Photography

[Hazel in Sk]

Tried my hand at capturing some volleyball action. This is one of my grandudes making a point!

[David in Maryland]

Originally Posted by brian m.

Nice David.
Real black and white or digital black and white?

Thanks. It's a scan from an old 35mm camera.

[brian m.]

Cool David.
Did you scan from a print or the negative? I find that scanning my "old" black and white could be a full-time job ... doesn't pay very well but nice benefits!

[rabbit]

Point n shoot

[Jon Vermilye]

A bit of wind on Lake Ontario today:

[Doc Sarvis]

Shot with my Sony RX-100 pocket camera.

[D Davis]

Jon, I absolutely love the first photo and the rest are great!
Darron, your shot is so interesting! Thanks guys for sharing.

[Carol H]

Dont know if I am more jealous of where Jon or Darron are today!! Thats one big wave in the first shot Jon.

Nice pics guys.

[Hazel in Sk]

Lots of delightful shots in this thread. Thanks to everyone who has shared their images from here, there and everywhere.

Jon - I too like your first image - you really caught that wave at an excellent moment.

Doc - that is one fascinating shot.

[Doc Sarvis]

Thanks D Davis, Carol and Hazel. I have some 11x18 and 16x24 prints ordered just to see how well the little RX-100 hangs at those sizes. 16x24 may be asking too much, but I have high hopes for the 11x18 print.

After getting home from that trip a few weeks ago I bought a mint Hassleblad 501CM and sold all my Canon EOS gear on eBay. The Sony is good enough to do what I need with digital, and affordable digital gear doesn't cut it for my fine art landscape work.

I know what you're thinking: "Hassleblad? Affordable?" Well, yes. With so many pros switching to digital used medium format gear is cheap. I picked up the Hasselbld kit for $1200 and sold my EOS gear for three times that. I also ordered everything I'll need to develop B&W film at home. Now I need a scanner for proofing my work. The good stuff will go off for drum scans.

[jen b]

Originally Posted by rabbit

Point n shoot

Atlantic white cedar?

Really nice work, all. I just added a couple of you as flickr contacts, in case you were wondering who the wildlife photo person was.

[Glenn Baglo]

So, why not this Blad?

Hasselblad H5D-200MS Medium Format DSLR Camera 3013666 B&H Photo

[Doc Sarvis]

Originally Posted by Glenn Baglo

So, why not this Blad?

Hasselblad H5D-200MS Medium Format DSLR Camera 3013666 B&H Photo

I wanted a camera, not a computer with a lens.

But in a few years when that HD50 is selling for $5,000 used it may be tempting.

[MC1]

Last summer I had a peek out of our back window.

By coincidence, out on Lake Ontario were...

A. a luxury yacht
B. a lake freighter
C. a tall ship
D. a small speed boat
C. a sail boat.

You don't see that every day! LOL

[brian m.]

Hey Doc have you ever loaded 120 film for processing? I suggest using a practice roll in the daylight to get the hang of it. You will be amazed at the quality of the Hassy! Enjoy and share your results with us.

[Doc Sarvis]

Originally Posted by brian m.

Hey Doc have you ever loaded 120 film for processing? I suggest using a practice roll in the daylight to get the hang of it. You will be amazed at the quality of the Hassy! Enjoy and share your results with us.

I was a photojournalist in my younger days, owned a professional B&W darkroom, and have processed about 10,000 rolls of B&W film over the years. I spent the extra money on the Hewes reels. It has been 14 years since I've worked in a darkroom, but considering it took me two minutes to remember how to use the Hasselblad I don't think loading 120 film will be a problem, but I do plan to ruin a practice roll before loading film with images.

I am amazed at the quality of the Hassey. I guess I should have mentioned I used to own one and it was working with drum scans that convinced me to sell my EOS gear and go back to medium format film for my serious work.

Here's a photo I took on my earlier Hasselblad. Shot on Fuji slide dilm, drum scanned and converted to B&W in Lightroom, prepped for display in PhotoShop.

[DannyH]

I went snow shoeing last weekend and came across a small stream with this in it. The whole place had fantastic ice cycle scenes. I would walk 10 feet, shoot, walk another 10 feet, shoot. The stream was on a hike to Zig Zag falls near Mt Hood.

[Hazel in Sk]

Very nice Dan. The two spots in the ice that look 'lit up' are particularly appealing.

I'm always amazed when I'm reminded that there is flowing water in other places.

[Hazel in Sk]

It snowed again - 3 inches. Took this through the window with a Lensbaby. This guy on crutches was being VERY cautious as he made his way down the road.

[Hazel in Sk]

Hmmmm.....that wasn't supposed to add itself to your thread. Sorry about that. I'll try to make a new thread with another shot.