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cdholden

26-Apr-2012, 09:48

Pike Place, Seattle, WA
Super Speedex

I enjoy shooting here too much. I haven't found too many local places where people are so comfortable with cameras being pointed in random directions. Looking at this photo anew, I'm still blown away by this camera. Love the way it renders. The Super Ikonta IV looks great as well but often has a softer look by comparison. I need to shoot them side by side some time to see if its just my perception though.

Do you think the difference between the two is more attributed to the difference in lenses, film flatness, or both?

ross

26-Apr-2012, 13:45

Way out there in Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7116623265_e47a87cdf1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/7116623265/)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/7116623265/in/pool-44005383@N00/lightbox/

SamReeves

26-Apr-2012, 22:33

Merrique hanging out in the shadows again.

Canon EOS D60, EF 17-40mm ƒ4L lens, ASA 400.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_2472.jpg

jcoldslabs

27-Apr-2012, 03:05

Some natural rim lighting, but the subject is not as exciting as Sam's!

Mamiya 7, 80mm, HP5+

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Coat-and-Sun-II-LFPF.jpg

Jonathan

tuco

27-Apr-2012, 08:37

Evin

27-Apr-2012, 12:53

While babysitting this dog for some people, I decided to do a portrait for them. He was pretty cooperative given that he's sitting on a high stool .

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6958942550_02d8937dd8_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/6958942550/)

XP1, 35mm

Nice. I got this shot of my parents little dog a few months ago. Not quite as cooperative as yours though. Took some work to get this shot, but I only took one frame and got lucky.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6947719979_573d6f449f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/6947719979/)
Yashica-A TLR on Ilford Delta 400

goamules

28-Apr-2012, 09:52

1963 Jupiter 3 Sonnar type:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/6975550102_664b7c3244_c.jpg

austin granger

29-Apr-2012, 17:22

Gosh I have handsome children! They must take after their mother...
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Massive crop from a 6x6 (Yashica Mat) negative. The usual Tri-x.

Corran

29-Apr-2012, 19:01

Couldn't sleep last night so I went out fooling around with my new camera to test out long exposures.

This is a composite of 70 30-second photos. Taken with the 17-35mm f/2.8 at 19mm at f/7.1 and ISO 100. This is the main building at my alma mater. Just really a test shot, I need to go back when it's a little clearer and do a 2-3 hour exposure composite.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/strails01.jpg

jcoldslabs

29-Apr-2012, 19:21

Bryan,

Not being a digital guy, what is the net effect of having 70 30 second exposures instead of one long one?

I like the shot, too, by the way.

Jonathan

Corran

29-Apr-2012, 19:32

The longer the exposure, the more the sensor heats up, and the more noise and artifacting will happen (especially in the very hot deep south). This can be combated with a subtraction frame (or darkframe) but that doubles the time I have to be out in the field. However, more importantly in this case, I could have a reasonable f/stop that wouldn't have diffraction and I don't have to fool with ND filters, what with the bright foreground. The con to this is that the mirror flips up and down every shot, and at larger size, especially with the massive 36mp resolution on the D800, the startrails end up having very slight holes in them in regular intervals. It usually isn't a big deal but sometimes it is.

I'm still learning as I go about this kind of photography. It's a lot of fun as I'm an amateur astronomer when I have the time. One of these days I'll get a tracker setup and do some more serious stuff.

Here's another shot from about 2 years ago, taken over about 2 hours IIRC. Taken in the parking lot of Brasstown Bald, the highest point in GA, with my trusty old D90:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/strails02.jpg

jcoldslabs

29-Apr-2012, 19:35

Cool, thanks for the detailed answer. I had no idea.

J.

Greg Y

29-Apr-2012, 19:59

Corran, I had a nightsky photographer as a client on a ski-touring trip. Check out his website.. philhart.com. Some interesting aurora b shots.

Corran

29-Apr-2012, 20:08

Thanks for the link! That's some great stuff there, I would like to get that good eventually. Need to find darker skies though, even out in the country it's pretty bright. Too much development!

jcoldslabs

29-Apr-2012, 21:45

Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar, HP5+

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/G%27s-Front-Door-r1.jpg

Jonathan

tuco

29-Apr-2012, 22:42

The longer the exposure, the more the sensor heats up, and the more noise and artifacting will happen (especially in the very hot deep south). This can be combated with a subtraction frame (or darkframe) but that doubles the time I have to be out in the field. However, more importantly in this case, I could have a reasonable f/stop that wouldn't have diffraction and I don't have to fool with ND filters, what with the bright foreground. The con to this is that the mirror flips up and down every shot, and at larger size, especially with the massive 36mp resolution on the D800, the startrails end up having very slight holes in them in regular intervals. It usually isn't a big deal but sometimes it is.

