10th of May, it's time time to show your best shot. Pick up your favorite picture, share it with everyone, and enjoy. Last month we had a lot of great shots! Feel free to post more than one picture.... Here's mine
First roll in new (to me) Pentax 645 N II. Fujichrome Provia 100, P67 55mm f/4 lens with adapter, Minolta DiMage Scan MultiPro, SilverFast Ai, Lightroom 5 Beta
Had a training course to do in St. John's Newfounland, first week of April. Coming from Central Texas, I was shocked at the near freezing temperature, and frozen water on the ground. I had braved the TSA and Newark, NJ airport by hauling my prized Rolleiflex TLR along with me. Loaded up with HP5....was under-dressed! Not at all prepared for the cold. Anyhow, got a few pics in the hotel parking lot:
Like the sign and snow, E. Short. It's cold here in Japan, but not that cold! Really fantastic shots so far! Glad I discovered this thread.
Gorgeous shot, Giovanni. Alex, what do you mean you, "couldn't do it now"? Because of more restrictive laws? I think all of your's and Clive F's photos of every life in Japan are wonderful.
Mamiya 645AFD, Kodak Proback DCS645M @ ISO 100, 55-110/4.5 AF zoom @ 55mm, f/11, 15 seconds. Cropped off ~ 30%. Sort of a grab shot - camera on the floor (no tripod!), self-timer (no cable release!), family hissing at me to hurry up (no time to perfect the alignment!).
E. Short. Thanks so much for your kind words. The recent laws on street photography are vague and I believe can be unreasonably selective for that reason. Because of a rash of cellphone camera upskirters, people here are very uptight about any candid photography on trains. In a lot of ways Internet has made people nervous about their privacy. A Bonica clacking away on a subway just would not work now. A pity. I photograph a lot of cats these days. Maybe Clive has a take on all of this.
Some really nice work so far. Also, I am surprised to see so many friends from the Leica/Rangefinder forum-- E., Alex, Ludwig, Michael. It's great to see all of you here!