#harmanphoenix

Post box from Victorian times.

#PentaxLX #Pentax SMC K 55/1.8, #HarmanPhoenix 200, dev and scan by Filmdev.

A red post box set in a red brick wall. The box is labeled V R at the top, indicating it was installed under the reign of Queen Victoria. There is a slot for letters labeled POST OFFICE, and a white label showing the pickup times (9 am if you're lucky!). At ghe bottom near the key hole is a white patch where a label has been partly removed.

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**ChrisR** @carusb@photog.social · Mar 16, 2024

Mar 16, 2024

Bulrushes by the lake.

#PentaxLX #Pentax SMC K 55/1.8, #HarmanPhoenix , dev and scan by Filmdev.

The upper part of this colour photo is winter trees in the sunshine; the centre is a band of bright bulrushes looking golden (with a bit of over bright halation, too) and their reflection in the dark water.

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**ChrisR** @carusb@photog.social · Mar 15, 2024

Mar 15, 2024

Road open!

#PentaxLX #Pentax SMC K 55/1.8, #HarmanPhoenix , dev and scan by Filmdev.

A damp road curves from bottom right to top left of this image; it has dashed white lines in the middle and double yellow lines on the left, by the pavement (sidewalk). Behind is shadow. Dominating the image is a set of objects including a red sign reading "ROAD CLOSED", three red and white cones and two yellow cones, plus a yellow barrier, all pushed to the side of the road, leaving it open for traffic.

**ChrisR** @carusb@photog.social · Mar 14, 2024

Mar 14, 2024

Road closed

#PentaxLX #Pentax SMC K 55/1.8, #HarmanPhoenix , dev and scan by Filmdev.

Portrait format colour photo showing four yellow, blue and red cones (the nearest simply labeled "POLICE", the next labeled "WEST MERCIA POLICE"), spaced across the road to close it. There is a stone wall in the background; the scene is lit by the afternoon sun, so the cones cast long diagonal shadows.

**Greg Pak** @gregpak@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2024

Feb 13, 2024

#BelieveInFilm #35mmLoveLetter

I love the way walking around with a camera makes me notice things I'd never notice otherwise. I've passed by this lion sculpture hundreds of times. Only now noticed the funny way its tail curls back over its leg.

Nikon FM2n, Nikon Nikkor 35mm f2, #HarmanPhoenix 200.

35mm color photo of the back of a statue of a lion outside of Saint Marks Church-in-the-Bowery. The tail of the lion is curling back around along the top of its leg in a funny way.

**Greg Pak** @gregpak@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2024

Feb 13, 2024

#BelieveInFilm #35mmLoveLetter #HarmanPhoenix

Shot another roll of Harman Phoenix 200. Not as pleased with the shots as last time -- really confirms to me that the film really responds best on sunny days. It was pretty overcast for most of these shots and I don't think the film's reputation for intense colors is served best under those conditions.

Still, having fun. Just gonna wait for another sunny day!

Nikon FM2n, Nikon Nikkor 35mm f2, Harman Phoenix 200.

35mm color photo of Evergreen Funeral Home in Greenpoint. Funky older three story brick building with arched windows on the top floor.

35mm color photo of the the side of Marinara Pizza in the East Village. Red wall and outdoor dining border banner with lots of funky graffiti on the wall. In the background you can look down the avenue and see the E. 10th Street sign.

Buildings on a corner in Williamsburg with green painted wood siding. "CUT SHOP" sign on the corner building. Shot with Harman Phoenix 35mm film, which is high contrast and grainy and pretty saturated.

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**Morag Perkins** @moragperkins@mastodon.art · Jan 27, 2024

It almost has hints of that teal-and-orange thing that movie makers were obsessed with for a while.

Warm tones are very warm, and the blues are very blueish-green, so given the right subject it contrasts with itself nicely.

Close up colour photograph of some dried out bracken in winter, backlit by the sun and viewed between the uprights of a fence.

