Week 16: Out & About
Thanks again for all the comments folks. Really encouraging me to keep up with this. Week 16 was where I fell down in 2015. My longest innings was week 21 in 2010 so this is currently the "joint worst" effort. Next week it will be 2nd best, so that's something to shoot for (pun intended!)
This was a nice theme for me, because I take my camera out every day on my local exercise walk. I decided to relax and just enjoy it. This was a roll of Maco TS Eagle surveillance film I have hand-rolled into cans. It's "supposed" to be IR, so I shot it with a red filter and I really do like the results hand-held. Not great shot in gloom but really nice on bright sunny days which helps with the exposure times too.
Some strong images on the contact sheet as well as a lot of junk (nothing unusual there!). Picking one was a bit tricky. 36 looks really nice small, but not so great when bigger. I really liked 14 which looks pretty miserable small, but quite nice larger...
But my final choice was this one. I have photographed this tree on a number of occasions. When we've had heavy rain, the vantage point is inaccessible due to flooding, and when summer is in full swing, it's all quite overgrown. Autumn and Spring are the best times to take this shot. And on a sunny day, with IR film, this has worked quite nicely I think. Might do a metallic print to see how it looks.
Week 16: Out & About by
Ian, on Flickr
Been pretty terrible with commenting this last couple of weeks. No real excuse other than a pre-occupation with the zine exchange, and a poorly family member with lots of running about. Will Do Better this week and with an early entry I should hopefully get round to commenting.
Thanks for looking!