Bored! Bored! Bored!

Those were the words of Vyvyan the punk in the classic British 1980s sitcom The Young Ones. And they align with my feeling about posting pictures of Malaga which I’ve now been doing for <checks blog> the last five weeks or so,

I’m not actually bored of my pictures, or of Malaga itself, just the act of posting an almost continual daily stream of them since early October. It will be a nice change to post some different stuff, I think. I guess that shooting four rolls of film and getting lots of pictures I liked is what leads to this situation. There are worse things, I suppose.

With that in mind, I’ll drop a big image dump of some remaining Malaga pictures today before posting something new tomorrow.

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 21 August 2023.

A face on the wall

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 21 August 2023.

Overarching

The building covered in netting is the old post office building in Malaga. Apparently Enno Haar wasn’t there though. I have no idea who Enno Haar is.

I liked the building as a subject for a picture, but I think the framing with the traffic lights makes the shot.

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 21 August 2023.

Pompidou and through

This oversized “Rubik’s Cube” is a feature of the Pompidou Gallery in Malaga. It’s quite a striking sight from without, and I expect that it’s equally interesting to look at from within (the gallery is below this paved area, although I didn’t go inside).

The structure above ground is hollow, but you can see people walking past on the opposite side to where you stand, filtered by various colours of glass.

The first shot visualises why polarising filters on wider-angled lenses can have an adverse effect – the sky changing from a deep to light shade of blue as the polarisation effect changes across the scene.

The second picture, shot through the cube, has an almost cross-processed look. To be honest I’m not sure if it’s an accurate representation of what I photographed, or if it’s one of those wildcard images that Negative Lab Pro goes a bit crazy with. I like it though.

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 21 August 2023.

If the country sinks we are prepared

This photo is one of those examples where I focused on one thing, while completely missing something else that was right before my eyes.

The thing I took a picture of was the street art, with the narrow street vanishing into the distance with a lone figure approaching. I spotted the wooden pole with the cables and thought it framed the scene nicely.

What I didn’t notice at all until I scanned the negative what what was affixed to the pole – namely a pair of divers flippers, what might be some stuffed leggings, and a sign which reads “Si el pais se hunde estamos preparados” which translates to the English phrase “If the country sinks we are prepared“. I like it when I spot these little hidden surprises in photographs (although maybe I should more time seeing, rather than just looking when I’m composing a photograph).

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 21 August 2023.

Coca-Cola red

Want to see how that roll of film renders the colour red? Why not photograph a Coca-Cola sign then?*

* or a British post box. Or maybe a fire-engine.

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 21 August 2023.

Malaga Streets #3

I feel like I’ve been posting pictures from my trip to Malaga for aaages, especially give the holiday was almost three months ago now. I still have a full roll of un-posted images too, although I won’t be posting all of them and will try to bundle some together, as with today’s post showing another selection of streets that I photographed while wandering the city in the heat of the afternoon.

As well as getting a bunch of pictures on these walks, I also benefitted from treating myself to gelato, which was a nice little reward for venturing out in the mid-afternoon heat. 🙂

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 21 August 2023.

Cervantes x 2

A couple of namesakes which, while close, are not directly adjacent to one another. I’m making the assumption that they’re named after the author of Don Quixote.

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Portra 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 20 August 2023.

Cafes open and closed

I’m sat here wondering what to write for today’s blog post and I’m just drawing a blank. I spent some time staring at my Flickr stream to see if anything caught my eye that I might write about. A couple did, but the things I’d like to write would take longer than I have time for this evening, so those might wait until another day.

So, in lieu of just posting a picture and writing nothing at all (which I do do on occasion), I’m posting a couple of pictures of cafes, one of which seems to be doing better than the other. The worse-off cafe makes for a better picture though.

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Portra 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 20 August 2023.

Teapots

I’m not sure why, but the scans from this roll of Portra 400 are extremely grainy. The film wasn’t underexposed, and I’ve done nothing unusual in my scanning process, so I’m uncertain as to the cause. I wonder if the high heat might have had an effect? Or maybe the airport scanners (although I’ve had no issues with taking Portra 400 through an airport in the past)

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Portra 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

Taken 20 August 2023.