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Where the Willamette River meets the mighty Columbia.
Portland Oregon, Summer 2021.
FPP Retrochrome 400, Minolta SRT-102. Expired or heat damaged transparency film, adjustments in Photoshop.
Yaquina Head, Oregon, September 2019.
FPP Derev Pan 400. Olympus XA2.
Processed and printed with sloppy border by Blue Moon Camera.
Epson 4490.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, FPP IR 200, 720nm filter
This might be my favorite angle of the farmstead in the last couple of photos that I have posted from the 24 exposure roll of FPP infrared 200 - which is, according to the internet, re-packaged Rollei infrared 400. I shot it at 200 ISO and compensated the 5 stops for the 720nm filter with the shutter speed. Most of these IR shots were taken around 1/30 at f8. Clouds cooperated while I was at this house. The first location on this day was a cool house as well, but the sky was absolutely flat and cloudless.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 23mm f2.8, FPP Low ISO Color 35mm.
Photo from a few weeks back when I was running my first roll of this unusual film stock through my camera. Stopped at a specialist old car dealer to take a look at some of the rusting hulks. I thought this one was particularly nice.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, FPP IR 200 (Rollei IR 400), 720nm filter.
I like this angle of this ancient broken down tree that has been silently witnessing the passage of time at this old dustbowl house. It's seen a lot.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, FPP Infrared 200, 720nm filter.
Same perspective, and exact same tripod placement as the 4x5 shot a few images down, but in Rollei infrared 400 (FPP IR 200). Love how water scatters IR and becomes super dark. No clouds, but I think it still works pretty well.
Metered at ISO 6 TTL with no filter and then put the filter on the lens. Developed in Kodak Tmax developer for 20 minutes at 65F, fixed for 8 minutes. Some of the negatives came out a bit dense, so I think 18 minutes is the perfect spot for FPP IR in Tmax developer.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, FPP Infrared - no filter.
This is a very neat house, located in a partially-hidden grove of at least 150 year-old cottonwoods. I was here the morning after Halloween, and the calendar hadn't yet caught up with the conditions - it was dark, overcast, and windy. It was spooky.
This place is about a half mile from the road, and I forgot the 720nm filter in the truck, so this was shot without a filter on infrared film. I have a couple additional photos from this day, but I couldn't shake an eerie feeling. I took a short video of this house as well. You can see that here if you want -> youtu.be/z-Hkf1YAn00?si=upOXcZsxEiFRLK2A
Nikon F5, Nikkor 23mm f2.8, FPP Low ISO Color Negative film.
Another shot from the first roll of this film through the F5. This one must have been a bit underexposed because, as you can see, the colors are a bit strange - but that seems to be one of the things this film is about.
It for sure has a look.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, FPP Infrared 200 (Rollei IR 400), 720nm filter.
One more of the piano house. I took this photo on the same day I did the sunrise photos and from approximately the same spot. I love how the sky rendered on this image. If you compare this image with either of the color photos, you nearly can't see any cloud cover in those photos, but in IR, even the whispy, upper-level clouds pop. This may be my favorite shot of this location (so far).
This emulsion is super delicate though. I very gently squeegee my negs when I pull them out of the tank because I hate water spots. On this entire roll, there was a massive drag mark where the wet squeegee pulled significant emulsion right off of the base. It was a linear structure, but was fairly wide. Luckily it was located in the sky region and it was not hard to remove in Photoshot - took a lot of time though.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, FPP Low ISO Color Negative (Eastman 2254).
Interesting color negative film. I have had two rolls of this stuff for some time and decided last weekend to give it a try. It is very slow - so a tripod is a must - they recommend an ISO of 1.6. My F5 only goes down to ISO 6, so I just shot at ISO 6 with two stops of exposure compensation. Seems to have worked okay.
This film has a definite color cast. It seems to lean very much toward the blue and magenta, so it does require quite a bit of fidgeting with the colors in post to get it tamed down. The film base is a pale pink purple, which I think is one of the reasons for the difficulty. I am reasonably happy with the colors of this one - and although they are not accurate, this has the feeling of the colors I remember from the day. Just read the fine print on the negative border - this one is Eastman 2254.
This was a one-room cabin next to the house that was built after this one was abandoned. Often on the prairie, this is the case - the original family outgrows the old place and builds a new one right next to the old one, which then just gradually decays away.
This one had three old toilets inside, strewn about. Just outside of the door was the old Steelcase-style 'tanker' desk chair. Will definitely be going back to this one.
June 20th is «the National 620 film day», according to the Film Photography Project (FPP). So this picture is shot on that day on a Kodak Reflex TLR and FP4 120 film hand rolled on to a 620 reel. Quirky but fun.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, orange filter, Svema (FPP) Blue Sensitive, Kodak Tmax developer.
One more from the one roll of Svema Blue Sensitive b&w that I shot over the summer.
I have one more shot of the Piano house to post in a day or two in Infrared. This is an interesting house. There is really only the one angle that it looks good from. The front is partially collapsed, but not in a photogenic way.
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, FPP Infrared 200, 720nm filter.
This is one of my favorite houses that I keep coming back to. There is a lot to shoot here. Two cool old barns, lots of old cottonwoods, and this amazing old house, slowly sinking into the prairie soil. Sky cooperated on this day nicely with the infrared film.
FPP IR 200 is bulk loaded Rollei 400 IR - don't know why Rollei sets the ISO at 200 because it seems to shoot really well at 200. Developed for 20 minutes in Kodak Tmax developer. Roll came out quite nice.
No AI here just surf sand clouds and a floating tree.
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Some times you just stumble on a magical setting.
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Nikon F3
Micro Nikkor 55mm f2,8 lens
Kodak Ekatrachrom
Nikon F5, Nikkor 24mm f2.8, FPP Slow ISO color (Eastman 2254).
This abandoned farmstead has a lot of interest. This is part of the 'new' house built adjacent to the old one room cabin toward the front of the property. This was a cattle operation - the chutes and barns all speak to that, but someone either just walked away from this place - probably in the 80's it looks like, or someone died and there was no one to inherit, or no one wanted to. Things were just left, pretty much as-is. No car in the garage, but there is lots of stuff in the house.
This film definitely has a look, and the more I play with the settings in Lightroom, the more control over it I think I am getting. I think the main thing of importance is to give it the full ISO 1.6 to get the most 'correct' color rendition. I know I underexposed a few of my shots, and those ones are the most difficult to get rid of the blue in. If you try this film, that is ISO 1.6 - my F5 only goes down to ISO 6, so I was using 2 stops of compensation to get to ISO 1.5, but I know I must have not re-metered on a few images.