I like film...(open thread)

[Michael Hiles]

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St. Emilion, Bordeaux region, France. Beautiful small town in the heart of the great wine region.

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[Bateleur]

More "kid havin' fun in a candy store" stuff.

This to me looks like a ceramic tile with a pattern of an exotic swatch from the waters of the Dead Sea (LOL)

 

Just after sunrise - Velvia 50

Hassy 503cw, 250mm Sonar Superachromat

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Brilliant photo Adam, love the colours and under the skin feel. Another print?

[edwardkaraa]

M7-35 Distagon-Tri-X 400 by edward karaa, on Flickr

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M7-35 Distagon-Vista 200 by edward karaa, on Flickr

 

M7-35 Distagon-Vista 200 by edward karaa, on Flickr

[Suede]

Berlin hot rods

 

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Thanks, Edward

Switching from fiery sunsets to cool morning mood. Beautiful

 

I would have guessed it was Lebanon.  And you're right, there are a LOT of similarities with Israel.  I just love those hills

Thank you very much Adam. Much appreciated

 

As for the last shot, it's in Lebanon, about 75 minutes drive to the north of Beirut. Probably reminds you of your vacations last month

 

Here are a few from the same location.

 

Distagon-Ektar 100 by edward karaa, on Flickr

35 Distagon-Ektar 100 by edward karaa, on Flickr

 

7-35 Distagon-Ektar 100 by edward karaa, on Flickr

 

M7-35 Distagon-Ektar 100 by edward karaa, on Flickr

 

Beautiful and tastefully composed, Michael

St. Emilion, Bordeaux region, France. Beautiful small town in the heart of the great wine region.

 

Thanks, Charles.  I need a customer first, but I'd love to see this plexi-mounted on Fuji Flex in someone's bathroom - or metal printed outside in a pool or spa area

Brilliant photo Adam, love the colours and under the skin feel. Another print?

 

Very cool!  Don't see that very often!

Berlin hot rods

 

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[Ramesh]

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Here's another dawn scene in the Dead Sea, interpreted by Ektar with the help of a long exposure and a windy morning  

Hassy 503cw, 80mm planar

 

 

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[Wayne]

Machine shed. Illinois.

 

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[stray cat]

As the pictures above attest, film is certainly the very best. (There you go - I must be a poet, even though I didn't know it!).

 

Anyway, this is one of those photos (we all have ones like it I think) that, when I took it, I thought "YES!" because I envisaged I'd got a number of elements to work together harmoniously - the lovely light filtering back into the Egyptian café, the classical columns and the funky design on the floor, the ramshackle chairs and tables, then, fortuitously, the waiter walking into the picture. At f2 and 1/15th second I knew he'd be slightly blurred and out-of-focus, and I hoped I'd got him in a good spot and that the rest of the picture would be reasonably sharp, and that he and the other shapes would work together harmoniously in a black and white picture. So often those moments that are "YES!" when we take them turn out to be real fizzers when we come to look at them on the proof sheet, but I was really pleased with this one. In fact I'm still really pleased with it:

 

 

Café, Alexandria, Egypt 1987

Canon F1, FDn 35mm f2, Ilford FP4

[edwardkaraa]

As the pictures above attest, film is certainly the very best. (There you go - I must be a poet, even though I didn't know it!).

 

Anyway, this is one of those photos (we all have ones like it I think) that, when I took it, I thought "YES!" because I envisaged I'd got a number of elements to work together harmoniously - the lovely light filtering back into the Egyptian café, the classical columns and the funky design on the floor, the ramshackle chairs and tables, then, fortuitously, the waiter walking into the picture. At f2 and 1/15th second I knew he'd be slightly blurred and out-of-focus, and I hoped I'd got him in a good spot and that the rest of the picture would be reasonably sharp, and that he and the other shapes would work together harmoniously in a black and white picture. So often those moments that are "YES!" when we take them turn out to be real fizzers when we come to look at them on the proof sheet, but I was really pleased with this one. In fact I'm still really pleased with it:

 

 

Café, Alexandria, Egypt 1987

Canon F1, FDn 35mm f2, Ilford FP4

And you're absolutely right to be pleased with it Phil! It's a fantastic shot, exactly like I like them, simple composition, human element, documentary value, all coming together perfectly. Edited September 17, 2017 by edwardkaraa

[edwardkaraa]

Here's another dawn scene in the Dead Sea, interpreted by Ektar with the help of a long exposure and a windy morning

Hassy 503cw, 80mm planar

I really like the cottony look of the water, Adam, and the general soft dreamy atmosphere.

[edwardkaraa]

Berlin hot rods

 

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Very nice late afternoon light and colors, and interesting subject matter. What film if I may ask?

[christoph_d]

As the pictures above attest, film is certainly the very best. (There you go - I must be a poet, even though I didn't know it!).

 

Anyway, this is one of those photos (we all have ones like it I think) that, when I took it, I thought "YES!" because I envisaged I'd got a number of elements to work together harmoniously - the lovely light filtering back into the Egyptian café, the classical columns and the funky design on the floor, the ramshackle chairs and tables, then, fortuitously, the waiter walking into the picture. At f2 and 1/15th second I knew he'd be slightly blurred and out-of-focus, and I hoped I'd got him in a good spot and that the rest of the picture would be reasonably sharp, and that he and the other shapes would work together harmoniously in a black and white picture. So often those moments that are "YES!" when we take them turn out to be real fizzers when we come to look at them on the proof sheet, but I was really pleased with this one. In fact I'm still really pleased with it:

 

 

Café, Alexandria, Egypt 1987

Canon F1, FDn 35mm f2, Ilford FP4

Phil,

 

It is indeed a nice picture, with all the interesting elements you mention. Definately also a picture I'd love to see in print.

