Sky, some clouds, a sunset, and some M-lenses ...

[maddoc]

... my most recent trip was to the west-coast of Hokkaido. No mountains but swampland, dunes and wide beaches. Usually, a very strong wind from the Japan sea hits this area but this time it was very calm and felt a little unreal. What amazes me most are the clouds and the light around sun-set.

I brought my Leica M6TTL (which is now on its way to his new owner), the Super-Angulon-M 21/3.4, 90mm Summicron-M pre-ASPH, and the Noctilux. Film was Fuji's ACROS100 (developed in HC-110, 1:50) and TREBI100C color-slide film.

This is the island Rishiri, located western of Hokkaido:

The beach is full of flotsam, mostly wood and some trees:

During the last two hours before sunset, the light was amazing:

After sunset, time for a fast lens:

 

[antistatic]

Love No 1 & 2 but I have a B&W bias.

David

 

[pipit]

As well like 1&2. Great form of the clouns and tonalities.. 🙂

 

[Avotius]

I like number three, with some good cropping or more stuff on the bottom you got yourself a great landscape shot!

 

[maddoc]

Thank you for the comments ! 🙂🙂

I have a bias for BW, too but think that the color adds something in case of a sunset. Cropping in # 3 ... Good advice ! The foreground looks a little bit empty.

 

[cam]

i think number two is beautiful! plenty of glow yet gorgeous micro-contrast... the SA?

 

[maddoc]

cam, thank you ! You are right, #1 and #2 were taken with the SA, #3 and #4 with the 90mm Summicron-M and #5 is self-explanatory ... 😉

 

[cam]

cam, thank you ! You are right, #1 and #2 were taken with the SA, #3 and #4 with the 90mm Summicron-M and #5 is self-explanatory ... 😉

and thank you for getting back to me. (i do apologise for asking, but it's the only way i'll learn.)

i quite possibly like the last shot, but the colour distracts and muddies it, imo. or perhaps it's just the small JPEG that makes me say this. some images just need to seen big to fully appreciate them 😀

 

[maddoc]

and thank you for getting back to me. (i do apologise for asking, but it's the only way i'll learn.)

i quite possibly like the last shot, but the colour distracts and muddies it, imo. or perhaps it's just the small JPEG that makes me say this. some images just need to seen big to fully appreciate them 😀

Asking is the only way to learn !! I do ask all the time 😀

#5 looks a little muddy, the color is ... blue !😉 It looks better in large version.

 

[waileong]

Would be even more amazing if you had some human silohuettes in the sunset shots.

 

[maddoc]

Would be even more amazing if you had some human silohuettes in the sunset shots.

😀 ! .... unfortunately, there wasn't anybody else outside except me (... and my wife waiting patiently in the car)

 

[tomasis]

nice pictures 🙂 your last picture reminds me which lens I dont have. hehe

 

[filmfan]

3+4 for me. nice.

 

[maddoc]

tomasis and filmfan, thank you !! Well... from the last shot it is obvious that one doesn't really need that lens ... 😉

 

[Pherdinand]

second one is my favourite, although the light 2 hrs before sunset was indeed great🙂
fuji acros is an amazing film. I just discovered by print ing real large from 35mm...smooth and sharp..even scanned with a v700. I can only imagine hwo it could be if enlarged optically in a wet darkroom...