I have shot this tree in High Park a few times over the years, but this was the first time using my Hasselblad (and the 150mm/4 Sonnar lens, on Rollei Retro 80s film). I love the look of this tree (as do a lot of other visitors, you definitely have to wait your turn and time it right to get an unobstructed image!)
Also, this week’s MPP podcast is out. I geek out about my Rolleiflex
On Sunday I went to High Park to do some shooting that required a bright sunny sky. I didn’t get the sky I wanted, so I switched gears and went into one of the forest trails, where the light was deep and moody.
Hasseblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei Retro 80s film, developed in Rodinal
There are certain spots I am drawn to repeatedly, and this location in High Park is one of them, especially off-season before plants have really started growing again.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm Distagon
Rollei Retro 80S film
Another view of the trees in High Park. I was drawn to the horizontal branches in this view.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon
Rollei Retro 80S, developed in Rodinal
It was a beautiful spring day at High Park in Toronto yesterday, and there is one spot where the combination of the species of tree and the angle of the morning sun made for some great light.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei Retro 80S film, developed in Rodinal
Toning added in post
I had this roll of film sitting in my Rolleiflex for a few weeks and finally finished it yesterday, and developed it last night. This row of trees is one of the more photographed spots in High Park; easy to see why!
Rolleiflex 3.5E3, Xenotar lens
TMax 400 film @ E.I. 200, slight pull in development
I only had a 50mm normal lens; I knew it and the squirrel knew it, and I couldn’t get closer without the squirrel scurrying off. I think the squirrel was silently chuckling.
Contax IIIa, 5omm/1.5 Sonnar lens
Rollei RPX 25 film developed in Rodinal 1+50
Back to High Park, with the Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm/2.8 lens mounted on an old Spotmatic. The water was very still that chilly morning. Shot on Kodak Tmax 400.
and only the skeleton of the forest remains.
Kodak Medalist I, 100mm/3.5 Ektar lens
Kodak TMax 400 film, developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes @ 20 C
Toned, etc. in post
It was a bright (if cold) Sunday morning this past weekend, so I decided to go to High Park (and take the entrance near the Keele subway station). I had a couple of cameras with me; this image was taken with an old Pentax Spotmatic, with a 50mm/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena lens mounted. I love the look of the images from this lens! (Shot on Kodak Tmax 400 film)
My Third Eye 