My photo of the week 7

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Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

My photo of the week 7

Grabbed this on the tube yesterday. The next one may well be my first colour film image, processed at home. Wish me luck.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 24 2011 21:46:26

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From: manitoba, canada

RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to Escribano)

NICE

I like the content

I'd call this "Goin' Down,Down, Down....Down,Down"

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 24 2011 23:55:40

michel

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From: france

RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to Escribano)

Yes i like it too, not easy to capture human emotions in a public context.
reminds me of the air hostess on the moving walkway in the beginning of tarentino's "jackie brown" with the beautiful "across 110th street" soundtrack.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 25 2011 11:29:10

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to michel)

Thanks for your comments - it's not so easy in low light, with a fixed film speed, just one lens and moving at the same time but I enjoy the challenge. I think this style is for me long-term, that is why I am going to sell my digital gear and save for a Leica.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 25 2011 12:14:59

Gummy

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RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to Escribano)

I thought you just bought a digital camera with a Leica lens? I looked at the Leica website and thought it was all digital now.

I saw the tail end of a movie the other day and thought of you. It was called "The Limits of Control". It was a minimalist film with very little dialogue following a lone black guy through Spain. There is some flamenco in it. The movie is very visual with lots of attention to color, camera angle, composition etc. I was almost suprised to not see you in it.

Have you seen it?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 25 2011 12:21:36

ricecrackerphoto

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RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to Escribano)

Good shot! And you don't have anyone looking at you with the camera which is great.

And processing color at home? Hats off to you!

Doug

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 25 2011 12:22:56

Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to Gummy)

quote:

I thought you just bought a digital camera with a Leica lens? I looked at the Leica website and thought it was all digital now.

I will be keeping my little Panasonic LX5 with Leica lens - for point and shoot snaps. Leica still make a film camera, the MP which ricecrackerphoto uses I think, but I cannot afford one

For my "arty" aspirations I am looking at a used Leica M5 or M6 or maybe the baby CL which I kind of like.

I haven't seen that movie, I will check it out, thanks.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 25 2011 12:47:10

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to ricecrackerphoto)

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And processing color at home? Hats off to you!

I haven't succeeded yet

Got a Tetanol Press kit from Agfa, some Superia film and there is a washing up bowl in the kitchen at the moment, testing an aquarium heater to see if I can get it to 30C and stay there for the longer C41 development option. I'll keep you posted.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 25 2011 13:56:48

Richard Jernigan

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RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to Escribano)

A very nice shot. Excellent composition and a variety of good expressions captured. Technically perfect.

I processed several hundred rolls of Fuji Velvia slide film, shot underwater in a Nikonos V or Nikonos RS. There's a steep learning curve to U/W photography, and i knew that waiting at least three weeks for mail order processing to come back would be very inefficient. I lived in the Central Pacific at the time.

Kodak used to make E4 kits, but they stopped.

I had no trouble with temperature control, just using a water bath of a couple gallons capacity and the hot/cold mixer faucet at the kitchen sink. The apartment building where I lived had a near-infinite supply of very hot water, so mixing for the final wash could give a very stable 100 F (38 C).

I was never brave enough, nor did I have the time to dip my toe into the complexities of color printing, though a couple of my friends did very well. Slide film is not the best route to prints, but I got good results from a pro lab in Austin, Texas, where I visited at least once a year on vacation from the Pacific.

Good luck!

RNJ

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 25 2011 16:10:58

edguerin

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From: Siegburg, Alemania

RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to Escribano)

quote:

Kodak used to make E4 kits, but they stopped.

I had no trouble with temperature control, just using a water bath of a couple gallons capacity and the hot/cold mixer faucet at the kitchen sink. The apartment building where I lived had a near-infinite supply of very hot water, so mixing for the final wash could give a very stable 100 F (38 C).

I was never brave enough, nor did I have the time to dip my toe into the complexities of color printing, though a couple of my friends did very well. Slide film is not the best route to prints, but I got good results from a pro lab in Austin, Texas, where I visited at least once a year on vacation from the Pacific.

Same experience here. I never had problems with the E4Kit and temperature control, but we were living in Saudi Arabia at the time ...
And I wasn't brave enough either ...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 25 2011 16:59:04

kozz

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RE: My photo of the week 7 (in reply to Escribano)

quote:

Grabbed this on the tube yesterday. The next one may well be my first colour film image, processed at home. Wish me luck.

The woman looks like a potential bomber

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Offtopic:
You might like the new movie from Johan Kramer (Farewell Super8 film).
Some footage in this interview: (http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/Video-detail.628.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=19987&tx_ttnews[backPid]=626&tx_ttnews[cat]=148&cHash=dcb29e428c84538f3cd7bc718fb1811a)
Could not find the movie yet

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