last days of summer

[robert blu]

Gone one more time through this thread. It's interesting your choice for B&W which works very well. Personally I would associate the idea of the beach with sea and sun which my mind translates in color. The blue sky, the emerald hues of the sea...
But your work demonstrates that mine is only a pre concept, a stereotype. And not true.
Without seeing your work I would have not thought about this, Thanks!

robert

 

[lynnb]

thanks for your comment Robert, you're welcome! There is a tradition in Australia of high contrast bw beach imagery - the best known is Max Dupain's iconic picture The Sunbaker, taken in 1937.

I have more to add to this thread over the next few days.

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #368 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
Leica IIIc CV 35mm f2,5 LTM TMAX100 in Fomadon LQN

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #129 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35mm f2,5 LTM TMAX100 in Fomadon LQN 1:10

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #288 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35mm f2,5 LTM BW400CN

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #434 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35mm f2,5 LTM Plus-X 125 in Fomadon LQN

 

[MrFujicaman]

Lynn, are you using a yellow filter with these pictures?

 

[lynnb]

Lynn, are you using a yellow filter with these pictures?

Yes, all photos taken with the CV35/2,5 LTM (the lens used for almost all the pictures) have a yellow filter.

Cheers,

 

[lynnb]

Robert,

George Caddy was a contemporary of Max Dupain, who was also taking Sydney beach photographs in the 1930's-1940s - see this gallery of photos taken in the late 1930s-1940s at Bondi beach with a Voigtlander Bergheil plate camera with a wire frame viewfinder, flashlight attachment and roll-film back, producing 6x6 negatives.

A fascinating bit of Aussie beach culture.

Cheers,

 

[dave lackey]

Lynn,

You have been busy!!!

It is great to see such a volume of consistent images like this. Thank you for posting and thank you for spending so much time with one of my favorite Leicas!

I must say, I miss my IIIc but it is being used in a much better way nowadays.

We have a slow weekend coming up so I will go back through this thread and pick my favorite three!

 

[Tim Read]

Superb photographs Lynn. And as a beach resident (Bondi), I must say you have caught the mood beautifully. Tim

 

[lynnb]

Thanks Dave and Tim. More coming!

last days of summer #312 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35m f2,5 LTM BW400CN

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #314 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35m f2,5 LTM BW400CN

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #194 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35m f2,5 LTM TMX100 in Fomadon LQN 1:10

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #700 by lynnb;s snaps, on Flickr
Pentax ME Super Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 Ektar100 bw conversion in LR4

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #490 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35m f2,5 LTM Plus-X 125 in Fomadon LQN 1:10

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #460 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35m f2,5 LTM Plus-X 125 in Fomadon LQN 1:10

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #549 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc CV 35m f2,5 LTM Fomapan 200 in Fomadon LQN 1:10

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #512 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc Jupiter-8 TMX100 in Fomadon LQN 1:10

 

[lynnb]

last days of summer #511 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
IIIc Jupiter-8 TMX100 in Fomadon LQN 1:10