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Details of four sculptures made from reclaimed industrial metal materials.

 

The sky was overcast grey and snow covered the ground around these structures, providing soft lighting from above and below.

 

M3, 1963 Summicron 50, Eastman 5222 Double-X cine film in xtol 1:1

 

You have to get it in bulk and load into re-usable cartridges, but it is worth the effort… great film.

 

James

James interesting idea and very nice and fine grain in these pictures

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Henry

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Mondial Air Ballon

 

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Sincere thanks especially to Brenton, James, Henry, Philip and Charles.  I know everyone's time is short and I really appreciate the effort to make constructive remarks about my photos.  It is really helpful.

I have landed on the second myself but don't really think that even it is as good as one can do here.

My reasoning.

The first has an array of foreground elements, BUT they are random ineffective.  I do love the row of larger rocks with ascending sizes (running from left to right), but this composition is clouded by the random, messy waste-site-looking rags and miscellaneous rocks.  To me, this is a real lesson in having not just foreground, but foreground that makes sense.   I have taken the liberty of cropping the image to remove some of the immediate foreground and bring the row of larger rocks more in focus.  It is easy enough to go back to this site and retake the photo with the lessons learned, which I will do (maybe even today!).

 

I like the second, as it has the added touch of the illumination of the buildings, as it was taken at the magic hour.  But I don' think it is a total winner either.  But I might make an analog print just to see how it comes out.

 

What I a feel like I am missing in order to make these images really sing are clouds (possibly even clouds in motion with a long exposure, ideally in motion coming towards me).  They would add more elements of interest and help frame the image.

 

So I think I know how to make a really nice B&W photograph at this particular site and will wait for that right opportunity and try my luck.

 

The right film?  I'm thinking TMax 400 as it reacts fairly well to reciprocity failure, unlike Tri-X.  But I am open to suggestions in this regard.

 

Many thanks again and until next time!

 

Adam

 

 

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Mondial Air Ballon

 

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Henry

 

 

  what a hustle and bustle .....

  beautiful colors in a quiet light

 

  however, i had the bottom two yellow balloons below and omitted the still ascending lying blue balloon -

  Henry, i beg you to accept my point of view, the picture is for me as a whole then "round

 

  thanks :)

 

 

 

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I prefer the second of the two B&W photos for similar reasons to you . Unfortunately, although it would have seemed reasonable to include the debris in the bottom of the frame it was, well, just debris and cluttered the photo. The second photo has a most elegant transition from the ancient large rough-surfaced rocks up to the vertical textured old wooden poles up to the verticals of the complex modern skyscrapers, all connected by the water. It can be read on so many levels. Clouds and just a touch of smoothed water would have literally been the icing on the cake.

 

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Going back a page to Henry's twin buildings, the striking geometric repetition combined with the contrast between them was really striking. At first I thought I was looking at something abstract, maybe a sculpture, before I realized I was looking up at two buildings. What a delightful effect! 

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with Tmax 400

 

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another picture for Sparkassenkunde

Thanks for looking :)

 

Kodak Portra 160 always against sun light (contre-jour) in front of me !

 

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R4s + Elmar 135 + tripod

June 2013 always in my field without pesticides, otherwise no poppies :D

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This is fabulous.  Love those colours.

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Madeleine Albright at the presentation of the report of the Commission on Global Security, Justice and Governance on 16 June 2015 at the Peace Palace. 

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TTL 75/2 Double-X at EI200 in Diafine

wow, amazing tonal range and wonderfully white whites.  If only the portion the body wasn't stuck in the left of the frame, it would be a perfect capture.

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Adam

 

I prefer the second of the two B&W photos for similar reasons to you . Unfortunately, although it would have seemed reasonable to include the debris in the bottom of the frame it was, well, just debris and cluttered the photo. The second photo has a most elegant transition from the ancient large rough-surfaced rocks up to the vertical textured old wooden poles up to the verticals of the complex modern skyscrapers, all connected by the water. It can be read on so many levels. Clouds and just a touch of smoothed water would have literally been the icing on the cake.

 

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Mark

great comments, Mark.  All well taken and agreed.  Much appreciated.  Best, Adam

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Sunrise Manhattan (looking at the Manhattan Bridge and Williamsburg Bridge)

I was at this spot the day before and visualized this shot but couldn't take it b/c I needed to run to a meeting.  So I snapped a shot on my Blackberry in order to remember the spot.  The next day I returned for the sunrise - bread crumbs in hand - and lured this lovely bird onto this pier for the shot with about a quarter of a loaf of bread :)   

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Sunrise Manhattan (looking at the Manhattan Bridge and Williamsburg Bridge)

I was at this spot the day before and visualized this shot but couldn't take it b/c I needed to run to a meeting.  So I snapped a shot on my Blackberry in order to remember the spot.  The next day I returned for the sunrise - bread crumbs in hand - and lured this lovely bird onto this pier for the shot with about a quarter of a loaf of bread :)   

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Another fine picture, sir. Really nice composition, and the bird tops it off!

 

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