Finished a roll of film and got it developed - exactly one month after I took this photo! These are the "doonie" men coming from the harbour to meet the start of the ba. Street football game that has been going on for centuries. All the shops and houses have specially made barriers to prevent any damage as a 200 strong scrum is quite scary at times.
I'm so pleased these turned out as I.ve been out with about 6 different cameras today and this was the only one I finished film in. Took a few polaroids too which can be used as filler
@gwhit123 I only develop b&w but am tempted to try colour as I've seen some recently on here and it's just temp critical. Not as complicated as I first thought. Women played in 1945/46 however they were deemed to be too violent!
Nice one Ingrid. I have only ever developed B&W film but I have created prints from slides and colour negatives - also very temperature intolerant so I have a large thermostatically controlled bath in my darkroom. Worth the investment at the time but unused for a number of years now...
@annethomson Thank you Anne ! @gwhit123 Ha ha George! @steampowered NOT developed by me Paul! Local chemist - I haven't done any colour but am very tempted to try, I understand it's no more complicated than b&w just very temperature sensitive. Get your darkroom back in use!!
This is great... lovev the determination in the guys' walk, nice job. I've developed colour film, (a LONG time ago mind, and I had use of a great set up, but it wasn't that hard).
Nice shot. Some of those looklike they have trouble on their minds :-) Agree about the dated look, I guess we're just not use to looking at film anymore
@whdphotog check ou "bounce the movie" if you google that and click on our travels at the bottom is a trailer of the ba - and it's one of the best I've seen with a bit of history
I have been in that street a few times , on the day trip over from John O'Groats. Last time I was there a pickup truck turned up with a man tied in the back. He was covered in blood and feathers and stuff, apparently it was some sort of Stag ceremony. Your picture brings back happy memories of visiting your lovely islands.
@markp Ha ha , glad it's bringing back memories - you obviously witnessed a blackening! It does keep visitors wondering - no blood though, it's usually molasses- the stickier the better :)
@chewyteeth This is your old camera!! I was reading an older HDR post as my husband had asked me something about it. I was reading out some of the funnier comments and said "cheewyteeth". Stuart looked at me, and got busy on the laptop asking does he have a rollei ? Turns out he'd bought it from you on eBay. It's cool as, a great camera! I'm never good at explaining typing so hope that makes sense :)
Wtf. I hate you then I bought that for 27 and sold it for about 15 doh, that is strange. It's got a beautiful wind on and release action. Did you replace the light seals?
@chewyteeth He did day he'd got a bargain! So hate him. He did replace the light seals. It's a gorgeous solid camera. It has got lovely winding! No you can't get it back :)
that's pretty mad. I was sad to see that camera go but I have a system whereby I try to pay for everything I buy with sales, so my camera collection is neutral if that makes sense, so if I want a Canon AE I'll buy it as part of a joblot and I'll refurbish the other stuff and sell it until its paid for the AE too. But the Rollei I made a loss on, still it freed up some cash which went towards - I think - my Contax 137 which is a superb SLR
@chewyteeth I know what you mean - it's a pricey hobby when you still use film . I started making notebooks to sell to pay for my film and camera addiction and they do really well and it keeps me in film and cameras
Do you develop your own films?
@gwhit123 Ha ha George!
@steampowered NOT developed by me Paul! Local chemist - I haven't done any colour but am very tempted to try, I understand it's no more complicated than b&w just very temperature sensitive. Get your darkroom back in use!!
Thank you for your comments, I love the colours of film and I love the excitement of collecting prints, haven't done my own C41 processing yet - just b&w however I am very tempted
Small world - does this camera ring any bells? part of my christmas present from my husband - it's fantastic by the way - I love it
what makes you say that? is it a rangefinder? I used to have a Rollei rangefinder, strange how you seem to know that!
Wtf. I hate you then I bought that for 27 and sold it for about 15 doh, that is strange. It's got a beautiful wind on and release action. Did you replace the light seals?
I hope he left good feedback! :)