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Black and White only.
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Tom Mann
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It looks like there hasn't been much interest in this, so to bump it to the top, here's a half-dozen or so B&W shots that I have taken from the late 1960's to the present.
To add a bit of interest, I'll throw out an easy challenge: Try to put them in chronological order and tell me which were shot with film, and which with digital?
Tom
PS - The shot of the women in the kitchen is easy to date by the clothing, so you don't get any points for that one ;-)
PPS - PSG has slowed to a snail's pace. I'll add these images when it conditions improve. :-0
To add a bit of interest, I'll throw out an easy challenge: Try to put them in chronological order and tell me which were shot with film, and which with digital?
Tom
PS - The shot of the women in the kitchen is easy to date by the clothing, so you don't get any points for that one ;-)
PPS - PSG has slowed to a snail's pace. I'll add these images when it conditions improve. :-0
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I'm still working on the decade deal, but I bet I come close. Here is one of mine.
Before you comment, I know this is a technically bad photograph. The film was thin, the range of middle grey is poor, the picture was scanned at not the best quality from the only remaining image, an 8X10 photo, dust and scratches! I made it in my Photo 1 class.
But I like it. What I like is the abstract qualities.
Number One:
Number Two:
Can you guess what decade this one is from?
Before you comment, I know this is a technically bad photograph. The film was thin, the range of middle grey is poor, the picture was scanned at not the best quality from the only remaining image, an 8X10 photo, dust and scratches! I made it in my Photo 1 class.
But I like it. What I like is the abstract qualities.
Number One:
Number Two:
Can you guess what decade this one is from?
ibclare
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OK, my guesses, probably wrong, lol . . .
The group of women looks more 50s than 60s but could be 60s. Maybe the last house with the snow is 60s. As for the last film pic of the 90s, maybe the hands and the girl with parrot digital. Or vice versa. Or they could both be film. As for the digital one then, I'll go with the first!
So, how did I do Tom?
The group of women looks more 50s than 60s but could be 60s. Maybe the last house with the snow is 60s. As for the last film pic of the 90s, maybe the hands and the girl with parrot digital. Or vice versa. Or they could both be film. As for the digital one then, I'll go with the first!
So, how did I do Tom?
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OK, here's the answers: Strictly speaking, they were ALL taken on digital, at least in the sense that to digitize slides and negatives, I rephotographed the slide or negative at approximately 1:1 scale using either a D200 or D700 modern digital camera.
On the other hand, in the sense of how these images were originally captured:
Building & Walkway - Nikon D200 about 5 or 6 years ago. Antique paper and other efx added in post production.
Women in kitchen - Classic Nikon F, classic pre-AI 50mm / f2 on pushed Tri-X. Clare estimate of the year was right on the mark: this was taken in the early '60's in the somewhat down-at-the-heels home shared by my mother's aunt (RHS) and cousin (standing, background). The room was incredibly dark. I seem to remember there being only a couple of weak bare tungsten bulbs for light. I didn't have a tripod, so I think I braced myself and the camera against a cabinet or door frame.
Silhouette of tree - Even though this was taken about a decade later (ie, around 1972), I was still using the same equipment as in the previous shot, but this time, I shot the scene on Kodachrome II (ASA 25), a year or two before Kodak introduced K-25. This was a several minute nighttime exposure of ground fog that had settled on farmland in-between ridges in upper NY state. Conversion to B&W was again done in post processing.
Crossed hands - I shot this at a wedding in the late 1990's with my backup Nikon N70 and probably my pre-VR 105/2.5 AFD on low contrast Fuji pro print film from that period, either NPS or NPH.
I took all the remaining shots with either a Nikon d200 or d700 in the last 7 or so years and converted to B&W in PS.
To me, B&W is a wonderful way to capture the surrounding world. I hope it's popularity never fades.
T
On the other hand, in the sense of how these images were originally captured:
Building & Walkway - Nikon D200 about 5 or 6 years ago. Antique paper and other efx added in post production.
Women in kitchen - Classic Nikon F, classic pre-AI 50mm / f2 on pushed Tri-X. Clare estimate of the year was right on the mark: this was taken in the early '60's in the somewhat down-at-the-heels home shared by my mother's aunt (RHS) and cousin (standing, background). The room was incredibly dark. I seem to remember there being only a couple of weak bare tungsten bulbs for light. I didn't have a tripod, so I think I braced myself and the camera against a cabinet or door frame.
Silhouette of tree - Even though this was taken about a decade later (ie, around 1972), I was still using the same equipment as in the previous shot, but this time, I shot the scene on Kodachrome II (ASA 25), a year or two before Kodak introduced K-25. This was a several minute nighttime exposure of ground fog that had settled on farmland in-between ridges in upper NY state. Conversion to B&W was again done in post processing.
Crossed hands - I shot this at a wedding in the late 1990's with my backup Nikon N70 and probably my pre-VR 105/2.5 AFD on low contrast Fuji pro print film from that period, either NPS or NPH.
I took all the remaining shots with either a Nikon d200 or d700 in the last 7 or so years and converted to B&W in PS.
To me, B&W is a wonderful way to capture the surrounding world. I hope it's popularity never fades.
T
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Clare: "...But I like it. What I like is the abstract qualities..."
Me, too! I don't know how to best enhance the abstract qualities without doing a lot of manual work, but, FYI, here's a really quick attempt to try to abstract the major blocks in the image simply by throwing some plugins at it (mostly Topaz Clean).
IMHO, it's still no where near as emphatic and clear as I would like, but I think the general direction is good, so maybe the next step is to bring out the Wacom and start drawing.
T
Me, too! I don't know how to best enhance the abstract qualities without doing a lot of manual work, but, FYI, here's a really quick attempt to try to abstract the major blocks in the image simply by throwing some plugins at it (mostly Topaz Clean).
IMHO, it's still no where near as emphatic and clear as I would like, but I think the general direction is good, so maybe the next step is to bring out the Wacom and start drawing.
T
