andrea_ingram

Nice question for which there will be many interesting answers.

mine is; less is more!

Nice group of pictures. How did you get such images from the lad! Hal never bothered to do that for me :-(

Hal, me old pal. good to see you are still around.

For those who don't know, Hal is a Halina 35mm camera I bought for ?1.99 on the auction site. When I first used him to see pictures for me, he had a bit of a fuzzy side to his images. Nevertheless, since I originally sent him to Roman in..... wherever Roman lives, Hal seems to have mended his ways a bit.

When you get Hal, give him a roll of film to eat and post the results on here then send me two of the best images and I'll post these on Hal's page.

Have fun!

One for the Autumn - Epson 3170 scanner [bored!]<div></div>

Thanks Chums. don't forget to send me any personal info andlinks you would like me to use.

:-)

Since Nancy asked what am I doing with Hal's images, it has got me

thinking since this has been a wonderful holiday for Hal and the

images he has posted with help from his hosts have been most

inspiring.

I was thinking [always dangerous] that it might be nice if I put

together a web-presence for Hal's holdays. So, if all you past AND

future hosts of Hal could send me web-sized files [i am on dial-up]

of your 2 [two] best images from Hal's stay with you, I will put it

together - with all requisite details of the hosts [photographers].

Brilliant!! I can go to bed and sleep now!

Thank you all in advance

Flip! Hal is still behaving himself it seems. Lovely images I must say. Hope Hal is not getting travel sick. From what he told me before he set out , he wants to visit ever continent if he can.

Europe - done

N. America - done

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Hal is doing the business still I see. He MUSt be having a great time. Maybe we ought to group all these posts together! Anyone know how to so that.

Anyway, well done Andre and all the other hosts of HAL. Grand job.

Have ben having fun with my KOWA 6MM at the World Masters Track

Championships at my workplace - the Manchester Velodrome. The light

in the track centre is quite limited even with the full lights on so

this was taken at f2.8 - 1/60th. Film is HP5 rodinl 1:50.

The subject is GB's Victoria Pendleton who is the current world elite

sprint champion and was presenting medals to Masters winners.<div></div>

..... have been playing with images a little since I was advised to get the Hidden power book [very good]. How is this one from the same roll as that above?<div></div>

Thanks very much. Very glad to hear a local man can sort things if problems occur.

I just love this camera! I have only had it a week or so but just

love it. Took this picci at work in the Velodrome which is really low

light when the lights are on for training only. So, this was f2.8

1/60th handheld on Delta 400 in Rodinal 1:50. The 'boy' is Craig

Mclean - fastest rider in the world over 1 lap standing start -

former world champion and Olympic medallist and a really nice, if

over-muscled man.<div></div>

Just to remind you of the out-of-focus junk Hal used to take before he got into good hands.<div></div>

Well, I must say i am most impressed! Hal has been taught how to trake wonderful photos. Not bad for a camera that cost ?2.99.

Brilliant photos Nancy

Hi Nancy,

Some of the scans are put on here - and i have not had any other plans for them. didn't want to increase the costs / hassle for everyone when they are having fun! hope you have had fun with Hal and looking forward to seeing some of what he has seen.

I've been having a few problems lining up subjects using the 'sports'

viewfinder on my Rolfix. I can't seem to cope too well with what I

presume The Expert might call parallex issues - or something. I'm not

expert so I call it 'missing the subject'. As it happens, this here

photo looks rather good with this 'composition' I think. But I would

welcome some thoughts and advice.<div></div>

Thanks. The Bessa has a Helomar lens. I have used a bit in the field so to speak for 'head 7 shoulders' - see Totally Bonkers.

I got the camer from my favourite camera shop in Manc. Uk, "The Real Camera Co.". The place is piled high with old cameras and I practically salivate when I go in at the sight of the all.

Love the camera too

Been playing around with an image from my trip to Texal island.

Original was in colour - Fuji NPH 400 which i got for nothing but i

didn't like the colours too much.

I just have PS Elements so duo-tones are not posible. However, have

tried this. How is it?

Voigtlander Bessa RF folder<div></div>

Brilliant. Just brilliant :-)

Thanks everyone. Lots of Bonkes things in this small vally all year! Have been thinking I/We [my partner & I]will get into the era clothes-wise and take my folders up to the next one in Morecombe. Only thing is, what did women photographers wear in that time?

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P.S. There were two sane people there??<div></div>

And I went mad with the Voigtlander Bessa Folder /Agfa apx 100 since the Franka Rolfix with Lucky 400 had been used up in Uppermill. Sloshed in Rodinal 1:25. Scanned on Epson 3170.

Bonkers!<div></div>

Luckily, the resistance had already formed !!!!<div></div>