Horizon 202 - Second roll

Here’s the second roll I shot on the Horizon 202 camera on ISO800 Lomography Colour Negative film. I started shooting these before I got the previous roll developed (see previous post).

I thought I’d write up a little description about what I think of the photo along with each shot. This was quite helpful for analysing the shot and will hopefully help me to learn how to work this camera faster.

The scanning shop scanned the film edges and thought I’d keep them on. What do you think? is it distracting from the photos?

The scans are also quite different in feel from the previous posts batch in terms of colour. Not too sure if they were handled differently when scanned. Or that including the negative sprocket holes affected the colour correction accuracy when scanning, but I still feel that the colours are nice.

Overall, I’m pleased with these shots and feel like I’m starting to understand how to shoot with this panoramic format. Some of the shots are sloping a bit too much in one direction or the other but I really need to find the sweet spot, since I don’t think I need the horizon perfectly flat in each shot either.

I really need to find subject matter that works in a panoramic frame. I’m shooting about 120 degrees, I think, but it doesn’t come across as quite so wide in the images.

Any feedback welcome!

Shot in Katowice, I thought that this environment would work with panoramic photography, but I think I never got in close enough. I should have put the fountain in the middle between the two buildings or just tried to balance out the weight between the left and right of the photo a bit more.

Looking at this photo, I’ve realised that the viewfinder may not be showing the entire shooting frame. I think I had the top of the statue almost against the top of the frame and the group of people at the bottom. I think I could have made more of a feature of the background buildings.

The whole image is too tilted up to the left of the frame, which doesn’t look great.

I like the angular nature of all of the elements in this shot. I’m getting a bit of light leaking in this one, which I’ve not seen in this camera. The horizon slopes a bit to the right, so I’ll need to start paying attention to the spirit level a bit more in the future.

The old mine in Katovice works in the frame but is a bit boring. Would be better with some people on the path but I would probably need to wait a long time for that to happen!

I like the mood of this shot. I couldn’t expose for any longer and its still a bit dark but at least it proves that I can shoot in-doors with iso800 film. Shot in an old Hotel in Tychy, Poland.

I like the composition here but could be a bit closer. Will need to really do a test to see how much extra you get around the shot with this camera.

I like how the boats are framed between the trees and also like the relaxed guy there.

Shot in a cafe, really trying to understand how the camera will work indoors, with some outside light.

Here’s my family against beach huts in brighton. kind of fun shot!

In the i360, in Brighton. The space is really suitable for panos. Think the interior is probably better for photos than the views.

Every 20 frames, I seem to get this problem. Not sure what it could be.

Another shot in i360 which works nicely for the pano format.

I quite like this one. Would be nice to have less of the pavement but I think the framing works. I like that you are looking down both streets. Will need to try that again.

This shot is into an office at night. Was really testing if the camera could work with the lighting.

Another shot into a random store on the way through London. Unusual display which came out ok in the shot.

Another interior test shot with Magda having a cuppa. A bit under exposed but still interesting. Maybe the window is a bit distracting.

Street market in Brighton. Should have made more of a feature of the sellers. I like how the houses frame the photo.

Grafitti wall in Brighton with Magda enjoying the sun. Closer, closer, closer. Not too sure if I had the Oakley sign in the shot when I framed it.

Some old style huts on Brighton beach. I like the mood and the feeling of the weather in this photo. Feels a bit cold and windy, which it was. Placement of the people could be better. Something to try again in the future.