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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:

 

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Café, Alexandria, Egypt 1987

Canon F1, FDn 35mm f2, Ilford FP4

Fab shot! 

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A short break from the Colour Implosions: On the banks of the river, Lyon, early Summer.

 

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MP, probably 75, APX100, ns

 

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Xpan, 4.5/4, Berrger Pancro 400

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Xpan, 4.5/4, Berrger Pancro 400

 

Again, Wayne, thoughtful and dynamic use of the panorama. I'd encourage you to really use it a lot and see where it takes you. Have you seen Josef Koudelka's book "Chaos"? It's his book of panoramas and is a revelation in the use of the long format - highly recommended if you want to see how a truly great master uses it: http://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&ALID=2TYRYD1KSV9X

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Have you seen Josef Koudelka's book "Chaos"? It's his book of panoramas and is a revelation in the use of the long format - highly recommended if you want to see how a truly great master uses it: http://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&ALID=2TYRYD1KSV9X

 

 

Just went through all 97 of them - fantastic.  

I'm getting the X-Pan out again. Not that I can photograph like that ;-)

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Thanks, Phil :)

This is one of the nicest pictures I've seen of the Amsterdam canals - it has human interest, is (relatively) uncluttered and has the barge coming through, with beautiful subdued colours. Lovely.

 

 

Forgot to mention this one Adam - the classic "orange and teal" complementary colours giving a powerful contrast of hue. This is a striking landscape photograph - I think Eliot Porter would have been proud to sign his name to this one.

 

Very good, John.  Chicago, right?

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M6 | 35 C-Biogon | Tri-X

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Let's do another EKTAR vs PROVIA 100F comparison, shall we!!

From the lowest point on earth, right before that old couple that I mentioned a while back shooed me off after I declined to take a photo of them b/c I didn't have any time b/c I left my cell phone in my car!

With the Hassy SWC at Dawn.

Here's the Ektar

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And the  Provia 100F!


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Let's do another EKTAR vs PROVIA 100F comparison, shall we!!

From the lowest point on earth, right before that old couple that I mentioned a while back shooed me off after I declined to take a photo of them b/c I didn't have any time b/c I left my cell phone in my car!

With the Hassy SWC at Dawn.

Here's the Ektar

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Adam, it's not easy .. after a second view I would prefer the PROVIA.

 

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Let's do another EKTAR vs PROVIA 100F comparison, shall we!!

From the lowest point on earth, right before that old couple that I mentioned a while back shooed me off after I declined to take a photo of them b/c I didn't have any time b/c I left my cell phone in my car!

With the Hassy SWC at Dawn.

 

Here's the Ektar

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For this particular shot I prefer Ektar for the slight magenta cast in the foreground, where Provia surprisingly looks rather cyan. Both are really excellent, just minor rendering differences.

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Let's do another EKTAR vs PROVIA 100F comparison, shall we!!

From the lowest point on earth, right before that old couple that I mentioned a while back shooed me off after I declined to take a photo of them b/c I didn't have any time b/c I left my cell phone in my car!

With the Hassy SWC at Dawn.

Here's the Ektar

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Ektar! (Can't believe I'm saying it)

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