Lars
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I just spent a month on the island of Gotland, got my 8x10 out of storage to shoot a portfolio of old fishing boats.
Gotland is a fairly large island (about 150 x 45 km) in the Baltic Sea. As such, it has a long tradition of fishing. The coast used to be littered with little fishing harbors and camps - some still remain. Small open wooden boats were used - some still are. At one camp is a still used boat that was rowed across the Baltic by refugees from Estonina during the war.
The tradition on Gotland is that when an old boat is retired, it is to be left on the shore to decay over the years. This is different from for example Åland, where old boats are to be burned.
This means that the coastline has many old boats in different stages of decay. In addition, the soft lighting and the limestone background makes for some good photo opportunities.
This year I attempted to capture details of the decaying wood. I used E100G for a soft look, shot most exposures after sunset, often with the Cooke XVa wide open for a decidedly LF look. I'm not developing until I get to California late November, so I haven't yet seen any results. Crossing my thumbs for another month (ouch!), here are meanwhile some snapshots from a few locations.
(All edited with the upcoming beta version of Monochrome.)
Gotland is a fairly large island (about 150 x 45 km) in the Baltic Sea. As such, it has a long tradition of fishing. The coast used to be littered with little fishing harbors and camps - some still remain. Small open wooden boats were used - some still are. At one camp is a still used boat that was rowed across the Baltic by refugees from Estonina during the war.
The tradition on Gotland is that when an old boat is retired, it is to be left on the shore to decay over the years. This is different from for example Åland, where old boats are to be burned.
This means that the coastline has many old boats in different stages of decay. In addition, the soft lighting and the limestone background makes for some good photo opportunities.
This year I attempted to capture details of the decaying wood. I used E100G for a soft look, shot most exposures after sunset, often with the Cooke XVa wide open for a decidedly LF look. I'm not developing until I get to California late November, so I haven't yet seen any results. Crossing my thumbs for another month (ouch!), here are meanwhile some snapshots from a few locations.
(All edited with the upcoming beta version of Monochrome.)