Gilberto Gil @ Irving Plaza, August 27, 1997 (5 pics, ~750kb)

[norbertnl]

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On August 27, 1997, Gilberto Gil gave a concert at Irving Plaza, New York City, for which I had the luck of getting a free ticket via a friend of mine. The set featured material from the then new album 'Quantum', in which, as New York Times critic Jon Pareles put it, Gil "invoked African deities, sang about a barefoot crab vendor and, in the title song, considered quantum physics and the fragility of existence."

 

The audience was a mixed, predominantly Latin American crowd, widely familiar with Gil's songs. For me it was a first encounter with his music, and an experience I haven't forgotten until now.

 

Interestingly, before the concert started, rumor was spread amongst the audience that Fidel Castro had died, which appeared to be a canard only after the concert. Four days later, I first thought the news about the death of another celebrity was false as well, which unfortunately it wasn't.

 

That evening I had my M6 and the Elmarit 90 in my backpack. Luckily I also had a few Neopan 1600s in my pockets;-)

[vic vic]

norbert - fantastic photographs, and it just works great as series as well. i will look for this new album in the itunes, sounds intresting with what u said (or ny times news).

 

some pics may just a little leveling - it is more dificult with neopan16000 scans i know, but doesnt bother me too much.

[lambroving]

Norbert,

 

Nice work, particularly that first shot. Are your ears still ringing?

[norbertnl]

Hi Victor,

 

Thanks for you comment! Sometimes I find it difficult to edit Neopan 1600 pics indeed. Probably I should have taken Emofin instead of ID 11 to get more even tones. I think the next thing I'll do is dive into the darkroom and try to squeeze some nice prints out of the APO Rodagon ;-)

 

BTW, the album was released in 1997, but it should still be available in some way.

 

Best,

Norbert

[norbertnl]

William,

 

Nice to hear from you! I got myself a CD after the concert, so my ears are ringing on request sometimes ;-)

 

Best,

Norbert

[vic vic]

hi again.. :-))

 

try rodinal... im serious, just one film and u will see. ya it is better to print it sure. also find the rating.. i normally use it on 3200 with rodinal. no worries - neopan can handle it. times, well it is tricky u know - i dont know what water u use etc, and most importantly, i dont know with what kind of lighting conditions u were dealing with each particular roll of film. generally rodinal at 3200, u should try (my suggestion only) at about 15 to start with. with relativly/slightly gentel then normal agitation. of course 20 degrees of water or adjust as needed.

 

apo-rodagon is great of course :-))) make sure u handle your film well in the darkroom print if that is what u want to do (and at the size that u usually print or want to print those kind of images). do not examine it on the scanner. scanner and computer post-procesing can be misleading (even the imacons that have great dynamcics in tonality)

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[vic vic]

stefan.. whats that??? r u speach-less becasue u liked the TERRIFFICCCC photos so much, or is there anything else that left u speachless :-)))))))

 

common man - u r so predictable (u surprised me only once with personal attack on me otherwise very predictable).

 

u want to make your point... it is already evident to many here on the forum (and if it wasnot, my thread gave u additional room for your "voice" for which im thankfull to u of course)...

 

change your tactics and attitude mate, u will contribute far more... faaaaaaar mooooooooore

[norbertnl]

Victor,

 

Try the first of Stefan's links. There are some samples of Gilberto Gil's music.

 

Best,

Norbert

 

P.S.: À propos Rodinal - have you tried it with Delta 100pro? For me, that makes any digi file look like a fake Rolex compared to a real one ;-)

[djm]

hi again.. :-))

 

try rodinal... im serious, just one film and u will see. ya it is better to print it sure. also find the rating.. i normally use it on 3200 with rodinal. no worries - neopan can handle it. times, well it is tricky u know - i dont know what water u use etc, and most importantly, i dont know with what kind of lighting conditions u were dealing with each particular roll of film. generally rodinal at 3200, u should try (my suggestion only) at about 15 to start with. with relativly/slightly gentel then normal agitation. of course 20 degrees of water or adjust as needed.

 

apo-rodagon is great of course :-))) make sure u handle your film well in the darkroom print if that is what u want to do (and at the size that u usually print or want to print those kind of images). do not examine it on the scanner. scanner and computer post-procesing can be misleading (even the imacons that have great dynamcics in tonality)

 

 

I wouldn't personally expect that to be a fantastic combination.

[norbertnl]

Indeed, the combination of Rodinal and a fast film may generate pretty grainy photographs. There are some afficionados who love to combine it with Tri-X though. My personal preference is D76 or ID11 normally. With most 100 and 400 ASA I use it 1+1; Neopan 1600 works fine in stock. However, very critical concert photography may profit from Emofin. It softens the contrasts sufficiently, so you still get acceptable prints.

 

Norbert

[stuny]

Norbert -

 

A wonderful series, all well composed, exposed and with excellent tonal range.

[vic vic]

norbert and others who commented about the grain etc...

 

just ry - one experimental at least - u may be surprised. i was really surprised seeing how well it handles it.

ya i also love the id11 - but rodinal gives some powerfulll texture to the film (no, without that harsh grain u may have in mind). when printed, it is capable of creating varios textures on the paper both in blacks and whites. the trick here is to tune the exposure/development time combo, and then u will reduce the harshness - that is what i mean "neopan will handle it". indeed, i dis-liked hp5 in rodinal for alot of tome once. but after neopan attempt, i found the look on the hp5 too.