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Tanked - 5.10mm at f/2, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/8 second 

I thought I'd go out to an industrial park and see if there was anything remotely interesting to photograph. Heavy machinery, that sort of thing, without actually trespassing on private property. Came across a vehicle that I assume they use to haul containers around. Spent half and hour shooting it from just about all angles and found these three to be my favourites, coincidentally all from a similar point of view. As the sun descended I pushed the ISO up to 1600 to go for that Kodak Tri-X look while compensating for the bad light, but sadly, all the shots I do like didn't come out very well under closer inspection. The Leica D-Lux 4 seems to struggle to autofocus in poor light, like other camera systems. I tried a bit of manual focus but by then it was a bit too dark (and late).

This first image above is processed using the Kodak Tri-X 400TX Pro film type in Silver Efex Pro. I bumped the structure up to 100% and that's it. No other changes made apart from my usual Capture One Leica M8-ification.

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Parked Lot - 5.10mm at f/2, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/8 second 

No specific film type applied to this image in Silver Efex Pro. Just a simple split toner and backed off on the Contrast and Structure 17 and 10% respectively.

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Holga - 5.10mm at f/2, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/8 second 

This image above was processed in Silver Efex Pro with the 'Holga' preset. Seemples.