Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
I thought I’d drop a bunch of pictures I took while wandering around the old town on the first day of hour trip to Dubrovnik. They’re mostly random shots of scenery (and there will be more, similar posts to come), but I was carefully trying to shoot the wedding party in their colourful clothes only for someone to photobomb the picture with their hand!
Olympus Trip 35 & Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 25 May 2024.
There are a couple of main harbours in Dubrovnik. One is large and to the north of the town, filled with everything from small dinghies and pleasure boats, up to super yachts and cruise ships.
The other is nestled into the side of the old town and, while much smaller, is also much more picturesque. It’s still a working harbour, as can be seen with the small boat full of ropes and fishing nets, but it’s also bang in the heart of the tourist-filled part of the town.
Olympus Trip 35 & Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 25 May 2024.
Almost all the businesses in Dubrovnik old town had lanterns such as these hung outside. This one, for a doctor’s surgery caught my eye because of the row of flowerpots on the wall above.
Olympus Trip 35 & Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 25 May 2024.
This was a very quick, spur-of-the-moment picture, but one that I think turned out quite nicely.
It’s a scene looking west down one of the side streets in Dubrovnik old town towards the city wall in the background. Pretty much all of these narrow streets were bustling with restaurants and bars like in this scene.
Olympus Trip 35 & Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 25 May 2024.
There were a number of shops in Dubrovnik old town that sold nothing but rubber ducks. While regular rubber ducks were available, so were ducks resembling a whole range of other characters, from pug dogs to Darth Vader.
I didn’t buy one though – we don’t have a bath, just a shower, so they don’t tend to float very well. 🙂
Olympus Trip 35 & Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 25 May 2024.
When I was on holiday this year, I decided to “live post” each day, transferring pictures from my digital camera to my phone, and from there to the blog.
One of the pictures I shared was the view from the room in our (very nice) hotel. You can see the picture here.
Today’s photos are of the same view, the only difference being the fact that these were shot on Kodak Colorplus on my Olympus Trip 35.
While the digital shot has much more resolution, I think I prefer the rendering of the film versions.
The hotel in the picture isn’t part of the complex we stayed in, it’s the one next door. 🙂
Olympus Trip 35 & Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 25 May 2024.
I’ve already posted some photographs from our holiday in Dubrovnik at the start of the summer (a summer that is almost at a close!), but not any that I shot on film. I have quite a lot of them!
There will be more to come, either in blocks, or dribs and drabs, and I might break them up with other stuff, but here’s one to start. These are Grebeni Rocks, a small chain of barrier islands not far from the hotel where we stayed. Just visible on the rightmost island is a structure. That is Grebeni lighthouse. While the light is still active, the lighthouse keepers house can be rented as holiday accommodation apparently. A boat is probably handy.
The seas were mostly calm while we were at the resort, but there was one day when a storm had caused heavier conditions and waves were breaking on the rocks with considerable splashes.
Olympus Trip 35 & Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 25 May 2024.
The third of the large-format church photographs I shot a week ago. This is probably the worst of the three for two reasons.
Firstly, it’s not in proper focus for some reason. It probably looks fine at lower resolutions but once you zoom in, it becomes a bit soft – especially around the doorway with the two watering cans.
Secondly. because I’m out of practice at large format photography, I spent so much time getting things in focus (Ha! Right!) that I forgot to pay attention to the verticals. If I were shooting a smaller format then there would be little I could do about this, but with the camera movements available on my Chamonix, these can be corrected quite easily. But I forgot, so this one looks a bit wonky.
I might try and make another large format outing this weekend if the weather is good. Let’s see if I’ve learnt any lessons…
Amusingly, when I arrived at the church there were a couple of men already there who turned out to be a vicar and an organist. When I said I was there to take photographs they asked if I was the wedding photographer! It turned out that a wedding was due to take place that afternoon. While a few more guests turned up while I was there, I left before the happy couple arrived. 🙂
Chamonix 045n-1, Scneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 5.6/90 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 10 August 2024
Another of my recent large format church photos. The figure in the distance is not some sot of spooky monk’s ghost, but a scarecrow – one of many that were placed around this village on the day I visited as part of a scarecrow-trail.
Chamonix 045n-1, Scneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 5.6/90 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 10 August 2024
Churches seem to be my most photographed subject when it comes to 4×5 large format. They don’t make up a majority, but no other subject type has featured as much (although bridges are not too far behind). As there are a lot of churches here in the UK, and as you don’t have to travel very far to find an interesting example, they make quite an obvious choice of subject matter.
This is my second photograph of this church, St. Peter’s in the small village of Letwell. The other shot was taken with the Fujica GW690 a couple of weeks earlier, but I haven’t uploaded that one yet. It will likely appear on the blog at some point though.
Chamonix 045n-1, Scneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 5.6/90 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 10 August 2024
