MSA O/N May 2024 - "Patterns"

[Don_ih]

@chuckroast - thanks. I was drawn to all the different tones. And @piu58 (in the Blind Print Exchange) posted a photo sent by @bernard_L that sort of made me think to look.

 

[Mick Fagan]

Don, Don, Don, they are not rocks by the railway tracks, they are the ballast!!!

I recognised the ballast immediately, the shards of sleeper timber in the bottom left corner gave it away.

Perhaps it could be titled, "Shard-Don-Eh?

All jokes aside, a very neat view of what would mostly go unnoticed.

 

[Don_ih]

Don, Don, Don, they are not rocks by the railway tracks, they are the ballast!!!

I recognised the ballast immediately, the shards of sleeper timber in the bottom left corner gave it away.

Perhaps it could be titled, "Shard-Don-Eh?

All jokes aside, a very neat view of what would mostly go unnoticed.

Mick, those are nice rocks - the ballast is mostly slag from smelting operations (but on the other side of the tracks) and recycled concrete (including granite countertops). It's a bit of a mess.

But, yes, they're the rail bed.

 

[chuckroast]

Speaking of railways ... how about an antipattern ... which is kind of a pattern in its own right.

Fuji GA-645Zi, Tri-X @ ASA 400, Pyrocat 1.5:1:200, EMA, 2 min initial agitation, 15 seconds @ 21 and 41 minutes, 60 minutes total. Scan of silver print:

 

[NedL]

Ivo Stunga, that interior picture with all of those descending windows, is really impressive.

There are some wonderful photographs in this MSA! That one is awesome.

 

[Kino]

Final Week of this MSA!

Get your entries in if you have more to post.

This has been a very productive and rich MSA; choosing will be very difficult!

I apologize; health and other issues barred me me from producing the images I wished to include, but there are many sterling examples to choose from.

Winner will be determined on the evening of the 31st (my local time) and posted on the 1st of June (ditto).

 

[Don_ih]

My final contribution for the month:

Chairs. Set up for one of my kids' high school graduation, about 7 years ago. Canon A1 (no idea what lens or film).

 

[gijsbert]

Old, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley, on Delta 400 with a Fujifilm GF670

 

[gijsbert]

One more old one, washed up tree trunk (huge!) on Washington beach somewhere, HP5+ on a GA645Wi

 

[What About Bob]

New image: 05/30/2024
"Rock Wall"

Hasselblad 501c with 80mm f/2.8 lens and Minolta IV light meter
Kentmere 120, 400 rated at box speed
Exposure was 1/250th at f/19
Developed using Barry Thornton's two-bath D23 and sodium metaborate at 72.5F/22.5C
Multitone RC pearl paper exposed for 10.5 seconds at f/22 with a 2.5 Ilford Multicontrast filter and developed in Liquidol 1:9, Sprint vanilla stop and Hypam fixer

 

[Kino]

Truly outstanding submissions everyone!

This will be a very hard decision to make.

Let you know tomorrow.

 

[Kino]

Speaking of railways ... how about an antipattern ... which is kind of a pattern in its own right.

Fuji GA-645Zi, Tri-X @ ASA 400, Pyrocat 1.5:1:200, EMA, 2 min initial agitation, 15 seconds @ 21 and 41 minutes, 60 minutes total. Scan of silver print:

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The Winner of this Month's MSA is Chuckroast.

The combination of luminous, regular shapes in a chaotic arrangement spoke to me and I kept coming back to the image.

Many beautiful images in this submission, but I had to choose only one.

Congratulations Chuckroast!

The baton is handed to you.

 

[chuckroast]

The Winner of this Month's MSA is Chuckroast.

The combination of luminous, regular shapes in a chaotic arrangement spoke to me and I kept coming back to the image.

Many beautiful images in this submission, but I had to choose only one.

Congratulations Chuckroast!

The baton is handed to you.

I humbly accept the baton. Now ... what do I do with it??? I guess I'll just start the next MSA

 

[MattKing]

Good choice, and well done.
The new Assignment is in this thread: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/msa-o-n-june-2024-the-beauty-of-decay.207143/#post-2800307