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This thread is suffering from overposting by a few members; I have hidden some posts. It is a an unwritten convention that we leave space for other participants. The reason is twofold: Overposting drowns out the other posts and, as important, if one floods a thread, the viewers lose interest and won't even look at those posts any more. It is equivalent to hogging a conversation. So: Please don't make endless posts with a large number of images, they are deadly boring, and don't po
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I wander around my home city of Glasgow a fair bit. I always have either my Leica M Monochrom mk1, or an analogue M loaded with black and white film with me. I think that finding interesting photograp

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A couple more. Cheers, guys.

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Glasgow - Leica M Monochrom mk1, 50mm Summilux ASPH

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From earlier this year, in Partick, Glasgow. M Monochrom mk1, 50mm Summilux ASPH.

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New member here..........or more accurately, new poster. VERY new photographer. Shoot mostly with an M3. Learning.

 

Love this thread. A couple shots.....

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Still learning how to post photos here too! One more......

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New member here..........or more accurately, new poster. VERY new photographer. Shoot mostly with an M3. Learning.

 

Love this thread. A couple shots.....attachicon.gifIMG_752.jpg

 

Very nice, I especially like the image with the guy on the bike.

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M240P / 35FLE

Exchange Place - Jersey City, NJ

 

I enjoy the exploration and the hunt; walking around places I've never been before...the unknown keeps me focused...

 

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Agreed. It’s funny how a well-placed bicycle can contribute to a photograph. Wandering around with a camera certainly helps to make a person look and see more of the journey. And there’s always that hope that you might just get a picture you’re pleased with. When you set out, you’ve no clue what the picture might be, or even if you’ll get anything. Makes things more interesting.

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Thank you all very kindly. Agree that shooting film on the streets is the hardest of all, because of the very low success rate. But when you have a piece of film containing something hard-won, that you’re pleased with, it’s also the most rewarding of all, better than just having a digital file.

 

Oddly I find I get way more keepers when I'm shooting film. You're just engaged on a different level. 

 

As for film vs digital, you know you can make prints from digital files right?  ;) 

 

But you're right, there's something magically about getting the image right on film, it's a nice validation of your abilities. I've definitely taken better pictures since this (below) but I couldn't tell you how amazing it felt to see this negative for the first time. 

 

"Dial M for the Maldives"

 

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Oddly I find I get way more keepers when I'm shooting film. You're just engaged on a different level. 

 

As for film vs digital, you know you can make prints from digital files right?  ;)

 

But you're right, there's something magically about getting the image right on film, it's a nice validation of your abilities. I've definitely taken better pictures since this (below) but I couldn't tell you how amazing it felt to see this negative for the first time. 

 

"Dial M for the Maldives"

 

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Beautiful - very much like a William Eggleston shot.

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thx a lot.

this thread rocks :)  so many amazing  street pics!

 

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This one reminds me of the beginning of the '55 Robert Aldrich movie Kiss me deadly, from a Mickey Spillane novel.

 

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This isn't really my genre but I've been lucky with a few scenes that I have been able to capture.  Both of these were in Lyon, France a few years back.  

 

The first was taken while walking down a narrow street right at the moment that the bartender at this small cafe stepped out for some fresh air.

 

The second was taken at the train station.  My wife and I had just disembarked from a taxi when I noticed the couple in a taxi booth.

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These were taken in York.  

 

I saw the couple in the first photo while I was on the bridge.  I hurried down to try to time their emergence from under the arch and they just walked into my frame, as if I were shooting an ad.

 

The second is outside the York Cathedral.

 

 

 

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