What do you think of this photo?

This picture is from my 5th roll of my Pentax 67II camera. I bought
it 3 months ago and I'm now hooked on medium format. My favorite film
for 6x7 is Velvia 50 and 100. There's nothing like looking at a 6x7
chrome with an 8x loupe. 35mm feels like a point and shoot now (even
though it's not).

I blew this picture up to 20x24 from the The Slideprinter
(www.slideprinter.com) and they did a great job. I had them drum scan
and print it to 20x24. The enlargement is grainless. What is your
opinion of the picture below?

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p...364082&size=lg

I used a Pentax 6x7 for a number of years from the mid 80s to the early
90s. Had a nice system built up. I didn't like it in the studio or
for weddings, but it was a great location camera. Used it for families
on location, portraits in the park, and it was a great pictorial
camera.

George writes:

This picture is from my 5th roll of my Pentax 67II camera. I bought
it 3 months ago and I'm now hooked on medium format. My favorite film
for 6x7 is Velvia 50 and 100. There's nothing like looking at a 6x7
chrome with an 8x loupe. 35mm feels like a point and shoot now (even
though it's not).

I blew this picture up to 20x24 from the The Slideprinter
(www.slideprinter.com) and they did a great job. I had them drum scan
and print it to 20x24. The enlargement is grainless. What is your
opinion of the picture below?

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p...364082&size=lg

That's a beautiful photo. This was on Velvia? Did you do any digital
dodging or burning, or any color correction for the light sources?

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Hi George,

Its a very nice photo, however I find the pier lights at the bottom a bit
strong and distracting and that there is too much black sky at the top. So I
suggest printing the buildings/bridge as an panoramic image instead.

Only other thing missing, which is out of your control, is that I would
liked to have seen an aircraft warning light on top of the central building
or a pole in lights as in the other 2 prominent ones either side. Mind you
does this bring in the role of artistic licence and photoshop?

I have the 6x7 and have to start using it regularly with the 90mm, but will
be using Tmax100 as I want to start processing at home again.

By the way what lens were you using, 55/45mm?

Cheers,
Stephen

"George" wrote in message
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This picture is from my 5th roll of my Pentax 67II camera. I bought
it 3 months ago and I'm now hooked on medium format. My favorite film
for 6x7 is Velvia 50 and 100. There's nothing like looking at a 6x7
chrome with an 8x loupe. 35mm feels like a point and shoot now (even
though it's not).

I blew this picture up to 20x24 from the The Slideprinter
(www.slideprinter.com) and they did a great job. I had them drum scan
and print it to 20x24. The enlargement is grainless. What is your
opinion of the picture below?

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p...364082&size=lg

On Mon, 31 May 2004 21:20:03 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

George writes:

This picture is from my 5th roll of my Pentax 67II camera. I bought
it 3 months ago and I'm now hooked on medium format. My favorite film
for 6x7 is Velvia 50 and 100. There's nothing like looking at a 6x7
chrome with an 8x loupe. 35mm feels like a point and shoot now (even
though it's not).

I blew this picture up to 20x24 from the The Slideprinter
(www.slideprinter.com) and they did a great job. I had them drum scan
and print it to 20x24. The enlargement is grainless. What is your
opinion of the picture below?

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p...364082&size=lg

That's a beautiful photo. This was on Velvia? Did you do any digital
dodging or burning, or any color correction for the light sources?


Thanks. There's no dodging or burning, nor color correction. What
you see is a 40 second exposure at f/16 using Velvia 100F film. I
used the Pentax 55-100 lens.

On Mon, 31 May 2004 21:20:03 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

George writes:

This picture is from my 5th roll of my Pentax 67II camera. I bought
it 3 months ago and I'm now hooked on medium format. My favorite film
for 6x7 is Velvia 50 and 100. There's nothing like looking at a 6x7
chrome with an 8x loupe. 35mm feels like a point and shoot now (even
though it's not).

I blew this picture up to 20x24 from the The Slideprinter
(www.slideprinter.com) and they did a great job. I had them drum scan
and print it to 20x24. The enlargement is grainless. What is your
opinion of the picture below?

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p...364082&size=lg

That's a beautiful photo. This was on Velvia? Did you do any digital
dodging or burning, or any color correction for the light sources?


Thanks. There's no dodging or burning, nor color correction. What
you see is a 40 second exposure at f/16 using Velvia 100F film. I
used the Pentax 55-100 lens.

Nice, but I think it needs to be rotated about a degree or so clockwise. The
buildings seem to tilt just a bit.

Nice shot, though. Great color!

"George" wrote in message
...
This picture is from my 5th roll of my Pentax 67II camera. I bought
it 3 months ago and I'm now hooked on medium format. My favorite film
for 6x7 is Velvia 50 and 100. There's nothing like looking at a 6x7
chrome with an 8x loupe. 35mm feels like a point and shoot now (even
though it's not).

I blew this picture up to 20x24 from the The Slideprinter
(www.slideprinter.com) and they did a great job. I had them drum scan
and print it to 20x24. The enlargement is grainless. What is your
opinion of the picture below?

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p...364082&size=lg