Spot on: Popcorn | Sunny 16 #2 (Set 6/6)

maipenquynh on 11. August 2022

Saving the best for the last!

There was a time where it was a huuuuuge pleasure for me to make popcorn and one evening, looking at the bowl filled with popcorn, I thought: Each popcorn has such a nice and especially unique pattern!

And with that, the idea of having a closer look on popcorn was born.

I was in particular excited for these photos and how they will turn out because for these photos I even made some consideration on the setup prior to shooting. Like this black background (which is just the surface of a folder) and I also considered day light (meaning I made popcorn at noon time which was weird).

I had some troubles with focusing but I assume this is partly due to the macro lens as well where focusing is an issue (from what I’ve read on the internet). Nonetheless, this wasn’t the last time for me to take photos of popcorn!

Have you ever had a closer look on popcorn? xD

Hard facts! Camera: Minolta Dynax 9000, Minolta AF Macro 100 mm f/2.8 | Film Kodak T-MAX 400 | Development & Scan: Fotolabor Görner Dresden

Harzer Teufelsstieg und Brocken | Sunny 16 #2 (Set 5/6)

maipenquynh on 5. August 2022

Nach Strandurlaub sind wir auch ein bisschen aktiv geworden und waren im Harz und sind von Schierke zum Brocken hochgewandert, den Teufelsstieg entlang.

Ich bin keine großartige Wanderin, meine Kondition ist so lala, aber meine Gelenke sind ganz gut. Das war auf jeden Fall wichtig für den Teufelsstieg, da die Stufen doch etwas größer waren. Ich hatte mich irgendwann gefragt, ob der Brocken so heißt, weil so viele Brocken zu überwinden waren, bis man oben war. Aber wohl nicht, denn der Brocken selbst ist halt … ein Brocken. Auf jeden Fall war der Teufelsstieg abenteuerreich und hat mir gut gefallen.

Wie so oft ist die Natur dann auch immer besonders beobachtenswert beim Wandern und wir haben sehr viele verschiedene Schmetterlinge beobachtet (eine Gewisse Person kennt sich sehr gut mit Schmetterlingen aus, was das Ganze dann einfach spannender macht!). Und Pilze sind auch ziemlich abgefahren!

Hard facts! Kamera: Minolta Dynax 9000 , Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.4 | Film: Kodak T-MAX 400 | Filmentwicklung & Scan: Fotolabor Görner Dresden

go to english version

North Sea | Sunny 16 #2 (Set 4/6)

maipenquynh on 27. July 2022

For the next two sets, I’ll take you on my last summer vacation.

It was the first time that I had vacation at the North Sea. It was boring in a nice way. We were on the beach, I barely touched the water. It was mandatory to rent a bike and I enjoyed riding around the island where we were. The island’s vegetation is different from the mainland’s one, and sea buckthorn was a thing there (not my thing at all) and seagulls were there, too, of course.

Taking photos on the beach with all that sand around wasn’t the smartest idea, especially when your hands are all over with sunscreen. Afterwards one is always wiser, right?

Another thing which also wasn’t very smart, was to photograph sand when the film itself was ISO 400, meaning that the film is very rough-grained. So looking at the picture of the sand, I’m not sure whether it’s a sand grain or a film grain that I see.

But that doesn’t hinder me to dream myself back into the strandkorb.

Hard facts!

Kamera + Objektiv: Minolta Dynax 9000 + Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.4
Film: Kodak T-MAX 400
Development + scan: Fotolabor Görner Dresden