:38 PM »

doing some scans from my recent trip do copenhagen, denmark

Miles · « **Reply #38 on:** September 08, 2010, 12:11:13 AM »

Some from the Toyocaflex on XP2 400, intentional double exposure, and then not ...

Miles ...

Terry · « **Reply #39 on:** September 08, 2010, 03:19:12 AM »

So I was thinking about the sharp/blurred thing and I found another way besides limiting DoF. Rather, it presented itself... (Exakta VX1000, Foma 100, Rodinal 1:100)

Mojave · « **Reply #40 on:** September 08, 2010, 04:19:29 AM »

Okay, Counting Crows is going really well with these new shots! Wow!!

Skorj · « **Reply #41 on:** September 08, 2010, 12:05:17 PM »

Damn! Some great stuff here (again). That first one Peter is trememdous...

Ektar! Yashica Mat! Heaven! (Well, nearly as good as Type-665 sniff...) Skj.

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #42 on:** September 08, 2010, 12:33:36 PM »

Skorj, this is wonderful!

Miles · « **Reply #43 on:** September 08, 2010, 03:23:14 PM »

Yup, that pic's got everything, it's square, it's mauve/puse, it has vynal, and casters. I am in heaven too

SuziLivingstone · « **Reply #44 on:** September 08, 2010, 03:24:38 PM »

That carpet is pretty psychedelic..

gregor · « **Reply #45 on:** September 08, 2010, 04:11:24 PM »

My week/weekend...

A couple of photos from Lithuania. Still getting over jet lag so scanning seems to be a good thing to do with my sleep fuzzy brain !

The main purpose of the trip was to document three sites in and around Vilnius: the Paneriai Masacre site (mass execution site of 100,000 Jews, Poles and Russians [70,000, 20,000 & 10,000 respectively), the main Jewish cemetery in Vilnius (most of which has a sports stadium built on top of now) and a smaller cemetery in the Old Town area of Vilnius.

These two are from the first site (Paneriai Massacre). 7 pits used for executions between 1941 & 43 and one for burning exhumed bodies in '43-'44 to destroy the evidence once it was clear the war was nearing with the defeat of German armies. A color photo of mine can also be seen on the wikpedia site for Paneriai: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paneriai

The 1st photo is the burning pit. The second photo is the smallest execution/mass grave pit. Included in that is my spouse walking through that pit to show the human scale.

A project that will likely take a good 5 years to complete and across several eastern european countries. Not cheerful stuff - but necessary. There is surprisingly little comprehensive photo documentation of this type.

P.S. Please Remind me to not use Fomapan for important shots... ;-(

Photo_Utopia · « **Reply #46 on:** September 08, 2010, 05:39:07 PM »

Those are very thought provoking images Gregor, I saw some images of the Warsaw Jewish cemetery, with defaced graves-quite sad.
What trouble are you having with the Foma?

On a less important everday note:
Just catching up with processing

Friends children taken this summer with my Rollei

Miles · « **Reply #47 on:** September 08, 2010, 09:43:40 PM »

Gregor - Ooooooo that second one ... Very Nice ...

Utopia - Wow that's sharp !

Andrea. · « **Reply #48 on:** September 09, 2010, 11:12:52 AM »

Gress

Photo_Utopia · « **Reply #49 on:** September 09, 2010, 11:21:16 AM »

Thanks miles, the first and last shot were taken with a Rolleinar close up lens, which I'm totally impressed with.
I try to keep the apertures at ƒ4-ƒ5,6 the give nice shallow depth of focus-makes it look sharper.
All I need is more time to actually take and process pictures with three kids just starting a three different schools...
Why do I have to sleep

Regards
Mark

Author Topic: This is an example....(aka the weekend thread - September 3) (Read 12689 times)

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