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Post by McWiggins on Jul 21, 2018 17:44:18 GMT -5
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Post by monbla256 on Jul 21, 2018 17:55:25 GMT -5
...nice stuff... been into photography since I was kid... currently using 2 Leicas... Thanks Dramatwist . Leicas are a bit out of my price range for a camera. I do admire them, though. I bought into the Pentax system years ago and have several bodies. The reason I chose Pentax is because they are backward compatible with any lens Pentax ever made (what they call their "K" mount). For $50 or so you can buy wonderful old manual focus lenses online from the 70s and 80s that cost hundreds back then. Nikon does the same with the D series digital cameras. i just got a used D700 that allows me to use all my manual focus lens i bought when I was using my F series cameras and Nikormats. I would still use film but so many films not available anymore as well as processors to develope and print film. Times have changed for sure !  |
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Post by pappyjoe on Jul 24, 2018 9:20:54 GMT -5
One of the most upsetting things I've experienced (outside of a death in the family) was when we moved from Governors Island, NY to Slidell, LA in 1989. One of the boxes which got lost in the move contained 10 years worth of photos and copies of stories I had written. They were in a locked metal box placed inside another larger box. It on the packing list as being loaded but somehow was one of three boxes which were not on the truck when it arrived. Anyway, here are some photos which were not in that box or were shot after the move. B/W portrait of my father.  Cherry Hill, NJ firefighter, 1981. A old wooden Navy Tug being salvaged caught on fire.  Coast Guardsman fighting a pier fire near Staten Island, 1988.  Statue of Liberty 1986. This was not the best shot I made of the Statue. The one which got lost was with the sun setting on top of the torch and looked like Lady Liberty was holding the sun.  Ellis Island walkway. I was able to visit Ellis Island in 1987/88 while they were doing some of the restoration work. During WWII, part of the Island was used as a training site for Coast Guardsmen. I lost most of those photos. This walkway leads from the main building where new immigrants arrived and were processed to the medical and quarantine buildings.  Ellis Island piano. There were a number of storage areas on Ellis Island filled with property that never made it back to the owners. This photo is of a piano I saw.  This is wooden owl was shot using a Canon digital camera and then manipulated in Photoshop. I do have some digital skills.  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 24, 2018 11:58:29 GMT -5
Some nice work there. Especially the one of your father. I'm glad that one wasn't lost, but I'm sure losing those items was tough.
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Post by McWiggins on Jul 24, 2018 14:01:53 GMT -5
Love your photographs pappyjoe!
What film did you shoot on for the b&w?
The Statue of Liberty has a red to it that reminds me of Kodachrome film. It was a great film but temperamental like a spoiled brat. lol
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Post by monbla256 on Jul 24, 2018 22:59:50 GMT -5
My father was a pro photog back in the late '40s thru the early '60s. He taught me with a 4x5 Speed Graphic and Plus x B&W sheet film. Had to use a Gossen hand held meter for exposures. Workiing with sheet film and large format and the hand held meter taught me to "see" my picture before I tripped the shutter. When I started shooting myself I went from a Nikormst up to an F-100 with all the lenses . Funny, even when shooting with my Nikons, I still carried a hand held meter and used it at times to adjust an exposure. With fewer places doing film work (at a reasonable cost) I'll probably move up to a D-700 series and relearn ! |
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Post by pappyjoe on Jul 25, 2018 7:53:20 GMT -5
Love your photographs pappyjoe! What film did you shoot on for the b&w? The Statue of Liberty has a red to it that reminds me of Kodachrome film. It was a great film but temperamental like a spoiled brat. lol Thanks. I usually shot Tri-X 400 and would alter the processing time and temperature as needed depending on what I was trying to achieve. Mostly I used either D-76 or HC-110. Some of the photos lost were night time shots exposing Tri-X at 3200 and processing in diluted microfilm developer. I would take regular strength microfilm developer cut it 10:1 with distilled water and processing the film at 60 degrees for about 4 minutes. Grain was beautiful. The Statue shot was made using Kodachrome 64. It's a shame its no longer available because I still haven't seen a digital print that can give you the quality of a Kodachrome print. But that's just my opinion. We did some display prints that had to be 4 foot by 6 foot from a Kodachrome 64 35mm slide. Absolutely beautiful and no visible grain. I know Kodachrome was temperamental. Sometimes you didn't know exactly what you had until the film came back from processing. |
