david.elliott
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Hello,
It took me quite a while but I finally acquired all of the rolleinars for my rolleiflex 2.8D. The Rolleinar 3 was the most difficult to find and has proved to be the most difficult to use (although I have only taken one roll with it). There is essentially only an inch in which one may focus.
My first roll was taken on delta 100 and developed in rodinal 1:50. Thought I would share my favorite photos from the roll with you. Havent seen many other threads focusing on rolleinars around here. 🙂
All of the photos are from a quick walk around the neighborhood. Each photo was taken at f8 or f11. Even stopped down that far, one can see that there is not too much depth of field. The rolleiflex gives some pretty wacky pentagon bokeh when dealing with point light sources at this aperture. I was too worried that shooting wide open would give me practically no depth of field - and I think I was right. I might give some wide open shots a try anyway with the next roll.
Cheers,
David
A single leaf on top of a wooden pylon.
There were two of these huge mushrooms by the side of the road in my neighborhood. Each was about a foot across. I took a photo of this one because it looked like somebody took a large bite out of the other.
This tiny little plant was springing out of the mulch. It, and the surrounding plane of mulch, are the only objects in focus. I had to crawl under a bench and practically lie down on the ground to grab this shot. Perhaps it is aspiring to best the large tree behind it? You can see some of the wacky bokeh here.
Just loving the tones in this photo. Delta 100 is wonderful stuff. I can make the tones smooth or very contrasty. Great film!
Something about naturally occurring simplicity or minimalist subject matter really appeals to me. I am always drawn to it.
It took me quite a while but I finally acquired all of the rolleinars for my rolleiflex 2.8D. The Rolleinar 3 was the most difficult to find and has proved to be the most difficult to use (although I have only taken one roll with it). There is essentially only an inch in which one may focus.
My first roll was taken on delta 100 and developed in rodinal 1:50. Thought I would share my favorite photos from the roll with you. Havent seen many other threads focusing on rolleinars around here. 🙂
All of the photos are from a quick walk around the neighborhood. Each photo was taken at f8 or f11. Even stopped down that far, one can see that there is not too much depth of field. The rolleiflex gives some pretty wacky pentagon bokeh when dealing with point light sources at this aperture. I was too worried that shooting wide open would give me practically no depth of field - and I think I was right. I might give some wide open shots a try anyway with the next roll.
Cheers,
David
A single leaf on top of a wooden pylon.
There were two of these huge mushrooms by the side of the road in my neighborhood. Each was about a foot across. I took a photo of this one because it looked like somebody took a large bite out of the other.
This tiny little plant was springing out of the mulch. It, and the surrounding plane of mulch, are the only objects in focus. I had to crawl under a bench and practically lie down on the ground to grab this shot. Perhaps it is aspiring to best the large tree behind it? You can see some of the wacky bokeh here.
Just loving the tones in this photo. Delta 100 is wonderful stuff. I can make the tones smooth or very contrasty. Great film!
Something about naturally occurring simplicity or minimalist subject matter really appeals to me. I am always drawn to it.
