safe haven for tiny formats

[Salmo22]

Superstition Mountains, Arizona

[Scott Schroeder]

More trees.

[Leigh]

Superstition Mountains, Arizona

That's quite spectacular, Salmo. Very nice.

- Leigh

[gevalia]

That's quite spectacular, Salmo. Very nice.

- Leigh

I agree. It looks far better than it ever has in-person.

[jcoldslabs]

Ran some errands yesterday and actually remembered to bring a camera for a change.

Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar, T-Max 400 (expired 2005).








Jonathan

[Scott Schroeder]

Love that first one Jonathan. Very poignant ;-)

[jcoldslabs]

Love that first one Jonathan. Very poignant ;-)

Poignant perhaps, but I would hope self-evident. Here are a couple more from the same roll.








J.

[jp]

That trash can has exciting tones, at least on my monitor. The lid sort of rhymes with the manhole cover in the upper right nicely. The post in the middle is something I've used to divide photos before for extra symmetry effect and works good here. I use a flag pole to do the same
Symmetry and circles is something I like in square photos. It shows how the rules of thirds is meant to be broken too, which as handy as it is, is nice to transcend/transgress when appropriate.

[jcoldslabs]

That trash can has exciting tones, at least on my monitor. The lid sort of rhymes with the manhole cover in the upper right nicely. The post in the middle is something I've used to divide photos before for extra symmetry effect and works good here. Symmetry and circles is something I like in square photos. It shows how the rules of thirds is meant to be broken too, which as handy as it is, is nice to transcend when appropriate.

Thanks for the detailed response; that accurately sums up the progression of my attraction to the subject and the framing. At first is was the contrast of the shiny lid to the body of the can and the darker dirt that caught my eye, but once I looked through the viewfinder it was the elliptical echo of the manhole cover that made me press the shutter.

I've been forcing myself to shoot more roll film lately (120) and as I alternate between my Mamiya 7 with the 80mm and the Rolleiflex (also with an 80mm) I find I prefer the square format more often than not, maybe in part because it is so different from the LF rectangles I am used to.

J.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Storage at abandoned coal mine. 35mm HP5