Queen Califuas Magical Circle

Lazy Sunday afternoon at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, Ca. While there I visited the magical circle it truly was quite magical.

Queen Califua's Magical Circle
Aetist: Niki de Saint Phalle's

The overall size and scale of the sculptures are awe inspiring. To shoot this series I intentionally chose the hipsta settings. Lens John S film big up. This combo lends itself to a sharply contrasted with heavily saturated color print. Even the colored borders of Big Up that occasionally annoy me seem to add to these shots.

So this is my trip through the queens garden. If any one is ever in the neighborhood it's defiantly worth checking out.

Lens: Kamal Mark II Film Blanko

So my assessment of this lens film combo.  Overall very orange to red overtones with faded highlights.  This combo can be quite contrasty in a scene with lots of contrast and deep greens.  (See the radishes)
It dose well it fads somewhat toward the center so the photos definitely have an "aged" look to them.  This at times adds much to the photo in the form of a great vignette at first i believed that is what it was while shooting with this combo, After playing with it for several months though i realize that it was in fact a fade as opposed to a vignette.

I think im a fan of this combination.  I will continue to use it in the process however its not my favorite so far.

Lens: Jimmy, Film: Blanko

So Far with this lens/film combo in the Hipstamatic I am not overly excited about.  Overall the combo seems to not have a great gradient between light and dark, the overall tonality leans toward to me an unpleasent green yellow. 

Low lights and shadows are very dark. Highlights are very light and yellow with little variant in between.  The highlights also move towards a yellowish apprentice that myself am not fond of.

This particular combo is not pleasant or useful to my own ascetics.  I believe that in some ways it way be useful and I plan to shoot other subject matter to try and get a better idea of what this combo comes up with.