Take a look, made at a birthday party

... t

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), August 29, 2000

Answers

I dig! Tom, your color work is better than your black and white :)

Is this printed on RC and mounted? Or is it a creative ilfochrome?

-- Edward Kang (ekang@cse.nd.edu), August 29, 2000.

Freakin' Beautiful. This is the first photo I've actually been moved to comment on. Awesome, and thanks for sharing.

-- Chris Hay (j_c_hay@hotmail.com), August 29, 2000.

hard

Well, I'm excited. Lumberjack

-- lumberjack (James_mickelson@hotmail.com), August 29, 2000.

Very groovy.

I'd also like the tech info. Her hair is quite similar to the color of my motorcycle, and I haven't found film/paper yet that come even close.

-- Mike Dixon (burmashave@compuserve.com), August 29, 2000.

Well I'd gone to my friend's birthday party, with my ususal big light and 600SE, expecting to make a bunch of 665 polaroids, which I did. But when I saw this goin' on, my friend's neighbor loaned me his Nikkormat with a 50mm something on it and I ran a block to Buddy's gas station (across from Manual's Tavern) and bought a roll of Kodak Gold Max 100. This is printed on Ilford's RA4 color paper, which really sucks. I won't buy it again. It (the neg) prints just fine on Fuji "Crystal Archive" C and Kodak's Ultra (what else? Super Ultra?). This was scanned on my antique HP Scanjet IIcx, with their latest "upgrade"... cute couple, huh?... t

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), August 30, 2000.

Gorgeous. Before I read the responses I was sure it was a hand-coloured B+W. That'll learn me. I wish I knew how to light people as well.

Do you ever use colour Polaroid? It never turned me on much, but I've just noticed that Fuji are now selling their colour instant film in Sweden. A patent must have expired.

-- Struan Gray (struan.gray@sljus.lu.se), August 30, 2000.

very nice. great composition which successfully communicates the couple's closeness, physically and stylistically.

-- wayne harrison (wayno@netmcr.com), August 30, 2000.

One of the coolest pictures I've seen around here- and thanks for the tech information too... Can't help it though, this keeps going 'round my head:

Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, you must tell me, baby How your head feels under somethin' like that Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat

for the rest:

http://www.slopbucket.com/bob/lyrics/7leopar.html

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), August 30, 2000.

Struan, yes I really like 689, which is called "ProVivid" but (rumour has it) is manufactured by Fuji. It is pro pack film, so the cheapest camera I know that uses it is the Polaroid Reporter, with a "lighten/darken exposure" knob.

Some may remember the lawsuit that blocked Fuji from selling "instant" film technology here in the States a few years ago. Patent infringement or some silly little thing like that...

Thanks wayne, this guy came in from New York, just for the birthday party, and he fit right in. One guy there had hair tattooed on his arm, as if the real hair wasn't enough.

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), August 30, 2000.

I wish they made Gold Max 100 in 120 size... t

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), August 30, 2000.