Esmeralda County Courthouse, Goldfield Nevada & 3 Ancient B&L lenses!

[Jim Galli]

For those of you who may enjoy a 10 minute voyage into the wonders of Central Nevada hinterlands, I've just put up a new page at my website (http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/01/Esmeralda_Court_House.html) with photos done last Friday Feb. 2 2007 in Goldfield Nevada at the Esmeralda County Courthouse.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/01/Esmeralda_Court_House.html

I used 3 very vintage Bausch & Lomb product 1905 * lenses on my 1915 8X10 Korona.

Take a look and tell me what you thought. Love to hear your responses. Thanks!


*actually the lenses run from approx 1895 for the 10X12 ROC RR 15 3/8" to 1905 for the 10X12 Series V Protar, to perhaps 1925 for the 8X10 Protar. Educated guesses all.

[Ash]

Really nice photo's. I think some of these were on a thread you posted on the forum earlier?? They look familiar to me anyway.

I'm going to have to start saving so I can buy the next lenses you sell - you seem to pick up some really nice photo's with ease!


This made me laugh though -


Yesterday, 05:47
Turner Reich
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Jim Galli
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damn! i always miss the good argumentative deleted posts. DOH!

[Ed Richards]

Beautiful work! I think you flatter your lenses - I suspect you would do just as well with modern glass.:-)

[Aggie]

Jim, I have a sekonic 508 light meter I can loan you. It is my backup meter and I have trouble figuring the darn thing out. OK now you know I'm not into gizmos that have too many functions. BTW When you go to Esmerelda county next let me know. John R. and I will head over and meet you. We also have to get you back over here for Lund and other places. Hopefully I will be doing my first experiments with wet plate photography.....hint hint I know you know how to do that too.

[evan clarke]

"The Esmeralda County Courthouse is very special.
Built and furnished in 1903, it has been in continuous
use ever since. Esmeralda County Nevada is very
poor. It is massive so there is a lot to maintain and
do, but there's no population to support it. Goldfield,
a near ghost, is it's biggest place! There are 3588 sq.
miles and about 1100 people! Mind boggling! There
are more people in Costco in So. Cal. on any given
saturday than one of the nations largest counties."

Hi Jim,
Sounds like God's country to me!!. I think I like the one with the boys the very best..TTYL..Evan CLarke

[Robert Oliver]

If the county is so poor, i bet they could have really used that $57..

[Ernest Purdum]

It's always amazing to see just how good the 1890 design of the Protar V is. Rudolph got it right. Fine interiors, Jim.

[George Losse]

Nice work, you should get pulled over in some more towns.

[David Karp]

Love em.

[Hugo Zhang]

I love the way the light is treated by the lenses! Especially the high lights!

[Jim Galli]

Someone asked if I had a photo of the 3 lenses. Here they are.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/01/BLGroup_1.jpg

I'm working up a big garage sale today so you may see the 2 small ones again. ;)

[Pat Kearns]

The photos are absolutely great. I'm going to have to look on the map and see where Goldfield is located. It is worth a visit. Sounds like the people are quite accomodating to photographers which is a treat. I hope you sent Judge Colvin a set of the prints because that would go along way getting favorable satisfaction with your ticket.

[abel]

Jim,
Those images are absolutely delightfull. I particularly admire how you used the light. Your angles and how you frame the shots indicate you have a real sense of the place. Whats next?

Abel

[Jim Galli]

Jim,
Those images are absolutely delightfull. I particularly admire how you used the light. Your angles and how you frame the shots indicate you have a real sense of the place. Whats next?

Abel


Hi Abel!! What's next?? Well, I decided to come clean. I just posted the true tale of the lost Nevada Lens Mine. (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=23182)

Thanks for all the kind and positive comments all! They keep me going. ;)

[Code3TJ]

Beautiful work - thank you for sharing.