W/NW Synagogue

[joop]

The portugese Synagogue here in Amsterdam, had their doors open to public last

saterday evening. It's an old building from 1675, still in use and still in

original state. So no heating or electric lights. The synagogue is lit by 1000

candles. Anyway, it sounded like a nice opportunity to shoot some 3200 ISO film.

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#1 1000 candles in the Synagogue, Leica M3, 35/2, Tmax3200

 

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#2 The Choir, Leica M3, canon 50/1.2, Tmax3200

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#3 Choir, Leica M3, canon 50/1.2, Tmax3200

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#4 Listening, Leica M3, canon 50/1.2, Tmax3200

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#5 More choir, Leica M3, canon 50/1.2, Tmax3200

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Let me know what you think. I personally like #2.

Which one do you prefer between #3 and #5?

[joop]

I made a small mistake; #5 is taken with 35 summicron

[johnny massey]

Joop, I like #4, which doesn't answer your question. I am also hating the grain (esp #1 & #5), which #4 doesn't suffer from. This makes me wonder if you're using a Minolta 5400 scanner which occasionally stores B&W neg scans in indexed colour mode (as mine sometimes does) - when I see ugly grain I always check the conversion to greyscale. (?) Johnny.

[35mmdelux]

great work. Thks

[john_brewton]

Our Temple in Charleston. First Reform Temple in America, 1841. The reason is in the balcony. I'm docent co-ordinator here and love showing it off.<div></div>

[paul_neuthaler]

Joop, I think they're all great shots. Congrats.

[erik_jones]

Great shots.

I agree that 4 is probably the best shot.

3 over 5, as 5 is just too far away.

3200 is fun when you get the chance to use it.

[joop]

I used a Minolta scandual-4 to scan the negatives.

for #4 I actually used neat-image to clean up the grain.

Did the same for the other shots but preferred the non-filtered versions over the (in my eyes) too smooth versions. I did not make any prints yet, but I expect the grain to be less visible there.

[peter]

Nice shots. The only time I was ever in Amsterdam I tried to get to the old Sephardic (Portugese and Spanish) synagogue but arrived too late - The synagogue is normally closed to the public from later on Fridays thru till Sunday for Shabbat services. But I did go to the Jewish museum nearby. That had some good photo opps too but not as natural and unposed as this. It might have been the same trip that I got a few photos in the Londons Bevis Marks synagogue - also Sephardic. That was kinda interesting too. (Family history junk!)

 

Intersting to see the old practices still being carried out in the traditional manner.

[valery_yakushev1]

Very nice shots, I liked them, thanx!