Film Noir

Here's a gritty grainy black and white picture from the bad old film era. Aah, you had to take a measured approach to photography in those days. I have only thirty six images I can preserve from today's trek. Is this scene worth preserving on film?

Well, this midland terrace with its decoration of seagulls was in fact taken in colour on a modern digital camera. The computer treatment has rendered it with that HP3 look, but the original is in colour and quite clean.

In fact the original is less than impressive so I thought I would try the grainy monochrome cliche look. This is something I do when I have run out of other ideas.

It is in fact the last refuge of a scoundrel.



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