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Anamorphic panoramic photo of a statue of a samurai on horseback at Oyama Shrine, Kanazawa.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Oyama Shrine, Kanazawa

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

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Anamorphic panoramic photo of autumn leaves on the surface of a pond at Oyama Shrine, Kanazawa.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Oyama Shrine, Kanazawa

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

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12.12.2025 07:00 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

It’s not really semi stand but close to it, I think.

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The famous “Ansel Method”. Hc110 1:90 dilution. 18min. Agitate 1min at the start then 10sec every 3min, at 20c/68f. You can mix almost any film at any push or pull for a decent (but not necessarily perfect) result.

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🤞🏼

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I tend to do a semi stand and throw any roll into it.

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#Photochat
Thinking of how I’ll photograph the New Years fireworks. I may try to Trichrome them.

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#photochat
I keep all my negs in labelled sleeves and folders, roughly in chronological order. The digital files are stored on multiple hard drives as well as LR cloud and Apple cloud albums.

12.12.2025 00:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#Photochat
I do both flatbed scanning and digital camera scanning. Flatbed mostly, but digital camera for BW negs that I want to do quickly.

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#Photochat
I mostly home develop except for slide film, but I’ve been increasingly leaning towards BW film only. My go to dev is HC110.

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As a reminder our #photochat is today starting in about 2 hours. Focus is on your photographic / creative workflow. A bonus holiday question as well. Chat soon!

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Pencil sketch of a koi.

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 Day 12

Koi

#Art
#Pencil

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Thank you Amy! I did struggle as to whether I was better off just cropping a normal photo. But I love this lens.

11.12.2025 08:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anamorphic panoramic photo of the trees and autumn leaves at Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

#Photography
#Anamorphic
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Anamorphic panoramic photo of the trees and autumn leaves at Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

#Photography
#Anamorphic
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Pencil sketch of a koi.

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 Day 11

Koi

#Art
#Pencil

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They’re just beautiful objects!

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Anamorphic panoramic photo of the autumn leaves and pond at Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

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#Anamorphic
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10.12.2025 07:00 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anamorphic panoramic photo of the lantern at Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

#Photography
#Anamorphic
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Pencil sketch of a koi.

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 Day 10

Koi

#Art
#Pencil

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Anamorphic vertical panoramic photo of trees and a path in Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa
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A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

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Anamorphic vertical panoramic photo of a stone lantern and tower in Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa
This photo needs a click

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

#Photography
#Anamorphic
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Pencil sketch of a koi.

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 Day 9

Koi

#Art
#Pencil

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Anamorphic panoramic photo of a shop entrance curtain.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Kanazawa shop curtain.

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

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Anamorphic panoramic photo of the view out of a Kanazawa train station entrance.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Kanazawa Station entrance.

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

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Pencil sketch of a koi.

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 Day 8

Koi

#Art
#Pencil

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Anamorphic panoramic photo of Matsumoto Castle through long grass.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Matsumoto Castle

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

#Photography
#Anamorphic
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Anamorphic panoramic photo of Matsumoto Castle.

Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

Matsumoto Castle

A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

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#Anamorphic
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07.12.2025 07:00 — 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Snap!

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Blue cyanotype print of two negatives placed next to each other. They depict tree shadows against concrete walls.

Tiny contact #cyanotype proof print from two Tri-X XA2 negatives.
I really liked how they looked next to each other on the contact sheet.
#BelieveInFilm

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