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The Ricoh GR21 ist still a expensive camera - checked it on Ebay today - something special about it I have to know ?

 

 

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Love the light in this one, Suede. I remember watching on TV an interview a while back with Helmut Newton who said he treasured the "Grey" light in Berlin. Do you find it like this? Obviously you have quite dramatic light, too.

 

Thanks, Phil. Sorry for my tardy response and acknowledgement; your comment remained undetected until just now!

 

Now, about Helmut Newton's take on the light in Berlin... I honestly can't say much so definitively. Mine was a very short visit in October 2015 and the weather was mostly good.

 

However, it's sure that north and south of the tropics, the light does have a certain uniqueness, especially as winter and spring approach and the angle of strike makes long shadows in the mornings and evenings if the sun is not too harsh. New Zealand light is quite spectacular I found, as it is around here in Europe. Soft light on well-worn hard objects like cobblestones or metallic handrails or aged furniture, gun handles (even Lenny Kravitz edition Leicas [if you could find enough of them to replace the cobblestones!] etc. can produce pleasing photos if you manage a good 'take' on them and if you can line up all your other ducks (exposure etc.) well enough. I do also believe a good dollop of luck contributes greatly into making a decent picture if one is a frugal shooter.

 

Having said that, here's a photo taken in the tropics: Mandalay, Myanmar. These ducks didn't all line up, though!

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It actually does show heavy fall off enhanced with contrasty film, some of it can be removed digitally.

 

Adox 25 + Rich GR21

 

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no Saco de Mamanguá by JM__, on Flickr

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It became a little bit crowded towards the end of the walk...  ;)  Extremely bright sun just out of frame top-right - so the little petal lens-hood that comes with the lens does a reasonable job.  (R5, 21-35mm Vario Elmar, HP5Plus).  

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Some chalk flora from earlier in the year.

 

I spent more than a roll of film trying to photograph this flower rich sward here one late June evening. None of the resulting photos really matched what I had in my mind’s-eye so I’ll have another go next year. Melbury Beacon near Shaftesbury in Dorset. Portra 400 and 28 Summaron-M.

 

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On the Devil’s Dyke in Cambridgeshire. The dyke is a 7 mile defensive ditch and raised bank from the Iron Age (one non-mainstream theory posits that this area is the real site of Troy). Same film and lens.

 

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My new granddaughter, and my "old" daughter-in-law and son ...... portra 400 and 800 and summicron R90 and summilux 50mm

 

 

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and a few more ....

 

 

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last one for now .... i promise!!!

 

 

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