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[iso3200net]

Organic and mechanic

Last year, there were some occasions when I've spend way too much time in the office, but at least, I took the opportunity to take a walk through the city, emptied by the summer weather. Here, I've found a contrast, nice-looking tree next to the straight imperative of some industrial-grade exhaust pipe, or climate system.

Taken with my ancient Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP, equally ancient Focal MC 28mm F2.8 wide-angle lens, on a custom, short roll of Agfa APX 400 film. Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution, at 21°C. Scanned with my standard, Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner, using VueScan 9.5.

I haven't been using this camera for quite some time, it was sitting on a shelf for almost a decade, and yet, it works like a charm, without a hiccup. The light meter is way off, though, so I used my phone for metering, obviously successfully. The lens didn't sit as long, but regardless, it's one of the less-used lenses I own.

[jrphotographybc]

Out with the Pentax Spotmatic SP F, with the Fujinon 55mm f/2.2

[jasoncole-co]

— I've posted recently about the issues with Cameras vs. Smartphones, and the losing position camera OEMs have placed themselves into. Now the other side: · This is the difference between a real lens and a smartphone lens. It's also a 35mm film shot - scratches courtesy of a lab's equipment, but IG supposedly isn't a contest, so I'm not removing them. · Apple may call defocused backgrounds bokeh, but this is the real thing. There is currently no substitute. There isn't likely to be one either. Instead we will continue gradually moving into faker and faker images attempting to bring some of the magic and art back into a photograph, while simultaneously not realising how far we've gone from the real thing for the sake of convenience! · If you want a "good enough on a small screen" photo, except in very dim lighting, reach for a smartphone. If you want beauty from real glass and physics, which doesn't look like a computer generated image, you'll have to get into a camera system of some type. · Agfa Vista 200 film (not expired - shot last year). SMC Takumar 1:1.8/55 lens. Shot in close with wide open aperture. · · · · · #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography #nofilterneeded #filmphotography #filmcamera #ishootfilm #filmisalive #analogphotography #analogfilm #agameoftones #composition #photography #photo #photopassion #photographer #spotmatic #spotmaticsp #takumar #filmlove #filmlovephotography #shootitwithfilm #pentaxsp #takumar #bokeh #bokeh_kings #artphoto #camera #vs #smartphone https://www.instagram.com/p/B21-4aEHWzC/?igshid=xn29khv7jhvz

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[jasoncole-co]

· Walking down a trail, minding my own business, when the setting sun lit the reeds in this wonderful triangle. It was an arresting moment, and I think the photograph gives some of that impression – leaving your eye locked onto the light. This is why I enjoy being outdoors. · Agfa Vista 200. SMC Takumar. Spotmatic SP. · · · · · #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography #film #filmphotography #filmcamera #ishootfilm #filmisalive #snapseed #selfscan #analogphotography #analogfilm #agameoftones #composition #photography #photo #photopassion #photographer #edit #edits #spotmatic #spotmaticsp #takumar #reeds #greatlakes #filmlove #filmlovephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/BrwPCnIgq-m/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ik86fu9cnt4t

[jasoncole-co]

• So close to being a wonderful composition! Just a little too busy, with Red on the Right battling Leaf Middle-Earth for supremacy. · Yeah, I'm not sorry I said that. 😏 · I'm still putting it up because I love the colours I get from the sadly discontinued Agfa Vista 200. · SMC Takumar. Spotmatic SP. · · · · · #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography #film #filmphotography #filmcamera #ishootfilm #filmisalive #snapseed #selfscan #analogphotography #analogfilm #agameoftones #composition #photography #photo #photopassion #photographer #edit #edits #spotmatic #spotmaticsp #takumar #filmlove #filmlovephotography #leaves🍁 #leaves #colourful (at RBG Arboretum) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brlca-Kgx3V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uy84dk7bcmsl

[jasoncole-co]

· Invasive, but beautiful for the right person. That sounds like a poor metaphor for a dysfunctional relationship, but I'm only mentioning it in light of what these reeds are. That said, the moment I got this shot really was amazing, between the breeze, the Lake, and the sunset. · Agfa Vista 200. SMC Takumar. Spotmatic SP. Scan taken with a DSLR. RAW file processed in Silkypix. Colour adjusted in Snapseed. · · · · · #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography #film #filmphotography #filmcamera #ishootfilm #filmisalive #snapseed #selfscan #analogphotography #analogfilm #agameoftones #composition #photography #photo #photopassion #photographer #edit #edits #spotmatic #spotmaticsp #takumar #reeds #greatlakes #filmlove #filmlovephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/BrgUYmkg5Ao/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i8mkd7wx0veb

[jasoncole-co]

· Youth in the North. · A row of Poplars leading further down a peaceful trail in late Autumn. · Agfa Vista 200. SMC Takumar lens. Spotmatic SP. · · · · · #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography #film #filmphotography #filmcamera #ishootfilm #filmisalive #snapseed #selfscan #analogphotography #analogfilm #agameoftones #composition #photography #photo #photopassion #photographer #poplars #woods #trails #spotmatic #spotmaticsp #takumar (at RBG Arboretum) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrbMNGxgZaM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ptiktedknm9p

[jasoncole-co]

Late in the day, Golden Hour. And all was right with the world.....😏 Actually, it wasn't golden hour, and I was struggling for inspiration. 😠 But, while I wandered around looking for something worth spending my money on, the light caught my eye through a break in the trees. Now that I'm getting the hang of scanning/processing with a DSLR, I was able to draw those colours and the feel out of the negative. · Agfa Vista 200. SMC Takumar lens. Spotmatic SP. · · · · · #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmfilmphotography #35mmphotography #film #filmphotography #filmcamera #ishootfilm #filmisalive #snapseed #selfscan #analogphotography #analogfilm #agameoftones #composition #photography #photo #photopassion #photographer #edit #light #peaceful #spotmatic #spotmaticsp https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYoYaZAaTI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16mcr8s5nknid

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