I'm still learning as I go about this kind of photography. It's a lot of fun as I'm an amateur astronomer when I have the time. One of these days I'll get a tracker setup and do some more serious stuff.

Here's another shot from about 2 years ago, taken over about 2 hours IIRC. Taken in the parking lot of Brasstown Bald, the highest point in GA, with my trusty old D90:

This online guy I know, Nightfly, still does medium format film on wide field astrophotography (http://nightflyphotography.blogspot.com/) with amazing results. No sensor heating problem ;)

Corran

29-Apr-2012, 23:05

Yep, just reciprocity problems, and spectral sensitivity concerns...I have done some trails with my old Pentax 67 and Provia, but so far I have preferred using digital, if only for the convenience.

I really need to buy a good equatorial mount.

tuco

29-Apr-2012, 23:16

Yep, just reciprocity problems...I have done some with my old Pentax 67, but so far I have preferred using digital.

I really need to buy a good equatorial mount.

He has as a large stash of E200 film. That was the film of choice apparently for this kind of work. I never shot it myself though. And for BW work, Acros really doesn't have any reciprocity to deal with either. Though a half a stop of extra exposure is recommended for exposures longer than 120 seconds.

Ramiro Elena

30-Apr-2012, 01:09

With my beloved Nikon F3.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7111/7123773381_0fe8246798_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7123773381/)
Sant Gaudenci (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7123773381/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

Kids have such straight backs, don't they?
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7123769363_d02bc502dc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7123769363/)
Darío en la playa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7123769363/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

Roger Cole

30-Apr-2012, 09:13

He has as a large stash of E200 film. That was the film of choice apparently for this kind of work. I never shot it myself though. And for BW work, Acros really doesn't have any reciprocity to deal with either. Though a half a stop of extra exposure is recommended for exposures longer than 120 seconds.

Astrophotography exposures can have times measured in tens of minutes, or even an hour or two. How does Acros handle an hour long exposure?

I've been into amateur astronomy off and on for even longer than photography, but never mixed them except for a few moon shots through my old scope. I do read a fair amount about it though, and it looks to me like this is one area where digital is so clearly superior I wouldn't bother with film. (There's also not so much to be gained from darkroom manipulation and I wouldn't be doing it for the art aspects that I enjoy so much in the darkroom.)

Frank Petronio

30-Apr-2012, 11:40

Leica M, VC 35/2.5, Portra 400

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tuco

30-Apr-2012, 21:59

Astrophotography exposures can have times measured in tens of minutes, or even an hour or two. How does Acros handle an hour long exposure?

I've been into amateur astronomy off and on for even longer than photography, but never mixed them except for a few moon shots through my old scope. I do read a fair amount about it though, and it looks to me like this is one area where digital is so clearly superior I wouldn't bother with film. (There's also not so much to be gained from darkroom manipulation and I wouldn't be doing it for the art aspects that I enjoy so much in the darkroom.)

I've never done an hour exposure with it. But it should do just fine. It's data sheet says it has only one correction. Add 1/2 stop of extra exposure after 120 seconds. Nightfly has done some Acros you can check out on that link. He notes it does well with blue nebula but not so good with hydrogen-alpha emission nebulas as tech pan film did.

jcoldslabs

30-Apr-2012, 22:02

Diana camera clone with Plus-X that expired in 1978.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Sheet-and-Shadow-II.jpg

Jonathan

Roger Cole

30-Apr-2012, 23:29

I've never done an hour exposure with it. But it should do just fine. It's data sheet says it has only one correction. Add 1/2 stop of extra exposure after 120 seconds. Nightfly has done some Acros you can check out on that link. He notes it does well with blue nebula but not so good with hydrogen-alpha emission nebulas as tech pan film did.

It would probably be THE film to use. You could do color with separation negatives.

If I ever move out of the light pollution hell of a major urban area I'll get back into astronomy. As it is I settle for subscribing to Sky and Telescope and reading online a little, some excursions with the binoculars when I visit family in rural and dark Tennessee.

Evin

1-May-2012, 08:42

Shot on my Yashica-A with Ektar 100

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6642771673_194a86f82d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/6642771673/)

Peter De Smidt

1-May-2012, 14:05

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/SophiaSleeping2.jpg
Long Day

Jim Jones

1-May-2012, 14:30

Lovely photo!

Kav

1-May-2012, 15:17

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/SophiaSleeping2.jpg
Long Day
Very nice!

