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Hello Wyatolings. I’m not a frequent visitor here, but I do look in from time to time to see what people are shooting. I’m in between projects at the moment, my book is done and in the shops and I haven’t decided what to do next so I thought I would treat you all to a thread.
Not a thread of pictures from the book, it's not a photo book although there are around 400 photos in it. These were all exported for a variety of different reasons and have been kicking around in a folder on my hard drive for several years. They are not a particularly well-balanced selection of what I do and I’d wager that some of them are older than many of the posters here.
This gentleman is a professional holy man. His job is posing for pictures in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The Bromo caldera, Tengger Highlands, Java, Indonesia
https://i.imgur.com/TcywUfw.jpeg
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Da Nang, Vietnam. There are three bridges though the last one only shows a bit of leg
https://i.imgur.com/y4vZjGc.jpeg
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Skytrain, Bangkok
https://i.imgur.com/AdFHrHq.jpeg
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Bagan, Myanmar. There are 3,500 pagodas scattered between fields and scrub across an area of about 104 square kilometres.
https://i.imgur.com/HRdZS4W.jpeg
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Anak Krakatoa, August 2018. Throughout the day it had been very quiet so the skipper of the crew suggested we go and camp over there. I had my heart set on a sunset shot and since I was paying my decision was final. The sunset never happened but this did. A couple of months later it blew itself out of the water almost completely
stunning, really reminds me of photographs one might find in a 2000's travel book.
Would love to know about what you're shooting on and how the images are processed. They do not look modern. The noise on the shot of the church shot in particular is interesting. Almost looks like a scanned print.
I have pixel peeped these thoroughly and determined that several different digital cameras and film stocks were used therefore
The one you have with you
>really reminds me of photographs one might find in a 2000's travel book.
https://i.imgur.com/9808wDn.jpeg
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Hallgrimskirkja seen through the spires of Hateigskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland
is the oldest image in the set. It was taken in 1982, probably on Ektachrome 100. It was then dragged across the world and stored in a dusty old cardboard box for about 30 years. It was probably drum scanned somewhere between 2010-5. The lens was a crappy 70-210 Vivitar thing. The other slides were DSLR scanned and they all required quite a lot of retouching to get rid of dust and scratches. Otherwise, processing is fairly light, I rarely spend more than a few minutes on an image
I have pixel peeped these thoroughly and determined that several different digital cameras and film stocks were used therefore
The one you have with you
>several different digital cameras and film stocks were used
Correct.
Beautiful I love this shot. The colors and the ambiance are so pleasant. Do you sell prints?
>Do you sell prints?
What size/quality are thinking of?
If you're serious send a message to this temporary e-mail address [email protected]
thanks for the reply! As someone who actually has travelled and produced great work, and clearly has a deep archive of work, why do you feeled compelled to post on this hellhole of a website?
nta but the rest of the internet is totally dead. Normies noped out and have real lives but lots of introverts are left playing show and tell with either giga trannies or neet losers. it is pretty grim
I didn't feel compelled, I was at a loose end for an hour or two. I only stop by 2-3 times in a month. After I go back to HK tomorrow I won't be able to post until I travel again because Wyato seems to have blocked the entire city from posting. Unless I buy the Wyato pass or have a VPN or something.
Extremely high quality thread, despite all the gearhomosexualry and flame wars plaguing this board I'm glad I still pop in time to time and get to see stuff like this. I agree about the retro Nat Geo vibes.
This one's incredible. Love the actual motion from the smoothed-out water and blurred ferris wheel combined with the sense of motion from the lines on the bridges.
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Deep in the heart of Sichuan, China an old coal mining railway still transports villagers to and from the nearest town. Motorbikes and pedestrians can walk on a path alongside the track but there are no roads.
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Tibetan nun at the Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling Monastery. Eight hours of intense mindful meditation wiped away by some idiot with a camera blocking the steps. She was actually very sweet and was happy to have her photograph taken.
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Anak Krakatoa, August 2018. Throughout the day it had been very quiet so the skipper of the crew suggested we go and camp over there. I had my heart set on a sunset shot and since I was paying my decision was final. The sunset never happened but this did. A couple of months later it blew itself out of the water almost completely
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Ching Shu Hin, was a guest house for visiting scholars at Ping Shan in Hong Kong’s New Territories. The guest house formed part of the Kun Ting Study Hall which was built in 1870.
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Olean sugar mill, East Java, still using steam-powered machinery much of which was over 100 years old. It finally closed down in 2021 after Covid had wrecked its bid to attract tourists as a heritage site.
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Humayun’s Tomb. It was commissioned in 1569 by Ḥamīdah Bānū Begam, the Persian queen of the Mughal emperor the building is named for. It was awarded Unesco World Heritage status in 1993 but that was after this shot was taken.
