[Leica] 3 odd B&W shots from Long Beach

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

To me, they all have excessive unsharp mask, Adam. Please comment.

Otherwise a great series of well composed images. Thanks.

B.

On 7-mrt-2006, at 8:07, Adam Bridge wrote:

> This is a very strange posting because the images aren't anything
> special and yet I like different things about all three of them - all
> related to the use of black and white film, in particular Tri X.
>
> This image was shot from our hotel home across the hotel parking
> structure to this building across the street. The old-time fire escape
> and the textures of the brick really spoke to me. Printed large
> there's a huge amount of detail in this image that the small version
> that you see only hints at. It was shot at 1/1000th of a second, I'm
> sure.
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/02/23/TX400-002-R1.jpg>
>
> The inside of the Long Beach Convention Center spoke to me - the
> receding arches of the ceiling, so bright, all these wonderful
> gradations. This catches that ceiling.
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/02/23/TX400-004-R1.jpg>
>
> I've always wanted an evening shot. As we were crossing Ocean Ave to
> the hotel from the convention center the sky was still luminous and
> there was this illuminated bank building across the street so I
> snapped a couple of images. This was probably about 1/30th of a
> second.
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/02/23/TX400-030-R1.jpg>
>
> All the images are on Tri X at 400, processed in XTOL 1:3 at 68
> degrees with my own agitation scheme of 30 seconds continuous, 4
> minutes every 30 seconds, 4 minutes ever minute and 4 minutes every 2
> minutes. Maybe it makes a difference, maybe it doesn't, but I like the
> look of the negative I get from it.
>
> Shot with M6TTL and either the 50mm f2 or the 35mm f2.
>
> Your comments are invited and welcome. Maybe these speak to you, maybe
> they don't. I was uncertain about whether to post them but figured -
> ah heck - what's a few snapshots amongst friends and I might learn
> something.
>
> Adam Bridge
>
>
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