Febrile imaginings of a blind owl...
Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Redscaled Konica Minolta VX Super 200
+ Double Exposure.
No 8. (1:6:6)
Who would have thought that such a beautiful place could be inadvertently stumbled upon - just outside Watford!
UPDATE! March 01st 2012.
This photograph has been bought by the very lovely and talented
'Slakah the Beatchild' an independent record producer and
singer/songwriter based in Canada; for his new album released this
year (2012) under the name of his altar ego 'Slakahdeliq'. The album
is called 'The Other Side of Tomorrow' and is available for digital
download here, on a 'free or pay what you can basis' (as of Feb/March 2012 anyway).
Check it out if you get a chance, you never know you might discover a musician you never knew you liked! :)
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I had numerous cameras and film with me - so it's been interesting how
each combination of film and camera has responded to what was for me,
a joyful and unexpected discovery. (The sensory memory of which,
bottled somewhere deep in my limbic system, will live with me more
powerfully than any image.) I'll be 'drip-feeding' you all images from
this poppy field well into the Winter I suspect! ;)
1 Field of Poppies
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Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure (this one).
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)
This one - part of my ongoing experiments with Redscale - moving from the blunt application of that banging colour, to explore other possibilities beyond that...The first roll was shot almost exclusively along the environs of Stokes Croft, Cheltenham Road & Gloucester Road and mostly graffiti. The intention of the second roll was to find mainstream advertising or images from more affluent areas of the city, or more pastoral/non urban environments. I did not line up the film, nor take notes, nor plan beyond striving for the principle of contrasting subjects. The negatives were returned uncut as requested, but I did get lab scans - any overlaps of one frame over another, are a result of this. I have cropped where I feel it is most helpful to do so, so any inclusion of frame overlap is these uploaded images has been an active choice. I will almost certainly return to the negs with a home scanner to search for alternative compositions to complement these.
In some cases I have found the results quite 'dark' and unsettling in mood - quite a refreshing departure for my stream. I plan to explore this some more.
Redscaling.
Basically it involves taking a roll of ordinary 'bog standard' print
film, reversing it and respooling it into another film canister (all
done in a dark bag) so that the light is exposed on 'the wrong side of
the film' when you take a shot. You then lose two 'stops' on the
optimal exposure conditions from the original. It gets developed in
exactly the same way as print film, but be prepared for the technician
to be a little startled (at best) or a little irritated (at worst)
when they realise that something very odd has happened to the film. :)
Comments and faves
S H I V A, Laura Mary, kevin dooley, Dan Clinch [gobgimmick], and 1513 other people added this photo to their favorites.
S H I V A (47 months ago | reply)
love it
slithy-toves (47 months ago | reply)
wow, this colour is so subtley gorgeous! that's redscale? weird! lovely!
Laura Mary (47 months ago | reply)
This is brilliant, and it's got Matt's owl in it! I love this, I love doubles, I must do more.
kevin dooley (47 months ago | reply)
a recipe for yumminess!
ÏŸ Virtues and Vices ÏŸ (47 months ago | reply)
Dreamlike..!!! Precious!!!!!
andwat72 (47 months ago | reply)
apologies I haven't dropped by your 'stream recently, but these are fab!
Fabiana Zonca (47 months ago | reply)
WOW!!!!!!!! Awesome
3_little_birds (47 months ago | reply)
love it!!
interesting how you got so many colour tones with your redscale. I
Lady Vervaine (47 months ago | reply)
oh my! this knocks my socks off - it's so rich & yummy coloured.... and i'd have never guessed it was a redscale! you are taking that redscale thing to whole new dimensions....
cakehole (47 months ago | reply)
Redscaling? Thanks for the explanation. My god there's a lot to learn. You have some beautiful results there - this one especially. Nice!
*LuZi* (47 months ago | reply)
wow... :)
Atomic Citrocity (47 months ago | reply)
just beautiful
scarybatz (47 months ago | reply)
this is so beautiful. i love the amazing colours.
Billy Reed (47 months ago | reply)
Painterly...
2007Oct16 (47 months ago | reply)
cool!
toey™ (47 months ago | reply)
: )
marielito (47 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Independentphotos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
superb
+faster+ (47 months ago | reply)
this an awesome shot! perfect in colors,composition and gravity:-)
New Orleans Lady (46 months ago | reply)
This is such a lovely pic!
seis (46 months ago | reply)
great doubles
young@art (46 months ago | reply)
this is a wonderful!
fatimah. (45 months ago | reply)
Brilliant, I love the colors and exposures.
Marcelo Colmenero (45 months ago | reply)
that is just too beautiful.
:)
Trapac (45 months ago | reply)
Well, much to my astonishment, this image now has 100 faves and I thought it was about time I acknowledged everyone - thanks muchly.
@ S H I V A: Cheers.
@ slithy-toves: It is definitely redscale and it definitely floats my boat more effectively when doubled. Did you know that Lomo-con are selling the stuff ready spooled - they don't miss a trick do they.
