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20 hours ago, Ernest said:

Ever Present  Nikon F2 Micro-Nikkor 55 Fuji Natura 1600

 

Really love it, Rog.  The left side is like my vision after a bottle of wine.  The right side is how I would see after a bottle an a half+ 😉

14 hours ago, benqui said:

Just give me a short note when you have the first positive results with this alternative treatment!!!😉

 You will be the first to know, Marc 😂

13 hours ago, stray cat said:

 

...in which case I'm guessing this guy must have had a fair swig of the stuff.

Giza, Egypt 1987

Canon A1, FDn 35mm f2, Kodachrome 64

Yes he is looking rather chipper 🤣  Nice photo!

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Coming back to the forum ( after a couple of weeks without wifi...)  is a pleasure: so many fantastic pictures and works --all of them are worth  a word of recognition.. but at the same time I don't want to claim too much space, so gentlemen, accept my pick as ´pars pro toto´... 

 

Am 7.11.2019 um 05:31 schrieb adan:

Milepost 390 - Tilted Windmill.

Mamiya 6, 50mm, red filter, TMax 400 in HC110.

I love your milepost series, Adan.  Could you be so friendly as to explain why you chose  HC110 ?   I´ve just started to develop my b/w again ( after a break of many years ), using my old Rodinal stock. Negatives look ok, but I´m waiting for the scanner I ordered.. 

Am 8.11.2019 um 10:34 schrieb philipus:

This is the mandatory close-up shot of the mosque and the Moon, shot seconds (as many as it takes to add a 2XE extender) after the previous one. The sky does contain quite a bit of blue which I like because it puts the dark mountain ridge in a very very faint silhouette. And here we can also see the ugly construction site in all its glory :D


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Philipus, you balanced the light and the shade-namely the mountain ridge- perfectly.  Very nice. Shooting the moon without blur isn't so trivial--as it (?)  moves half its diameter in one minute-so I guess your exposure might have been about 10 seconds.... 😀

 

Am 8.11.2019 um 16:20 schrieb christoph_d:

On occasion, actually quite rarely, I receive a film or two to try out from some of our esteemed forum members. For the film in question I can't remember exactly who gave it to me,  but it was either Panama-Pete, or Fedora man. The film carried the dubious name Lomochrome Purple - though it is a C41 film. So I loaded it into my "extra" camera, the small but capable Rollei 35T. It proved to be an excellent choice of camera for this film, as the film itself is not quite as flexible in use as - say - the sadly departed Adox Colour Implosion. It is an experimental emulsion, that turns the beautiful colours of our environments into - well - purple tinted images. So luckily the Rollei 35T can be carried next to a Leica or two without taking up much space, the Leica's catering for the "real" photos, and the Rollei being used for the experiments. Anyway, the camera and film accompanied me last summer through some parts of southern France, and to give you an impression of its abilities, here are a few images... and a big thank you for the donor!

Rollei 35T, Lomochrome Purple

Wow, what about having a smoke while looking at this ? Great ! 

Am 9.11.2019 um 05:15 schrieb Ko.Fe.:

5 CAD Samsung P&S and some no name, next to no emulsion, no anti-halo film I received under secret Santa exchange. The film is so thin, one roll is something like sixty frames. I have to cut it in half to load in the paterson reel.

Very appropiate to the season ( in Europe) and very nice. 

Am 9.11.2019 um 12:45 schrieb benqui:

typical New Yorkers: they need three suns for the sunset!!

M6, Zeiss 2.8/35, Portra 400 (with ISO 200)

 

 

Marc, I was seriously  reflecting on how you did this--time lapse or what-- but apparently the NY clouds  just were nice to you.. 

 

Am 10.11.2019 um 00:19 schrieb Ernest:

Doppelganger II  Nikon F2  Micro-Nikkor 55  Fuji Natura 1600 

Rog,  your output is nauseating- and here I´m talking of quality not quantity.....  I like this particularly because you made such an interesting use of the double exposure option.. Very mystical--or would  I better talk of nimbus or aura ? 

Am 10.11.2019 um 21:23 schrieb Ernest:

Distance Call V   Nikon F2 Nikkor 105  Fuji Natura

this was my favorite until I spotted 

vor 20 Stunden schrieb Ernest:

Ever Present  Nikon F2 Micro-Nikkor 55 Fuji Natura 1600

this.... 😃. I love rust, and this picture is so 3-D  my hand itches to touch the rough surface and feel the shiver run down my spine....  Really wonderful in composition, colors and atmosphere. 

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Circadian I Diptych  Nikon F2 Micro-Nikkor 55 Fuji Natura
A study series in the translation of human biological time measurement in color and texture.

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18 hours ago, benqui said:

This is really very Special Rog! I like it a lot! Almost like in a movie

 

Maybe Stephen King? You might be getting a call on the talent hotline to line up some of your star talents to read for that part of the Damsel in Distress (or is it Damsel Under Duress?). Ha, ha.

5 hours ago, Cyril Jayant said:

Very nice one Ernest😁My favourite.

Thanks, Cyril. I have enjoyed your postings on numerous threads, including the very interesting "Fountain Pen" photo discussions.

