Author Topic: May 10-12 Weekend Happy Mother's Day! thread (Read 2755 times)

hookstrapped · « **on:** May 10, 2019, 11:57:39 AM »

Happy Mother's Day!

Polaroid Spectra with cracked lens (?) IP/PO b&w

more over on Photo Essays...
http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=9818.0

cs1 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2019, 12:52:12 PM »

Your Spectra is one trippy camera...

I like the look of the photos, good job!

I roamed around the rural surroundings of my home with my Konica C35 EF which I got a while ago. I used HP5+ at box speed because I wanted to try a number of filters. Developed in Caffenol-C-H (RS).

Tree between fields by C S

Rural scene by C S

hookstrapped · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2019, 12:59:56 PM »

Nice! Do you like the C35 EF? Been thinking of picking up one...

KevinAllan · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2019, 01:32:17 PM »

St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.
Ilford HP5+ at EI1600, in a Yashicamat 124G

St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh by Kevin Allan, on Flickr

astrobeck · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2019, 04:52:42 PM »

Great start as always!
Love the cracked lens and always like to see HP5.

I drifted off to Texas for a week and mostly used disposables which are a mainstay in my pack these days.
These are from Alpine, Texas, a jumping off place to Big Bend National Park.
The disposable was a Japan Camera Hunter version called a Kassha with I think surveillance film is the emulsion loaded inside.
Originally I thought it might be FOMA, but it's not after doing some digging.
I have since taken the little beast apart and reloaded it with Tri-x.
Anyway, enough yapping about the details...here's two I like from the roll. Kind of my version of street photography.

Indofunk · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2019, 05:48:04 PM »

I love the soft focus on those shot Becky! Theme for this weekend = plastic fantastic?

ManuelL · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2019, 06:48:49 PM »

Great photos from everyone! I couldn't pick a favourite this week.
Have to break with the plastic theme - 2 shots taken with the Zeiss Ikon ZM, Kodak Tmax 400

coastal diptych

cs1 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2019, 09:44:45 PM »

Quote from: hookstrapped on May 10, 2019, 12:59:56 PM

Nice! Do you like the C35 EF? Been thinking of picking up one...

I got a little carried away and opened an entire thread to answer your question: http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=9820.0

TL;DR

Francois · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2019, 11:28:53 PM »

Here are a few results of my first Caffenol experience. While it smelled worst than usual (read my caffenol thread here http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=9781.msg132377#msg132377) in a gastro-intestinal way, it did work.
I also used a never tested camera (Olympus Infinity Twin) in a style I've never done before.
Here are a few of them

cs1 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 11, 2019, 06:53:58 AM »

Great shots, François! Good first try with Caffenol!

Francois · « **Reply #10 on:** May 11, 2019, 02:07:42 PM »

Thanks. And there's a lot of other nice ones on the roll.
Some of them are surprisingly grainy and very textured.

Indofunk · « **Reply #11 on:** May 11, 2019, 03:36:23 PM »

I agree! Well done for your first try! After I read your post in the caffenol thread I was expecting a lot worse

EarlJam · « **Reply #12 on:** May 11, 2019, 04:47:01 PM »

In light of the thread's theme, an homage to mothers and their children.

Hasselblad 501 CM, don't recall the lens, either 80mm or 150mm, TMX 100 with a bit of fill flash

grit · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2019, 07:53:57 PM »

Here is a nice 14-second exposure at Davenport Pier:

jharr · « **Reply #14 on:** May 12, 2019, 12:18:07 AM »

This was shot with a 'sort of' plastic, but absolutely fantastic camera. It is my Nikon N2020 AF with the original 80's 35-70 kit lens. If you can't guess the film by now, it is the Satish Special Desert Fresh Ektachrome 64D expired 1980. I've got just one roll of this spectacular film left. I want to save it for something special, but let's face it... it isn't getting any younger.

Blaxton · « **Reply #15 on:** May 12, 2019, 01:42:39 PM »

As always, this thread is packed with great photos. St. Giles Cathedral, the transparent umbrella, the mothers, and, especially, the cracked-lens, seizure-inducing cityscapes are standouts for me.

