Show us yer film shots then!

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Hi Peter, that is your old camera which I did indeed buy from you in the sales section here.
I have not noticed the inclusion of my own finger when opening the pin hole sliders, I generally hold my left hand over the pinhole close to but not touching the camera then slide open the shutter with my right hand, I then remove my left hand and start timing the exposure, reversing the procedure at the end of the exposure.

The film used was an outdated roll of FP4+ which because it was a very bright day I rated at 50 ISO to get the exposure times a little longer, they were between 20 sec and just under two minutes, exposure measured and RLF taken into account by the Pinhole Assistant iPhone app. Developed in DDX 1:4 for 8 min. at 20 Deg.C.

I don't use it often but it is fun in the unpredictable way of all things pinhole.
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I've taken to keeping a piece of black card in the camera bag so for short exposures. I place the card over the shutter, open the shutter, slide the card downwards for the exposure and then slide it back, close the shutter with the card still over the shutter. So, theoretically, no more fingers in view.
 
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PeterSpencer said:
I've taken to keeping a piece of black card in the camera bag so for short exposures. I place the card over the shutter, open the shutter, slide the card downwards for the exposure and then slide it back, close the shutter with the card still over the shutter. So, theoretically, no more fingers in view.
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That is basically what I was doing, traditionally you might use your hat or cap, a pin hole cap not a lens cap. :)
 
More Darwen Snaps

F90x with 28-105
Apx100 in FX 55
PP - One click Auto


Ont wey upt thill


View

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Interested in View


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Not interested in View




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F90x with 28-105
Apx100 in FX 55
PP - One click Auto. Crop

These two scenes related but not, were on either side of the access lane to the farm, for a few yards the contradiction was in totality, I saw it - but humping a fat breathless old body up the hill was not conducive to taking the shot, I thought about it though as I progressed, which is a state many of us find ourselves stuck in the middle of - progress. An activist, fighting progress in my own way but also a beneficiary of it, I would have been dead many times over but for progress in medical science and that progress is probably the only thing thing that is keeping me alive today. But these old towns and villages are rooted in the past, like me. I stopped, stood in the middle of the lane hitting the wall catching my breath, tradition to my right and progress to the left. The dappled shade of memories and times gone by and the hard bright squinting light of progress.

Then and Now

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Bronica ETRSi
Zenzanon 75mm F/2.8 PE
Kodacolor VR 100 (expired in 1997 and shot at 12ASA)
Lab developed.
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro (then converted to B&W in Lightroom as there were awful colour casts present, as well as backing paper contamination on some frames).


The Sportsman Inn by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr


Tetley Ales by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr


Something's amiss by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

Here's an example of what the results look like without the B&W conversion...

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I kind of like the numbers in the BNW version, reminds me of a countdown to a rocket launch, It happened on the right frame there I think.
 
F90x with 28-105
Apx100 in FX 55
PP - One click Auto. Crop


Nearly there

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Scene shot at Top



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View from the top of the tower



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The way down


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Bronica ETRSi
Zenzanon 75mm F/2.8 PE
Kodacolor VR 100 (expired in 1997 and shot at 12ASA)
Lab developed.
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro (then converted to B&W in Lightroom as there were awful colour casts present, as well as backing paper contamination on some frames).


Expired by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr
 
F90x with 28-105
Apx100 in FX 55
PP - One click Auto. Crop and a couple with a touch more contrast,


On the way down (cont)

Look back, I think I burned that Pork Pie off

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The rest of the way down, I missed the path and we ended up scrambling through waist high heather and reeds with the odd plunge into a muddy hole, "its all your fault" was ringing in my ears for the next hour or so, but I looked at the positives, we saw grouse and several wild deer before plunging into the deeper hole of reality.


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The architecture is right up my street, some beautiful building at every turn.



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Last shot (hurrah I hear you cry)



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Photographically I learned a lot on this trip, mainly in the area of perspective for once I could see it through the viewfinder and tried my best to minimise it as you can probably tell with close crops near the top of things.


Encore I heard someone whisper.

Roofs


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Barney said:
Photographically I learned a lot on this trip, mainly in the area of perspective for once I could see it through the viewfinder and tried my best to minimise it as you can probably tell with close crops near the top of things.
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For me personally, while it can be good to try and minimise converging verticals by keeping the camera level, I think the shots of the tower you posted would have worked better with more space around the top and less foreground at the bottom. You'd have gotten more convergence, sure, but I think it would have improved the composition in those pictures as the weather vane is very close to the edge of frame / chopped off.

Without the means to use camera movements, it's always going to be difficult to omit converging verticals when you're close to a tall subject (although you can use post processing to remove it sometimes).

I've enjoyed this series though. Darwen looks an interesting place for a wander and your pictures have captured it well. (y)
 
Barney said:
F90x with 28-105
Apx100 in FX 55
PP - One click Auto. Crop and a couple with a touch more contrast,


On the way down (cont)

Look back, I think I burned that Pork Pie off

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The rest of the way down, I missed the path and we ended up scrambling through waist high heather and reeds with the odd plunge into a muddy hole, "its all your fault" was ringing in my ears for the next hour or so, but I looked at the positives, we saw grouse and several wild deer before plunging into the deeper hole of reality.


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The architecture is right up my street, some beautiful building at every turn.



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Last shot (hurrah I hear you cry)



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Photographically I learned a lot on this trip, mainly in the area of perspective for once I could see it through the viewfinder and tried my best to minimise it as you can probably tell with close crops near the top of things.


Encore I heard someone whisper.

