Friday, March 20, 2009

smoke on the asphalt (steam really...)

Walking into work last week I couldn't help but stop and get some shots of the steam venting out of this manhole. I had to play in the street while the traffic was stopped so I was a little worried about getting run over.

I wish I had the focus closer to the steam itself, but with the Holga it's pretty much a guessing game... and when you're dodging traffic and trying to estimate the distance between you and what you're shooting and then trying to translate that to the focusing dial on the holga well, you basically just take a stab at it and hope for the best.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks really neat!

Cait said...

I think I faved this one on Flickr, but I really do love it. The accidental light bleeding...the way it meets the steam. Yum! Good job dodging traffic!

Jennifer Aitchison said...

Love the steam shot. So cool!

Distressing Delilah a.k.a. jenn said...

That is way cool! Nice capture!

Unknown said...

I love my holga so much but I rarely take it out. I should get on that. these images are inspiring me!