Ricoh GR-D (I,II,III,IV): Post your photos!


ISO1600, 1/5 sec wide open

From a couple of nights at the gallery (I'm on the board, so play greeter but keep a camera in hand)
 
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rehview said:

Flags, New York, 2012 by rehview, on Flickr

Masks, New York, 2012 by rehview, on Flickr
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These look and feel very much like a documentary updating of Ellison's The Invisible Man. The way the flags shield but also dignify a small bit of privacy, the way the masks project a fixation not only with hoarding but with highly focused collecting meant to be noticed, and respected, carry a strong symbolic charge. Is this someone's improvised home and gallery, or an art installation about homelessness and illness, or? Not sure the distinction is important as long as the photo plausibly represents the former.
 
rhl-oregon said:
Looks like the answer to the riddle: how many GRD shooters does it take to make a lightbulb crazy?

Great effect with the swirls. What exposure?
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Here in the market they sell really cheap lightbulbs that are uncoated and made of cheap glass. The swirls are just imperfections in the glass. I shot it at iso 400, 1/380, f1.9, -0.7. I'm not sure if this is a GR thing or my particular camera, but it tends to overexpose when I am shooting at night or dark places, so I pull it back a little to get more details in the bright areas.
 
rhl-oregon said:
These look and feel very much like a documentary updating of Ellison's The Invisible Man. The way the flags shield but also dignify a small bit of privacy, the way the masks project a fixation not only with hoarding but with highly focused collecting meant to be noticed, and respected, carry a strong symbolic charge. Is this someone's improvised home and gallery, or an art installation about homelessness and illness, or? Not sure the distinction is important as long as the photo plausibly represents the former.
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I daren't give you any answers as it may spoil your reading.
 
rehview said:
I daren't give you any answers as it may spoil your reading.
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I apologize! Sometimes I get these fits of academic criticism, though I'm trying to articulate what it is about an image that intrigues me. The image is more interesting than any words about it, though. I'm glad you shared those 2, and I like them far better than anything I did write or might have written.
 
rhl-oregon said:
I apologize!
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Oh, what a shame, my response was completely amicable. I could have made it so with emoticons but I hoped they weren't necessary. My mistake. I very much agree with Paul Graham's thinking: photographs should raise questions rather than answer them.
 
Raise questions, yes, that's primary. And I do think it's ok for a viewer to try to answer them in such a forum as this. Still I'd rather have more of your images (and my own to be truthful) than risk cramping their appearance by appending a interpretation. I had a long career as a writing teacher, farewell to all that; here I prefer to be a lifelong student and a friend in the craft.
 
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What settings do you guys use? (GRD I users preferred)

jpg, B&W, +2 Contrast +1 Sharpness... but I'm blowing more highlights than I'd like to. Quite difficult step from film to a small sensored compact (+ first digital camera).
Maybe I should dial down the contrast, as my pictures get Alien Skin Exposure 4 treatment anyway.
 
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