Eastern Europe

[Michalm]

Warsaw

 

[Michalm]

Warsaw 24mm Superia 400

 

[Tuna]

 

[Retro-Grouch]

All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned

Beyond his precise and cogent analysis of Capitalism, Marx was even more astute in his analysis of its consequences.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau.

 

[jbielikowski]

Delta 100, Fisheye Nikkor 16mm

Fort Beniaminów - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[s_zemliakov]

Chisinau, march '25 by Sasha Zemliakov, su Flickr
Chisinau, march '25 by Sasha Zemliakov, su Flickr
Chisinau, march '25 by Sasha Zemliakov, su Flickr

Some images from last week in Moldova, unfortunately they came out a bit dark since I've been experimenting a bit with expired film.
Minolta CLE, Summaron 3.5, Kodak p3200.

 

[jbielikowski]

first day of spring '25, central Poland.

Adox HR 50.

 

[Freakscene]

first day of spring '25, central Poland.

Adox HR 50.

Gogeous Jan, I particularly like the tonal rendering of the wall closest to the camera in the bottom photo.

How did you develop the Adox 50HR? What do you think of it, in general?

 

[jbielikowski]

Thanks Marty! I love the HR 50, even more than the CHS 100 that I used since way back when they made it in Croatia. Adox is doing lots of great work IMO and I use their products whenever I can. So I develop in Adox FX 39, 1+14 for 11mins for this film. I try to be careful with metering because it's not forgiving to my usual sloppy technique of "overexposing everything just in case". I think it looks best in overcast light, the tonal curve and separation is quite unique.

 

[Freakscene]

Thanks Marty! I love the HR 50, even more than the CHS 100 that I used since way back when they made it in Croatia. Adox is doing lots of great work IMO and I use their products whenever I can. So I develop in Adox FX 39, 1+14 for 11mins for this film. I try to be careful with metering because it's not forgiving to my usual sloppy technique of "overexposing everything just in case". I think it looks best in overcast light, the tonal curve and separation is quite unique.

I agree about Adox and their products. I really wish they would start producing enlarging papers again (while understanding the market limitations). I use Lupex a lot.

FX 39 II is really useful. It is definitely very (extremely!) sharp with the slow Adox films.

Keep at it!

 

[Out to Lunch]

Bucharest. Fuji X-Pro1 - XF 2/18.

 

[DownUnder]

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For me this is by far one of the best images in this thread.

With a lot of competition, of course.

 

[DownUnder]

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Pavel and Olga in Konstantin’s kitchen. St Petersburg, Russian Federation, 2005.
Leica M7, f1 Noctilux, Neopan 400, Xtol 1+3.

Edit - this was not posed. This was how Gerasev was when he talked. I just snapped during a normal conversation, although this was after our leaving dinner, when we said goodbye after a long visit.

For wholly unknown reasons, these striking images reminded me of The Tin Drum - the film I first saw in the early 1980s, and have tried to see again every few years. One of the finest productions to ever come out of Germany. But this in Russia, imagine...

 

[Freakscene]

For wholly unknown reasons, these striking images reminded me of The Tin Drum - the film I first saw in the early 1980s, and have tried to see again every few years. One of the finest productions to ever come out of Germany. But this in Russia, imagine...

Yes, it’s in a flat in St Petersburg in 2005. Pavel died some time before 2017, a real shame. As Olga put it, he was very flippant with his health.

 

[Michalm]

Portra 800 Minolta 28 f2
Poland

 

[Erik van Straten]

Babroejsk, Belorussia 2005

gelatin silver print (summicron 50mm f2 rigid) leica m3

 

[Jonathan R]

Babroejsk, Belorussia 2005

gelatin silver print (summicron 50mm f2 rigid) leica m3

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Ooooo, that's a good one! Love it!

 

[Erik van Straten]

I like this one too!

Babroejsk, Belorussia 2005

gelatin silver print (summicron 50mm f2 rigid) leica m3

 

[p.giannakis]

Poland - April 2024
Nikon F5
Kentmere 400 in HC110