Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I left Philadelphia on July 19th for a trip out west with an undetermined return date. Heck, if I find a job here I'll stay here for a bit longer than just a couple months. This trip is my first in years where I've only shot film, in this case on a Nikon SP and S2 with 2.8cm, 3.5cm f/1.8 and 5cm f/1.4 lenses. I wished so bad that I had a longer focal length but living in the city for years I just never shot with them so didn't take my Leica and LTM 10.5cm Nikkor. I got to both learn the Nikon RF cameras and learn about shooting film all over again. My Mk-1.6 eyeball lightmeter needs recalibration also. Most of what I exposed was Tri-X or Plus-X, the emulsions I know best. I don't have any contrast filters yet so I shot just bare, flat images and pumped up the contrast in post. It's not like working with an M9 DNG, that's for sure. I'm at the mercy of a local lab in Albuquerque for processing and scanning. They gave me low-res scans with a good amount of .jpg compression by mistake when I asked for higher resolution. Anyway, I'll stop making excuses and post some photos. (Cross posted from RFF.) On the way up to Colorado for a camping trip. http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320580-2/0712NMTrip_05.jpg Dad consulting a map. http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320584-2/0712NMTrip_08.jpg Near the top of Ophir Pass, Colorado. http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320656-2/0712NMTrip_25.jpg http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320640-2/0712NMTrip_21.jpg http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320628-2/0712NMTrip_18.jpg http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320632-2/0712NMTrip_19.jpg Just before the rain came in. Alta, Colorado. http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320660-2/0712NMTrip_26.jpg http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320600-2/0712NMTrip_11.jpg Brother and his girlfriend under the remains of a roof near Alta, Colorado. http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/320596-2/0712NMTrip_10.jpg There was a ton of dramatic light out in Colorado up at the high altitudes, I just wished I took a bit of filtration for better contrast. And I'm not a landscape photographer for sure. I just shot what I thought looked nice, so I kind of got back to my photo roots from 20+ years ago just shooting like an interested kid. Your comments and critiques are always appreciated. Thanks all! Phil Forrest -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest