Hi Don, Thanks for the kind words. The thing about this type of photograph is that in most instances you'll never know what you're going to get. Often the car is stopped for just a moment and there's so much happening - people shuffling places, getting on/off, the conductor appearing or disappearing, plus the number of people in the scene all doing one thing or another, that you take your shot(frame as best you can, try for a "moment" that looks interesting, and go for it) and hope for the best.
I do like the tonality of TX. I agree with you that a conversion to B&W from digital just doesn't do it. Part of the problem is the TX, like all B&W film, has a certain response to color. When converting from color you don't have the films response to work with. The Photoshop operator is making up their own response. And while the results can be very good, it's not TX (or HP5, or any other B&W film). Well, thanks again for your kind words. Glad you liked the pic. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Don Sanderson > That's a very nice shot Shel. > I've gone back to look at it several times now, reading > others comments and then applying them to the photo to > see if I missed anything. > I find myself wondering what everyones looking at and > why the guy on the left just doesn't seem to care. > Very interesting, and entertaining. > And at the risk of getting a liitle flame started, I knew > it was Tri-X right away, before I read your description. > It has much nicer detail, tonality and contrast handling > than I've seen digital even come close to yet. > That along with your skill in shooting and processing > make it a winner with me. > I found myself back in the old habit of seeing how many > strands of hair I could conut! ;-) > I'm sure an original print would be just outstanding. > > Leica M3, 50mm Summicron, Tri-X, Ilford ID-11 > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/cable1.html > > > > Shel > > > >
