'Street' : Jesus in Cebu !

[pentaxpete]

Here I found JESUS is working in Cebu, Philippines ! Does he give a 'Good Warranty' do you think ?
Zeiss CONTINA camera, Ilford Delta 100 film processed in Crawley Formula FX 37 1+3, 1/250 at f8


Jesus works in CEBU Philippines ! by pentaxpete, on Flickr

Here is the Camera I used -- I take it to Philippines for B&W films


Contina by pentaxpete, on Flickr

[Shadowman]

Nice looking camera and image.

[RustBeltRaw]

Great humor. Makes me stop and go "...what?" But I think the composition needs something. Maybe a three-quarters shot of the sign with a view into the shop as the background. Or a mechanic in line with the arrow. At the risk of sounding dismissive, a digital HDR of this scene could be killer. But I suspect taking away the fun of film would ruin the shot for you.

[rpcrowe]

Interesting image, brings me back to the times I spent in the Philippines.

My favorite sign in Olangapo City, Luzon, was on a custom furniture store, "Antiques Made To Order"

[davidedric]

Nice image, Peter, I do like the treatment.

In the late sixties my wife taught for a year in Uganda. At that time, it was common to name your kids after what you most admired. She had one boy in the class who rejoiced in the name of Jesus Christ Mercedes Benz

[pentaxpete]

thanks for viewing and Comments
RustBeltRaw: I do not know how to do those 'Digital HDR' tricks-- seen enough at my Club to put me off for life !!
The shop was not the one where Jesus does his radiator repairing -- it was down a passageway out of sight and no mechanics about at the time .

[RustBeltRaw]

RustBeltRaw: I do not know how to do those 'Digital HDR' tricks-- seen enough at my Club to put me off for life !!

Yeah, it's cheating. But that doesn't stop me.

[Colin Southern]

Yeah, it's cheating. But that doesn't stop me.

HDR is possibly an excellent case-in-point. Most of the ghastly "Harry Potter on drugs / over-clarified / over-saturated" images that people have come to mis-associate with being HDR aren't HDR at all; that effect comes from ultra tone-mapping. True HDR isn't a "look" - it's a technique (or set of techniques) for capturing an image where the dynamic range of the scene exceeds the dynamic range capability of the camera.

Or to put that another way, if the photographer doesn't have the ability to create an HDR image then there will be certain types of scene that they won't be able to capture eg this scene below, which is a composite of 5 different exposures to minimise the effect of shooting into cloud that's directly backlit buy the morning sun, and yet still reveals shadow detail.



Personally, I consider this to be a successful application of HDR to produce an image that wouldn't have been possible to capture by other means -- I certainly wouldn't consider it to be an "HDR Trick that would put anyone off HDR for life".

[Shadowman]

HDR is possibly an excellent case-in-point. Most of the ghastly "Harry Potter on drugs / over-clarified / over-saturated" images that people have come to mis-associate with being HDR aren't HDR at all; that effect comes from ultra tone-mapping. True HDR isn't a "look" - it's a technique (or set of techniques) for capturing an image where the dynamic range of the scene exceeds the dynamic range capability of the camera.

Or to put that another way, if the photographer doesn't have the ability to create an HDR image then there will be certain types of scene that they won't be able to capture eg this scene below, which is a composite of 5 different exposures to minimise the effect of shooting into cloud that's directly backlit buy the morning sun, and yet still reveals shadow detail.



Personally, I consider this to be a successful application of HDR to produce an image that wouldn't have been possible to capture by other means -- I certainly wouldn't consider it to be an "HDR Trick that would put anyone off HDR for life".

Definitely has a dreamy effect.

[flashback]

Interesting image, brings me back to the times I spent in the Philippines.

My favorite sign in Olangapo City, Luzon, was on a custom furniture store, "Antiques Made To Order"

Olangapo City...brings back memories. USNMCB1

[Tringa]

Good one, Peter. I have just had a play with your shot and even without using an HDR technique there is detail to be had in the interior on the right of the photo just by lightening a little, but it is a well spotted and capture shot as it is.

Agree completely, Colin with your comments a HDR. I use HDR software quite a lot and count it as a success if no one spots its use.
I understand anyone one who says they don't like some of the effects of HDR software - the ones you get from the tablets you did not get from the doctor - but don't understand those who say they do not like HDR. I'm not having a go at you, Peter as I note in your other thread that you specifically mentioned your dislike of the 'effects' of HDR.

To dismiss the totality of HDR is, to me, the same as saying, "I don't like Lightroom" or "I don't like GIMP". It is how the available techniques are used that is important. I can claim with confidence that given any editing software and a decent photo I can produce something truly ghastly.

Sorry Peter, I have digressed.

Dave

[pentaxpete]

Well -- I have sent this photo to our Club 'Digital Expert' the only one who knows how to work the laptop and Digital Projector we got from a Lottery Grant, for the 'Street Photography' Digital Projected Images Competition tomorrow Friday 14th. so I will see what the Judge says !!

[AndrewMcD]

Olangapo City...brings back memories. USNMCB1

A pity I seem to have lost all the film snapshots I took in Olangapo in the early 70's.

[rpcrowe]

Olangapo City...brings back memories. USNMCB1

So Jack, we seem to have something else in common, besides our Doodles, our Naval Service...

Andrew, many of my Olongapo pictures were fuzzy. Strange, but the pictures I took right as I exited the base were usually pretty sharp but, the longer I sampled the cultural diversity of San Miguel Beer, the more fuzzy the images became I could never figure that out. Perhaps it was due to the high humidity of Olangapo

BTW: I considered San Miguel Beer of the Philippines, the very best beer I have ever sampled; followed closely by San Miguel of Hong Kong and Swan Lager of Perth, Australia...

[flashback]

It would appear so Richard, along with possibly Andrew.

[pentaxpete]

One of my Wife's many Uncles works in the Sam Miguel beer factory on Cebu and gets discount but I don't like 'beer' -- I prefer the Sweet RED 'Novolina WINE' from Italy but quite CHEAP in Cebu --

[Inkanyezi]

I think it's funny that it is called "radiator" when in fact it is a convector.

I like the idea of antiques made to order.