paddyjoe

Spied an old school bus off the side of a deserted country road. Thought a couple pics were in order:

Fly

nice shots buddy...........i dig the way you took 'em in B/W.

love your work.


hey joe....is that a little school bus man?






*you know what i mean*

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Konichiwaneko

I love the contrast and grain, kinda feel sorry for any kids still trapped in there though.

Excellent pictures, though I'm curious about the frame on the third one.

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paddyjoe

oops sorry. when I scanned the negative I forgot to crop the edges on that one.

bernadette

hey joe, great abandoned bus; excellent subject matter. B&W = perfect choice.

so? these were shot with your holga, yeah?

and what??... you scan in your negatives???
just invert them with photoshop?

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maleficent

Very cool pictures... but they make me sad... wonder what the story was as to how that bus came to be abandoned there for so long...

anything in the bus? schoolbooks, etc?

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paddyjoe

Yup, shot with the Holga, and used an old expired roll of Konica b&w infrared I had laying around. Holga now makes filter kits, so I used a red #25 filter and crossed my fingers.....

Suprisingly, most of the negs on the roll were exposed fairly decently. Scanned em at 3200 dpi and really just adjusted my levels and added MAYBE 3 points of contrast.

This is where I get my Holga stuff: http://www.freestylephoto.biz/

Just got a polaroid back for it, so some fun experimenting to do now.

paddyjoe

Actually, the body of the bus was missing. Just past the cab, it looked like a flatbed truck. Nothing in it, and I'm even kinda suprised that the windshield wipers were still there.

paddyjoe

Thought I'd help you relive your childhood, bro............

Norske8

Lots of character captured in that old bus. Great job!

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muttonglutton

That first picture is so amazing. I love the b&w.

Reminds me of the movie Jeepers Creepers. Oh so bad. It's a shame, I'm so young that pictures like these fill my head with crappy memories of crappy movies instead of long lost childhoods.

Maybe one day, somone will take an artsy picture of an NES and put it up on TFP v347.0, and I'll be able to look at all the young'uns and say "see there, that's a memory."

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bernadette

no wait... joe, wouldn't a negative scan look more like this?

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Charlatan

Joe... great shots but why do you have say you found the bus, "off the side of a deserted country road" when we know full well it's just rotting in your back yard?

Again, they are really good shots...

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paddyjoe

By golly, that's just what the negative looks like, bernie. When you scan it, just as when you print it in the darkroom, you make a positive. Which is what you see at the top of this thread.

I guess with digital, you're missing that whole negative to positive step.

So in conclusion.....stop trying to confuse me. It's bad enough I gotta deal with goofy canooks like flyman and Charlatan..................

Fly

toooooo easy my friend,too easy.



you love it man....face it.

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bernadette

oh jeeze joe... i'm not try to confuse YOU, but you're sure as heck confusing me!!!

perhaps your scanner software has some special "scan negative" option?
otherwise, i don't understand how film negatives turn into positves just by the normal scanning tehcnique... do y'know what i'm carrying on about?


and ps. joe, fly & Charlatan should get a room already & get it over with!

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paddyjoe

So sorry about the confusion, dear bernie.

My scanner software does have a pull-down menu for either reflectives or transparencies. If I select the latter, my choices are, positives (slides), color negative film, or black & white film. When selecting the film options, they are automatically turned into positives.

By the way, my scanner is the Epson Perfection 3200.

paddyjoe

I can't imagine what hotel would rent to 'em.

Mondak

Nice work. Love the radiator.

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