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Kyle M.
1-Dec-2015, 07:35
I'm a little excited so I just thought I'd share what is officially my first Large Format photo. Shot this last night after unboxing and inspecting my new to me Crown Graphic. I have to say that I'm officially hooked.

Info:
My Grandmother's spinning wheel
Graflex Crown Graphic, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 135mm F=4.7
Ilford HP5+, developed for 11 minutes in Kodak HC-110 dilution H (1+63)
1/8 sec @ F16
Scanned on Epson V600 and stitched together in P.S. Elements 9

142864


Original on my Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kylemichaels90/23434615875/

Fr. Mark
1-Dec-2015, 07:41
Good job! I think a lot of us have and enjoy press cameras.

Michael Graves
1-Dec-2015, 10:11
That's your first shot???!!!??? I've been doing this for years and haven't gotten something that nice.

Kyle M.
1-Dec-2015, 10:49
That's your first shot???!!!??? I've been doing this for years and haven't gotten something that nice.

Call it beginners luck? I've been shooting MF for a couple years, but this is my first LF shot.

Sirius Glass
1-Dec-2015, 11:03
Welcome to Large Format Photography Forum

Check out www.graflex.org and www.graflex.org/helpdesk/

Jiri Vasina
2-Dec-2015, 01:07
That is a wonderful one, Kyle. Looking forward to see more.

And I have to add, you have made a Large step up from MF to 4x5", yet the path does not end there. The next small step is to 5x7/8x10 ;) :D

Jiri

AtlantaTerry
2-Dec-2015, 03:50
Welcome. Keep up the good work.

Kyle M.
2-Dec-2015, 05:09
That is a wonderful one, Kyle. Looking forward to see more.

And I have to add, you have made a Large step up from MF to 4x5", yet the path does not end there. The next small step is to 5x7/8x10 ;) :D

Jiri

Maybe 8x10 someday.

Ben Calwell
2-Dec-2015, 06:14
That is nice. Retaining detail in windows has always been my Achilles' heel.

Jim Galli
2-Dec-2015, 16:57
Well done. Have fun.

redshift
3-Dec-2015, 05:56
You are obviously a skilled photographer regardless of the film size! Be careful, this size thing is addictive!


I'm a little excited so I just thought I'd share what is officially my first Large Format photo. Shot this last night after unboxing and inspecting my new to me Crown Graphic. I have to say that I'm officially hooked.

Info:
My Grandmother's spinning wheel
Graflex Crown Graphic, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 135mm F=4.7
Ilford HP5+, developed for 11 minutes in Kodak HC-110 dilution H (1+63)
1/8 sec @ F16
Scanned on Epson V600 and stitched together in P.S. Elements 9

142864


Original on my Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kylemichaels90/23434615875/

ImSoNegative
3-Dec-2015, 06:17
very very nice, I remember my first shot and it was so underexposed but I was happy to have gotten anything on the film, well done!!

Kyle M.
3-Dec-2015, 06:52
very very nice, I remember my first shot and it was so underexposed but I was happy to have gotten anything on the film, well done!!

The part I didn't mention was that I processed these in a MOD54, this scan is from the sheet that didn't get terribly scratched. Apparently inversion agitation no matter how smooth and careful causes the sheets to slip upwards out of the MOD54. For my second test I simply moved the tank in a large figure 8 pattern in front of me for agitation, it worked much better that way.