Moody Lake ShoreLake Erie It was a cold early winter's day and I was hoping for some winter-in-your-face photographs on the shore of Lake Erie. Upon arrival, I was greeted with a beach windswept clean of any snow and it was too early for ice. The winter look wasn't going to be but the lake was still there and so were the beautiful rocks.

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For this expedition, I was lugging my Mamiya 645 medium format film camera loaded with Ilford Pan F Plus black and white film. It's low ISO of 50 combined with a 6-stop ND filter was going to work great for the intended long exposure photographs.

I goofed up though! I composed my shot, carefully metered the scene, increased exposure by 6 stops to account for the filter factor of the neutral density filter I intended to use, put the filter on, and took the shot. And another, and another. With the 6 by 4.5 cm format one can fit 15 exposures on a roll of 120 film. Only for the 2nd last shot I noticed something was off. After placing the filter on the lens I actually looked through the viewfinder. I am not sure why but I did. And the strange thing was I could see the scene in front of me. Dim, but still there. That was not supposed to be! This late in the day with daylight quickly fading the viewfinder was supposed to be pretty much pitch black.

It turned out I reached for the wrong filter and kept using that instead of the ND filter. For all the photos, I used my HRT polarizing filter, which has a filter factor of only about 1.5 stops. Thus, I was overexposing all shots by about 4.5 stops! I finished the last two shots much the same way to allow for a consistent development of the whole role.

Having realized my mistake before developing the film I shortened the development and pulled the film by 1.5 stops, hoping to counteract the overexposure a little bit, bringing it down to about 3 stops. I was hoping the wide latitude of the black and white film would help with the rest. Another fact playing to my advantage was the low contrast of the scenes. There really were no hotspots and the range of tonality was limited. All of this combined and I pulled a well looking negative out of the tank!

Triple Dome RockLake Erie

Triple Dome Rock Long Exposure, Lake Erie Shoreline near Buffalo, NY

Film photography: Mamiya 645, Ilford Pan F Plus

It was a good learning experience to pay attention every step of the way and I am glad I was able to mostly recover and not pay the full pice and lose a roll. I hope you'll enjoy these moody photographs from our Great Lake.

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Previously captured on film: Analog (Film) Photography - Film Pinhole Photography - Winter Jinx - Seaside Pinhole Photography - Theatre District at Sunrise, Buffalo, NY - On Main Street, Buffalo, NY - On the Road around Buffalo - Lake Erie Lakeshore on Pinhole - Erie Basin Marina on Pinhole - From Ohio Street - As the Names Change - Buffalo Classic on Classic Medium - One More White while Appropriate - More Winter in Hamburg, NY - Palace in Winter - A Shed - The Chimney - Road Trip 2018 on a Page - Road Trip 2018: The First Few Darkroom Prints - First Roll of Infrared Film - Road Trip 2018: A New Darkroom Print - Analog Colors - Cheap Shots of Sunny 16 - Darkroom: A Split Grade Print - A Drive-Through Nation - A Quiet Moment - Lighthouse Beach - Nostalgic Colors - The 70s Look? - Lakeshore Mood

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Zine Issue 1: Road Trip 2018Daniel Novak Photo Zine A blog post re-run today, but since I still have some issues left, I figured why not.

My first ever photo zine, Issue 1: Road Trip 2018, is still available and you can easily have it by clicking through the links here.

It's a selection of black and white analog photographs from my 2018 Road Trip covering Route 66, nature, and man-made presence within. The zine is press printed into a 8.5" x 5.5” landscape format booklet. It has 12 inside pages plus the cover and back image and offers the total of 15 black and white photographs. Each photograph is captioned with the location.

All of the included photographs were shot on Nikon FE and Ilford Delta 100 black and white film, and developed using Kodak XTOL developer.

The purpose of this zine is not to make money but to share my photography in a non-digital format. That concept is reflected in the zine's price. It is only $5.00, which includes $2.00 of charitable donations:

• $1 from each zine benefits National Historic Route 66 Federation
• $1 from each benefits National Park Foundation

I have selected these two organizations based on this project and the photographs included in the zine as my way of giving back.

Zine Issue 1: Road Trip 2018Daniel Novak Photo Zine

Zine Issue 1: Road Trip 2018, Daniel Novak Photo

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This was a fun Sunday afternoon in the city of Buffalo, NY. It was freezing but the sun came out and so had I and my camera. A few years back I bought a roll of experimental 35mm film that was supposed to produce muted colors shifted towards the blues reminiscent of the 70s, as well as some pretty strong grain. I thought I'd shoot it in summer when everything is colorful to take advantage of the film's strengths. But somehow, I never found the opportunity.

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When the sun came out on a Sunday in the middle of a Western New York winter I decided it was about time. After all, the film actually expired back in November 2017 and we were into 2019 now. I loaded it into my Pentax Spotmatic and headed for the city with no clear target in mind. That proved to be another nice side benefit. I ended up taking a 4-mile walk from Shea's down Main Street to Canalside, over to the Erie Basin Marina and back to my starting point around the City Hall and Lafayette Square.

In the end, the film did exactly what it was meant to. I hope you'll enjoy this nostalgic detour from the world of digital perfection.

Erie Canal Harbor à la 70sFilm Photography

Erie Canal Harbor à la 70s,  Buffalo, NY

Film photography: Pentax Spotmatic, Adox Color Implosion

Naval & Military Park à la 70sFilm Photography

Naval & Military Park à la 70s, Buffalo, NY

Film photography: Pentax Spotmatic, Adox Color Implosion

And just in case you are wondering, yes, there will be a few more down the road as this look is growing on me. On that note, if you did not like these the first time around, swing back in a few days and look again. Feel free to leave a comment in the guestbook to let me know what you think about these!

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Do you enjoy reading my photography blog? Would you like to see more photographs from Buffalo and Western New York? Visit my Buffalo Cityscapes and Buffalo & Western New York Landscapes and enjoy! Please, let me know if you have any questions about any photo products offered, or not offered, I will be happy to help! For a quick reference to all photo galleries and collections as well as all photo products currently offered through my site, please, visit the Products page.

Using my links to do your shopping keeps me sharing more photographs and writing the stories behind them and costs you nothing. You can also use the Amazon search box in bottom left for anything at all. I truly appreciate each purchase, no matter how large, no matter how small. Thank you!

Previously captured on film: Analog (Film) Photography - Film Pinhole Photography - Winter Jinx - Seaside Pinhole Photography - Theatre District at Sunrise, Buffalo, NY - On Main Street, Buffalo, NY - On the Road around Buffalo - Lake Erie Lakeshore on Pinhole - Erie Basin Marina on Pinhole - From Ohio Street - As the Names Change - Buffalo Classic on Classic Medium - One More White while Appropriate - More Winter in Hamburg, NY - Palace in Winter - A Shed - The Chimney - Road Trip 2018 on a Page - Road Trip 2018: The First Few Darkroom Prints - First Roll of Infrared Film - Road Trip 2018: A New Darkroom Print - Analog Colors - Cheap Shots of Sunny 16 - Darkroom: A Split Grade Print - A Drive-Through Nation - A Quiet Moment - Lighthouse Beach - Nostalgic Colors - The 70s Look?

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