Sunday, December 22. The whole Capital District was packed in a warm-winter fog.
And as for me, I was exercising my shutterbug impulses.
And by “exercising my shutterbug impulses,” I mean that I took some pictures along the Normanskill Creek, mostly near the deteriorating Normanskill Bridge. Of course, at this point in time I’m using vintage film (GAF Aerographic film), in a vintage camera (that big bulky Agfa Chief), and I figured I’d get a good shot or two out of the roll.
Most of the pictures came out under-exposed – fog plus vintage film equals crappy pictures – but I did get one interesting shot out of the roll. Once the picture was developed, I scanned it three times into my computer. One scan was under-exposed, one scan was over-exposed, one just right. And then… just for the heck of it…
And just as I did previously with the Whitehurst Printing ghost sign, I combined all three images into an analogue version of an HDR capture. Yeah, I’ve done this before with film, and on occasion it’s looked garish.
But this time I got it right…
You think?
Now the interesting thing about this picture is… normally with aerographic film, I need bright sunshine. This photo was taken on one of the most overcast winter days this year. It was so overcast, in fact, that this streetlight automatically turned on. So I aimed the camera directly at the light source. A little film-to-HDR conversion, and I snagged the photo that you currently see.
I’m getting closer with this GAF Aerial film. Closer to what I definitely want with this project.
No stopping me now.
Chuck The Writer 
Aren’t you suppose to be aerial when you shoot with this? 🙂
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I’m thinking this might be a candidate for a photo competition.
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