A storm rolling in over the dunes of southern California as the sun is setting:

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/StateSidePhotography/Arizona/Random-2012/i-9cg7hxN/0/XL/MPK3927-XL.jpg
Nikon D7000

tuco

1-May-2012, 19:43

Shot on my Yashica-A with Ektar 100

Sweet shot!

jcoldslabs

1-May-2012, 20:15

More with the Diana camera:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Ang%20Shoes%20v2.jpg

Jonathan

Evin

1-May-2012, 21:50

Sweet shot!

Thank you. Love that little Yashica

Evin

1-May-2012, 21:54

Here is one more...not sure what those little white specks are toward the top of the frame...guessing dust. Its definitely not on other shots.

Same camera, Yashica A - Ilford Delta 400

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6801612194_b08eb4741c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/6801612194/)

Evin

1-May-2012, 21:55

More with the Diana camera:

Jonathan

This is very cool. I like this a lot

Michael Cienfuegos

2-May-2012, 10:24

Here is one more...not sure what those little white specks are toward the top of the frame...guessing dust. Its definitely not on other shots.

Same camera, Yashica A - Ilford Delta 400

Dust is a problem, so is cat hair. I can never seem to get rid of all the dust. I dust meticulously but a few particles seem to find their way into the scan. :(

jcoldslabs

2-May-2012, 15:16

Thanks, Evin. That was one of those shots I don't even remember taking, but it ended up being the best one on the whole roll!

Jonathan

Evin

3-May-2012, 14:14

Thanks, Evin. That was one of those shots I don't even remember taking, but it ended up being the best one on the whole roll!

Jonathan

haha, love it when that happens.

Evin

3-May-2012, 14:16

Dust is a problem, so is cat hair. I can never seem to get rid of all the dust. I dust meticulously but a few particles seem to find their way into the scan. :(

yeah, seems no matter how hard you try, sometimes you just can't get it all. oh well...

jcoldslabs

3-May-2012, 14:21

While digital spotting (aka dust removal) is far easier than its analog counterpart, it is still my least favorite part of the process. No matter how clean my negatives are once I put them on a glass carrier I have four total surfaces--top and bottom of the negative AND the glass--to contend with for dust and particulates. Drives me nuts!

And don't get me started on Newton rings....

Jonathan

cjbroadbent

3-May-2012, 15:08

A Kodak DCS 14n. with a 35mm PC Nikkor.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jtGBPQZnyLA/TOEX5s3B-MI/AAAAAAAAF78/6naZmpFCw0A/s800/FxT034.jpg

austin granger

3-May-2012, 18:11

Hemorrhoid Clinic, Portland

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/6994449450_f2e069fe14_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Jay Decker

3-May-2012, 18:26

The circular window is appropriate...

Hemorrhoid Clinic, Portland

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/6994449450_f2e069fe14_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Leigh

3-May-2012, 18:57

Austin, Sir,

I stand in awe, my mouth agape (perhaps that's not wise). :D

- Leigh

Michael Cienfuegos

3-May-2012, 22:14

austin, sir,

i stand in awe, my mouth agape (perhaps that's not wise). :d

- leigh

EEEEEW! :eek:

tuco

4-May-2012, 16:18

Lots of rain this week and I was itching to do some photos. So I went into my studio (aka a garage) and played around with some camera p0rn shots.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/6995080364_8bc9bf97d4_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/6995080364/)

XP1, 18mm

And the setup of the shot

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/7142852323_cd3dc20ec1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7142852323/)

jcoldslabs

4-May-2012, 16:29

tuco,

Nicely done. I know nothing about studio lighting and find this most impressive.

Jonathan

tuco

4-May-2012, 16:45

Thanks Jonathan. With digital there is nothing really to know. You can just trial and error it with multiple strobes or get flashes that tie into the camera system and it does it all for you. But with film a flash meter really is a must or use digital as a polaroid for your film camera to balance out the strobe ratios to taste. I think you'd have no problem learning in quick order if you wanted to.

jcoldslabs

4-May-2012, 16:46

It's something I've always wanted to learn and probably will one of these days. I can see where the trial and error approach with digital would speed up the learning curve. Someday I'll get a digital camera, someday...

Jonathan

EDIT: Thanks also for showing your set-up. It's nice to see how it's done even if I don't know how to do it!

Roger Cole

4-May-2012, 16:58

tuco,

Nicely done. I know nothing about studio lighting and find this most impressive.

Jonathan

+1 on both scores, very nicely done.

I have one friend requesting a formal looking portrait shot on LF and learning to light for such a thing is on the agenda - eventually. I told him maybe by next fall.

