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First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:21 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by timing
...so I thought I'd post a few that I'm reasonably happy with.

Now these are from Belgrade and what intrgiues me about the city is actually all the non-touristy parts so I've been traipsing around under bridges, along rail siding and along the Sava river just before it meets the Danube. So, these might not float yer boat.

1. Under the Overpass

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2. In the corner

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3. Disussed Factory Window

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4. Under Brankow Bridge

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5. Rusty Ship 1

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6. Rusty Ship 2

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7. All Aboard

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All taken with Efke PL100 film and developed in Rodinal - negatives then scanned, resized and sharpend.

I'm getting the hang of LF but still need to take a little more care with the composition.

All constructive feedback most welcome.

Re: First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:56 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Patrick Dixon
timing wrote:So, these might not float yer boat.
I like them (nice pun with the 'boat' btw) - very well done.

Re: First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:49 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Dave Tolcher
I like them too.... have a lovely quality to them in all respects.

Re: First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:29 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by timing
Thanks both. These are the fav of the few that I've taken. It's quite difficult getting used to taking so few photos in a session even compared to when using the medium format camera.

I'm still a long way from having developed negs that I really like but the trick is knowing how much of that is down to the darkroom skills and how much is due to the basics of gettin the photo right in the first place.

Re: First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:40 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Matthew Rolfe
the first image is excellent, i like it a lot. What film developer did you use?

Re: First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:04 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by timing
Thanks for the comments. These are all in Rodinal.

Re: First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:42 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Matthew Rolfe
I meant to ask what film you used as well? sorry I mistyped my last message.

Re: First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:10 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by patawauke
Very good photographs, I like the way the grainy/contrasty processing matches the gritty city subject matter. Super work.

Re: First box of LF film all done...

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:32 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by timing
Thanks.

Mathew, the film is Efke 100PL