Richard Vanek - Black and White Photography

Feeling so lonely and high, Head is turning all around and wind in the hair. Just close your eyes and you can be everywhere you wish. Those are the dreams when sun was brighter and grass greener.

Don't you find that sometimes is difficult to describe photographs? Well I am in such a situation now. When I took this shot I though about wooden roof of house, now when I look at it, it seems more like wooden hills. In any case I like it, little confusion and great sky.

Warning, technical babbling:
Quite few month ago I have wrote article about Neopan 1600 developed in Paterson Aculux 2. After I scanned two last roll of the same film, now exposed at 1600 and again developed in Aculux 2, I need to change some of my views. It seems much better than those days, something is different. Yes I am using different camera, Olympus OM2n that time, Nikon F100 now. And yes there is a difference how those cameras exposed under the same light conditions. But seems like difference is also in something else.
Quite a few times I have read that you can use Paterson developers in higher dilutions and shorter times, I must say that from my experience it is not true, the times Paterson is publishing seems to be quite right for my way. It all depends, at least with Aculux 2, very much of how light is contrast. The less it is the longer time you need to develop film.
I scanned those Fuji Neopan 1600 at 5400dpi today. What I was expecting, was huge grain. But I a shocked, really I am the grain is not bigger than MacoPhot up100p in the same developer! I am really impressed. I will published two shots from this film tomorrow. Some low light shots I quite like.