Nice example Peter! I agree, the 65 is great for environmental portraits. Does your girlfriend play that instrument? I live in a predominantly Czech town and see accordions around here in some of the older folks "bands". I LOVE the sound from them. I also agree, that shot could easily have been in old world Europe!!
Katie - Yes, she does play - everything from classical to country, cajun/zydeco, polkas and gypsy jazz. That particular accordion we bought from a famous Bulgarian master player. We're now up to twenty-eight of these living with us in our quite small house in Culver City. If you saw Puss N Boots earlier this year, you would have heard her playing. I'm glad I love the accordion or I would be in serious trouble. Needless to say, I now know more about the squeezebox than I ever thought possible.
My wife and I went for a ride a couple weekends ago and rediscovered an old family cemetery from my mother's father's side of the family. No longer a town here but the cemetery is as well as the old church down the road. Here are few snaps I got off before it got dark. Yashica 35 electro gsn on fuji400xtra superia scanned on my ep4690.
ken.vs.ryu wrote:
are you printing these huge negatives? it's a shame you have to shrink them to web sizes.
I was going to wait until I get all my 4x5 developed before printing. I have around 15 sheets of Velvia 50 to get developed. I'm hoping to attempt to print my own B/W this winter, when I setup my darkroom. Until then, the lab will print these.
Thanks Katie, your shots are so far from meager! I really enjoy them.
Zalmy, thanks for the kind words nice snow, but this year was a little disappointing. I might have to save and go again the year after next. Chrome films do block up badly in the shadows, I have had slightly better success ignoring Fuji's recommended dev times on their E6 chemistry and running the first and colour dev for 30s longer than recommended and the blix for 1.5x as long as recommended.
Blix runs to exhaustion so you cannot really over-blix film unless your chemistry is particularly harsh.
As for metering, I find metering the highlights I want perceptible detail in and adding 2.5 stops works fine for fuji films, I add 3 stops for Kodak E100G since it has a lot of latitude for a reversal film.
Simon, such kind words from the architecture master I've been hunting for a 72XL lately thanks to you.
Until then, the lab will print these.
nice snow, but this year was a little disappointing. I might have to save and go again the year after next. Chrome films do block up badly in the shadows, I have had slightly better success ignoring Fuji's recommended dev times on their E6 chemistry and running the first and colour dev for 30s longer than recommended and the blix for 1.5x as long as recommended.
