Nowheresville

[Brian Moore]

Somewhere in Kern County, Central California.

Olympus XA and Walgreens 200 ASA film.


Nowheresville by brian-moore, on Flickr

 

[Steve Boykin]

Brian that is a great photo!!!!!!! Beautiful composition and colors. Love the grain.

 

[Brian Moore]

Many thanks, Steve. Much appreciated.

 

[Steve Boykin]

That one would make a really nice print.

 

[Pete Askew]

Brilliant Brian. Love the colours and grain and the way the grain reflects the textures in the sand and road. Nice.

 

[Beth Carter]

nice colors!

 

[Brian Moore]

Brilliant Brian. Love the colours and grain and the way the grain reflects the textures in the sand and road. Nice.

Thank you, Pete. Much appreciated.

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nice colors!

Thank you.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ha. Looks oddly familiar, though I'm sure I've never been there. Perfect comp.

 

[Paul Lange]

How did you get so much grain? Was it down to processing or just "poor quality film" as such?

 

[Hamish Gill]

That's what I was wondering Paul ...
nice effect though eh?!

 

[Paul Lange]

Yeah, I like it but surely it was not intended by the film manufacturer?

 

[Brian Moore]

Ha. Looks oddly familiar, though I'm sure I've never been there. Perfect comp.

Thanks, Rob.

 

[Brian Moore]

How did you get so much grain? Was it down to processing or just "poor quality film" as such?

I'm not sure what the answer to that question is, Paul. I don't think the film was expired (I try to always make mention of such in the filename--I didn't in the files from this roll). I don't recall where I got the film. Maybe I bought it at Walgreens but that would be unusual for me. (I've bought deeply-discounted Kodak film at Walgreens in the past, but I just don't recall buying their own branded stuff.) I thought maybe I had grossly misadjusted the ASA on the camera, or perhaps had simply neglected to adjust it after installing the film, but that doesn't make sense since although every image from the roll shows pronounced grain, they are, for the most part, nicely exposed. My best guess is simply that this roll of film was just poorly stored somewhere.

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That's what I was wondering Paul ...
nice effect though eh?!

Thanks, Hamish.

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Yeah, I like it but surely it was not intended by the film manufacturer?

Thanks, Paul. And surely not. The manufacturer of the film, by the way, is Fuji. I've shot lots of Fuji 200 (sold under numerous brand names) but the grain in this one is unusual.