Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well Tina, I've not read any other opinion to avoid influences. The only thing I can say is if I like or not. My response is yes, but I'm neither enthousiast. Why?... I don't know, maybe an aspect "too flat"..., maybe a little more contrast..., or as you say maybe more abstract... You have the picture to experiment and share with us new versions. Saludos Lluis El 09/03/2011, a las 0:49, Tina Manley escribi?: > PESO: > > In the late 1970's we were living in Iran. I had a Minolta SRT101 > that I > bought before we left the States. I started out shooting both color > and B&W > film, but the color slide film was bought from a camera store in > downtown > Arak. It was several years out of date and stored in the store's > front > window in the bright, desert heat. It was also developed in the > same camera > store, probably using water from the jube (sewer) that runs through > the > middle of town. I was so disappointed with the results that I put > the film > away and never looked at it again. I continued using B&W and > developing it > in the bathroom with chemicals that I ordered from Freestyle! > > I recently got some of the old slides back out again and decided > they might > be worth archiving, if nothing else. They have a kind of > pointillism that I > actually like. Maybe it needs to be more abstract? The actual film > name is > not right because it was not listed, but it is Agfachrome of some > kind. > > http://www.pbase.com/image/133036443 > > Keep in mind that I have hundreds of these slides ;-) It takes me > about a > day to remove all of the dust and scratches. Worth it or not? > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information