Author Topic: Start the Week(end) (Read 1776 times)

Sandeha Lynch · « **on:** March 08, 2019, 11:28:05 AM »

An old shot from 2005 that I just upsized. Cutting Teeth was one of the first selective defocus shots I made with the Surveyor 4x5 view camera shortly after I completed it. Opposing tilts and swings on both front and rear standards. The 'teeth' was a leftover rack from building the Surveyor.

Cutting Teeth by Sandeha Lynch, on Flickr

MiguelCampano · « **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2019, 03:21:46 PM »

Very nice shot. I really like the tones and how the background came out.

These two are from my photowalk with Jeff a few weeks back.

haven by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

Shot on Ilford Pan F 50, box speed, and developed in DD-X 1:4 for 6 minutes.

hinges by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

This is from Tmax 400, developed with the same chemicals as above but for 8 minutes. When I was scanning it, I started sliding the levels curve and somehow ended up having a vignetting effect, which I left. I also didn't convert the image to "B&W', and left it as the scanner picked it up.

Bryan · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2019, 04:16:55 PM »

Great start Sandeha and Miguel! There hasn't been much else to photograph around here but snow. Olympus ∞ Stylus Epic Zoom 80 with Ilford Delta 100 developed in Beer. Either the camera has problems or the cold was affecting it. Many of the shots had serious vignetting like part of the zoom mechanism was not positioned properly. I had to crop it out of several shots but some came out good. Anyone want an Olympus ∞ Stylus Epic Zoom 80 with a broken battery door and other possible problems for the price of shipping?

Snowed In by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Had a little fun with this one.

Leaning by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

There are signs of winter coming to an end.

Frosty's Demise by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

hookstrapped · « **Reply #3 on:** March 08, 2019, 06:21:44 PM »

Nice! Especially like Miguel's second pic and Bryan's leaning trees.

Kai-san · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2019, 07:49:50 PM »

Very good start this week, nice work.

Hasselblad 501 C/M / Zeiss 80mm f2.8 / Kodak Portra 400

grit · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2019, 08:23:46 PM »

These are fantastic so far. I love the grate with the harsh shadow.

Here is a fun pinhole self-portrait!

Jeff Warden · « **Reply #6 on:** March 09, 2019, 01:02:14 AM »

Happy weekend everyone, really enjoying the selection so far. More please. :-)

AJShepherd · « **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2019, 05:13:15 PM »

Not done a lot of filmwasting this year so far, but plan to do more this year than the last.

Rollei Retro 80S in a Voigtlander Bessa L with 15mm Aspherical Super Wide Heliar attached.

peeling paint by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

shed-bus by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

Indofunk · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2019, 06:17:39 PM »

Have I really not posted any pictures from my India trip last December? Well, here's one

Bazaar by Satish Indofunk, on Flickr

That guy in the foreground on the right facing away from the camera looks a lot like me in my bandana-wearing days

cs1 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2019, 08:03:11 PM »

As usual I'm amazed by your work, my fellow filmwasters. Lovely stuff.

AJ, the "peeling paint" shot almost caused a déjà vu in my mind because there's a scene just like that at a place nearby. Where did you take that shot?

A late contribution from me, all shots taken near home with an Olympus OM-1 on Fomapan 400 (dev'ed in Caffenol):

Caged bins by C S

Couple by C S

Francois · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2019, 09:24:29 PM »

Quote from: Indofunk on March 10, 2019, 06:17:39 PM

Have I really not posted any pictures from my India trip last December? Well, here's one

So that's where you were during all this time!
I know our own Damion once went to India. He ate local and didn't even get sick! He used to say "the old iron guts did it again"

AJShepherd · « **Reply #11 on:** March 10, 2019, 09:39:10 PM »

cs1, both my shots were taken at the Amberley Museum in an old lime quarry near Arundel.

