I don’t live in a metropol, so night time can be a rather silent experience, especially this time of the year. I had a walk the other night, we had ‘warm’ weather for the first time in months , it had been raining all the day. Great. I can’t remember when I welcomed rain the last time…. Probably never happened, this isn’t really the most desert-like place on earth. Anyway, it appeared as I made a bunch of photographs of different places where there are restaurants, or were in one case. Well, one of them can’t hardly be called a restaurant, but you get the pattern. I must have been hungry.
these are fantastic Ove, I love B&W at night, high contrast with pools of light. Love the Cafe Ariman photo a lot.
Thanks Ray, it was a long time ago I was out with the tripod, and I really enjoyed it. I was also happy to see that my new A850 produces files that are so much richer on light than I have ever experienced with my other cameras. The black & white processing was really fun, there seemed to be no bottom of those files. Of course there were, but it felt like that, sometimes.
Ove, I agree with Ray K! These are fantastic with a wide range of tones — the highlights and shadows are both well preserved. I see by the metadata you were shooting at ISO100, which explains why there is absolutely no noise. I would say the A850 was a fine performer!
My pick would be the “Cafe Ariman” photo as well. Wonderful detail — people in the window and beautiful pattern of street stones in the foreground.
I keep coming back to see that image Ove, the subtle light on the left (posters) and the balance of the light on the right (bricks) frame the windows really well. Really like these a lot. Oh I probably said that already
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Thanks, Earl, I had to work very little with the image to have the people pop. I must say that the 28-70/f2.8 lens I used is partly accountable to the result, it is really a lovely piece of glass, able to render the most exquisite details even in dark. I’m really impressed with that lens.
Ray, I have to say that I had to dodge those parts quite a bit to make them resolve and frame the image this way. In the original ‘negative’, these parts were almost hidden in the dark. And, this is exactly why I love the A850, its files really have lots of margin when stretching the levels. Now, I’m able to think like a painter when processing the image, getting close to how I actually envision the image in my mind. It’s not the pixels, it must be the dynamic range.
Sony äger, eller hur??
Ska vi äta dessert nu?
Vi <3 Sony!
And for all you English speaking guys, Karin made a joke about my misspelling of desert. But, when thinking about it, it could have worked with dessert as well. It is not like living in a dessert either.
Just really love the images you’ve posted in the last week.
Thanks, Chris, I appreciate your kind words and am glad you enjoyed this series.
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Love the photos, the first one is my favorite. Feels just right – and I’ll book a night for following your example asap!
I looked at these photos late yesterday evening and was too tired by then to leave a comment. However, I couldn’t get the images out of my head. They are quite lovely and haunting. They speak so clearly to looking in from the outside, to being in the cold and aware of the warmth inside. The sense of cold and dampness is tangible. The series feels like a collection of stills from a powerful film and make me want to see the rest of the movie.
Oh, thank you for your wonderful comment. But first of all, I’m happy to see you around here again. Regarding how you experienced the series, I believe you’re spot on. I deliberately worked on getting the cold, damp atmosphere into my images, that’s why I was out that evening. But, that filmic feeling, I did not plan for it at all. But you’re right, they do seem like taken from a dark noir movie or something similar. Probably not a coincident either, since I especially much favour those films… Thank you, Anita, you might have opened up some more eyes in me now.
I think Anita hit this spot on with the reference to the film movie. I was trying to think of what these images reminded me of, and she certainly helped bring that thought forward. All with exceptional depth and clarity. Thanks for sharing your part of the world.
Thank you, Mark! This is one of the good thing with our blogs, that we’re able to share a bit of our small Worlds.
Beautiful images. Living in a northern country, I can appreciate the darkness that you have captured – a place where there is life in darkness.
Thank you, Robert. Canada is not much different from here, daylight-wise, it affect us.