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Thanks Phil for your first comment and advice.

 

 

This picture is amazing because you arrive to capture 4 persons at the right moment walking , with

the first walker at left , expressing a strange look :)

Well done

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Henry

Thank you, Henry. Yes, the bloke without the shirt had an idea I was just about to take a photo, and I don't think he was as keen on the idea as I was!

 

And I like your Tri-X too! Nice to have such lovely visitors!

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If you like Kodachrome I continue  .... if not I'll stop :)

 

 

 

The nice yellow color of Kodachrome for sunflower

 

 

Kodachrome 64-R8-Vario Elmar 35-70 macro

Uncropped and other advantage uncorrected

 

 

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Henry

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Hôi An * (Vietnam)

Sept.2016

 

Neil knows this nice city :)

an old japanese port

 

 

Kodak Portra 160

M7-35 Summilux Asph

 

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called "Fai Fo" in japanese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%99i_An

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Hôi An * (Vietnam)

Sept.2016

 

Neil knows this nice city :)

an old japanese port

 

 

 

 

 

Mate as soon as I saw that picture I was like yea I've been there :) :)

Nice picture bro

 

Below was on the same street I think?

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You want some fresh fish ?


Tam Ky

september 2016

taken in "contre-jour"  at sunrise 7 am

No underexposure

 

 

Kodak TMax100-MP-50 Summilux Asph

 

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Mate as soon as I saw that picture I was like yea I've been there :) :)

Nice picture bro

 

Below was on the same street I think?

attachicon.gifHoi An (13)-Edit.jpg

 

Hi Neil , thanks you join me at Hôi An , may be the next time we'll meet there :)

Nice , lovely lady and b&w picture

 

 

Hôi An

more in color

 

 

Kodak Portra 160-M7-35 Lux A.

 

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Hi Neil , thanks you join me at Hôi An , may be the next time we'll meet there :)

Nice , lovely lady and b&w picture

 

 

Hôi An

more in color

 

 

Kodak Portra 160-M7-35 Lux A.

 

attachicon.gifImage12hoiankp160fecvvlfht+++1000.jpg

 

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Henry

Yes I would love that ............my plan is to return again in 2017. I will give you a shout once I have some dates :)

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Wow! Kuala Lumpur. 

KL the city of my birth . . . 

 

In which case you may (or may not!) recognise these two photos.  Olympus Trip 35, Agfachrome, 1967.

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Thank you for those thoughts, Henry. Film photography certainly is, for me, what enjoyment in photography is about.

 

Another picture. I call it Chelsea Suite because I think I may have been walking through the Chelsea neighbourhood of New York when I took it, although in fact I have little idea where I was at the time (I'd stepped down from the High Line and was looking for a subway station). Anyway, I kind of like the choreography:

M6TTL, Summicron 35mm, K2, Tri-X

I like this shot a lot, Phil.

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Another transparency from the archives. Pentax ME Super, Vivitar Series 1 70-200mm Zoom. Fujichrome (probably). Summer 1984.

 

Afloat on the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne)

 

Love that Keith

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Reflection of a " anonymous" photographer in 2017 :)

 

After more than 1000 pages of beautiful pictures here and after seeing that you take out all your old devices 24x36 like MF, I ask myself the following questions :

 

-"Does digital still have a future with us ?"

... with photos of MF with absolute clarity beating by far the most expensive MF digital or the most expensive 24x36 , showing photos with a tonality, contrasts and definition nicer than digit. :)  , without the aggressive side of square pixels smoothed in cutting line. :angry:

 

-"Is there still need to invest in the digital"  with its expensive price camera , with this unreasonable and disproportionate pixels race (we have a lot of pixels with film much more than digital) or  Isos race (the Kodak TX 400 pushed or not pushed  ,  gives pictures to do pale the MM1 without removing its charm, its “soul” to the b&w photo).

