The Royal Family

Posted on March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Still LifeTagged 120, 6x6, black and white, blackandwhite., Caffenol, chess, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203FE, Medium format, Monochrome, rollei 80s, square2 Comments

The Last in my Chess series. Thanks for all the likes and comments. It’s great to get feedback from you.

The Rookery

Posted on March 25, 2014March 25, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Still LifeTagged 120, 32E, 6x6, black and white, blackandwhite., Caffenol, carl Zeiss 80mm FE, chess, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203FE, Medium format, Monochrome, rollei 80s, rook, square1 Comment

The Rookery, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

The Clergy gather.

Posted on March 24, 2014March 24, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Still LifeTagged 120, 32E, 6x6, black and white, blackandwhite., carl Zeiss 80mm FE, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203FE, Monochrome, rollei 80s, square2 Comments

The Clergy gather., a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

Dark Knights, White Knight

Posted on March 23, 2014March 23, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Still LifeTagged 120, 32E, 6x6, black and white, blackandwhite., carl Zeiss 80mm FE, chess, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203FE, macro, Monochrome3 Comments

Dark Knights, White Knight, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

The Household Cavalry. By angling the camera and using a shallow DOF I got this wonderful selective focus effect that I wanted. Recipe and equipment used is identical to the others in this series.

Rollei 80s stand developed in Caffenol for 50 mins at 20℃
with agitation for only the first minute and then left to rest in a water bath for 49mins.

Here’s the Recipe
Make one litre
Washing soda (Stabil) 16gr/l
Vitamin C (Santa maria) 10 gr/l
Potassium Bromide 1gr/l
Instant Coffee 40gr/l
Inversions for the 1st minute and then left to stand for 49mins
Stop and fix as usual
More details on Caffenol here
davidapw.wordpress.com/caffenol/

“He was nothing but a pawn.”

Posted on March 18, 2014March 18, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Still LifeTagged 120, 6x6, black and white, blackandwhite., carl Zeiss 80mm FE, chess, E32, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203FE, Medium format, Monochrome, pawn, rollei 80s, squareLeave a comment

"He use nothing but a pawn." by Davidap2009

“He use nothing but a pawn.”, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

A little table top fun with my Hasselblad 203FE with the Carl Zeiss 80mm F2.8 FE mounted on an E32 extension tube. Taken on my fav black and white film Rollei 80s stand developed in Caffenol for 50 mins at 20℃ with agitation for only the first minute and then left to rest in a water bath for 49mins.

Good Luck

Posted on March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 Posted in Landscape, Nature, Norway, TravelTagged "Nikon 24-70 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S", "Nikon D800", black and white, blackandwhite., holtefjell, horseshoe, Monochrome, Norway, outhouse, snow, winter1 Comment

Good Luck, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

An Out-house on Holtefjell

Hazel Leaf By Hasselblad

Posted on March 13, 2014March 24, 2014 Posted in Flowers, NatureTagged 120, 6x6, black and white, blackandwhite., Caffenol, carl Zeiss 80mm FE, E16, E56, Hasselblad 203FE, Medium format, Monochrome, rollei 80s, stand develop3 Comments

Hazel Leaf By Hasselblad, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

A Linguistic bit of fun A Hassel blad by a Hasselblad. My wife had put so hazel twigs in a jar of water and they sprouted tiny leaves I took this shot in window light using the Carl Zeiss 80mm FE with all three of my extension tubes attached. I used a fav film Rollei 80s and stand developed it in Caffenol for 50 mins at 20℃ with agitation for only the first minute and then left to rest in a water bath for 49mins.

Here’s the Recipe
1l water
Washing soda (Stabil) 16gr/l
Vitamin C (Santa maria) 10 gr/l
Potassium Bromide 1gr/l
Instant Coffee 40gr/l
Inversions for the 1st minute and then left to stand for 49mins
Stop and fix as usual
More details on Caffenol here
davidapw.wordpress.com/caffenol/