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Earlier this year we headed over the ditch (Cook Strait) for a couple of weeks holiday in the top of the South Island. As usual, I packed a folder, which accompanied the GF1. I only shot a couple of rolls, one colour and one B&W. These are, surprise surprise from the B&W roll - in this case Acros. I realised when scanning these how much I enjoy shooting and processing B&W, much more so than colour. First up is from a visit to the Omaka aerodrome, where they have an aviation and classic car museum. This was parked outside (we followed it down the road on the way to the museum). I'm no Jag expert, but I'm pretty sure this is a Mk V.  Jaguar Mk VNext up is one of the older churches in NZ, and is the oldest in Blenheim - St Mary's:  St Mary's, BlenheimAnd finally, a place that gets as much weather as Wellington - Kaikoura - famous for its whale watching. You'd appreciate the beautiful mountain ranges it sits under, if you could see them....   Menacing SkiesShot with the Iskra on Acros, metered with the guess-o-matic magic eye, dev'ed in PC-TEA. |
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2012, 04:27:24 AM » |
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Ah Paul, absolutely lovely. All of them. And very special too, having been metered with the magic eye!
The exposures and tonality look to be spot on. Of course I am a sucker for cars (as you are!) but the wispy clouds above St Mary's drew me back a few times. Amazingly well developed.
Dan
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2012, 06:55:23 AM » |
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Great, dramatic shots of the church and Jag, Paul, and the sweeping vista of the Kaikoura beach reminds me of a photo my Dad took of Diamond Head in Hawaii so many years ago (1944). Great work on the exp/dev too.
PF
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2012, 08:04:08 AM » |
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Very nice, as usual, Paul
James
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James McKearney
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2012, 06:57:25 PM » |
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Your three wonderful black and white photos fully exploited the richness of the Japanese Acros, exposed through the eye of the Russian Iskra's lens, souped in New Zealand tea by an ex-pat who went home to raise a family.
My favorite is the church with its complex angles and arches set against a dramatic sky. The impact of that shot is riveting. It’s just plain perfect in my book. Bravissimo!
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Dean Williams
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2012, 09:56:39 PM » |
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These are so good I can taste them. Excellent shooting, Paul. Three winners in
a row, and I especially like the chrome work on the auto.
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Dean W
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Seven years! Woo-hoo!
Larry; Try to keep up!
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2012, 05:07:37 PM » |
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Paul, my favorite is also the first one - those medium format tones!
A digression. A long time ago, a workmate who was a gifted mechanic had restored one of those Jaguars (a bit older model) from junk. He had painted the Jag in British dark green and used it to go to work every day, back when the average age of cars here was more than 20 years old (my own car was an Austin A40 from 1952). The only Jaguar I've ever seen from the inside.
I remember it had an oil tank of 22 liters capacity!
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2012, 12:06:12 PM » |
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k of 22 liters capacity! That is a LOT of oil to drip on the driveway, as is likely to happen with any British car LOL. Great pics Paul. Have always wanted an Iskra. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2012, 01:59:19 PM » |
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k of 22 liters capacity! That is a LOT of oil to drip on the driveway, as is likely to happen with any British car LOL. Lord Lucas strikes again. |
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Dean Williams
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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2012, 06:19:25 PM » |
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k of 22 liters capacity! That is a LOT of oil to drip on the driveway, as is likely to happen with any British car LOL. Lord Lucas strikes again. Lucas didn't cause the oil drips. He turned out the lights. "Prince of darkness" and all that stuff. British and American engineers both solved weepy engines the same way... They put in a bigger oil tank. |
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Dean W
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martolod
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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2012, 07:51:40 PM » |
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[/quote] Lord Lucas strikes again. [/quote] Lucas didn't cause the oil drips. He turned out the lights. "Prince of darkness" and all that stuff. British and American engineers both solved weepy engines the same way... They put in a bigger oil tank. [/quote]  |
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Dean Williams
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« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2012, 05:53:53 PM » |
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Now you're on the right track. There must have been a huge market for that smoke,
going by what I've seen in my old Trumpets and Norton. Never ride at night. Poof!...
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Dean W
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Seven years! Woo-hoo!
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martolod
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« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2012, 07:45:29 PM » |
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Now you're on the right track. There must have been a huge market for that smoke,
going by what I've seen in my old Trumpets and Norton. Never ride at night. Poof!...
Over here in Oz our GM (Holden) vehicles came wired with either Bosch or Lucas components....and the parts shops you always asked for Bosch parts. admittedly i have never had a Lucas wired vehicle. and other than a '76 Saab Coupe (sweet car that was...until i rolled it.the brake lines had been cut) i have always driven Holdens and they all had Bosch systems in them |
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P C Headland
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2012, 12:41:45 AM » |
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My Mum had a Lucas dequiped car. I was driving home one rainy winter night, just entering some twisty bits with no lighting at all, and all the electrics quit. No wipers, no lights :eek: For some reason, my immediate reaction was to turn the ignition off then on again, and everything sparked back into life. Scary.
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