Scott Holcomb's photos

The Flying Scotsman visits Kings Cross Station on it’s 100th birthday. This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a Kowa 1:2.8/85mm lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

An original Shinkansen Bullet Train circa 1968 in the National Railway Museum in York, England. Over the Shinkansen`s 50+ year history, carrying over 5.4 billion passengers, there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury due to train accidents This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:2.8/85 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

View from above. This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:2.8/85 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Gray Vintage Wine has an earthy taste . . . This photo was taken with a Zenza Bronica S2 medium format film camera and NIKKOR-Q 1:3.5 f=13.5cm lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SY48•2C(Y2) filter using Kodak TRi-X 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered using Photoshop.

Highland vineyards in a wooded domaine. This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera and KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SY48•2C(Y2) filter using Kodak 400 TRI-X film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered using Photoshop.

It all comes back to the perennial question: "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and SMC PENTAX 67 1:4 45mm lens with an 82mm R-72 filter using Rollei Retro 400S film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

I am ready for some fun with overpriced popcorn! This photo was taken by a Yashica-D TLR medium format film camera and Yashikor 1:3.5 f=80mm lens with a HOYA HMC 49mm Y[K2] filter using JCH Street Pan 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered in Photoshop.

This theatre was built in 1933 when going to the cinema was a popular activity! Now the seats are almost empty. This photo was taken by a Yashica-D TLR medium format film camera and Yashikor 1:3.5 f=80mm lens with a HOYA HMC 49mm Y[K2] filter using JCH Street Pan 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered in Photoshop.

With all of the recent revelations about aliens visiting Earth, I was not overly surprised to meet one the other day as I strolled down the neighborhood street. Even though he was armed to the teeth (if he had teeth, that is), he seemed like a friendly interplanetary visitor. After exchanging pleasantries we went our own ways. This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and KOWA 1:2.8/85mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitalized by Photoshop.

Waiting to be let out onto the open rails. This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:2.8/85 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

I presume that he was very impressed with my Kowa/SIX vintage camera! This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera with a Kowa 1:2.8/85mm lens using Kodak Portra 800 film, scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop

It is amazing how a camera will bring out a smile! This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and KOWA 1:2.8/85mm lens using Kodak Portra 800 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop

Catching up on gossip during lunch hour. This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens and Hasselblad/63 1xHz-0 drop in filter using Kodak Portra 800 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

This canyon is enormous and has countless branches. I only have a limited amount of film to complete this survey! This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens and Zenza Bronica 67mm SY48•2C(Y2) filter using Kodak 400TX film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

What can be better than a stroll along a sunny beach? This photo was taken by a Mamiya 645 Pro TL medium format camera with a Mamiya-Sekor C 45mm 1:2.8 N lens and Zenza Bronica 67mm SL39•3C(UV) filter using Kodak Portra 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered in Photoshop.

And me with no umbrella (or parachute)! This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Planar 1:2.8 f=80mm lens and Zenza Bronica 67mm SY48•2C(Y2) filter using Kodak 400TX film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

While strolling through the museum exhibits I stumbled across a Yaksha, the devilish giant that once stood guard outside a Thai Buddhist temple. He was one of the demon soldiers of the army of Ravana, serving the king of Lanka in the Ramayana. In spite of his confident and fierce appearance, he looked very lonely and out of place, far away from his familiar monkey warrior comrades and nowhere near the familiar chedi or stupa that honored the Buddha in his distant homeland. This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

I came across this Malangan figurine from New Ireland in Papua New Guinea while touring the Sedgwick Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. Since I have some Irish ancestors, I thought that I would see if we have anything in common . . . This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.