This   picture of bark hanging from a branch of a pink gum  was  made on an early morning  poodlewalk with Kayla. The walk  was  along Baum Rd in Waitpinga on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. 

The picture  was made around the same time,  and in the same location,  as this  picture. Both  pictures were made using  an old, hand held,  film Leica rangefinder  camera during the Covid-19 lockdown. The negatives  from the anachronistic, unmetered, mechanical simple   Leica M4-P were scanned using Plutek Opticfilm 8100 scanner,  which is a dedicated 35mm scanner. The scan is a piece of raw material, for later editing in Lightroom. 

There are not that many options  in film scanners. Most have been discontinued. Fortunately,  the Plustek 8100  is  in current production.

According to Frank Wu film photographers  now belong to the long tail of photography: the “long tail” refers to the demand curve tapering off.  (I remember that blogging used to be the long tail).  So film is  a niche activity and market in a digital world.   Films come, films go, the odd film comes back, even though Fujifilm keeps discontinuing its film  stocks. The long tail refers to bit players making films for creatives, hobbyists  and wannabes.