Lomo Storm Drain
This storm drain photo was taken while camera swapping with Earle a few weeks ago.
I had a request for a change from sterile airport shots and specifically a storm drain shot, which seems like an excellent idea.
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Lomo LC-A+ with Russian glass lens, Fuji Superia X-TRA 400 expired 2007.
burnt embers 
Camera swapping – that must be interesting! The vignetting really gives this one drama – is that all from the camera & film?
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Hi Lynn – the vignette is from the lens and likely a wide open aperture (I don’t remember for sure though the light levels were pretty low). The camera has a pretty funky lens that is a Russian copy of a poor east German copy of a good West German lens. They are notoriously awful. This one has some weird out of focus patches across the image, especially when focused close.
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Right, I forgot about the lens! You know how to make it work for you.
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I was exploring how it worked. Earle, whose camera it is, warned me about the lens and was with me when I put two rolls of film through it. But I needed to see the results to have any idea at all how to use it. Which exposes the too-often-true fact that I fly by the seat of my pants a lot when it comes to making pictures.
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This is very nice – I love the grey/lavender color of the water. This image will look good on the front cover of your storm drain book. (Hint. Hint.)
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Ha! A storm drain book has been suggested. But the big question would be is there a market for more than half a dozen (I have 4 siblings, 2 parents, 3 kids so if some of them bought it, I might get to 6. Except they would expect freebies).
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“Bought it” – that’s funny!
The books I’ve done on Blurb always look good, but they are so expensive that I’m practically embarrassed to sell them at a price that’ll just cover my costs.
But still, when you do your storm drain book, I’ll buy one.
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Yes, funny it is. I fully realise that one has to be prepared to lose money on these projects. Which is of course a huge incentive to embarking on one! But if I know I can sell one copy, then that satisfies the honor component of the enterprise, which is very encouraging 🙂
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I guess going in, we knew we weren’t going to make any $$$ on this. So – in theory – that should make it easier to accept it. Or something.
I think Sam ought to purchase one of the books, though, since he specifically mentioned it during class. See? (Hypothetical) sales have doubled already.
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Well, maybe he should buy 10 copies, and give them to his friends and students.
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Yes. Yes, he should.
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Is nice to be back on home turf. You might consider running a poll on your best storm drain shots some day
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I second that Val!
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Hi Val. That would be fun. I’ll keep it in mind!
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glad to know the storm drain is still there, doing its job and doing it well
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Thanks Eric. I am too – that rehabilitation project of a few months ago had me worried, but turned out to be the insides of the pipes under the street and cemetery, not this structure.
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So far, there have been no bad photos of the storm drain that I can remember. But this one is exceptional.
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Thanks so much Ken! I was at a conference and did not have time for blogging, but it was very nice to come home to a comment like this!
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