Frank Petronio

4-May-2012, 17:06

That 100/3.5 is my favorite Blad lens with the 60, great combo.

Gentlemen, the way to start learning about lighting is to use one light. If not always, at least at first. And keep the light source closer to the subject than you think necessary. Any light source will do, and a bright, constant source is easier to "see" than strobe.

tuco

4-May-2012, 17:59

+1 on both scores, very nicely done.

I have one friend requesting a formal looking portrait shot on LF and learning to light for such a thing is on the agenda - eventually. I told him maybe by next fall.

One the easiest and most economical portrait lighting is it to hang some diffusion material over a large window, use a bounce reflector for fill and put the person close to it. You can meter that with a regular light meter and the reflector tends to give a natural fill ratio if close enough.

tuco

4-May-2012, 18:12

That 100/3.5 is my favorite Blad lens with the 60, great combo.

No doubt. I have the CB T* 60mm and it gets used a lot. I hear the CB 60mm is optically the same as the CFi with only housing features as the difference (and of course being much more affordable). Whereas the other CB lenses are different optically so that's why I got it. If not, it doesn't matter because my copy really does a nice job.

4-May-2012, 20:36

http://www.midcoast.com/~jp/jpfloor.jpg

self portrait. d300 with 12-24 at the 12ish range. Shooting a few interior photos of a new floor and decided a person would look good in that spot with the lighting the way it was.

Frank Petronio

4-May-2012, 21:07

A few Utah things:

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I'm trying not to use the digital except for proofing, these are 35mm Portra 400 in a Leica M with the 35/2.5 VC lens, scanning with an old Minolta Dual Scan IV. Just the right texture to me.

Frank Petronio

4-May-2012, 21:17

And a young lady just to let you know I still shoot people. I was lucky enough to rebuy my favorite 85/1.4 for the F3, it is a great portrait combo.

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austin granger

4-May-2012, 22:58

Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8163/7140631405_8077083f7f_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

jcoldslabs

4-May-2012, 23:09

Damn, Austin. Your scans are SHARP!!!!!

Jonathan

Ramiro Elena

5-May-2012, 00:05

The hemorrhoid pic made my day Austin, actually the window did. Great find. Did you get all excited when you saw it? I do when it happens to me (not hemmorrhoids.)

austin granger

5-May-2012, 08:36

Damn, Austin. Your scans are SHARP!!!!!

Jonathan

That's funny Jonathan, I'm always thinking that my stuff looks soft! Have you seen Tuco's posts? Some of his medium format pictures look like large format contact prints, at least on my screen. I think he must be into some voodoo or something. Anyway, the picture above was from the Broadway Bridge. I'm thinking of hauling the big camera up there-my photographer sense was tingling.

austin granger

5-May-2012, 08:38

Oh, and great picture of your wife the other day. Really good. I'm inspired to try some portraits. I have four very interesting people (wife + three kids) around me every day and I hardly ever photograph them. It's inexcusable.

austin granger

5-May-2012, 08:47

Thanks Ramiro. Yes, that was one of those pictures that made me laugh in my car and then drive around the block and find a parking place. To tell you the truth though, I did wonder if people would even get the joke-sometimes I think that these connections are only in my head (and has the doctor there noticed that his hemorrhoid clinic has a giant anus window)? Anyway, I'm glad you did!

SamReeves

5-May-2012, 09:06

Austin, you should have used Polaroid for the roids!

:D

Here's Merrique once again, ready to play ball.

Canon EOS D60, Canon EF 50mm ƒ1.8 lens, ASA 400.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_2361.jpg

austin granger

5-May-2012, 09:12

Austin, you should have used Polaroid for the roids.
That's funny! As for Merrique, damn, right now I'm thinking I'm doing the wrong kind of photography entirely. I mean, nice picture. :)

SamReeves

5-May-2012, 11:19

That's funny! As for Merrique, damn, right now I'm thinking I'm doing the wrong kind of photography entirely. I mean, nice picture. :)

He he, my old photography teacher would say when pulling a Polaroid out of a 545i, "I'm popping a 'roid!." :D

Brian C. Miller

5-May-2012, 13:05

West of Nespelem, Washington.
Pentax 6x7, Pentacon 300mm lens

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Ramiro Elena

5-May-2012, 14:55

Brian, how do you mount the Pentacon on the Pentax 67?

Alan Gales

5-May-2012, 15:17

I have used Easton gloves before. They break in real fast but are not as durable as a Rawlings.
Austin, you should have used Polaroid for the roids!

:D

Here's Merrique once again, ready to play ball.

