Defect or an error 2

Posted by Nataly (Santa Monica, United States) on 1 May 2009 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

This image was taken a while ago. I shot the whole roll of film with the same exposure setting, but somehow, whether it was the film or the camera, couple of the frames came out looking very strange. One was the shot I`ve posted before with the blue line at the bottom and this one came out all dark and fuzzy and grainy. But I think that this shot could work well shown in a light box or with a spot light on it. There is something painting like about it. Oh, well, I`ve got nothing new at the moment so decided to post something for fun :).

vfxy Photoblogs

Comments (14)

dj.tigersprout from New York City, USA, United States

AMAZING!!! this reminds me of Poltergeist!!! so dramatic!! what an intriguing photo!!

1 May 2009 5:12am

Luis A. De Jesus R. from Mexico City, Mexico

I can't detect any error. I guess my attention must be bit clouded at this time into the night, but I like what I see. Yes, you did post one similar to this. Beyond the technicalities, I am drawn to the mystical and dreamy ambiance it conveys. Believe, I sure would like to be sitting in that sun and among all that vegetation right now.

1 May 2009 6:09am

@Luis A. De Jesus R.: Thanks, Luis. The error might be known only to me, you are right. As I mentioned above the camera setting was supposed to give me a very different result as it did in the following frames from this roll. But this 2 came out so dark and grainy, so I was told that the light leaked onto all the frame and lightened the negative, so the positive came out very dark.

Jean-François from Les Issambres, France

FANTASTIC *****************************************

1 May 2009 8:00am

k@ from Paris, France

Something of a sci-fi movie ! Cool mood ~

1 May 2009 11:28am

tokyo-drifter from Tokyo, Japan

Lot's of good things were discovered by mistake. This photo is awesome.

1 May 2009 11:38am

alex centrella from United States

i agree with K@ ditto..very cool image..wow !

1 May 2009 7:49pm

Arasp from Tehran, Iran

Wow, I love the colors. Magic !

1 May 2009 8:21pm

Ti from Alpharetta, United States

I remember seeing this one before, I was right! I have "photography" memory! :-)

2 May 2009 12:57am

@Ti: Yes you are right. I took these two at the same time. Just one came out normal and the other one (this) messed up a bit. Though I do like it this way. Makes it more interesting. Thank you, Ti!

Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States

Sweet shot. Love the (Cross?) processing and the spot light.
See this is what made me stop using 120 films. I get so angry when 3 maybe 5 frames comes out a total mess. They're expansive and I don't want to feel the pressure of making 12 beautiful photographs. So I only shoot 135 films.

2 May 2009 6:14am

@Howard F.: You are funny!! This is what makes me wanna shoot only 120 film :)))) I love this sort of creative mess.

gavin hart from Gold Coast, Australia

Defect or not this is great! The light and shadow are wonderful and the kid in the pool of sunlight is perfect. I want to shoot 120 film too but my scanner refuses to scan my Holga negatives - I need to buy another scanner.

2 May 2009 10:05am