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The Mechanic

I know portraits aren't very popular here on Flickr, but the more I study the work of the great Steve McCurry, the more I am drawn to people and faces.

This is one of the lads who works at the local garage. His boss very kindly let me 'borrow' him for 10 minutes to get a few shots. This one was shot on my Nikon fm2n with a 50mm lens, wide open at f/1.4. The sun was setting and stronger than I would have liked, so used a 3-stop ND filter to make sure I could shoot with this apperture. I also took some shots with my Nikon f3, loaded with Agfa Precisa, but I haven't had that roll developed yet (I don't develop E6 at home!)

 

Nikon fm2n

50mm f/1.4

Ilford fp4+ (iso 125)

Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3

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Uploaded on November 7, 2018