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Concertina at Night
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:03 am    Post subject: Concertina at Night Reply with quote

Not exactly my usual landscape view. Shocked

This is concertina barbed wire behind the Safeway grocery store at
night. I thought it made a cool pattern with the exterior lights giving
it a glow against the dark side of the building.

Concertina
Pentax ZX-5n w/M42 adapter
Takumar 300/6.3
Provia





PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The insidious razor wire, well done Laurence.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent composition Laurence!


PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wicked stuff - great shot Laurence


patrickh


PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who is pro , pro on any subject ! Stunning! Nice evidence your shoots not only stunning because your living environment is beautiful.


PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow! I wasn't expecting such replies. Shocked I'll take whatever I can
get though! When I get "good" replies, then it helps me know which images
are "keepers".

But when you get down to it, it's just a bunch of wire! Haha! However,
the vintage Tele-Takumar 300/6.3 certainly shows some nice sharpness
here. It seems that the "oldies" can be just as good as modern lenses,
at least to my eyes.


PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laurence

As we all keep saying "sharpness is not the whole story". For my taste modern lenses tend towards the "clinical", trying to meet some arbitrary standard of "neutrality", or an objective "close to reality". Many of these older lenses carry a character with them that is easily lost at the altar of "sharp" and yet can offer a view of reality that we can all identify with


patrickh


PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm glad I'm not the only one that shoots barbed wire!

Nice image and imagination.


PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

patrickh wrote:
Laurence
As we all keep saying "sharpness is not the whole story". For my taste modern lenses tend towards the "clinical", trying to meet some arbitrary standard of "neutrality", or an objective "close to reality". Many of these older lenses carry a character with them that is easily lost at the altar of "sharp" and yet can offer a view of reality that we can all identify with
patrickh


Truly good points, well taken Patrick. I had a couple of photographers
out at a local nature preserve almost sneer at my old, black lens with
a maximum aperture of f:6.3. They didn't actually sneer, but you could
sense their opinion just by body language and statements that they
made.

Of course, they had the big, white modern telephotos. First time
I've seen "lens snobbery" firsthand. Shocked Then, one of them asked
"Is that a MANUAL camera?" I said, "Yeah, it's an old Revueflex 35mm
camera. All manual, just like the lens. It's a film camera. The guy said,
"Oh....film." Laughing


PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

martinsmith99 wrote:
I'm glad I'm not the only one that shoots barbed wire!

Nice image and imagination.


Hey Martin! I'd love to see your barbed wire shots. I always enjoy your
images for their thoughtful compositions.