This past Saturday, after getting my Voigtlander Bessa back from my friend Alex Luyckx who had borrowed it for a review, I headed off to High Park. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the very wet spring in Toronto has made for a lot of lush vegetation and comfortable shade.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 35mm/f2.5 Color Skopar lens
Rollei SuperPan 200 film
This image from High Park, Toronto last weekend was taken on Svema Foto 100 film; this film has a great look but its very thing and flexible polyester base makes it among the most challenging to get loaded onto a film reel for developing. Much cursing in the dark resulted.
Voigtlander R2M rangefinder camera, 35mm/2.5 Color-Skopar lens
Svema Foto 100 film, stand-developed in Rodinal 1+100, 1 hour
To me, these trees that had to be cut down (I think perhaps because of beetles?) look like pieces of old statues one would find among ruins.
Voigtlander R2M, 50mm/2 Heliar Classic lens
TMax 400 film
Another attempt at hand-tinting, this time of an image of my favourite trees in High Park, Toronto. I ended up with a more muted effect here.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei RPX 100 film
Scanned, printed on matte photo paper
Hand tinted with pencil crayons
Back to fall colours in Toronto, although what struck me about this scene was the monochromatic tree branches looking almost metallic against a background of colour.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Kodak Portra 400 film
On my recent walk through High Park, I was struck in this one spot by the amount of light coming through, silhouetting the trees.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Portra 400 film
I thought this image was well suited for today, as I fly back to Calgary for work for a week, then on to Vancouver for a break. It’s two weeks away from the darkroom and the scanner, so except for a couple of images in the queue the blog will slow down for a bit, or perhaps there will be a few smartphone images. 🙂
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX100 film developed in LegacyPro MicX
The day after brilliant sunshine in High Park, I returned to find a different kind of light: it was mainly overcast, leading to more subtle, pastel colours.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Portra 400 film
Fall was made for colour film, but there is still a hidden world waiting in black and white. These two images to my eyes show a different view of autumn.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX100 film developed in LegacyPro MicX developer
Another post anthropomorphizing trees and the changing seasons. While some trees have changed colours, others are still stubbornly staying green as long as possible.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Ektar 100 filmÂ
