STILL LIFE o r OLD FOGEY

[FUJI]

I think that the title sums up, this latest pic of yours truly...taken by one of my mates in Costa this morning............................Why is t very gritty/noisy?

Because the original is very dark I had to open it in Auto to see any detail, resulting in lots of noise.... A Film Noir filter seemed to sort it out for posting here:

FUJI

 

[Denis]

From my very limited knowledge would it be from using too high an ISO ?

[FUJI]

Thnks Denis..... I handed my camera over to my pal, to show him that it was set on.....Silent-Mode...for stealthy street work.....He just pointed the camera, it focused gen he pressed the shutter, just to hear how quiet it was......totally silent actually.

The ISO was set for a sunny outside so 200, it is a miracle that PS CS6 did what it did, when I pressed Open in Auto.....I simply went to ....Silver Efex....Film Noir....and chose one of those...no real fading done.

I like the noise in this case.

FUJI

[THELONGMAN]

I love this, for my taste the finish is perfect. It has the feel of the stuff we did back in the day will 800 and 1600 ASA film. For me its timeless, and you mate deserves a coffee on you??

 

Geoff

 

 

[FUJI]

Geoff!

Thank you!       I am so pleased that you can see that, I used to hate noisy mono shots, but since learning more about pastt practices,mI am beginning to appreciate them more  and more.

My mate deserves a coffee???......Nooooo!....they were my settings in camera, and I processed the shot in Nik Silver Effex.......all he did was point then press the shutter

In reality, he is a top-notch ex Wedding Photographer, who used to run his own shop, his camera's of choice then, were Rollieflex but now, in retirement it's  a Leica, because, he can.

It is a wonder we speak to each other,  because our approaches to photography are as ...chalk and cheese.....He is so bloody technical, a perfectionist in fact.....whereas I'm all Arty-Farty, with hardly a thought towards the techie side.....if I like it....I shoot.

I much appreciate you input.

FUJI

[ChrisLumix]

It may be very noisy, but it's noisy in the way we used to call it "film grain" and therefore perfectly acceptable.