Reflecting View
Contrary to appearances, this is a single exposure. It is made on film of a weak reflection of View Towers in a very thin puddle resting on concrete which adds a lot of texture and “grain”. If I could market this as a Lomography plug-in I might be able to afford even more camera gear. This shot has been helped quite a bit by long expired film that my mother had purchased probably in the 90’s.There was some serious colour shifting and extra graininess to the film which works out just fine in this case.
View Towers is a constant source of interest to me and for such an ugly building it has seen a lot of photography, and not just by me. I have recently met a fellow Victoria photo blogger and analogue enthusiast Gary, who blogs at Filmadvance.com. It is striking how much overlap in subject matter there is between our blogs. And not because Victoria is a smallish town, but because we frequently are drawn to the same things. For example, as I was scanning these photos on Monday evening, which I had taken on Sunday, Gary emailed to let me know he had posted a View Towers shot (or as he put it “I’ll see your View Towers and raise you one!”). I was amused by the timing, and even more so to find it was a reflection of the building. This is my answer to that email.
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Olympus XA2, ISO200, Kodak Gold 200 expired in 1990s
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burnt embers 
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Glad that film was useful in such unexpected ways and looking forward to more… Mum
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Hi! I hope NZ is treating you well.
Thanks for the film and the cameras too. I have used a bit of the film the past few months and most if the cameras too. This was the first roll with a colour shift. There was another of the same kind which I sent off a few days ago with Hugh inside a point and shoot on his current tour through Rockies and Alberta. I hope he doesn’t mind the colours!
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Photography as art – this one is outstanding.
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Thanks Valerie! I’m glad you like it. More to come.
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This looks like a 2D image of a 3D hologram to me. It’s terrific. Maybe the color shift of the expired film adds to it, too.
Since I often shoot in parks, I see a lot of photographers and sometimes we have a chance to compare notes. It amazes me that two or more photographers in the same place at the same time could come up with such unique images.
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Thanks Ken. I am very pleased with how these turned out (there are more to come). The concrete texture adds a lot of grain, and the colour shift, which I have muted a bit, gives it a bit of extra grot/grit.
I don’t often compare directly with photographers, but you describe my experience too. There are so many different ways of seeing. When I see shots of 10 photographers on a photo tour clustered so tightly their tripod legs are intertwined, all taking the same shot, I wonder how that comes about, and if there is any chance that one of them got something different from the others.
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