4 hours ago, A miller said:

Really love it, Rog.  The left side is like my vision after a bottle of wine.  The right side is how I would see after a bottle an a half+ 😉

 

My secret is out! Actually, I was thinking of 3D, since I scored a Carl Zeiss Jena 1915 table stereo viewer and have yet to test it out. Blur-blur in 3D.

4 hours ago, Kl@usW. said:

Rog,  your output is nauseating- and here I´m talking of quality not quantity.....  I like this particularly because you made such an interesting use of the double exposure option.. Very mystical--or would  I better talk of nimbus or aura ? 

this was my favorite until I spotted 

this.... 😃. I love rust, and this picture is so 3-D  my hand itches to touch the rough surface and feel the shiver run down my spine....  Really wonderful in composition, colors and atmosphere. 

I think it would be so cool if Leica analog M facilitated multiple exposures. I haven't searched, but there are some encyclopedia minds on the forum that mind add a footnote. Thanks for your 3D comment because that's one idea that has my hands itching, too.

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7 minutes ago, stray cat said:

A few posts ago, in post #64859  in fact, I presented this photo

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of the camel guy at the pyramids in Giza. This was from a scan I'd done back in 2014. Looking at it again, I thought I could do a lot better with the colors and so forth now, so I spent quarter of an hour tracking down the transparency today, then rescanned and processed it the way I thought it should look. People may or may not agree, but to my eyes this looks fresher, more vibrant and much closer to how I remember the scene. It's also a lot closer to the look of the Kodachrome original. I guess the moral of the story is, even a photograph on film from decades ago can be brought back and freshened up:

Giza, Egypt 1987

Zowie, I can hear David Lean yelling, "Cut!" and see Freddie Young smiling that yes-smile.

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12 minutes ago, Ernest said:

Zowie, I can hear David Lean yelling, "Cut!" and see Freddie Young smiling that yes-smile.

 

7 minutes ago, david strachan said:

Haha..i think the directors would go with the more earthy colours of the camel saddle cloths and no magenta (my bugbear) in the shadows.

 

But a beaut action pic really and such a great composition.

Nice one Phil.

 

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Thank you both, David and Rog, for invoking the aura of my favourite ever movie!

Your observation is particularly interesting, David, in light of having been, many moons ago, in Japan and visiting the Sony store in Tokyo at the moment when they'd just released some new Blu-Ray technology or other and were demonstrating it in-store with (much to my delight) a remastered print of Lawrence of Arabia. They had the old print on one TV and the new remaster on a second TV. My comparison here reminds me of the difference I saw that day. And - dammit! - I thought I'd ridded the shadows of their magenta cast! 🤯

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vor 2 Stunden schrieb adan:

1) economy with wide 120 film, and 2) very fine grain. Plus 3) I've been using the stuff for 45 years and am used to it. (Nevertheless, as presented in some of my earlier posts here, I had to re-tune my processing (and exposure techniques) a bit to handle the contrasty(er) Sekor lenses.)

Rodinal was also high on my list, but just a tad too grainy for what I wanted.

I think I can say I have the tonal range with TMax 400 now nicely controlled, as evidence of which...

Milepost 260 - Where The Mountains Meet The Plains (Golden, Colorado) - triptych (my usual squares just couldn't do the subject justice).

Mamiya 6, 150mm Sekor G times three

Thank you Adan, you have a point with the grain of Rodinal, but I stuck to it because it was just so convenient.  I´ll try the  HC110  when the last bottle of my antique Rodinal is finished.

The  triptych is fantastic- by no means inferior to a pano-- the intersections on the contrary enhance the feeling of the immense wideness; giving a rhythm to the wandering eye.  

K. 

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vor 14 Stunden schrieb Ernest:

Circadian I Diptych  Nikon F2 Micro-Nikkor 55 Fuji Natura
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I guess the first being the rhythm of an "owl"-I do recognize it , the second that of a "lark".  But where are the catnaps? 😴

vor 13 Stunden schrieb stray cat:

A few posts ago, in post #64859  in fact, I presented this photo

 

of the camel guy at the pyramids in Giza. This was from a scan I'd done back in 2014. Looking at it again, I thought I could do a lot better with the colors and so forth now, so I spent quarter of an hour tracking down the transparency today, then rescanned and processed it the way I thought it should look. People may or may not agree, but to my eyes this looks fresher, more vibrant and much closer to how I remember the scene. It's also a lot closer to the look of the Kodachrome original. I guess the moral of the story is, even a photograph on film from decades ago can be brought back and freshened up:

Giza, Egypt 1987

Well, amazing how much you got out of the old material. I´d go for the second-but the first has its merits too--a certain sentimental mood, Laurence around the corner and all that..

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Leica I / Schneider 35/2.8 LTM / Kentmere 400 / Xtol

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On 11/10/2019 at 6:34 PM, A miller said:

 

James and Adan - What you don't really understand it that I pretty much have full reign all over the country.  In other words, I outrank everyone other than the highest generals and special forces.  Just look at this commando - he know's who's boss

 

Even camels, who are known to be able to hold their pee for weeks, simply unload when they see me

While we're not he subject of camel urine, it is worth noting that camel urine is believed by Muslims to help treat hair loss, insect bites, asthma, infections, and the libido.  So in a way, ergo, that further boosts Fedoraman's healing powers.  😉

 

 

About the sun  direction I can guess, but what about the wind?

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