Asphalt spaghetti

sconosciuto · 4th August 2012, 3:47 AM

Soundtrack.

After several hours of monotonous, non-stop highway driving, it was time to finally relive the joys of the experience by taking the scenic route along the finest European passes.

1.

2.

It was a fresh spring day, but during the ascent conditions were fast deteriorating. The mercury was dropping fast and visibility was worsening. But suddenly, the roads were beginning to become far more interesting and complex.

3.

4.

5.

Once the summit was reached, the clouds began to part and revealed a breathtaking mountainous landscape with tarmac meticulously etched onto the slopes.

6.

7.

8.

Enjoy. Constructive criticism welcome.

jumpy · 4th August 2012, 8:50 AM

Drool...

What where you driving in? What where you shooting with?

Souljah · 4th August 2012, 9:21 AM

Roads look fun to drive in

Shortass_Jr · 4th August 2012, 5:39 PM

Transfăgărășan Highway Romania??? mad piece of road!

Azrael · 4th August 2012, 5:44 PM

4,7, and 8 do it for me. Although the processing feels quite flat, and lifeless.

Also im going to put my money on the Stelvio Pass...

Shortass_Jr · 4th August 2012, 5:46 PM

the reason is looks flat is due to him using film, well id say so most of his work is film....

Azrael · 4th August 2012, 5:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Shortass_Jr

the reason is looks flat is due to him using film, well id say so most of his work is film....

Fair enough, wasnt sure whether it was one of the VSCO presets that people like to use

If it was film i would say then that they would have done well with a warmer film type, like some of the Kodak offerings.

sconosciuto · 4th August 2012, 8:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jumpy

Drool...

What where you driving in? What where you shooting with?

Fiat 500

All shot on a Nikon FE, 50mm f/1.8 E and Agfacolour200 that expired in 2008.

But #8 was shot with a Nikon 20mm f/4.

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Originally Posted by Azrael

4,7, and 8 do it for me. Although the processing feels quite flat, and lifeless.

That's because there is none

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shortass_Jr

Transfăgărășan Highway Romania??? mad piece of road!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azrael

Also im going to put my money on the Stelvio Pass...

Stelvio Pass it is. Though, the road wasn't officially opened yet but I was able to sneak in at the bottom and made it to the top. Roadworks were being done at the time as it was in pretty bad shape. By the time I made it to the top, they closed the boom gate behind me, but on the other side it was just pure awesome

Azrael · 4th August 2012, 8:36 PM

Ah, Agfacolor200, that is probably driving the flatness. 8 really is hte pick for me.

sconosciuto · 4th August 2012, 9:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Azrael

Ah, Agfacolor200, that is probably driving the flatness. 8 really is hte pick for me.

Yeah. I like the colours, to me it's a cool, low-contrast film. What I imagine Fuji Astia would be like.

beLarge · 4th August 2012, 9:43 PM

Woah! 4 and 8 for me, loving roads and the leading line composition with the awesome mountains!

Azrael · 4th August 2012, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by sconosciuto

Yeah. I like the colours, to me it's a cool, low-contrast film. What I imagine Fuji Astia would be like.

Yeah, i was always into big punchy E6 films, like Velvia, and contrasty B&W stuff like TriX. So that probably explains why im not such a huge fan of hte colours.

Could also be my monitor, consensus on another thread is that two of the shots which look normally saturated on my laptop are oversaturated for others.

Holdenkicks · 4th August 2012, 10:56 PM

came into thread expecting a new kind of italian cuisine on show... anyhoo, nice pics!! Black ice on the roads?

lothloriel · 6th August 2012, 12:07 AM

Lovely photos.

Everytime I see one of your threads I anticipate awesome and you always deliver

Raytracer · 6th August 2012, 9:09 AM

Mmmm, that's the location Top Gear went to to stretch a couple of supercars in the summer - damn nice roads and lovely location!

4th August 2012, 3:47 AM	#1
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