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A Mastodon (well, maybe a Mammoth) skeleton at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum.
The framing could have been better (would have liked to see the feet) but I didn't have too much choice; I had to prop up the Brownie on a nearby display case.
The exposure came out just right, and I'm pleased with that. I used a light meter app on my phone and an exposure time cheat sheet I carry around, generated by a python script, and the results said I needed a 5sec exposure. I was a bit surprised because it really didn't seem that dark. I guess museums keep the lighting dim to protect artifacts, and your eyes adjust, so you're not aware how little light there really is. Anyway, 5sec (well, 5 Mississippis) turned out to be exactly right. Yay science!
That's all the film shots from this trip that are worth sharing. Next time I am absolutely going to get one of Randy's Donuts.
#filmisnotdead #filmphotography #bnw #blackandwhite #mediumformat #ShittyCamaraChallenge #mastodon #mammoth #labreatarpits

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Giant spider sculpture, build out of a VW beetle body + legs, on US 50; West of Carson City, on the way to Virginia City.
I was here last summer and took a picture that came out with some weird artifacts--it was a *really* hot day in the desert, and some of the markings on the paper backing came through on the film. I think it was due to light leaking in through the little round red-glass window where you see the film counter. Not only was there a *lot* of sunlight that day, but I wasn't in the habit of keeping the camera in a bag, so there was a lot of time for light to be sneaking in.
#filmisnotdead #bnw #blackandwhite #120film #mediumformat #ShittyCamaraChallenge #KodakBrownie #VirginiaCity #virginiacitynv
#CarsonCity

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Whoah... it actually works!

Darkroom schmarkroom!

Kind of amazing that there's absolutely nothing digital about getting this picture (well, still had to take a picture on my phone, save as a jpg, and upload to Mastodon to share with you guys, but you get my point).

It's probably been at least 20 years since I've taken a completely analog picture; maybe longer. I assume even in the "late film era" that labs were scanning and printing digitally.

So, previously I tried using very old cyanotype paper, and then mixing up my own solution, apparently not getting the process right, so I just ordered a fresh batch of readymade cyanotype paper and it works great. The brand seems to be Sun Print.

For lots of stuff I try to avoid Amazon but this time I went to them thinking it was more likely to be fresh than something I found on the shelf of and art or craft store, that might've been sitting there a few years.

#cyanotype#120film#FilmMastodon
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Experimenting with scanning methods some more. The first version of this image is using a flatbed scanner with a suspended battery-powered LED shop light. The second is with my phone and taking a picture with my phone, using the Kodak scanning app. In both versions I cropped and auto-adjusted with #irfanview.
The scanner version is definitely better. The fact that the phone version has curved edges is weird; there's a sheet of plexiglass over the film so it's definitely not actually doing that.
Neither my scanner nor my phone are particularly good.

Kodak makes an "official" version of my rigged-up lightbox-and-phone holder scanning thing (kodak.com/en/consumer/product/). Results probably depend on your phone. If anyone's using this and getting good results, I'd be interested to hear what kind of phone you have.

#120film
#believeinfilm
#FilmMastodon
#ShittyCamaraChallenge
#KodakBrownie
#photography
#SantaCruz
#TrussBridge

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Some #KodakBrownie pix taken in Santa Cruz a few weeks ago.

The dark one was taken in "Neptune's Kingdom", the boardwalk's indoor minigolf. This area was once "the Plunge", and indoor pool. It's pretty dark in there. I had to prop up the camera on a table and take a really long exposure (6 seconds, I think). The blur in the middle is an animatronic pirate that climbs up and down a rope.

#120film
#FilmMastodon
#ShittyCamaraChallenge
#believeinfilm
#photography

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Experimenting with a few ways of scanning #120film negatives. Here using an old tablet and a translucent plastic sheet as a lightbox (point your browser at blankwhitescreen.com), propping my phone on a box, and using the Kodak Mobile Film Scanner app, which is free can automatically invert negatives as you shoot. I think it is intended for use with Kodak's film scanner kit, which is basically a professional version of what I've done here.

#ShittyCamaraChallenge
#kodakbrownie
#FilmMastodon
#believeinfilm

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Another scan from one of my #120film #KodakBrownie negatives. This was really overexposed and low contrast, and my previous attempts to scan produced crap.

One aspect of this technique is that I find I have to adjust the closeness of the lamp depending on the level of exposure on the negative. Good practice for getting in the mindset for photo printing, I suppose.

I do see some horizontal lines here, which I think must be the structure of the plastic sheet. Didn't see that in the other attempts of this technique. Maybe that's something that emerges with overexposed/dark negs where I have to use more intense lighting (and where the digital "color enhancement" has to brighten it a lot).

#FilmMastodon
#believeinfilm
#ShittyCamaraChallenge

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