CusopDingle Loc: central CT

And every paper he delivered put bad news on the doorstep
he couldn't take one more step.....and can't remember if he cried




Ilford FP4+
Nikon S2, 50mm f/1.4

Adamborz

Love the song.. and the pics!

WILLARD98407 Loc: TACOMA, WA.

Oddly attractive in a bleak sort of way.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

What a great set of photographs with each one giving me a feeling of dreary loneliness. I mean that in a very good way. Perhaps it is not just me but I can't look at any of them without feeling a tone of melancholy due maybe to the weather or because there are no people, or maybe in some photos the photo is taken from a window looking out onto another building. The window gives us a separation that causes loneliness.

Well done. By the way would you care to adopt me and send me the S2 and lens.

Dennis

CusopDingle Loc: central CT

Dennis,
Thank you. Maybe three years ago I came across a quote from Martine Franck, to the effect of "knowing the light," this about the same time I was re-reading The Negative (Adams). I was influenced to move my B/W photography away from built-in meters, and make selective use of a LunaPro to range my estimation of exposure. In doing so I shifted my "main camera" away from some TTL-metered 70's/80's SLRs to a well-used plain prism F I've had for many years. Of course once off the internal meter addiction, a rangefinder came of interest. After a lot of research, the S2 struck me as the optimal instrument for the money spent. Last Spring I found a good one, recently serviced, with a clean lens, for a decent price. Since then it's the camera I'm most likely to have with me at any given time, although I also particularly like the F with the Nikkor 35mm F/2 on it. If slowing your process is a desirable goal, and you don't depend on straying far from "normal" focal lengths for the images you want, I think the S2 is pretty close to an ideal instrument. phil

MrMophoto Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"

I rarely comment on the photos posted here. Call me an elitist snob but I aspire to the level of Edward Weston Dorothea Lang, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, etc. I view photography as an art form on the same level as great painting and sculpture. I don't post any of my work here, again, call me an elitist snob because I don't feel most hoggers would understand what and why I do what I do with photography. With this in mind, have you ever considered sending your work to open calls for photographic art? I particularly like #s 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. Interesting compositions and great use of light, and feeling. Art (whether it's photos or painting) is often times about making a statement, I'd say keep talking.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Thank you for the information. I presently use a film Leica M6 and a digital Leica M10 to slow myself down. I also have an old German Diax II rangefinder and a Kodak Medalist when I want to get back into the slow lane. All work great. I have others too but these are examples. I just like rangefinders and you do well with your S2.

Dennis

CusopDingle Loc: central CT

A Leica is the classic of course - an M was out of my budget and besides, I open the S2 up and it looks like the other cameras in my cabinet. Like a comfortable pair of shoes, an old friend.

CusopDingle Loc: central CT

Thank you. I enjoy getting some feedback on my photographic effort, but I'm not ready to define it as "art." I'm finding photography to be an extension of my pursuit of sapience; for more direct communications on this, have a look at bprunesquallor.wordpress.com.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Love me some B&W! These are very nice shots!

Stan