The dead bracken is a surprisingly vivid brownish orange colour, and it seems to glow slightly in the light, contrasting with the dark black of the fence and shady background.

In the background blur, between the shadows there are occasional points of warm light, but also areas of surprisingly cool, almost blue hazy light contrasting with the orange glow of the bracken.

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**Morag Perkins** @moragperkins@mastodon.art · Jan 27, 2024

So here's where it gets challenging! If you point it at dead winter plant material like this in overcast light, it has *vibes*. Really, really interesting results and I would like to try more like this.

...but of course it's at most ISO 200 and it needs a lot of light.

So all I need to find is overcast winter conditions in Scotland where there is still enough light to manage sub-200 ISO. Pffft, how hard can it be?

Close up photograph of sone dried out reeds by a canal in winter.

The reeds are tall and slim and grass like, with long thin leaves up the length of narrow stems. They range from a light straw colour to deeper golden orangey browns. Towards the left had side of the frame is one reed in sharp focus, with others fading into blur behind.

In the background, at the bottom of the frame, hints of water can be seen - it is a surprisingly vivid blue colour, contrasting with the warm tones of the reeds.

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**Morag Perkins** @moragperkins@mastodon.art · Jan 27, 2024

As expected, it is dark, grainy and dramatic, and the colours are often quite otherworldly. If you're looking for natural and subtle, this ain't it! But then it was never supposed to be and I'm fine with that.

I exposed for the sky in this particular shot, and even so it came out a little darker than I was expecting. I think it paid off though!

Dramatic portrait format colour photograph of the view along a canal towpath in winter, with the remains of an old gas storage tank looming up ahead.

In the foreground on the left is the towpath, disappearing off towards the gas tank. On the right, the canal can just about be made out, and there are trees at either side.

The gas tank is an enormous round industrial structure, with just the skeleton of the outer structure remaining. In the past it would have been filled with a huge tank that rose and fell with the gas it was storing. It looms over the scene like a massive skeletal tower made of scaffolding, silhouetted against the sky.

The photograph is very dark and dramatic - the sky is a deep teal blue colour, and there are a few fluffy clouds that appear pinkish orange. Apart from a few subtle patches of light, the canal, the towpath, the trees and the gas tank are all dark silhouettes, and there is a dark vignette in the top corner adding to the sense of darkness and drama.

Again the whole photograph is very grainy and contrasty, with strange alien colours.

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**Morag Perkins** @moragperkins@mastodon.art · Jan 27, 2024

I used a Canon EOS 300, mostly with the 100mm macro lens - my goto trusted setup.

Exposed this roll at box speed (200), although they're not wrong that it likes a lot of light and I might try a lower ISO for the next roll!

I quite liked the subtle vibes the grain and the colours add to this one. It's almost got a painting quality to it.

Slightly painterly close up photograph of a single skeletal physalis lantern on a stem.

The plant material is mostly silhouetted against a plain warm sepia-ish background, with vignetting towards the corners.

The lantern structure is partially transparent, and the skeletal pattern of the veins in the structure can be clearly seen. On the centre there is a darker shape that is the dried out remains of a seed. While it is mostly in silhouette, there are subtle hints of colour in parts of the lantern - browns, oranges, olive greens, and in one spot an intriguing blueish grey light.

The photograph is very grainy and has very strong contrast, which adds to the unusual feel.

**Greg Pak** @gregpak@mastodon.social · Dec 19, 2023 *

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#BelieveInFilm #35mmLoveLetter #HarmanPhoenix

Check out the wild halation on the one building being hit by the sun. This film is something!

Canon New F-1, Auto Vivitar 20mm f3.8, Harman Phoenix 200.

35mm color photo of Manhattan skyscrapers seen from below with a wide angle lens. The Harman Phoenix film used here has a ton of halation, or big glowy effect, around hot spots, so one building being hit by the sun looks like it's almost on fire.

**Greg Pak** @gregpak@mastodon.social · Dec 19, 2023 *

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