Show us yer film shots then!

Jao said:
Cezar, I really like these and your 'home brew' scanning technique looks excellent!

The first one looks like a shot from the 60's and the last one has great symetry, all are good though!
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This is it, then I photographed the neg with my DSLR, invert, adjust levels in Photoshop and here they are. This will do until I can afford an Epson V500!
 
Nice job, looks like it works well!
 
trevorbray said:
Crikey. Is there no end to your talent....another top notch picture.
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Sectionate said:
OSH, your pictures are stunning - I am looking forward to my upcoming trip to Wales / snowdon
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ChrisR said:
Brilliant winter Velvia shots, osh.
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Jao said:
OSH, this is just stunning, great colour, composition and fantastic focus, high end MF in my view!
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Thanks so much for the positive feedback! Definitely makes me want to get out and shoot more film! :thumbs:
 
Regarding the Auschwitz-Birkenau photos.

Of course you should take them, and post them. I personally feel that every schoolchild should be taken to this site if it is possible to do so. I have not (yet) been there, but understand it to be a deeply moving experience for all who have.

The photos are excellent, and I wish you would post more. Although they are not 'original' per se, it is strange that images of this place seem to defy being categorised as cliched. They cannot fail to move in their raw starkness, and indeed in the very fact that they are so horribly familiar.

From a technical point of view I wonder is a slight boost to the contrast might be in order - I don't know if you use PS, but a pull-in of the levels. They are just a bit flat here.

You undoubtedly know this, but the wonderful landscape photographer Michael Kenna carried out a lengthy project on the concentration camps in the 1980s and 90s. They are amongst the most moving photographs I have ever seen.

http://www.michaelkenna.net/gallery.php?id=19
 
Sectionate said:
Two more from my recent snowboarding trip

1) A Friend, just before I lost site of him when he went off piste

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sectionate/8589086398/
Alone by Sectionate, on Flickr

2) Snapshot of a friend enjoying a well earned rest

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sectionate/8587984621/
Oi by Sectionate, on Flickr
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Love the tone of the portrait. What film and camera did you use?

The more pics I see in this thread the more I am tempted to return to film.
 
Go on, you know it makes sense...join us in fusty and crusty.

Andy
 
Should definitely join us - old 35mm cameras are peanuts, its just the film, developing and decent scanner that are a little more bankrupting!

Cyprio said:
Love the tone of the portrait. What film and camera did you use?

The more pics I see in this thread the more I am tempted to return to film.
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Thanks, I am really pleased with all the shots from my recent holiday.

The first shot was with T-Max-100 (I prefer 400, but that is way to fast for snow conditions in the mountains)

The portrait was shot with Agfa Precisa 100, scanned on a Reflecta Scanner 7200 suing Vuescan. Not adjustments other than sharpening and in scanner auto-levels.
 
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Steve Smith said:
I also agree that they should be posted.

My only minor criticism is with the out of focus foreground on the first image. If you crop off the bottom so that the rails go right into the corners of the frame, it is a much more powerful image.


Steve.
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I respectfully disagree - I like the out of focus foreground, I think it makes the photo look more "real". Adds depth, if you know what I mean. Also if you cropped it, it wouldn't be square! :P
 
mothdust said:
I respectfully disagree - I like the out of focus foreground, I think it makes the photo look more "real". Adds depth, if you know what I mean. Also if you cropped it, it wouldn't be square! :P
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+1
 
horrocks said:
Regarding the Auschwitz-Birkenau photos.

Of course you should take them, and post them. I personally feel that every schoolchild should be taken to this site if it is possible to do so. I have not (yet) been there, but understand it to be a deeply moving experience for all who have.

The photos are excellent, and I wish you would post more. Although they are not 'original' per se, it is strange that images of this place seem to defy being categorised as cliched. They cannot fail to move in their raw starkness, and indeed in the very fact that they are so horribly familiar.

From a technical point of view I wonder is a slight boost to the contrast might be in order - I don't know if you use PS, but a pull-in of the levels. They are just a bit flat here.

