Chris Bennett
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Thanks for your thoughts Pete. Yes I agree that colour is definitely where I should be concentrating my effort
That Cafe
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Pete Askew
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Almost a story in itself. I like it. 
Chris Bennett
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My thirteenth shot for this thread proved to be rather unlucky. Some fat git got in the reflection in the window.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
That fat git has a nice camera bag...
Chris Bennett
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Ah yes, I understand he's very attached to that tired old thing.
Pete Askew
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Some fine additions to the series, Chris. I especially like the last, with the jigging figures in the background.
Chris Bennett
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I'm really starting to miss my weekly visits to the cafe, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a shot of it tucked away on a roll of film I almost finished back in the middle of March, a week or so before the country came to a standstill.
Spotted!
Spotted!
Chris Bennett
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I should have mentioned above that I developed the roll (XP2) in Caffenol, which is probably only right and proper for a cafe shot.
Dave Farnes
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Looks somewhat desolate in b&w, lacking in vibrancy as all cafes are at the moment.
Pete Askew
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Given hindsight, that kind of looks like a wistful final closing of that door.
Chris Bennett
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Things have been quiet around our favourite cafe for quite a while now, due to the jolly old Covid crisis. Something is stirring though. Just a murmur - the lights are on, but no-one is at home.
Pentax P-30 with a Tamron Adaptall 90mm f/2.5, on Fomapan 100, developed with Rodinal
Pentax P-30 with a Tamron Adaptall 90mm f/2.5, on Fomapan 100, developed with Rodinal
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Good timing. Says it all.
Chris Bennett
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Open and Yet Still Closed
Shot with the Bronica ETRS on Portra 160
Shot with the Bronica ETRS on Portra 160
Dave Farnes
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This is a fascinating pictorial history story you are telling. Still looking sadly desolate, hopefully it will survive the storm.
Chris Bennett
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A few colour images taken yesterday from a completely new perspective.
In Reverse
If you look, you'll see a funny little sign on the pavement outside the cafe. I wonder....
It's Open!!
In Reverse
If you look, you'll see a funny little sign on the pavement outside the cafe. I wonder....
It's Open!!
Chris Bennett
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My favourite from my visit yesterday though, is this one.
I wondered to myself earlier this year what I could shoot if there was no condensation on the windows of the cafe.
Here's the answer! The window of this particular shop diffuses my beautifully focused image a treat.
I wondered to myself earlier this year what I could shoot if there was no condensation on the windows of the cafe.
Here's the answer! The window of this particular shop diffuses my beautifully focused image a treat.
Dave Farnes
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As viewed from a mirror universe. As a sci-fi fan many questions spring to mind. If it is open in the mirror universe is it still closed in the normal one? Are you using an anti-matter camera? etc, etc.
Chris Bennett
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Good point Dave. I suppose, rather than being open, it would actually be 'Nepo'.
