Ah Ha! You thought I couldn't count... this roll has been developed for sometime now but I wasn't happy with the original Costco scans. I recently received my NIkon IV scanner and have been up scanning each image one by one. I was up till 4am the other night ... this sure is time consuming.
This roll was my first with the Yashica and this is when I discover that I had pretty bad light leaks. Film overall came out okay but I think the real lack of quality and range is due to the cheap film.
I thought shooting film with these cameras was unpredictable and then I added expired film to the mix. My Yashica is one sweet looking camera but it has quite a few problems mechanically... I am still also having trouble getting a hang of the focus for the rangefinder. The viewfinder is fairly foggy so nailing focus is a challenge.
I am proud the the little gimp model of a camera :).
I have always believed in luck when it comes to photography... because lets be honest... sometimes we just happen to stumble into scenes and light that are just so hard to come by. This is so common in our trigger happy digital lifestyles. With film after seeing these photos I have come up with a new saying that will apply to film, I am going to call it "brilliant mistakes". This may be in an accident or unintentional setting or exposure that turns out better than you had visioned. This also applies more commonly to unique double exposures.
Image #3 here is a perfect example of a brilliant mistake. The one image that was taken and presented earlier on the blog in color was an image of clouds hanging over this valley. The image overlapping it is an image of fog coming over a hill spilling in-between a section of trees. This image now appears as if there is a forest in the clouds.
This is the first roll I have ever shot on Black and white. Enjoy.
The long road or the shortcut, you're what I'm aiming at.
