[Scorpio71GR]

Finishing up the Single In for April with the DA10-17 on the K3. Just caught the last bit of the sun.

[cobbu2]

Salem Massachusetts burial ground; the 18mm f/11 Takumar-Fisheye on a Yashica TL-Electro using expired TMax p3200

[WPRESTO]

Salem Massachusetts burial ground; the 18mm f/11 Takumar-Fisheye on a Yashica TL-Electro using expired TMax p3200

The obvious word is "moody," but certainly appropriate to the subject. The intense graininess makes the image look antique, as if taken in the 1800's with a pinhole camera on a paper negative. It's effective.

[goatsNdonkey]

Salem Massachusetts burial ground; the 18mm f/11 Takumar-Fisheye on a Yashica TL-Electro using expired TMax p3200

I had mentally written off the idea of ever using any of those ridiculously fast films...until now. That grain effect is quite amazing. You might consider cross-posting this in the "texture, pattern" thematic thread -- as a reminder that the art materials and technique can provide texture and pattern, not only the subject matter!

[cobbu2]

Thank you both! Most of the TMZ I have in my stash is expired from 2002, a long way back for that film. As a result, it's tricky to work with, trying to find the balance of taking advantage of its grain effects and what speed it has left vs. fog. For this roll, I exposed at 1600, then developed for 6400 in HC-110B to help with minimizing the fog. It's definitely true, with that combination, the grain is enhanced and I like it combined with the 18/11 Fisheye with its own unusual rendering. A great idea for the texture/pattern thread, I'll do it, thanks!

Cheers, Allan

[WPRESTO]

I'll inject an observation I've posted at least once before. The particular contrast & graininess of Tri-X when developed in D-76 or HC 110, widely used by photojournalists and "candid" street photographers for decades, gave a certain gritty look that came to be expected in such photographs.

[WPRESTO]

My daughter's crab apple is glorious this year. K1 in crop mode + 10-17mm @ 10mm.

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[Geoliebert]

Some shots with the 10-17 mm Pentax lens and my K50. This bridge is in Northern Westchester, NY

[goatsNdonkey]

The instructions for the old Samigon 180-Degree Fish-eye lens say to set the host lens at infinity. But what happens if I set the host lens at about 2 meters? This:



Host lens: SMC Pentax-A 35-80 at 80mm and aperture wide open.
Camera: K110D at iso 400
Samigon aperture set between f/16 & 22

[riseform]

Always carry your fisheye!
A Palouse double rainbow as seen from Steptoe Butte this weekend

[WPRESTO]

Always carry your fisheye!
A Palouse double rainbow as seen from Steptoe Butte this weekend

THAT IS SUPER COOL!! When I was a an undergrad at Berkeley, it would have been called "ultra-bitchin"

[stevebrot]

Always carry your fisheye!
A Palouse double rainbow as seen from Steptoe Butte this weekend

Love the shadow of the butte as well! Steptoe is on my short list of weekend photography destinations and one of these days, I will go there.


Steve

[jmschrei]

The UTS Business School in Sydney is a building made for a fish-eye (K-5 + DA 10-17)

[jmschrei]

The Business School from another angle:

[WPRESTO]

The Business School from another angle:

Did the architect who designed it have: 1) too much coffee; 2) ship curves instead of a straight edge; 3) a bad case of hiccups; 4) too much hooch while drafting the blueprints?