OK, one FINAL shot from the White Water Walk 🙂 What I like about this image is the fact it got accidentally photo-bombed by the young girl in the lower left hand corner, and originally when working with this image I cropped her out. As I looked at the image again though, I liked the sense of story created by having her in the image, looking down the trail.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX 400 film stand developed in Rodinal
1+100, 1 hour
When I finished up and developed a roll of RPX 400 film that had been in my Hasselblad film holder for a few weeks, I found a few more images of the White Water Walk close to Niagara Falls that I had forgotten about. A pleasant surprise!
A few last images from the White Water Walk near Niagara Falls. In its own way, the path was as interesting as the water. All taken with Hasselblad 500C/M and 50mm/4 Distagon lens on Lomography 400 C-41 colour film
Trees are like people: with characters and complications.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Rollei RPX400 film, stand developed in Rodinal 1+100, 1 hr
Toning and Vignette added in post
Last Sunday morning I drove a few minutes from Niagara-On-the-Lake towards Niagara Falls to take a few images of the Sir Adam Beck power station with my Hasselblad 500C/M and Distagon 50mm/4 lens. The film was Kodak Portra 800, exposed at E.I. 400.
Today, one of the first of a couple more images from the White Water Walk near Niagara Falls, Ontario. Rather than focusing on the water, I am focusing on the walkway beside the rapids. This image (taken with my Hasselblad 500C/M and 50mm/4 Distagon lens) was originally shot on Lomography 400 colour film, but after scanning, I think I like the black and white version better, with its emphasis on textures.
It is very rare that I am happy with all twelve images on a medium format roll of film; one of my rolls from this past weekend in Niagara-On-the-Lake is one such example. It was a very hot day, with a brilliant sky and the ground baked hard under my feet. Fort George is a wide open space, with little respite from an unrelenting sun, and forme the use of a red filter to darken the sky and make the light more dramatic really helped capture the day. The camera was my Hasselblad 500C/M and the film was Rollei RPX400, developed in Rodinal.
As time goes on, my preference seems more and more towards using slower (less light sensitive) films and the larger negative size of medium format; it is hard to beat that combination for sharpness and fine grain. (Not that grain is always bad, quit the opposite) but this is the look that resonates with me these days. This set of photographs is from this past weekend in Niagara On-the-Lake, at Fort George. All were made using my Hasselblad 500C/M, shot on Ilford Pan F Plus, a slow speed (ISO 50) but wonderfully sharp and detailed film. Toned in post.
This past weekend as part of our trip to Niagara-On-the-Lake I drove along the Niagara Parkway towards the falls and went along the White Water Walk, beside the turbulent rapids. I made these three images using my Hasselblad 500C/M, and 80mm Planar lens with a red-orange filter attached. The film was Rollei Retro 80s, developed in Rodinal.
With the camera mounted on a tripod I had an exposure time of 1/4 second so that the rapid motion of the water would blur.
To me this image symbolizes how people can live in a city of millions, yet still be alone.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Sonnar lens
Ilford HP5+ film
My Third Eye 