Blaxton · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2019, 04:00:40 AM »

Rocks of Lincoln Woods, Rhode Island
Leica R6, 35mm Elmarit lens, Fomapan 100, Caffenol C-L, semi-stand

Rocks of Lincoln Woods by William Blackstone, on Flickr

AJShepherd · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2019, 03:45:45 PM »

Also last Friday I took out my Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic, which I've not used for ages and never really got on with because the pictures are just too darn small!

Maybe the film was a bit out of date, because it wasn't quite this bleak...

Francois · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2019, 08:02:01 PM »

Never seen Instax film that's out of date print so weak!
Was it cold? I know I always process the film in my mittens during winter...

AJShepherd · « **Reply #15 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:07:16 PM »

Looking at the box it was about three months out of date and I think that was from the last few shots on a pack which had been in the camera for months. Wasn't particularly cold.

Francois · « **Reply #16 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:57:00 PM »

I've used Instax that's a year out of date without any problem...

zapsnaps · « **Reply #17 on:** March 14, 2019, 02:41:37 PM »

I like the faded Instax colours. Since Polaroid was killed, I use Instax quite a lot - and its very predictability disappoints me. I liked the Pola artifacts - if I wanted to record reality, I used to shoot E6. I tried putting Instax in the fridge after exposure to try and create some atmosphere, but all it did was prolong the exposure time. The colours were true to the Instax pallette. So I tried to microwave them. Not in my oven, obviously. I also put them in someone else's toaster. Both 'processes' added character. I seem to recall that they also filled the room with smoke. When a manager came into the kitchen to ask if I could smell smoke, I blamed a neighbouring farmer for burning crops. Ah - the joy of working in the countryside.

Late Developer · « **Reply #18 on:** March 14, 2019, 03:33:54 PM »

Quote from: zapsnaps on March 14, 2019, 02:41:37 PM

I like the faded Instax colours. Since Polaroid was killed, I use Instax quite a lot - and its very predictability disappoints me. I liked the Pola artifacts - if I wanted to record reality, I used to shoot E6. I tried putting Instax in the fridge after exposure to try and create some atmosphere, but all it did was prolong the exposure time. The colours were true to the Instax pallette. So I tried to microwave them. Not in my oven, obviously. I also put them in someone else's toaster. Both 'processes' added character. I seem to recall that they also filled the room with smoke. When a manager came into the kitchen to ask if I could smell smoke, I blamed a neighbouring farmer for burning crops. Ah - the joy of working in the countryside.

Lara got me a Leica Sofort (Instax mini sort of thing) for my birthday the year they came out. I really like the Instax colours and they're a lot more predictable than the "Polaroid" (previously TIP) results I get from my SX70 (though the latest iteration of that is infinitely better than the original "here today, gone in a month or two" version.

Have you tried the Leica branded "Instax Mini" film? It's available in colour and B&W. I haven't done a like for like test but Leica said that it isn't identical to the Fuji version.

I've never toasted or microwaved the output (nor am I about to try) but it certainly seems to improve developing by putting it into a packet and keeping it in an inside jacket pocket, where it's a bit warmer.

Francois · « **Reply #19 on:** March 14, 2019, 09:13:12 PM »

I just hope that the Leica branded B&W isn't anything at all like the Fuji Monochrome. This stuff is horrible!
They call it monochrome but when you look closely, there is some color. It's just very low saturation.
While at first look it's fun and nice, the more you look at it the more you see tinges of color. The grass is a very faint green and the sky a very faint blue. A bit like one of those C41 B&W films that gets badly treated by a local minilab. But the difference is that you can't reprint an Instax...

zapsnaps · « **Reply #20 on:** March 15, 2019, 08:40:12 AM »

I haven't tried the Leica mono film. I just assumed it was re-branded Fuji. Thanks for the tip - I'll try some and see what it's like.

Francois · « **Reply #21 on:** March 15, 2019, 12:51:11 PM »

I also thought that. I'm really surprised to hear that they're different as I don't expect Fuji to make special low volume productions of anything, especially if they don't put their name on it.