Coffee Culture
This woman brings a coffee past the Anglican cathedral in Victoria, probably on her way to work.
The coffee culture prevails in this town, which used to be known for a love of tea.
No one ever carried around cups of tea in those days, outdoors.
I shot this with the Mamiya M645 on a roll of thrift-store Fuji NPS 160 that expired in 2005.
It is one of my favourite from the test rolls.
I had just switched the film from black and white to colour and was still thinking black and white,
so I have converted it as you can see below.
For me the colour is better – even if only because the colours are so nice.
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Mamiya M645 Super, 80mm/f2.8 lens, ISO160, Fuji NPS 160 expired July 2005.
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burnt embers 
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I really love this one, as you know. I love the grainy-ness and soft focus of the trees in the background.
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Hi littleislander. The grain I think is probably the film’s uncertain history showing through as this film (and its successor since it no longer is made) is billed as very fine grained.
I took a tiny bit of the blue out – I am glad you still like the colours.
Looking at the picture I think I waited too long – the woman would have been better framed between the two trees a bit further away.
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I agree with Ken – they are both very nice…
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Thanks Melinda!
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This shot works well in both color and black and white. Tough choice.
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Thanks Ken. In some ways for me its not a tough choice since either one works just fine. A coin toss would leave me happy.
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