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One of those moments where I had to grab my camera quick. I saw the sign on a bus stop promoting using bicycles to get around London, with a woman waiting for the bus, and then I looked around for traffic that might get in the way and saw a guy on a bike coming my way. Priceless timing! :)

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Mance says:

Owen - you are incredible. And that's a pretty slow shutter speed to handhold in the heat of the moment like that. Do you have an IS lens?

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JudyGr says:

Great capture, as they say.
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Alastair Rae says:

Blimey sometimes I just don't get the point -Digitally processed to mimic the 'crossprocessing' style of film development. - what's that all about? And a random bus stop posted to GWL? Ditto.
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Owen B. says:

Well, Alastair, I'll answer both those points. The easiest one to answer is - genuine error posting to Guess Where London - I find the drop down menu method to post to groups a bit fiddly sometimes on my laptop trackpad and that was a result of mis-clicking.

As for digitally processing a picture to mimic the cross-processing style of film development being, as you apparently believe, a pointless exercise - I wholeheartedly disagree. That's exactly the same as saying that turning digital photographs into B&W conversions to mimic B&W film is pointless as well.

I happen to like the colour effects of 'cross processing' film. However, I don't have a film camera. I have a digital camera, so I process digitally. This shot I processed to mimic the 'cross processing' look because I liked the colours. I would have thought that to be obvious. Of course, opinions are subjective. If you don't like the colours, that's fine. :)

Whether you 'get the point' comes down to whether you 'get' the notion of processing your digital photographs in the first place, I'd have thought.
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Mance says:

Well put!

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Alastair Rae says:

Know what you mean about the dropdown - hope they improve that sometime.

Never said it was pointless - just that I didn't get the point. Mind you, I always thought crossprocessing was a bit poncey anyway. So a digital technique to mimic a chemical one that I've never got on with doesn't really float my boat.

As for B&W, I don't see the point of that either in the digital world. It never has the luminence of real mono film work and seems to just ape a ... (contd p94)
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Owen B. says:

Well, you have your opinions, I have mine. Thanks for following up, although it seems to stop just as you're getting to the good bit.

Like I say, it's all down to personal taste. You find it poncey, I like the colours.
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artsyevie says:

I have just been going through your photostream and can't believe how incredible your work is. I love the cross processing you do and the amazing colors you get.
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