Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. British Museum in London. Again one from the film archive.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The picture was originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. Nelson overlooking London on top of his crows nest on Trafalgar Square.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The picture was originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#134) is ‘from forgotten to favorite’. Are there images that I hoped would turn out right, but did not. And could you turn them by editing into ‘keepers’? If so, show an example.
This challenge sends me back to the days of film. Ample of good objects around, but did they come out on film the way I hoped? In those days you could not check the backside of your camera, and try a few settings and tweaks to find out what worked best. It was shoot and go. Film was expensive so most of the time it was a lucky shot based on intuition and experience. Most of them came out ok, some really were disappointing.
The photo above has a story behind it that comes close to this theme. At the end of the post is the scanned negative of the original photo. I am not sure the edited one above is a keeper, but it shows my line of thought and the original intention of framing this rock wall in a forest in the Ardennes. It did not strike me as a spot I would go for a pick nick. The road next to it, mud, rock, nothing to see but passing cars. But the details of the rock and the trees, with the strange object of the pick nick table triggered my shutter. This photo was kept on archive for a long time. It was in my secondary school notebook (the time we actually wrote with pens on paper). And recently when I was scanning my archive from negative it popped up again.
In a way I do like the object. It is kind of sinister and powerful. I wonder about your thoughts on it.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The theme of Lens-Artists #124 is ‘Now and then’.
A long time ago, somewhere in the Ardennes on a cold April day. Going round in circles. Learning how to use black and white and shoot a decent photo.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The picture was scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #121 is ‘Focus on the subject’.
British Museum in London. Again one from the film archive.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The picture was originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 1979
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #85 is ‘a change of perspective’.
Rain on leaves.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – 1980
Mazzel, a chilling cat in the lazy sun of a Summer afternoon, in the garden.
This one is for Dutch goes the photo’s weekly photo ‘rest’ theme.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 1979
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #82 is ‘capital’
The noun capital can hold different meanings, and as always it is subjective what to choose to express a theme in a photo.
I like birch trees. I love the fine detailing from the stem, to branch to the twigs. From big to delicate. A birch can be intimidating, towering over me.
Looking up a birch gives me a feeling of humility. This photo is from 1979, a time when i was printing in a darkroom on paper. And loved big abstracts in monochrome.
If you want to join or participate in the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenges just follow the link above.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – 1979
Meet Mazzel, a cat my family picked up on a holiday after he was left behind as a young kitten.
This one is for Dutch goes the photo’s weekly photo ‘cat’ theme.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 1979
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #73 is ‘cold’.
One from the archive.
If you want to join or participate in the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenges just follow the link above.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The weekly theme is ‘tour guide’.
A memory of the skyline of a sunset Spring 1981 from the house I was born in.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 1981
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
This week’s theme is ‘transient’.
Time seems to stand still in Chester: a view from the walls at the East Gate clock. The only thing that changes are the cars, fashion and shops. The houses do not change in appearance.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
England, Chester – September 1980
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
A bridge (The Old Dee Bridge?) in Chester in September 1980.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
England, Chester – September 1980
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
This weekly theme is ‘friend’.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
England, Penzance – September 1980
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
This weekly theme is ‘friend’.
Two long gone cats, in memory of Mazzel and Boef.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The Netherlarnds, Oegstgeest – March 1981
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
This weekly theme is ‘evanescant’.
A shower in Spring 1980.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 1980
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
The weekly theme is ‘wanderlust’.
British Museum holds a big collection of art found by wandering.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
England, London – September 1980
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
The weekly theme is ‘wanderlust’.
The Rosetta Stone found in Egypt near Rosetta by Napoleon Bonaparte. The key to decypher Egypt hieroglyphs. Now in the British Museum.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
England, London – September 1980
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
England, Par – September 1980
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
The coast of Cornwall, a walk on a links course.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
England, Par – September 1980
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
The weekly theme is ‘security’.
A view from the harbour of Penzance looking over Mount’s Bay to St. Michael’s Mount.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
The picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
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