microraïon

From the airport…. to the panelak.. through the motorway.

Do not be fast! You are not allowed to drive faster than 70…. if you catch the message!

Laurence

This weekend proved to be a good “window” for some light microraïoning with Laurence. I am still feeling ill and it’s taking a while to recover from this cold, but look what I’ve prepared for you. Nothing really special, just some saturday night microraïon

These photos (except the 1st one, taken with a 50/1.5 Jupiter-3) were all taken with the Zeiss Tessar 28mm f/8 lens (the lens is from 1936-1940) and my Zeiss-Ikon Contax IIIa camera (from 1952). Film is fomapan 400 developed in Ilfotec LC29 (dilution 1+19, developing time 7 minutes at 20°C).

Laurence photos will arrive either tonight or tomorrow evening, I’ll pick up her roll of film in an hour or so. I hope to be feeling better this weekend for more microraïon!

Cheers,
Max

Yep, stay tuned for more “Happy Days”

As Laurence said below in her (first) post, we headed to another suburb of Prague this weekend. Laurence was equipped with my Kiev-2A, its original Jupiter-8 50mm f/2 and a yellow filter. I had the occasion to try my freshly received Zeiss-Ikon Contax IIIa rangefinder, fitted with a 50mm f/1.5 Jupiter-3. Having both rangefinders, explanations about how to take photos were easier.

I am sending a little selection of my photos. I must say that those of Laurence completely blow me away, especially her futuristic photo of the subway aerian link between station Rajska Zahrada and Cerny Most.

this one is my most favourite of hers

All the photos are negative scans. They were taken on Fomapan 400 film, developed in Ilfotec LC-29 1+19 solution at 20°C for 8 minutes.

My second lesson of taking pictures seems to have been pretty successful thanks to my teacher Max and also to the camera, an old Kiev 2A.

A suburb called Cerny Most. Pretty new area. Conceived without any urban plan. Surrealistic.

The conclusion of our escapade was to see, as we were emerging from the subway, an ugly wall with a message written in french, as you can see on the picture. The spirit of Paris somehow lost in Kolbenova….

Laurence

A beautiful sunday - Max

Panelák is the colloquial name of blocks of high-rise panel buildings in the Czech Republic constructed of pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete. It is estimated that 33% of the Czech population lives in a panelák.

I used to live for one year and half in a panelák,  it was spacious and comfortable. Neighbors are generally courteous and polite. Despite the evident ugliness of the buildings, I had the chance to have a beautiful view on the nature, without any building in sight in front of my balcony.

More infos here. That’s all for tonight!