Finally snow in the south! ContaxIII, Sonnar 5cm f1.5

[Carlsson]

After a whole winter without any snowflake my prayers were answered.

I took the chance and grabbed my Contax III and two expired rolls of Ektachrome and confronted the "cold"
Okay, it's not snow but at least it looks like

(Self developed and scanned)

1 1/125 at f8, Ektachrome ERP64


2 1/125 at f5.6, Ektachrome ERP64


3 1/125 at f8, Ektachrome 100VS


4 1/50 at f8, Ektachrome 100VS


5 1/50 at 8, Ektachrome 100VS


6 1/500 at f2.8, Ektachrome 100VS

[mo]

You tease!!...nice "snow" with blue sky....

[F16SUNSHINE]

Wow!
So nice. I love that sonnar. Just look at the second shot at 5.6.
Great stuff Sandy thanks for showing.

[Rolf]

Great colours, nice set !

Unfortunately we have to wait additional 3-4 month until we will have this kind of "snow" here at home

[Keysersoze27]

Always loved the Ektachrome.. very nice colours and nice blue !!!

[Orio]

Spring !!
What are those trees... Almonds?

[poilu]

what a beautiful snow you got in Portugal!
superb Ektachrome! must be a pleasure to enjoy them on the light table!

[Carlsson]

Thanks!
Sorry for cheating MoFo

Andy, the Sonnar is one of my favourite lenses here, I love it so much. Everyone should have one! And with film it's magic.
I have tried some f1.5 and 2.8 shots but it seems that 1/1250 is not working, have to check that. But the overexposed frame looked promising.

Thanks Rolf, I hope that the spring will come soon to you, I just talked with a friend today, he's from Gummersbach (NRW) and he told me about the new snow.

[Carlsson]

Yes, I like Ektachrome, fortunately I still have some rolls in my fridge.

Orio, yes, those are Almond Trees, different ones, some of them have pure white blossoms, others are nearly deep pink.

There is a story behind the Almonds here. Thousand years ago, a king abducted a princess from north europe. She was very sad (of course). And she said that she will marry him if he can bring the snow to the Algarve.
The king (a smart guy) started to plant almond trees, thousands. And there was the snow. She did marry him and they were happy together. At least that's what the people say .

Yes Poilu, they blew me away on the light table. No way to show this on a monitor, unfortunately.

[Orio]

[Katastrofo]

Carlsson, love the colors, and am jealous of your weather!

Orio, yer cool, nice ID'ing the trees.

[Spotmatic]

[Orio]

Second one is amazing
And I agree with poilu, slides are nice scanned but when seen live, they're the best!

[madamasu]

Yes, #2 for me too, but it's nice to look at all of them to get some pre-spring feeling. We had another load of snow today in Frankfurt and it looks like things won't change in the next days.

Thomas

[Carlsson]

Thanks friends!
Glad if I can help out with the spring For me it's the best time of the year, I really love those trees.
Let's try to force the winter away:

Ektachrome EPR64, 1/125, f8


Ektachrome 100VS, 1/125, f8


Ektachrome 100VS, 1/250, f5.6

[Stan]

Nice! The brunch in the F2.8 shot (the last in first post) sticks out of the picture. It is like 3D. An the rest of the pictures is great too! Nice color, nice rendition! Conrgats!

[Orio]

[kds315*]

Can't wait to see our almond trees blossom (the first here to open)!
Wonderful shots Sandy, the Sonnar is great indeed.