Couple from London

V-Spec

V-Spec

V-Spec

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London bridge is only around the corner from where I live, but in all honesty I can't stand the place, I do have a freezer full of Fuji T64 film, so thought i'd run a few 5x4s off around city hall.

I don't often get the chance to do anything at all these days, so was good to get the gear out and blow the dust off lol,


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Yep I'm with you, I hate the place but you've made it look like somewhere I want to go again.

Love the colour and perspective. Was it really that quiet or did the exposure length get rid of the people?
 
Columbo said:
Yep I'm with you, I hate the place but you've made it look like somewhere I want to go again.

Love the colour and perspective. Was it really that quiet or did the exposure length get rid of the people?
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Cheers,

There were people all over the damn place (this was midnight on a monday) exposure times were around 3.5 minutes. The pics have been reduced in size to such an extent that you can't see it - but in the full res tiffs there are plenty of quite obvious ghosts floating around, but mostly in the second pic.
 
GTRacer said:
Every time I see you post some 4x5s I get an irrational want for some LF kit!
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It really is irrational :p

Time is limited with my 5x4 rig I'm afraid - no more film left to shoot with it, (they don't make Velvia 50 anymore) I have a big photography trip scheduled for September (boy I need it) and I'm debating whether to use the last of my Velvia there or switch to digital, also with a mind to getting back into proper wildlife photography again, I miss it badly..
 
{SAS}TB said:
Very nice :)

What filter have you used, if you don't mind me asking ?
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Cheers!

No filters used at all - I simply use a type of film called Fuji T64 which has a very low colour temperature, this makes it suitable for nighttime, or indoor photography.
 
V-Spec said:
It really is irrational :p

Time is limited with my 5x4 rig I'm afraid - no more film left to shoot with it, (they don't make Velvia 50 anymore) I have a big photography trip scheduled for September (boy I need it) and I'm debating whether to use the last of my Velvia there or switch to digital, also with a mind to getting back into proper wildlife photography again, I miss it badly..
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I'd probably do some landscape and portraiture with LF (Song Chao's work just blew my mind), and I'd mostly be using B&W(which I can develop at home) and Portra/Ektar. I have the right scanner as well so the workflow is pretty much sorted. Problem is that I barely have enough time to use my MF/35mm kit as it is (I too need a trip) and I know that a D800 would be the sensible option!
 
{SAS}TB said:
Ah, thank you

(Sorry for the n00b question) - so how do you manage such a long exposure ?
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The camera I use is entirely mechanical, there's nothing electronic about it at all except my seconic light meter,

Basically I shoot in bulb mode with a cable release, and use the stopwatch action on my phone to record the exposure time :)
 
V-Spec said:
The camera I use is entirely mechanical, there's nothing electronic about it at all except my seconic light meter,

Basically I shoot in bulb mode with a cable release, and use the stopwatch action on my phone to record the exposure time :)
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I like counting out loud, gives me something to do while churning through exposures :p

Might get some funny looks in London I guess though...
 
V-Spec, didn't know you lived next to LB. Fancy a beer at some point? I work at Bishopsgate but when staying with the GF I train it from LB.

No homo. :p
 
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Columbo said:
Don't believe him V-Spec and don't leave your beer if you need the toilet.
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Well so far today I've been accused of partaking in a video with Freefaller which was no doubt obscene, and now V-Spec has been warned that I might spike his drink.

Not bad so far :p
 
Phate said:
Well so far today I've been accused of partaking in a video with Freefaller which was no doubt obscene, and now V-Spec has been warned that I might spike his drink.

Not bad so far :p
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rofl, :D

leigh_boy said:
I have much love for these pics.
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Thanks!

I might actually go down again tonight/tomorrow and give it another go if it's a nice evening, could look even better with a sky,
 
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