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Venezia,
Rolleiflex 3.5f, kodak tmax iso100

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And now for something a little different. I tried some splash photography over the weekend to build up relevant samples for the Zeiss 100mm f2 Macro (for Canon mounts) I’m trying out. This type of work is not a forte for me but I knew enough to take a decent crack at it. This is all manual so it takes a lot of patience (and an appalling hit rate) to get right. If I recall, ISO was up in the ISO 2000ish range with shutter speeds at 1/1000 and f/10 (or thereabouts). All images with a 5D Mark II – I’ll post more in the main review.

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Suggested book of the week:

“How To Read A Photograph” by Ian Jeffrey

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Venice
Rolleiflex 3.5f, kodak tmax iso 100
just remembering the warm summer days,
now that we are fully covered with probably
70cm of snow here in Bucharest.

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From the series “I Am A Tamil”

This was a change of film to TXP rated at EI-320 in Rodinal, which made a change from HP5 in Rodinal. More necessity than intent (I had a specific use for the HP5 in Kanyakimari).

As for the image, it is probably my favourite from the trip for many reasons…but most of all, because this was a simple crossing of paths on the road…

Bronica SQ Ai, 80mm f2.8 PS, Kodak TXP (R.I.P.), EI320 in Rodinal 1:50

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My first colour shots with the Pentax 67ii.

Two shots on EKtar. I provide my own self critique here if interested.

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same as it ever was ….

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Late afternoon at Boudhanath, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Raven in her angelic phase.

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Leica M7, Nokton Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1, Kodak Ektar 100
Developer – Kodak Flexicolor

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The last images I’ll share from the first two rolls of film I shot with the Pentax 67ii last weekend (and have been posting this week). It turned out to be a great coulpe of rolls – with a usable hit rate of about 80% from just 20 shots. Normally I hover around 3 – 4 shots out of 12 (for 6×6 MF) or 8 – 12 shots for a 35mm roll of 36 shots – so this was substantially higher. Will be interesting to see if I get anything like that this weekend.

Pentax 67ii + Pentax 105mm f/2.4 on Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros

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As some of you know I have been visiting LIF for a little while and so I am feeling pretty lucky to be able to make a posting here!

I took the shot below in January after having resolved to make better images – images hopefully more worthy of requesting feedback on from LIF members. Snow Scenes such as these have become quite familiar recently in the UK with our recent weather and I thought it an appropriate image to use as a 1st post.

I have a PhotoStream over on Pbase (www.pbase.com/96spec) for 2010 where I am endeavouring to deliver on my new years resolve – any feedback would be truly welcomed.

Ben (Masters)

Panasonic GF1 + 20mm

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Posting this from China while I get a moment to myself (home tomorrow…yippeee). Part of the “Three Seas” series. I have been really enjoying the recent postings, some amazing work. Rgds, Kal

Bronica SQ Ai, 80mm f2.8 PS, Ilford HP5+, EI-800 in Rodinal 1:50

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I met an Irish photographer in Seattle the other day who happens to live here. He was carrying his treasuerd Leica which he was obviously happy with. We talked briefly and he made the comment that was the best place in the world to do street photography. I was surprised. Compared to the places I’ve been I find Seattle to be fairly run of the mill. It’s a wonderful city to live, with close access to the mountains, sea, etc – but for true street photographer, it doesn’t come close to Paris, Tokyo, New York, many cities in Asia, etc. Nonetheless, every few weeks I go out and try to prove myself wrong – thinking that it’s me whose missing the point. Here are two shots from the weekend. The first was a fairly interesting scene – the second is one that’s unfortunately all too familiar.

Pentax 67ii + Pentax 105mm f/2.4 on Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros

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