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Post by McWiggins on Jul 25, 2018 8:44:20 GMT -5
My father was a pro photog back in the late '40s thru the early '60s. He taught me with a 4x5 Speed Graphic and Plus x B&W sheet film. Had to use a Gossen hand held meter for exposures. Workiing with sheet film and large format and the hand held meter taught me to "see" my picture before I tripped the shutter. When I started shooting myself I went from a Nikormst up to an F-100 with all the lenses . Funny, even when shooting with my Nikons, I still carried a hand held meter and used it at times to adjust an exposure. With fewer places doing film work (at a reasonable cost) I'll probably move up to a D-700 series and relearn ! I still shoot and develope film on manual cameras at times but things are changing. Im spending the week photographing the Shenandoah Valley but in bad weather with only pack film as my analog medium and a few 35mm rolls. Everything else is being shot on a Sony A77II with 1980's Minolta lenses. I like to mix things up. lol Love your photographs pappyjoe! What film did you shoot on for the b&w? The Statue of Liberty has a red to it that reminds me of Kodachrome film. It was a great film but temperamental like a spoiled brat. lol Thanks. I usually shot Tri-X 400 and would alter the processing time and temperature as needed depending on what I was trying to achieve. Mostly I used either D-76 or HC-110. Some of the photos lost were night time shots exposing Tri-X at 3200 and processing in diluted microfilm developer. I would take regular strength microfilm developer cut it 10:1 with distilled water and processing the film at 60 degrees for about 4 minutes. Grain was beautiful. The Statue shot was made using Kodachrome 64. It's a shame its no longer available because I still haven't seen a digital print that can give you the quality of a Kodachrome print. But that's just my opinion. We did some display prints that had to be 4 foot by 6 foot from a Kodachrome 64 35mm slide. Absolutely beautiful and no visible grain. I know Kodachrome was temperamental. Sometimes you didn't know exactly what you had until the film came back from processing. Im in my mid-thirties so I grew up with film but transitioned with the technology. I did and still sometimes do shoot, develop and even experiment with film but less and less as it fades away. I only got to experience the tail end of Kodachrome sadly. As soon as I learned I both loved and hated it, it was gone.  |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 26, 2018 10:40:18 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 26, 2018 12:23:03 GMT -5
that's not a bad deal at all. |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jul 28, 2018 21:17:39 GMT -5
Didnt know where else to post this... but caught this guy on my phone. It's a Luma Moth.  |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 28, 2018 21:34:03 GMT -5
That.... is pretty cool!
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jul 28, 2018 21:58:30 GMT -5
My dad hates bugs. It flew towards him and next thing I knew, he was out of the chair and flat on his ___ on the deck. He was doing his best to get away from it. I let it crawl up my arm while I moved it to a plant and out of the way. It was about 4 - 4 1/2" long and had a bit of weight to him. I could feel his legs "grabbing" on to my skin as he moved around. In the last 10 years it's only the 2nd one I have seen. Pretty cool looking moth, white body, light green wings (as you can see.)
I did some searching around and apparently they dont have mouths and only live for about a week. Their sole purpose is to breed, lay eggs and then die. So much to do... so little time.
A+ for me. I learned something new today.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 29, 2018 2:23:50 GMT -5
It's freakin massive!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Apr 23, 2019 19:41:14 GMT -5
Didnt know where else to post this... but caught this guy on my phone. It's a Luma Moth. Now that is a big moth...I enjoy looking at nature doing its thing...so much to observe as part of Creation...most folks don't pay life much mind...to busy with Iphones and the like. So much going on around you...one of the pleasures of retirement is that now you can take the time to observe all the life going around you. |
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 16, 2020 19:18:13 GMT -5
Good grief but this whole thread is a drench of nostalgia. D76, H110, Dektol, Tri-X at ASA200, Gossen LunaPros. A walk thru the past. Many billions of ‘photographs’ are being made today by fewer and fewer genuine photographers. Some really fine work has been posted here.
