Theatrics at the Pier

[Brian Moore]

Took these in Huntington Beach last weekend with my newest camera, a Canon T70. I used a Canon 28mm FD lens and Ilford Pan F+ film (50 asa) which I processed in Rodinal.

Audience POV

Pier POV

Beach POV Clearly the show didn't excite everyone.

 

[alfie Wright]

Another nice set! I like the different POV. That pier looks a great place for capturing a few images. I doubt the guy in image 1 will be taking any sneaky stuff with that lens!

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks Alfie. There was a few people with cameras, but none did I see so obvious at that fellow. As usual, I was the only one shooting film as far as I could tell.

 

[Glen Roberts]

That guy in the last one looks like a victim of a drive-by shooting!!!.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Love the fact you persist with film. It makes all your images look more real, somehow. Great contributions to this site, Brian!

 

[Brian Moore]

That guy in the last one looks like a victim of a drive-by shooting!!!.

Thanks, Glen. That was my first thought, too! (Not a common event in HB, but all too frequent an activity 10 or 15 miles up the road.)

 

[Brian Moore]

Love the fact you persist with film. It makes all your images look more real, somehow. Great contributions to this site, Brian!

Funny how film has a different quality about it. Sometimes its hard to put your finger on exactly what it is. I saw a comment from some guy on Flickr a while back. He said digital images remind him of what he saw, whereas images captured on film are like hi memories. Or something like that. It made sense to me anyway. Thanks for your comments, Rob.

 

[Pete Askew]

Good observation on film Brian - I know what you mean though but it's difficult to define.

Great set of shots too and I love the framing of the first shot especially. And the last is super. Stick, arm, lamp!

 

[Brian Moore]

Good observation on film Brian - I know what you mean though but it's difficult to define.

Great set of shots too and I love the framing of the first shot especially. And the last is super. Stick, arm, lamp!

Thanks a lot, Pete.

I guess it might deserve a thread of its own but what is this difference between digital and film? People mention it often but like we have observed, it's hard to define. Certainly there is crispness and clarity in digi shots that can be off-putting to film photogs. And yet, some of those same film photogs strive for the best glass to achieve the highest quality of crispness in their images.

When I see a good digi shot with some blur or something--I'm thinking now about Rob's shot from the other day that shows the blur of a passing cyclist--I think there is yet hope for digital cameras.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Yep - the last one is a corker - so twilight zone!

 

[Brian Moore]

Yep - the last one is a corker - so twilight zone!

Is is rather strangel looking ain't it Chris? Thanks for the comment.