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Worcester Canal - Film Photography :)
I know some of you appreciate the merits of film photography...
I have lots of film cameras, but for christmas i got quite a special one ...
A Hasselblad 500c/m
So i thought id share some of the results with yall
This is the first film ive put through it and developed ...
Ilford FP4 deved with Ilfosol 3
Sepia Toning and Contrast adjustments were done digitally
this is the camera ... Its easily one of the most beautiful things i own!
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Very nice indeed Hamish. Now would you mind just popping back to Wales & taking a picture of a certain house with that new machine of yours please?!
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Beautiful! The depth and nuance of tone in the river on that last pic is wonderful. Know nothing about photography but pics like that make me want to learn.
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I completely agree. And photographic skills aside, much of that effect is due to the fact that film was used to take the shotsOriginally Posted by jazzpiano
The wink smiley is for Hamish's benefit, as it's a long-standing thing between us (and Shaun), as we both prefer film. For me, film gives pictures a 'creaminess', atmosphere, depth and 'humanity' that I haven't seen so far with digital.
In fact, if Hamish hadn't told us that the pics were taken with film, I'd have asked him if they had been, as I find it reasonably easy to tell the difference
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Gorgeous photos and camera, Hamish. The depth of tone is marvellous in the 1st photo. Is that Hasselblad similar to the ones left on the moon?
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Marco Marco Marco ... You should know by now... We keep that sort of thing to ruining Shauns threads!
Still, since the expert has landed ... Maybe you can tell us all why ilfosol was used for FP4 ... And how I DIGITALLY scanned these negatives and DIGITALLY post processed them to make them look this way
It's all just a different start point for me... Film is a joy to shoot and use as the end result is more satisfying ... but given half a chance or thought to I could produce a facsimile of this with a digital starting point ...
Let's not though yeah, go down this road, it's a path too trodden and you know it gets my knickers well twisted
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Yes Martin, this is the same system as the ones that went (and stayed) to the moon
Mine is a '500c/m' they were specially made '500el's' I think...
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Great pictures Hamish.
The contrast / dynamic range in the first picture is excellent.
Detail in the clouds and black level detail in the shadows.
Most photographs of that scene would have a burnt out sky or no shadow detail if exposed for the sky.
It would be interesting to see the original scan of the film without any tweaking on the computer as a comparison to the tweaked version.
picture three is excellent, so detailed and sharp.
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Just need to feed Connie and I'll put the scans up...
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Sorry, missed this post!
Thank you!
It's a very satisfying hobby photography!
I'm sure I can recomend a friendly forum if you did want to learn
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