VW Sheds a Rusty Tear

Posted on February 26, 2013February 26, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, Transport, UrbExTagged abandoned, båstnäs, color efex pro2, Fuji Reala, Nikkor 20mm f2.8, nikon, Nikon F4, rusty, sweden, Volkswagen, VWLeave a comment

VW Sheds a Rusty Tear, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

Its Been A Long Time.

Posted on February 25, 2013February 25, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, Transport, UrbExTagged abandoned, båstnäs, black and white, blackandwhite., derelict, ilfordxp2, leica, Monochrome, MP, rusty, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, VWLeave a comment

Its Been A Long Time., a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

To Give you some idea of just how long this VW has stood here look at the wing mirror grown into the tree. The arm has rotted away you can still see the impression..

Little Yellow Van

Posted on February 24, 2013February 24, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, Transport, UrbExTagged abandoned, båstnäs, colour, Fuji Reala, leica, rusty, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, sweden, vanLeave a comment

Little Yellow Van, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

An old Swedish Postal Service van slowly rots away. I used Color Efex Pro 4 in post on this one. I fell in love with this shot so I thought I’d share it :0)

Car Cemetery II

Posted on February 23, 2013February 23, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, Transport, UrbExTagged båstnäs, black and white, blackandwhite., Caffenol C-L, F4s, Nikkor 20mm f2.8, nikon, Rollei RPX400, sweden1 Comment

Car Cemetery III (Explored.), a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

Todays shot: This I shot on my trusty F4s with my Nikkor 20mm.
The film I used was Rollei RPX400 which is new to me. I used Caffenol C-L Semi-stand for 55mins with gentle inversions at 2,4,8,16 and,32 mins. Which gave a much better result than the 70mins I tried before(Thanks Eirik) .
This shot is my fav of the day so far. I just love the way the tree has grown through the car. The Car looks quite sad as if it’s pleading for help to remove it .
Have a great weekend :0)

The Car Cemetery

Posted on February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, Transport, UrbExTagged abandoned, båstnäs, black and white, blackandwhite., car, cemetery, derelict, iphone4, sweden, urbex2 Comments

The Car Cemetery (Explored), a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

Welcome to the Car Cemetery.
Just over an hours drive from my home, just inside the Swedish boarder lies one of the most fascinating places I have been. A Car scrap yard which has become a Cemetery since everything has been left to nature.
To begin the series I thought This iPhone shot would make a great start.

The Norwegian Tempo Club III

Posted on February 13, 2013February 13, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, People, TransportTagged 120, 6x6, black and white, caffenol-c, hobby, kodak, moped, Norway, nostalgia, square, T-Max, tempo, TLR, transport, Yashica-cLeave a comment

The Norwegian Tempo Club III, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

I was asked to take a couple of shots of some colleagues on one of their annual outings with the Norsk Tempo Klubb
The Tempo is a Norwegian moped from around the 60’s.
This shot (my personal favourite from this quick shoot)was taken using my 1958 Yashica-C TLR from the same period as the mopeds (And some of the owners) What supprised me was the amount Of fine detail there is in this shot. The film I used was Kodak T-max 100 asa which I developed in Caffenol -C with a reduced soda recipe using only 40g per litre instead of 54g. for 14mins at 20℃. The negatives were scanned on my Epson V700 using Silverfast SW.

I’m planning a page to explain for beginners how to use Caffenol. There are many fine sites on the web but this will be a basic “How I did it” article. So stay tuned