Algernon

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Are "un-coloured in" B&W photographers allowed

If so Sebastião Salgado is probably the greatest living B&W photographer. I think he started with a Spotmatic and then MX..... then Leica and onto a Pentax 645 and lately 645D

This was his first attempt at landscapes and animals link

He had to carry a solar panel charger with him to charge the 645D batteries up on that trip.

His homepage:

http://www.amazonasimages.com/sebastiao-salgado

You have to look under Essays for the photographs i.e.
http://www.amazonasimages.com/grands-travaux

Sorry again about the B&W and his liking for the Tri-X look... they don't look that good on a computer, much better as 6ft high prints

Comment by Algernon posted on Name a Pentax Using Pro past or present. at 29/01/2012 - 09:34

Algernon
National Geographic Magazine started using 35mm Kodachrome in the 1930's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_(magazine)

Not sure when Life Magazine did, but they were using it in the 60's for sure. I used to have some Leica slides taken by my uncle in the 50's.

Jean Shrimpton was a model in the early 60's and quite a lot of these Vogue shots were in colour link

These Russian colour photos were taken around 1905
http://www.photosight.ru/users/39284/

Comment by Algernon posted on The stupidest thing I've seen today. at 28/01/2012 - 21:41

Algernon
MarkTaylor wrote:
Algernon wrote:
For those who can't appreciate B&W photography, these W. Eugene Smith photos might be useful
I find the apparent assumption that anybody who has posted in this thread is unable to appreciate Black & White photography, well... odd, to say the least. Bordering on the ridiculous in fact.
I was going to mention one of the world's greatest living B&W photographers who moved from Leica to a Pentax 645 because he could get B&W's capable of huge enlargement and better quality. He's now gone digital, because of the problem of getting film though customs and uses a Pentax 645D (he tried a Canon 1DS Mark III, but it was too fragile), he makes negatives from the RAW files via a Kodak LVT Rhino. He's also found a way of getting prints that look like they came from a Tri-X negative directly from digital.

I won't mention anymore because I'll be accused of assuming that people on this forum aren't clued up enough to know who I'm talking about

Comment by Algernon posted on The stupidest thing I've seen today. at 28/01/2012 - 21:19

Algernon
aliengrove wrote:


I quite like the colorised shots here, they are not OTT at all.
Not OTT..... just STOLEN!

That site link has now had
4,385,617 views

aliengrove wrote:

I wonder if she would be interested in colouring in any of my IR aerial shots..
Probably already has!

Comment by Algernon posted on The stupidest thing I've seen today. at 28/01/2012 - 16:51

Algernon
In the early 1900's it was quite popular to use a 3 lens
camera with RGB filters (one on each lens) and then view a
colour slide show, every bit as good as our 35mm slides
with a similar set up on the projector side i.e. RGB filters
over each lens. The 3 picture positive was made from the
3 picture negative.

Comment by Algernon posted on The stupidest thing I've seen today. at 28/01/2012 - 16:44

Algernon
The Churchill photo seems to have been removed.... or is it my browser?
I'm sure the Einstein photo is also by Karsh and the colouring in
is also unlikely to have been approved.

Comment by Algernon posted on The stupidest thing I've seen today. at 28/01/2012 - 14:03

Algernon
This is strange.... the same site has this article concerning a big
infringement case for $4.5

link

Comment by Algernon posted on The stupidest thing I've seen today. at 28/01/2012 - 13:42

Algernon
Behave yourself!........ It's 1deg C here at present! BRRRR!

Nice shots despite the upsetting nature of them

Comment by Algernon posted on Australia Day at 28/01/2012 - 09:08

Algernon
Cuchulainn wrote:
I've been using a 55mm f2 Take recently and it's a lovely lens. Really nice to use and a wonderful rendition. I can definitely recommend it.
The f/2 and f/1.8 55mm's were the same lens right up to the K series. The f/2 had a cut down baffle and modified iris.

If you look at the link I gave above link the SMC PENTAX 55mm f/1.8 (K55/1.8, #1166***) and SMC PENTAX 55mm f/2 (K55/2, #1769***) perform exactly the same.

Comment by Algernon posted on 55mm Poser..... at 28/01/2012 - 08:53

Algernon
reconsitutedd is that like reconstituted but STEREO!

Never used any but wireless headphones have been widely available
for at least 15 years.... you shouldn't have any trouble finding some.

Comment by Algernon posted on Another pointless thread at 27/01/2012 - 21:11

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