folder – The Glass Aerie

Touches of Light

By -N- on November 16, 2016

I’ve been on quite a roll using my older cameras. This is one of maybe 2 or 3 images (out of 8 possible on a roll) taken with my only 6×9 camera, the classic Voigtlander Bessa RF from the 1930s. This my first experience with Fuji Pro 400H 120mm film. My scans were not the best, but worse was the amount of crud on the film. Processor or me?

Overall, pleased with both film and camera, especially how dark the trail was from being underneath so many trees, the fact that it was early morning, and that I had to handhold the camera – no tripod! – to get what I wanted. Oh, I guessed at all the exposures too!

Posted in: 120, 120 film, 1930s camera, 6x9, analog, bellows camera, California, Chumash Trail, film, folder, folding camera, Fuji Pro 400H, Heliar 105mm f3.5, photography, uncoated lens, Voigtlander Bessa RF

Glimpses

Prickly Pear

By -N- on August 9, 2016

Prickly pear are everywhere in my area of California, dotting hillsides and roadsides. They are really quite beautiful – from a distance – but also a wonderful food source. The pears are sweet when ripe, with a deep red fruit. The paddles are also edible, but a bit bland, and are used in making nopales. To eat a prickly pear requires a prickly pear, a pair of gloves to pick what you want, and a fire or blow torch to remove the thorns, which are long and pointy. I don’t go out harvesting, but I always enjoy photographing these cacti. Oh, and before the pears show up, the flowers are really beautiful.

Posted in: 120mm, 400, 75mm, analog, cacti, cactus, Color-Skopar, f3.5, film, folder, folding camera, Kodak, Perkeo II, photography, prickly pear, Voigtlander Perkeo

Glimpses

Lizard’s Mouth at Sunrise

By -N- on August 8, 2016

Lizard’s Mouth is a promontory toward the eastern edge of the park, and as the sun rises in the west, it begins to glow.

Posted in: 400, 6x6, 75mm, analog, California, Color-Skopar, f3.5, film, folder, folding camera, Kodak, Lizard's Mouth, Perkeo, Perkeo II, photography, Portra, sunrise, Thousand Oaks, Voigtlander, Wildwood

Glimpses

Jimson Weed

By -N- on August 7, 2016

These leaves are soft and fuzzy, a spot of green in a patch of dried grasses. I rather liked the pattern these leaves made in the field.

Posted in: 75mm, analog, Color-Skopar, f3.5, film, folder, folding camera, green, Kodak Portra 400, leaves, Perkeo, Perkeo II, photography, Voigtlander

Glimpses

Friend

By -N- on March 9, 2016March 19, 2016

I’ve a small collection of older cameras. This is a portrait of one of my favorite people, taken with a Voigtlander RF, a folder from the 1930s. It has a Heliar uncoated lens, 105mm, which is appropriate for the 6×9 camera size. The film is Portra 400, 120.

I have done some post processing here, cleaning up a streak running through the film, as well as erasing bits and pieces of odd detritus. I also pushed the color a bit, as the original image was rather pale – perhaps a bit overexposed.

Posted in: "photography", 1930s, 6x9, analog, film, folder, friend, Heliar 105mm, Portra 400, portrait, uncoated lens, Voigtlander RF

Glimpses

Oak

By -N- on February 3, 2016February 4, 2016

Another 6×6 on Ektar 100, converted to b&w.

Posted in: "photography", Agfa, analog, B&N, BW, Ektar, Ektar 100, film, folder, folding camera, Isolette, Isolette III, oak

Tag: folder

Touches of Light

Prickly Pear

Lizard’s Mouth at Sunrise

Jimson Weed

Friend

Oak

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