U.S.S. Hornet, CV-12

[David]

Took my Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 6X9 folder to the U.S.S. Hornet last week. Film was Lucky 100 ISO.


The bird's nest. I like that the photo looks like an old newsprint image. Partly due to the lens, partly the film. I've decided that Luck and ShangHai brand films are poorly stored in the warehouses. The first half, give or take, of all the rolsl of this I've used have these dots on them. Regardless of the camera. So I suspect that the paper backing, which is simply black construction paper and not light-proof paper, allows some small amount of light transmission to pollute the film. Note that before loading this film, I respooled the film from the Lucky paper onto used Fuji Acros paper. So that rules out the possibility that these dots are occurring in the camera. Another possibility is that the chemical used to bleach the dots and numbers into the paper damages the emulsion.


Another bird's nest shot.


What the captain would see out his window.


All landings on all aircraft carriers are recorded. This shot was from next to the photographer's nest. Back in the day, using an old camera, he would hang out in the nest next to vulture's row (where all the off-duty pilots waited to see if other pilots would crash) and photograph each landing to help the pilots improve.


Cranes from the neighboring boat.


Inside the hangar deck. A bit underexposed, if I'm honest.

[GrahamNR17]

All the photshop in the world couldn't make those look more "vintage". They have a wonderful historical feel about them

[Schnauzer]

[luisalegria]

Interesting approach

I haven't been there in years; I should get out there again.
Its probably interesting to try the photo paper method on those subjects.