Photography
Two ways of waiting
for the light.
Deep-sky imaging from a city balcony: hours of exposure, mostly hydrogen and oxygen, and the slow accumulation of signal out of noise. And film, where the wait is different but the discipline is the same.
Deep sky
Zagreb and darker skies · 2025 — 2026
Shai-Hulud Devours the Cygnus Clouds
NGC 6883 · LBN 182 · RY Cyg
Soul Nebula
IC 1848 · IC 1871
Heart of the Heart Nebula
IC 1805 · LDN 1366
Pillars of Creation
M 16 · Eagle Nebula
Bode's and Cigar Galaxies
M 81 · M 82
Wizard Nebula
NGC 7380 · Sh2-142
Elephant's Trunk
IC 1396 · LDN 1085
Cygnus Loop
Veil Nebula · NGC 6960
Lion Nebula
LDN 1150 · LDN 1154
Pacman Nebula
NGC 281 · IC 1590
Film
Grainery · 2022 — 2024
Fewer frames, more deliberation, and a negative you cannot check until hours later. I develop and scan at home, which keeps the whole chain from exposure to print in my hands.
- Formats
- 35mm and 6×6 / 6×7
- Process
- Home development and scanning, black and white and C-41
- Developers in use
- Rodinal · Xtol · FX39 · Pyro 510 · DF96
Sakura and Hanami #1
Hanami in one of the parks in Sendai, away from the main tourist routes.
- CameraLeica M7
- LensMS Optical Sonnetar 50mm f/1.3
- FilmFuji color 100
- PlaceSendai, Japan
Kenroku-en in Kimono
Kanazawa, Japan
Shiroishi River Bank
Shiroishi, Japan
Colour on the Riverbank
Shiroishi, Japan
Morioka Castle at Night
Morioka, Japan
Down the Maze
Fourthousanders
Saas-Fee, Switzerland
Cats of Lastovo
Lastovo, Croatia
Forgotten in Time
In A Mirror, Darkly
Austin, Texas
Sunday Best and Broken Glass
Broken Down from the Bikes and Bars
Tunnel Vision
Zagreb, Croatia
Slow Travel
Forest Focus
Elsewhere
In the bag
- Leica M735mm rangefinder
- Leica CLcompact rangefinder
- Nikon FE235mm SLR
- Nikon 35Tipoint and shoot
- Fuji GF6706×6 / 6×7 folder
- Mamiya 645 Promedium format SLR
- Hasselblad 500CM6×6