Photography Post Vol. 2

[ProfMonnitoff]

Hmmm, I'll definitely consider a rangefinder. What are some good ones? Leicas are going for hundreds of dollars on ebay, russian imitations can be had for 20.

[chris_n]

the russian imitations are great. they're really all fun cameras, just find one that is in decent working condition.

which clones are you looking at?

[Eccles]

I think the FED 5 is commonly available and a fairly good ukranian made rangefinder that would take a bit of bashing. There are many types of fed 5 with various features this site http://www.russianplaza.com/FED-1-2-3-4-5-C-page2.html has a rundown

[ProfMonnitoff]

The main ones on Ebay are Fed, Kiev, and Zorki. With a Fed-5 I'm already up to about 60 Dollars with shipping.. Should be doable though.

There's also the occasional Minolta or Yashica, but they usually have some problem that according to the seller "can be fixed easily".

[jeepster]

i said it before...

ill say it again

you're on some ansel adams shit right here mayne.

[Eccles]

The main ones on Ebay are Fed, Kiev, and Zorki.

Fed, Kiev and Zorki are both reliable makes

this site is a list of all models and the maintainer is a reliable ebay seller

Ruscamera

[Guest DUM]

Yashica Electro 35 GSN, do it. I love mine.

[totally epic]

[DEPHT]

yo, what are you shooting?

[totally epic]

That particular shot was XTi/24-105/KSM CPL.

[aaronS]

these are from an assignment for my one class. i did it on people sleeping in public

[corter]

i have a cannonette rangefinder, got it for $30 on ebay. they're really nice, just make sure the seal is okay before you go shooting expensive film

[totally epic]

Anyone else use gradient maps in PS to do color to greyscale conversion? I just 'discovered' it and combining that with hue & channel mixer I get pretty interesting results.

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005ww3

http://andreassaudemont.com/en/articles/bw-gradient-map

[beardcom]

Anyone else use gradient maps in PS to do color to greyscale conversion? I just 'discovered' it and combining that with hue & channel mixer I get pretty interesting results.

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005ww3

http://andreassaudemont.com/en/articles/bw-gradient-map

i usually use the black and white tool thats new in cs3, combined with some leveling and color filters before hand.

[notesee]

I'm making a phot collage in my room with a mix of my own photos and some of the masterpieces posted here.

[mike lowrey]

I liked these two a lot!

[totally epic]

I've been in a big B&W kick lately.

[plan b.]

epic..i love your photos.

can you guys recommend any forums/sites with good articles. i want to be able to play around with photoshop more.

[joey_formal]

the series on the people sleeping in public is creepy but very cool great composition.

[aaronS]

yea i started it as kind of a joke bc its so strange to me. I mean if i slept outside in philly i'd wake up with no money, no clothes and some bruises. Sleep outside in japan and a homeless dude tears you off a piece of cardboard. (this was just one extrodinarally nice guy, not all are so nice)

I'm trying to push the project a little further to try and make it something along the lines of everyone is sleeping or the city is alseep by only having people sleeping in the photos but composing them in a way that it seems like they are completely alone, if that makes any sense at all. along the lines of "tokyo nobody" by masataka nakano

thanks everyone for the kind comments

[Carl]

On the theme of being alone in tokyo

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=866&Itemid=146&type=&selectedIndex=0&bandwidth=high

Guttenfelder is a badass.

[notesee]

Yeah, I really like your series too Aaaron. Very interesting concept, I'd like to shoot some of my own series photos with that same idea.

Those Guttenfelder photos are ill .. I really like the one of the businessman wearing the mask .. and the photo out of the back of the train, looks like the same weather we're having today.

[aaronS]

cool link carl. everynight i see a salaryman getting carried off by his friends. They get so sloppy drunk.

[its swanny]

they didn't send you to london, did they carl?

[beardcom]

[Carl]

they didn't send you to london, did they carl?

Nope...unfortuneatly for me interns arnt on the budget priority.

I did get to go up in a helicoptor today and photograph an airplane crash, though...two dead and another in critical condition. Seems like this shit is almost normal in florida.

[beardcom]

[dino might]

theme (as of present) of my poor excuse of a portfolio's concentration. studies really, doubt theyll make the final product..

[dino might]

other misc from school halloween carnival :/ ...

[MharcI]

I could post the large version if anyone wants.