Cat in a Blanket

 

Fuji 200, Nikon F6 

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Buckets of Fun

 

Nikon F6, Kodak Portra 160

Photographed while waiting for prints at a local photo lab.

Second Roll of Kodak E100

 I only have three pictures worth sharing from my second roll of slide film. It's not the film's fault - it looked good even under harsh light with bright spots and deep shadows. There are few keepers because I was careless. I didn't choose times of day or weather that was suited for slide film photography and at some point I was rushing to finish the roll and send it off to the lab. Not a great mindset for using expensive film. 

Some construction materials under a bridge. I went back to this spot with a digital camera a few days ago and couldn't get a similar result, even after screwing around in Lightroom for a while.

An alley near my apartment. This style of chair often has a chair connecting it to another seat. The university where I taught until recently had them in several student lounges.

And, of course . . . .
You can probably see that the film captures both highlights and shadows quite well. Any faults with the photographs on a roll are completely my responsibility.

Seorak National Park and Shinheung Temple

 A couple of weeks ago I put Ektachrome 100 into my F6 and made a visit to Seorak National Park with the goal of photographing the temple there. It was a great day for it; overcast, but not too dark. My talent as a photographer can certainly be cast into doubt, but there is no denying that the E100 produces great colours and tones.

Every roll of film must have a picture of a pet on it.

On the way to the temple there is a cable car that goes up to one of the mountain tops. This is an old one on display that's been painted in green and yellow. Much better than the grey of the cable car currently in use.

It looks like there used to be a tree in this ring of stones. I hope another one is planted later.

Historical temple buildings and main halls of worship are usually painted in the five colours known as dancheong. Administration buildings and the buildings that house monks or nuns are usually unpainted. Both are beautiful in their own way. 

I saw this woman enter the Samseonggak (三聖閣) to pray. I waited ten minutes for her to come out and pressed the shutter button when I saw her put her hand on the door frame for support. I cropped the photo scan in computer to get a better framing.
   A samseonggak is the building in a Buddhist temple where native Korean deities are worshipped, including the bearded mountain god who is always depicted with a tiger by his side.  

The main entrance to the temple. Again, cropped to 5:4 ratio to get a better picture.

That's it for the first roll of two I bought. I like the film a lot, but the whole time I was using it I couldn't stop thinking about how expensive it is. That caused me to slow down and think carefully before pressing the shutter release button, but I still only got six keepers. A small fortune for each frame. And I'm not working these days. Maybe I'll start using slide film again when I'm making some money, but I should probably stick to digital for now. Or use a cheaper product like Portra when I'm tired of pixels.

Balance

I called this post 'Balance' because as I was preparing the photo for upload, I noticed that the bright container is balanced by the light sky. I've posted a colour digital photograph of this scene, but I rather like this black and white film version.