Busy as a …

Posted on July 17, 2021August 16, 2021 Posted in Flowers, Hobbies, Nature, PhotographyTagged #beekeeping, bees, blackandwhite., colour, macro, nature, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, nikonz65 Comments

Back in 2013 I did a post about my friend the Beekeeper.You can read that here. I’ve always had a fascination for bees and often sit and watch them work their way over my lavender and other plants in my garden.

I sat there a few days ago with my Nikon Z6 and a 300mm lens, and this little guy shows up and places himself in profile. The shot is handheld, I supported the lens on my knees. It’s heavily cropped too, but as I wrote in the original article I never did buy that Macro lens. Although I hear that Nikon have now produced a 100mm Z-mount lens to a reasonable price. So who knows?

Just for a bit of fun here this the same shot in black and white. I’m still playing around in Capture One

Nikon Z6
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR
PP Capture One

Not Drawn

Posted on June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Posted in Landscape, Nature, Norway, PhotographyTagged black and white, earlymorning, fog, graphic, leica, leicaq2monochrom, Monochrome, nature, q2m, travel, weather4 Comments

Another shot from my early morning commute. Every now and again I see a black and white photo that looks like it could have been drawn by some artist. Just simple lines on paper. When I got home and saw this shot on a large display I got the that feeling that it had been drawn by my camera. The magic ends when I tell you that it is the remains of an old dock in the local river taken early one foggy morning. So just imagine I painted it instead.

Leica Q2 Monochrom
Frame add in Silver Efex Pro III

Early mornings

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Posted in History, Landscape, Nature, Norway, Photography, TravelTagged black and white, Drammen, early, fog, landscape, leica, monochrom, mornings, outdoors, q2m, weather3 Comments

I get up early most days, it’s one of the few advantages of being a boarder line insomniac. It meansI have plenty of time to cycle the 18 km’s to work before the local town is awake or have even thought about waking up.

I’m lucky in that at least nearly a half of my route takes me along the river path where there are lots of things I can record and the weather is never the same.

This Picture was taken at around 04.30 in the morning everything was totally quiet even the ducks were sleeping when I rolled to a stop by this old stone quay.

It was a foggy start that day so there was plenty of atmosphere I took this low shot which a mate said looked like the cover of some new Scandinavian Crime novel. Anyway just to show the difference I took a similar shot next day without fog and a different aperture setting.

Leave a comment and let me know which you like best.

Abandoned

Posted on December 19, 2015December 19, 2015 Posted in Abandoned, History, Nature, Photography, Transport, UrbEx3 Comments

A rare outing in colour . I liked this shot so much in colour I printed it our in A3+. I have used Niks Colour Efex Pro 2 and a little LR . I hope you like it click on it to see it a little larger.

Whispering Grass

Posted on March 21, 2015 Posted in Landscape, NatureTagged black and white, blackandwhite., Denmark, leica, m9p, Monochrome, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, travel6 Comments

Proud and Impatient

Posted on January 2, 2015 Posted in Hobbies, Nature, People, PhotographyTagged black and white, leica, m9p, Monochrome, people, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asphLeave a comment

That’s the wording on my friends hat.

Winter is here.

Posted on December 28, 2014 Posted in Landscape, Nature, Norway, PhotographyTagged leica, m9p, norway nature, snow, summicron 90mm asph4 Comments

A little winter shot from todays walk in the woods.

Dandelion II

Posted on May 29, 2014May 29, 2014 Posted in Flowers, Nature, PhotographyTagged 12asa, adotech II, adox cms 20, Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm F2.8, Dandelion, E56, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203 FE, v700Leave a comment

Here is another Dandelion. Because of the breeze I found one low to the ground and used my prone body as a windbreak. I must say that Adox CMS 20 is worth the effort. The negatives are practically grainless. I must say that my ASA dial on my Hasselblad has never been to such a low value before. In fact it’s the slowest film I’ve ever used. Other than that it’s just a normal process with a couple of things that are different.
1. I had to use a proper stop solution (Ilfostop).
2. You fix the film for only 30 seconds. I felt like I just poured in my T-max fixer and poured it out again.
Other than that everything else was the same as usual. I think that given an even better scanner than my V700 I could squeeze even more from these negs. But you have to use what you have. I have printed this shot for framing and it looks great so all in all I’m very pleased with this film. There will be other shots using this film very soon. But until then you can enjoy this one and the last two.

https://davidapw.com/2014/05/27/wild-strawberry/

https://davidapw.com/2014/05/28/dandelion-and-friend/

Dandelion and Friend

Posted on May 28, 2014May 29, 2014 Posted in Flowers, Nature, Photography, Still LifeTagged 12asa, 6x6, adotech II, adox cms 20, Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm F2.8, Dandelion, E56, flowers, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203 FE, macro, square, v7003 Comments

Taraxacum officinale, or the common dandelion to us less proficient in Latin. Here with a visiting insect.
Hasselblad 203 FE
Carl Zeiss 80mm F/2.8 FE on E56 extension tube
Adox CMS 20 at 12 ASA.
Developed in Adotech II for 8.5 mins at 20˙C Stopped with Ilfostop and fixed with T-max fixer for 30 seconds.
Scanned with Epson V700
Silverfast SW.

Wild Strawberry

Posted on May 27, 2014May 29, 2014 Posted in Flowers, Nature, Photography, Still LifeTagged 120, 12asa, adotech II, adox cms 20, Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm F2.8, E56, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203 FE, strawberry, v7001 Comment

A little change of pace:
Adox CMS 20 first try. 120 roll film exposed at 12 ASA. This exposure was 1.5 seconds. Taken on my Hasselblad 203 FE with a Carl Zeiss 80mm FE on E56 extension tube.
Developed in Adotech II mixed at 1+29 = 500ml=17+483 ml for 8.5 mins at 20˙C .
Stopped with Ilfostop for 1 min and fixed with T-max fixer for 30 seconds.Wash as normal 10 mins.
Scanned using my V700 and betterscanning.com holder and Silverfast SW