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Eoin Hi glad see you back :)

I like these 2 pictures . I'll give a title "lost in his thoughts"

Stunning b&w pictures

 

For your thanks , I also noticed that sometimes I explode the "thank you" and it remains blocked  :)

Eoin you are too and so nice :)

Thanks for posting again

 

Best

Henry

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Eoin Hi glad see you back :)

I like these 2 pictures . I'll give a title "lost in his thoughts"

Stunning b&w pictures

 

For your thanks , I also noticed that sometimes I explode the "thank you" and it remains blocked :) Eoin you are too nice :)

Thanks for posting again

 

Best

Henry

 

Thanks, Henry. There is a lot to be thankful for on this thread, and it's good to see you back, too.

 

"Lost in thought" is exactly right, and is one the states I enjoy seeing in people-watching - So lost, they don't even notice the loud, clunking, Hasselblad.

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Eoin, yes I am just back from SE Asia . I am now fine after 1 week "in the vapor"

(french expression means to be "peaky") : jet lag, gastroenteritis and hot-cold passage

(air conditioner and heat wave) giving right a tracheitis :)

 

 

Kodak TMax100

Dev D76 pure

Leica MP

50 Summilux Asph

 

Early dawn in Tamky fish market beach

5 am.

Lights still on boats

 

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Henry

 

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Quang Nam beach at sunset

Fishermen village 

the children give you the size of the boat :)

 

Kodak Portra 160

(home dev Tetenal C41-30°C)

Leica M7

35 Summilux Asph

 

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Henry

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Thanks, Christoph.  I am glad that my OCD and recklessness have combined to translate into a source of inspiration for you. :)

 

Here is another for you along these lines.  More than knee deep in, with my camera on tripod in one hand and camera bag with an extra film back, spot meter, full set of LEE filters, a freezer pack with my film held tightly under my other arm while I very carefully bending down to focus this shot wide open with my ground glass + prism (for Chris) so as too not acquire that fatal drop of Dead Sea water on my gear.   :o

 

Neve Zohar, Dead Sea, Israel

SWC Provia 100F

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Worth the effort imho !!

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 Eilean Glas, Scalpay.  The 'blue hour', almost dark.  The problem of course with very long exposures at this time of day is that the light is dropping at the same time as reciprocity failure means increasing your exposure, so you're in something of a guessing game at times.  Really getting know your chosen film can be an advantage.

 

Hasselblad 503cw

Zeiss 150mm cf sonnar

Fuji Velvia 50

Wonderful picture! But I won't put the logo into the picture.

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 Eilean Glas, Scalpay.  The 'blue hour', almost dark.  The problem of course with very long exposures at this time of day is that the light is dropping at the same time as reciprocity failure means increasing your exposure, so you're in something of a guessing game at times.  Really getting know your chosen film can be an advantage.

 

Hasselblad 503cw

Zeiss 150mm cf sonnar

Fuji Velvia 50

Loving the feel, the colours, the whole thing Steve. Lovely.

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Today I treated myself a new scanner for the medium format. It is a Epson V550, thus being on the low cost end in the scanner world, but my first few tests with Vuescan gave some good results. I have to cope with my first roll of Velvia 50 - the reds are much to saturated. Any advice for this film in combination with Vuescan is much appreciated. In case anyone feels hungry:

 

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Mamiya 645 1000s - Kodak Vericolor 100 (long expired)

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Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA nominal. Shot with a FED 5 and a 55mm f2.8 lens (lens brand written in Russian!), more than twenty years ago.

 

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Charles thank you very much.

 

Philip,

 

I particularly enjoyed this photograph with its delights of subtle colour and disjointed elements. I could quite easily see it hanging in an exhibition of modern art!

 

Thanks

Charles

 

 

Terrific nature shot Henry. I particularly like how the cloud formation is rendered.

 

Kodak Portra 160

(Home lab dev Tetenal 30°C)

Leica M7

35 Summilux Asph

Nikon Coolscan 5000

 

 

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Henry

 

I like that contrasty look. And the first one is very nice too. Agfa Vista is a terrific film.

 

Went to a car show this weekend; I shot Svema64 (a Russian film ISO 64; VERY contrasty) and my old standby Agfa Vista 400.
 

