pacific northwest on 6x6

[tortellini_man]

thought i would make a thread to document my hasselblad usage as primarily a road trip camera

some shots from the olympic peninsula:

ferry ride


accommodations


boardwalk from hike


beach


forest (first time using pro mist)

 

[tortellini_man]

a couple more - closer to home and in color:



rabbit and city skyline




gasworks

 

[tortellini_man]

whidbey island


whale watchers not interested in the submarine or cruise ship

 

[DownUnder]

Good images!! You have the square fully - and ideally - under your artistic control. Your compositions truly fit the format to its best effect.

 

[tortellini_man]

one more from whidbey island that i forgot:

 

[tortellini_man]

long beach, Tofino BC

 

[tortellini_man]

more from tofino

 

[tortellini_man]

more british columbia

 

[tortellini_man]

trying to get better at shooting close up and/or wide open

 

[tortellini_man]

some recent shots on ektar, first time using it in 120

 

[plummerl]

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some recent shots on ektar, first time using it in 120

Nice, I spend a lot of time down at the Union Bay Natural Area!

 

[tortellini_man]

Nice, I spend a lot of time down at the Union Bay Natural Area!

admittedly it is probably a better location for digital photography (image stabilization and super telephoto much better for birds), but i tried out some more landscapey film stuff anyways

 

[plummerl]

admittedly it is probably a better location for digital photography (image stabilization and super telephoto much better for birds), but i tried out some more landscapey film stuff anyways

I had fun with my Rolleiflex a few years ago at Union Bay.

 

[tortellini_man]

a couple from Kubota Garden on the 80mm planar lens

 

[tortellini_man]

padilla bay on planar lens with ektar film

 

[DownUnder]

Many memories for me here. I took my Rolleiflex (which I still have and use) there in 1966 on my first ever North America journey. I loved Whitby Island. Which to me looks largely unchanged from 59 years ago.

I recall I took 100+ rolls but all my negatives and slides from the journey across Canada, down to Mexico and across again to the Atlantic provinces, have long vanished. Only the thoughts endure.

Excellent work throughout here. But to me 6x6 whether Hasselblad or Rollei isn't really ideal for wide-open images. Those cameras work best at f8-f16, landscapes and mid-range subjects are really their forte. Also portraits but I've found those can be 'problematic' (mostly with distortion) on MF.