Newest Holga Light Leaks And A Mystery.

Here's what I got back from a roll of Ilford Delta 100 Professional Black and White Negative Film shot with one of my trust Holga 120N cameras. These are just two more examples of me grabbing some film that I do not know much about, throwing it in a Holga camera, and then trying to make something look cool. When you are clueless, you don't know what's wrong. 


Of the leaks I got from this roll, this one adds the most. There is a ton of information on this,  but you can orient yourself in the shot. From my notes, I gather this was a close up on my plants sitting on the porch rail (this was taken in July) in natural lighting. By no means is this completely abstract but the light leak gives it a little flare. 


At first it was hard to determine if this was a landscape or portrait orientation shot. My notes say, CLOSE UP OF PLANTS. But the straight lines made me think, siding on my apartment. Should that be the case, the leaves would be weirdly situated. Looking at it for awhile, I finally came to the conclusion that the lines I originally thought were siding on my apartment, are actually cut into the concrete sidewalk for draining. A handicap ramp is behind the bulk of the information on this shot, thus the drainage lines are cut to keep from a pool forming there. For my happenstance, this turned into a really straight section that twists your frame of reference in an otherwise abstract photo. Like the picture above, these are from my plant collection, vibing in the sun on my porch rail this past summer. 

Of course I was shooting a rather expensive roll of film on a cheap Holga camera, but hey, when you have low expectations, you are happy with whatever comes out. I couldn't be happier with these abstract pictures. I had no idea what I would get when I took them, so when they even showed up, I was pleased they even worked.

Roll Details
Started: 7-21-25
Ended: 7-23-25
Developed: 1-2-26
Film: Ilford Delta 100 Professional Black and White Negative Film
Camera: Holga 120N

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