One wonders: how does the place look like now? And what happened to the waiter in the meantime?

 

Rgds

 

Christoph

[stray cat]

And you're absolutely right to be pleased with it Phil! It's a fantastic shot, exactly like I like them, simple composition, human element, documentary value, all coming together perfectly.

 

 

Phil,

 

It is indeed a nice picture, with all the interesting elements you mention. Definately also a picture I'd love to see in print.

One wonders: how does the place look like now? And what happened to the waiter in the meantime?

 

Rgds

 

Christoph

 

Thank you sincerely, Edward and Christoph.

 

Older (and sometimes even not-so-old) pictures do often propose questions about the fate of the people in them, or even the places, don't they? It makes me sometimes think of the Beatles' song "In My Life" - these people and places weave in and out of our lives - we go on doing whatever it is we do, and they go on apart from that -  change, cease to exist or whatever. It occurred to me when a few days ago I posted the picture of some old men talking in the street in Trabzon, Turkey - almost inevitably some of those people will have passed on, and it is a bit sad to think that. Yet, life goes on, the picture remains and they're forever alive, talking in a sunny corner of the street with their mates. And then it becomes a happy thought.

[christoph_d]

Thank you sincerely, Edward and Christoph.

 

Older (and sometimes even not-so-old) pictures do often propose questions about the fate of the people in them, or even the places, don't they? It makes me sometimes think of the Beatles' song "In My Life" - these people and places weave in and out of our lives - we go on doing whatever it is we do, and they go on apart from that -  change, cease to exist or whatever. It occurred to me when a few days ago I posted the picture of some old men talking in the street in Trabzon, Turkey - almost inevitably some of those people will have passed on, and it is a bit sad to think that. Yet, life goes on, the picture remains and they're forever alive, talking in a sunny corner of the street with their mates. And then it becomes a happy thought.

Phil,

 

How true, and sometimes one gets a glimpse of what happened. I oftentimes ask the e-mail address of people I photograph in the streets, to send them the pictures I took. However, the development sometimes takes some months. So when I sent the picture of a couple back to them recently, I got a very nice answer that they had split in the meantime, but that the picture was still treasured for it brought back happy memories. Another time I received an answer from a man who I had photographed with his dog - years later. The dog had died and he wanted a higher resolution version of the picture I had sent.

 

Regards

 

C.

[Wayne]

As the pictures above attest, film is certainly the very best. (There you go - I must be a poet, even though I didn't know it!).

 

Anyway, this is one of those photos (we all have ones like it I think) that, when I took it, I thought "YES!" because I envisaged I'd got a number of elements to work together harmoniously - the lovely light filtering back into the Egyptian café, the classical columns and the funky design on the floor, the ramshackle chairs and tables, then, fortuitously, the waiter walking into the picture. At f2 and 1/15th second I knew he'd be slightly blurred and out-of-focus, and I hoped I'd got him in a good spot and that the rest of the picture would be reasonably sharp, and that he and the other shapes would work together harmoniously in a black and white picture. So often those moments that are "YES!" when we take them turn out to be real fizzers when we come to look at them on the proof sheet, but I was really pleased with this one. In fact I'm still really pleased with it:

 

 

Café, Alexandria, Egypt 1987

Canon F1, FDn 35mm f2, Ilford FP4

It is too bad, for me, that you did not post this about six months ago. I was in the middle of Naguib Mahfouz' book, Midaq Alley. I had stumbled upon the book in one of my literary expeditions, i.e. I decided to read a genre of writing, Arabic fiction, I had never before even considered, and came upon this Mahfouz masterpiece in the process. The book centers on a typical Cairo cafe. Although late, your photograph provides context. Thanks.

 

 

Best,

 

Wayne

 

P.S. It is a great book. Consider it. Mahfouz is considered one of the most prominent writers of Arabic fiction in twentieth century. He was the first writer in Arabic to win Nobel Prize in Literature. It will only add to your enjoyment of this great photograph.......especially the making of it.

[stray cat]

Thank you Wayne - both for your extremely nice comments on my picture and for the advice about what sounds like an interesting and rewarding venture into Arabic fiction. I will indeed look into ordering the book (still waiting on Kolyma Tales but should be this week).

[Suede]

Very nice late afternoon light and colors, and interesting subject matter. What film if I may ask?

 

Thanks for your comment, Edward. I think it is Agfa Vista 400. Not too sure, sorry. 

This is Berlin. I buy film from an online store which has a street outlet here: Fotoimpex. Like a kid in a candy store, I bought an assortment of film and don't remember what I loaded into the camera as I walked out.

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[Wayne]

Wayne, that is a lovely short story ... very nice! I like chihuahuas ... they are so funny "dogs". I will come back to your chihuahua (what a word?) in the evening (local time here).

 

Best

Gregor

Thanks, Gregor.

 

Yes, the funny and diminutive Chihuahua is often given short shrift in the realm of "watch dog;" but when it comes to awareness of surroundings, and capacity to sound a prompt and noisy alarm, no other breed supersedes them.

 

Best,

 

Wayne