Two color shots from years ago. Another shot from the WFD Memorial A vase. And This Old House.

I thought I might start a little discussion on which photogs work influenced us. Where we go for inspiration and maybe a favorite photo book or two.

First the rambler shot. Ilford Delta 1600. Glow added. Now that that is out of the way............. Went out early Sunday morning to get some shots before the snow fell of the trees. Loaded the camera with Kodak TCN400, screwed on a Y2 yellow filter and headed out the door. First shot was before I even got outside. A window in the hall of our 3 decker. Headed out to the reservoir and this is what I got. Into The Distance. This shot you can see my skidmarks as I jacked on the brakes when this caught my eye. I backed up and this is what made me stop. Why I dont really know . This shot I drive by all the time. And finally the shot I liked the most of the bunch "Old Stone Church"(It looks much better larger.IMHO) All shots sent through Photoshop. Nothing major done to them other then levels tweeks and slight crops if any. Old Stone Church had deep glow and grain added. Having shot alot in snow I added +1 stop IE and left it there. Usually used matrix metering unless I know the meter would be fooled then I spot metered the shadows. All comments welcome.

The Wall and Cemetary shot were done on T-MAX 400. T and G .TCN400. Door was scanned so long ago I cant remember the neg or the camera. I do know it was converted to B&W.

Today I learned that the equipment used to scan your negatives makes a HUGE difference. Anyhooo.... First shot is a weather beaten fire fighters coat left at the site where 7 Worcester fire fighters tagically died trying to save 2 homesless people who had set the fire and then had ran off. . The sight has since been cleaned up and a proper memorial is going to be erected in a local park. The second shot is a photographer at a wedding doing what wedding photographers do......herd cats. (Note: Taken at a good friends wedding who herself is a photographer who when asked to raise her chin said, "Ya I know, hide that extra chin." Talk about pressure.) And last but not least, the obligitory Rambler shot but abstract.. All shot with Sigma SA-9. Run through Photoshop. Background blurred and foreground slightly spherized in Wedding Photog, T-MAX 400. Super shot with Ilford 1600. F.F. Coat shot on Ilford Delta 100. Diffused Glow added in photoshop. Levels tweeked in all shots. Comments welcome.

First, Iron Jesus a shot I took a few years ago. Olympus OM-G Kodak T-MAX 100. Next two I just got the negs scanned to a CD at Ritz. Last time they did an excellent job, this time they didnt do a good job. Low resolution, full of noise, with patches of color where there shouldnt be any considering the negs were all mono. I called and they said they will correct the mistake. I decided to mess with a few to see what I could do. These shots have been heavily Photoshopped. DOF added, levels adjusted, sharpened, despeckeled, kitchen sink thrown in. The first is my wife at a friends wedding, and a headstone .Both Sigma SA-9, Kodak T-MAX 100. Comments welcome.

A shot of a 1959 Rambler I am working on for my father in law. He has four of them. Ilford Delta Sigma SA-9 Rocks lower left darkend in Photoshop. Another bed shot that I like for some odd reason. I wish it were a tad sharper though. Kodak TCN400 Sigma SA-9. This sled I am working on for my mother in law. I know the film was 1600 ISO but I am not sure of the brand. Probably Ilford. Sigma SA-9. I cloned out a patch of snow in the lower right in Photoshop because it was too distracting. Comments welcome.

Some shots I took on Vacation in Maine and others. This shot I took a few years ago in Farmington out behind our hotel. I just had the negs scanned to a CD. Darkend a bit in Photoshop. Vivitar V3800N, Fuji Reala. These I took a week ago. Sigma SA-9, Kodak TCN400 And this is a scanned Mono of a Roller shot I posted a while ago. Sigma SA-9, Ilford Delta 400, Y2 Yellow filter. The sky has been burned along with a touch of glow and grain added in Photoshop. Someone asked for it. Comments Welcome.

Two shots I have been kicking around a bit. The first one I took a few years ago. I got some great advice to keep it more focused. One problem I had was that the sky was washed out so I added a bluer clouded sky from another shot to it in Photoshop. I had a test print done but the sky still came out to light. The second one is a shot of a old horse/ ox drawn farm implement that no one can figure out what it was for. Even the farmer who owns the land said its been there forever and he still has no clue what it was for. The sky and treeline in the shot are too dull and blah for me. I am still trying to figure out what I wanna do with it. Test print came out ok. First shot was taken with Fuji Reala 100/ Vivitar V3800N. Second shot Kodak UC 100 /Sigma SA-9.

Back from vacation. More shots from the New England Summer Nationals. 9/11 Tribute Bike. Got to crawl around it for a few minutes as they were setting it up for the show. Comments welcome.

Heres another one from the New England Summer Nationals. Same deal as the last one but I didnt blur the foreground and background. The scan is crappy. The sign was funny though.

Taken at the New England Summer Nationals held at Green Hill Park Worcester, MA. Scanned and run through Photoshop. Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome. Note to austinspace: Thanks for the unsharp mask suggestions. The numbers you suggested worked well with some of the stuff I have been working on.

Two more from the July NASCAR race at Loudon New Hampshire and a question. How do you delete photos. I have a couple of repeats I wanna get rid of. Thanks and as always comments welcome.

Doing some more Photshop editing. Pretty close to the original. Added a light brush and a dab of glow.

This is two versions of the same shot. It is my father in laws jeep that he usues for plowing. I love beat up old cars and trucks so thats probably why I have about a hundred shots of this old Willie. Comments welcome.