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Gas station in Venezia: boats need their refills too!


Holga 120N, Arista EDU 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Belden Town Bridge

On our way back from the Oregon border for the July 4th weekend, we decided to follow the scenic byway that is Highway 70 running alongside the mighty Feather River.
The drive passes by landscapes of natural and manmade beauty, rugged canyon walls and railroad engineering marvels. And of course many many bridges.

Holga 120N, Ilford FP4 Plus 125
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

Plastic & Square: one more winter image

From Yosemite again, here's another example of analog captures with my holga. I really like the square format I can get with the 6x6 mask.
These barren trees where shot in black & white, I just added the split toning in post.

Holga 120N, Ilford Delta 400 Pro
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Sharpness is highly overrated!

In my joyful pursuit of experimental photography, I have ordered an Holga lens with a F-mount for my digital SLR.
I got it before a ski weekend where I was more into skiing than photographing,  so I didn't get to play a lot with.
Here's a picture of the fence around our little whimsical cabin. Nothing is sharp!  But I like this little pastoral scene so much that I post it anyway :)
I guess the Zone Focus of this plastic lens will take some time to master on my new digital Holga outfit...

Nikon D200, Holga Lens 60mm, 1/160 sec @ f/8, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

2 for 1

Because digital has somewhat removed the unpredictability and a lot of the surprises of photographic capture, I love to play with film from time to time, even more so with analog toys/tools with which only the unexpected can be expected!
Last winter in Yosemite I brought along my Holga. You need to advance the film manually, which I regularly forget. This is the result of an accidental double exposure. Quite an interesting portrait isn't it?

Holga 120N, Kodak Portra 400VC
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3