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Post by Gandalf on Oct 17, 2020 12:29:02 GMT -5
I used to be into photography. In fact, when I graduated high school in 73, I went straight into Southern Illinois University and majored in photography. But I quit a couple years into college. Years later I finished up a degree in engineering - from SIU. I jokingly tell people that I don't want to say SIU is a party school but I enrolled in 73 and graduated in 96. LOL Anyway, here's an interesting photo I took a few years ago. The camera used is a Nikon that has been altered/modified to take photos in the infrared spectrum - invisible to the human eye. This is referred to as a "false color" infrared image. The trees are mostly cottonwoods - with green leaves.  |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 17, 2020 19:25:31 GMT -5
“ This is referred to as a "false color" infrared image.
The trees are mostly cottonwoods - with green leaves”
Pretty badass. I showed the wife,
and her response was “send it to me”.
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 19, 2020 9:37:21 GMT -5
I resurrected my interest in photography this summer when I had to upgrade my camera to film for services during lockdown. Here's the iconic Giant's Causeway...  And here's the Dark Hedges, as seen in Game of Thrones...  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 19, 2020 10:05:33 GMT -5
The Giants Causeway looks more like Mars than Ireland.
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Post by Gandalf on Oct 20, 2020 14:16:34 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 20, 2020 18:04:58 GMT -5
Thank you, sir. I've no idea which episodes of game of thrones it's in, but it's just round the corner from one of my churches. |
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Post by Gandalf on Oct 20, 2020 20:15:43 GMT -5
Here's a photo I took a couple years ago in Siena Italy. Imagine the age of these stones. It was taken with a cell phone and modified with a simple photo app on the phone.  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 21, 2020 3:09:05 GMT -5
Here's a photo I took a couple years ago in Siena Italy. Imagine the age of these stones. It was taken with a cell phone and modified with a simple photo app on the phone. moody... |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 21, 2020 10:59:29 GMT -5
I was into photography in the early 70s. Had a Speed Graphic, a Canon F1 and a Yashicamat 124G 2 and a quarter. I took my best pictures with a Yashica Electro 35G. Sold some pictures of Mexico City to Delta Airlines for a travel brochure in 73. Unfortunately, most of my pictures were slides and almost all are lost or packed away in storage. I just take cellphone pictures these days. I do have a couple of digital pocket cameras that I use if I can find them. The little Lumix camera is amazing. It does everything the F1 could do at 1/10 the weight.
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 21, 2020 11:04:23 GMT -5
I was into photography in the early 70s. Had a Speed Graphic, a Canon F1 and a Yashicamat 124G 2 and a quarter. I took my best pictures with a Yashica Electro 35G. Sold some pictures of Mexico City to Delta Airlines for a travel brochure in 73. Unfortunately, most of my pictures were slides and almost all are lost or packed away in storage. I just take cellphone pictures these days. I do have a couple of digital pocket cameras that I use if I can find them. The little Lumix camera is amazing. It does everything the F1 could do at 1/10 the weight. Technology has moved on considerable. I'm impressed with my wee Canon mirrorless camera. It's almost too small not to be a 'compact camera' even though it IS compact. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 21, 2020 11:10:50 GMT -5
I would like to have a better Lumix, but not anything with interchangeable lenses. As close as I can get to a digital rangefinder in a high quality camera a digital Leica would be perfect. For me the act of focusing the rangefinder helps me frame the best shot better than any other kind of camera. Even better than a view camera because of the brighter image.
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 21, 2020 11:50:27 GMT -5
That digital Leica is gonna set you back about 5 bills. I have 3 Leica Ms I used for years. Digitals have sadly replaced them. My stable as a working photog up to the 80s consisted of 4 Nikons, 3 Leicas, A Mamiya C330, and a Zone VI 4x5 view camera. Lovely tools and though I still have the lot I use digitals exclusively now. Just sprung for an iPhone 11 Pro Max that has an awesome camera array.
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 21, 2020 11:55:52 GMT -5
I would like to have a better Lumix, but not anything with interchangeable lenses. As close as I can get to a digital rangefinder in a high quality camera a digital Leica would be perfect. For me the act of focusing the rangefinder helps me frame the best shot better than any other kind of camera. Even better than a view camera because of the brighter image. I've no idea why bridge cameras don't have a decent lens. If they did, I would go for one. Saves the hassle of getting dust on the sensor. |
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