Motor Scooter Revisited
First roll of 35mm film I put through the Rollieflex and I saw this motor scooter that I took a photo of with the first ever film I put through it (Original Post Here)
Looks like its been fixed up a bit since I last saw it.
Rollieflex 2.8E, 80mm Zeiss Lens, Ilford 35mm HP5+ 400 ISO Film.
Buskers
I don’t usually take images of buskers but these guys were seriously going off with some mad jazz styles.
Looks like they were doing pretty well 🙂
Rollieflex 2.8E, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO Film
Always Take Your Piano With You…
Just missed the shot of the guy riding and playing the piano, he just hopped off to help get it up a steep patch and then of course this was the last shot on the roll of film 🙂
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film.
More Pigeon Houses
Those urban pigeons will pretty much live anywhere.
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film.
Wheres the Fire?
Still coming to grips with the handling of the Rollieflex so forgive me if the images aren’t quite as good as they could be 🙂
Rolliflex 2.8E, 80mm Carl Zeiss Lens, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO Film.
Broken
Broken laptop in alley off Leftbank Mall
Rollieflex 2.8E, 80mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss Lens, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO film
I Dont Think You Think That I am Taking a Photo of the Same Thing
This is a case of people thinking I am taking an image of one thing when really I am taking a picture of them.
Its kinda like camouflage but not really.
But that being said I was still taking an image of the broken post that someone must have backed into which has now been repaired but is about to be dug up due to massive roading change (all said really really fast and in one breath)
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film.
NDX Filter Shots
All these images were taken with a Cokin NDX filter which reduces light by a massive 13 stops, ie you can’t see anything through it.
They are all around 10 minute exposures in the middle of the day with lots of people around but because of the long exposure they seem mostly deserted.
I converted them to black and white because unfortunately the filter has a colour shift which is near impossible to correct.
I like they way they feel…kinda deserted and slightly disturbing.
Not entirely happy with the result and will go back and do again possibly when it is more overcast so the shadows aren’t as problematic.
Nikon D70s, 18-70mm Lens, ISO 200, Cokin NDX Filter.
Rolleiflex Action
This week at work someone dropped in a Rolleiflex TLR camera that they didn’t want because it wasnt working and the taking lens had some chips out of it where someone had tried to fix an earlier problem.
Now this doesn’t sound the best but if you have ever handled one of these cameras it’s a pretty awesome piece of mechanical engineering. It also had the bonus of having a 35mm adaptor which when I took a couple of test shots means that you don’t get any loss of image quality from the marks on the lens!
Anyway took it to a camera repair guy today and he is going to reseat the lens and tidy it up a bit so hopefully later this week I will get it back and be ready to go shoot.
I will post pics of the camera when I get it back 🙂
These 2 shots were only test so sorry they aren’t more interesting 🙂 These are actually taken when the lens wasnt seated properly so hopefully will be sharp as when I get it back.
Must remember to see what is leaving the scratch down the entire neg…
Rolleiflex 2.8e, 80mm Zeiss Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film
Spinning
Playground toys can be great to photograph…
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film
Darkroom Printing Session
Managed to get in a darkroom printing session this week so of course I had to get a photo of it 🙂
This is the City Council public darkroom and at $5 NZ per hour is a pretty good setup with everything you need except chemicals and paper (there a both of those there to use but are other people’s cast offs so wasnt too keen to use them)
I spent the first couple of hours thinking my paper was dud since I couldn’t get any contrast even with using a whole heap of magenta filter and then discovered that the filters had been disengaged on a switch on the side of the enlarger and once this was discovered things went a lot more smoothly… A trick to remember for next time.
It’s nice to know that I can still be a Dumbass sometimes 🙂
Nikon F5, Tokina 19-35mm Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film.
People Taking Photos
Here goes a series of images of people taking images 🙂
This guy was obviously very happy to be here.
This kid had the right idea, get above the crowd…I need one of these (the person to sit on, not the kid) 🙂
Always make sure your assistant is well attired.
When I was taking this I was wondering if he was actually taking a photo of me or if that puddle was just REALLY interesting.
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