bosjohn21

first rate conversions and or monochrome camera. On first glance the first image seemed busy to me bet on closer examination every thing is working for you, I tried eliminating the lady on the left...

solipsism not withstanding your position is a wee bit on the side of sophestry. Whether we view the world from an I thou or thou i point of view your entire premis is faulty in the assumption that...

I am a sucker for thesse urban detritus photos. this one will work better for you if you can darken the sky a tad.  there is a second pic here in the lower half of the frame thats also delicious

diffacult subject in your first shot this may work better in color. In camera raw where the black and white converter is there are sliders for the various color bands and you can often get your...

you could perhaps take the same shot but he found the shot,  and could you process it?m it not just about the shot there is the years of study and experience the drive to make the communication and...

yes they certainly can make cameras like that now but they will cost you more and more money.  Take the extreme example of optical view finders the Leica M cameras some consider to be the best...

and for those with deep pockets there are offerings from Cosina in the middle price range and Leica for well you know way up there somewhere. and its interesting how what comes around goes around...

the reason these cameras do not have optical finders these days is pure economics. They are quite expensive to manufacture compaired to electronics. eliminating them could give them a pricing edge...

while its true the optical clip on finder will not zoom some of the cameras mentioned have primes for which an optical clip on finder will work just fine.  I do think your right though that...

cosina makes a few I have two on is thirty five mm the other is 28 and thirty five but there are huge numbers of the old ones laying around in drawers etc, on ebay and in flea markets. and most are...

I think the vertical frame works better for me and I am struggling to know why. I think because in the square shot the hoof of the horse has an unfortunate merg with the ston wall

when photographing other works of "art" its very difficult to change your image from being a pic of a work of art to something quite different. You have done exactly that and made a very strong...

this is a very difficult subject. its almost all green. as in another bench pic I have seen lately some color on the bench will get me to the bench, Right now I am nunting around for it in the sea...

cool I can just see a procession of nuns or ghosts on the stairway ghost nuns maybe/ a slight tweek in the contrast so you can lighten the hilitgts some and keep the deep shadows

your images are always interesting thanks for posting

as a set you have done a good job of showing me the mill. Mutiple images of a subject your recording should most likely be thought of as one work, in which case you have secceeded nicly as for...

an idea cast in bronz

your thinking outside the box and its just about working, I like where your going with this. I am trying to imagine if I would like it more if the figure on the left was sharp. Right now I am on...

this is very moody. its efective and well presented. I am getting a story from it but a tad sinister.