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[brambor]

Yesterdays Halloween at Peaks Island, Maine. My first stab at Fuji

Neopan 1600. I like the film a lot.

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[gsmith]

Rene, I like the mood/feel of these a lot. Some might say too much contrast, I think it works

for the subject and time of day (night). How were they scanned? Thanks...

[brambor]

Thanks. I have an old Minolta Dualscan. It isn't perfect but it gets the job done.

[brambor]

more ...

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Not My Kid ;-)

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[johnny massey]

Rene, loads of black areas but extensive blown highlights - more exposure, less development?

[brambor]

Thanks John. Maybe. Lots of light sources out of darkness. Tough exposure. Also what I did with it in photoshop on my screen. The developed negative was nearly perfect, judging from the numbers on the side of the strip. It works for me well enough, but point well taken.

[johnny massey]

Point also taken, I love it in low contrast situations (at 1600) . . .<div></div>

[johnny massey]

and have messed up big style otherwise . . .<div></div>

[johnny massey]

Aaagh, wrong shot, here's the proper mess-up . . .<div></div>

[r s]

Rene, your first photo in yout 11:47 posting is excellent.

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I'd be tempted to crop out or burn the scream sign a bit as it pulls the eye up quite a bit. Very nice.<br>

 

Fuji B&W films (Acros and Neopan 400/1600) are great films.

[brambor]

Thanks I will try the Fuji 1600 in shooting ice hockey. Maybe this weekend. Hockey is the only part of my shooting where I use digital exclusively for action shots, mostly because I don't use a flash but the results of Neopan 1600 are encouraging to give it a try.

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I took some others I still have to develop on neopan 400 at 800ei. I wish I had some 1600 on hand, but I have been trying to stick to one film/ one developer as an attempt to gain familiarity and confidence with my exposure and developing routine.<div></div>

[belledeux diana]

What exactly did you do in PhotoShop? Could you post a photo...say 10:41 or 10:47 without the PhotoShop?

 

I love these photos. Everything about them. There's something about these photos that give the feeling of passing through the lens.....that the lens reached out and grabbed the images in spite of lighting. Etraordinary!

[brambor]

thanks Belle. Not much really. Adjusted brightness a little to bring out enough range from the shadows. It has in turn burned some of the highlights but I'm a sucker for burned out highlight if they pertain to light sources. I kind of like it so I didn't bother to separate regions of the shot. When I get home tonight I'll load the original scan and post it here.

[brambor]

Hi Belle. Here is the original scan:

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Halloween Belle</font></b></A></P>

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and here is the best I could make out of it:

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<img src="http://www.widereach.net/temp/smhalloweenbelle.jpg">

[brambor]

I squeezed one more out of the negative. This is the last halloween one this year, I promise:

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<img src="http://www.widereach.net/temp/girlandpopcorn.jpg">

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Girl and popcorn at 2.0

[brambor]

oh man. One more. Sorry. I got no other use for these but here:

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[r s]

Don't apologize - they are some of the best Halloween photos I've ever seen posted here.

[belledeux diana]

Just beautiful. Thank you. I am going to try Fuji Neopan 1600 with my Canon AE-1 in a couple of weeks for a Christmas festival. I was dreading it in a way,--it's become so boring and routine.

 

I think these Halloween photos will have me viewing the Christmas festival in a whole new light...pun intended!<div></div>

[belledeux diana]

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