Parking Lot

[Brian Moore]

Holga 120N and Fomapan 100 film developed in Rodinal (R09) 1:100 for 90 minutes.

 

[Pete Askew]

I'm so jealous of that non-aspherical lens in the Holga. I was tempted to buy one the other day but would prefer to get there with a LF lens if I can (or a bit of cling film over my Mamiya 7!!).

There's something '50s and slightly mysterious about this shot. Maybe it's because I have just been thinking about "The Day the Earth Stood Still" but it has the look of a still from an old film. They were just about to zoom in on the character in the car park. Maybe it was going to be a hit. Maybe he is the hero. Something is about to happen.

 

[Pete Askew]

And, if I'm not mistaken, he's wearing a space helmet!!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Well spotted Pete - Brian, loving the sci-fi theme

 

[Brian Moore]

And, if I'm not mistaken, he's wearing a space helmet!!

Spot on, Pete! It's Klaatu!

Maybe it was going to be a hit.

Who's to say Klaatu ain't about to GET hit? Klattered into, as it were, by the white car there? ("Believing is Seeing", says Earl Morris.)

Thanks for the comments, Pete! (Go one, get yersel a Holga why doncha? Or,...come to think of it,...I have two 120Ns. Send me that Mamiya 7 and I'll swap you. This would save you the trouble of applying cling film and all that. )

 

[Pete Askew]

Tempting, but...

 

[Brian Moore]

Quite right, Pete. Not sure I'd want to give up one of my Holgas.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Weird toy town effect. I like it!

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks Chris and Rob. By the way Earthlings,...I forgot to mention I took this shot from my hovering Flying Saucer. (The white area down at the bottom is the exhaust from the gamma-energy I use to keep it up.)