Forgotten past! Abandon Desert Gas Station.

[35mm4me]

Camera: Canon AE1 Film Kodak 400 TX, black and white

Forgotten past!

 

[35mm4me]

 

[bogeyguy]

. Maybe an ESSO station/sign at one time

 

[timor]

Hey. So is it Rollei 35 in action ? Or you have some other, "undeclared" camera in your bag ?
This time sky was clean, almost no haze and still sky looks like my underwear after 250 uses - gray. Man, get red filter and in such conditions shoot TMX or, if you can get, Agfa APX100. If you do I will keep quiet about those overhead cables.

 

[Tuffythepug]

Nice. I would have pulled over to photograph this site also. This is not a criticism; just a suggestion... Did you consider using a yellow or red filter on the lens to darken the sky and create more contrast between the clouds and sky ? I find that to be helpful in creating contrast in scenes like this. And a minor thing, the overhead power lines in the upper left could be cropped out; or avoided in the original shot. But all-in-all a very good effort. This is the type of shot made for Tri X in my opinion. good job

 

[Tuffythepug]

Hey. So is it Rollei 35 in action ? Or you have some other, "undeclared" camera in your bag ?
This time sky was clean, almost no haze and still sky looks like my underwear after 250 uses - gray. Man, get red filter and in such conditions shoot TMX or, if you can get, Agfa APX100. If you do I will keep quiet about those overhead cables.

Looks like you posted while I was writing. We are of the same mind about the red filter and power lines. It says above the first pic that he used a Canon AE-1 with Tri X.
I do think a red filter would have made those clouds pop out against a dark sky. Even a yellow filter would have helped.

 

[timor]

:thumbup:.

 

[35mm4me]

This was the Canon AE-1.. I wish I had some filters where would I get them for this camera. I thought timor would like the sky a little better than others.

 

[35mm4me]

is this to many filters they have red and yellow. 6X Color Filter Set for Canon AE-1 Program A-1 | eBay and do they just snap on the front of my lens

 

[35mm4me]

Nice. I would have pulled over to photograph this site also. This is not a criticism; just a suggestion... Did you consider using a yellow or red filter on the lens to darken the sky and create more contrast between the clouds and sky ? I find that to be helpful in creating contrast in scenes like this. And a minor thing, the overhead power lines in the upper left could be cropped out; or avoided in the original shot. But all-in-all a very good effort. This is the type of shot made for Tri X in my opinion. good job

timor See how the same thing can be said in nice tone
:heart:

 

[timor]

We play cops. Bad one and nice one.
Filters. Take a look at Cokin system. Series P is available in my local photo store. They are large and clumsy, but if you ever buy some ultrawide, they will cover and it is the only practical system for grads. (Lee filters to, but cost much more ducatos.) Screw in filters have the limitation of only one diameter.

 

[Tuffythepug]

Just to add to timor's suggestions... glass filters with screw threads must be purchased in the exact filter size for each lens. The size for the standard lens on an AE-1 is probably a 49 or 52mm... something like that. I forget. my daughter has my AE-1 camera now. They just screw into the threads on the front of your lens. You need to take them off if they are not right for any particular shot. Optically they are very good; little or no distortion and most are good quality. On the other hand.. the Cokin system just needs an adapter screwed to the front of each lens and then a filter holder slides onto that. These are square glass filters and they are not very expensive. Once you have an adapter for every lens you own you can use any cokin filter on any lens whenever you need to. there are lots to choose from but I only use the Yellow , Red, and occasionally the diffuser. I also have a star filter which turns highlights into stars. I rarely use that.

If the ebay set is a good price it might be the way to go. Remember these colored filters are intended to be used with black and white film.. don't use them with color film or with a color digital camera. They are designed to enhance b/w images. The basic premise to remember is this: in black and white film photography a colored filter will lighten the tone of it's own color in the scene and darken it's opposite. a dark red filter will render a blue sky very dark so that a white cloud really stands out against it. Yellow does the same thing to a lesser extent. a green filter would render green foliage as almost white or light gray while making red objects appear almost black. It's all about the relative tones of any given scene and what you want the finished product to look like.

 

[35mm4me]

Just to add to timor's suggestions... glass filters with screw threads must be purchased in the exact filter size for each lens. The size for the standard lens on an AE-1 is probably a 49 or 52mm... something like that. I forget. my daughter has my AE-1 camera now. They just screw into the threads on the front of your lens. You need to take them off if they are not right for any particular shot. Optically they are very good; little or no distortion and most are good quality. On the other hand.. the Cokin system just needs an adapter screwed to the front of each lens and then a filter holder slides onto that. These are square glass filters and they are not very expensive. Once you have an adapter for every lens you own you can use any cokin filter on any lens whenever you need to. there are lots to choose from but I only use the Yellow , Red, and occasionally the diffuser. I also have a star filter which turns highlights into stars. I rarely use that.

If the ebay set is a good price it might be the way to go. Remember these colored filters are intended to be used with black and white film.. don't use them with color film or with a color digital camera. They are designed to enhance b/w images. The basic premise to remember is this: in black and white film photography a colored filter will lighten the tone of it's own color in the scene and darken it's opposite. a dark red filter will render a blue sky very dark so that a white cloud really stands out against it. Yellow does the same thing to a lesser extent. a green filter would render green foliage as almost white or light gray while making red objects appear almost black. It's all about the relative tones of any given scene and what you want the finished product to look like.

Great info thank you. I will share my new shots with filters