Roofs


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Well these bring memories back! My first wife came from Darwen and lived just off Belgrave Road at the bottom of the park. Both her grand parents lived on Belgrave road beside the park and her great uncle lived on the other side of the park. And we used to hang out in that shelter at the bottom of Belgrave Road. Her family owned a number of businesses in Darwen, for example both cinemas. I also lived on Belgrave Road for a couple of months waiting for a house in Bolton to be completed. Furthermore, when I was an undergraduate I spent 10 weeks of my summer holidays working as a labourer at India Mills, the building visible in your photographs from the top with the tall square chimney. I've been back a few times recently to walk the dog up to the tower and round the moor.
 
FishyFish said:
For me personally, while it can be good to try and minimise converging verticals by keeping the camera level, I think the shots of the tower you posted would have worked better with more space around the top and less foreground at the bottom. You'd have gotten more convergence, sure, but I think it would have improved the composition in those pictures as the weather vane is very close to the edge of frame / chopped off.

Without the means to use camera movements, it's always going to be difficult to omit converging verticals when you're close to a tall subject (although you can use post processing to remove it sometimes).

I've enjoyed this series though. Darwen looks an interesting place for a wander and your pictures have captured it well. (y)
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Thank you for the kind words Nigel, your comments are appreciated, glad you enjoyed the photographs.

Darwen is a beautiful town, some of the architecture reminds me of Liverpool. It must have been quite a place in its heyday and very affluent.

Pork Pies are through the market front door second ally on the right, the cheese and onion were good also, no potatoey bulking out just cheese and onion. :)
 
PeterSpencer said:
Well these bring memories back! My first wife came from Darwen and lived just off Belgrave Road at the bottom of the park. Both her grand parents lived on Belgrave road beside the park and her great uncle lived on the other side of the park. And we used to hang out in that shelter at the bottom of Belgrave Road. Her family owned a number of businesses in Darwen, for example both cinemas. I also lived on Belgrave Road for a couple of months waiting for a house in Bolton to be completed. Furthermore, when I was an undergraduate I spent 10 weeks of my summer holidays working as a labourer at India Mills, the building visible in your photographs from the top with the tall square chimney. I've been back a few times recently to walk the dog up to the tower and round the moor.
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Ha ha, happy memories by the sound of it Peter, pleased about that. Where was the cinema ?
 
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FishyFish said:
I wonder if that's the most traveled sculpture in the country? I photographed it in Chesterfield five years ago.


Behold the Knife Angel by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr
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I visited the Knife Angel in May 2019, I think on its 3rd stop (previously Liverpool and Hull, since it was completed in 2018).

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Kodacolor 200 in my Pentax LX.
 
Met a lovely girl at a shell shop, She allowed me to take a couple of snaps. This was my favourite.

Dynax 7, 35-70, Kentmere 200 in HC110


Spiral Shells

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I've been to Scarborough quite a few times, I had some relatives who lived there and I played with a brass band on the floating bandstand in Peasholme Park more than once. The thing I remember about The Grand is that it was completely encrusted in seagull guano, as was (is?) most of Scarborough. That's not to say visits to Scarborough should be avoided.
 
Whilst contemplating the theme for next months challenge "WET" I ended up going down the river and watching the canoeists. It was a challenge for me photographically as well because I had not shot anything "moving" before on film and had to give it a right good thinking about.
Anyhow, these are some of the results. I will save my favourite for next months entry.

Nikon F90x with 28-105
FP4+ in homemade FX 55 and dried in my new homemade cabinet. :) (very pleased with it, if you see any dust let me know :ROFLMAO: )

Entry to the river

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The guys saw me taking photos from the bottom of the ramp and being only six or seven feet away tried to "get me". As you do :ROFLMAO:



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Narrowly avoided getting wet. Ha ha. There is a boat in there somewhere, if you look carefully the shadow of a paddle can be seen.


Some of these tiny hi performance canoes hardly float, they always seem to be under the water.


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As well as having a great day and coming away with what I consider a couple of great photo's, I think I learned an awful lot photographically.
 
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A Few from a walk to Blackstone Edge and the Pennine Way. (Between Manchester and Halifax)
Minolta Dynax 5 & 35-105mm lens. Fomapan200 16m in 1:50 Rodinal (very grainy)

Roman road over the hill.
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Gate and posts...... maybe to contain cattle?
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Directions to the White House pub.
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Trig point....
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Great shots there Dave.

Love the second one !
 
I think that I passed this over when I first took it last year, saw it in a folder today and now I like it, I can better appreciate its qualities.

Muddy field with view over Helsby and Frodsham Hill

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Another few from the latest chunk from Filmdev.

HiMatic AF2 with Kosmo Foto black and white. No idea what it is re-badged but it's turned out nice. Plonked around Chirk Castle with that and a Dynax 5 with Azure Switch in it.

Hi-Matic AF2 Kosmo Foto by Suzy Richards, on Flickr

Hi-Matic AF2 Kosmo Foto by Suzy Richards, on Flickr

Azure Switch Dynax 5 by Suzy Richards, on Flickr

Azure Switch Dynax 5 by Suzy Richards, on Flickr


Also wanged a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 through the Pentax 17.

Pentax 17 Kodak Ektar 100 by Suzy Richards, on Flickr

Pentax 17 Kodak Ektar 100 by Suzy Richards, on Flickr

Pentax 17 Kodak Ektar 100 by Suzy Richards, on Flickr

Pentax 17 Kodak Ektar 100 by Suzy Richards, on Flickr
 
That's a beauty Nigel
 
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