Photo of the day

[Digimonkey]

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Some old work from 2002 until 2004.

Evening A. - complex and compelling images. What were the technical details? - cheers - I.

 

[Digimonkey]

@Floid_Maniac - A. - portrait. Istanbul - fairly obviously. Leica and film. cheers - I.

 

[Digimonkey]

@Helveticum @Barry Giddens - portrait - Kabul 1996. A stoned 13 year old with an AK47 - just what a country - or indeed a photographer needs. Thankfully, he was in a good mood and seemed to like me. Olympus OM series body, quite wide - 28mm or 24mm. Kodak Tri-X. cheers - I.

 

[Barry Giddens]

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@Helveticum @Barry Giddens - portrait - Kabul 1996. A stoned 13 year old with an AK47 - just what a country - or indeed a photographer needs. Thankfully, he was in a good mood and seemed to like me. Olympus OM series body, quite wide - 28mm or 24mm. Kodak Tri-X. cheers - I.

Goodness! Me and my first world problems

 

[Blademonkey]

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@Helveticum @Barry Giddens - portrait - Kabul 1996. A stoned 13 year old with an AK47 - just what a country - or indeed a photographer needs. Thankfully, he was in a good mood and seemed to like me. Olympus OM series body, quite wide - 28mm or 24mm. Kodak Tri-X. cheers - I.

A disturbing but equaly brilliant picture. P.

 

[Shave to the grave]

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@Helveticum @Barry Giddens - portrait - Kabul 1996. A stoned 13 year old with an AK47 - just what a country - or indeed a photographer needs. Thankfully, he was in a good mood and seemed to like me. Olympus OM series body, quite wide - 28mm or 24mm. Kodak Tri-X. cheers - I.

Hopefully he's remembered to flick his rifle onto 'safety'...
The photos are great by the way...

 

[Digimonkey]

A disturbing but equaly brilliant picture. P.

Thanks P. - I.

 

[Digimonkey]

Hopefully he's remembered to flick his rifle onto 'safety'...
The photos are great by the way...

Thank you - you mostly never knew. The safety is on one side of this rifle and you couldn't always see it. Even before the Russians invaded and the resulting chaos ensued - this was a heavily armed culture. It was a birth right - and indeed a mark of manhood - to carry a weapon. Many weapons in a lot of cases. It always amused me that at the entrances to mosques and hospitals they had big signs with the silhouette of an AK crossed out boldly. Leave your guns at the door. A big pile of shoes and weapons. cheers - I.

 

[Shave to the grave]

Thank you - you mostly never knew. The safety is on one side of this rifle and you couldn't always see it. Even before the Russians invaded and the resulting chaos ensued - this was a heavily armed culture. It was a birth right - and indeed a mark of manhood - to carry a weapon. Many weapons in a lot of cases. It always amused me that at the entrances to mosques and hospitals they had big signs with the silhouette of an AK crossed out boldly. Leave your guns at the door. A big pile of shoes and weapons. cheers - I.

Crazy! But I like the way he's holding his rifle. Perfectly placed for a 7.62mm round to go right through his hand.
Good job he's stoned...

 

[William Dobson]

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Shot with my first 35mm camera a Minolta X700 but can´t remember which macro lens I used.
Some Black & White film, would have to search deeply in my archive, but I coloured the print with bluetoner by Tetenal.
The good old, but after chemical stinking days and nights, in the dark red dimly lit photolab...

Super!

 

[Helveticum]

Going on a trip to Israel for a few days, will hopefully bring some fresh material from there.
In the meantime, another portrait - from 2006 I think, after I got my first DSLR.

Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 17-70mm.

 

[Blademonkey]

portrait of a good friend.

 

[Blademonkey]

And his wife

 

[Digimonkey]

View attachment 26488 portrait of a good friend.

That's an arresting image P. - cheers - I.

 

[Blademonkey]

That's an arresting image P. - cheers - I.

Thanks, he's got eyes that could burn a hole through you, he just happened to turn around as I took the shot, he wouldn't normaly sit for a photo, I was lucky !

 

[Digimonkey]

@Helveticum - Portraits - to lighten the tone of my submissions on this theme this week - Glasgow. From the collateral damage on the table - that looked like a generous lunch. Leica, 50mm & XP2 - cheers - I.