MSA O/N July 2023 - "Pairs"

[Roger Thoms]

From earlier this year.

The Presidio, San Francisco, Ca.

Ocean Beach, San Francisco, Ca.

 

[dourbalistar]

Oh, I thought for sure they were the same trees.

Me too! I guess they aren't too far off, Diablo Range cousins separated by a few miles.

 

[Don_ih]

New. Pair of Fireballs.
I was driving along and saw these on the side of the road. I had to stop to get a picture. Then I dumped them out.
Scan of a quick print from Aviphot 200 in a Hasselblad SWC (sitting on the ground). I should've got a bit closer but I just got the camera and I have no viewfinder....

 

[snusmumriken]

New last week. Pairs.

 

[destroya]

a pair of lonely trees. rr80s 720 IR filter contax g1 45mm lens MeCD4 developer. Sorry for the big image

 

[Don_ih]

We're getting a bit of a theme of trees in this orientation.

 

[ignatiu5]

Old for Pairs. Clutch. Negative scan of Ilford HP5+ in XTOL.

 

[russljames]

NEW (July 19, 2023)

@Landa Park, New Braunfels, Texas

Park Benches and Dance Slab Lights



Taken with a Mamiya C220, 65mm f2.8 lens, and expired (1999) Tmax 400. Developed in HC-110.

 

[logan2z]

Just a few days left until the close of this month's MSA. Hoping to see more great entries before the end of the month...

 

[Don_ih]

New - today, actually - Bronica ETR on Tmax 100 (cut down from 20-year-old 70mm) in Mytol (@koraks' recipe, actually). These are kind of a pair. At least they were both looking at me.
Forgive the glare - this is a phone picture of a wet glossy print (also resized to way-to-small).

Also forgive the weird colour from taking a photo in my dungeon - - darkroom....

 

[logan2z]

Last day...

 

[koraks]

Mytol (@koraks' recipe, actually).

Cool; I've been having fun with your suggestion of FX37 lately. Looks like we did an exchange! Let me know how the Mytol works for you.

 

[Don_ih]

Let me know how the Mytol works for you.

So far, so good - but I've only used it twice. I have a lot of Tmax 100 and don't want to use my replenished D76 for it (since that film kills it). So, I wanted something else and decided to try Mytol (seeing as how everyone raves about Xtol). Looking it up, I came across your recipe for Instant Mytol. I have the phenidone dissolved in denatured alcohol. I mixed up the borax, sod. carbonate, and sod. sulphite in a 2xconcentration and put it in a bottle. So, I've used it 1:1 (twice, now), mixing the concentrate with 3x the water and then adding the phenidone and ascorbic acid. I don't see any reason why my mixtures would go bad (although I've never kept phenidone in denatured alcohol before).

 

[logan2z]

Sorry for the delay in picking a winner for the July MSA, but there were so many interesting entries that picking one was difficult. Ultimately, I picked the photo submitted by @Daniela for its lovely composition/framing and its perfectly timed capture of the strolling 'pair' of people.

Congratulations Daniela, you get to choose the theme for the August MSA!

 

[Daniela]

Wow, thanks!

 

[MattKing]

Congratulations Daniela. We look forward to your theme! Reach out if you need help starting the thread.

 

[Daniela]

Congratulations Daniela. We look forward to your theme! Reach out if you need help starting the thread.

Thanks, Matt. Thread already started. Would appreciate if you can check that everything is ok

 

[MattKing]

Checked, and very, very slightly tweaked. This last MSA was fun, and the August 2023 "Creatures" MSA should be fun too!

 

[Don_ih]

This last MSA was fun, and the August 2023 "Creatures" MSA should be fun too!

It's been going pretty nicely these past months. It's good it got rejuvenated.

 

[MattKing]

As this MSA is now over, I think I can now safely post that when I saw the theme, I was concerned that we were going to see more than one submission of much more risqué examples of things that come in "pairs!"
And no, this is not an invitation to make a late submission!

 

[logan2z]

As this MSA is now over, I think I can now safely post that when I saw the theme, I was concerned that we were going to see more than one submission of much more risqué examples of things that come in "pairs!"
And no, this is not an invitation to make a late submission!

That never even crossed my mind, I must be getting old

 

[Daniela]

Checked, and very, very slightly tweaked. This last MSA was fun, and the August 2023 "Creatures" MSA should be fun too!

Thank you!

As this MSA is now over, I think I can now safely post that when I saw the theme, I was concerned that we were going to see more than one submission of much more risqué examples of things that come in "pairs!"
And no, this is not an invitation to make a late submission!

Funny you mention that. The theme I've thought about for a long time is "hands" because I love photographing them, but thinking that might be too restrictive, I thought of opening it up to body/body parts...but let's just go with creatures this time!

 

[markjwyatt]

Congratulations, Daniela! That is a beautifully composed shot.