I had a special visit to the former home of my Great Grandparents in Grevenbroich, Germany. They lived there in the very early 1900s up until the time of the second world war. The space being shown is where they would bring in cattle and horses for trading throughout Germany and other parts of Europe. In the house portion, which we didn't get to see and which was quite small, is where my grandmother and her 7 siblings were raised.
LEICA D-Lux 8DC VARIO-SUMMILUX 1:1.7-2.8/10.9-34 ASPH. lens11mmf/5.61/60s200 ISO0.0 EV
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rji2goleez wrote:
I had a special visit to the former home of my Great Grandparents in Grevenbroich, Germany. They lived their in the very early 1900s up until the time of the second world war. The space being shown is where they would bring in cattle and horses for trading throughout Germany and other parts of Europe. In the house portion, which we didn't get to see and which was quite small, were raised my grandmother and her 7 siblings.
Lovely town for sure. I spent a lot of time in Idar-Oberstein, and Kirschweiler which is only about 20 minutes away. So I had the good fortune to visit there a few times.
I really like the gesture and happy mood expressed by this old couple walking the Boardwalk hand in hand. So I trailed them slowly on my scooter. Then the woman in the bikini came into the composition so I quicky shot the image. I like the juxtaposition in ages that the shot captured.
Using my M11 Monochrom and Voit 75 Nokton, I shot these last night in a dark room watching TV. ISO values of the images in order of posting are: 16000, 32000, 25000, 50000. I applied no noise reduction other than the preset luminance slider at 30, and the images are unbelievably clean as compared to images shot at the same iSO values from my M11P. Yes, converting color images to b/w is just fine, but at high ISO values there’s simply no comparison to images shot with the monochrome cam.
