Post number three on the Beach at Bluffer’s Park; using a red filter darkened the skies and made the already dramatic light of early morning even more stark. All three images were taken with my Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens on Rollei RPX25 film, developed in Rodinal.
In my second post on the beach at Bluffer’s park I am featuring a number of images of driftwood that caught my in the early morning sun this past Saturday. One piece of driftwood in particular really stood out, and is featured in multiple frames. All images created using my Hasselblad 500C/M, shot on Rollei RPX25 film.
Yesterday morning I went out early to the beach in Bluffer’s Park in Scarborough, Ontario. I was shooting on a low speed film (Rollei RPX 25), so everything was on a tripod with slow shutter speeds. The combination of the slow shutter speed and a decent onshore breeze (making for active waves) made for an interesting effect on the water.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Rollei RP 25 film, developed in Rodinal
A couple of weeks ago, the Toronto Film shooters group had a meet-up in the lower Don Valley, and one of the stops was the old railway bridge. It was the most humid day I could recall for sometime, and compared to my last visit, there was a lot more vegetation: combined with the heavy air, it felt like a tropical rain forest.
Nikon F4, 50mm/1.8 Nikkor D lens
Rollei RPX 25 film, developed in Rodinal
Today I am posting another tree image, from the Beaches. Later this summer some of my tree photography will be featured in an online magazine so I am thrilled about that. Stay tuned for more details!
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX 25 film, developed in Rodinal
You guessed it, the Beaches 🙂
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX 25 film developed in Rodinal
Slow speed films such as Rollei RPX 25 are contrasty by nature and don’t take kindly to overexposure, and in today’s image I totally blew it. After some work on the scan in post though I can up with this result and I find the effect interesting, although I suppose it could just be considered a post-hoc rationalization.
From a trip to the Beaches a couple of weeks ago. I had my Mamiya RZ67 on a tripod with the 180mm lens. Shot on Rollei RPX 25 film, developed in Rodinal.
This image taken at the Beaches seemed to work better for me cropped and with higher contrast, to make the horizon line a bit indistinct.
Mamiya RZ67, 180mm/4.5 lens
Rollei RPX 25 film
I like this bench (at a Park near the Beaches). At some point I will need to go back with a view camera and stop right down to get it all sharp.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar)
Rollei RPX 25 film, developed in Rodinal (Adonal) 1+50
My Third Eye 