Looks like this came out very well!
I must say though, you are very brave! Did you use a 20-year-old roll of film for your holiday photos and then home develop it?
I did! But only two rolls of expired film (the Reala and a roll of Neopan), the rest was fresh Tri-X, Ektar and Portra. Hand holding at the slower shutter speeds required for the low ISO was tough. I was down to 1/15th and slower for some of them, which shows what's possible with a waist level finder. As you know, the neck strap acts as a sort of 'reverse tripod' if you pull the camera tight. There are small streaks on a couple of frames, but other than that it's as good as all the fresh stuff I took.
We got up at dawn one day to take some shots before the hordes of tourists arrived off the cruise ships. Typically it was murky and drizzling, but as I was up I thought I'd make the most of it. I have a very clear memory of taking the attached shot, stood legs wide apart, holding my breath and timing the shutter release in-between heart beats!
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Giant Dosco Mk3 tunneling machine underground in yorkshire. Shot onto Portra 400.
Yowser, that's a biggy!!
They have to build this machine underground as it's won't fit down the main shaft! It's an awesome sight to see this beast cutting but not very good for photographs because of all the dust.
^^^^^ H'mm looks a dodgy area Mell A guy used to post here of dodgy parts of Los Angeles and got his camera nicked.
Great work Mark, really like these!
David.
Mark, I have spent some time looking at these images, in truth I tend to prefer slightly more contrast in my monochrome shots (possibly too much sometimes!). That said, these are a truly lovely documentary set of images, the composition is busy in a positive way and the very effective use of wider apertures has created 'spot on' depth of field to isolate important image elements, whist keeping just enough information in the out of focus areas.
I have recently been shooting a lot at wide apertures but I have not been able to nail the effect that you have so successfully achieved in these. The real winner for me though in all three images is that you have created something utterly timeless. As far as I can see it is only the bottom of the battery pack on the camera held buy the chap in the final image that says this is a contemporary picture, even the guy in the mobility scooter in #2 could be interpreted as being a fella in an old chair! All round these are simple great!
I really like how you have composed this shot with the converging lines. A great example of a photo which wouldn't work half as well in colour.
Can't believe you didn't enter this for the "Things are looking up" challenge. Would have got my vote.I was definitely NOT the official wedding photo person, nor was I, surprisingly, the only filmy.
This is agfa vista, dev'd at home, shot using an oly trip in some rather manky conditions. Ya'll notice there's only one person diving for the bouquet?
walliswedding010 by Mads.S, on Flickr
I managed to catch the last hour or so at the Great Yarmouth Street Circus on Sunday.
I had my Canon AE-1 out and about over the last few days, took the lens a Canon FD 28mm 1:2.8 off Automatic and started to play with the settings just to see if I could work it and get the setting right. Here are some parts of an old Crichton Threshing Machine which I used to practice dof.
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Looks like you've cracked the DOF, even as a practice set its a nice cohesive study of the device.
Ah, 'the ship' - my old home!