Images of mistakes - good or bad..

[jcoldslabs]

At a lull in traffic the couple moved to the middle of the road and I moved the Speed Graphic on the tripod to the middle of the road at the same time. I quickly framed the shot and focused, inserted the film holder, made the exposure and moved back to the sidewalk before any cars showed up.

Sadly, in my haste I did not have my loupe and just eyeballed the focus. Whoops! Time to get my eyes checked. Would have been a fun shot, too. At this size the error is not too apparent, but when enlarged the couple looks really fuzzy. Drats!

Funky colors and edge effects courtesy of 15 year-old film and cross processing.



Jonathan

[Frank Petronio]

Caught a little light leak not getting the holder flat into the camera....

[jcoldslabs]

Frank,

Beautiful execution otherwise. Bummer about the leak.

Jonathan

[Frank Petronio]

I think this is God's way of preventing me from making yet another crappy stock photo:

[Scott Walker]

T-Max 8x10 and a little uneven tray development =

[dupont07]

It's always difficult to take portrait of my children.

[Greg Y]

Even so Ramiro.....Beautiful light!

[jcoldslabs]

Shot some very old Polaroid type 55 today. Older isn't always better!



Jonathan

[Winger]

Shot some very old Polaroid type 55 today. Older isn't always better!



Jonathan

I don't know - I think it's pretty cool and would blow away a "normal" shot.

[jcoldslabs]

I don't know - I think it's pretty cool and would blow away a "normal" shot.

Thanks. I wasn't all that fond of this shot; it seemed like an epic mistake, but tonight my wife and brother were telling me otherwise. I guess one person's mistake is another person's art. You just never know, I guess. I am liking it better the more I look at it, but what I see is not what the photo shows but I had HOPED it would look like when I clicked the shutter.

Jonathan