The Beaches / Red Filter theme continues, with this image of rocks at the Beaches.
Mamiya RZ67, 127mm Mamiya lens, with red filter
Rollei RPX25 film
Smokestacks
.. and the CN tower creeping in on the right.
Mamiya RZ67, 127mm Mamiya lens with red and polarizing filters
Rollei RPX 25 film
Two More Chairs At The Beaches
There are a number of pairs of these chairs at The Beaches in Toronto. I recently posted an image of a pair of chairs in colour; today it’s black and white, taken Sunday morning with my Mamiya RZ67, Rollei RPX25 film and the combination of red and polarizing filters to darken the sky.
Ghost Water
I was down at the Beaches again this morning; my Hasselblad is in the shop, so out came the Mamiya RZ67 (Medium format, 6cm x 7cm negative size). I was shooting Rollei RPX25, with a combination of red and polarizing filters to darken the sky, so I was shooting at an effective speed of EI 1, meaning that even on a bright sunny day the exposures were in the range of half a second to one second in length. I love the blurring effect on water, especially crashing water in this morning’s lively breeze. It seems ghostly to me.
A Child’s Excitement
I took this image at the recent Buskerfest in Toronto. Originally shot in colour, I like it better as black and white, so the image is more about the child’s expression of excitement, as opposed to the vivid yellow of the character’s dress in the original colour version.
Nikon F4S, 75-150 Nikon Series E lens
Fujicolor 200 converted to black and white
Exaggerating Angles
The Michael Lee-Chin Crystal expansion of the Royal Ontario Museum was always controversial: a lot of people absolutely hated the look of this addition to a more traditional structure. From a photographic point of view though it offers a lot of possibilities. In this image (from the Open Streets event last weekend) I used my Voigtlander 15mm/4.5 SuperWide Heliar lens. This lens is among the wider in the 35mm format, and I like what it does with the already dramatic angles of this structure.
Canon P Rangefinder, Voigtlander 15mm/4.5 SuperWide-Heliar
JCH StreetPan 400 film, developed in Legacy Pro EcoPro developer
Water Colour
On a clear evening at the Beaches, the waters of Lake Ontario take on a lovely intense blue shade, quite unlike the colour in the morning or during the rest of the day. The only changes to this image in post were contrast and an exposure level adjustment
Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Sonnar lens
Kodak Portra 400 film
End of a Season #2
Another image from my walk at the Beaches last Thursday evening. Thinning crowds and empty spaces.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Zeiss Sonnar lens
Kodak Portra 400
Back to the Bluffs
So the last roll that has some pictures of the Scarborough Bluffs has been developed. I like the way the rock thrust itself into the morning sun. Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens with red filter Rollei RPX25 film, developed in Rodinal
Published!
I am thrilled to announce I have been included in the latest issue of Jim Austin‘s online Photography eZine Shizen, released today.
Jim is also an extremely accomplished photographer in his own right, as well as being a positive and supportive presence in the photography community online.
This issue’s theme is trees, and I am honoured to have my work featured along with some truly great photographers!
Download the issue here for free (but feel free to give Jim a donation 🙂 )
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