Author Topic: Weekend Thread - 12/13 March 2011 (Read 11883 times)

Late Developer · « **on:** March 12, 2011, 10:41:48 AM »

Not sure if setting up a normal weekend thread is the right thing to do in view of the terrible earthquake and tsunami centred on Japan - I'm just so pleased none of our members in Japan have been affected.

Here's my efforts. Taken a couple of weeks ago on some out of date Provia 100.

moominsean · « **Reply #1 on:** March 12, 2011, 11:50:15 AM »

Doing nothing doesn't make much sense, so I say post those photos!

Nigel · « **Reply #2 on:** March 12, 2011, 12:34:20 PM »

I've just been editing these, taken on a particularly bleak day between Christmas and New Year.

Sheerness on the North Kent coast.

LT · « **Reply #3 on:** March 12, 2011, 12:46:39 PM »

Nigel - a suitably bleak place to take pictures on a bleak day. I worked in Sheerness for a few months - that was long enough thanks very much

The pics capture it well.

I actually managed to do some printing this week - although mostly other people's work. I did print one of my adox chs 100 shots (see the price of film thread). here is a very poor scan of the print - it loses a lot of detail sadly. I've not had much chance to use and print my 5x4 negs this year, so I forget how much better in all aspects the negs are than the smaller formats:

Warren_M · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2011, 02:34:58 PM »

Bleak seaside pictures got me having a look at some things I took last year while back in Canada.

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #5 on:** March 12, 2011, 03:49:17 PM »

Those seaside huts are just wonderful..

sapata · « **Reply #6 on:** March 12, 2011, 06:22:59 PM »

Great pictures folks !

Leon, the picture is fantatisc... I really like the contrast and the composition.

sapata · « **Reply #7 on:** March 12, 2011, 07:33:35 PM »

The only thing I could get out of the expired Svema 64 film with my Holga. Taken in a very sunny day, it looks like it was taken a night...

Suzi Livingstone · « **Reply #8 on:** March 12, 2011, 08:35:35 PM »

Lovely stuff folks,, I'm finding all this beachside b&w shots very poignant.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #9 on:** March 12, 2011, 10:59:51 PM »

I took this last Wednesday while I was island hopping and hanging out with Andrea and Windy....well, OK, no I didn't, but I wish I had done.

This was actually taken a couple of weeks ago at Samphire Hoe, down in Kent. Bronica S2A with my homemade lens. (Under) developed in Rodders at 1:100.

original_ann · « **Reply #10 on:** March 13, 2011, 12:35:03 AM »

You can't go wrong with sheep and with a homemade lens, everybody wins!!

Fabulous stuff everyone! I love that scene Leon and Sapata - that 'starry night' scene with the 'comet' is the bombdiggety.

astrobeck · « **Reply #11 on:** March 13, 2011, 12:43:54 AM »

love the sheep from house of Wenn and the "night scene" by Zapata.

Both are ultra cool!

hookstrapped · « **Reply #12 on:** March 13, 2011, 12:50:43 AM »

with the Gakkenflex

Jeff Warden · « **Reply #13 on:** March 13, 2011, 02:16:01 AM »

I agree with moominsean that doing nothing doesn't feel right, especially if our friends in Japan look here for a little relief.

This was taken yesterday in the back yard, with the Ikon and Sonnar 50mm. Trying out FP5+, which I like a lot. Cheers everyone,

Jeff

vicky slater · « **Reply #14 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:53:47 AM »

sapata, love your starry sunny day :)
and hookstrapped slightly surreal butterfly picture.
and Leon printing is good :)
jeff, that's one you'll be very glad you took.

here's an old one but only just edited. (for ann and ed :)

vicky slater · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2011, 09:48:08 AM »

and one more for the colour.

Andrea. · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2011, 10:42:42 AM »

A nice image. I lost track of this roll of Polypanf after I took it out of the Petri7s. In the end I must have put it back in again since, when I [over] developed it yesterday after snapping up at a work training day I had some interesting and strangely poignant images. The lens on this camera is lovely tho as you can see from the image that wasn't double-exposed.

sapata · « **Reply #17 on:** March 13, 2011, 11:15:34 AM »

Vicky, lovely work...

I love the B&W shot, the light it's fabulous.

Andrea, great pictures with the Petri ! The one with the crystal clear water is my favourite, did you use Polypan ISO50 ? I'm looking for a bulk roll of film to buy and the Polypan 50 seems to be the cheapest option...