You undoubtedly know this, but the wonderful landscape photographer Michael Kenna carried out a lengthy project on the concentration camps in the 1980s and 90s. They are amongst the most moving photographs I have ever seen.

http://www.michaelkenna.net/gallery.php?id=19
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Many thanks for the feedback. Although I don't have any direct link to Auschwitz myself, there are many people who still have a very personal connection to the camp—whether from loss of family, property, etc.—and I think it's important to acknowledge and respect that this isn't simply another tourist attraction or memorial.

The human element is really hammered home in the buildings of Auschwitz I when you see the thousands of individual head shots of all those imprisoned in the camps with their names and information regarding their fate below each photo (the SS photographed and catalogued every single person that arrived in the camp until near the end). As you walk past, over, or through the sites of mass killings, it can feel a little bit awkward pulling out your camera at times.

Thanks for the link to the Michael McKenna photos. His photos are very good and the strong contrast in these photos certainly makes for a darker and more forbidding feel than mine.

I'll probably leave my own photos as they are now on here and on Flickr, but I'll have a play around privately with the contrast and levels in Aperture 3 so that I can get some ideas and learn for the future. I know from shooting lots of Portra recently that I'm generally not into high contrast, but I haven't shot much black and white, so I'll keep an open mind. I'm still relatively new to photography, so it's always good to hear different views and to experiment a bit.


mothdust said:
I respectfully disagree - I like the out of focus foreground, I think it makes the photo look more "real". Adds depth, if you know what I mean. Also if you cropped it, it wouldn't be square! :P
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Yeah, the feeling of depth is why I too like out of focus foregrounds and the reason why I decided to take this photo the way that I did, but I can appreciate that it's probably not to everyone's tastes.

I also don't like cropping my 6x6 photos as I always compose for the square format and I don't want to lose it!


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Cheers!
 
Those are stunning!! I would love to have a print of the last one.

Mart
 
Sectionate said:
Should definitely join us - old 35mm cameras are peanuts, its just the film, developing and decent scanner that are a little more bankrupting!

Thanks, I am really pleased with all the shots from my recent holiday.

The first shot was with T-Max-100 (I prefer 400, but that is way to fast for snow conditions in the mountains)

The portrait was shot with Agfa Precisa 100, scanned on a Reflecta Scanner 7200 suing Vuescan. Not adjustments other than sharpening and in scanner auto-levels.
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Yeah I know, film & developing is costly. Tried home b&w developing for a while but don't really have the time at the moment what with getting married! I have a few hand printed pics up on my walls that are a welcome reminder of the craft involved but unless financial circumstances change don't think I can justify film as a hobby at the moment... Unless I buy an old Polaroid! Hehe.
 
Cyprio said:
Yeah I know, film & developing is costly. Tried home b&w developing for a while but don't really have the time at the moment what with getting married! I have a few hand printed pics up on my walls that are a welcome reminder of the craft involved but unless financial circumstances change don't think I can justify film as a hobby at the moment... Unless I buy an old Polaroid! Hehe.
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Stavros,

I will not sell you the V500 back :), but that should not stop you returning to the proper photography genre, I have lots of spare camera,s and lenses and you can have a loan of any, it's good to be back:).

PS. All the supermarkets in your area must have a lab for cheap develop and scan.
 
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Cyprio said:
Yeah I know, film & developing is costly. Tried home b&w developing for a while but don't really have the time at the moment what with getting married! I have a few hand printed pics up on my walls that are a welcome reminder of the craft involved but unless financial circumstances change don't think I can justify film as a hobby at the moment... Unless I buy an old Polaroid! Hehe.
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I know that feeling
 
An old Polaroid would be the worst option - have you seen how much Project Impossible film costs? ;)
 
I picked up a Yashica Mat on Ebay before christmas. It had a broken winder mechanism. I finally got to spend some time working on it this week (fixed the winder, flocked the film chamber, cleaned the lenses and focussing screen) and shot and processed a roll of HP5 yesterday. I think it's working now!

