Some New Photos

[stumar]

Well here goes, ive had the ol' M6 for a while now and these are the first images ive been brave enough to show to you all here!

Id love to know what you all think.

M6 Voigtlander 35mm F2.5 PII HP5+, Dev in DDx Scanned then a little dodge and burn in photoshop.

Stu.

 

[Morca007]

I've got to say, that is a lot of grain, I think it works well in the second photo, but I find it somewhat distracting in the other two.

You need to do a bit of work evening out the dodge/burn in the first shot, I can see pretty plainly where you've burned the sand and sky.

In the third shot, right away the composition jumps out at me, I see thirds, golden mean, and more. What grabs my attention however, is the texture of the dune grass, which I quite like.

 

[stumar]

Many thanks morca,

There is an awfull lot of grain for some reason on this roll, prev. rolls have been much smoother, ive been haveing afew developing headaches with jamming spirals leading to scratched allmost runied negatives, i have purchased a new tank and some extra graduates etc to try and get a good proccess going when i develop.

The first one i have redone the photoshop work as you are quiet correct its very easy to see where ive burrned and doged in!

I have just got a 50mm 2.8 Elmar so im looking forward to seeing any differences!

Stu.

 

[payasam]

35 and 50 are of course different, but not dramatically so.

 

[raid]

Stu,

I encourage you to keep on posting here and to share with us your work. We all learn together from what our comments. I like the three images, with preference for the third one.

Raid

 

[shadowfox]

You also might want to experiment with the GEM algorithm on your scanner software. I apply them mildly (scale 1 on my Nikon Coolscan) and usually it eliminates the bad film grain but the look is still film.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

IMHO:

The horizon line in the first shot is too central in the frame for my tastes, the second shot is my pic of the three, the third has great texture in the sand and grass, though the grass looks a bit dark on my monitor here at work.

The grain in the sky may be from scanning (grain aliasing) which is a problem I have on my Minolta dual scan IV.

these are simply my opinions based on my taste. likes, dislikes...take'em or leave 'em 😉

pretty good shots though!

Todd

 

[spiderfrank]

Noiseware is free from Internet, and works good on grain, try it!! 😉

I like the second shot, when you look at the pic, you can almost think there is someone arriving from the other side of the trail.

The first pic need an interest point that I cannot find. What's the subject?

The third shot is not bad, but flat for my taste


Ciao
Franco

 

[stumar]

Thanks all very much for your words, its the first feedback ive had on my rangfinder work!

The first image should have a focal point of a man walking his dog, 35mm lens was not up to the job, too far away, and hes become lost in all the grain!

Im not so sure its the scanning thats caused the grain as i have some earlier images that appear smoother.

Its all about practice 😀

I have another one here, plus one from before with the dogging and burning reworked, this is the very first time i have ever used the dodge and burn tools!😱
one the second one here i may have gone a little mad with them, allthough im happy to have rescued some images from a roll that jammed in the spiral badly!

Stu.

 

[steve garza]

I'd use an MF camera if landscapes were my primary interest.