The Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival

[Trojan_Llama]

Bronica SQ-A / PS 150mm f/4 / Ilford HP5+ / ID11

 

[Strappy]

Great series and lovely tones throughout, my favourites are 2, 4 and 7

 

[Yv]

I do like a good festival, especially with Morris Men/Sweeps included and these look really great. I have to ask though, you didn't happen to chuck a roll of colour through too though did you? Just asking because I know how colourful these events are. Love the last 2 in particular.

 

[Jao]

Paul, a superb set , great too see them in group. Top end end monochrome squares! Very hard to choose a favourite but if pressed it would be number three.

 

[ChrisR]

Cracking set! No 3 is nice, so is no 5, but I really like no 7 (didn't know you could get more than 6 shots up in one post!), the accordion lady.

 

[XA2inmypocket]

Thanks all for all of the comments. I find shooting out in the street with the Bronica can be challenging, but also very rewarding.

I do like a good festival, especially with Morris Men/Sweeps included and these look really great. I have to ask though, you didn't happen to chuck a roll of colour through too though did you? Just asking because I know how colourful these events are. Love the last 2 in particular.

You are perfectly correct, and it does seem a bit dim to be honest, going to such a colourful event, restricted by b/w film only. I'm glad that you raised it though. There were hundreds of DSLRs there that day, all capable of capturing the colours. I've seen their results on Flickr, and some are very nice indeed. However, mine look different to all of theirs. I'm a Norfolkman, and we have often prided ourselves for "doin' different". . Not only that, but I so enjoy the process of hybrid b/w film photography, that I pretty much specialise in it these days. I like the challenge I guess.