Indonesia in analogue

[tsiklonaut]

Margus, thanks for sharing your great work of these beautiful places and people, you create very beautiful images

I keep coming back to this thread. Your work is superb and constantly good no matter the film. Very impressive. Love the the presentation as well, great idea.

Cheers guys! I thought this thread was already dead - glad some of you keep looking back! 🙂

One more:

Crossing by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

 

[tsiklonaut]

I keep discovering drum scans left on my HD from the trip, so a few more.


I was picturing a remote bay on Lombok island when those guys just came out of the bush and kept staring at me and my camera while I worked with tripod and filters, closely observing my every move. Particulary the camera seem to draw their interest - they've probably never seen a Pentax 67 rig before.

Curious Men by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












Peaky Microcosm by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

 

[Gid]

Superb photographs, as others have said and inspiring.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Still finding some unscanned frames from the trip as I go through my negative book and remember those good memories from Indonesia:

Lombokian Lady by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

 

[Huss]

Thanks for bringing this thread back! I missed it the first time.
Outstanding photos, and I love love love the presentation!

Kind regards
Huss

 

[Bingley]

Some folks enjoy coming back to this thread, but I just discovered it! Wow! Fascinating film photography. I will bookmark your flickr page, too, for later viewing. Thanks for starting this thread and sharing your wonderful work with us!

 

[rfaspen]

This thread is responsible for at least 2 things:

1. I MUST get a Horizon 202. I was always lukewarm about the panoramic 35's (e.g., Widelux, Noblex, Horizont) but now I'm cinched. I only hope I can use it as well as it was used here. Or even close would make me happy. The quality of the lens shown in this thread really surprised me. I need to find the exact same machine for my uses.

2. I need to give Ektar a try (again). I'm not a C41 color kind of person, but each time an Ektar image appeared in this thread, I was taken by the character of those images. Quite different than other C41 films I've seen and I was too ignorant of good qualities when I first tried Ektar. Then it got more expensive than other options and as always, I'm a cheapskate.

And I suppose there's a third thing I've come to realize with this thread; drum scans are the man, man. I wish such scanning was convenient to me. Our local printing/scanning operation doesn't have a drum scanner. There was one in town several years ago, but that business seems to have vanished. Too bad, I wasn't prepared to take advantage of their services then (ignorant is a more accurate description). Always hopeful things will change for the better....

And the last thing.....there are some phenomenal photographers here on RFF. I thoroughly enjoyed the images in this thread. Very much!

 

[tsiklonaut]

Cheers guys!

This thread is responsible for at least 2 things:

1. I MUST get a Horizon 202. I was always lukewarm about the panoramic 35's (e.g., Widelux, Noblex, Horizont) but now I'm cinched. I only hope I can use it as well as it was used here. Or even close would make me happy. The quality of the lens shown in this thread really surprised me. I need to find the exact same machine for my uses.

2. I need to give Ektar a try (again). I'm not a C41 color kind of person, but each time an Ektar image appeared in this thread, I was taken by the character of those images. Quite different than other C41 films I've seen and I was too ignorant of good qualities when I first tried Ektar. Then it got more expensive than other options and as always, I'm a cheapskate.

Horizon 202 is somewhat a black box, you never know if you get a working or semi-faulty or a faulty one. I got a semi-faulty one (repaired it some 2-3 times already, but thankfully it's fairly simple design so most repairs I could do myself, only once I had to use a camera specialist. But all in all it's been well worth it since Horizon's a very "funky" camera pictures-wise, love it! 🙂

But as said, if you want something reliable look for Widelux or Noblex.

Also agree on Ektar, it's a nice film and highly recommended.

Cheers,
Margus

 

[tsiklonaut]

Shades of Ocean by Margus Sootla, on Flickr​

 

[JChrome]

Indonesia is one of my favorite countries in the world. Thanks for bringing back sweet memories of that great place with these photos.


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[ray*j*gun]

Lovely pics!!! Thank you for taking the time to share. I like the visible film borders which to me gives the film a documentary feel. A bit of "Year of Living Dangerously".

 

[Baby of Macon]

These are wonderful images and a really adventurous way to approach travel photography. Thanks for sharing them, especially for those of us who don't frequent flickr.

 

[alistair.o]

Margus, thanks for all the time and effort of posting (with information). Some lovely work and some challenging pictures also.

You know what I think, keep true to yourself (and films) and don't stop posting.

PS: Your blog really helped me and my spot metering practice, thanks

 

[Hsg]

Thank you guys!

One more for the apperciation:

Tunneled Reflections by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

This image has a great sense of depth.

 

[tsiklonaut]

This image has a great sense of depth.

Cheers Hsg! Conditions were very decent at the spot as well.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Margus, thanks for all the time and effort of posting (with information). Some lovely work and some challenging pictures also.

You know what I think, keep true to yourself (and films) and don't stop posting.

PS: Your blog really helped me and my spot metering practice, thanks

That's very good to know Alistair. Hoping to update the blog after a long time in near future 🙂

These are wonderful images and a really adventurous way to approach travel photography. Thanks for sharing them, especially for those of us who don't frequent flickr.

Cheers mate, got to agree I've been too much into Flickr, I reckon it's time to look elsewhere as well, RFF is a good example.

Lovely pics!!! Thank you for taking the time to share. I like the visible film borders which to me gives the film a documentary feel. A bit of "Year of Living Dangerously".

Many thanks Ray!

Regards,
Margus

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

Absolutely gorgeous collection of photos! Thank you

 

[tsiklonaut]

Absolutely gorgeous collection of photos! Thank you

Cheers! Having rediscovered those old reports brings back many good memories to me as well!

 

[kuuan]

so happy to have stumbled upon this thread, how could I not discover it more early.

Though I know nothing about film your choice of films give these timeless places and people some "eternal" edge that digital cannot.

Wonderful places, wonderful photos, Margus thank you very much for presenting them to us, cheers, andreas

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

Cheers! Having rediscovered those old reports brings back many good memories to me as well!

I had forgotten about this thread... A pleasure to be reminded!