Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]--- images@comporium.net wrote >>With all of the talk about Kurds and Turks, I was inspired to go >>back through my files and find my photos of Kurdish men in the >>bazaar in Kermanashah, Iran, in 1974. These were made with the >>only camera I had at the time - a Minolta SRT 101 - on outdated >>TriX film bought from shop in Tehran and developed in my Farsi >>bathroom darkroom. It's a miracle they even came out! >> >>http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88196596 >>http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88196663 >>http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88196714 >>http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88196737 >>http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88196758 Thanks for getting these images out of the "shoebox". It was well worth the effort. They are very emotional. Like others I agree they are a little soft, but that does not really detract from the story. The 101 and 55mm f1.4 were my dream combination, but when I look back on the images, they are a little soft especially wide open, and I suspect with the lack of DOF in these images they were pretty wide open. My favourite is number 2: it could be taken at the end of the 1939-45 unpleasantness in Europe especially Italy. I hope there are more where these come from Cheers from Ballarat Alastair