Show us yer film shots then!

ChrisR said:
Here's a shot from our recent Lake District trip. On reflection, maybe I should have used it for the February POTY round, but I couldn't see any merit in it that evening. Taken near Alcotts Tarn above Grasmere on Portra 400 with the black Pentax MX and Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4. Processed and scanned (1200dpi) at Boots in Kendall. Bit of highlights recovery and levels adjustment in Aperture, plus colour adjustment using a spot on the wall as grey:



Here's the same shot re-scanned with Vuescan at 2400 dpi. Original colour was very different. Levels adjustment, grey point in the same spot, then some sharpening.



I thought this was an interesting comparison!
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Chris, I like the contrast and vitality of the first photograph,I think with the processing you have created a good sky at the lose of definition and it does look flat. More interestingly to see would be to layer both shots and allow the first to dominate the foreground and mid ground and let the sky take over on the layer..

I like the detail of the first and it looks like a wonderful place to spend time.(y)
 
wickerman said:
Just finished my scanning so a few more from me (then I'll go away :))

All on a Hasselblad 500cm, Portra 400

1.
Anchor, Pinmill, Ipswich by wickerman6, on Flickr


2.
Barge, Pinmill, Ipswich by wickerman6, on Flickr


3.

Ruddy Mud, Pinmill, Ipswich by wickerman6, on Flickr


4.
Sizewell Nuclear Power Station, colour version by wickerman6, on Flickr
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The second shot is by far and away the best,good composition for the square with very good features in shot, the tie up posts leading the the low water edge is very interesting,it is a shame that it ends on the water's edge a little messy,but,a small weakness.

The Yacht/barge looks beautiful with the high mast dominating the mid-ground and leading to what is a wonderful sky,overall a very interesting and well constructed photograph.
 
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medwaygreen said:
That first shot is Velvia worked very well,great composition and a delightful photograph, well done. A keeper for me and even printed on my wall.
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medwaygreen said:
The second shot is by far and away the best,good composition for the square with very good features in shot, the tie up posts leading the the low water edge is very interesting,it is a shame that it ends on the water's edge a little messy,but,a small weakness.

The Yacht/barge looks beautiful with the high mast dominating the mid-ground and leading to what is a wonderful sky,overall a very interesting and well constructed photograph.
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Thanks Richard.
 
Embrace the Grain forgot how much grain 35mm gives over a nice big sheet of 5x4
River tawe and kilvay hill on Tri-x 400 souped in rodinal

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Another few from me!

I found a mossy wall in a wood that I was walking through, which had a rusty barbed wire fence above it. I wanted to get a shot where you could see the wall at the bottom of the image, but then above it was the barbed wire with an OOF background. I set the lens to f/2.8 and faffed about for a while trying to line the shot up (pesky TLR parallax and all that). I'm quite pleased with the outcome but I think I should have used a smaller aperture than 2.8 to get all of the barbed wire in focus. Still getting used to the DoF on a MF camera, and it's hard to practice and learn when you can't see the result straight away! lol. Exposed for the shadowy bits of the wall at the bottom. I'm still amazed at how much you can overexpose highlights without losing them!

Mamiya C220, Sekor 80mm f/2.8, Kodak Ektar 100. f/2.8, 1/30 sec


Barbed Wire by Carl Hall Photography, on Flickr

I also saw some moss on the base of a tree with the sunlight pouring in from the side of the woodland. I used f/8 for this one as I wanted most of the tree to be in focus, but then going out of focus behind. Came out pretty much how I hoped!

Mamiya C220, Sekor 80mm f/2.8, Kodak Ektar 100. f/8, 1/30 sec


Tree by Carl Hall Photography, on Flickr

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Innit great, don't you just love TLR's?.....
 
Carl Hall said:
Another few from me!

I found a mossy wall in a wood that I was walking through, which had a rusty barbed wire fence above it. I wanted to get a shot where you could see the wall at the bottom of the image, but then above it was the barbed wire with an OOF background. I set the lens to f/2.8 and faffed about for a while trying to line the shot up (pesky TLR parallax and all that). I'm quite pleased with the outcome but I think I should have used a smaller aperture than 2.8 to get all of the barbed wire in focus. Still getting used to the DoF on a MF camera, and it's hard to practice and learn when you can't see the result straight away! lol. Exposed for the shadowy bits of the wall at the bottom. I'm still amazed at how much you can overexpose highlights without losing them!

Mamiya C220, Sekor 80mm f/2.8, Kodak Ektar 100. f/2.8, 1/30 sec


Barbed Wire by Carl Hall Photography, on Flickr

I also saw some moss on the base of a tree with the sunlight pouring in from the side of the woodland. I used f/8 for this one as I wanted most of the tree to be in focus, but then going out of focus behind. Came out pretty much how I hoped!

Mamiya C220, Sekor 80mm f/2.8, Kodak Ektar 100. f/8, 1/30 sec


Tree by Carl Hall Photography, on Flickr

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Carl, really nice colours and subject! Very nice indeed.
 
Not the world's most ground-breaking image, but it is notable - my first home-scanned negative on my "new" v500. Yashica Mat, Portra 160, devved by Express Imaging in Cardiff, and scanned and adjusted by me! Happy with the quality, although I have no idea what I'm doing yet.

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medwaygreen said:
Chris, I like the contrast and vitality of the first photograph,I think with the processing you have created a good sky at the lose of definition and it does look flat. More interestingly to see would be to layer both shots and allow the first to dominate the foreground and mid ground and let the sky take over on the layer..

