On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 07:59:42 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > Oh well on to the photo.:-) > > I liked the first one you showed a few months ago Frank,and this one i like > even better. > Tonality is good,i'm a sucker for lines(surveyor you know.lol)and they work > very well with > the brick > wall. > The hanging handset gives it a sort of "everythings gone to hell" feel to the > picture. > > So thats tri -X eh. Good thing i'm trying some.<vbg> > > Oh and BTW have i mentioned before how nice and sharp the stuff from that > Leica comes out. >
Thanks, Dave, Glad you liked it. I did go lift the receiver to put it into it's cradle after I took the photo, and the phone seemed not to be working. I did find it like that (hanging) as it would be against my personal "rules of the game" to have taken it off for the photo. I agree with you and Shel, though, the hanging handset is a detail that really adds to the photo. After using Ilford a lot for several years, I've been using Tri-X a bit more lately, and I now remember why I liked it a lot. It's a bit contrastier than HP5+. I'm not saying Tri-X is "better", but I think it works better with the Leica for some reason. As far as sharpness, I have to say, I was a teeny disappointed with the sharpness of this one. On the print, it's not bad, but I thought it could have been better. I took two frames of this subject, and the other one is a bit sharper, but I tilted the other a bit, and decided to use this one. Still, sharp enough, I guess. Thanks for your thoughts, Dave. Glad you liked. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