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Stand developed in Rodinal, scanned on a V500. Some of the outside pics have some glare in one corner. It's not a light leak, but I'm wondering whether it was either the UV filter I had mounted, or an issue with the Stand dev.
 
Nice Mat shots. I want one so much but I have a limit on how much I'll spend and I can never afford one :lol:

Here are a few more from the Black Slim Devil on Rollei Retro 400s and devved in D76 1+1. This was the fourth roll of Retro I have used and the first that has not snapped upon loading onto a reel :bonk:



anchor by rednorters, on Flickr



museum by rednorters, on Flickr

I love the crazy flare I get with the Black Slim Devil :love:



woooo! by rednorters, on Flickr

Thanks for looking as always folks :thumbs:
 
I have really wanted to get back in to film photography for a long time (its been 20 years since I last fired off a roll of film), so I recently purchased an OM-10 off of another forum member.

After replacing the lightseals, I have put a roll of XP2 through it to test. So, apologies for the subject matter (bit boring), but here are a few shots. All taken with the OM-10 with 28mm Tokina. Processed and scanned by a lovely lady at Asda today :D

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Zenit TTL by Mads.S, on Flickr

From my new (to me) Zenit TTL, using solaris film from poundland.
Dont have a batt for the meter at the moment, so I was using one of those little print out guides for sunny 16.
Didn't fare too badly I dont think.


Fujifilm 200 by Mads.S, on Flickr

This was taken using an EOS5 with fuji 200 in it, connected up to my little studio flashes. I dont think its too bad, colour wise, though my scanning obviously leaves something to be desired.
 
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Woodsy said:
2 of my favourites from a recent trip to Cornwall. Colour to come.... eventually :/ - Thinking about it, I still need to post the one colour frame I took on the last London film meet!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodsy2k/8606522521/
Hollywell Bay, Cornwall by Jonathan Woods Photography, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodsy2k/8609656920/
Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall by Jonathan Woods Photography, on Flickr
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Two great shots but the second one is something else. Amazing.
 
Jonathan,

That is top quality film work, congrats. I would love to know the time exposure on the lighthouse shot.
 
Many thanks guys :)

The exposure on the Godrevy Lighthouse shot was 50s. I used a yellow filter (adding 2/3 stop to the shot) and something like F/32. 1 stop of reciprocity correction also had to be added. Would have been more if I were not using Acros - a truly amazing film for reciprocity! Metered at film marked speed of 100. I took the meter readings from spots of the shadow below the lighthouse and the highlight on the lighthouse itself.

No grads or solid ND's were used.
 
norters said:
Nice Mat shots. I want one so much but I have a limit on how much I'll spend and I can never afford one :lol:

Here are a few more from the Black Slim Devil on Rollei Retro 400s and devved in D76 1+1. This was the fourth roll of Retro I have used and the first that has not snapped upon loading onto a reel :bonk:



anchor by rednorters, on Flickr



museum by rednorters, on Flickr

I love the crazy flare I get with the Black Slim Devil :love:



woooo! by rednorters, on Flickr

Thanks for looking as always folks :thumbs:
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Nick a cracking set of shots, I really like them all but the lines rae very strong in the first two. The anchor one is particularly good. Nice range of tones you are achieving with your film and dev combination. The 'Slim Devil' liiks like a pretty capable camera in the right hands:)
 
Nikon_Nick said:
I have really wanted to get back in to film photography for a long time (its been 20 years since I last fired off a roll of film), so I recently purchased an OM-10 off of another forum member.

After replacing the lightseals, I have put a roll of XP2 through it to test. So, apologies for the subject matter (bit boring), but here are a few shots. All taken with the OM-10 with 28mm Tokina. Processed and scanned by a lovely lady at Asda today :D

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Some nice work from the old budget OM, certainly looks like it was worthwile resurrecting it. Of all your shots I think the last one is the strongest, although all are well constructed.
 
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