head in the clouds

Stuck a roll of Kodak bw400cn in the rollei and tried to do some candids. It has 4 focus settings so some of them are out of focus, and some are very "angular". This was probably the only one I was happyish with although it needed contrast added post scanning as his head totally disappeared into the sky! I've burnt the rest of the negs - after pouring cellulose thinners on them. They're too bent to scan but may try printing them out in the enlarger.

[Mac]

This looks like somethihg from a documentary. Very 1930s Euro.

[Rik]

Nice shot, I really like the contrast. I agree out the 1930s documentary

[Caroline]

It looks like he is busy doing something focused. I like the angle here.

[Jackie greenfield]

Yep very 1930s, I really like the angle, great in b&w! Had to smile at" his head in the sky" quote :-)

[Rachel Withey]

Just love this. Great composition and I agree it looks v 1930s

[Jerri]

i love all of your stuff. all of it :)

[Kate Goring]

The feeling of age is wonderful! The texture and grainy feel is perfect.

[Candace]

Silent figure....amazing!

[Adam]

Is that Alfred Hitchcock?...awesome pic Ingrid. You nailed the technique on this one. Very enjoyable photo.

[Penny Milner]

And evocative shot fav!

[Lisa Stein]

I agree with the above. It does seem like an image out of a pre-WWII documentary or is it Alfred Hitchcock?? I see both! Great sense of age here.

[Peter de Graaff]

Definitely Hitch

[Sue]

Has a Winston Churchill look to me :p Fav!

[Maaikel]

See I'm not the first thinking it was hitchcock, a fav, well done!

[Jan Penny]

Yes, I also immediately thought you had captured the elusive Mr Hitchcock! A wonderful candid shot.

[Humphrey Hippo]

This feels so old.

[Gail]

Wow this is fab. I first thought it was Churchill. Hope you manage to salvage the burnt negatives.

[The Mysterious Mr Biscuit]

I thought Hitchcock as well! @gailmmeek is right though, there's something Churchill-like about him as well.

I've said it before, and will probably say it again, I have no understanding of what you do and talk about most of the time, but I do like that you are doing it and sharing the results with us. Maybe you could write an essay/blog post here and talk about it? I think it would be really interesting. On the other hand it might just be lots more words I don't understand :D

[Annick]

Beautiful shot Ingrid, look like it was taken in the 50's.

[Ingrid Budge]

@Cheesebiscuit Essays?? You have got to be kidding, the reason you probably don't understand is simple - I leave out half the info and get distracted and start talking about something else. It was the one part of my college work I had the bare minimum for - only 500 words and believe me I was counting. Ha ha ....I can talk for hours about it, but it takes ages to type so I get frustrated :D

[The Mysterious Mr Biscuit]

@ingrid2101 lol! It was just an idea! I thought other people here might find it interesting, that was all.

[Ingrid Budge]

@Cheesebiscuit oh no , you see- I didn't want to come across as annoyed but sometimes text does that!! I was laughing when I read it. It's why I always prefer to speak to people rather than text, don't think of me as being rude please :D

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

Superb. I love the fact that you are happy to try with any old film in any camera and then develop it to see what comes out. You are a true artist.

[Dave Schofield]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leica-Leitz-Summicron-R-50mm-f2-Lens-with-UV-CPL-Filters/151098434261?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D16729%26meid%3D801752479765945940%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D7906%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D290960395566%26

my next purchase on ebay, if my brain allows me.

[Ingrid Budge]

@chewyteeth Buy, buy that is beautiful and will still be worth the same if you ever want to sell. :)

[Dave Schofield]

@ingrid2101

I bought a Nikon F3 instead of the Leica!! I just facebook messaged you with a request!!

[Ingrid Budge]

@chewyteeth just saw it :) nice camera.. you have loads of lenses for it too