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Here a bit more fog, from 4 years ago.

 

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Leica-0 Replica, "old" Adox 100

 

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Christoph

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For water in green

 

...  and  for Chris :)

 

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M7-90 Apo Summicron 90 Asph

 

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some some b&w picture on the theme fog clouds...well  reproduced by film  :)

 

Kodak TX400 this time

MP a fabulous camera

50 Summilux Asph

 

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Not fog related but a piece of cold war history. Part of the (still quite extensive) remains of an early 1950s anti-aircraft site near Roydon in Essex (about 30 miles from the centre of London). It was rendered obsolete quite quickly as jet aircraft and missiles became the dominant threat.

 

35/F2 ASPH and 'poundland' film

 

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This photo was taken with a Portra 400, Hassi 500 c/m, 2.8/80

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I am out of breath just catching up :)

Love the fog theme...thanks to all for sharing

I will throw one into the mix from NYC...

Shooting from Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Kodak Tmax 400

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This photo was taken with a Portra 400, Hassi 500 c/m, 2.8/80

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Marc

Hi Marc - very interesting perspective.  Keep thinking outside of the box!

Have you ever heard of Jan Scholz?  He is brilliant in his use of film and his skills in directing his subjects.  Your work remind me of his (which I honestly cannot say of other portrait/fashion photographers that I have seen on this forum)..

 

Have you ever considered using portra 800 for some of your shots?  I think it could enhance that edginess of some of your outside-the-box images.

I just bought a bunch to use here in the street in NYC... I plan to expose it at 650 and develop it at 800.

Best, Adam

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Not fog related but a piece of cold war history. Part of the (still quite extensive) remains of an early 1950s anti-aircraft site near Roydon in Essex (about 30 miles from the centre of London). It was rendered obsolete quite quickly as jet aircraft and missiles became the dominant threat.

 

35/F2 ASPH and 'poundland' film

 

MA000441-w.jpg

love the colors.  The earth tones have true film look that you don't see with digital...

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Ok...enough of the exciting destinations and exotic locales, famous beautiful people, and things like that.

 

Now for some mundane images from my latest roll of Cinestill 800.

 

I went to Ohio to get some lasik so i could see my 35mm frame lines without moving my head around so I thought I'd celebrate by busting out the Cinestill 800 instead of the old Kodak Gold $1.99 per roll :)

 

We stopped to eat at White Castle (I'd never been to one) and of course after the surgery, I had to go into the restroom at the Doctor's office and take a selfie without glasses just to see if my focusing got better!

 

Then, unfortunately, I got shingles, and man does it hurt!

 

The last picture is a shoot-from-the-hip shot at the pharmacy getting my medicine.

 

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I am very sorry to hear about your illness, and I wish you a speedy recovery.  

Thanks for sharing your Cinestill images.  I really like the one in the pharmacy, particularly the light blues.  And pretty well focused for a hip shot.

 

The one from outside the White Castle is interesting in that it shows how cool the film renders when outdoors.  This is usually fixable in PP.  But the film will seem overly cool straight out of the scanner.  To correct for daylight shooting in a "textbook" fashion, it is recommended to rate the film at 500 and then use an 85B color conversion filter on the lens.  The filter will require another 2/3 stop reduction, which in the end will require the film to be rated at about 320 ISO.  To me, this hassle isn't really worth the effort given that it is not the ideal film in the daylight anyway.  I, for example, have been taking my M7 packed with Cinestill 800T on the NYC subways during my workday commute.  I then find myself shooting outside from time to time.  I figure that the benefits of having the film with the indoor lighting (relative to regular natural light color film) outweighs the extra work that I need to do to warm up the images in PP.  I find that overexposing just a little helps minimize the dominant blue hues, although this has its limits.

 

I love the shot of you in the bathroom!  I might consider reducing the shadows a little so that your shirt is blacked out in order to eliminate the blue shadow noise.  

Look forward to seeing more from the CInestill...

 

Best, 

Adam

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23583439092_4dc2862248_b.jpgLondon by -Ric Capucho-

 

 

Delta 100 again.

 

Seems to me that digital does have a rightful place in photography, just not the type of photography I want to do.

 

Many years ago I got to "play" with an early VHS video system. Amazing technology for the early 1980s! I noticed that when it played normally the picture was almost as good as broadcast, but when on fast forward the picture somehow became "over real" even if the characters were racing all over the screen. I really didn't like the look of that enhanced reality a bit.

 

Years later and I hear that the video people are aware of this problem and purposely reduce the frame rate (in camera, or during post) to ensure things look more normal. Fast frame rates look weird.

 

For me digital photography has a similar problem, especially after someone's spent a few too many hours in post processing... the pictures have so much detail, the slightest flaws magically removed, and any compositional errors cropped or brushed out. And the result? Something that looks (to my eyes) so damn real that it starts to look unreal. Many many people love that look, and a brief gance at Flickr's latest crop of Explored photos tells you that's where the times have got us. Admittedly the bokeh whores at least break up the over reality a bit, but then they still post process whatever's in focus until that part's over real.

 

Me? I do crop occasionally, but zero post processing. I often slow down the shutter to find that ghost look that's currently my thing. I use b+w fim because the world doesn't look like that, and anyway the grain removes yet another layer of over reality. I look for sub reality, not over reality. I rarely get even that right, but it's a direction at least.

 

Ric

Nice one of the trek to that Marriott  :angry:

Why do you use such a slow film????

Why not just use Tri-X and be done with it????  I know your drug store can't develop it but then again nothing comes easy in life!  :)   

And don't think I'm pushing my American products on you  :D

Delta 400 should be just as good (I just mentioned Tri-X b/c I am American  :ph34r:  )

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Hi Marc - very interesting perspective.  Keep thinking outside of the box!

Have you ever heard of Jan Scholz?  He is brilliant in his use of film and his skills in directing his subjects.  Your work remind me of his (which I honestly cannot say of other portrait/fashion photographers that I have seen on this forum)..

 

Have you ever considered using portra 800 for some of your shots?  I think it could enhance that edginess of some of your outside-the-box images.

I just bought a bunch to use here in the street in NYC... I plan to expose it at 650 and develop it at 800.

Best, Adam

Dear Adam,

thank you very much for your tip with Jan Scholz!!! I am totally mad about his analog photos after looking at his website. I have rarely seen so beautiful, sensitive and natural portraits. After looking at his perfect portraits you really feel very inspired (or depressed and hide your camera in the house or sell it on ebay because you think that you never ever can take photos as he does). 

I was also thinking to use the portra 800 for some shots because sometimes the 400 is not enough. Last time I pushed the 400 up to 800 but forget to say it to the lab. So they developed it with 400, but the quality was not so bad.

best regards

Marc

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