Scoo's gallery^pro

This was taken not even a month ago. Now it's all gone, winter looming over the horizon.

Was going to be ambitious today and do a depth-of-field "panorama". That failed miserably however. Too much wind I suppose, too many non-static objects. Here's some solace, a couple of "normal" shots (if you can call a wide angle shot at its closest pos…

For those who think I upload nothing but roses in my stream, no worries, they won't last (must get a couple of frozen ones shot in the morning).

A test shot taken today using two green and blue filters in an attempt at getting stronger filtration (placebo for me at the scanner maybe...). A bit too red, but still something. f/2.8 and one second exposure.

Not that awe inspiring shot I think, I'm not used to having to use two windows (one for the rangefinder, one for framing). The follow-up was crap, wasn't quick enough. Zorki-1E with Industar-61LD (55mm f/2.8), should have removed the yellow filter for t…

Today several Finnish institutions celebrated their bicentellial existence. On 5th of October 1809 the then Finnish government (of the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland) convened for the first time. The Finnish judicial system also counts this as its startin…

Something from the archives, yours truly many years ago when I did my national service. This was in the middle of the night, still bright thanks to the Nordic light during the summer :) Apparently I didn't have time to get in place before the self timer c…

Shot at waist level (as TLR's are in a way supposed to be used) or a little lower than that. The Kodak E200 slide film I used expired in 2007 so I got it for 2€ a roll. As it has been refrigerated I don't complain at all (in fact, I'm happy I got several…

Ran out of film as things got interesting (this is the second last image on the roll). Didn't have time to visit the event really (and we didn't fancy bringing the baby to the crowd). 5:2 crop of the middle of the frame.

Taken at the rosary at Åbo Academy University in Turku, Finland.

A bench near the Cathedral. Shot with a pre-war Welta Weltix (see one being used for money laundering [grossly overpriced] here), 35mm folding camera equipped with an uncoated 5cm f/2.9 triplet (this one is unfortunately fungi-infested, adding to loss of…

Maybe the lab dropped the film canister before processing it so that the world that I captured on film got tilted a bit ;) If only colour negative films weren't so bloody difficult to scan...

Ostrobothnia, Finland. I know, sunsets are something of a cliché, still fond of this shot as it doesn't usually get any better than this in my stream :) Taken with a mid 1950s vintage folding camera using Fujifilm's Velvia 50. Amazingly the shutter spe…

Camera balanced on rocks. Vignetting added for the mood :)

The somewhat famous vessel Arctic Sea went past these lighthouses off the coast of Jakobstad, Finland on her way south. Want to explore gorgeous nocturnal colours you could not otherwise pick up? Get some kind of remote or other gadget to enable longer e…

Due in about two weeks.

One of the less successful colour separations/trichromies. Amazing though that the duck stayed in one place during the session (of taking three shots and swapping filters in between). For more of this, see this flickr group. Blogged here.

Taken off the coast of Helsinki onboard T/S Helena.