My First Attempts

[1000F]

Hi guys!

It's taken a while, but I've finally managed to get some negatives scanned and onto computer - I'd love to hear what you think of my first try.

Shooting with the 1000F isn't just my first time using Medium Format - it's also my first go at using film!

Please dissect my images as much as you can - I am but a sponge, ready to absorb the collective wealth of knowledge within this board. If you think they're all rubbish, then tell me! But don't forget to tell me WHY they're rubbish - I just want to learn!

Here's the link:

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[polypal]

Please use the upload facility the forum offers.
Linking for this purpose is not alowed.
The forum will be a "Swiss cheese" once the source ceases to exist.
This policy has been explained many times before. It is part of the forum rules.

Forum moderator.

 

[1000F]

My apologies - I'm just so used using other forums with different policies - 8-year-long habits die hard!

Here are the uploads:

EDIT: I will be the first to admit that I could have taken a lot more care when cropping out the images when they were being scanned - I just wanted to get them onto the PC quickly - please don't take this into account when commenting on the images themselves!

 

[polarcircle]

Keep up the good work. Try to compose the photos for the square - you'll discover a new world where you previously needed shift lenses. For a Swede the Volvo seems to have changed its badge....

Ronald

 

[1000F]

Keep up the good work. Try to compose the photos for the square - you'll discover a new world where you previously needed shift lenses. For a Swede the Volvo seems to have changed its badge....

Ronald

Thanks for the positive feedback!

You're going to have to excuse my ignorance here... but when you say "compose for the square", what is it that you mean? I'm not completely up to speed with certain terminology

 

[macmx]

It means that the square format need getting used to, if you have been using rectangular format. This will come by itself. Square opens up completely new possibilities in my opinion. For example, in landscapes you can get a lot more foreground by pointing the camera more downwards, which I like. If you place the horizon mid-frame, you will have too much sky. This is a matter of opinion of course.

You first photo is a good example of good use of 6x6, and is very well executed IMO, albeit just slightly bottom heavy and missing the elbow in the frame. Third photo is a good example of how not to do it. In another format, you would have shot it in portrait mode and had both flowers in focus, but now one is cropped out. Generally, I find that (unless doing landscapes) anything IN focus should be part of the frame and not be cut in half. Out of focus areas are more easily neglected.

Also, 6x6 offers a lot more possibilities for cropping in portrait or landscape after the image has been taken, rather than before. The picture underneath is a good example of how square can be useful. The composition would not have been possible in another format.

 

[1000F]

Ah fantastic - It's what I assumed! I understand completely, and I agree with you when you use the picture of my dad as an example of how it should be done in contrast with the picture of the fuschia as an example of how it shouldn't be done.

I really appreciate your critique

 

[bensonga]

Well done!! Gotta love those Volvos. Amazing results from that vintage Hasselbald.

Gary
Alaska

 

[1000F]

Thanks, bensonga, and everyone else for your kind words! It is very encouraging

 

[polarcircle]

It means that the square format need getting used to, if you have been using rectangular format. This will come by itself. Square opens up completely new possibilities in my opinion. For example, in landscapes you can get a lot more foreground by pointing the camera more downwards, which I like. If you place the horizon mid-frame, you will have too much sky. This is a matter of opinion of course.

You first photo is a good example of good use of 6x6, and is very well executed IMO, albeit just slightly bottom heavy and missing the elbow in the frame. Third photo is a good example of how not to do it. In another format, you would have shot it in portrait mode and had both flowers in focus, but now one is cropped out. Generally, I find that (unless doing landscapes) anything IN focus should be part of the frame and not be cut in half. Out of focus areas are more easily neglected.

Also, 6x6 offers a lot more possibilities for cropping in portrait or landscape after the image has been taken, rather than before. The picture underneath is a good example of how square can be useful. The composition would not have been possible in another format.

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This is exactly what I meant. Thanks for the photo. For me getting to square was like getting back to childhood. My parents had an old 120 camera with 6x6 squares. And the way pictures were framed was .. great. Then after many years of 24x36 I discovered Hasselblad and rediscovered the larger square format. It simply gives a very different and sometimes better perspective than rectangular formats. Of course the picture can be cropped - in such a way that sometimes for a rectangular format one doesn't need a shift lens - observe I said sometimes.

Good luck 1000F

Ronald