Letcombe Brook

[JamesT]

Mostly a test run with another new toy, a Bronica SQ-A (6x6 format camera, otherwise quite similar to the ETRS). The Letcombe Brook is a chalk stream that starts near Letcombe Basset and flows into the Childrey Brook just North of East Hanney.

Letcombe Basset Cress Beds

Two of the brook in the BBOWT Letcombe Valley reserve.

[Fogey]

Interesting!  Seems to me there is almost a touch of infrared about these images.  I can't pick a favourite out of the last two.

[Clicker]

I agree with Fogey ... a definite IR  feel to the images James ... I really like the 2nd image ...  Worth clicking on it to get the larger version ....  It has terrific tonal range and the composition is  very pleasing ..    I like the square format  too .

Having just read  up on the history  I can see that  it was developed in  about 1980 in Japan and  was a pretty up market  camera... It looks  a bit of a beast ... from the review I read  on this link :-

https://www.gregoryowain.co.uk/blog/bronica-sq-a-review

 Do tell us more about it......

[Hatter]

6 minutes ago, Clicker said:

from the review I read  on this link :-

https://www.gregoryowain.co.uk/blog/bronica-sq-a-review

 

It's a small world... Greg (the author of that blog) is a member of Hitchin Camera Club!

[JamesT]

Thanks everyone.

I noticed the IR-ness too, but I'm not sure where it came from, the film was FP4+ which while it has good red sensitivity doesn't really go into the IR and none of the images used a red filter (1 & 3 were with CP to cut down the reflections looking into the Sun, and 2 didn't use a filter at all).

 

[Hatter]

3 hours ago, JamesT said:

the film was FP4+

Hi James.  How do you convert your film images to digital for posting?  Scanned negatives or print first then scan the print? 

[JamesT]

2 hours ago, Hatter said:

Hi James.  How do you convert your film images to digital for posting?  Scanned negatives or print first then scan the print? 

I just scan the negatives, a flatbed for medium & large format and a film scanner for 35mm. (For colour I usually use the lab scans).

Then tweak in RawTherapee.

 

[Hatter]

21 minutes ago, JamesT said:

I just scan the negatives

Thank you.

[Clicker]

That was my next question Hatter ….snap !  Thanks for that James ..