Rollei 35 - one year

After a very long wait for international shipping, I finally received my book! Zeno, this is truly fantastic, it really shows me two things, one: you have a great eye, and two: it really shows what can be done with simple equipment when one commits to it, instead of being swayed by the desire for something new or different. I want to have this kind of dedication, it's something I actively work on, and this new possession will continue to push me in that direction.
 
Thank you for your kind words guys!
Kevin, the book is still available, I´ll send you a PM. I hope you have fun with the Rollei 35. I carry it in a belt pouch, so I can always snap a quick picture during the day.
Andrew, I´m sad that you had to wait such a long time, but glad that you like the book. The longer I worked with the Rollei, the easier it was and thats´s the main fact that keeps this project going. Even after a break of some weeks, the hands still know the direction of the controls (mostly;-)
 
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Roll 508; Tessar, Germany, Kodak Gold 200
 
petronius said:
There is one drugstore that has occasionally a small quantity. Sometimes I can spot some at the bay too.

From Roll 511, same data as above:
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They say photography is painting with light. Looking at this I think I finally got it. Lovely work!
I’m almost reluctant to ask your technique here in this image, it’s like asking a gold-miner for directions to share the gold!
 
There is no secret (and not a special technique). We were on our way to a shop and i pointed the camera through the passenger window towards the two trees at ca. 50mph , as I do frequently. 99% of the pictures i shot there are crap. On this occasion the weather was foggy, what made the hills in the background disappear. Some dry bushes in the foreground gave the red/brown smear.
It´s a collection of the "That´s not how landscape photography is done!" rules.
As HCB said: "In the end it is pure luck."
 
petronius said:
There is no secret (and not a special technique). We were on our way to a shop and i pointed the camera through the passenger window towards the two trees at ca. 50mph , as I do frequently. 99% of the pictures i shot there are crap. On this occasion the weather was foggy, what made the hills in the background disappear. Some dry bushes in the foreground gave the red/brown smear.
It´s a collection of the "That´s not how landscape photography is done!" rules.
As HCB said: "In the end it is pure luck."
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🙂
Thanks Petronius. Who’s going to argue with HC-B, however there’s another way of looking at it, the lucky lady only rewards those prepared to take the risk.
Often have I been driving and seen opportunities, and even though I have the camera with me I’ve been driving.
 
For Ricoh and petronius, since you were talking about "luck" ... there is a recent monograph on "chance" in the history of photography, examining its role throughout the medium's past, from Talbot to the 1970s. Robin Kelsey, Photography and the Art of Chance, Harvard University Press, 2015. I haven't read it (yet), but it's on my "to read shelf".
 
I know I sent my thanks to you privately, Zeno, but I wanted to say publicly that your book arrived and it's wonderful. The printing is very good and the images are consistently you, which is fantastic and exactly what I wanted after enjoying your images in this thread for so long. I've been looking at about 60-80 images a day and am nearing the end. It's a rich experience in seeing through your eyes. It's a wonderful addition to my overstuffed photo book shelves!
 
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