I know BW street photography seems to be fashionable at the moment but for once I am happy to follow the fashion! I love this stuff. Thanks for the link, a lovely presentation. Shame the exhibition is so far away from me.

K.

I agree.

I am giving a lecture tomorrow about the archaeology of a small bit of Hertfordshire landscape. I have borrowed a huge selection of slides from the ex-Director of the Society. Quite fun going through them and scanning what I need.

What has distressed me is that some of the slides have developed mould. Yuck! Interestingly, only Agfachrome slides seem to be suffering from this problem. If you used Agfachrome in the past, be warned!

K.

I love number 6.

K.

I guess we all have stories of "the one that got away" on ebay. I spotted an S-M-C Takumar 20mm f/4.5 where the owner said:
Peering at it I think it simply had a M42-> PK adaptor attached. Of course the aperture exposure meter link didn't work, it never had one (for the K mount anyway).

Given that I was taking a gamble I bid a moderate amount but was gazumped with two seconds to go by a esniper...

Oh well, no doubt there will be another one along eventually.

K.

The Pringles tube idea was originally used with an on-board flash (the idea wasn't mine) as it helps get the relatively weak flash past the end of the lens. I found that I needed much more ooomph hence the AF500FTZ. You can use older Pentax dumb flashes providing you can change the power output (1/1, 1/2, 1/4 etc). I use the flashes on manual if shooting that way.

Macro is one area where digital is so much easier than film as you can experiment to your heart's content, and fire off a fair number of images until you get one in focus. I haven't tried focus stacking yet....

Most of all, HAVE FUN!

K.

For bugs tripods, rails etc., are not much use as the insects tend to go walkies before you are ready. For flowers etc., a tripod can be a great help. The main issue is light which often means using flash of some form or another. I have been experimenting with a Pringles tube attached to my AF500FTZ flash with muslin as a diffuser.

K.

The first one and it's frame is excellent.

K.

The farm is only a few miles from me and, of course, that means I have never been there. £4 entry I believe.

K.

My best attempts at "street photography" were in Central Park, NYC using an MX and a 135mm lens. Using Kodak BW400CN film gives one a little more freedom with exposure. I was hoping to use my FED2 with the Jupiter-12 35mm lens but the dang thing don't fit. I need to bend the focusing cam upwards a little (it is a common problem) but have so far chickened out as I don't want to accidentally ruin my lovely FED.

I love good street photography (although the in-your-face style is less interesting to me, I prefer quirky-juxtaposition type images) but do not have the gonads to carry it off. I don't even like taking portraits much.

As regards commenting on photographs I tend to:
a) image is anything from boring/bad, to OK or even good but not my thing, I don't say anything;
b) image is good but I can see some way of improving it (e.g., a crop), I politely suggest the person tries it and see what they think;
c) I really like the image, I say so.

Please note, I tend not to comment much on images unless I have something to say, so don't take silence as damnation! After all, I must miss more images than I look at.

Best wishes, Kris.