penarth fields looking into cardiff bay

We had an unusually lovely Indian summer here in Wales. I set out for

a walk with my Estonian friend Oskar on a late Saturday afternoon.

This was taken on our way back to Penarth Marina. The colours were

astounding along the cliff top that time of year but the light was

also rather challenging. I was shooting with my 1937 Zeiss Ikonta with

an uncoated Tessar 3.5 lens. I didn't have a lenshood with me on this

journey and thus combined with Velvia 100, there is such a dramatic

array of colours. Sadly, the jpeg rendition looses the subtlety of the

colours that I found on my original Tiff scan.

I was brought up in this part of the country (Swansea) so the scenery looks familiar. Come to that I suppose any sweeping bay would look familiar!

It took me a while to get used to the saturated colours in this photo but I suppose they're authentic. I've never quite made the step from digital to film. Must be fun using old cameras.

Cheers,

Mike

Hi Mike,

I shoot only film for fun. What little 'proper' shooting I do is in digital and tends to inevitably be the odd portrait commission for friends and acquaintances.

Velvia 50 and 100 are nice combinations with with old uncoated lenses, especially with a hood. Unfortunately, the blustery conditions and challenging contrast meant I had shoot at around 1/50th shutter speed. The purple/blue part of the cliff are more natural in the original tiff file although I did have to dodge them slightly from the original much darker tone.

Hi Starvy,

   Beautiful peaceful scene with interesting colors & composition.  Take care, Patsy

Hi Patsy,

Thank you for your thoughtful comment.

Nice work!

Thank you very much indeed Tony.