Ok, try again-fail better.....

[okmqaz42]

Second proper outing with my film camera using NEOPAN 400CN 35mm - Black & White film. A mixture of cityscape and street photography.

I always welcome feed back and comments and I hope is to improve!

1.

"I'm Just Me" by okmqaz42, on Flickr

2.

He looks Happy.... Pills by okmqaz42, on Flickr

3.

Would you but this for a Ha' Penny by okmqaz42, on Flickr

4.

Bike to Work Scheme ..what work? by okmqaz42, on Flickr

[Mad Aussie]

Cool shots/compositions ... sharp, strong tones, black blacks and white whites ... they look like winners to me!

[Iguanasan]

A very nice set indeed. The bikes and that portrait are my favourites.

[JAS_Photo]

The bikes and portrait shots are my fave as well, but the happy guy made me smile.

*One of my favourite quotes, from Samuel Becket, the full quote being, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

[taffy]

All very good......well done

Taffy

[thoughton]

Nice set, there is just something alluring about the contrast you get from film. 1 and 2 for me. Great hat, and great name for the pharmacy.

[okmqaz42]

Thanks for the comments, I am really enjoying learning with the film and the feedback I have received on the form has been essential, Tim, the "pharmacy" is a sweet shop, which specializes in American candy. Nice selection but i am more of a Cadburys man myself.

Here is a couple more from the same day out.


Paris, Dublin by okmqaz42, on Flickr


checkmate by okmqaz42, on Flickr


The true Dubliner by okmqaz42, on Flickr

[thoughton]

Boo, I liked it better when I thought it was a pharmacy Would have been a genius name, although I expect the codgers on the medical council would have had collective apoplexy.

[Marko]

Quite a nice set, dig the BW here.
My faves are happy pills and 1st shot post 7.
In that shot I can see vignetting and you chopped some of it out. In this rarer of cases, the vignetting adds quite a bit to the shot imo. I'd actually go back to the file if it were mine and include as much of the vignetting as possible to see if I like it. (pretty sure I would). Just for comparison I took a shot this winter of the Montreal Biosphere w/deliberate vignetting in case you wanted to take a look.
Best! Marko

[okmqaz42]

Thanks Marko, i like your Biosphere shot, I take you point about the vignetting. A big cause of the vignetting in that shot is that I have my sigma 10-20mm DX lens mounted on a 35mm film camera. If i am wider that 15mm you can pretty much see the inside of the lens in the photos, I think in some cases it works, but definitely not all the time. Thanks again for the feedback.
B

PS see below for the extreme end of my use of the DX lens on the film body!