Vapor Trail Above L.A.

[Brian Moore]

Sunday,...about 1pm.

Olympus XA3 and expired (2003) Kodak BW400 (C41) black and white film.


Vapor Trail Over L.A. by brian-moore, on Flickr

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Nice one, Brian. Not a shot I would have thought of taking, which is one of the reasons I come here every day. Good stuff.

 

[Brian Moore]

Thank you, Rob.

 

[Barry Keavney]

What's going on here?
Shooting into the sun like that...this is a great example.
I really like it!
Do you have any advice?

 

[Brian Moore]

What's going on here?
Shooting into the sun like that...this is a great example.
I really like it!
Do you have any advice?

LOL. Thanks Barry! Advice,...? Just shoot into the sun and see what you get.

Thanks again, Barry.

 

[Barry Keavney]

lol. That bottle of beer came up a treat. It initially to me looked as though it may have been more in the shade than the range would allow. And I thought..."Holy Mother of God! - Whats that bad man doin'?" Whats happening here? What's happening!!!??. But it appears I overreacted.
I like it.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Nice one Brian, shots into the sun when they work are superb, often the best .

 

[Brian Moore]

Nice one Brian, shots into the sun when they work are superb, often the best .

Much obliged, Julian. Thank you.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Love the angles Brian - did you look up because of the plane noise, or were you eyeing up the oversize beer?

Amazed at the exposure latitude of the film - given that you have the sun in frame, and still have detail in the shade areas

Not tried any Kodak C41 B&W film - is it still in production?

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks very much, Chris.

I didnae hear a plane; and this may come as a surprise (even to me) but I wisnae checking oot the beer either. In fact I was just gazing up generally at the buildings and looking for fotie ops and then I sees this vapor trail.

I had no idea what the image would be like, but I was pleased when I saw it. (I snapped two. The other I took with the sun just out of frame. Its not as nice, though.)

Kodak still makes the BW400CN which is the modern version of the film I took this image with. The stuff I shot this image with expired in 2003. I had it processed at Costco. (Negs only.) However, I wrote on the envelope "Negatives only" and they didn't understand. When I clarified that I wanted "processing only", they understood. They didn't know what the negatives were!

 

[Pete Askew]

Excellent Brian. Very 50s sci-fi look to it. Although I'm relieved it's not another of those UFO jobbies you get down your way so often or even a fireball.

 

[Brian Moore]

Excellent Brian. Very 50s sci-fi look to it. Although I'm relieved it's not another of those UFO jobbies you get down your way so often or even a fireball.

I haven't seen any celestial fireballs in while, Pete, and it surprises me some because we were getting them in swarms for a while. I'll have to keep a lookout; could be I'm just not noticing them any more.

It does look 50's sci-fi don't it, Pete? It actually reminds me of an episode of the Twilight Zone I saw many years ago. The story line was that the Earth had gone off its orbit and was traveling toward the Sun. Every one was sweltering in the blazing heat which was increasing daily and there was no relief.

Thanks again, Pete.