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single frame: Spotted chair

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Spotted chair

Spotted chair
Pentax IQZoom 60
Kodak T-Max 400
LegacyPro L110 H (1+63)

I wonder if I’ve been wrong about L110, which is a Kodak HC-110 developer clone — at least as pertains to Kodak T-Max 400.

I’ve panned L110 for delivering soft results that sometimes defy sharpening via Photoshop’s unsharp mask command. But this image looks plenty sharp. And for having been scanned on my flatbed scanner, it’s pretty smooth.

I think my scanner is the weak link in my process for sharing images with you. It’s probably as good as a flatbed scanner can be.

At any rate, T-Max 400 in L110 1+63 appears to be a winning combination.

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14 responses to “single frame: Spotted chair”

  1. brandib1977 Avatar
    brandib1977

    Wow. This building. What a find!!!

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      This is one of my favorite subjects!

      The Bungalow Inc

      The Bungalow

      The Bungalow

      In Broad Ripple

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      1. brandib1977 Avatar
        brandib1977

        I love this! Where is this fabulous place?

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        1. Jim Grey Avatar
          Jim Grey

          924 E Westfield Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46220. In the heart of Broad Ripple!

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          1. brandib1977 Avatar
            brandib1977

            I’ll have to look it up someday. By the way, that’s a great picture of you and your wife. Also,

            I’m sorry that you write all these amazing reviews of cameras and film and it goes totally over my head. But I always love your images!

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        2. Jim Grey Avatar
          Jim Grey

          Don’t worry about it. I expect half my audience doesn’t connect with the camera reviews. That’s why I put in so many photos from the camera — who doesn’t like to look at a good photo?

          Thanks, I think my wife and I make a good looking couple. Especially when the bags under our middle-aged eyes are hidden behind sunglasses.

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          1. brandib1977 Avatar
            brandib1977

            You make a great couple! And those bags are signs of a life well lived. At least that’s what I say about my own!!

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  2. Marc Avatar
    Marc

    Fun wall painting.
    Minds are strange. The b/w and a couple of the color shots couldn’t figure or understand the back of the chair. Combination of window and angle guessing. Clearest to me was the first color shot, though the longer I relook easier to see.

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      I’m used to looking at it so I see it fine from any angle, but I can see how it’s a little abstract from some angles!

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  3. M.B. Henry Avatar
    M.B. Henry

    What a cute building! I really do need to explore more of Indianapolis one of these days. And cute picture of the two of you also! :)

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      Thanks! Plenty to see here, if you know where to look.

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  4. P Avatar
    P

    Very nice, Jim. That’s some photogenic building art, for sure. However, what draws me into this image more than anything are the clouds and their arrangement.

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      It’s nice that T-Max brings in clouds without a filter.

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      1. P Avatar
        P

        Yes, it is. The very first time I ever shot T-MAX (both 100 and 400) that was the thing that immediately struck me about it. The sky was rendered much darker than most traditional films and thus cloud-sky separation was phenomenal.

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