In this post you fill find a pack of 6 high definition wallpapers from photos shot using Holga 35mm camera and Fish Eye Lomo camera. Since those camera lenses are made of plastic there indeed colour characteristics that cannot be replicated using normal cameras. I guess in a way the “defect” becomes a “feature”.

Obviously all the original images are on film. After development of the negative, I scan them using my old Canon film scanner. The results are acceptable, certainly much better than scanning the prints (which I don’t order these days anyway, who needs hard copy…). After the scans were completed the images we only minimally edited using Corel Paintshop Pro. The only one with post processing is the image of Flinder St Station, the first image with the tilt shift effect; only because I do not have a proper tilt shift lense.

There’s something about using film cameras that trains your photography skills. Perhaps it is the fact that we cannot see the end result instantly, that we become much more careful in our execution. Shooting with both the Holga and the Lomography Fisheye brings back memory when I first started photographing using my Nikon F-801s, back in the day every shot counts since every shot will cost money for film and development. This is something that we won’t even think about anymore since we have digital cameras, essentially able to take thousands of photos in a single card and charge.

Therefore I think once in a while, it is essential for any photographer to get back to film, just to remind ourselves of the basic techniques of exposure and speed. Yes, even with the Holga one must understand the corellation between exposure and speed, by default the Holga is set at a certain aperture and speed depending on the model.

In any case, here are the wallpapers, enjoy

It’s time for another set of high definition wallpapers. Use this for HD 1080 TV or monitors.

This set of 6 landscape and water-scape  wallpapers will surely decorate your desktops.

These photos were all taken using Nikon D300s and edited with corel paintshop pro photo X4. The cataloguing process were done using Corel AfterShot Pro, which I will review soon as it has now become my primary photo management software.

Some of these photos were taken in the 12 apostles along Great Ocean Road, Sorrento and St Kilda Beach in Victoria, Australia.

Enjoy!

Yesterday was  a great trip to great ocean road, we stop by Port Campbell then continue on to the 12 Apostle lookout. Granted it was a 600km+ drive in total but it was totally worth it. The view was amazing and I was able to finally add some more fresh photographs in my collection!.

We also wanted to see the lighthouse but unfortunately they have closed by the time we got there. Next time we’ll probably come earlier than that! 

Although I have taken some great shots of the 12 apostle and a couple places that we stopped by, unfortunately we couldn’t stop during the scenic road as we were taking it when returning to Melbourne, therefore there wasn’t much place to stop the car.

The gears remains the same, the trusty D300s and a tripod. Post processing was done using corel paintshop pro 4 and corel aftershot pro. This time also I have taken some of the photos as HDR photos to accentuate the details of the scenery that I saw on the day.

Without further ado here’s the photos of the 12 Apostles in Great Ocean Road area