{"id":661,"date":"2025-08-24T11:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/?p=661"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:11:44","slug":"metropolis-color-walk-expired-lomo-metropolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/2025\/08\/24\/metropolis-color-walk-expired-lomo-metropolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolis Color Walk (expired Lomo Metropolis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was an early backer of the Lomographic Society&#8217;s Kickstarter to fund their Metropolis film, and decided that I should pull it out of my refrigerator and use it up!\u00a0 The same friend who gifted me some FND Sora had tried it, and while he didn&#8217;t like the desaturation of this film while fresh, a single image of his showed some vivid reds and blues that I wanted to emulate.\u00a0 While fresh, the film has a nearly overexposed look, but my film wasn&#8217;t fresh, so anything could 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aeg-1920-006.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"669\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"All building in Chinatown with multiple colors, red lanterns in foreground\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/08\/aeg-1920-006\/2564703075.jpeg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aeg-gate-screen-0018-copy.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"670\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Red geometric wooden door behind a black metal security grate\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/08\/aeg-gate-screen-0018-copy\/2289879175.jpeg\" 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