Its pretty hard to get very excited for this much telephoto in one set, but its very tidy. A few classic looking shots. Bad frames.
Nice work, thanks for sharing
photography is inherently about travel and journalism is why
it has never been anything else
“fashion” (clothing ads) is gearhomosexualry cope
“wildlife” in the form of animals in front of bokeh could just as easily be zoo snaps is gearhomosexualry cope
new locations and new things are all that is good in photography
street photography used to be interesting because art world israelites werent used to looking at goyim, but now its gearhomosexualry cope too because we have google street view
Yeah portraits be like “buy this gear for the look, use the special lens, get another strobe, moar gels, buy a nicer backdrop, and a professional artisan gobo, and if this person gets famous people might care otherwise you’re basically a nameless photobooth owner” and OPs stuff be like “this could be a sony rx100 or a sony a1, JFC gear doesnt matter, buy a plane ticket, see the world” and others can experience letting go and seeing the world through that.
When I see these pictures it really makes me think how constant exposure through the internet has made it more difficult to take a conceptually interesting picture. 40 years ago pics like this would have made you a well renown photographer working for National Geographic, these days all it engenders is a "pretty neat, good pics" because everybody's all ready seen Nepalese mountain goat herders or whatever.
Not a knock against the OP, they're good pics, 100x better than the usual snap shits we get on this board, but it's kind of blackpilling.
I agree, but why does it matter? What changes if you take excellent photos (and I agree they are excellent), and you get a huge response vs getting shrugs? Because it sounds like you're edging up to "If I can't get rich or famous, it's not worth doing"
It's not so much "I can't get rich or famous", but rather "I can't even make a cent and get zero recognition". If you're a hobbyist snapshitter obviously it doesn't matter, but if you've ever wanted to make a living with photography or even produce culturally relevant art, this is a harsh reminder that doing that is more difficult than ever.
not unless you are israeli and then they can make it happen. it might have to be with a funded youtube or podcast to talk about the photos, but it can happen with nepotism and resources. goyim get nothing though you are right
>culturally relevant
This is gatekept by elites that do not have your best interests at heart. We live in a culturally fragmented era because of these people. We have no unity. We have no culture. We have cliques. The best you can hope for is finding a small clique who likes you, because if you get past the elites they will talk you up, sure, but you're still just going to be in a clique.
Can instantly tell this was all shot on a Leica. Jap crap is only simped over by gear fags and for actual photographers all they need is one tool, and that is a Leica.
If you went back in time and gave every leica user a canon powershot s95, every camera from then on out would be based on its design and it would be considered the best camera to ever exist.
Obvious troll is obvious, but this all looks like classic Natgeo stuff from the 80s and 90s and they were mostly Nikonians.
Cope, 99% of the most iconic shots were taken on Leica. The glass is just something poorfag Japcrap shooter cannot even hope to emulate. If you had a Leica you'd understand. Instead you'll just keep wasting your tiny disposable income on "thrift store finds" "fixxer uppers" "digi shits" and other cope trash instead of just getting something that would have lasted you a life time and provided actual good photography. Cope cope cope.
How is the iii as an actual shooter? Someone put one up on the local fb for 500 trudeaubux but I worry that it might be one of those cameras that’s just too old and becomes pain to shoot. I’ve used other really old cameras and had a bad time, but they were Kodaks.
3 weeks ago
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>the most iconic shots were taken on Leica. The glass is just something poorfag Japcrap shooter cannot even hope to emulate >the glass >posts some fucking Russian dog shit lens
hahaha do poorfags really??
02/36
Hello Wyatolings. I’m not a frequent visitor here, but I do look in from time to time to see what people are shooting. I’m in between projects at the moment, my book is done and in the shops and I haven’t decided what to do next so I thought I would treat you all to a thread.
Not a thread of pictures from the book, it's not a photo book although there are around 400 photos in it. These were all exported for a variety of different reasons and have been kicking around in a folder on my hard drive for several years. They are not a particularly well-balanced selection of what I do and I’d wager that some of them are older than many of the posters here.
This gentleman is a professional holy man. His job is posing for pictures in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal
03/36
Kurseong station on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, India
04/36
Rural scene with huge limestone karsts, near Yangshuo, China
05/36
Yaowarat during rush hour, Bangkok, Thailand
06/36
Hallgrimskirkja seen through the spires of Hateigskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland
stunning, really reminds me of photographs one might find in a 2000's travel book.
Would love to know about what you're shooting on and how the images are processed. They do not look modern. The noise on the shot of the church shot in particular is interesting. Almost looks like a scanned print.
I have pixel peeped these thoroughly and determined that several different digital cameras and film stocks were used therefore
The one you have with you
I'm not interested in acquiring new gear, but I am interested in technique. My question stands.
