Battyle of the sexes

[RBSinTo]

Taken earlier this summer in Kensington.
Because in my experience on the streets it is so rare to see women playing Chess, when I came across one playing with a man outside a café, their situation seemed so unusual that I stopped to watch. I really liked their intensity as they studied the board, and when the moment seemed right, grabbed this shot.
motorized Nikon F
Nikkor 180 2.8 ED AIS manual focus
Fuji 100 ISO colour slide
5.6 @ 1/125th

[thetraveler]

John,

I know you shoot with F...I...L...M and what would be considered disgusting noise with digital images is hugged and revered as lovely grain ( I miss more elaborate emojis) but I think this shot has picked up just too much contrast in the scanning so his pants and her dress are blocked up blobs.

Otherwise, nice picture, nice construction.

[RBSinTo]

Lew,
Thanks for commenting.
I agree her dress has no detail, but even when I tried going crazy with the highlight/shadow controls, there was no detail in the dress to be had.
However, on my monitor I see detail in his pants: the leg seam, back pocket patch and creases at the back of his thigh and knee are all there.
And as for the grain/noise argument? I side with the three of us Filmsters left in the world. I like grain. And while I don't see it here, it's presence in a shot doesn't bother me a bit. Never did. I always thought it added character to a shot. And still do.
The perfection/hyper-reality of Digital images which make every image look like a Ken Danby painting is another reason I dislike them so much.
Robert

[thetraveler]

I hope you know I was just funning with you.

Lew

[RBSinTo]

I hope you know I was just funning with you.

Lew

No problem. Doesn't make no never mind.
Why are we conversing like hillbillies?
Robert

[thetraveler]

Reinforcing stereotypes, you are the educated Briton, I am the good-hearted salt of the earth hick who just got electricity in the holler and enjoys the new fangled Interweb talkin'.

(My son in law always gives me a subscription to the London Review of Books and so I feel a bit uncultured.)

[RBSinTo]

Reinforcing stereotypes, you are the educated Briton, I am the good-hearted salt of the earth hick who just got electricity in the holler and enjoys the new fangled Interweb talkin'.

(My son in law always gives me a subscription to the London Review of Books and so I feel a bit uncultured.)

Lew,
Virtually all of my culture comes from yogurt.
Robert

[Shadowman]

Nice capture.