Show us yer film shots then!

I have always been intrigued by pinholes. This came out very well.
 
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Some shots of current conditions from this never ending winter. Part of my lawn and my house. We have had 124 inches of snow this winter. I took these 3/3/15, nine days ago. It was -14 F that morning.

My not so green lawn with about 4 feet of snow on it.


My poor house. The path to the side steps of the deck is somewhere around 5 feet deep.


The sides of the driveway are way over Maxwell's back.


My boys and best buddies. Always willing models.
 
It was a Praktica B200 slr, an 18 - 55mm lens with zeiss glass and fujji film 400 ISO.

Those were the days when you had to work things out in your head, using a light meter.

Sorry - 200 ISO.
 
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Ron-M said:
Very nice Andy. A lot of detail, especially in what a lot here call swamp grass. I almost bought a Yashica Mat about 2 months ago. Still thinking about it.
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Thanks Ron. I've had a few Yashicas, an A a D the original Mat and a Mat 124g, and the original Mat was my favourite. Annoyingly I knocked it off a table and its busted up real bad. :(
 
paul139 said:
View attachment 32571 I haven`t posted for ages. really lost the urge, but its coming back so here`s one from me.
F5 with Tri-X in Rodinal at 1:50 for 13 mins.
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Reminds me of a photo printed on newspaper, lots of texture, good blacks, kinda grainy but with the corners knocked off the grain....or something..

What are they cos birds aren't nesting in em :)
 
Sectionate said:
Thanks - I hadn't used my camera in a very long time and was very pleased with how this turned out. I had planned to get an entry for this months competition entry, but came back with this lol
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I don't think that you can complain too much about coming back with that. I think that composition is all kinds of awesome and works really well with the square.
 
skysh4rk said:
Celestial curves over Hirschegg, Austria:
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Did something happen with that, the break in the trails is odd, like you ran it for a minute or so then closed the shutter for a minute or so, then ran it again.

Nice colour balance, the snow is white and no orrible casts..(y)
 
steveo_mcg said:
Thats come out really well RJ.
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Thanks, Steve! I was quite happy with how it turned out.

joxby said:
Did something happen with that, the break in the trails is odd, like you ran it for a minute or so then closed the shutter for a minute or so, then ran it again.
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Just before I ended the exposure, I intentionally covered the lens for a minute and then uncovered it for the last minute to try to get a streaking/shooting star sort of look rather than a solid line.

I think I like this more than solid star trails, which I tried on another night with Acros 100, but it'd be interesting to hear people's thoughts on the matter. The shooting star look just seems a bit more dynamic to me.

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Nice colour balance, the snow is white and no orrible casts..(y)
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Thanks. :)

Yeah, I wasn't too sure how the colour was going to turn out between the long exposure and the grad filter I used to hold back the lights of the town, but I can't really complain with the result.
 
One of these was going to be my Shadows challenge entry, except I never got round to developing them in time.

ME Super, Rollei Retro 400s, semi-stood in Rodinal (but I had issues with either drag or sprocket holes - see my other thread).

I also think I'd have been better off shooting the Rollei 400 at 300 or even 200.

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abdoujaparov said:
One of these was going to be my Shadows challenge entry, except I never got round to developing them in time.

ME Super, Rollei Retro 400s, semi-stood in Rodinal (but I had issues with either drag or sprocket holes - see my other thread).

I also think I'd have been better off shooting the Rollei 400 at 300 or even 200.

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Keith,I like both these photographs very much,I understand what you are say about the results,but,it is maybe an issue to resolve in camera,both shots have a high degree of natural contrast and therefore exposure will be a problem,so in this instance spot exposure on the shadows and then highlights and using a compromise rating somewhere in-between and leaning towards what you what to bring the eye to may be a good approach,never the less two very good film shots,my favourite is #1 and I think at will appeal to one or two of our F&C colleagues.

Well done and congrats on a very good post.
 
abdoujaparov said:
One of these was going to be my Shadows challenge entry, except I never got round to developing them in time.

ME Super, Rollei Retro 400s, semi-stood in Rodinal (but I had issues with either drag or sprocket holes - see my other thread).

I also think I'd have been better off shooting the Rollei 400 at 300 or even 200.

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Like the second one but I think the bike is too dark in the first. As I understand it retro 400s is a 200 aerial film recut and somewhat optimistically rated. I suspect you'd only get actual 400 in somthing of the microphen school.
 
First batch of results from Reculver ( a beautiful sunny day , hence the sharp contrasts, although there was a bitterly cold wind...Brrrr lol)

Shot through an ETRS with 40mm lens onto some OOD Ilford Pan F+ 50 film which I fell out of love with a long time ago ( hence it's now OOD!) ....I never got results from it that I was happy with so stopped shooting it.

Developed in HC-110

The negatives are very thin, indicating underexposure but I'm pretty sure the film would not have held the highlights if I'd shot at a wider aperture / slower speed.

Anyway the company was good and it was nice to visit an area, previously unknown to me.