Thanks for the comments
>really reminds me of photographs one might find in a 2000's travel book.
is the oldest image in the set. It was taken in 1982, probably on Ektachrome 100. It was then dragged across the world and stored in a dusty old cardboard box for about 30 years. It was probably drum scanned somewhere between 2010-5. The lens was a crappy 70-210 Vivitar thing. The other slides were DSLR scanned and they all required quite a lot of retouching to get rid of dust and scratches. Otherwise, processing is fairly light, I rarely spend more than a few minutes on an image
>several different digital cameras and film stocks were used
Correct.
>Do you sell prints?
What size/quality are thinking of?
If you're serious send a message to this temporary e-mail address [email protected]
thanks for the reply! As someone who actually has travelled and produced great work, and clearly has a deep archive of work, why do you feeled compelled to post on this hellhole of a website?
nta but the rest of the internet is totally dead. Normies noped out and have real lives but lots of introverts are left playing show and tell with either giga trannies or neet losers. it is pretty grim
most young people are on Discord. Wyato is extremely culturally irrelevant, even for the neets and losers.
I didn't feel compelled, I was at a loose end for an hour or two. I only stop by 2-3 times in a month. After I go back to HK tomorrow I won't be able to post until I travel again because Wyato seems to have blocked the entire city from posting. Unless I buy the Wyato pass or have a VPN or something.
07/36
Urban long-tailed macaques in Lopburi, Thailand
08/36
Just taking the hog for a walk, dear. Somewhere near Ubud, Bali.
I believe it was a stud pig on a mission which would explain the look of grim determination on both their faces
09/36
The Bromo caldera, Tengger Highlands, Java, Indonesia
10/36
Wat Muang, Wiset Chai Chan, Ang Tong, Thailand
these are all sweet but the iq looks pretty compressed. thanks for posting
fun sense of scale
nice gesture
11/36
Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling Monastery or Dali Gomba for short, near Ghum, West Bengal, India
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Da Nang, Vietnam. There are three bridges though the last one only shows a bit of leg
Extremely high quality thread, despite all the gearhomosexualry and flame wars plaguing this board I'm glad I still pop in time to time and get to see stuff like this. I agree about the retro Nat Geo vibes.
This one's incredible. Love the actual motion from the smoothed-out water and blurred ferris wheel combined with the sense of motion from the lines on the bridges.
Beautiful I love this shot. The colors and the ambiance are so pleasant. Do you sell prints?
13/36
Deep in the heart of Sichuan, China an old coal mining railway still transports villagers to and from the nearest town. Motorbikes and pedestrians can walk on a path alongside the track but there are no roads.
14/36
Tibetan nun at the Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling Monastery. Eight hours of intense mindful meditation wiped away by some idiot with a camera blocking the steps. She was actually very sweet and was happy to have her photograph taken.
15/36
Barbecued chicken vendor, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Giggling schoolgirl, Kinarut, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
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Rice and bananas near Majianglong village, Kaiping, China
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Skytrain, Bangkok
19/36
Bagan, Myanmar. There are 3,500 pagodas scattered between fields and scrub across an area of about 104 square kilometres.
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Trishaw driver, Probolingo, Java, Indonesia
21/36
Anak Krakatoa, August 2018. Throughout the day it had been very quiet so the skipper of the crew suggested we go and camp over there. I had my heart set on a sunset shot and since I was paying my decision was final. The sunset never happened but this did. A couple of months later it blew itself out of the water almost completely
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Likay performer takes a cigarette break during rehearsals, in Maeklong, Thailand
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Olafsvik with Snaefellsjokull the distant peak, Iceland
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Monks of all ages enjoying the view at the Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling Monastery
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Vendor at the flower market, Kolkata, India
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Ching Shu Hin, was a guest house for visiting scholars at Ping Shan in Hong Kong’s New Territories. The guest house formed part of the Kun Ting Study Hall which was built in 1870.
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Morning mist blankets the road through the Kledung Pass, Java. Gunung Sindoro looks on as tobacco plantation workers start their day.
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Osaka Castle, Japan
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The Queens Head, a sandstone formation at Yehliu Geopark, northern Taiwan. Although from this angle it doesn’t look particularly regal
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Tobacco plantation worker, Kledung Pass, Java, Indonesia
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South Peak, Mt Kinabalu, Borneo
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Olean sugar mill, East Java, still using steam-powered machinery much of which was over 100 years old. It finally closed down in 2021 after Covid had wrecked its bid to attract tourists as a heritage site.
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Hmong mother and baby, Luang Prabang, Laos
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Humayun’s Tomb. It was commissioned in 1569 by Ḥamīdah Bānū Begam, the Persian queen of the Mughal emperor the building is named for. It was awarded Unesco World Heritage status in 1993 but that was after this shot was taken.
