Well, this week was the week I didn’t — couldn’t — leave the house very much. But I still wanted to take pictures! And the weather changed again, and there were big flakes of snow outside the window. This is the picture that I got.
So, week number 10. Walking around town with a camera in hand, one always hopes to see something unexpected or strange. Most times, one sees nothing. But one Saturday I saw this.
I was lucky.
And then, unexpectedly, the frost and snow came back. Frustratingly, all the parks and gardens in Paris are closed when there is a small bit of snow or ice. I guess they are worried about people slipping and starting legal action …
But, one morning, miraculously, one morning the gates of Montsouris were open. I rushed in and found this fellow with his high-performance camera.
And no, the icicle didn’t move.
Week number 7: snow still lay on the ground in Paris. I went out for a walk with some of Film Ferrania’s wonderful P30 film loaded in my camera. In fact it was my last roll of P30 (since then, more went on sale briefly through Maco, but I hestiated, and missed buying it).
Yes, this photograph looks like a postcard. In fact, I went to our photo-lab, printed it out, stuck it to some card and voila !
I sent it to a relative, who much appreciated it. It turns out that in the old days, (1920s) a lot of people did this — photographs were printed onto card and then sent as postcards. It’s fun!
Technical note: I processed my roll using D96, and I think it looks good! Better than the other developers that I used before. Processing P30 is a hot topic over on Emulsive.