pfm Picture A Week (PAW) 2018

[Gromit]

Originally Portra 160 but mono'd in LR:

Woodland Waters by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Mamiya M645J/Mamiya-Sekor 150-3.5

 

[Gromit]

Fading away...

Vulcan by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Fuji X100F

 

[gavreid]

Originally Portra 160 but mono'd in LR

Very nice indeed. Not sure about the process though

 

[Lefty]

Fading away...

Vulcan by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Fuji X100F

Stunning abstract - love this Richard!

Lefty

 

[JemHayward]

Work started on the cellar today, access via the downstairs cloakroom.

but is it art... by Jem Hayward, on Flickr

 

[merlin]

 

[Pete MB&D]

10th March by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Taped out by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete

 

[JemHayward]

I was copying slides, and realised that when it doesn't work well, it can actually add to the image...

ration shop cuba by Jem Hayward, on Flickr

 

[Gromit]

Thanks for the kind comments fellas.

Yes, processing a scanned negative is rather at odds with the whole idea...but Portra seems to like it (at the risk of accusations of 'heretic' etc)

 

[Mr Perceptive]

180310 Perch Rock Lighthouse by David Yeoman, on Flickr

 

[Mr Perceptive]

And a couple more


180310 Perch Rock Lighthouse 'Reflection' by David Yeoman, on Flickr


180310 Perch Rock Lighthouse 'Calm' by David Yeoman, on Flickr

 

[eternumviti]

I like the more delicate tones in the last one best, David. It looks as though you have gone more with the light, rather than trying to punch it up.

 

[Mr Perceptive]

I like the more delicate tones in the last one best, David. It looks as though you have gone more with the light, rather than trying to punch it up.

The first two were taken about 9.30am and the last one about 5pm (I ran two workshops yesterday and my image taking was restricted to before and after!!) so the light was very different, but you are right I processed the last one more sympathetical. The first one was actually a 9 bracket exposure, merged and then processed with my Northern Griity preset!!

One of things I want to do this year is to try and process softer, but I'm often drawn to the more punchy image.

 

[eternumviti]

One of things I want to do this year is to try and process softer, but I'm often drawn to the more punchy image.

I find myself doing the same, really always looking for a more filmlike, less digital rendition. Looking back on some of my work from even two or three years ago, I can see how I have tried to accentuate tones, and I don't like it. I have started to carry my old Nikon F3 with me again now, and have been using it to make a direct comparison. I've got a couple of rolls to process from a recent Somme visit, will be interesting as the light was very flat, actually better suited to colour, a very desaturated look.

 

[Pete MB&D]

11th March by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Cap it off by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Both straight out of the camera.

Pete

 

[Gromit]

Heading home:

Heading home by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Fuji X100F

 

[JemHayward]

It's hard to believe this was a week ago, and now we're wandering around without a coat on... climate change - a hoax?

canal ice by Jem Hayward, on Flickr

 

[JemHayward]

Heading home:

Heading home by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Fuji X100F

Makes me wonder if that is all the camera I need... Stunning image and one I'd like to have taken, but I'd have had the wrong lens with me...

 

[Mr Perceptive]

Makes me wonder if that is all the camera I need.

It's a thought that goes through my head on a regular basis!!!

 

[Gromit]

Thanks JH - I think the X100 (in all its forms) epitomises the saying: 'The best camera is the one you have with you' more than just about any other. As does the Olympus Pen F when fitted with the Panasonic 20-1.7. Both wonderful cameras and a joy to use.