Andrea. · « **Reply #18 on:** March 13, 2011, 11:47:10 AM »

Quote from: sapata on March 13, 2011, 11:15:34 AM

Vicky, lovely work... I love the B&W shot, the light it's fabulous.

Andrea, great pictures with the Petri ! The one with the crystal clear water is my favourite, did you use Polypan ISO50 ? I'm looking for a bulk roll of film to buy and the Polypan 50 seems to be the cheapest option...

Yep, Polypanf and Rodinal http://www.lumiere-shop.de/index.php?page=product&info=111

calbisu · « **Reply #19 on:** March 13, 2011, 12:29:02 PM »

Warden, that´s a shot full of energy!!!

Love it.
Leon, very classy

Vicky, always right with your portraits

Today I went for a walk with the POlaroid 195 and of course got the attention I desired

Quickly I found volunteers to be photographed. These two were taken at little tokyo in Manila. Workers from the restaurants prepairing for the work. It was great fun to shoot these

hookstrapped · « **Reply #20 on:** March 13, 2011, 12:31:07 PM »

Leon's and Vicky's (B&W) -- super.

And Ed's sheep -- love it.

Jeff Warden · « **Reply #21 on:** March 13, 2011, 01:09:24 PM »

Calbisu, the second shot with the woman is lovely. Do you know what the hand gesture means?

calbisu · « **Reply #22 on:** March 13, 2011, 01:18:48 PM »

Ha, ha, no idea, hope is not something like: go to hell!!!

Terry · « **Reply #23 on:** March 13, 2011, 02:14:33 PM »

Again, there's so much to inspire in this weekend's submissions: the rusty gatepost, windswept beaches, sheep and butterflies. I'm really awestruck by Vicky's portraits though; I would like to be able to do that!
But it's Andrea's double exposure that prompts me to post what was really a mistake but turned out OK. I was shooting more footage with the Ikoflex and accidentally pushed the timed-release lever (which is right next to the shutter cocking lever). So as I was looking at the camera to see what I had done, it fired and I got this:

Francois · « **Reply #24 on:** March 13, 2011, 03:16:33 PM »

Quote from: sapata on March 12, 2011, 07:33:35 PM

The only thing I could get out of the expired Svema 64 film with my Holga. Taken in a very sunny day, it looks like it was taken a night...

If you didn't say so I would have thought it was a night sky with Haley's comet in the corner $:-\$

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #25 on:** March 13, 2011, 03:44:40 PM »

another with my gugo camera...

hookstrapped · « **Reply #26 on:** March 13, 2011, 03:56:02 PM »

Quote from: Diane Peterson on March 13, 2011, 03:44:40 PM

another with my gugo camera...

That's beautiful.

hookstrapped · « **Reply #27 on:** March 13, 2011, 03:57:14 PM »

First with my new Polaroid Big Swinger 3000. The light meter doesn't work so it'll take some experimenting and getting used to, but I like it lots so far.

Terry · « **Reply #28 on:** March 13, 2011, 05:56:27 PM »

Elegantly simple Diane. Great range of textures there.

Hookstrapped--love the noirish drama. Who needs a meter anyway?

Wensleydale Blue · « **Reply #29 on:** March 13, 2011, 06:24:36 PM »

Three new prints of panoramic images, two taken a while back and now reprinted - and one developed and printed this weekend - all on some newly opened Adox Fine Print Vario Classic FB paper. First time using this paper on a size larger than 10X8 (wow hasn't the price of paper gone up in the last 12 months?) and also first time I've angled the base board to try and 'correct' the verticals. Using f16 to cover the DoF created some very long exposure times, as these are from 16x12 prints that I've had to scan in sections and rejoin!

Seems like I had a number of options as to where to post these on FWs. I thought about putting these in the very interesting recent 'Panos' thread, but I think there's now more chance of people seeing them here than in a two month old thread. I could also have put them in the very recent thread on Adox papers, as I have to say, I really like both this paper and its cousin the Nuance WT paper, which is graded 3 but gives a lovely tonal range if you can get the exposure right - which for me is always a bit of a gamble as I've never really mastered the art yet!

Graham

Volker · « **Reply #30 on:** March 13, 2011, 06:31:27 PM »

Hi,

beautiful panos Graham..

