Walkabout in the "desert."

[Paul Taylor]

Ultramax 400 + Voigtlander VSL1 TM + TTArtisan 75mmF1.5

Went to breakfast this morning - stopped at a local park, and then a another local park.

The camera is a Voigtlander TSL1 TM. The TM being "thread mount" and since I have never seen another and they rarely pop up for sale anywhere - must be reasonably rare. The BM models are common, using their mount - but I wanted something interesting to use with my M42 lenses and this fit the bill. I didn't expect the meter to be working given the age of the camera (early 70s) and this was not the first roll through the camera but it is the first where I metered exclusively with the internal meter. To my surprise it seems to be pretty accurate, and if anything a bit off in the right direction (over exposed.)


P1003480- by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

P1003479- by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

P1003478- by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

P1003475- by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Well, these are metal...
P1003472- by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

P1003471- by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

P1003465- by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

P1003464- by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

[Gary Ayala]

Nice. The Pencil Tree is my fav.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

@Paul Taylor, these photos are wonderful. The light, the sharpness of the detail, the choice of subjects and the framing cause great aesthetic pleasure in me. P1003478 my favourite.

 

[Beth Anthony]

great set of desert plants and other finds. the third is a bit odd because of the out of focus branch in the foreground splitting the frame in the middle, but it's also my favorite. i like the hide and seek style comp. with the bright pops of color separated at hidden cactus and going out to the edges of the frame with oranges and reds going to the right and the blues and greens going left.

 

[Paul Taylor]

Thanks for the compliments! I think UltraMax 400 is an underrated film stock, and I particularly like the TTArtisan 75mm F1.5 lens.

I will agree, the third one (478) is also my favorite. I tried composing the tip of the cactus and the cactus flower in a "diamond" of branches.