A roll of expired Velvia from a nearby lake

A couple of weeks ago I visited a nearby lake, or a pond, with my friend. There was an outdoor art exhibit surrounding the lake. The lake was really beautiful and the light from the setting sun really made everything glow. It was a nice trip and of course I shot a roll of film while we walked around the lake.

I came across some outdated film on Facebook trift sale group on July. I bought a batch containing Fujifilm ISO 100 color film, some outdated Fujichrome Velvia ISO 50 slide film and a roll of Kodak Ektachrome slide film. So on this lake trip, I shot a roll of that Velvia. It had expired in 2007, but had been stored in the freezer so it’s all good.

A photo posted by A photoblogger extraordinaire (@nokkosphotoblog) on Jul 18, 2016 at 11:26am PDT

Images from the lake

So anyways, here are some of Velvia shot in the light of a setting sun.

helios442_249-Edit — The sun really added some magic to the view.

helios442_248-2 — I had several shots which with blown out highlights due to the sun. I was shooting with my favourite lens, Helios 44-2 and I was trying to get some flaring in some of the shots so occasionally overexposed.

helios442_241 — That’s a piece of art in the foreground.

helios442_239 — Some youngsters were fishing by the lake.

helios442_237 — Here is some over the top flaring and blown out highlight. I have adapted the Helios lens to Canon EF and am using Canon EOS 1. I changed the camera’s focusing screen to allow greater control of focus when shooting wide open. Also the camera has high maximum shutter speed (1/8000 s), so its easier to shoot wide open without an ND filter.

helios442_257 — An art piece was consisted of CDs placed on the wall. They created a nice reflective detail.

helios442_258 — This wasn’t a part of this year’s exhibition, but I think it was from an earlier year. A nice carved portrait.

I really liked the summery glow of the evening and how the film managed to capture it all. It was my first time visiting that particular lake. I was really taken by the burned-down warehouse. It seemed like the nature was proclaiming it as its own once again.