@ Laura Mary: I just love Matt's Owls - and yes - DO MORE Doubles!
@ kevindooley: Glad you thought it was tasty...
@ Virtues and Vices: I hoped that someone else would get 'dreamlike' it's such a cliché usually, but that's what I hoped I could convey...
@ andwat72: You need never apologise - no-one is beholden to visit this or any stream on flickr. I know what it's like - hopelessy difficult to keep up with if you have to eat, sleep, work, have friends - you know that stuff that happens outside flickr - Life they call it. ;)
...and thanks.
@ Fabiana Zonca: Cheers!
@ 3_little_birds: I've doubly exposed a few rolls of this stuff now, and I'm convinced that the more light you can expose over the layers, the greater the tonal range you will achieve. It's why I love to do that with redscale these days....thanks though.
@ Lady Vervaine: I like to stretch dimensions and I haven't finished with redscale yet, but really glad you liked this one... :)
@ cakehole: Cheers....what I'm learning is,@*LuZi*: that you never stop learning and just when you think you've got something, there's someone on flickr who is already doing the next thing you want to do....
*head explodes*
@ *LuZi*, Atomic Citrocity, scarybatz, Billy Reed, 2007Oct16 & toey™: Thankyou everyone - the colour palette is all down to redscaling the film, the rest was luck and a bit of exploration - glad it worked for you...and Billy.... painterly now that made me VERY hopeful. :)
@ marielito-away from internet this week: Thanks for the invite to what looks like an amazing group pool. I did as requested. :)
@+faster+, New Orleans Lady, seis, young@art & fatimah.: Thank you all, I've been blown away by the response on this one...
@ umcelinho: I'm glad you thought so - thanks for dropping by...
slithy-toves (45 months ago | reply)
no way! well, i shouldn't be surprised... but really. is nothing sacred? hmmm
BreakPhreak (45 months ago | reply)
I like it. A lot!
Ilaria ♠ (44 months ago | reply)
I love it.
Trapac (44 months ago | reply)
@ slithy-toves: Nothing is sacred - you should know that by now. ;)
@ BreakPhreak: Great. Thanks for letting me know.
@ Rude Pravda (the future is pink, honey): Cheers!
Trapac (44 months ago | reply)
Blogged here with link, not informed.
MVGZY (44 months ago | reply)
You're photos are amazing! I love the redscale set. Very inspiring.
Trapac (44 months ago | reply)
@ mugzy555: Thank you, that's very kind. Glad you like the set too. :)
monkeycatcher2 (44 months ago | reply)
i love it. great
ⓒⓗⓐⓞ姑娘 (44 months ago | reply)
Great Great Great Photo~
thebluewhale (44 months ago | reply)
b e a u t i f u l
Benn Murhaaya (43 months ago | reply)
I should try xpro on that konica VX 200. you have such a nice colors here.
ʎɯɐ (43 months ago | reply)
gorgeous! it's amazing.
Trapac (43 months ago | reply)
@ monkeycatcher2, @ⓒⓗⓐⓞ姑娘 & the/gloaming_:Thankyou all...
@ Benn Murhaaya: Thanks for your visit this evening - I've been too stingy to try redscale on cross processed slidefilm, and I'm not convinced that it adds - although there are some in the redscale groups that have given it a go. I'm really happy with this Konica - and it was a generous gift too. I'll only use it for redscale doubles now, and have no idea which film to try next for the purpose when it runs out.
@ Wolf Whistle: Thankyou - although I'm somewhat astonished at the activity this one seems to be generating after 4 months I must say....
baby-tooth (43 months ago | reply)
just love it! :)
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Seen on the fujifilm sp-3000 camera finder. (?)
mariczka (43 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Analogue, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
m_napper (43 months ago | reply)
faNTAStic!
lostcastle (43 months ago | reply)
Roses, houses, the dead zone?
jude . (42 months ago | reply)
I love it!
Graziela Galvão [deleted] (42 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!!! =))
cltan47 [deleted] (42 months ago | reply)
great shot
мarta. (42 months ago | reply)
great picture! it's incredible.^^
saufreitas (42 months ago | reply)
amazing
Trapac (42 months ago | reply)
Goodness me - this image just keeps on going. Thanks again all!
@ baby-tooth & m_napper: : Yay! Thanks both.
@ mariczka: Thanks for the invite, I appreciated the request.
@ lostcastle: It's a matter of perspective I guess - but I love that this can be interpreted in so, so many ways. Thanks for coming by. :)
@ IsthisIt?, Graziela Galvão { a.k.a Grazikitty }, victortan47, мarta. & saufreitas: Thank you all of you, much appreciated.
Christiaan Triebert (42 months ago | reply)
Pfff, love it!
montanalovesyou (42 months ago | reply)
so beautiful and amazing.
i love this!
<3
maladroid (42 months ago | reply)
ah this is awesome....
and i like the fact that you share the kits involved. xp
super inspiration. makes me want to tinker with my abandoned film camera more.. ;p