"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept"

[markjwyatt]

boba by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[mconnealy]

Margaret's Roses by Mike Connealy, on Flickr
Pentax SP - Arista Edu Ultra 100 - Rodinal 1:50

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sony A7II, Voigtlander 25mm f4 Snapshot-Skopar LTM
Yokohama, Japan - January 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[robert blu]

Love the light here, special mood!

 

[Henry]

Love the light here, special mood!

Thank you! That particular artist (Chiharu Shiota) really does create spaces well suited for photographers. The above image was in an exhibition of her work in Tokyo, the below was from one she did in Venice.

 

[wjlapier]

Sprocket Rocket--Kodak Portra 160

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[Yokosuka Mike]

Voigtländer 35mm f2.5 Color-Skopar P-type LTM lens
Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan - January 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sigma 45mm f2.8 DG DN "Contemporary" lens
Sony A7III (ILCE-7M3)
Yokohama, Japan - January 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[MJ Buckpitt]

When the film and sprockets divorce

When the film and sprockets divorce



Kian by Mel Buckpitt, on Flickr

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Voigtländer 35mm f2.5 Color-Skopar P-type LTM lens
Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan - January 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Henry]

This might push the boundaries of being a photograph, I like it though.

Nice, Summilux 35 f/1.4 ASPH FLE

 

[wpb]

[/url]L1004287 by wickerparkbilly, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Nikkor 85 f2 / ME

 

[markjwyatt]

boing boing by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Voigtlander 75mm f1.5 Heliar Vintage Line VM lens
Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan - February 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[DLox]

This might push the boundaries of being a photograph, I like it though.

Nice, Summilux 35 f/1.4 ASPH FLE

Not at all, Henry.
It all hinges on the etymology of the word 'photograph'.
Derived from the Greek photos meaning light and graphos meaning drawing.
Ergo - light drawing.
Your picture may be regarded as a little surealist and/or abstract ; but, presumably taken, conventionally with a camera - it qualifies.

 

[Schlapp]

Most of these images are sharp. What are people trying to say?

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Voigtlander 40mm f1.2 Nokton VM lens
Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan - March 2020

The new face of asia

All the best,
Mike

 

[Henry]

Voigtlander 40mm f1.2 Nokton VM lens
Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan - March 2020

The new face of asia

All the best,
Mike

This captures a mood really well. The abstraction, the woman in a mask, it fits my feeling when I was in Tokyo last week. Things were on the fringes, the elephant in the room of COVID-19, the societal uncertainty that the world is feeling. The world isn't missing, it's just a step out of focus. This image is great.

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

Jan | Sydney

Pentax LX, SMC 50/f1.2 and JCH400

 

[Henry]

Jan | Sydney

Pentax LX, SMC 50/f1.2 and JCH400

I have really enjoyed your use of the JPH400, I think you have that film figured out.

Any tips on how you exposed it / developed it?