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A sheet of curling ice is 146ft long. Some guys have the talent, after they deliver the rock, to continue sliding all the way down the ice. This is the Skip of the Manitoba team, he's already half way down the sheet.
A friend gave me a box with a few Polaroid slide films and a Power Processor.
The processor had some rusty rollers and stuck bearings but after some cleaning and a bit of grease it works well.
The films expired in May 1991.
I shot a roll of Polagraph 400 at 50 ISO (one stop per decade) in my T90 and set developing time to 3 instead of the specified 2 minutes.
The results are better than expected. The film seems to be lower contrast and actually yields some halftones.
As with all expired instant 35mm films the black layer sticks to the positive (slide) instead of the egative and has to removed manually.
It can be trubbed off under running water but that and the squeegeeing produces some scratches in the delicate emulsion.
If anyone knows a better way to remove the black layer please let me know.
Canon T90, FD 50mm F/1.4
Polaroid Polagraph 35mm Black and White Slide Film. High Contrast. HC135-12 ISO400, EXP MAY 1991
Shot and processed May 6, 2023
We're camped just outside of Hope BC right now and this is what we woke up to. Took the Pup out to do his duty's this morning and he just looked at me and said let's go for it.
This shot is taken where the Hope Slide happened back in early January 1965. Two miles of Highway 3 we're covered with rubble upward of 240 feet deep. Four people we're caught in the slide, they have found 2 of them. The other 2 we're never found.
Funny spend 6 months down south to avoid the white stuff, but sure was excited to see it again this morning
This was a possible contender for the Saturday challenge for 2nd April, ‘units of measure’. Well, there are plenty of units here, though what they’re measuring I’ve long forgotten, if I ever knew! I bought this slide rule in 1965 when I went up to University to read for a science degree, but I never really got to grips with it - and indeed I never really got to grips with the degree course either, perhaps because it was about then I discovered that there were far more exciting things in life! And complex mathematical calculations weren’t really called for during my Customs career, as long as I could work out how much VAT was on something at whatever %age was in force, so the slide rule has remained in the back of a drawer ever since.
And who uses a slide rule these days, with all the calculating power you need right there on your tablet or phone? Though of course a slide rule never needs recharging, so this one’s as ready for action now as it was 57 years ago - if only I could remember how to work it!
== As always, your comments (and faves, should you be so inclined) are greatly appreciated! ==
Nikon D4 | ISO 800 | 500mm lens | f / 4.0 | 1/8000 second. Nothing like a day game to freeze the action with a silly high shutter speed.
For Sliders Sunday
You may have heard of the man in the moon, but what about the man in the laundry?
After I pulled a load of white socks and underwear out of the dryer on a recent day, I glanced down at the laundry basket and saw what appeared to be a face staring back at me. I gently set down the basket and went to get my camera. It wasn’t until after I had taken a photo of this phenomenon that I noticed what even appeared to be catch lights within the eye sockets.
For this week’s Sliders Sunday, I used the solarization slider in Color EFEX Pro 3 to enhance the visibility of the face, and then added some appropriate color.
The result? Say hello to Underwear Man!
HSS!