Canon EOS D60, Canon EF 50mm ƒ1.8 lens, ASA 400.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_2361.jpg

Alan Gales

5-May-2012, 15:19

;)!

tuco

5-May-2012, 16:44

Here's Merrique once again, ready to play ball.

Canon EOS D60, Canon EF 50mm ƒ1.8 lens, ASA 400.

She's got balls to do that daring pose. :cool:

Brian C. Miller

5-May-2012, 17:34

Brian, how do you mount the Pentacon on the Pentax 67?

A previous owner had a mount machined for it.

Roger Cole

5-May-2012, 17:40

My wife Alicia again. Shot on Fuji FP-100c in a Polaroid back on my Mamiya 645 Pro, 80mm 2.8N lens, f/5.6 @60-125th (spot metered with the AE prism, it was indicating between 60th and 125th)

Excuse the dusty scan, just playing around with the Polaroid back. This was my first shot with it. Picked it up free from Ari here on the LFPF who had bought it for his AF Mamiya and then found it only works on the manual focus ones. Of course the image area is slightly less than 6x4.5, basically not quite a corner of the film. This color is a bit cool being in open shade. Easy enough to touch up in PS but this looks like the print.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8003/7146516759_8b467b50c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7146516759/)
Alicia Fuji Instant, 6x4.5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7146516759/) by Roger Cole (http://www.flickr.com/people/rogercole/), on Flickr

SamReeves

5-May-2012, 21:23

I have used Easton gloves before. They break in real fast but are not as durable as a Rawlings.

Ha! I've had that one forever. Saved my ass when I pitched, and had to snag a few comebackers.

She's got balls to do that daring pose. :cool:

He he, only the baseballs, and nothing more!

Alan Gales

5-May-2012, 21:59

Yeah, I wore out my 2'nd Easton catching my daughter throwing fast pitch softball. I loved the Easton glove but it eventually didn't provide enough padding for me as my daughter got older and threw harder so I replaced it with a Rawlings. I know, catch the ball in the pocket and you have no pain. The problem is I'm 50 and my eyesight is not the best and my daughter throws wicked junk!

Oh, by the way, great photograph of a beautiful model!

jcoldslabs

6-May-2012, 04:27

Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar, Tri-X

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Rolleiflex---Marlin-02-EDIT.jpg

Jonathan

Corran

6-May-2012, 08:53

My girlfriend graduated with her undergrad yesterday. I took my Nikon D700 + Sigma 300mm f/2.8 to see what exactly I could get (shot in a gym complex). I got a lot of funny looks when I stood up with that humongous lens and fired away at 8fps as she shook the president's hand. But hey, it worked pretty well...

Can you believe that if you want a digital copy of the photo the "official" photographer takes it's like $75? For one digital file? Forget that!

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/mgrad.jpg

austin granger

7-May-2012, 07:58

A couple of obscure b-sides from the vault. Both Point Reyes, 2000

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/7151428253_a92529bd42_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/7005334736_144f73345d_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Evin

7-May-2012, 09:46

wetlands in Huntington Beach. Yashica-A with Kodak Ektar 100

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6642772563_298f3b0903.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/6642772563/)

lbenac

8-May-2012, 07:28

austin granger

8-May-2012, 12:36

Another oldie. Looking over my contact sheets, I seem to have a thing for basketball courts. Funny, as I've never played basketball.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7153525771_f7d8a9507c_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

jcoldslabs

8-May-2012, 12:50

Another oldie. Looking over my contact sheets, I seem to have a thing for basketball courts. Funny, as I've never played basketball.

I love the geometric symmetry of this. The strip of dark sky above, the strip of concrete below and the hoop and shadow in between.

Clearly you don't have to play to appreciate the visual artistry of the equipment!

Jonathan

Roger Cole

8-May-2012, 13:37

From our outing last week-end. I chicken out taking LF and just took the Hassy.

Hasselblad 500CM Distagon 60/3.5 Acros 100 Pyrocat HD 1.1.100

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s10/v16/p873618082-5.jpg

This is the lower lake the middle and upper lakes are up there toward the glacier. We snowshoe to the middle lake on a gorgeous day.

Cheers,

Luc

It's heresy to say this here but I will - with results like this, it's easy to let the LF gear stay at home. And on Acros you can enlarge this all you're likely to want to enlarge with grain and tonality that will be superb. I won't say no one could see the difference from 4x5 as the very picky might in a side by side close comparison, but that's what it would take. Beautiful! (And sums up why I'm often tempted to get an RB67 kit and forgo the hassles of sheet film. I haven't yet, but it's tempting...)

lbenac

8-May-2012, 14:42

It's heresy to say this here but I will - with results like this, it's easy to let the LF gear stay at home. And on Acros you can enlarge this all you're likely to want to enlarge with grain and tonality that will be superb. I won't say no one could see the difference from 4x5 as the very picky might in a side by side close comparison, but that's what it would take. Beautiful! (And sums up why I'm often tempted to get an RB67 kit and forgo the hassles of sheet film. I haven't yet, but it's tempting...)

