Men of Steam

[Messiah Khan]

Went to Barnard Castle steam rally on Sunday. Not with the intention of getting shots of steam engines, but instead to get images of quirky characters.

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[Makhaira]

Great pictures. Have you stylised the last one a bit?

 

[AndyBorzi]

Great pics...Love No.5!

I LOL'd at all of them! When I'm old, I want to look like them! hehe

How do you process your B&W?

 

[iMacMart]

I like number 3

Did you just snap away? No one said anything?

 

[Gaffer]

Went to Barnard Castle steam rally on Sunday. Not with the intention of getting shots of steam engines, but instead to get images of quirky characters.

Cracking set, MK.

Are they all candid?

Do you get them to sign release forms afterwards?

Andrew

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

Think 4 and 5 are bloody brillant!

these portraits better suit your prefered style IMO.

Johnny

 

[Felix E]

Can I ask what lens and aperture you take these at?

 

[Oxygen]

Wow MK, lovely PP and cracking detail in this set... very stylish.

I'd be interested to know if they are all candids also or from a distance.

 

[Paul11]

do tell .. how do you process ?

 

[TheAlex]

I'm sure MK has gone into detail about his processing techniques before...I found this brief description with a quick search:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11647242&postcount=16

2, 4 and 5 are my favourite of this lot. Awesome.

 

[Oxygen]

Can I ask what lens and aperture you take these at?

EXIF says they were taken with a 300mm f/2.8 lens between f/4 and f/4.5

May I recommend this handy tool for checking out EXIF details in your browser
http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/index.html

 

[DampCat]

EXIF says they were taken with a 300mm f/2.8 lens between f/4 and f/4.5

May I recommend this handy tool for checking out EXIF details in your browser
http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/index.html

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3905

FireFox addon. Just right click the image

 

[Bubo]

Blimey, not only have you discovered Elvis (3), but apparently Fred Dibnah also faked his own death (4)

 

[Tooks]

Excellent pics!

I've always fancied doing these sort of portraits, but am I the only one who gets scared at the thought of them objecting?!

Looking at them though, they certainly must have had tough paper rounds as kids!!

 

[Aod]

Omg, Dibnah is Still alive! (4!!!)

 

[collisster]

Omg, Dibnah is Still alive! (4!!!)

was about to say the same thing

 

[byteagig]

was about to say the same thing

me too, uncanny!

 

[iMacMart]

Omg, Dibnah is Still alive! (4!!!)

That was his name..was racking my brains when I saw his face...good old Fred.. passed in 2006

 

[Morba]

Those are excellent

 

[A.N.Other]

Those are excellent

Definately. The detail in them is cracking