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A street vendor wheels his cart across the road in front of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, Bangkok.
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Rooftops in Durham in NE England.
Flickr would go crazy over these
Yeah because this is what actual photography looks like
Its pretty hard to get very excited for this much telephoto in one set, but its very tidy. A few classic looking shots. Bad frames.
Nice work, thanks for sharing
cope
>concrete jungles and peole
meh..nice compositions though
I don't like the frames but good photos otherwise
I like this whole set. Good, solid, classic photography. Thanks for posting.
Classic National Geographic shit from the 1960s, outstanding thread. Thanks for posting.
Nice thread and interesting shots. Thanks for adding captions, some of us do like to know these things.
Oh so that’s why we can’t just move Hong Kong over to New Mexico.
Just imagine, /rpt/ threads have what, 150 pics and none of them reach even 1 % of the quality of the ones ITT. Pretty crazy
photography is inherently about travel and journalism is why
it has never been anything else
“fashion” (clothing ads) is gearhomosexualry cope
“wildlife” in the form of animals in front of bokeh could just as easily be zoo snaps is gearhomosexualry cope
new locations and new things are all that is good in photography
street photography used to be interesting because art world israelites werent used to looking at goyim, but now its gearhomosexualry cope too because we have google street view
Yeah portraits be like “buy this gear for the look, use the special lens, get another strobe, moar gels, buy a nicer backdrop, and a professional artisan gobo, and if this person gets famous people might care otherwise you’re basically a nameless photobooth owner” and OPs stuff be like “this could be a sony rx100 or a sony a1, JFC gear doesnt matter, buy a plane ticket, see the world” and others can experience letting go and seeing the world through that.
You sound mad
You have no reason to have such a strong angry boomer opinion when you haven't accomplished anything
These are slide film scans, right?
When I see these pictures it really makes me think how constant exposure through the internet has made it more difficult to take a conceptually interesting picture. 40 years ago pics like this would have made you a well renown photographer working for National Geographic, these days all it engenders is a "pretty neat, good pics" because everybody's all ready seen Nepalese mountain goat herders or whatever.
Not a knock against the OP, they're good pics, 100x better than the usual snap shits we get on this board, but it's kind of blackpilling.
I agree, but why does it matter? What changes if you take excellent photos (and I agree they are excellent), and you get a huge response vs getting shrugs? Because it sounds like you're edging up to "If I can't get rich or famous, it's not worth doing"
It's not so much "I can't get rich or famous", but rather "I can't even make a cent and get zero recognition". If you're a hobbyist snapshitter obviously it doesn't matter, but if you've ever wanted to make a living with photography or even produce culturally relevant art, this is a harsh reminder that doing that is more difficult than ever.
not unless you are israeli and then they can make it happen. it might have to be with a funded youtube or podcast to talk about the photos, but it can happen with nepotism and resources. goyim get nothing though you are right
>culturally relevant
This is gatekept by elites that do not have your best interests at heart. We live in a culturally fragmented era because of these people. We have no unity. We have no culture. We have cliques. The best you can hope for is finding a small clique who likes you, because if you get past the elites they will talk you up, sure, but you're still just going to be in a clique.
Can instantly tell this was all shot on a Leica. Jap crap is only simped over by gear fags and for actual photographers all they need is one tool, and that is a Leica.
(you)
nta but damn u poorfags got triggered. Leica is top dog for a reason. seethe
If you went back in time and gave every leica user a canon powershot s95, every camera from then on out would be based on its design and it would be considered the best camera to ever exist.
Cope
More (you)'s than OP got so far, seethe.
Cope, 99% of the most iconic shots were taken on Leica. The glass is just something poorfag Japcrap shooter cannot even hope to emulate. If you had a Leica you'd understand. Instead you'll just keep wasting your tiny disposable income on "thrift store finds" "fixxer uppers" "digi shits" and other cope trash instead of just getting something that would have lasted you a life time and provided actual good photography. Cope cope cope.
Okay then, now what?
How is the iii as an actual shooter? Someone put one up on the local fb for 500 trudeaubux but I worry that it might be one of those cameras that’s just too old and becomes pain to shoot. I’ve used other really old cameras and had a bad time, but they were Kodaks.
>the most iconic shots were taken on Leica. The glass is just something poorfag Japcrap shooter cannot even hope to emulate
>the glass
>posts some fucking Russian dog shit lens
hahaha do poorfags really??
>good photos huh
>time to screech about leica
something tells me op's been using nikon
Better luck next thread
back in my day bait was subtle
Read the thread first psycho
Obvious troll is obvious, but this all looks like classic Natgeo stuff from the 80s and 90s and they were mostly Nikonians.