Judges are always hot on out=of=focus foregrounds.

The famous 1960's photographer Terence Donovan came to Barking Photographic Society many years ago when i was still a member -- I found a Press Print I did of him in my files, He gave a copy of his 'Pirelli Calender' as a prize in a comp and I won it and he Autographed it for me . I remember I used Kodak Tri-X film and developed it in Microphen -- NOT a good combination as it lost sharpness and very bad grain -- I scanned a whole plate size print on single weight paper, probably Kentmere. Camera was probably a Spotmatic or an S1A at the time. I used the available light in the club room.

Ha ha -- sometimes if I didn't get the ball in the right place near enough the Sports Writer used to 'cheat' and cut out a ball and stick it on the print where HE wanted it then the print would go for letterpress block making and pic would come out in the paper looking 'Perfec' all BEFORE PhotoShop was invented !!

I have trouble with my K10D bought 2007 in 'backfocussing' -- getting fed up with it !

Taken many years ago now --must be 1973 or 1974 at Wembley Stadium when Billericay Town won the 'FA Vase' -- I was covering it for the 'Billericay ARGUS' newspaper which went broke in 1980. It says on print ' Asahi Pentax Electro=Spotmatic + 300mm f5.5 Hanimex, Ilford HP5 processed in Promicrol.
I no longer have that CAMERA but I do still have that old LENS. I scanned a darkroom print found in my files.

YES !! It was a trip I organised and we stayed in Sandown Youth Hostel then went out and about from there -- what a co-incidence !

I have a Spotmatic F and the shutter speeds seem accurate OK compared with a Weston Master III and V.

taken some years ago in Isle of Wight with my LX + 17mm f3.5 Vivitar lens , Kodak TCN 400 C41 film, darkroom print on Jessops VC Satin and scanned with my 'Now At Last WORKING' HP Scanjet 4570c flatbed + Vuescan Pro + PhotoShop 7 .. My Wife fixed up a friend with a young Filipina bride and we went to see them at Chelmsford and I told him the difficulty I had to get a HP Scanjet 4570c working with Windows 10 and he worked for over a hour on my HP ENVY m6 and had to do a 'compatibilty' thing with Vista and at last the 'Driver' downloaded and the scanner was found in Vuescan -- so I c an keep my Epson 1650 now for only negs and trannies and use the HP for prints.

nothing wrong with that 'Agfa' from Poundland -- if you get light prints with green colours it is down to YOU for not exposing it correctly ! If it is outdated a bit I would rate it at 160 ASA.

Today 27th January is 'Holocaust Day' and I got a good 'spread' in the 'Brentwood Yellow Advertiser' newspaper -- I got Front Page and three inside with a story -- they got a bit wrong in the story I sent over but never mind ! I used my 2007 K10D and tried 'RAW' and had it set to 800 ASA with bounced flash and available light in the Council Chamber where 'Kindertransport Survivor' Hanna Kleiner was telling her story with pics of her Mum & Dad killed in Auschwitz . The School Children were from my Kids' old school in Brentwood -- all the pics were taken in Brentwood Town Hall last Friday.

Holocaust Exhibition Brentwood Town Hall by Peter Elgar, on Flickr


Holocaust Exhibition Brentwood Town Hall by Peter Elgar, on Flickr


Holocaust Exhibition Brentwood Town Hall by Peter Elgar, on Flickr


Holocaust Exhibition Brentwood Town Hall by Peter Elgar, on Flickr