I like the detail of the first and it looks like a wonderful place to spend time.(y)
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Thanks Richard, that's not a bad idea. I do have Elements something or other, but I've only used it once and layers are beyond my current capability, but I'll try to remember that for when I learn a bit more. The trouble is, Aperture does 95% of what I need, and the other 5% doesn't justify learning something new. But there are 3 shots still in the Oly mju II that should make a pano if they come out reasonably similarly exposed, so I might have to tackle Elements to try stitching them together!
 
Another gorgeous G'Osh shot!
 
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olelovold said:
Keith, that's lovely.

GF670 + Portra 400 + Norway

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I love this, a close up would make a fantastic abstract. I really must get to Norway one day.
 
Carl Hall said:
Another few from me!

I found a mossy wall in a wood that I was walking through, which had a rusty barbed wire fence above it. I wanted to get a shot where you could see the wall at the bottom of the image, but then above it was the barbed wire with an OOF background. I set the lens to f/2.8 and faffed about for a while trying to line the shot up (pesky TLR parallax and all that). I'm quite pleased with the outcome but I think I should have used a smaller aperture than 2.8 to get all of the barbed wire in focus. Still getting used to the DoF on a MF camera, and it's hard to practice and learn when you can't see the result straight away! lol. Exposed for the shadowy bits of the wall at the bottom. I'm still amazed at how much you can overexpose highlights without losing them!

Mamiya C220, Sekor 80mm f/2.8, Kodak Ektar 100. f/2.8, 1/30 sec
Barbed Wire by Carl Hall Photography, on Flickr

I also saw some moss on the base of a tree with the sunlight pouring in from the side of the woodland. I used f/8 for this one as I wanted most of the tree to be in focus, but then going out of focus behind. Came out pretty much how I hoped!

Mamiya C220, Sekor 80mm f/2.8, Kodak Ektar 100. f/8, 1/30 sec
Tree by Carl Hall Photography, on Flickr
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Carl, very much like both of these, but the first is a real cracker, love it.
cariadus said:
And a couple from the Bessa R3A, Nokton 40mm f1.4, HP5+

Porthcawl by Cariadus, on Flickr

Old Fort, Lavernock by Cariadus, on Flickr
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Roger, I particularly like the first of your black and whites, from Porthcawl.

olelovold said:
GF670 + Portra 400 + Norway
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Erik, like the second of these very much!
 
abdoujaparov said:
Not the world's most ground-breaking image, but it is notable - my first home-scanned negative on my "new" v500. Yashica Mat, Portra 160, devved by Express Imaging in Cardiff, and scanned and adjusted by me! Happy with the quality, although I have no idea what I'm doing yet.

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That's very nice Keith, great colours from the Portra and it looks like your Yashica is working well. And congrats on you first scan, top job (y)
 
cariadus said:
Love the dog shots. Is that a splint on his leg?
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Thanks.
Yes, he was taken in as a rescue by a friend of mine a few years ago, he started to lose the use of the lower part of his front legs, something todo with the nerves, one leg recovered but the other didn't and had to be amputated, after a while of moving around with all his weight on the one front leg it started to affect him, so a specialist prosthetic company in America made the splint/support for him to help him get about!
 
olelovold said:
Keith, that's lovely.
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RaglanSurf said:
That's very nice Keith, great colours from the Portra and it looks like your Yashica is working well. And congrats on you first scan, top job (y)
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Thank you both! I've scanned another few rolls (I'll put some up in the Photos from Film section when I've finished) and I think it's fair to say I'm a complete convert to film. ("Sod digital" was how I put it on Facebook :p )
 
Got a free hour to try out some atp 1.1 I got recently. Only after walking in a howling gale to the bit I wanted to look at did I realise the battery was dead in my meter. Apparently atp has a very narrow latitude so this was not best day for sunny 11... A bit of bracketing and some luck got me two I don't hate. They've got some camera shake due to the 60 mph winds.
2014-03-ATP-RB67001 by steveo_mcg, on Flickr



2014-03-ATP-RB67008 by steveo_mcg, on Flickr
 
i've found with the rollei ato film you have to put shadows on zone v or the shadows are far too dense to get any workable image.

one image from the film pentax pete sent me last month again cannot thank the man enough total legend

fp4 shot at 80 asa 10 min ID11 i think the shot was 200th at F8

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dave clayton said:
i've found with the rollei ato film you have to put shadows on zone v or the shadows are far too dense to get any workable image.

one image from the film pentax pete sent me last month again cannot thank the man enough total legend

fp4 shot at 80 asa 10 min ID11 i think the shot was 200th at F8

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Like that dave.

Thanks for the info, that'll save me a lot of testing.
 
osh said:
Not sure about these, but thought I would share them anyway. Again, taken in pretty dramatic weather conditions in Cwm Idwal on Sunday (all shot with a Mamiya 7ii, 80mm lens and orange filter, on Ilford FP4)





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I love these, it looks like a fantastic place to visit. Nice work! The first is my favourite :)
 
I found some out of date 35mm Ilford FP4+ in a bulk film loader and thought I'd give it a go.

I have ended up with grain like golf balls! It was developed in Ilford DD-X. Is the film "cooked" or do you reckon I'm doing something else wrong?


Sizewell Boat and water platform by wickerman6, on Flickr
 
osh said:
Not sure about these, but thought I would share them anyway. Again, taken in pretty dramatic weather conditions in Cwm Idwal on Sunday (all shot with a Mamiya 7ii, 80mm lens and orange filter, on Ilford FP4)





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Very nice Osh... I like the first and last one...
 
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Another shot through my new scanner, Yashica Mat on Portra 160. This one's taken at Cold Knap in Barry. This is straight out of the scanner, sharpened and resized, and I'm super happy with the results.

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Edit: and another, same place

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