Street Theatre, Korean Style

[paulsydaus]

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I happened upon this street theatre by accident and stayed for a good hour or so. I couldn't understand anything, but had a great time. This is my first attempt at black and white, so be kind. The bulk scans came back with horrendous quality (M Monochrome they surely aren't), so I have requested a re-scan. Nonetheless, this is what I got from the cheap bulk scanner. Enjoy.

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[pauledell]

Your series is quite interesting despite the poor image quality. The action and your composition makes up for that.

 

Paul

[Karl G]

Very interesting street theatre, hopefully you will find scans that do your effort justice. I like 4 and 7 the best.

[paulsydaus]

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

Well I got a few 16 bit Flextights done and they aren't much better so I suppose it's an exposure/processing issue. I'm new to B/W so any tips would be greatly appreciated. I'm use to the relatively large exposure latitude in Fujichrome Provia 400. These are Illford HP5 Plus (ISO400). I might have shot slightly under-exposed and didn't push so is graininess and lack of detail just from under-exposure? Processing was XTOL 1:1 for 12 minutes as per Ilford specification.

Cheers,

Paul