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Eric Beierwaltes
{K:66} 3/15/2006
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did you crop the image?
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Mark Sherman
{K:15637} 3/15/2006
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yes, tried to center on the main subject.
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Mary Slade
{K:40918} 3/16/2006
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Featured Critique
The shape of this makes the word more powerful to me (not quite sure what you meant by reversed). Also effective having the shadows this side and nothing beyond. Something discomforting and disconcerting about the type of building beyond. Powerfully haunting image Mark.
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Mark Sherman
{K:15637} 3/16/2006
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Hi Mary, the cemetery is behind me, so when I took the picture the word was reversed yretemec, so flipping it horizontally gets the word right :-)
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Mary Slade
{K:40918} 3/16/2006
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Good idea to write it like that- I get it now! Thanks Mark.
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 3/18/2006
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Great result, but a little amusing to think it came from a Hasselblad Velvia slide. Not exactly a cost-effective way of producing B&W... [g]
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Mark Sherman
{K:15637} 3/18/2006
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It cost's about 30.00 to develop black and white film. I haven't got to the point of developing my own yet. So far now it works :-) Your comment made my morning.
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 3/20/2006
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Well, I'm glad my comment was good for a grin! There is another fine photographer who used to use a Mamiya 7 II with Velvia for B&W almost exclusively, though I see he has now acquired a Canon 5D. I'll check his name and let you know if you are interested. It was Moises Levy, some name like that. I use colour negative film for my B&W without a second thought--I like to be able to add my "colour filters" (even red) in post processing, because there is no penalty in effective film sensitivity that way. It also keeps film costs down...
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 3/20/2006
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Well, I'm glad my comment was good for a grin! There is another fine photographer who used to use a Mamiya 7 II with Velvia for B&W almost exclusively, though I see he has now acquired a Canon 5D. I'll check his name and let you know if you are interested. It was Moises Levy, some name like that. I use colour negative film for my B&W without a second thought--I like to be able to add my "colour filters" (even red) in post processing, because there is no penalty in effective film sensitivity that way. It also keeps film costs down...
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Mark Sherman
{K:15637} 3/20/2006
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I've tried the red filter the way you mentioned, in photoshop, and it does add a lot to the picture. If you find that person's name I will look at their work too. Thank you.
What I learned from TV's is that if you make the black and white, and grey really good and accurate that is when you do make a color TV, the reproduction of color is just that much more accurate. I made the assumption that film worked kinda the same way.
Thank you Roger.
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 3/20/2006
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Hi, Mark. For once my memory didn't let me down. The name is Moises Levy and the URL is:
http://www.usefilm.com/photographer.asp?ID=10199
Some lovely work there. The other alternative to using colour film is to use a chromogenic film like Ilford XP Super. But if you're paying 30 USD for B&W developing I guess you may be far from a source of such "special interest" film.
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