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b &w

By mach3 on August 18, 2009

In this day and age, I can recommend only the one professional film lab that processes black and white film in Bombay – Studio Mull Herr. It wasn’t the case five years ago. I had options. 4 or 5 of them. I’d use Mazda most oft.

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A bunch of juveniles engage in outdoor sports whilst high tide during the monsoons at Juhu Beach in Bombay. 2009 brought the tallest tides in over one hundred years.

Contact prints are expensive &indecisive. I prefer low resolution scans instead. I can then check focus, composition etc. &get the better frames scanned at a high resolution thereafter.

Studio Mull Herr’s best deal is Rs. 400 for 36 exposures at a resolution of 4 x 6 inches at 300 dpi. Instead, I get this preliminary scan done from Mazda. Mazda charge Rs. 100 for the 36 exposures at 72 dpi.

I’d shot some film a month and a half ago &haven’t had the time to go to back to Mull Herr to do the high-resolution scans.

FIN

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18 responses to “b &w”

  1. Harsh August 19, 2009 at 5:40 pm | | Reply

    Nice shot … ;) … the snap somehow reminds me of “Slumdog Millionaire” … :mrgreen:

    1. mach3 August 19, 2009 at 5:56 pm | | Reply

      thanks.
      Is that so?

  2. kanagu September 6, 2009 at 1:47 pm | | Reply

    This shot is superb… :)

    I like photography very much :)

    1. mach3 September 6, 2009 at 1:55 pm | | Reply

      thanks kanagu.
      I like photography too :)

  3. womaninblack September 6, 2009 at 6:47 pm | | Reply

    This looks like my kitchen after I’ve been ‘cooking’ – everyone appears in a haze of smoke.

    Beautiful pictures. You’re very talented – and thank you for visiting my blog!

    1. mach3 September 7, 2009 at 11:24 am | | Reply

      thanks womaninblack.
      येत रहा. Keep coming back.

  4. nursemyra September 7, 2009 at 1:57 pm | | Reply

    nice grainy effect

    1. mach3 September 7, 2009 at 2:13 pm | | Reply

      thanks Nurse Myra!

  5. Sweats Model September 7, 2009 at 10:00 pm | | Reply

    That’s a great shot. It has almost a dream-like quality to it. I’ll surely come by to see more!

    1. mach3 September 8, 2009 at 9:39 am | | Reply

      thank you Sweats Model.
      See you soon.

  6. Niharika September 10, 2009 at 1:07 pm | | Reply

    Beautiful pics mate!!!
    This is your hobby or a profession???

    And Hey thanks for visiting http://www.poorjokes.in
    :-)
    Hope to see you around..

    1. mach3 September 10, 2009 at 9:13 pm | | Reply

      thank you Niharika.
      It is a professional hobby :D

  7. spinach pie September 11, 2009 at 3:46 pm | | Reply

    A truly beautiful shot. It’s full of atmosphere and because you can’t see exactly what’s going on (although you’ve told us now :) ) it has a great air of mystery. I’m really looking forward to seeing more of your work. Congratulations.

    1. mach3 September 11, 2009 at 5:41 pm | | Reply

      thank you, spinach pie.
      thank you very much.

  8. Hari September 12, 2009 at 12:35 am | | Reply

    I really like the Black and White photography. My dad used to take a lot of black and white photos (I think he had a Yashika camera at the time) in the late sixties and early seventies when we used to live in Bombay. Some of these photos remind me of those.

    1. mach3 September 12, 2009 at 10:21 am | | Reply

      thanks for visiting, Hari.

  9. sheba March 7, 2010 at 8:12 pm | | Reply

    Im terribly impressed..such genius!

    1. mach3 March 10, 2010 at 10:37 pm | | Reply

      Thank You, sheba.

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