Photography..

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My favourite pic that i did (and the fav of the ffoto gallery host) was a picture of rocks on southerndown beach. I have forgotten the yechniques i used as it was a long time ago. But i achieved this really big contrast between all the sides of the stones. Looked real nice! Took me almost a whole box of paper and 3 sessions!
 
Jake Rollnick said:
Haven't heard of that book. Whats little brown and company?
little brown and company was the small time ethical company to whom Amsel Adams gave the rights to his entire library of work.. wanting them to be in "safe" hands as it were.. now however that company has been bought out by news corp.. having studied him in detail i cant imagen that is something adams would have wanted!

Joe, those are some great pictures.. i especially like the last one.. its definitely my kinda thing! dartmoor has some stunning photographic opportunities!
 
Cheers tomtom :biggthump

I have a stunning early morning photo taken on Ilford B&W in the forest of Fontainebleau. Still only in print because I don't think a scanner would do it justice.
 
they are getting cheaper and more common a lot of regular scanners have them encorporated now so ask around! my naighbor recently had one "thrown in" with their new computer!
 
A normal scanner with a negative attachment is still a normal scanner. To get improved results you need a dedicated film scanner. I almost got one a little while ago but got a few more servers instead :?:
 
I tend to dislike digi photography (here's the snob in me :o): )

It's great for "snaps" but i think you'll never be able to beat "real" photo's :wink:

*edit* IMO of course :wink:
 
technically i can.. when they have the tech to make more pixcels than there are particals of silver nitrate on a film...

but no your right good old paper and chemicals will aways be best!
 
Even when they do have the same amount of pixels, you'll never be able to achieve the same effects as you can in a darkroom!
 
aparently "they" reakon that film is about 120 million pixels... although this isn't too important if you're printing on 6 by 4 prints.

And even now, I think more can be achived with digital manipulation than in a dark room but I like traditional film for it's required skill. I find that I appreciate a good photo taken on film more because you can't make a bad photo and make it good, you can only make a good photo better in the dark room. You can, however make any old tat look good with digital.

just my 2p's worth of course. :wink:
 
Here you go then - have a bunch of sticks !

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I like the convenience of pocket automatics and immediacy of digital. It encourages you to take more photographs and experiment.

I've done SLR's, played (a little) at b&w and colour darkroom but it's the David Bailey attitude that appeals most to me. Better to have a compact camera with you than an SLR back at the car. I have the Canon Ixus in both 35mm and digital, and I think they're great.

Nothing fancy about this snap - just the first bushcrafty one to hand - I liked the texture of these blanks being sold for making walking sticks.

It would be nice to have use of a scanner to digitise some of my transparency collection though.
 
Well as promised here are the pictures of South Georgia, this was my first sight of it

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later it looked like this,

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then it got a bit bigger,

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and later it looked like this,

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This was the first time we had seen these guys on land,

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and these were the neighbours.

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I spent 4 and a half happy months there, the day we arrived it was quite nice and sunny and a nice warm -25'c :o):
 
Best camera ive owned was the Ricoh GR1 compact, the lens was so sharp you could shave with it,and it was only as big as a cigerette box.I regret selling it,a superb camera.
 
c2518 said:
shall i show some pic's of leon-1 slightly the worst for wear? (SEEN IT FOR REAL, PICTURES WOULD ONLY BRING IT ALL BACK) :yikes: :chill: or is this strictly for proper photography. I have some excellent images of places like the Falklands and Kenya, just have to scan them as I am a died in the wool 35mm man (only cos I can't afford digital yet)
Any pictures would be great, get um posted.
Neil
 
alick said:
I like the convenience of pocket automatics and immediacy of digital. It encourages you to take more photographs and experiment.

Excellent point - I'm sure I read on here that the secret to taking a good photo is taking lots of bad ones! A digital makes taking lots of photos and learning from your mistakes much cheaper!

I've put this picture up on here before, but I like it so I'll put it up again!

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:yikes:

Nice photo's there guys!

Don't like the spider though :shock: :wink:
 

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