More night photography with Yashica Mat LM in Singapore.

<p>I recently went out to shoot some smoke stacks at a nearby island, with slide film. I have exposures ranging from 1 to 6 seconds, with 1 of the smoke stacks flaring due to a sudden dumping of natural gas. Do let me know how you feel about these shots.<br>

I had cropped out the vignettes (save for a little of it left) for this whole roll while maintaining the aspect ratio. I believe that my series v lens hood may be causing this. Time was from 7.30pm - 7.50pm. Location: Labrador Park, Singapore<br>

Yashica Mat LM, f8, 1 second. Fuji Provia 100f.<br>

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Yashica Mat LM, f8, 4 seconds. Fuji Provia 100f.<br>

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Yashica Mat LM, f8, 6 seconds. Fuji Provia 100f.<br>

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Yashica Mat LM, f8, 5 seconds. Fuji Provia 100f.<br>

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Yashica Mat LM, f8, 4 seconds. Fuji Provia 100f.<br>

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<p>These are rather lovely. How are you metering the scene? I love shooting slides and would love to try out some long exposures but just don't trust my guesstimate long exposure calculations! I use an Olympus OM4 or sometimes, a Bessa R body.</p>

<p>the blue is gorgeous, the images seem quite sharp.</p>

<p>Wow, these are great!</p>

<p>~Jack</p>

 

<p>Hi Starvy. I use guesstimates based on a little experience. :) I understand that its not that simple, and pretty risky, but I got 8 shots out of 10 that I took, which I think is decent. Time of night also factors in. I'm trying to improve on this though.<br>

Thanks Carey, credit goes to the lens. My Yashica Mat LM has a common problem. When you turn the knob to focu at infinity, it appears a little out of focus. I have to turn it back just that little bit, like 1mm, and I get a very sharp and focused picture. It takes a little patience. :)<br>

Thanks Jack!!</p>

<p>Good cameras, the Yashicamats. I like the first shot the most.</p>

<p>This reminds me of Bladerunner for some reason!</p>

<p>James, great job with these pics, and I enjoyed your earlier posting as well.</p>

<p>Wow - these are amazing. Great job, and not easy with metering at that time of night. Wonderful work. That sky with the sort of torn-up cloud look, whether the break in the clouds are, is classic Singapore sky to me. </p>

Very Nice.. Your estimate on the exposure time seems right on.. time of night is tricky and dangerous!

I haven't had much luck with transparency films and long exposures!! You've seemed to have nailed it! Excellent! Oh and neat trick with focus.. I'll have to try that.. my Yashica D just got CLA'd and since it's return I've doubted the sharpness.. maybe that's the trick!"! Thanks

<p>Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing.</p>

<p>Very dramatic, James, great balance between that ripped-up sky and the landscape. No.1 gets my vote. And I agree with Nazar, it does have a movie-set look about it!</p>

<p>Nice, very nice.</p>

<p>Thanks Jennifer!!<br>

Hi Chuck, thanks!! Do try the focusing trick. It probably would work. I had the infinity focus of my first few rolls off, that's why I had tried it after reading this somewhere. You'd be able to tell the difference when you try it. :)<br>

Thanks Stuart!!<br>

Thanks Rick!! You can see that I have different horizon levels, bascially because I had shifted the tripod and the composition.<br>

Thanks JDM. :)</p>

 

<p>James,<br>

These are excellent, thanks for posting. The shots are all very dramatic, but I really like #3 the best.<br>

Dennis</p>