One of my first FP-100b negatives: A ZeissIkon Nettar 515/16

Volker

Mojave · « **Reply #31 on:** March 13, 2011, 07:26:09 PM »

Lovely shots all! My standouts are Leons beach huts dwarfed by ominous clouds, Sapatas starry night, Eds homemade lens sheep, Hookstrapped shoes and butterfly, Vickys portraits, Carlos' street portraits especially the last, Dianes gugo glass jar, Wensleys panos and Dynamos negative.

Here is mine. Fuji 3000b negative, scanned and inverted, shot after sunset with the Polaroid Swinger (I am so loving this cam that I picked up a Colorpack III as well.)

sapata · « **Reply #32 on:** March 13, 2011, 09:25:18 PM »

Graham - The more I see these pano shots the more I want to buy a proper pano camera ! Must fight temptation!!!!

dynamo - your nettar shot looks like a painting ! It's so beautiful...
mojave - you've got good reasons to love the camera... what a wonderful landscape!

Terry · « **Reply #33 on:** March 14, 2011, 12:59:44 AM »

One more from a walk in the woods this afternoon. Exakta IIa with Arista 400. This was shot with an old Meyer 35mm lens.

Blaxton · « **Reply #34 on:** March 14, 2011, 02:21:27 AM »

Diane: I remember a kitchen photo and a bookcase photo from before, now a beautiful jar. Interiors seem to be working for you. I love them all. A book in the works, maybe?

Dynamo: Great picture of the Nettar. The medium is gorgeous. I wish I could see the original print. Of course, the subject is very attractive as well.

After a frustrating experience, yet again, with stand development in 1:100 Rodinal--this time hardly any image on the negatives--I spent some time yesterday scanning some negatives from my January trip to Portugal. Here are two of the many café shots made with my Canonet on Tri-X and developed in Xtol. Maybe I should just stick to Xtol.

pdewolff · « **Reply #35 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:56:43 AM »

my first living subject in front of the old camera, the wife Louise.

CarlRadford · « **Reply #36 on:** March 14, 2011, 09:02:50 AM »

Vicky - love both of the portraits
Graham - great panos
Piet - looking good

vicky slater · « **Reply #37 on:** March 14, 2011, 11:24:37 AM »

Thanks for kind words, chaps.

i do find the panos fascinating, they're so cinematic.

hookstrapped · « **Reply #38 on:** March 14, 2011, 12:56:17 PM »

Mojave -- real, real nice. I need to get out of the city.

CarlRadford · « **Reply #39 on:** March 14, 2011, 07:43:57 PM »

The Allotment - after 31/2 years of waiting I have a plot. A new project with 10x8 film and contact printing is the plan.

LT · « **Reply #40 on:** March 14, 2011, 08:24:14 PM »

great idea Carl - but I doubt you're going to have time for photographing if you have the allotment to look after. More time consuming than children! Unless you've got someone else to do the real work for you, whilst you get creative with your large camera?

Francois · « **Reply #41 on:** March 14, 2011, 09:50:00 PM »

Or just plant beets and carrots... you'll have work only next fall

Karl · « **Reply #42 on:** March 15, 2011, 03:34:23 PM »

Lovely pics everyone. Enjoying the leaning to monochrome this week.

hookstrapped · « **Reply #43 on:** March 15, 2011, 07:22:21 PM »

Mojave · « **Reply #44 on:** March 15, 2011, 08:07:40 PM »

Beautiful HS! Such wonderful light.

hookstrapped · « **Reply #45 on:** March 15, 2011, 08:13:36 PM »

Quote from: Mojave on March 15, 2011, 08:07:40 PM

Beautiful HS! Such wonderful light.

Thanks. A little LED flashlight.

Francois · « **Reply #46 on:** March 15, 2011, 08:14:02 PM »

I'll have to say HS, this is probably your finest one yet.

astrobeck · « **Reply #47 on:** March 15, 2011, 08:32:50 PM »

one of mine from the weekend from a ukulele jam with some friends in Santa Fe on Saturday.

Holga
Fuji 800Z film

sapata · « **Reply #48 on:** March 15, 2011, 10:08:51 PM »

Quote from: Francois on March 15, 2011, 08:14:02 PM

I'll have to say HS, this is probably your finest one yet.

I second Francois...

hookstrapped · « **Reply #49 on:** March 15, 2011, 10:51:30 PM »

Thanks, folks. I appreciate it. Light painting is tricky -- especially when you forget to step the aperture down like I did for most of the shots. But this one turned out nicely (after I remembered to set the aperture at f16).

Here's another from the same session. I think this one actually works better for my project, but the other is a nice one-off.

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