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Walking along the beach with my family, the sun decided to break through the dark clouds late in the day
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
- Robert Frost -
Photos taken with a simple 1960s Agfa camera
Agfa Optima Ia
with Agfa Agnar 45mm f2.8
Ilford HP5+
Rodinal 1+100 semi-stand 60 min (agitation 1 min + 5 sec at 30 min)
Tikkala, Sysmä, Finland 2024
Taken from a balcony of my hotel in Jamaica (beaches, sandy bay, Negril - highly recommended) Was taking a series of shots of the rising sun and this one captured, the sun, sea, yacht in the background, banana boat in the middle and beautfiul palm trees in the foreground... The balcony ceiling ledge acted almsot like a lens hood and just allowed my camera to pick up the sun rays rather than being blinded by glare... All in all I think it came out pretty well - the sepia one looks just as stunning..
Sunrise at the Narrows 64th Street, Virginia Beach, VA
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Crepuscular rays
Crepuscular rays /kr?'p?skj?l?r/ (more commonly known as sunbeams, sun rays, or god rays), in atmospheric optics, are rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from the point in the sky where the sun is located. These rays, which stream through gaps in clouds (particularly stratocumulus) or between other objects, are columns of sunlit air separated by darker cloud-shadowed regions. Despite seeming to converge at a point, the rays are in fact near-parallel shafts of sunlight. Their apparent convergence is a perspective effect, similar, for example, to the way that parallel railway lines seem to converge at a point in the distance. The sun rays do converge to the sun, but the sun is much further away than the rays might make it look like.[2]
The name comes from their frequent occurrences during twilight hours (those around dawn and dusk), when the contrasts between light and dark are the most obvious. Crepuscular comes from the Latin word "crepusculum", meaning twilight.[3]
Göd, Hungary, 2017
(c)Tibor Demeter 2017
Fuji X-T2+XF56mm
All comments and criticism are welcomed here:)
Oct '83 North east of Cannich. The last of my 6x4.5cm slides. After this all are 35mm again. I changed back in Oct '95 so I would have slides for competitions at my local photo club. My only mistake was going back to my old Nikon F2 gear, I should have moved up to the Contax RTS system, with its superior Zeiss glass.
Still plenty of slides to go at, before lockdown ceases and I can get back out with my Sony AR72.
It's only about 14 years ago that people were saying, "Digital will never be as sharp as film". We've come a long way in a short time. The 42mp A7R2 is sharper than my 6x4.5 slides, never mind 35mm!
Ektachrome 64 (EPR) film. Mamiya 645 Super.
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