Thank you very much for your kind word. But it is funny I was almost thinking the other way around. I was considering if I should not be selling some of my MF equipment (full P67 system which weight like LF,Hassy system) and just stay with the Chamonix Saber for hiking, Chamonix 45N2 for when I have time and only one MF for backup when traveling (Kodak Medallist/Minolta Autocord). I just seem to miss the size of the neg when i go back to MF but I will be printing some of the results of my week-end which at the end of the day always makes me feels better on the use of the Hassy :-)
Now one thing that I would really miss would be the tele be it the 150mm Sonnar or the 200mm Pentax - so then again I might not really take the step of selling my

Cheers,

Luc

Roger Cole

8-May-2012, 15:15

From our outing last week-end. I chicken out taking LF and just took the Hassy.

Hasselblad 500CM Distagon 60/3.5 Acros 100 Pyrocat HD 1.1.100

[image snipped]

This is the lower lake the middle and upper lakes are up there toward the glacier. We snowshoe to the middle lake on a gorgeous day.

Cheers,

Luc

Thank you very much for your kind word. But it is funny I was almost thinking the other way around. I was considering if I should not be selling some of my MF equipment (full P67 system which weight like LF,Hassy system) and just stay with the Chamonix Saber for hiking, Chamonix 45N2 for when I have time and only one MF for backup when traveling (Kodak Medallist/Minolta Autocord). I just seem to miss the size of the neg when i go back to MF but I will be printing some of the results of my week-end which at the end of the day always makes me feels better on the use of the Hassy :-)
Now one thing that I would really miss would be the tele be it the 150mm Sonnar or the 200mm Pentax - so then again I might not really take the step of selling my

Cheers,

Luc

It's mostly sheet film I find that tempts me to medium format. After tempting fate by posting about how I rarely have dust problems I had several negatives ruined (at least ruined given my abilities to bleach/spot or spot the negative and spot the resulting white on the print) by dust, plus even doing everything I can to avoid it, which usually works, makes loading holders very slow, and while I like working slowly and deliberately sometimes the Linhof is just TOO slow, and even after doing LF off and on for more than 10 years and finding most of the stupid ways to screw up a negative I still repeat the mistakes sometimes, and the cost of film, and the more limited types available... but that big negative is rewarding when it all comes together correctly.

lbenac

8-May-2012, 19:27

Now one thing that I would really miss would be the tele be it the 150mm Sonnar

Talking of the 150mm Sonnar, this is what I am talking about...

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s11/v29/p255673348-5.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

jcoldslabs

9-May-2012, 01:51

Downtown Portland

Fuji GSW690II, Ektachrome 100

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Fuji-6x9---Grate-and-Shadow.jpg

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

9-May-2012, 02:09

Near Astoria, OR.

Anscoflex II 620 camera, T-Max 400 (expired 1999)

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Anscoflex---03%20LFPF.jpg

Jonathan

austin granger

9-May-2012, 12:07

Robyn + Mike Forever, Santa Rosa
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/7166284216_73d7908af2_c.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

austin granger

9-May-2012, 12:09

Agave, California
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5312/7166294744_3322441ce8_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

tuco

9-May-2012, 19:44

From our outing last week-end. I chicken out taking LF and just took the Hassy.

Hasselblad 500CM Distagon 60/3.5 Acros 100 Pyrocat HD 1.1.100

This is the lower lake the middle and upper lakes are up there toward the glacier. We snowshoe to the middle lake on a gorgeous day.

Cheers,

Luc

Really nice BW, Luc

tuco

9-May-2012, 19:48

Near Astoria, OR.

Anscoflex II 620 camera, T-Max 400 (expired 1999)

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Anscoflex---03%20LFPF.jpg

Jonathan

I know that spot. I took one there too. Sweet. Everyone always shoots the Oregon side. I thought I'd try the less glamorous Washington side.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2695/4092411486_7bb07e0a02_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/4092411486/)

100ACR, NDX400 + O2 filters, PMK

jcoldslabs

9-May-2012, 19:52

tuco,

Not a fair fight! Mine was taken with a fixed focus point and shoot TLR, while your was taken with....uhh....something better. Amazingly different moods evoked from the same location, though. Fun comparison, thanks.

I'd love to go back and do some work with an LF camera at this spot, but you go with what you've got, right?

