The impossible sites of Aberystwyth
It was a sunny day in Aberystwyth last Friday. I went up to town during my lunch hour to use up the last of the shots I had left of ‘Impossible’ film loaded into my polaroid camera. I decided to go to the castle as it has some great views of the sea and I thought I might get some good shots as the light was so good that day. I have found that this film hates low light conditions, which is how its mainly been here for the last two months or so, what with all the low cloud and rainy days etc. But the camera is tricky to use as it doesn’t like sunny conditions either! Judging by other peoples images I think that there may be a problem with the camera… I will try to get hold of a different one and use the same type of film again (money permitting!) and see how the results are. Still I’m fairly happy with the ones I took below, they didn’t turn out too bad.
Tanybwlch beach Aberystwyth
I took this shot looking south towards Tanybwlch beach from Aberystwyth castle. The Sun seems to have bleached out this image but the sea and the headland are still visible.
Aberystwyth pier
This is Aberystwyth pier which is still a popular local entertainment venue for the town with a night club, snooker hall and restaurant (and 50,000 + Starlings roosting under it in winter!)
Under the pier
Unfortunately this image came out very dark (I know, low light) but I still think the underside of the pier structure can be perceived. Its also pretty smelly down there what with the 50,000+ Starlings that roost there, that’s a lot of bird poo!
Talk to you again soon!
Cool polaroid shots. I like them all as they have great feel to it.
Thank you Inga!
Very cool, B.P. – these look like some beautiful places to visit!
I really like the tones in these…
and I think those anomalies/artifacts add to the atmosphere, too
(although I can imagine how complicated – and potentially frustrating – it must be to work with such sensitive materials)!
Yeah I like the effect, but I’m not sure i’m getting it right though. But I’m happy with these ones…
These photos are so good! I love the ghostly-ness of the last two, especially the crimson coming through, it adds character to the image.
Thank you COR! I like the ghostly-ness of them too. I’m gonna get a different camera (second hand) with a close up and see what the next lot of film does.