13 ความคิดเห็น

1. 
   akhtanin · 2024-10-15 12:55

   киць як гарно - мені до вашого рівня тягнутись і тягнутись! дуже гарна модель, дуже гарна подача, я в захваті

2. 
   m_khabibullina · 2024-10-15 15:23

   Hi. When working with Zenit and other Soviet cameras, you need to be prepared for the fact that the mechanics no longer work as well as before. In particular, this is manifested in the fact that such cameras like to tear the film or break in the mechanical curtains. This is what happened in your photo. But this is what additionally attracts attention. Random overlapping of frames adds cinematic quality. The only thing I would advise you to do to improve your skills is to replace the Zenit with another camera and learn more about exposure. You can read Ansel Adams' books, where he talks about the zone theory. Then you will learn to work with skin tone more accurately.

3. 
   koska · 2024-10-15 16:14

   @akhtanin дякую велике!

4. 
   koska · 2024-10-15 16:20

   @m_khabibullina Thank you very much for your recommendations!!! Yes, I am familiar with the Ansel Adams theory, but I don't understand how to apply it here yet. You are certainly right about the Zenit, but unfortunately I have the largest number of lenses for it, so it won't be so easy to replace it... Thanks again!

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   koska · 2024-10-15 16:31

   @m_khabibullina I looked through my photos again and compared them with yours. And now I just noticed that the skin tone in my photos doesn't look attractive. I'll work on it.

6. 
   m_khabibullina · 2024-10-15 17:36

   @koska In short, the exposure meter shows a medium gray tone, so to make the skin more realistic, you need to add more steps (one or two). If the exposure meter shows 1/125 shutter speed at 400 ISO, with an aperture of 4, then you need to set 1/60 shutter speed under the same conditions (adds a step, moving from zone 5 to 4).

   However, there is one more nuance: you are using expired Svema film, its ISO values ​​have changed over time, and this can only be verified empirically. If such an opportunity exists, then I would recommend trying Ilford or Foma.

7. 
   m_khabibullina · 2024-10-15 17:37

   Kentmere too, because it's cheaper

8. 
   pannonicus · 2024-10-15 18:26

   Thank you for your kind comments! Great images that you show here, and you sure have a great model at your side. Please keep up showing the results!

9. 
   koska · 2024-10-15 18:38

   @m_khabibullina this is a fresh film. Svema does not produce the film, but they repackage it. By the way, yes, on the contrary, I took the shooting speed faster than the exposure meter showed. Now I understand that I was even more mistaken!!! when I had to take, for example, 1/60, I took 1/125 :( Thank you, you helped me a lot. And also I was advised an orange filter here, which smoothes the skin. I want to try it. And yes, for a photo shoot like this I will try Ilford. I have never used it before.

10. 
    koska · 2024-10-15 18:39

    @pannonicus thanks so much 👍

11. 
    medium_quality_photos · 2024-10-16 08:46

    @koska as you asked for opinion - personally, I would try not to cut the foot in half. I don't like the dust on the scans either. But the rest looks good for me. You are on the right way ;) I recommend you to keep practising, and spend some time analysing you photos after every shooting. Unsuccessful photos teach us more than perfect ones ;)

12. 
    koska · 2024-10-16 09:06

    @medium_quality_photos Thank you very much! If you mean overlapping frames, then this is a camera malfunction. I have already sent it in for repair. Regarding dust on scans - it may be film overexposure, I do not yet understand the reason for this. Thanks again for your help.

13. 
    medium_quality_photos · 2024-10-16 09:47

    @koska the dust is normal occurence while scanning with the flatbed scanner. Some of better scanners have the feature to remove it automatically. I remove it manually in post-production