Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

[Rob MacKillop]

More from my local cemetery, all medium format, but with some tweaking by Auld Nik.

fallen cross 1 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


The Great Divide by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Celtic Cross 1small by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Dean Cemetery 2 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

and midnighted....for fun...


Dean Cemetery Mindnight by RobMacKillop, on Flickr
​

And the father of Scottish Photography, an heroic pose for David Octavius Hill...

Octavius Hill by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Super, stunning Rob I mean the images speak for themselves. If I was to be critical I would say that the last two may be over touched. The thing with this format is it's own quality is enough.What film does is unique and I have always wondered to myself, does it become digital when scanned? My own answer to that is of course, yet it still does retained a quality that is not approached with a digital original. That quality for me needs to be retained as far as, is possible.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I agree, of course. The last two were just a bit of humorous fun.

 

[Pete Askew]

Superb again Rob - you're enjoying this format aren't you!?

This cemetery reminds me very much of one one I found near a hotel I was at a conference in in Prague. I took a few shots with a digital camera there one evening and then went back after the conference had ended with a Mamiya 7II. I know you don't have access to the facilities just yet but it will be interesting when you can print these in analogue form as well. I find I tend to either shoot, process and print from digital or shoot using film and then print in the darkroom and scan the prints; I rarely use a hybrid process. But that might be because I spend so much time working on a computer all day anyway - it's nice to have a change.

Are these all colour then converted or are some from B&W film? - I would guess the former. I like the B&W ones especially although the colour one is damned fine too (probably needs to be viewed large I think to appreciate the details). It might be nice to produce a series of studies from the graveyard and use a common process for them - maybe like the one in the first shot. What do you think?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, I like this format very much, and I look forward to being able to develop my own in the darkroom. I start a course on Tuesday - four Tuesday evenings - details via this link. Introduction to Black and White Photography | Stills Gallery

The second part of the course sounds very interesting, but is a bit expensive...http://www.stills.org/courses/evening-courses/black-white-photography-2-–-fine-printing-and-alternative-processing

I'd better start saving...

 

[Pete Askew]

Sounds good, especially the second one.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Sorry, Pete, I just realised I didn't answer your question regarding the originals being B&W or colour. The first three above are all B&W, the others are colour.

A series in one style might well arise from all this, once the experimenting has dies down...should that ever happen...

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

Second photo it is as if the trees on the left are reaching over to passers by.
I wonder if the cemetery is accessible around midnight mwahahahaha

 

[Rob MacKillop]

It closes "At Dusk". But one could climb over the tall iron gate...

 

[Beth Carter]

gorgeous image!