Just got a roll developed:

Beautiful. I especially enjoyed 02-05.

Pretty good, Best 2 and 4. I loved teh irony of the last one. hehe Go Commies in Denial(c):p (democrats) in the 2004 election. 1 and 5 seem way to bland to me. On the whole, me likey lots.

I love 2, 3, and 4.

3,4,5

Judging from that last shot, you must have alot of hippies around.

that last one is my favorite.
seriously, its amazing.
Nothing to complain about.

How can u see such things? U seem to see beauty and capture it
/me bets Murc has a hot gf :p

if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

3 & 6

"Just got them developed" says to me that you didn't do this in a darkroom... you really should. Developing labs rarely do these things correctly. Which is why you have washed out highlights and a little too much contrast here and there. If you did them in the darkroom, I suggest using a number 2 or 1 filter to make them look perfect.

agreed. The people they have working in those labs have their thumbs up their a**es most of the time. They just do sloppy work. One-hour places are the worst when it comes to this.

I really prefer working with the negatives myself instead of working with prints.

Though I do agree that the development of the shots wasn't of the highest quality (such errors like the over-contrast I see are common with commerical film development) As for the shots themselves, #2-#4 are well taken outdoors shots. However, the best one, I'd say, is #7. It has a definite human feel to it. The hippy-type car, with "Vote 4 Bush" sprayed on by an apparent vandal does seem to capture a great deal of the human race in America, more than I thought was possible. I've seen Pro-Bush vandalism, but nothing that was that profound, and captured so well. I'm thinking I might show it to a photography professor here for a second opinion, the first being your professor. (I presume this was for an art class, due to the large number and variety of shots)

No, I just do photography for fun. I've actually never taken a class in it, my dad taught me everything I know.


Thank you everyone for your comments. You were correct, I don't do any darkroom work myself, but I'd really like to learn how to.

Comparing what you have here to what I see produced by the college of art at my university, you would do well to consider this as your field of study. What is your current major? (if you have one)

I love your photos. They are artistically done from normal things, which is just great. I liked 1, 3, 5, and 6 the best.

I'm going for Computer Science right now, but I'm only a freshmen, so I haven't taken any CS classes yet.

University art schools are usually pretty underwhelming. Unless you're going to pratt.

also bill, he's using C-41 B&W film. basically B&W colour film. unless you have really expensive chemistry and equipment for colour processing (more expensive than professional B&W equipment) you cant do much in a darkroom with them.

skillz murc. have i ever told you i love your numeral and wish to steal it for my own? i do.

anyway, since no one else seems to appreciate it, i'll go out and say i love #1. hands are so frelling difficult to photograph. they tend to freak out autofocus, and hand focusing them you have to be verrrrrry verrrrrry precise. which reminds me. i really want to do a hand series...

the second picture is okay. it shows you a cool looking fungus. but whats so cool about it? move in closer. this picture tells me nothing.

third one, i love. you fill the frame beautifully. no wasted space. there seems to be something missing, but i cant think what. love the lines in this one.

4) nice shot of a wall. whats the interest here? is it the wall itself? is it the shape the wall makes? the leaves on the ground? ask your self what does this picture say?

i like it anyway.

5) love this shot. amazing contrast. try using a polarizing filter to bring in a little more sky value next time. also try to square up your verticals with the sides of your frame, these ones are just enough of so as to bother me. i'd also like to see a litle more of whats on the right.

6) its a hallway. reminds me of most of the showcase forum....

7) excellent exposure. fantastic subject. says a lot, and not just with words.

overall good series, although, it seems a little right heavy. try filling the frame on the left side more often, to balence future series.

great job Murc, as usual.

P.S. - When you sign up for spring classes, sign up for a basic photography class. the photo profs love someone who knows what they're doing.

also: do you bracket your exposures at all? and what type of camera do you use? (i know i've asked you this before, but sometimes i forget these things.)

I like everything but number 1.

Thanks for the comments Ford!



No, I don't bracket my pictures. I probably should, but I never think to do it. These were taken with my Canon Rebel 2000 with a 28-80mm lens.

I absolutelly love them, and I am now going to pick up this type of film. The detail is immesurable.

Bracketing is a waste of film. Use a greycard. And use TMAX for god's sake.

film is the cheapest part of the process. and greycards are useless in archetectural photography. just about the ONLY thing its good for is portraiture.

and kodak is for wusses. real men use Ilford. Delta for normal situations, HP5 when high contrast is necessary.

also, for those kodak users: Tri-X > TMAX