Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michiel, Really enjoyed the catch of your two daughters and the angle you chose to shoot it. Love the pose and expressions. <http://michielfokkema.no-ip.info/winogrand/pages/001-054-1-04.htm> Best, William At 10:03 PM 02/27/2005 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >I'm not able to do the paw anymore but will now and then post some >pictures of places and events where I've been. >I'm attending a course in portrait photography, if anything worthwhile >comes out of that I will also post it. >I had some trouble with Neopan 1600 and hard contrast. It turns out that >T-max developer is too hard for this film. I'm now using am74 from >Amaloco. This is already much better but I think it can be improved even >more. I will try some more developers and see what will happen > >Like Nathan i visited the Winogrand exhibition in Amsterdam. I must say >that I was really impressed by his pictures. There were also a few form >Lee Friedlander and these are also superb. During the visit i shot some >pictures on Neopan 1600 and on Agfa 400. Unfortunate I exposed the Agfa at >1600. This is not recommended but most of the pictures are oke with longer >developing and some photoshopping. All pictures are made with a M6 with >the 50/1.4 or the 28/2.8. >The first picture is actually the first picture of the roll, you know, >when you fire twice to get the unexposed part of the film. I always fire >one too much and now i think I got a nice picture with it. >This time I couldn't resist to make a self portrait together with a >picture of the 'Pink man'. >There is also a picture of my two daughters which of course are the most >beautiful and sweet girls on earth. But I think the picture is nice by >itself even if you are not the father of them. If you disagree I really >like to hear it. Any other comment is also welcome and appreciated. > >http://michielfokkema.no-ip.info/winogrand/index.htm > >Best regards, > >Michiel Fokkema