Tri-X Does Hawaii

[sam_m]

Really nice David, my favourite is the balcony shot I think, lots of interesting repetition. How are you scanning? The grain seems quite pronounced...? Though I haven't used that film/dev combination myself.

 

[shadowgun]

give us more! Love this series!

 

[Bingley]

Nice job, David. I really liked the second set, particularly the one of the guy in the outdoor shower. I need to take my Minolta XD11 out more often....

 

[David_Manning]

Thanks again guys.

The grain is more apparent because I sharpened and used the definition slider. The original scans are a bit smoother. I like the grain though 🙂

 

[maddoc]

Thanks for postings these and the inspiration. 🙂 I will be in Honolulu from 10/9 ~ 10/12 (conference ... :bang🙂 and had plans to bring my IIIb with 50/3.5 Elmar and some rolls of Tri-X. 😀

 

[David_Manning]

Maddoc...that's all you need!

 

[Vics]

Davic those Nikkors have a signature all their own. No wonder Nikon owned the photo world in the '60s and '70s! Your excellent eye and technique didn't hurt, either. Will we see more?

 

[GaryLH]

Nice.. The guy under the beach shower was funny..

Gary

 

[rhl-oregon]

It takes unusual discipline to not shoot color in Hawaii, I have found. I shoot more flowers and foliage and skies there than I shoot in Oregon. But when I look through my own images from Kauai, it's the ones in B/W I like best. Which reinforces what I find more and more a matter of temperamental taste: color for the ornamental and ephemeral, B/W for permanence in structure and stature.

These are splendid.Thanks for sharing.

 

[jky]

Ooooh....love that lady in the pool. Nice, nice!

 

[Bingley]

I loved shooting b&w in Maui this past May - used an old Canon bottom loader and an Elmar 50/3.5 with a yellow filter. I liked the results.

 

[leicamshooter]

What scanner did you use? What is your scan workflow? Thank you for your post!

 

[ramosa]

very well done. these make me miss that place even more than normal. there's nothing better than hawaii--and nothing better than film.

 

[Vincent.G]

Great work, David!

The camera we like always make photos we like!

 

[David_Manning]

Thank you everyone for looking. I guess b&w in Hawaii is relatively rare. It IS difficult not to reach for color...but I really like the results!

I'm using a Plustek 7600i for scanning (3600dpi=16 megapixels). I make sure I don't clip any highlights, set very neutral mid-tones, and scan. I add mid-tones to taste in Aperture on my MacBook Pro using Curves. I'll add a bit of definition instead of sharpening. If I need to do ANY dodging or burning, I'll use SilverEfex Pro 2 (no film preset). I just work on the neutral scan.

All in all, a very quick process (relatively). About two minutes to scan, a minute to import and open, two or three minutes of curves. At 16 megapixels, there's a lot of information to print from, and since its 35mm film to begin with, I don't worry about perfection (I love small format, warts and all...it looks real).

 

[David_Manning]

Last one for now...Contax T3 and Tri-X...

 

[redisburning]

niceeeeeeee