Garden Allotment study no1

EXCELLENT exposure and lighting...technically very good...just not a big fan of the subject. there are old buildings with character, and then there's this. 6/5

I think it's a great subject to capture! I mean what is that bottle on a stick all about? The sprouts make a notable contribution in the foreground, both compositionally and contextually. But a couple of nits that do bother me are that the shed seems a bit constricted in the frame [guessing too much extraneous clutter around], and the dof looks as if it falls off too soon as the the grass and far window look unsharp.

Looks very like my garden shed. I see you've been down on the allotments, Phil. This shed clearly still subject to wartime 'make do and mend' policies. Good bit of story telling.

Thanks for these comments peeps. I love this place. There is a vast collection of the oddest looking constructions you ever did see. And there's also this hierarchy developing where the tumbly ones are at one end and the posh ones with shrubberies, two level effects and a path running down the middle are at the other.

 

G, re nit one - I got the Isola 1 last week. It dates from about 1956. Another example of a MF point and shoot camera for the masses. It's made from fabulous aluminium and plastic. Shutter is 1/30 sec or bulb. Max ap is f/11. Min ap is f/16. And if that's not small enough it comes with a second f/16 aperture but with a yellow bit of plastic across it. You guestimate the distance for focusing and sharpness is poor to acceptable in the middle dropping off markedly around the edges. The thing is you need to find suitable subjects where sharpness and detail are not the major interest. It's a mood and empathy kind of camera.

 

Re nit two, this shot is the first frame from the first roll. All twelve show tight framing. Most cameras will reveal through the viewfinder say 90% of the scene which will end up on the negative. The MF P&S cameras from the 40s and 50s I've used, especially the Holga reveal about 75%. So I figured stepping closer was no bad thing. Except that the Isola will show you 100% and then some. The lesson is when it's framed as you want it, then take two steps backwards.

The plastic bottle is to prevent poking your eye out on a stake as you bend over to tend the sprouts. A practical if unattractive idea. My mum has dozens of them around her garden, but all painted in bright colours.

 

I think it's a beaut shed.

Ahah, gotya Phil. I didn't look at the tech details, or the folder name, but I wouldn't have known those limitations anyway. Thanks for the info. It sounds like you could have some fun with that little toy - peeps in motion on the street, trams maybe, seascapes, ooooh all kinds of stuff!

John, I'm not that much of a gardener no, though I should have guessed. I have little green plug things which I use. Not nearly so creative as your mother.