Jonathan

austin granger

10-May-2012, 17:10

My six year old twins like to borrow my phone and make pictures with it. This is the sort of stuff I find:

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73398

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73400

I've got enough of these for a gallery show. :)

jcoldslabs

10-May-2012, 18:11

Years ago someone gave me a tiny joke of a digital camera. I think it cost $20 and had worse resolution than cell phones even then, a sort of digital Holga. No LCD, no memory card, no settings, nothing. I didn't use it much and haven't since, but for a very brief time it would malfunction in the most unpredictable ways. Below are four such mishaps. I wish I could get it to do that again, but I don't even think I have a cable that will connect it to my computer anymore.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Abstract-4up.jpg

Jonathan

tuco

10-May-2012, 18:34

My six year old twins like to borrow my phone and make pictures with it. This is the sort of stuff I find:

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That first one is pretty cool. It runs in the family.

austin granger

10-May-2012, 19:48

That first one is pretty cool. It runs in the family.
They tell me the game is called 'Camera Tag.' Basically, if you can 'capture' the other person in a photo (and prove it), then they're 'it.' This is my oldest boy attempting to escape the frame.

austin granger

10-May-2012, 19:51

lbenac

10-May-2012, 19:54

Really nice BW, Luc

Thanks Tuco.

A couple more from the Middle lake this time - first one was from the lower lake at the start of the hike.

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v45/p539428911-4.jpg

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v38/p654652097-4.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

jcoldslabs

10-May-2012, 20:37

That's awesome Jonathan. Sort of an abstract expressionist kind of thing, if done by an artist in Miami circa 1983.

Ha ha! Hilarious, especially the "circa 1983" part. I take no credit for these; it was the camera all the way.

Jonathan

Peter De Smidt

10-May-2012, 21:02

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/CountryChurch.jpg
Country Church

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/BirchLog.jpg
Birch Log

SamReeves

10-May-2012, 22:32

Thanks Tuco.

A couple more from the Middle lake this time - first one was from the lower lake at the start of the hike.

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v45/p539428911-4.jpg

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v38/p654652097-4.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

Nice n' frosty. Just the way I like it! :)

aporodagon

11-May-2012, 14:35

Rattlesnake Hill, Ashcroft BC

Andrew O'Neill

11-May-2012, 20:41

Hey! That's me!

Corran

11-May-2012, 22:02

A snap while I waited for orchestra rehearsal, along the Flint River in Albany, GA. Nikon D800E, 28mm f/2 AI-S:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/flintsp-1-2s.jpg

mdm

12-May-2012, 05:22

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QI3-OqioGwU/T65VVIckwJI/AAAAAAAABLw/p73uigANRPA/s1600/inkjet.jpg
An inkjet I made from a 35mm APX100 negative on hand sized Canson Montval. Epson K3 blacks with QTR. 7x10.4 inches.

Kav

12-May-2012, 21:31

Withered flower:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/StateSidePhotography/Arizona/Random-2012/i-5J4HxRv/0/X2/R1-01367-023A-X2.jpg

Hand held macro shot of a flower next to the bench I was sitting on.

Nikon F4
Micro-Nikkor 55mm @ f8'ish
Kodak Gold 400

SamReeves

13-May-2012, 08:19

tuco

13-May-2012, 12:55

The Big Stick (aka U.S.S. Iowa BB-61) from yesterday in Richmond, California. They've painted her up, and will be sailing out to San Pedro next Sunday.

Canon EOS D60, Canon EF 17-40mm ƒ4L lens, ASA 100.

I was recently at Forty Casey state park on Whidbey Is, WA and took a big gun picture too, ha. I applied some barrel distortion in the editor to help over emphasize the perspective.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7120603585_82c687c2b4_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7120603585/)

XP1, 18mm

austin granger

13-May-2012, 20:50

Mom, Alameda, 197?
Photograph by Austin C. Granger
Print by Austin N. Granger
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7088/7193592362_0bbe1e14e2_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Leigh

13-May-2012, 20:53

Austin...

Great shot. :D

- Leigh

austin granger

13-May-2012, 21:00

Austin...

Great shot. :D

- Leigh
Thanks Leigh, but I can't take credit for that one as it was made by my Dad (also named Austin Granger). I thought I'd print it for Mother's Day-Happy Mother's Day Mom-you're on the internet! :)

jcoldslabs

14-May-2012, 00:39

It was a little scary trying to feed a hungry swan with one hand while holding a camera in the other. Fortunately they prefer bread to fingers.