Indofunk · « **Reply #16 on:** May 12, 2019, 04:52:48 PM »

James, remind me how you shoot and develop it? I'm pretty sure I gave all my rolls away in frustration

I have some 64D, but I'm *pretty* sure those are from a non-desert batch. I should really catalog my film better

Indofunk · « **Reply #17 on:** May 12, 2019, 04:58:06 PM »

I've been shooting my Polaroid 100 recently, thanks to Peter's influx of FP100C. Then I discovered that I still have a couple of boxes of 3000B, so with zero regard for how much more it would please me to sell them and get the money that they're fetching now, as opposed to the pleasure I'd get from shooting them, I started shooting them

So here ya go:

hookstrapped · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2019, 05:49:36 PM »

Quote from: Indofunk on May 12, 2019, 04:58:06 PM

I've been shooting my Polaroid 100 recently, thanks to Peter's influx of FP100C. Then I discovered that I still have a couple of boxes of 3000B, so with zero regard for how much more it would please me to sell them and get the money that they're fetching now, as opposed to the pleasure I'd get from shooting them, I started shooting them So here ya go:

Nice! Shoot til you're broke!

hookstrapped · « **Reply #19 on:** May 12, 2019, 05:53:45 PM »

Such beautiful film

Indofunk · « **Reply #20 on:** May 12, 2019, 06:31:30 PM »

I know this as a musician joke, but I'll modify it for present company

A film photographer wins the lottery, and an interviewer asks what he's going to do with the $500 million. Photographer's answer: "Keep shooting film till the money runs out!"

Kai-san · « **Reply #21 on:** May 12, 2019, 08:51:24 PM »

A good day in the City........

Pentacon Six TL / Vega 28B 120mm F2.8 / Kodak Portra 160

Jeff Warden · « **Reply #22 on:** May 12, 2019, 09:45:24 PM »

Wonderful images this week! I especially like the broken lens pics, which are amazing.

I'm hanging out with dancers for another project, so I imagine a lot of dance photos are coming up. Good clean fun.

Hassy/Sonnar150/TMax400

astrobeck · « **Reply #23 on:** May 13, 2019, 02:28:08 AM »

Quote from: Francois on May 10, 2019, 11:28:53 PM

Here are a few results of my first Caffenol experience. While it smelled worst than usual (read my caffenol thread here http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=9781.msg132377#msg132377) in a gastro-intestinal way, it did work.
I also used a never tested camera (Olympus Infinity Twin) in a style I've never done before.
Here are a few of them

Nice work Francois! A bit of a change in style for you...I like it!

jharr · « **Reply #24 on:** May 13, 2019, 02:39:33 AM »

Quote from: Indofunk on May 12, 2019, 04:52:48 PM

James, remind me how you shoot and develop it? I'm pretty sure I gave all my rolls away in frustration I have some 64D, but I'm *pretty* sure those are from a non-desert batch. I should really catalog my film better

I think I shot this at 25 and developed normally in C41. The negs are dense as there is considerable base fog, but obviously with a little PS magic, the image can be coerced to show itself. I don't do any manipulative color correction. I just tell PS what is white and what is black and let it figure out the rest. Thanks again for the film it has been a lot of fun to shoot.

Francois · « **Reply #25 on:** May 13, 2019, 03:10:06 PM »

Quote from: astrobeck on May 13, 2019, 02:28:08 AM

Quote from: Francois on May 10, 2019, 11:28:53 PM
Here are a few results of my first Caffenol experience. While it smelled worst than usual (read my caffenol thread here http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=9781.msg132377#msg132377) in a gastro-intestinal way, it did work.
I also used a never tested camera (Olympus Infinity Twin) in a style I've never done before.
Here are a few of them

Nice work Francois! A bit of a change in style for you...I like it!

Thanks. I have a few other favorites on the roll. I must say it's hard to go for a change of style. I just decided to simply trust the process and see what comes out.
Like the man camouflaging in the mural. When he heard the winder start he turned around wondering why anybody would take a picture of a mural.... I just pretended I didn't notice and he just went about his business. It was a pretty incredible experience to realize how simple it was.

Francois · « **Reply #26 on:** May 14, 2019, 11:20:39 PM »

Here's another one from the film just for the fun of it.

cs1 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 15, 2019, 05:41:16 AM »

I like the texture and the tonality. I declare your first Caffenol experience an -- albeit stinky -- success.

Francois · « **Reply #28 on:** May 15, 2019, 02:05:44 PM »

Thanks