Leica LTM Cleaned Summar captures girls on the town.

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The hell with the technicalities, I find there an interesting triangular relationship between the mother, the daughter and the photographer.

The mother looks much more an attractive-shining subject than the daughter, as if the presence of the daughter and/or her aquitance with the photographer, gave her a legitimate photo-op. Amidst the street ! And the daughter seems to perceive it !

Cheers,
Ruben

Kindly excuss my non-Leica talk. You guys are a serious case.
 
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Finally figured out who 'mom' reminds me of: Alex from the 'Sisters' show.

Ruben: At least throw SOMETHING Leitz in there, geez. A viewfinder if nothing else...
 
For something Leitz to say you have tons and tons at RFF. But I can say someting NICE, my truth.

Who like us know that pictures can lie without limits ! Non standing that, this mini photo story about a wonderfull meeting leaves me dying for meeting an old friend from my school days. I die to have been able in such imaginary situation to be able to produce such kind of wonderful images, since knowing myself I would talk and talk at such event. I die that the female hypothetical friend will be so open and shining.

The last thing I would worry about would be the type of lens or camera at hand.

But, respected Sanders, you know the thrue story so I cannot judge you at all. But I can enjoy the beautifull picture story you created, as my absolute prerogative.

Cheers,
Ruben
 
personally, i think those of you with good persuasion technique, should persuade mr. mcnew to share some of his scanning technique..

totally unable to persuade anyone of anything, i'll just say keep them coming sanders. you're in a league of your own around here. i stalk your flickr stream, and your input in these threads lifts a spirit ,-)
 
You all really know how to embarrass a guy.

Scanning ... is simple. I use an Epson 4990
flatbed @ 4800 ppi (16 bits), controlled with
the Epson scanning software that came with
it, and I make most of my tone corrections
in the scanner before scanning. The 4990
has a lot of DOF so I just lay the negatives
flat on the glass, emulsion-side down (to
prevent Newton rings), and then flip the scan
in Photoshop so that it is oriented correctly.
that way I am able to scan full-frame and
not lose the edges to the negative carrier.

If you have particular questions, fire away
and I will do my best to answer them.

Sanders
 
Thanks for the scanning tip. I have a 4490, will have to see if I can do the same and get decent results. Have a set of caffenol-developed TriX negs I've been flattening out under a pile of books for a week, should be ripe by now. 🙂
 
cmedin said:
Thanks for the scanning tip. I have a 4490, will have to see if I can do the same and get decent results. Have a set of caffenol-developed TriX negs I've been flattening out under a pile of books for a week, should be ripe by now. 🙂
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I keep the negatives flat by laying stuff on top of the
negatives, on either side of the frame I am scanning.
"Stuff" usually being a 4x5-inch square of anti-newton-
ring glass on one side and a 6-inch ruler on the other,
but any flat thing of reasonable weight will do. (Coins
work.) When scanning a frame at the end, I just put the
anti-newton-ring glass piece on top of the frame and
scan through it. (I don't do that every time because
the glass adds two more surfaces with lint and dust,
so I try not to scan through the glass unless absolutely
necessary.)
 
Great info on the scanner, Sanders, I've used a 4490 for B&W and been happy too.

My question-how spontaneous was the shoot? Did you direct the action, the clothing? Just curious as to how you consistently get such exciting results. I mean, my life isn't boring, but..
 
I note that the sprocket holes intrude into the exposures slightly -- I guess that's a potential hazard with the Barnacks?

Great pictures, by the way -- but I'd say they're a little overdressed. I was in NYC myself on Saturday and it was not leather jacket and scarf weather.
 
Sanders McNew said:
You all really know how to embarrass a guy.

...

If you have particular questions, fire away
and I will do my best to answer them.

Sanders
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Great shots, Sanders. Thanks for sharing them. I love the tones on the leather. I'd appreciate some details on your processing with Rodinal.
 
