Lion Pachinko

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  Andrew O'Neill

• Dec 7, 2015

Shot in winter. This was my favourite time of the year to work with this film.

 

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  blansky

• Dec 8, 2015

While I like this a lot, I'd be very tempted to take down the highlight of the blown out lion head a little bit. I like the split lighting on the head but I think the blow out brings down the greatness and interest of the picture. To me it's too good a picture to let that stand.

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• Dec 8, 2015

Thanks blansky. I have printed it down in prints leading up to this but it doesn't work for me. I want the head to dominate and not compete with the clouds.

 

• Vonder

• Dec 8, 2015

Good job capturing it! All too often we see these old buildings and think "gee I should shoot that" and then one day, they're gone. I captured our lone A&W root beer drive in just before it was demolished. Pure happenstance that I did, as it was bulldozed a week later.

 

• Rich Ullsmith

• Dec 8, 2015

Obviously a decrepit scene but the lion appears more vital in the IR than it probably ever did back in the day. Perfect marriage of material and subject . . .needless to say, I am green with HIE envy.

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• Dec 8, 2015

I totally agree, Wolfeye. Japan is no exception. I learnt the hard way many times, so I tried to always have my gear with me. I literally saw something one morning, only to see it gone in the afternoon. I found an abandoned neighbourhood in a bamboo forest, only to see it all bulldozed the following week, with my gear in hand.

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• Dec 8, 2015

Thanks, Rich. I wish we still had HIE!!!

 

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  tony lockerbie

• Dec 8, 2015

Really, really cool, and a perfect subject for IR. Love the way it's framed too. Have you tried the Efke Aura 820? There may still be some kicking about.

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• Dec 8, 2015

Hi Tony. Thank you! Yes, I still have about 50 sheets of it in 8x10 left. I use it very sparingly. It's the only decent IR film out there, but still nothing like HIE! It's really too bad Kodak didn't keep this emulsion and do limited, annual runs of it. I'm sure there's no one there who could make it up, though, anymore.