April in Miami

first batch of April's catch...these are taken on Bessa L/25mm and Olympus Stylus Epic. The film is Tri-X as usual, but I started getting tired of Tri-X's grain and now shooting Ilford HP5+, the film I love dearly for its lower contrast and beautiful grain.

Beware of the DOG

...taken in July 2011 in Little Haiti on NW 79th street; 35mm Voigtlander Bessa L camera fitted with 21mm Scopar lens; Kodak Ektar 100 film developed in Unicolor C41 kit.

Lincoln Road nights

I started my quest in night street photography 9 years ago with this photo. Now I am celebrating this date with series of images from Miami Beach and probably other places. My nocturnal setup includes Leica IIIF with Summitar 50mm collapsible lens and Olympus E-P1 with 21mm Voigtlander lens. It is not the best setup, but I like it a lot. Today we are looking at the pictures taken with Olympus.

Windy day

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Started shooting again with my beloved Voigtlander-Cosina Bessa L camera. Wide angle 21 or 25mm lenses require no focusing when the aperture is small, and the shooting is easy (if you manage to hit the right exposure). By the way, "Voigtlander" should be pronounced this way.

Afghanistan in 1969

I acquired these color slides back in 2007 and just now started scanning them. I have no information on the photographer or the previous owner of the images. Obviously this is a group of american tourists on a tour. The counties are many: Jordan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal etc. All the slides have original notes written in the blue ball pen; I put them under the pictures along with my comments. The quality of the images is amazing. Some of the images can be blown up to see very fine detail; the image above is actually a central part of a bigger image (see below). Ok, let's start with Afghanistan.