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Eruwyn — There was a Rose
Published: 2010-06-28 21:43:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 412; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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A black and white edit of:Copyright © Anna Deprey, alias Eruwyn. All rights reserved. My images may not be reproduced or used in any form without my written permission.
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This one works better for me, though both appeal a lot. Interesting... I've never really played with B&W conversions. I'll have to try
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My first photography class made us learn how to us B&W film and do the whole process from shooting to developing the film to making the prints. I really enjoyed the darkroom work and I'd love to chance to do it again. So despite the fact that I am, currently, able to work only with digital, I still enjoy seeing what things would have looked like in B&W. And thank you!
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You're very welcome.
I envy you for the photography class. I think I did one day once at an art centre in my village but that's about it - the rest is acquired by osmosis from experience and books, which is OK but lacks the focus (sorry: pun; unintended, honest!).
Ah the difficulties of getting the film on the developing tank reel without seeing what is happening with your arms in a blackout bag... happy days
My problem is "seeing" the potential of B&W in a colour scene or picture. Which is why I found your pic interesting and informative. I must try with some images.
Are there any things you look for when you think in that mode? Texture? Form?
But the thanks remain with you - for the stimulus and the images
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I was very upset when they closed the photography lab at the community college I was going to. Completely due to "budget". I'm hoping now that I live in a new city that I will be able to find a place here to take some classes, maybe they'll even have a darkroom! I've never done the film on the reel in a blackout bag, only in the darkroom, but either way, you can't see what the heck you're doing, the first few times were...interesting. I remember crawling around on the floor, in the dark, looking for my dropped film once. 
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Nothing to be sorry about - I do appreciate your time.
I'll give B&W a go. Definitely. I think sometimes when we have a restriction placed on us - like using a pinhole camera or just a standard lens, or using B&W, it can force us to concentrate on just some elements of the image-making process. And that is a good exercise.
I've never tried medium format though I know it is good for landscape.
Shame about the closed darkroom. With digital they will become rarer, but the discipline of film is a good teacher.
I do hope you find something in your new city
I always appreciated that I started photography with a non-automatic camera which forced me to learn the basics properly - it was a porthole lens rangefinder Leica given to me by my father!
Anyway - I do believe I am rambling.
Thanks again.
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It wasn't just the darkroom they closed, they closed down the whole photography department. 
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