farlymac
PF McFarland
Took a short tour around the hometown when I was there for Mothers Day, and have this little travelouge to share with you, and get your opinions. Not what I would call a bang-up job, but then I don't remember things as well as I used to.
Greensburg, Indiana by br1078phot, on Flickr
The full set is at Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7699588@N07/sets/72157626570029583/
Taken with a Yashica ME on Fuji Superia Reala 100
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Greensburg, Indiana by br1078phot, on Flickr
The full set is at Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7699588@N07/sets/72157626570029583/
Taken with a Yashica ME on Fuji Superia Reala 100
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farlymac
PF McFarland
Well, 71 views, and no complaints. I'll take that as a positive.
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Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
So you're a 'glass half full' type then?
I like it but I think you could have just focused on the art and moved closer or (gulp) cropped! It would have placed the feature towards the upper left corner and made for a more interesting composition ... for me at least!
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jesse1dog
Light Catcher
I found the 'hometown' sequence of photos fascinating as the place is so different from where I live. Having a 'fresh eye' I thought I saw all sorts of photographic possibilities in the details on the buildings.
Taken with a Yashica ME too !
jesse
Taken with a Yashica ME too !
jesse
robert blu
quiet photographer
It is always interesting to take pictures in our own surroundings. I have some in my galleries. You photo is good, maybe in the same location wait until some "strange" vehicle or some human presence enter in the image could add interest. Just my opinion, nice picture anyway please show more, cheers.
robert
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oftheherd
Veteran
Interesting sequence. What lens does that camera have? I thought I detected some barrel distortion. Nice color in all. Very interesting to read of the wife who posed as a male to serve with her husband. Know of any other documentation on that?
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
i think it's worth abouuuuut... 3.6 millions.
farlymac
PF McFarland
Keith, I played around with the cropping on the opening shot, but then decided to stick with an 8x10 format for all the photos. Sort of what you would get from a commercial developer. You see the parking lot, the shape of the building, and get a sense of where this is located. It's not meant to be artful, but representational. Later on I plan to redo some of the shots from this travelouge, but for some other use.
Robert, there is very little interesting 'happening' in my hometown, so I would have lost the light hanging around waiting for it. As it happens, I was loading up the Yashica with color film (since I originally was going to shoot b&w in the Konica C-35), and a Budweiser truck pulled up to make a delivery, and almost parked right under the sign. That would have blocked a good portion of it, so I felt lucky to get the shot and get out of there before someone else decided to park a vehicle in the way.
Oftheherd, the lens is a Yashinon 2.8/38. Just a touch wider than I like (waiting on my GX to come in), but a decent performer.
John, I had only a couple hours to myself , and didn't get to hit the really high spots. One could spend days making detailed photos of the building features, storefronts, and people of the town. And that's just around the square. Somewhere in my archives I have a photo of the monument that was erected out in the southern part of the county denoting the geographical center of the United States, but right now I don't remember after what census this was done. But I ran out of time to get an updated shot of it.
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Robert, there is very little interesting 'happening' in my hometown, so I would have lost the light hanging around waiting for it. As it happens, I was loading up the Yashica with color film (since I originally was going to shoot b&w in the Konica C-35), and a Budweiser truck pulled up to make a delivery, and almost parked right under the sign. That would have blocked a good portion of it, so I felt lucky to get the shot and get out of there before someone else decided to park a vehicle in the way.
Oftheherd, the lens is a Yashinon 2.8/38. Just a touch wider than I like (waiting on my GX to come in), but a decent performer.
John, I had only a couple hours to myself , and didn't get to hit the really high spots. One could spend days making detailed photos of the building features, storefronts, and people of the town. And that's just around the square. Somewhere in my archives I have a photo of the monument that was erected out in the southern part of the county denoting the geographical center of the United States, but right now I don't remember after what census this was done. But I ran out of time to get an updated shot of it.
PF
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robert blu
quiet photographer
@ farlymac: i know the situation, when nothing happens nothing happens! Unless you ask a friend to wear a funny jacket and walk in your photo, just kidding! I like in your serie all, but specially this and this, reminding me something between Eggleston and Stepphen Shore style, "a visual record of daily experience" *.
I like it.
robert
PS * quoted from " Photography after Frank" essays by Philip Gefter, with reference to Shore photography
just kidding! I like in your serie all, but specially this and this, reminding me something between Eggleston and Stepphen Shore style, "a visual record of daily experience" *.I like it.
robert
PS * quoted from " Photography after Frank" essays by Philip Gefter, with reference to Shore photography