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A Mastodon (well, maybe a Mammoth) skeleton at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum.
The framing could have been better (would have liked to see the feet) but I didn't have too much choice; I had to prop up the Brownie on a nearby display case.
The exposure came out just right, and I'm pleased with that. I used a light meter app on my phone and an exposure time cheat sheet I carry around, generated by a python script, and the results said I needed a 5sec exposure. I was a bit surprised because it really didn't seem that dark. I guess museums keep the lighting dim to protect artifacts, and your eyes adjust, so you're not aware how little light there really is. Anyway, 5sec (well, 5 Mississippis) turned out to be exactly right. Yay science!
That's all the film shots from this trip that are worth sharing. Next time I am absolutely going to get one of Randy's Donuts.
#filmisnotdead #filmphotography #bnw #blackandwhite #mediumformat #ShittyCamaraChallenge #mastodon #mammoth #labreatarpits

maybe someone can tell me if this is a mastodon or a mammoth!
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Hollywood!

It was tricky to get a good shot of the Chinese Theater because there's a big façade of the Roman Colosseum out front for Gladiator II.

The shots in the subway station were long exposures but not long enough. They were underexposed and I've compensated in scanning, but have still lost some detail.

The angles are low because I didn't have a tripod, I just put the camera on a little wooden box I carry in my camera bag, and that on the floor.

The Hollywood & Vine station really is pretty amazing.

The Chinese Theater, Hollywood.
Hollywood & Vine Subway station. It's supposed to look like a movie palace, with columns decorated like Egyptian palms. There are also huge projectors on display.
Another shot. The ceiling is covered with old film reels.
#filmisnotdead#filmphotography#bnw
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Next roll of #120film from my #kodakbrownie
This house in Redwood City has been in a perpetual state of dilapidation/half-assed repair for *years*. Maybe it's haunted. Makes a good subject though.
I was puzzled if some how the angle of the telephone pole was due to distortion in my picture, but I checked gmaps street view, and it's really like that.
#filmisnotdead #filmphotography #bnw #blackandwhite #mediumformat #redwoodcity #redwoodcityca #ShittyCamaraChallenge

vertical shot of a run-down, but visually interesting old wooden house on a hill, with a telephone pole at a crazy angle
vertical shot of a run-down, but visually interesting old wooden house on a hill, with a telephone pole at a crazy angle
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Giant spider sculpture, build out of a VW beetle body + legs, on US 50; West of Carson City, on the way to Virginia City.
I was here last summer and took a picture that came out with some weird artifacts--it was a *really* hot day in the desert, and some of the markings on the paper backing came through on the film. I think it was due to light leaking in through the little round red-glass window where you see the film counter. Not only was there a *lot* of sunlight that day, but I wasn't in the habit of keeping the camera in a bag, so there was a lot of time for light to be sneaking in.
#filmisnotdead #bnw #blackandwhite #120film #mediumformat #ShittyCamaraChallenge #KodakBrownie #VirginiaCity #virginiacitynv
#CarsonCity

giant vw-beetle-bodied spider, seeming to gaze at distant mountains across the Nevada desert
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Today's entry.
It was a bit of an experiment.
The Brownie's viewfinder is meant to be viewed at about 18" distance, so you normally hold it against your stomach and look down.
But what if there's something blocking the view at that level?
So I tried holding it up over my head, upside down, and looking up into the viewfinder.
Kind of works, although I probably ended up with a wobbly hold.
#ShittyCamaraChallenge #120film #FilmMastodon #believeinfilm #kodakbrownie

The outlet from the Ocean Dunes Lagoon.
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Whoah... it actually works!

Darkroom schmarkroom!

Kind of amazing that there's absolutely nothing digital about getting this picture (well, still had to take a picture on my phone, save as a jpg, and upload to Mastodon to share with you guys, but you get my point).

It's probably been at least 20 years since I've taken a completely analog picture; maybe longer. I assume even in the "late film era" that labs were scanning and printing digitally.

So, previously I tried using very old cyanotype paper, and then mixing up my own solution, apparently not getting the process right, so I just ordered a fresh batch of readymade cyanotype paper and it works great. The brand seems to be Sun Print.

For lots of stuff I try to avoid Amazon but this time I went to them thinking it was more likely to be fresh than something I found on the shelf of and art or craft store, that might've been sitting there a few years.

#cyanotype#120film#FilmMastodon
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Experimenting with scanning methods some more. The first version of this image is using a flatbed scanner with a suspended battery-powered LED shop light. The second is with my phone and taking a picture with my phone, using the Kodak scanning app. In both versions I cropped and auto-adjusted with #irfanview.
The scanner version is definitely better. The fact that the phone version has curved edges is weird; there's a sheet of plexiglass over the film so it's definitely not actually doing that.
Neither my scanner nor my phone are particularly good.

Kodak makes an "official" version of my rigged-up lightbox-and-phone holder scanning thing (kodak.com/en/consumer/product/). Results probably depend on your phone. If anyone's using this and getting good results, I'd be interested to hear what kind of phone you have.

#120film
#believeinfilm
#FilmMastodon
#ShittyCamaraChallenge
#KodakBrownie
#photography
#SantaCruz
#TrussBridge

Railway bridge, Santa Cruz, CA. Foreground tracks have weeds growing on them. The Boardwalk log ride is in the background. Flatbed scanner version.
Railway bridge, Santa Cruz, CA. Foreground tracks have weeds growing on them. The Boardwalk log ride is in the background. Camera version.
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Some #KodakBrownie pix taken in Santa Cruz a few weeks ago.

The dark one was taken in "Neptune's Kingdom", the boardwalk's indoor minigolf. This area was once "the Plunge", and indoor pool. It's pretty dark in there. I had to prop up the camera on a table and take a really long exposure (6 seconds, I think). The blur in the middle is an animatronic pirate that climbs up and down a rope.

#120film
#FilmMastodon
#ShittyCamaraChallenge
#believeinfilm
#photography

The Giant Dipper
On the Boardwalk
Neptune's Kingdom
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