Day 3
Colored pencils of varying lengths | Acrylic markers
Fujifilm Instax SQ10
Fujifilm Instax Square Instant Film
Category / seeing
The Blue Set.
Check your settings.
I make mistakes. Some big, some little. Consequences vary, but I always learn from them.
Take for instance these half-dozen shots made back in early 2011. I used my Panny GF1 and a c-mount lens, the SLR Magic Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4, to make a few pictures around the neighborhood.
Love that swirly bokeh. But the blue was a bit of a surprise.
Neighbor
Blue bench
Red berries
Lock
Hoop
Pitted hood
Anyway, as I noted in comments made about the portrait on Flickr “…the blue cast is from my not remembering to switch back to AWB before I headed out for a walk around the block. The Tungsten setting casts blue in daylight. But I think it works in the handful of pictures I posted this afternoon. A lesson, of sorts.” The unusual portrait got a good number of views, a coupla’ faves, and a handful of comments.
I seem to recall noticing what I’d done about 6 pictures into my stroll and changing back to AWB. Oh, well. Interesting results.
The lesson? Check your settings.
The party’s over.
March 2020 FP4 Party: A few final observations.
It was quite the experience.
I enjoyed every aspect.
It got me out with film cameras, new and old.
I tried a film new to me.
My skill at loading 35mm and 120 film on the Paterson reels continues to improve.
Developing with D76 yielded excellent results.
I found a groove every week.
Looking through Twitter at the #fp4party hashtag for the past 7 days to see what other party-goers posted was a treat.
Followed some new folks, gained a few followers on Twitter, IG, and Flickr.
Thanks to the FP4 Party hosts.
Here are my 7 submissions, last-to-first…
The gate
Georgetown, TX
Saturday, March 7, 2020
ONDU 6×12 Multiformat pinhole, FP4+ 120, D76
FP4 Party Post Week, Day 7
Sprinkles
Georgetown, TX
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Smena 8M, FP4+ 35mm, D76
FP4 Party Post Week, Day 6
Used cars
Thorndale, TX
Friday, March 6, 2020
Hasselblad 500c/m, FP4+ 120, D76
FP4 Party Post Week, Day 5
Bridge to nowhere
Georgetown, TX
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Smena 8M, FP4+ 35mm, D76
FP4 Party Post Week, Day 4
The bucket
Round Rock, TX
Monday, March 2, 2020
Hasselblad 500c/m, FP4+ 120, D76
FP4 Party Post Week, Day 3
9 right
Georgetown, TX
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Smena 8M, FP4+ 35mm, D76
FP4 Party Post Week, Day 2
Mid-century modern emptiness
Taylor, TX
Friday March 6, 2020
ONDU 6×12 Multiformat pinhole, FP4+ 120, D76
FP4 Party Post Week, Day 1
In the wild.
Out and about.
Thorndale, Texas with my ONDU 6×12 Multiformat, 11 a.m. sun, FP4 Plus.
I’ll start developing all the FP4 Plus shots next week.
Not quite Spring.
Felt like it, though.
I spent the first Saturday morning of February walking around Zilker Botanical Gardens in Austin. Around 10 folks showed up for Simi’s PhotowalksATX gathering.
There were a few familiar faces – Greg, George, Ed, Ana – and a few folks I’d not met before – Justin, Derrick, Another Ed, Scott – and some folks whose names I did not get nor hear.
It was a beautiful Winter morning in the garden.
It was a beautiful Winter morning in the garden. A little chilly to start, but by the time folks were heading to lunch, it’d warmed up nicely.
It was my first visit to Zilker Gardens. Beautiful grounds. It has a lot of nice winding, gently sloped, paved paths, for ADA compliance I’m guessing, but there were also steps to use. Thoughtful.
I brought along the Sony RX100 III, my trusty Panasonic Lumix LX100, and it was my first outing with the Fujifilm XQ1.
There were a few paper whites popping out of the ground, and rose blossoms, pansies, and a few other flowers, but since it’s the dead of winter, mostly palms, ferns, and well, just a whole lot of green.
… it was my first outing with the Fujifilm XQ1.
Entrance into the gardens was $7 US for me, a senior, but that included parking. Not bad really.
There was a beautiful waterfall in one section of the gardens that I’m pretty sure everyone got a shot of… my picture was a little off-center, but it managed to catch a little cool lookin’ sun flare.
I was so busy focusing on getting into the gardens that I didn’t notice the front entrance gates, but the Rose Garden Gate on the north side of the property was something to behold. The only reference to the artist that I could find online was Lars Stanley and Louis Herrera.
Lunch was at Schlotsky’s on South Lamar. There weren’t as many folks as on the walk, but it was still a good crowd.
Simi’s photo strolls are always awesome.
Butterfly
Stack-o-washers
Fire
Anna
Ed
Spigot
Cracked
Weathered
Granite Rose
Simi
Symmetry
A pair of Jacks.
Macro Jacks, that is.
Diggin’ ’round in the archive. These are from May 2013.
A pair of shots, one made with the Olympus E-PL3, an extension tube, and the Lensbaby Composer Pro + Sweet 35, the other made with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 and the Wanderlust Pinwide.
Cool that I wrote about how I made the Pinwide shot on Flickr. “I found it while I was out back watering the roses. It was corroded and covered in dirt. I cleaned it up a bit with water from the hose and let it dry.”
It was corroded and covered in dirt.
“I took the picture later in the day. The sun was on its way down allowing a sliver of light to peek under our old and slightly uneven garage door. I got the shot by laying on the garage floor with the Pinwide less than an inch away from the jack.”
I love the shadow and contrast, not to mention that gorgeous blurry bokeh at the top and swirl at the bottom of the EPL-3 shot. Pretty cool.
Diggin’ ’round in the dirt has its rewards. Same with the archives!
Walking among the dead.
Austin’s history under foot.
I met Kevin Thomas at Oakwood Cemetery in Austin last Sunday morning for a film stroll.
It’s a place I’ve been wanting to shoot since I saw Kat Swansey’s cemetery shots in her IG stream and her recommendation for a visit to Oakwood.
Foggy and a little chilly, it started clearing around noon. The drive down I-35 wasn’t bad at all.
I brought along the Yashica-Mat 66. I loaded a roll of Tri-X 400 in it the day before. Everything seemed pretty normal. Sunday I couldn’t get the film to advance properly. Hmmm.
Also on hand was my little Instax Mini 8, and I burned through two packs of Mono Chrome. Got a coupla’ keepers.
I thought I was prepared. Apparently not!
The Minolta XG-1/24mm ƒ2.8 + mystery roll, too.
I had the Sony RX100MIII in the bag, as well. Sadly, when I tried to use it, I discovered it had a dead battery.
So, I shot bunches with the iPhone 8 and Blackie App.
I thought I was prepared. Apparently not!
It was a good 2+ hour walk.
On my way back home I stopped at Austin Camera to pick up the negs/prints from the 4 rolls of C41 I left there last Saturday. Pretty cool to see what they contained. Around 20 keepers, plus I still have to scan the shots from the Sprocket Rocket.
Order
Early
Cross
Path
Bark
Flag
Dove
A.B.N.
Detail
