Tag: Film photography

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Cobbled

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I took a number of pictures on this street in Hull a couple of month’s back. This is the only medium format shot amongst them. I like the shot and the composition, but wish there had been a little more light – I had to open up the aperture to get the photo (a side-effect of my Mess-Ikonta having a slow / sticky shutter at speeds below 1/100 sec, which forces me to open it up in lower light, rather than dropping the shutter speed). As a result, the focus is a little soft in the foreground.

FILM - Prince Street

Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Kodak Tri-X.

Taken on 29 November 2017

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

There are no dogs here any more

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The trailer with the dog’s face on it has been parked in this field for years. For a while there would be canine “gymkhana” type events that would take place here from time to time, where people would run their dogs through courses of fences, ramps, tunnels and the like. I never visited any of these events, but I drove past on a few occasions when they were taking place and there was often quite a crowd of people in attendance. However, at some point a few years ago the events came to an end, but the trailer, with its jolly artwork, has remained in the field since. At some point more recently, someone has broken into the trailer and there were various pieces of equipment scattered beside it.

FILM - It's unused nowadays

Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Kodak Tmax 100.

Taken on 1 January 2018

35mm · Film photography · Photography

A pastoral scene

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Today I present two views of the same scent. One in portrait orientation, the other landscape. I’m not sure which I prefer – the portrait shot has better composition, I think, while the landscape orientation possibly has more atmosphere thanks to the birds in flight (and in the trees), but at the expense of the foreground fence being less well positioned. Anyway, here are both of them.

FILM - Pastoral mist (portrait)

FILM - Pastoral mist (landscape)

Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 135mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tmax 100.

Taken on 21 December 2017

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Natural architecture

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Spider webs have an odd feature of being both a little creepy (have you ever walked face-first into one in the dark?) and beguilingly elegant (watching a spider construct one of these natural works or architecture is both fascinating and also slightly humbling). Sometimes though, when they’re festooned with dewdrops and bathed in a shaft of early morning sunshine, they’re simply beautiful.

FILM - Natural architecture

Olympus OM-1, F.Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 & Kodak Tmax 100.

Taken on 21 December 2017