TWOK: the picture of the light coming through the door way is brilliant, I've not seen anything like that before, the flare is just right and the detail in the foreground and the buliding are also at just the right level IMO.
Kinetronics is good for the brush. The loupe is a different issue. There doesn't seem to be a mid price, but a rather steep jump from the likes of toyo and peak to rodenstock and schneider.
mrladewig wrote:
Kinetronics is good for the brush. The loupe is a different issue. There doesn't seem to be a mid price, but a rather steep jump from the likes of toyo and peak to rodenstock and schneider.
Thanks for the recommendation, I've had a look at a few of the Kinetronics products just now, they seem to be what I'm looking for.
I'll have to do some more research on loupes, the choice is pretty slim, and as you say £15 for a loup is too little, and £150 is a bit too much :-(
200231786 wrote:
TWOK: the picture of the light coming through the door way is brilliant, I've not seen anything like that before, the flare is just right and the detail in the foreground and the buliding are also at just the right level IMO.
J
Thanks, but which shot are you talking about? The one of the card game?
This one is from my backyard as the scrub oaks neared the peak of their autumn display. Unfortunately the resize for web doesn't show the detail, but each leaf is covered in droplets of water.
E100VS, Nikkor 300/9M, 81b, f32, 8sec
This one is a small stand of aspens in Red Rock Canyon, a city open space park near my home.
Portra 160VC, Fuji 125-NW, 81b, f32, 1sec
200231786 wrote:
This may be off topic, but could any fellow film users recommend a good anti-static dust brush, and a good mid-price loupe? I've just had 14 rolls of 120 back and have to sort through them now...
The staticmaster is a camelhair brush that reduces static with an ionizing source (radioactive Polonium). I also have a Decca brush (electrically-conductive carbon fibers, used to clean records) that should work on film. Reasonably-priced loupes came from Mamiya, but may now be discontinued. Mine is 5x for 135 format, delivers edge-to-edge sharpness, and has clear/opaque skirts.
Spyro P. wrote:
You can give me a 8X10 and I'd still be inclined to shoot street, damn...
Challenge accepted! just kidding.
Great shot, you've got some guts getting that close to school kids, I suppose if their parents aren't around to call you a pedo it's not a problem. I get dirty looks from people for just holding a camera around their kids. It's also not a problem in Europe where they realise everyone with a real camera isn't either papparazzi, terrorists or pedophiles.
Judging by the angle you would have scale/zone focused this shot? Good job on that!
Scanning makes a huge difference with film, I get the feeling the focus is a tad off with my scanner, I think I need to try setting focus myself rather than autofocus.
thrice wrote:
Great shot, you've got some guts getting that close to school kids, I suppose if their parents aren't around to call you a pedo it's not a problem. I get dirty looks from people for just holding a camera around their kids. It's also not a problem in Europe where they realise everyone with a real camera isn't either papparazzi, terrorists or pedophiles.
Naahhh its not that bad...99% of people basically dont notice or dont care, as long as you get it over with and dont sit there fluffing around with rings and buttons while you isolate and pan/track them with your camera. Pre-focus, pre-frame, pre-judge the light, pre-everything, lift, click, lower the camera, dont stare and start thinking of the next photo. In years of street shooting I might have been asked what I'm doing maybe 2-3 times.
Judging by the angle you would have scale/zone focused this shot? Good job on that!
Its an old habbit of mine. Like breathing
On to the reason why cameras were invented, family photos
gerov- I like the Vietnam Memorial photograph. The technique was very effective. Incidentally, it was taken near the location of my uncle's name on the wall.
lepp- The skin tone in your Elite chrome shot is fantastic.
This was sitting in my files since last year, but I had not scanned it. As I flipped through the files, the tone of the distant clouds and the red rock caught my eye. Shot in one of the most remote areas in the continental US.
mrladewig,
thanks for the kind words. The memorial is indeed powerful, and imho best appreciated on a cloudy day. Same goes for the Korean war memorial.
That shot you posted is beautiful. I could probably sit there for days and watch the sun rise and set.
