Zeiss Pictures from Easter, continued.

This is an abandoned motel near Metrocenter. I would love to go back here and take more pictures.

I got yelled at for taking the picture below. I'm not sure what's so secret about the Bordeaux Motel, or if I want to know what's going on there that you can't take pictures of it from the street.

Frist and Union Station - First Pics with the Zeiss

Here's my first attempt at using the Zeiss. Sorry I'm not really going in order. The camera was kind of sticky for this first roll, so I didn't get a lot of salvagable pictures - perhaps only four or five, but that's the nature of re-breaking in an old camera, and I wasn't too upset by the result. It was earlier in the day and sunnier than when I'm usually comfortable shooting, but the lens flare adds an interesting, if unintended touch. I went back and shot some more with the Diana, but I would really like to take pictures there again at the magic hour just before dusk and post the results so you can see the difference. The Zeiss is a really slow camera: max f-stop is f16 and max shutter speed is 1/250, so shooting in full sunlight doesn't allow much creative choice except "sunny 16 rule."

Finally, Zeiss Pictures!

I finally picked up my scans today. I have more, but I'm posting this album of Old Hickory and Rayon City first. These were all taken with my Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex TLR, made sometime in the '40s or '50s. I love the dreamy look; it doesn't look like a new camera, but the images are sharp and some have an interesting vignette in the corners - I think that happens by tilting the camera upwards. Old Hickory has a lot to offer a photographer with a penchant for junky retro vintage and I look forward to exploring more with this camera.

Old Hickory and Rayon City

Old Hickory Dam and Marina