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You just have to love an old MG.
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cheers Geetee. Yes, mood of the place changes, on a mist morning on the way to work it's peaceful, on the way home with falling light, wind and rain it's lonely.. Used a soft grad ND2 to bring the sky down a bit.
Abandoned workshop
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So a few weeks ago I made a crazy impulse purchase of a second hand Contax G2 with a Zeiss 35mm f/2 planar lens. I actually in Clock Tower Cameras in Brighton because I'd discovered an old roll of film from 2003 I wanted to get developed, so having gone in there to get that done, I suddenly found myself handling this gorgeous camera and thinking I had to have it.
New, it would have cost around £1700 and this one was prinstine; it looks brand new although it wasn't boxed. I paid £450 for it with a flash figuring that if it didn't work out as a fun retro project I could probably get most of the money back on eBay.
It's been an interesting experience shooting film again. It definitely makes you think a lot more about the shot you're about to take, not least because making the picture has an actual cost unlike digital, so it focuses the mind.
The lack of more immediate gratification is also interesting. I don't mean seeing the image on the camera's LCD but rather having to wait a few weeks to see anything whereas with digital you get home and start PP almost immediately.
It's also very interesting to see how other people react to the camera. Because it's film people suddenly feel less intimidated and in many cases are hugely interested to the point where one or two people actually asked me to take their picture.
The results are interesting and while they do show up the massive limitations shooting with film places on the final image (ISO800 looks very different here than on digital!) the 'look' is perhaps best described as being 'the original full frame'.
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Love that millstones shot.
Greg Turner - some great shots there. I'm back in my fathers old house next weekend doing a clear out. There's a load of old photographic equipment - planning on spending some time playing with film again 🙂
Some amazing photos as always. Don't normally have stuff to share, but
I was in Hong Kong last week with a couple of days free to roam.
Here are my favs:
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[url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5727/23052981141_2c3057e04a_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5727/23052981141_2c3057e04a_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/B87y96 ]Bicycles[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/tryingtimes/ ]tryingtimes[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm1.staticflickr.com/665/23028335862_8313d89989_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm1.staticflickr.com/665/23028335862_8313d89989_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/B5WeXu ]Hong Kong Park[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/tryingtimes/ ]tryingtimes[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5672/22491618514_6cf874b4d9_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5672/22491618514_6cf874b4d9_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/AgvqA7 ]Blade Runner[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/tryingtimes/ ]tryingtimes[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5781/22623499937_f9d9699d07_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5781/22623499937_f9d9699d07_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/AtamkK ]Nothing coming[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/tryingtimes/ ]tryingtimes[/url], on Flickr
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I like the abstraction in these multiple reflections in my studio windows,
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Winter light through my studio door.
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Hey Geetee congrats on the film, this the start of your journey to becoming a film fundamentalist?
Seriously, enjoy it, even the limitations it puts on things.
Its no longer "noise", now it's grain!
I started with film as a kid, then went digi when i picked up a camera again, ?4 years back. (doing a 365 project on here).
If the grain bugs you then next step is medium format and ISO100 film, Ilford ?.
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2 days in the Lakes
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Yesterday
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And today
Bugger, I thought I'd found a fix for the Flickr/mobile Safari linking issue, by using DuckDuckGo, but the URL it gives doesn't seem to produce an image on here, just an empty box. 😡
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Can i make flickr work from my iPad..?
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Above seems timeless somehow. Texture, tone, authenticity - something or other just outside my vocabulary - 6foot print material!
Now that the dark nights are upon us it's making me think differently when I take photographs.I took this one yesterday afternoon at Rivington,totally different circumstance to taking photos just a few weeks ago..
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Turner, Skies, evokes.. 🙂
Polarisandy is on form!
I recently had a load of shots from 2003 scanned. OK that means they aren't in the last month but they were scanned this week! They were all taken on a pretty basic Nikon SLR, most likely with Kodak T-Max 400
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[url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5835/22658410224_ca3e15a8a3_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5835/22658410224_ca3e15a8a3_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/AwfgXf ]Spot metered[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/ ]Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5694/22918367059_e4e2c7f4fd_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5694/22918367059_e4e2c7f4fd_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/AVdC4D ]Poised[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/ ]Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5724/23260577186_47b30013cf_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5724/23260577186_47b30013cf_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/Brsxdf ]Gap in the market[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/ ]Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr
Well it's a photo of a photo I took in 95. Mt Fyffe Downhill in NZ, 1300m in 8km. Proper downhill.
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This guy kept following the camera, posing all the time. Really pleased with the composition and detail of this.
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Beautiful plumage
Taken on recent family trip to Oz
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While personally indifferent to this kind of thing, I know it's more of a crowd pleaser:
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Not great quality and not a patch on the above but it kind of captures how blummin cold it was last Saturday
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Blustery wintery Eden Project last night. Really pleased it came out so scifi Eagle Annual.
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I'm not much of a photographer (although I DO have a C in GSCE Photography from 20 years ago 😉 ) but I took this on my phone this morning and, well I like it.
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One of the wierdest, tackiest things Edinburgh has possibly seen:
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Just sat having lunch and looking to the sky while playing with my new phone camera
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Not selected on technical merit (it's crap) but on the subject matter. Fully qualified LD Nurse. #prouddad
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I spent the day walking up and down Brick Lane on Thursday persuading people to let me take their portrait. This one in particular I am very pleased with.
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What do people think; should we continue to give this thread life or just let it shuffle off?
I'm conscious that the number of people contributing is pretty low now and as one of those contributors I don't want it to be just a personal showcase/ego massage. But if people enjoy the work then I'm happy to keep posting.
Happy to share the love....
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What do people think; should we continue to give this thread life or just let it shuffle off?
I'm conscious that the number of people contributing is pretty low now and as one of those contributors I don't want it to be just a personal showcase/ego massage. But if people enjoy the work then I'm happy to keep posting.
Happy to share the love....
Well I for 1 enjoy this thread, please keep it going 🙂
Keep posting - I've been lazy with shooting things, and playing with film again 🙂
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P-Jay Porthcawl?
geetee1972..
I really enjoy this thread,
its part of the STW for me..
sometimes I´m scrolling through past pages...
brilliant..
please keep it going !
Been away for a while from here, but been busy with the camera 😀
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@ Malvern Rider, love that shot of the Eden Project. That's an absolute cracker. It would look great all framed up.
Keep it up please. Me and the GF like looking through it and I bought a pic of Kit earlier this year!