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Cobbled Street

Photography Urban/Cityscape posted on May 27, 2011
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Bruges. Taken with an Agfa Isola 1 (1970 consumer level medium format camera) on Ilford FP4+ 125 ISO developed in Ilfosol 3. Scanned on an Epson v500 and processed in Photoshop CS2. I'm continuously struck by how I'm taking photos with a technology which has been around for ages, yet once i put it on screen for display most people would now assume it was taken with a digital camera. It is a testament, possibly, to digital camera manufacturers that this is the case, but more so i think it is testament to the fact that film is technologically still valid - it just isnt as convenient. It is my use of both technologies which strikes me as an interesting comment on the technological advancement which the pre-digital camera underwent as it would be difficult to place the date of the above photo or the medium used to take it without an author's comment on it or an exif file. In other words - big up those 150 years of cameras before digital kicked in! The above presentation was inspired by an accident in my digital processing, but i thought, considering the scene is fairly timeless, it fit the above sentiment very well. Enjoy! Rich

Comments (5)


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kgb224

12:10PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

Outstanding photography my friend.

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zoren

12:45PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

very nice photography... you make an interesting statement, film versus digital.. (film) darkroom, or (digital) Photoshop.

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GiMi53

1:52PM | Fri, 27 May 2011

I like your presentation ! :~)

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mdilorenzo

3:51PM | Tue, 31 May 2011

Beautiful shot

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cryptojoe

11:04PM | Tue, 31 May 2011

Interesting street scene, you must have been up early to get it empty. I agree with your assessment concerning Digital Technology and would also add that beyond the cost of a good camera, digital cameras make it possible for more and more people to get into the hobby, because it could take a larger investment in film and processing, even if you did your own processing, than the cost of the camera, just to learn how to take a decent photo. I was first bitten by the bug when I was in the US Army, a friend had a camera and taught me how to process film. Oh, what a pin that was to learn! Can't tell you how many rolls of film I ruined before I got the hang of it. At that time, it just came down to economics, I can buy a car, or I can become a photographer. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.


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