May 19 2009

karneval mannheim

I just got my first HP5 Plus film push processed. Darn, it costed me triple for what I’ve used to pay for normal processing.
The grain is somewhat very visible. And some details were almost completely lost, so I had to recover them with photoshop.
Here are a few shots I’ve taken during the Carnival (Karneval) parade in Mannheim last February. I’m still learning to get the hang of street photography.
FYI, Karneval or Carnival is a festival before Easter, which involves parades, people in funny costumes, sorta like Halloween in February. This festive season is typically the same as those Carnivals in Brazil, and the Mardi Gras celebrations.

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jack sparrow & friend

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these streets need some cleaning

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There are more of these where these came from. I’m just to lazy to upload them all.


Jan 18 2009

benelux - street in b/w

These are a few shots I’ve taken during my trip to Amsterdam, Brussels and Luxembourg last December. There are still more to come, so this post will be updated later.

Anyway, I thought I took a roll of street b/w pics during the travel. And after the film was developed, there wasn’t any!!! It wasn’t under- or overdeveloped, but unexposed!! Darn. I’ve loaded the film wrong. What a waste!

There are a few that I’ve taken with my d70s. But the best ‘were’ on film. And I thought I could share them with you guys. Maybe next time. A lesson learnt.

Enjoy!

it's a bird

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see anything interesting?

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and last, square cropped..

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hmm..