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X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 35mm f2 R WR lens
Yokosuka, Japan - May 2020

I took these pictures today. These are the bad boys from hell!
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This is a crop so you can better enjoy the serious expressions on their faces (click image once and twice to enlarge more).
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Another bad boy from Yokosuka hell!
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There's never a dull day in Yokosuka. :D

All the best,
Mike
 

High Above by tsiklonaut

Exploring remote parts of the Caucasus mountain range, steep and rough offroad dirt track on the way to Tusheti in Georgia. My wife in the front, my trusty iron steed on the rear (before a very steep cliff over the edge - I am glad my nearly worn out sidestand still works flawlessly)

Fuji GA645i, Fuji Acros 100 film soaked in D76
 
tsiklonaut said:

High Above by tsiklonaut

Exploring remote parts of the Caucasus mountain range, steep and rough offroad dirt track on the way to Tusheti in Georgia. My wife in the front, my trusty iron steed on the rear (before a very steep cliff over the edge - I am glad my nearly worn out sidestand still works flawlessly)

Fuji GA645i, Fuji Acros 100 film soaked in D76
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Lovely adventure shot and lovely tones from the Acros film Margus. I've had trouble getting shadow detail from Acros, so maybe I need to experiment more. Here's a pic from my local hills called the Stirling Ranges in south-west Australia, shot on digital in this case I think .
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John Mc
 
pyeh said:
Fantastic, Mike! Those two bikies in close up must be in the top ten koolest in Kanto.
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I think they're Yokosuka members of the motorcycle gang the Black Widows from the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and its sequel Any Which Way You Can (1980). :D

All the best,
Mike
 
Yokosuka_Mike said:
I think they're Yokosuka members of the motorcycle gang the Black Widows from the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and its sequel Any Which Way You Can (1980). :D

All the best,
Mike
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They do have that comic look about them, but they certainly made my day.
 
British bikes are trying to make a comeback. In Ho Chi Minh City, one of the motorbike and scooter capitals of the world, Triumph and Royal Enfield have opened dealerships.
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I spoke too early. Apparently, Triumph is in trouble and is laying off one fifth of its workforce. In regard to 'British made', they had moved their production to Thailand many moons ago...and still have problems competing. Cheers, OtL
 
mcfingon said:
Lovely adventure shot and lovely tones from the Acros film Margus. I've had trouble getting shadow detail from Acros, so maybe I need to experiment more. Here's a pic from my local hills called the Stirling Ranges in south-west Australia, shot on digital in this case I think .
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John Mc
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That's a great shot, John!

Acros has quite decent shadow detail, but I find it indeed a bit more contrasty vs other films in the class. And being contrasty in it's own way for me is why it's such a good film - with deeper reds cut out it does give a unique tonality. Still, with so much competition in ASA100 class B&W films I'm not sure the new Acros is worth 3X the price of the last Acros version though...
 
Thanks! They may have priced themselves out of the market Margus. I am happy with TMax100 with a long-toe curve added to the scan in Photoshop to get this result:
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Leica M6 ZM Sonnar 50 Xtol 1+1
John Mc
 
mcfingon said:
Thanks! They may have priced themselves out of the market Margus. I am happy with TMax100 with a long-toe curve added to the scan in Photoshop to get this result
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Great shot again! My thoughts as well on Fuji Acros. Competing modern B&W emulsions such as Kodak's T-Max 100 or Ilford's Delta 100 now offer better bang-for-the-buck so to speak.

Out to Lunch said:
Beautiful! I was in Georgia and Abkhazia for a while in '94 and remember the landscape and the people very well.
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Thank you! Indeed, it's a very underrated and an excellent area to explore!

Another from the series, a family pic with my wife in one of those rare high moments:

 
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