Lens and camera choice for a given situation when you're not sure.

fergus said:
Keith, you can develop the Neopan sitting down I hope!

And a little bundy or XXXX (or both) will soothe the leg...
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Hi Fergus,

I'm looking forward to developing that roll in the morning and scanning it tomorrow evening.

As for the leg ... a pretty decent bruise on my upper thigh where I hit the edge of the hole but I heal fast and I'm sure a decent walk tomorrow will keep it all free and moving! 😛
 
Mephiloco said:
<snip> I visited an especially grim prison (to get my car detailed a few times, and for business a few times) in Mississippi, called Parchman. It's possibly the worst penitentiary (also a workfarm) in the US, worse than Angola. People have been known to kill themselves upon being caught/accused/convicted of crimes in Mississippi just to not go to Parchman; there's a high percentage of the population that is HIV+, and it contains all the worst criminals in the state (and lesser criminals depending on circumstance). For example, my vet's son was a drinker, about 4 years older than me, and got drunk and crashed his car in the country and had a police scanner. Someone called it in and he heard it. It would've been his 3rd DUI, which in Mississippi means you're going to Parchman for a few years, which means bad things. He wrote a quick note apologizing to his family, and killed himself. Also all the murderers go there, all the rapists, pedophiles, etc.<snip>
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Here is a group from Parchman Farm refinishing the exterior of Sarah's Kitchen in Clarksdale MS (highly recommended for lunch). Just your normal carpentry crew. We had a good discussion while they sent out a two man search party for the guard so they could eat lunch. They understand they are not allowed to start eating until the guard is there even if he was two blocks away socializing. They cautioned me that while green and white stripes (as themselves) were good guys, don't confuse them with those with black and white stripped pants (violent felons). They were really a congenial group. I remember one inmate saying he was due for release in nine months and was having nothing to do with two things. One was crystal meth, which got him in there. The other was "that bitch that had not been to see him in the three years he was there".

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Bob Michaels said:
Here is a group from Parchman Farm refinishing the exterior of Sarah's Kitchen in Clarksdale MS (highly recommended for lunch). Just your normal carpentry crew. We had a good discussion while they sent out a two man search party for the guard so they could eat lunch. They understand they are not allowed to start eating until the guard is there even if he was two blocks away socializing. They cautioned me that while green and white stripes (as themselves) were good guys, don't confuse them with those with black and white stripped pants (violent felons). They were really a congenial group. I remember one inmate saying he was due for release in nine months and was having nothing to do with two things. One was crystal meth, which got him in there. The other was "that bitch that had not been to see him in the three years he was there".

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Great photo Bob ... these guys look pretty good natured and obviously weren't regarded as a big security risk out in the free world.

When I saw the inside of the maximum security block I was lucky enough to get into briefly yesterday I was completely awstruck. Extremely small bleak cells with nothing, and I mean nothing, in them to make them remotely livable ... or humane for that matter!

No photograph I could have taken would capture the way I felt sitting on the concrete slab which formed the bed base in one of those represenations of how we deal with the criminal element in society! Faced with the prospect of spending years of your life in such conditions ... ending it all wouldn't be out of the question given the oportunity!
 
Mephiloco said:
<snip> I visited an especially grim prison (to get my car detailed a few times, and for business a few times) in Mississippi, called Parchman. It's possibly the worst penitentiary (also a workfarm) in the US, worse than Angola. <snip>
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For a different experience, I recommend a visit to Chatachoochee, the FL state mental hospital on HW 90. The majority of the residents are "forensic" meaning they came there through the criminal court system. The River Junction Work Camp, the FL senior citizens prison,shares the campus now. It is a completely open campus so you can just park, get out and walk around conversing with the residents and inmates. Interesting group to say the least. And the buildings are really old, some going back to the civil war era. They do not want you to photograph residents but you are free to just visit. It is not an experience for everyone, but if you are one of those who appreciate it, do visit.
 
My first thought was that I would bring my MP with 28mm f/2. Well, maybe the 24/2.8. Then maybe a second body with a 35 or 50. So: 24/2.8 and 35/1.4; or else 28/2 and 50/1.4. It would not be too much, and I would feel I was covered with no need to change lenses.
 
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