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Radimp's avatar

Beautiful results, interesting photos.

Ralph Turner's avatar

Many thanks, Radimp.

Susanne Helmert's avatar

Glacial... 😃

I love that double exposure.

Ralph Turner's avatar

Thanks, Susanne 😀

Mark Foard's avatar

Great set of images, Ralph. The landscape photos are especially lovely as is the double exposure.

Ralph Turner's avatar

Many thanks, Mark.🙂

søren k. harbel's avatar

OK, Ralph! Not to blow smoke up your ass, but the double exposure is superb! I also like the rock in the first image. Really nice results!

Ralph Turner's avatar

Cheers, Søren, much appreciated!👍🙂

KewtieBird’s Photo Journey's avatar

Lovely stuff!

(And how was the show? I love-love-loved Duran Duran in Jr High and listen to them still. I haven’t seen them in years — the last time they rode out in the back of a pickup truck into a rodeo arena… 😳 We went only to see them — it was a bizarre entrance to say the least.)

Ralph Turner's avatar

Thank you! 🙂

The show was excellent. The guys were on top form. LeBon's voice was a good as I've ever heard it. The stage effects were outstanding, so much going on at times.

Mark Thompson's avatar

Love the images, including the double exposure. The film doesn’t look to have taken any harm with the delay in processing. The one film that definitely isn’t good with delayed processing is Ilford Pan F.

Ralph Turner's avatar

Thanks, Mark, and thanks for the tip re Pan F. I've only used it once so far and wasn't aware of it's latent image deterioration.

Mark Thompson's avatar

It’s the worst one I am aware of for degrading. I don’t use it as often now but I love its look developed in Rodinal. But I usually try to process it within a couple of days of shooting.

Benjamin Fargen's avatar

Very cool! I love the way that camera renders with the Kentmere👌🖤📷

Ralph Turner's avatar

Thanks, Benjamin!🙂

The Bard of Tysoe's avatar

Some really lovely images, here: your fixes working impressively well… – especially, I think, with the landscapes, and that fantastic double exposure!

Ralph Turner's avatar

Many thanks, Sir, much appreciated.

Todd Haughton's avatar

Great set, Ralph. I particularly love the first two images, and the accidental double exposure works really well - nicely done!

Ralph Turner's avatar

Thanks, Todd!🙂

Paul Votava's avatar

Great compositions here for a camera test! I am pretty impressed with the rendering of that lens.

Ralph Turner's avatar

Many thanks, Paul. It was part test, part just getting out and taking photos. Even with just testing a camera, I can't bring myself to not make a reasonable effort composition-wise. I'm often rather limited in terms of opportunities to get out taking photos anyway, so it seems to make sense to make the best of it.

That little 75mm f6.3 Otar is, indeed, remarkably good. Even 'wide' open it puts in a good effort.

Alicia Paley's avatar

Such a lovely set. And that accidental double exposure is beautiful. Wishing you more happy accidents!

Ralph Turner's avatar

Much appreciated, Alicia, thank you!

Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

Great images Ralph.

Ralph Turner's avatar

Many thanks, Shital, and thanks for the restack.🙂

perfectlight's avatar

accidental or not that double exposure is on the money

Ralph Turner's avatar

Cheers, perfectlight, I appreciate it. I do quite like it came out, myself.☺️

perfectlight's avatar

just quite? don't be harsh, now

Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

These are really nice, just simple, lovely black and whites.

Ralph Turner's avatar

Thank you, Rachel, much appreciated.