4x5x365 – Image 242

I was excited to shoot this 1951 Indian Chief at the Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum with my Toyo VX-125 large-format film camera. It seems some light leaked into the end of the film holder, most likely from poor film handling. I have a couple of film holders that don’t have a lock on the film slide, and I think this image came from one of those holders. The dark slide pulls back slightly and lets in a bit of light. Otherwise, this would have been my favorite image from the day.

Dang, this would have been one of my favorite pictures from the day at Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum except for a bit of light leaked into the end of my 4×5 film holder and exposed the image. I was also slightly surprised I chopped the front tire in my composition. In my defense, I was in a hurry to get these pictures with my 4×5 camera since the bikes were already starting to roll out when I took this picture. Shooting large-format is a slow process. There were lots of old vintage bikes rolling in and out on the trip, and eventually, I switched to shooting medium format to get more bike pictures.

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