Urban Photography

Nordog.

Cool pix.

Do you do that for living? ( you are making me home sick )

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Originally posted by Deane F:
Do you have access to an Imacon scanner?

Oh, and is the b/w up there a desaturated colour image - or a scan from b/w?

Deane

The 'blad scan is from an Epson flatbed. Quite good for medium or large format scanning. It's a Tri-X negative. I packed my darkroom away years ago and am seriously thinking about getting the bits out again as I get back into film. The 35mm Velvia scan is from a Nikon V Coolscan.

I sometimes do this for a living...although mostly weddings.

Peter

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I didn't do any dodging or burning when I printed it (post-processing in the film age...)

Deane, although I too learned how to do that back in the day, it's simply another function of the light-room these days in (say) potatoshop.

PS - nodrog, love those three tokyo images. Refreshing to see HDR look balanced - most seem to use it to create pics that have been developed in an oil-bath.

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Originally posted by nodrog:
Some of my HDR (High definition range) tonemapped efforts from recently. These will have the purists up in arms!


Tsukishima, Tokyo

Looking at the headlight tracks on the right hand side, am I right in guessing that you used a digital camera to autobracket four (or more) exposures and then combined four of these to create the images?

Very interesting technique. I feel inspired

/dl

Night time shots.
This was an absolute sod to do. They wanted the bus to be shot in London at night. Easy I thought! This image is built up of 22 layers and I'm sick of the sight of it.

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Originally posted by Rico:

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I didn't do any dodging or burning when I printed it (post-processing in the film age...)

Deane, although I too learned how to do that back in the day, it's simply another function of the light-room these days in (say) potatoshop.

Rico

I think my (relatively short) time in the darkroom has taught me to get the shot right in the first place more than anything. Also, I have yet to see a good b/w print made from a digital shot.

And Potatoshop () is exhausting - every function seems to have ten options and each option has ten settings....

rain...not bad for a mobile phone shot...

Latest addition to our High Street.






Do you know what it is yet?

Howard

Howard

It's fairly obvious what the artist is saying with that sculpture:

"I've suffered for my art - now it's your turn."

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Originally posted by count.d:
Night time shots.
This was an absolute sod to do. They wanted the bus to be shot in London at night. Easy I thought! This image is built up of 22 layers and I'm sick of the sight of it.

This is just the type of situation where the HDR technique can work well.
Couple of questions:
Why 22 layers?
And was the client happy with it being so askew?

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has taught me to get the shot right in the first place more than anything.

Deane - wholeheartedly agree... getting it right in the first place is definitely the best thing; better planning and execution up front saves arduous post-processing.

Have seen good B&W print from digital - must ask my friend what he's done to make it work. Is what you're referring to similar to the old mini-lab print of the C41 colour process B&W films that always had a blue or sepia tone to them?

regards

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Originally posted by Rico:
Is what you're referring to similar to the old mini-lab print of the C41 colour process B&W films that always had a blue or sepia tone to them?

regards

Rico

No, not colour process b/w.

I think it is more a combination of things:

If you desaturate a digital image then you are left with a scale of shades (256) with a very gradual - but nevertheless distinct - difference between each shade - and the process MUST make a choice about how to represent that information.

B/W film is a dedicated medium. It has been evolving at the hands of chemists for decades. Digital photography is not dedicated to reproducing "velvety" blacks and perfect colour-card grey tones or beautiful whites - and it shows.

Most digital b/w prints I have seen have been printed with a specialised photographic printer rather than a mini-lab. Maybe your friend has his printed with a mini-lab and has a good processor with whom he has built a rapport?

I love Nodrogs b/w overbridge shot.

Deane

Lovin your work nodrog.

New York...not. More from the wonderful world of Japanland.



Rico, Deane F,
If you set up a dedicated b/w ink system with an Epson printer (the Quad ink system is the one I've seen) the results can be wonderful. They come close and possibly equal the subtlety and range of platinum prints.

Deane - thanks for explaining that; I instantly saw your point with the 256 levels.

nodrog - come to think of it, he may have used some epson trickery. I'll have to ask him. I know he's prepared to pay good money to a lab as well. my memory has only stored the impression and surprise of a great B&W image that wasn't film-based.

I like this B+W digital shot.

Most of the shots so far (including this one) has been what I would call architecture shots, more than urban.

My feeble attempt at urban (and an attempt to satisfy pe-zulu's demand for girl shots...)

thejejk,

I'm not sure if you realise how good your girl shot is. It's superb.

Thanks count.d! That's really nice to hear. I was standing at the bottom of the stairs thinking a photo opportunity might show up.

Sorry guys, off topic, but I saw this unusual view recently... from here

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html

Eric Parry's 30 Finsbury Sq in the City of London. My favourite modern office building. You will note the irregular appertures in the stone frame - engineers nightmare but very elegant.

Nikon D70 with 18-70 kit lens

A Banksy on Chiswell Street close to Morgate in London - glad to have my camera with me when I saw it.

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... realise how good your girl shot is. It's superb.

agreed - that's a great picture.

I Ice Store at Smithfield Market in London. Great Victorian building, but it looks like it will be knocked down as it is not realy much use to anyone.