Sanders McNew said:
I keep the negatives flat by laying stuff on top of the
negatives, on either side of the frame I am scanning.
"Stuff" usually being a 4x5-inch square of anti-newton-
ring glass on one side and a 6-inch ruler on the other,
but any flat thing of reasonable weight will do. (Coins
work.) When scanning a frame at the end, I just put the
anti-newton-ring glass piece on top of the frame and
scan through it. (I don't do that every time because
the glass adds two more surfaces with lint and dust,
so I try not to scan through the glass unless absolutely
necessary.)
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Doh, that is just too damn obvious for me to have thought about. Appreciate the info and will apply it on my next scan. Really curious to see the Caffenol results, the negs look pretty decent...
 
aad said:
My question-how spontaneous was the shoot? Did you direct the action, the clothing? Just curious as to how you consistently get such exciting results. I mean, my life isn't boring, but..
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KoNickon said:
Great pictures, by the way -- but I'd say they're a little overdressed. I was in NYC myself on Saturday and it was not leather jacket and scarf weather.
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These shots were completely impromptu. They had arrived
in their hotel a few hours earlier (from NC, which explains
why, to them, it felt like jacket weather) and I came by to
collect them with the Leica in hand. We shot a roll in front
of the hotel on 44th Street in about 3-4 minutes. Apart
from positioning them on the street to keep them both on
the focal plane, I did not direct them.

I laughed at the "overdressed" remark because the mom
did agree to participate in my nude portrait series (much to
her daughter's dismay). So, later in the evening, I stood her
in front of my Rolleiflexes and took these portraits. CAUTION:
Do not click on the links if nudity offends:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandersnyc/1569000393/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandersnyc/1569445965/

ray_g said:
I'd appreciate some details on your processing with Rodinal.
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I'm exposing Foma 200 at EI 80 and processing in a 1:50
Rodinal solution for 8-9 minutes @ 68F. That's for the 35mm
Leica photos in this thread -- I always use Tri-X when shooting
roll and sheet film.

Sanders
 
Sanders McNew said:
I laughed at the "overdressed" remark because the mom
did agree to participate in my nude portrait series (much to
her daughter's dismay). So, later in the evening, I stood her
in front of my Rolleiflexes and took these portraits.
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Sensei, when can I begin training........
 
Sanders McNew said:
You all really know how to embarrass a guy.

Scanning ... is simple. I use an Epson 4990
flatbed @ 4800 ppi (16 bits), controlled with
the Epson scanning software that came with
it, and I make most of my tone corrections
in the scanner before scanning. The 4990
has a lot of DOF so I just lay the negatives
flat on the glass, emulsion-side down (to
prevent Newton rings), and then flip the scan
in Photoshop so that it is oriented correctly.
that way I am able to scan full-frame and
not lose the edges to the negative carrier.

Sanders
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Great pictures Sanders, you get the best out of your Summar.
Thanks for the tip too; I'm going to try that today 🙂
Best,
marc

PS: I really like the second portrait (non nude) ... and I agree with Ruben about Susan ...
 
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Sanders McNew said:
You all really know how to embarrass a guy.

Scanning ... is simple. I use an Epson 4990
flatbed @ 4800 ppi (16 bits), controlled with
the Epson scanning software that came with
it, and I make most of my tone corrections
in the scanner before scanning. The 4990
has a lot of DOF so I just lay the negatives
flat on the glass, emulsion-side down (to
prevent Newton rings), and then flip the scan
in Photoshop so that it is oriented correctly.
that way I am able to scan full-frame and
not lose the edges to the negative carrier.

If you have particular questions, fire away
and I will do my best to answer them.

Sanders
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Thanks a lot for this tip Sanders ! I never thought about the DOF of a flat-bed scanner, will try this later today.

As already mentioned, your photos are really a class of its own here.
 
Keith said:
Great pics Sanders ... what film and scanning?

I also love the way your images have the sprocket holes ... how do you do that 'cause it looks great! 🙂
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I've never had that happen with a Leica, but all of my Contax rangefinders do it.
 
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