 

For me , my desire for 2017 is to buy an M-A (like Eoin his Canon) and to take out my two old DSLRs , which remain in the bottom of my Billingham bag ,still operational , after 45 years of photos and without spending a penny ... penny :)  and money I keep to pay my travels ... to take pictures :D

 

Great thanks for your superb pictures posted in this thread

It's because of you I write this message

Best wishes and good photos

Henry

 

There seems to be more than enough people who value what film photography offers to ensure its survival and health for some time to come. There has never been a time when film was better, and we are seeing the return of Kodak’s Ektachrome, and even some discussion of Kodachrome (even this discussion amazes me).
 
I think digital photography will continue to occupy the middle of the road. Its practical advantages for the average person are clear. There is some parallel to 1888 when George Eastman introduced his first roll film camera – its technical advantages were evident, and there was no turning back for most people who wanted easy shots of their cousin’s birthday party or their summer vacation. It was good and it was easy.
 
The issue is much less clear for “serious” photographers. Film continues to provide hugely competent options for quality picture making. It also offers something intangible – there is a look to well done film photography (particularly B&W) that is unique. Opinions differ – but current films, today’s wonderful developers, printed by a skilled hand, provide something that is both beautiful and unavailable from any other source. And wonderful equipment continues to be available, often used at excellent prices.
 
I think printing is important. The end goal, as I see it, is a finely tuned and well-presented paper print. It is a skill that is underplayed and not discussed enough – it is not easy and really good printing is not done by a digital algorithm. And it has to be learned in an organized way, generally from someone else who has the skills, and crucially someone who knows what a good print looks like (avoiding the "it is great because I did it and I like it" nonsense). The evidence that I see is that the full range of possibilities is most available from modern film and paper in the hands of a committed practitioner/artist.
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There seems to be more than enough people who value what film photography offers to ensure its survival and health for some time to come. There has never been a time when film was better, and we are seeing the return of Kodak’s Ektachrome, and even some discussion of Kodachrome (even this discussion amazes me).
 
I think digital photography will continue to occupy the middle of the road. Its practical advantages for the average person are clear. There is some parallel to 1888 when George Eastman introduced his first roll film camera – its technical advantages were evident, and there was no turning back for most people who wanted easy shots of their cousin’s birthday party or their summer vacation. It was good and it was easy.
 
The issue is much less clear for “serious” photographers. Film continues to provide hugely competent options for quality picture making. It also offers something intangible – there is a look to well done film photography (particularly B&W) that is unique. Opinions differ – but current films, today’s wonderful developers, printed by a skilled hand, provide something that is both beautiful and unavailable from any other source. And wonderful equipment continues to be available, often used at excellent prices.
 
I think printing is important. The end goal, as I see it, is a finely tuned and well-presented paper print. It is a skill that is underplayed and not discussed enough – it is not easy and really good printing is not done by a digital algorithm. And it has to be learned in an organized way, generally from someone else who has the skills, and crucially someone who knows what a good print looks like (avoiding the "it is great because I did it and I like it" nonsense). The evidence that I see is that the full range of possibilities is most available from modern film and paper in the hands of a committed practitioner/artist.

 

 

Yes Michael , thanks for your useful comment :)

 

I really forget to speak one of the most important point  it's "print" !

Thanks Michel for reminding this point  !

 

Print , the culmination of all your work ,  specially for monochrom photographer , it's really nicer in comparison with inkjet print  who needs computer , software and algorithm as you said !

 

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Another from icy Central Park, NYC...

The walkway on the left was PACKED with people and the water was crowded with ducks....

A regular exposure with the Ektar would have given 1/4 or so of a shutter speed which would have produced a photo cluttered with blobs of people and ducks annoyingly blurred.

So I decided to remove the blobs with an ND filter.  With the reciprocity failure, the exposure was in the 90 second range...  I also put on a 2 stop medium LEE ND grad to bring down the EVs in the top part of the frame)

Impressively, the two ducks in the foreground were literally frozen in their place for the entire exposure!

 

SWC, Ektar

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