[GWN]

stuartr, forgot to mention that I really like that very first landscape shot and the one showing the church. That last portrait is excellent as well. The 75 is a very nice lens. Its capable of registering very subtle changes in color and offers a very nice soft out-of-focus background for portrait. With the 90 APO you see every facial hair and blemishes as if you were using a magnifying glass. You were lucky to find a used 75. A coveted lens that is expensive and hard to find used.

I'll have to check into these Minolta scanners.

I also do my own black and white film developing. My favourite B&W film is D100 ilford as well.

 

[stuartr]

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Originally Posted by AdamP88 One more from the Palace of Fine Arts (did a little toning in Photoshop):

Adam, that one is fantastic. I love the angle you have chosen, and the sepia tone works very well with the neoclassical architecture. Nice shot!
GWN -- Thanks for the compliments. Do look into the minolta scanner. They are very cheap for their performance. As for the portrait -- that one is actually with the 90mm f/2.8. The 75mm is a great lens and it actually does turn up used fairly frequently on the leica forum classifieds. It actually usually goes for less money than the 35mm summilux does...I think people buy it and become disenchanted with the size and weight of it. The performance is beyond question.

 

[eyeteeth]

Damn if I can't find my books that I can at least find the name of the Frank photography stuartr #1 is structurally very reminiscent of. I'd guess Mexico or New Mexico 1953...oh well.

As for this mini exhibit I'd give 2nd prize to AdamP88's 'Somber Dog' for the shades of gray among other qualities.

Sold all my darkroom & Nikon gear 10 years ago, but images are still in my blood. Maybe I'll get a small digital as I am a conceptualist first and prepare for a future Head-Fi mini photo exhibition.

I miss my Nikon F3!

 

[null]

man, i wish i could snap photos like that!!

 

[gastro54]

Here is something headphone related

Nice photos everyone, I'm just getting interested in photography.

 

[KenW]

You people and your fancy cameras. Guess I'm a bit behind the times.

 

[stuartr]

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Originally Posted by KenW You people and your fancy cameras. Guess I'm a bit behind the times.

Ok, you win. Your camera ceased production 4 years before the design of the camera I use...(1951 and 54). TLR's are great though. They have nearly silent shutters, no vibration, and very high quality lenses. It looks like yours has the T coating, so I am sure it takes brilliant pictures...

 

[ooheadsoo]

Man, you guys make me embarrassed to show my shots but I'm bored as heck, so here they are anyway. Part of the reason these pics just suck so much *** is because it was overcast, yet 90%+ humidity the entire time.

Good ol' Paul's having a grand time

Boston's financial district

One of my least favorite Americans

Boston's financial district again

Falling water

These ducks were just waking up in Kingston

I guess sharks don't like turtle soup

Nice blue because of the aquarium, not any skill on my part.

 

[bifcake]

Wow, who would have thought that the head-fi members were so talented? Here are some of mine. I have been picked up by a Tokyo based gallery. It's my first show. I'm pretty psyched.

 

[stuartr]

Congratulations bifcake! Those are some wonderful abstract photos. I love the first one in particular. Any clues as to how you made these shots?

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by bifcake Wow, who would have thought that the head-fi members were so talented? Here are some of mine. I have been picked up by a Tokyo based gallery. It's my first show. I'm pretty psyched.

Congrats!

And well deserved! Very nice macro shots.

Man, this thread is really pushing me to get a digital SLR. I've been very close to buying one, but so far, the colors of digital SLR's are still a bit off for me. They're getting better and better every time, though.

-Ed

 

[averydonovan]

Wow, there are some truly great photos in this thread. You guys have some very nice skills and equipment.

Here are some shots I took a couple years ago when I went to Seattle on vacation. They were taken with a humble Olympus Brio D-100 1.2 megapixel digicam, so they don't look nearly as good as anything else in this thread, but here goes:

From the Seattle Aquarium:

Looking up at the Space Needle:

Pike Place Market:

Downtown Seattle from the Space Needle:

 

[grinch]

i just got done "processing" my shots from saturday. first time i ever totally filled my 1gb cf card, and i'm not sure i want to do it ever again. going through 180 raw shots is quite a chore, for me and my powerbook. anyway, i think my favorite shot of the day was a candid of the trumpet player who was performing later that day.

i'm still considering cropping off the garbage can on the left as it sort of takes away from the whole scene. i was afraid that if i moved from where i was sitting he would see me and the shot wouldn't be the same. if only i had the nikkor 85mm f/1.4.. sigh. i might've been able to capture the steam rising from his cup. ah well, one can't always capture the moment with a camera, just a reflection.

 

[hero zero]

wow...everyone can take such great photographs..most of mine suck...I got lucky for a few shots...

Taken with a 3.2mp Powershot A75....

 

[AdamP88]

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Originally Posted by KenW You people and your fancy cameras. Guess I'm a bit behind the times.

Cool camera. I love old cameras. There's something about the feel of an old, all manual, built-like-a-tank hunk-of-metal camera that's so much more satisfying than the current plastic composite 35mm trend. Of course, it does require a lot more patience dealing with an old all-manual camera, but I kind of like the more measured approach.

Here's the Bronica S: