Olympus OM2/Ferrania 400 shot

[Katastrofo]

Well, nobody wanted this camera when I tried to sell it, and now I'm not
firmly convinced that I want to sell it, anyway. This using the Zuiko 4/75-150
zoom lens, scanned on Epson 4490:



This is a workman from next door that just killed a 4.5 foot snake that fell
out of the tree behind him. I took shots of the snake, but doesn't make for
comfortable viewing, trust me on this.

ISO was set to 320

[Nesster]

Damn fine shot, and a damn fine lens - I've been eying them ever since whatever the Pen equivalent focal length was... And you get better color off your ferrania 400 than I did from my first roll.

[Katastrofo]

Thank you, Jussi, thank you! *bawling* If you hadn't replied to my post
there would be no replies at all!

The 75-150 zoom was a surprise, a definite keeper.

[marty]

Hello.
Great shot, excellent framing. Good colors, too. I concur, Zuikos are fine stuff. I've got just a 50, but it's a killer, top sharpness and contrast.

Cheers, M.-

[Nesster]

Ah Bill, things will get back to normal and people will pay attention to photographs... once they get this censorship thing out of their systems.

[Katastrofo]

Marty and Jussi, thanks friends, for stopping by! Marty, I have a later-made
Zuiko 50 that is one of the best 50 primes I have. You're right, it is killer
sharp.

Jussi, have you tried the Ferrania 100, yet? I sometimes hit these with
"Autocolor correction" in PS, which does the trick.

[F16SUNSHINE]

Nice one William!
Did he kill the snake with that rusty hunk of Bar stock?
Jeezuz.... we have snakes here but none of them require any killing.

Love the framing in this shot. The eye contact is great as well.

[Schnauzer]

That shot is well done Bill. Excellent colors also.

That old sign post must have blood on the other end of it.

[Katastrofo]

Andy, yes, he's holding what he used to kill it, the snake (in messy sections)
is at the other end of it. It is not listed as poisonous, but you can get a good case of cellulitis from its bite.

Yep, no poisonous snakes where I'm from in northern Idaho, too.

Thanks for your comments!

[Katastrofo]

[tobbsman]

That's one SUPERB shot. It says a lot about that guys' work and his life ! The colors are out-of-this-world.

Cheers
Tobias

[Rolf]

A really great picture. What a face. One of the best portrait shots I have seen within the last month. Congrats !

[Katastrofo]

Tobias and Rolf, thank you, high praise indeed!

For those of us cursed with flatbed scanners for 35mm (Rolf, you don't need
to listen ) scanning with thumbnails crops the images too much, I lost part
of his elbow doing that and had to preview without thumbnails, enlarge it, and
used the frame lasso for the full image.

Thanks again.

[fish4570]

Best shot I've seen you post, Bill. Hey, I like snakes. Need an ID on the species?

[Katastrofo]

[fish4570]

Gray rat snake. They can push 5-6 feet. Eaters of - guess what - rats, mice, assorted other small varmints. Make great pets ...

[Katastrofo]

[mo]

My cat got bitten by a venomous snake...paralyzed within hours ...large vet bill and a cat that looks older than it should but still with me Cats are tough little things!

[fish4570]

Gray rat snakes are non-venomous.

[mo]

I guessed that as it looks like a python...but looks can be deceiving

[tobbsman]

oh my god, I could not imagine to live in a country where you have dangerouse snakes. I have total arachnophobia ...

[fish4570]

Australia has one of the deadliest venomous snakes in the world. The brown snake, right Mo?

We have lots and lots and lots of rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and copperheads. My dachshund survived a venomous snake bite last summer ...

[Katastrofo]

[mo]