[TDvN57]

hahahaha i got closer for this one:

but not as close as i did with this:

That snake shot is very nice.

Nice collection of animals of this page.

Quarry Creek
T-Max 400

Some scenes are just better in b&w.

[Ed Hurst]

And, lovely as digital is, sometimes the rendering of proper B&W film, shot on a big camera, just can't be equalled!

[RICHARD L.]

snoozer from the everglades last week with the 90mm.

I guess you must be skinny and not too appetizing for this "dinosaur" ... lol !

I visited an alligator farm in Cuba in the 1980's. I was standing near a fence with a sizable gap under the hinged doors, maybe 20 feet away from one big gator. It acted like a "log" with only the eyes moving intently in my direction. As soon as I turned my back to rejoin the tourist group, I heard "swoosh - swoosh" as this hypocrit bastard was running to come after me when I stopped watching it. Its gaping jaw caught the lower portion of the gates and it was stopped in its tracks (these beasts have an I.Q. of + or - 8, so ...). I have hated these saurians ever since ... I was about 240 pounds then and must have looked very appetizing ... lol !

Best Regards

[tuco]

Tuco - those are delightful - full of mood, tone... Pleasing compositions. Love them!

... Some scenes are just better in b&w.

And, lovely as digital is, sometimes the rendering of proper B&W film, shot on a big camera, just can't be equalled!

Thanks so much guys. That set is medium format.

[dsmithhfx]

I guess you must be skinny and not too appetizing for this "dinosaur" ... lol !

I visited an alligator farm in Cuba in the 1980's. I was standing near a fence with a sizable gap under the hinged doors, maybe 20 feet away from one big gator. It acted like a "log" with only the eyes moving intently in my direction. As soon as I turned my back to rejoin the tourist group, I heard "swoosh - swoosh" as this hypocrit bastard was running to come after me when I stopped watching it. Its gaping jaw caught the lower portion of the gates and it was stopped in its tracks (these beasts have an I.Q. of + or - 8, so ...). I have hated these saurians ever since ... I was about 240 pounds then and must have looked very appetizing ... lol !

Best Regards

I always loved the 'gator scene in "Live and Let Die"

[acoufap]

Nice collection of animals of this page.


Quarry Creek
T-Max 400




Snoqualmie Falls
Rollei Retro 80S




Eastern Oregon
T-Max 400

I always enjoy your black&white photographs - many thanks for sharing!

[w2ck]

And, lovely as digital is, sometimes the rendering of proper B&W film, shot on a big camera, just can't be equalled!

Hi,

I always really liked the monochrome digital sensors. Not too many out there, although Kodak was the king of those (and IR and UV as well). I wonder, when I replace the 645D, if I could make a mono CCD out of it.......

Stan

[tuco]

I always enjoy your black&white photographs - many thanks for sharing!

Thanks a lot.

[tuco]

A repost but, for fun, here is a comparison between the dynamic range of positive and negative film, FWIW. This Provia 100F and Ilford FP4+ were taken at the same time with the same exposure. There was some variability in the amount of the rapidly clearing fog.

[desertscape]

Distant lightning over the Santa Rita Mountains and Tucson, Arizona, 600mm Takumar, f/16, Velvia 100, cropped.

[chocobo9x]

Test photo I took with a Pentax 6x7, on portra 400. Don't remember the rest of the details.

[tuco]

Rosario Straight, Anacortes, WA.
Acros, NDX400 filter

[desertscape]

Nice shot Tuco. Your B&W work is some of the best in the nation.

[barondla]

Rosario Straight, Anacortes, WA.
Acros, NDX400 filter

Beautiful B&W image. The composition is spectacular.

Thanks for sharing,
barondla

[tuco]

Nice shot Tuco. Your B&W work is some of the best in the nation.

Why thanks. I'm flattered. I'm a small fish in a big pond of BW film photographers with way more talent than me. Your last post is pretty electrifying.

Beautiful B&W image. The composition is spectacular.
barondla

Thanks again.