 

 

Beautiful shot Steve.

 

 Eilean Glas, Scalpay.  The 'blue hour', almost dark.  The problem of course with very long exposures at this time of day is that the light is dropping at the same time as reciprocity failure means increasing your exposure, so you're in something of a guessing game at times.  Really getting know your chosen film can be an advantage.

 

Hasselblad 503cw

Zeiss 150mm cf sonnar

Fuji Velvia 50

 

 

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Adam and Chris, how do use your spot meters when you're photographing and do you use them differently depending on which film type (C41, E6 etc), and perhaps camera, you shoot? Thank you in advance.

 

Thanks, Christoph.  I am glad that my OCD and recklessness have combined to translate into a source of inspiration for you. :)

 

Here is another for you along these lines.  More than knee deep in, with my camera on tripod in one hand and camera bag with an extra film back, spot meter, full set of LEE filters, a freezer pack with my film held tightly under my other arm while I very carefully bending down to focus this shot wide open with my ground glass + prism (for Chris) so as too not acquire that fatal drop of Dead Sea water on my gear.   :o

 

Neve Zohar, Dead Sea, Israel

SWC Provia 100F

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Adam, How on earth did those trees/shrubs ever grow there in the first place? Were they there long before the Dead Sea expanded or something? I was out with my lightest tripod today, and while convenient it has a panning head which I suppose is really for video rather than a ball head. Perhaps I should use my medium tripod (generally reserved for 4x5). Anyway, Pippa was following me with her PanaLeica, here, here, unt hier. The film is drying at present, then we shall see if I have learnt anything at all about framing with the SWC's viewfinder. The groundglass is still a week away or more.

 

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Adam and Chris, how do use your spot meters when you're photographing and do you use them differently depending on which film type (C41, E6 etc), and perhaps camera, you shoot? Thank you in advance.

Hi Philip -

 

With me, it depends:

1. 35mm C41, i typically will take an incident meter reading and then increase the exposure by 1-2 stops.

2. 120 C41 that i shoot cityscapes with, i will use a spot meter and take an average reading of the darkest and brightest spots that i want detail. Very typically i will then open up a half to a full stop more than the average reading, even with Ektar (which i rate at 80 iso)

3. E6 - depends,

- Velvia 50 - i take a spot meter on the lightest non reflective part of the scene and then open up 2.3 to 2.5 stops. I then will open up another 1/2 stop and take another exposure. Lots of people rate velvia 50 at 40 iso, so it needs a bit more light than the typical slide film.

-Provia 100F or Velvia 100 - same as velvia 50 but will open up 2 stops, and then take a second shot and open up a 1/3 - 1/2 stop depending on what fraction of aperture the meter tells me.

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With large format I take an incident reading and modify it if needed with some spot readings. For MF I use either an incident meter or the spotmeter, but not both. If the camera has a meter in it I tend to use it, but I'm always willing to adjust what it says by one or two stops if my subject is darker or lighter than the background. I'm not very scientific about it, and I suppose I'm hoping that I will gradually get better at that by a process of osmosis. I realised with my brief fling with transparencies that the wisdom that slide film is very unforgiving is really only true if you are going to project the slide - there is no second chance. But if scanning it then you can correct the exposure a bit afterwards.

 

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Now my trip with Kodak Portra 160 and after Ektar 100

 

 

Quang Nam, the lake

 

KP 160-M7-35 Summilux Asph

 

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Rg

Henry

 

 

Kodak Portra 160

(Home lab dev Tetenal 30°C)

Leica M7

35 Summilux Asph

Nikon Coolscan 5000

 

 

attachicon.gifImage8nunglinhkp160feclfht+++1000.jpg

 

 

Regards

Henry

Very lovely composition and blues with a painterly sky.  Really nice and among your best IMHO.

 

Went to a car show this weekend; I shot Svema64 (a Russian film ISO 64; VERY contrasty) and my old standby Agfa Vista 400.

 

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this one is really seller.  The film really has a classic look.  Definitely worth trying.

 

Worth the effort imho !!

Thanks, Jean-Marc.  :)

 

Thanks, it's a Photoshop action.

 

Can you make PS stop, or have you fed the beast so much that it has acquired a mind of its own and taken over your household?!? :)

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