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That's Seger Park at 11/Lombard, 3.25.07, 11.50p. Those incredible halos of light are a result of lens flare from my Yashica Electro 35 GSN rangefinder 35mm film camera. At f/1.7, crazy things are going to happen with light. I really like it. This was the first roll of film I went through in a solid 4-5 years.

It was a challenge to get the 36 exposure roll finished. I forgot I had it for a little bit. Well, I wasn't shooting much anyways for a couple of months because I was busy with work too. Taking out the film camera which is "limited" to ISO400 was quite a difference. It's crazy how modern digital cameras effectively have, built into them, five or more different grades of film built into them. Crazy I tell you.

The first roll of 35mm film went well though; I'm very happy with the results. I shot with TMax400 without cheating exposure to dial in higher/lower ISO ratings – straight up 400 for 31 frames. I'm gonna get me some slower film and some color as well and run it through to get a better feel for what I'm working with.

The folks at Photo Lounge did a wonderful job with the processing and the 400dpi scans on CD I ordered. Now I just have to get into the darkroom and start printing. Good god, I'm gonna have to start reading up on paper grades as well!

The rest of the roll is up on this flickr set.

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