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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crycocyon" data-source="post: 135226" data-attributes="member: 13076">I actually would have shot vertical on that. The right side column is a bit dominiant and takes away a bit from the light of the central area. Plus it would exaggerate the feeling of height of this interior. I agree about the fuzziness because I've shot a lot of b@w film back in the day (Plus-X and Tri-X Pan) and it should be a lot sharper. It could be the zoom, but with 1/30th of a second it is hit and miss. You can apply color filters to a b&w images in photoshop I think? A favorite of mine is the red filter. But better to screw on a red filter on the lens but of course you lose probably a full stop of light. I really admire you going into this. I was going through a few old albums on the weekend and realized how different my shooting style was to now. With film you just take the one good photo and it really stands on its own. Now with digital, you can shoot just anything and there isn't the same kind of careful thought process that goes into a shot....because you don't throw away lesser ideas from your mind and just keep the best ideas for shots. Anyway as usual I'm going off on a tangent. But I love the shot even as it is and that's because with old equipment you can easily bring back that same vintage look to the photograph and that is a comforting thing to know that it really isn't lost, the art behind those silver grains won't ever be lost as long as there is film stock to be had. Ernst Haas once said that photography isn't an art, but a medium. I think that even as the medium changes, the art that is carried by the medium remains.</blockquote>

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