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Asha said:
First batch of results from Reculver ( a beautiful sunny day , hence the sharp contrasts, although there was a bitterly cold wind...Brrrr lol)

Shot through an ETRS with 40mm lens onto some OOD Ilford Pan F+ 50 film which I fell out of love with a long time ago ( hence it's now OOD!) ....I never got results from it that I was happy with so stopped shooting it.

Developed in HC-110

The negatives are very thin, indicating underexposure but I'm pretty sure the film would not have held the highlights if I'd shot at a wider aperture / slower speed.

Anyway the company was good and it was nice to visit an area, previously unknown to me.





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They are seriously lovely Asha.. :)
 
Cg_Girl said:
They are seriously lovely Asha.. :)
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Wow what a boost of confidence that is (y)

I'm pleased that they appeal very much to someone.

Personally, I'm struggling to really like them tbh but like I mentioned, I never got results from Ilford Pan film that i found stunning.

In actually fact there's only Ilford Delta that I've found I actually like in the Ilford range but of course it's all a matter of taste, or lack of as the case may be :p

Even though these negatives are very thin, the PP was minimal.....levelling ( absolutely necessary as nearly all my shots come out wonky:confused::D), some dust removal and some sharpening. I only pulled the shadows a tad on No 2 to bring a little bit more life to the foregound.

I won't spend much in excess of 5 mins on a frame in PP ...If I can't get the result i want in that time then I usually don't bother continuing to try......prefering to do something more useful, like going out and shooting more frames ;)
 
Asha said:
Wow what a boost of confidence that is (y)

I'm pleased that they appeal very much to someone.

Personally, I'm struggling to really like them tbh but like I mentioned, I never got results from Ilford Pan film that i found stunning.

In actually fact there's only Ilford Delta that I've found I actually like in the Ilford range but of course it's all a matter of taste, or lack of as the case may be :p

Even though these negatives are very thin, the PP was minimal.....levelling ( absolutely necessary as nearly all my shots come out wonky:confused::D), some dust removal and some sharpening. I only pulled the shadows a tad on No 2 to bring a little bit more life to the foregound.

I won't spend much in excess of 5 mins on a frame in PP ...If I can't get the result i want in that time then I usually don't bother continuing to try......prefering to do something more useful, like going out and shooting more frames ;)
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Can I ask what you struggle with? Baring In mind I don't know yet what film produces what effect etc...

I like these because apart from the location looks lovely, It's the contrast in these I like, real dark and almost moody/gritty feel.

Is that typical of that particular film or more the weather?
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Asha said:
First batch of results from Reculver ( a beautiful sunny day , hence the sharp contrasts, although there was a bitterly cold wind...Brrrr lol)

Shot through an ETRS with 40mm lens onto some OOD Ilford Pan F+ 50 film which I fell out of love with a long time ago ( hence it's now OOD!) ....I never got results from it that I was happy with so stopped shooting it.

Developed in HC-110

The negatives are very thin, indicating underexposure but I'm pretty sure the film would not have held the highlights if I'd shot at a wider aperture / slower speed.

Anyway the company was good and it was nice to visit an area, previously unknown to me.





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I really like the first one Asha, and the third one is ok... I'm not so keen on the others though.
Strange how we all like different films, because I really like Pan F(although I've never shot it ood).
 
Cg_Girl said:
Can I ask what you struggle with? Baring In mind I don't know yet what film produces what effect etc...

I like these because apart from the location looks lovely, It's the contrast in these I like, real dark and almost moody/gritty feel.

Is that typical of that particular film or more the weather?
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You make no sense to me whatsoever so I'll give a non sensical reply and we'll be able to progress :D


Ok the weather...Nope, it was sunny with some deep shadows which can be difficult lighting to cope with if you want to obtain detail throughout the scene although most negative film lattitude will offer something reasonable.

I've not shot a lot of slide film but I suspect it would prove more challenging with contrasts like these ....we will find out as I shot some velvia at the same location ( could be a while before the results are posted though as i need to batch some more rolls before I develop it)

QUOTE "It's the contrast in these I like, real dark and almost moody/gritty feel. "UNQUOTE ....This is where we differ! ......The real dark contrast and combined grittiness don't appeal to me so much; or not in scenes like this, however I've seen similar contrasts / grittiness in portraits which have worked very well ( particularly of "rugged male faces")

I have developed this type of film in 3 different chemicals and not been impressed by any of the outcomes so, yes I think it is characteristic of the film emulsion although it would be interesting to see what results other people have got from the same film.

I am going to print one or two of these and see if i like them better on paper as images can look so so different when printed out to what they do on a pixel screen.
 
Solo man said:
I really like the first one Asha, and the third one is ok... I'm not so keen on the others though.
Strange how we all like different films, because I really like Pan F(although I've never shot it ood).
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LOL, out of them all I prefer 2, 4 and 5

There again, I'm still not sure if I like any of em :D:D

Is it the lighting or the composition that appeals to the two you like?
 
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