Following on from my previous posts on using vintage enlarger lenses in the garden, I thought I would try them out ‘in the field’ or, more precisely, woods and should show a lo-fi Lomography effect. These were taken as the autumn colours are just starting to show.
The first lens I tried was the Paterson 50mm f3.5 lens at Downs Bank. This is a small National Trust woodland (no country house or estate!):
The following image of the horse rider would have made a nice photo with a decent lens and zooming in a bit. This photo wasn’t set up – it was pure luck (or serendipity) that the horse rider rode through at that point when the sun shone through the clouds:
I need to try again with this lens stopped down but this is difficult as the lens is mounted inside the bellows…
The next lens I tried was a vintage (probably 1930s-40s) 3.25inch Wray enlarger lens. This I tried in the woods at Cannock Chase:
This lens, for the most part, was no different to most reasonable quality lenses. The Bokeh I was hoping for didn’t show. The only difference to my normal lenses was the tonality – I do like the colours this lens gives. I may take the lens again on a woodland walk…
More trials are needed!