More Film from The Race Of Gentlemen

Advance apologies for submitting yet another photo of cars and motorcycles... but here goes. :)

This is another from my Hasselblad 500cm, shot on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

 

My most "liked" image from TROG to date, as far as The Internet goes- and I personally am still amazed at the color on this. Little (or none) of which has anything to do with photographic "reality". If there is such a thing.

 

After mulling it over for a while, I thought I'd go ahead and submit this for y'all's critique. Sorry to bore you to death with endless photos of similar subject matter but hey- "motofoto" (as I call it) is a big part of what I do. I mean, to overstate the obvious.

 

As an aside, the lab I sent this film to, Old School Photo Lab in NH, has a $10.00 upgrade scan option, so I gave it a try. On medium format 120 roll film at 6cm X 6cm, their normal scan results are 2416 X 2380. The upgrade scans come. in at 4832 X 4760. Probably, this is a convo best suited for elsewhere but wow, it sure feels like these upgrade scans are significantly better than the base level option? This version of this photo is a copy/paste file link from Zenfolio, as these upgrade scans files are 11-13mb in size!

 

In any event, without further ado, I present the following, straight out of the camera with no post processing:

 

 

Thanks in advance.

Link or post image?

Link or post image?

 

Hmm David, sorry, but do you mean to say you can't see the image? It's showing here.

There's something I love about rat bikes and rat cars. Power to you.

OK I resized this image so here's the 2.8 mb "drag n drop" in case the linked Zenfolio image isn't visible for whatever reason above... if its too big for your data allowances at 2.8 mb DON'T CLICK ON IT PLEASE

 

and thanks very much in advance for your time.

 

I think you're a little too close here. I do love the color.

 

As far as "straight out of camera" is concerned, there is no such thing. These are positive images, not negatives. Since a lab did the inversion from negative to positive, they did the post-processing for you.

I think you're a little too close here. I do love the color.

 

As far as "straight out of camera" is concerned, there is no such thing. These are positive images, not negatives. Since a lab did the inversion from negative to positive, they did the post-processing for you.

 

Ah, OK then, let's amend that to "no post processing done by me".

Thanks very much.

Despite recently giving up motorcycling after 4 decades, pics of them do nothing for me. But I will say your 'stairs' photo in the No Words section, Color Pictures That Could be B&W, is the most etherial and lovely photo I've seen in years. Big congrats on that one!

Despite recently giving up motorcycling after 4 decades, pics of them do nothing for me. But I will say your 'stairs' photo in the No Words section, Color Pictures That Could be B&W, is the most etherial and lovely photo I've seen in years. Big congrats on that one!

 

wow man thanks!

I see this as a study of details. The background adds by giving us a setting, but I love the patina and grub of this old, well used HD. The archaic nature of the shift lever linkage, the worn nob, the paint, showing fuel-spill stains that haven't been polished away. The faded colors, the grease, dirt and rust. I love all that. This image may be aimed at us gear-heads, but it does tell a story. A brand new HD would be a total bore, but this is intriguing and fun, at least for me.

There are a few things going on here that I love. The close up view of one rider and bike, with the other one slouched and looking to the side, tells a story. There’s action going to happen soon but right now we’re waiting and there’s a mix of anticipation and boredom that’s interesting. The color palette is great, with the one red tank and the blues and greens that are all a bit muted.

Thanks very much, to everyone, for your commentary.

Advance apologies for submitting yet another photo of cars and motorcycles

 

Hey- different strokes. Some people would rather see a rusty bike or car than a flower, after all is said and done.;)

I love those colors from the Kodak Ektar!

I especially like the patina on the bike.

I'd also like to see in brown toned monochrome. Evocative of dirt.