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Haven't picked up a camera in 2 years. After 14 rounds of chemo half my liver cut out and 2 feet of colon removed was to weak to pick up a camera.But now been cancer free for almost 2 years. A week after I stopped chemo Covid hit which made me and my wonderful wife, who was my guardian angel afraid to press our luck so we stayed close to home. So no pictures.
Last month we decided to venture out into the world and take a trip to St Augustine FL. These are my first photos in over 2 years. Can't photograph people anymore everyone is to parinoined. So I decided to photograph doorway and alleyway.

I would appreciate any comments good or bad on these photos.

I like them. Good clarity, color and balance. My photos are made without thought of any of those things.

Great job. I really like the last one.

First of all that’s an incredible idea for subjects.

Your color photos are amazing, what vivid colors there and the B&W is stunning.

Nice work.

Great pics NV!!

Hey All,

I hope you beat the cancer...

Nice images I especially like the second one.

I look at images like these and immediately wonder - what camera what lens (50 mm equivalent I think) SOOC or post processed HDR?

I'm always curious about the process.

I can see you are really careful about framing and composition - great job on all three of them.

-Ed-

I like them all. Well done.

EasyEd,thank you for your kind words. I use Nikon D60 with a 18-55mm lens. I shoot in RAW so I can process the image right in the camera lightroom. The photos were taken with the lens at 45mm. I try to follow the rule of 3rd's. Don't use any programs outside of the camera. I was amazed at the things that can be done right in the camera when first started to shoot in RAW years ago. Hopefully this year I'm going to upgrade to a newer Nikon. My D60 is over 20 years old.

When you upgrade, you will notice a big difference in the new cameras. Even the entry level Nikon DSLRs and mirrorless cameras are around 24 megapixel. I'm sort of lusting after the high resolution end. The higher end full frame sensor cameras are 45.7 megapixel. I suspect that would be more like medium format in the film days. I loved my dad's old Rollei TLR and those big negatives.

I shoot in RAW and then import into Lightroom on the computer. All the info is still in the image and you can make all the adjustments you want on the computer. Just like I used to do in the darkroom, but without the smell of hypo on my hands the rest of the day.

Maybe it's me but I never can get my B&W tones in digital the same as when I used my Nikon F or Mamiya C330 developed them in my darkroom.
Seems to get better tones if I first shoot in color the transfer them to B&W in my camera lightroom. If I had the room and some of my old cameras I would still be using film.
Back in late 1968 just got back from Never Never Land I bought a used Hasselblad also bought a new Vette with a 427 Rat motor. Spent all my money but wanted a pair of Hooker headers, sooooooooo I traded the Hasselblad the a pair of Hooker headers. I don't remember ever taking a picture with the Hasselblad. Looking back I should have kept the camera, It would have saved me lots speeding tickets.
If you look at my post a few B&W the photo of the old lady with a cape was taken with Nikon F and developed in my darkroom in the 70's.