Fanshaw Pioneer Village: The London Free Press

Posted by jipjur on July 7, 2014
Posted in: Abstract, Black and white, History repeats, Macro and close-up. 2 Comments

About 2 years ago the family made one of our many trips to Fanshaw Pioneer Village. There are many interesting buildings to see but not all of them have a volunteer (re-enactor) to help explain the exhibit and add ambience to the building.One such building is the London Free Press print shop.

It has a great many interesting items to look at ranging from small removable type to the large newspaper press. And of course, the ever so welcoming and knowledgeable Doug Teeter, who runs the press shop.

The building itself was recently moved from what I guess was its original site within the Pioneer Village to a newer spot within the Village, this time with a proper foundation and some extra TLC to ensure its longevity.  Read about the move here…http://www.fanshawepioneervillage.ca/blog/print-shop-move

For more info about the Print Shop check out http://www.fanshawepioneervillage.ca/node/128

Most of the images were taken about two years ago and just a few last fortnight. I was only able to photograph what was on the display counter, and stand within the visitor’s boundaries. Hopefully one day I might get access to a few more items of interest. As we do one 1812 battle in the village and the surrounding grounds I hope I might get in for a few more photos of other machines and historic items.

I this set I have applied some artistic effects: Black and White, heavy desaturation, grain, as well as some normal adjustments. As the type blocks and plates are mostly black and metallic I thought BW would be good for the images. I did not use a flash for it at the time for want to capture natural light in the building, and two, I did not have a macro ring at the time. I used my Takumar 50mm f1.4, sometimes with a short extension tube (using available light), hand-held (doing rough here folks).  Used 3200 ISO for those ones. Surprisingly there was not too much noise and was easily cleaned up. The other lens was the Pentax F 35-105mm with close focusing capabilities. Now that lens required a big bump to 6400 ISO.  “That’s mental!” you say….”6400 ISO in low light with no tripod?”.  Yeah it is but the images had some noise that was fixed. My Pentax K-r is a good little camera. Plus it’s RED so it takes better pictures.

The fish eye photos were with a Rokinon 8mm fish eye, also at 6400 ISO.

The two from the recent trip were using my Vivitar 19mm F3.8 at 1600 ISO.

Click on a photo to launch the gallery. Scrolling down should reveal the meta data of each image so you can see which lens and ISO was used.

Please leave comments and likes to any image that appeals to you.

 

 

2 comments on “Fanshaw Pioneer Village: The London Free Press”

  2. Great shots! Thanks for including the camera settings info — I’m far from where you are, but it’s nice to have little tips from better photographers!

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