November Porc - part one

[Orio]

November Porc in Zibello, the homeland of Culatello.
The photos in this thread have been taken with the Orion-15 6/28
Almost all of them (except for a couple) with the lens set for hyperfocal.
Click on the images for a slightly larger version:

#1



#2



#3 Dancing in the street



#4



#5 The King



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#7



#8



#9 Hanged culatelli (sigh...)



#10



#11 Lardo di Colonnata



#12 Porcini



#13 Other hanged culatelli (sigh again)



#14



#15



#16 So crowded that it was almost impossible to walk!



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#24



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#27



#28



#29



#30 Polenta for me



#31



#32 Dog or baby?



#33 Note the great geometric performance of this wide angle lens! The picture was not corrected!

[Minolfan]

Good pictures. Looks like a cold day!

[Excalibur]

Interesting pictures and some are "popping" on my monitor.......I had to look up "November Porc" on google as "November pig" in English confused me

[Orio]

hehe that's because November is the fog month par excellence here, and foggy weather is one of the key factors for the proper seasoning of our pork food products

Yes, it was a cold day (+4C°), but not so bad after all.

[poilu]

nice series, great market!
quite gray weather, have you used the Orion at F6 or closed down
you pushed iso on the M9 and color noise is visible on some pics

[kds315*]

Great shots and obviously a great lens for that (no need to focus)!
Thanks for sharing this interesting market with so much yumm,y,
and surely very healthy products (esp. Lardo...)

[56 DIN]

wanna go there immediately
very nice series - the images show that you enjoyed the day.

[Yebisu]

Nice series. A whole festival dedicated to pork products. Sounds like heaven!

[peterqd]

Lovely series again Orio, in spite of the poor light.

Have you posted a picture of the lens anywhere?

[Attila]

People are incredible, in this cold I would stay in nice room , not on street . Lens seems do it's job very well!

Nice report!

[Orio]

Thanks guys!
For the questions:

- I used the lens at f/8 with focusing set to 3 mt, however, in a couple occasions (such as #7) I refocused closer
because I was at about 1 mt from the subject and hyperfocal is not ideal when the subject is so close.
One of the great features of rangefinder is that you can focus at any aperture, you don't have the problem of
the viewfinder getting too dark.

- yes, like I always do when shooting street action, I gave priority to the shutter speed over ISO.
So I set a fixed shutter speed of 1/90 (which is not ideal, should have been faster, but I had to be conservative because of the
dark day) and let the camera adjust exposure with auto-ISO. Sometimes, when photographing dark areas, that resulted in the maximum ISO allowed for automation (2500). But, it's part of the spirit of street photography I think: you take the photo, for what
is possible, technical perfection comes secondary.

- I don't think I have photographer the lens yet. Thanks for asking, I definitely have to - and will!
The Orion-15 is the perfect street lens for hyperfocal: almost flat, great sharpness, impossible to wish for more.

[Orio]

[Attila]

[tomasg]

[peterqd]

[William]

You've really got that village atmosphere in there and it's possible to feel that weather through the photos. #6 and #30 are my favourites due to the interaction of the people with their environment and you as the photographer. The colour of #15 really pops out me That's some serious red there! Quite a surprise at the amount and character of noise that the M9 produces in harsh conditions though, would have expected better from such a camera.

[Orio]

[Orio]

[rbelyell]

orio i feel like i'm there the photos are so REAL. great color, clarity AND subjects. one of the best street series ive seen on the forum.

btw, i just received my sooooo tiny 25mm snapshot skopar, i now have on my rollei rf film camera, mostly using at hyperfocal. after seeing your results, i cant wait to finish my first roll!

[Orio]