2 Museums, a Grocery, Breakfast, Lunch , Contax RX, Portra 800 & UltraMax 400

[Paul Taylor]

Developed a couple rolls of color I had been procrastinating on.

Both rolls shot with my Contax RX w/ Zeiss 50mmF1.4

LeeLee's Asian grocery on Portra 800 :

The Musical Instrument Museum here in Phoenix, Portra 800

Breakfast spot, Portra 800

Dinner spot, UltraMax 400

Bench at another Museum (Heard Museum) on UltraMax 400

Touchups at the Heard on the way out, UltraMax 400

 

[Charlotte Ortelli]

Very nice colours and fidelity, wicked sharp lens.
The grocer pictures have a nice lonely feel to them, well done.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Very nice, Paul. What caught my eye most was the baroque guitar, which I play myself. Do you know who made it?

Here’s me playing one sixteen years ago:

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Very fine series, Paul. Love the colours and composition.

 

[Paul Taylor]

Very nice, Paul. What caught my eye most was the baroque guitar, which I play myself. Do you know who made it?

Here’s me playing one sixteen years ago:

I don't remember exactly.

Great playing Rob! I am fortunate enough to be reasonably mediocre/good at nearly everything I try to do - no matter what it is. The glaring exception to that is music. The family on my mother's side of things is overflowing with extremely talented musicians as my grandmother was a masterful guitar and piano player (she used to play with many famous people in the 50s) and I have fond memories of her chewing tobacco and playing her guitar on the porch. One of my uncles is an amazing guitarist, and my sister is an award winning flutist/pianist. However - despite my best efforts, I have zero musical talent whatsoever so people who can play/sing/etc I hold in a special regard/envy lol.

Apparently the Phoenix Music Instrument Museum is the only one like it in the world - as it features instruments from all over the world and is deceptively huge and well curated / upkept. I go there often for concerts (they have a wide variety of interesting artists perform from all over the world and the venue is really cozy/well ran.) I hadn't ever been to the museum till that visit. The guitar and violin in the pics were part of a special exhibit featuring Stradivarius and other famous makers. Some of the instruments in that section were not only very old (earliest was from the 1500s) but jaw-dropping in craftsmanship.

Here are some cell-phone pics of some of the stuff in that particular exhibit.

 

[Paul Taylor]

Very nice colours and fidelity, wicked sharp lens.
The grocer pictures have a nice lonely feel to them, well done.

I was quite impressed with the sharpness and rendition of that lens, as it is a new to me purchase. I feel like my collection of Contax-Zeiss lenses is about to get larger. I should have known though, as years ago I had a couple (24-70 & 16-35) for my Sony a900 and they were also fantastic.