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bit of a cock-up, but i recovered this, what do you think

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bigger one

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3929739836_1bc2c32569_o.jpg
 
Alex Majoli doesn't mind lack detail in shadows. In fact, he burns the shadows away in his digital point-and-shoot photos because they have too shadow detail compared to his old Tri-X film photos. So perhaps lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a bad thing, eh?
 
as someone who prefers a higher contrast image i agree that shadow detail can be over rated.
i keep coming back to something i read (forgotten where) about not every piece of music needs to contain every note.
 
Looks good. What was the disaster? Let me guess: you accidentally shot in black and white, so you were forced to hand-tint the picture :)
 
The purple fringe around the light sources is a distraction. I'd be tempted to photoshop that out, or even try a mono conversion.
 
Sparrow said:
bit of a cock-up, but i recovered this, what do you think
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This looks like it was shot as night, as it should look. Hey, the blocked up shadow detail and the bright highlights from the light source is the way things really look at an outdoor cafe at night.

Technology is giving us more and more night shots that look like they were shot during the day. Maybe that is OK is you are private investigator doing surveillance work but they just do not look real.

So I am not sure what you thought your mistake was, but I don't see it.
 
Looks fine to me from a technical standpoint. I don't mind noir photos. As to subject matter and composition, eh, not my cup of tea, but that's down to personal preference, eh?
 
Some more information would be good Stewart! :p

Was this your new M9 ... 35mm film ... MF film ... ?

What was the cockup? :D
 
Stewart, I just like that you referred to Disaster Recovery (myself being an IT guy). I have no clue what disaster you recovered from. And as usual, I'd like to meet your travel agent.
 
Sorry I should have explained, I needed a couple of shots of "cafe life" in Corfu, I decided the little Oly mju II with fuji superia 1600 would be perfect.

Sadly I must have dropped it once two often, it misread the DX code so it exposed the film at 100asa, all four films are over-exposed and shaky, that's one of the least bad
 
Keith said:
Some more information would be good Stewart! :p

Was this your new M9 ... 35mm film ... MF film ... ?

What was the cockup? :D
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I went to look at an m9 yesterday, but they'd sold both of them :rolleyes:

Anyway I'd have to start being smug when it's dark and overcast like you digital chaps do :p
 
a less dramatic version, I don't think it works as well




and one with the magenta cast removed.



apologies if I'm getting a bit obsessive here
 
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ChrisN said:
:) There's a good reason I prefer black & white photography - my sense of colours is terrible! With my eyesight, on my monitor, I see a purp-lish fringe. If I've overstated that I apologise, but I think Stewart saw what I was referring to.

The lack of detail in the shadows doesn't bother me at all.
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yes i could see the cast, there's 3 or 4 types of lighting and the neg's colours are all over the place anyway, is it looking better now?

PS i prefer the more dramatic shot too
 
ChrisN said:
The purple fringe around the light sources is a distraction. I'd be tempted to photoshop that out, or even try a mono conversion.
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Ugh! It's a personal bugbear of mine, and not intended for Chris personally, but I hate the terms "distraction" and "distracting" and any other derivation from the verb "to distract" in any photo critique. I've read too many photography magazines:

http://www.digi-darkroom.com/showthread.php?t=27864

...Mike
 
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