Nikon 8008s, Ektachrome 100.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Ireland---Snapping-Swan.jpg

Jonathan

Peter De Smidt

14-May-2012, 14:20

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/Roman.jpg
Roman

SamReeves

14-May-2012, 18:42

I was recently at Forty Casey state park on Whidbey Is, WA and took a big gun picture too, ha. I applied some barrel distortion in the editor to help over emphasize the perspective.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7120603585_82c687c2b4_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7120603585/)

XP1, 18mm

Very nice. What diameter?

tuco

14-May-2012, 19:09

Very nice. What diameter?

Thanks. It is a 10-inch "disappearing" gun. The fort was built at the start of 1900 as part of a three fort defense system to defend the entrance to the Puget Sound. Apparently, the fort didn't last long before it was decommissioned. Ships soon had greater range and this new fangled thing called an airplane made them obsolete.

tuco

15-May-2012, 22:09

Another attempt at this kind of shot. But this time I left my ND filters in another camera bag but did have a yellow. So I shot 400TMY at EI25 , which includes the yellow filter, looking straight into the sun to get a slow shutter. But what I didn't take into account was using a wider lens than last time. I didn't get the same motion blur for the same shutter speed (1/15th at f11) apparently.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7201581670_b6f4eb5ba8_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7201581670/)

M7II, 65mm, 400TMY @ EI25, Yellow Filter, PMK Pyro, Minus-X Development, Pentax Spotmeter

jcoldslabs

15-May-2012, 23:29

Snow on the front porch steps a few years ago.

Tru-View 120 (Diana camera clone), Delta 400

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Diana---Snow-on-Steps.jpg

Jonathan

tuco

16-May-2012, 07:32

It seems every time I go by this place I take a picture of it.

Post Alley, Seattle

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5159/7207585014_fa47f6c0a1_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7207585014/)

M7II, 65mm, 400TMY, PMK Pyro, Pentax Spotmeter

z_photo

16-May-2012, 15:58

that has a real Fellini mood to it.

austin granger

16-May-2012, 16:52

It just needs a hand coming out.

David Schaller

16-May-2012, 20:37

http://http://db.tt/ZJDldC1x (http://db.tt/ZJDldC1x)

Trying out a Mamiya 7 to replace 35 mm rangefinders.
First 6x7 roll.
Dave

thicktheo

17-May-2012, 01:10

David Schaller

17-May-2012, 08:57

73771

Sorry for the duplication. This is the shot with the new Mamiya 7.
Thanks,
Dave

Frank Petronio

17-May-2012, 17:45

My Uncle Louie fought from Africa to Germany, front lines... came home and raised a family, now he's 93.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/35mm_unclelouie_051712.jpg

Roger Cole

17-May-2012, 17:57

Wow, he looks more like 80 than 93. Tough old guy, 'eh?

Well photographed too.

Roger Cole

17-May-2012, 18:00

...when you don't have enough time to set up the speed graphic for every shot, there are always the smaller, faster alternatives. :)

bronica sq-a paired with the zenzanon 80mm/f2.8 and loaded with kodak t-max 100 - shame I didn't use a reflector on the left, but time was really tight and I forgot the bloody thing in the car.

...you can see all the images here: http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/2012/05/mariane/

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7228/7196075904_1453659a40_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thicktheo/7196075904/)

Excellent portrait, caught the hair at a really good instant.

73771

Sorry for the duplication. This is the shot with the new Mamiya 7.
Thanks,
Dave

Duplication? At any rate, very nice. Exposure time? Seems like just the right amount of blur in the running water.

Peter De Smidt

17-May-2012, 18:05

Great portrait, Frank!

David Schaller

18-May-2012, 04:17

Excellent portrait, caught the hair at a really good instant.

Duplication? At any rate, very nice. Exposure time? Seems like just the right amount of blur in the running water.

I was trying out the four second time on the camera. I like at least four seconds for the water to blur. With the self timer on the camera, it's great not to have to use a cable release.
Dave

Frank Petronio

18-May-2012, 08:08

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/35mm_mw_face_bw.jpg

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/35mm_mw_blooms_051812.jpg

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/35mm_mw_blur_051812.jpg

That 85/1.4 is like cheating, but the blossoms were great this year, wish I had shot in the orchards more. (Nikon F3, Portra 400)

I am seriously thinking about only shooting 35mm on my next trip West. Commit to it for a period or a dreaded "project".

Jay DeFehr

18-May-2012, 08:45

Frank,

I love the "Laura Palmer" look of these last ones, and your uncle Louie's portrait is fantastic.

Frank Petronio

18-May-2012, 08:54

Thanks. It's good subjects and this silly portrait lens.

Ramiro Elena

18-May-2012, 08:55

The first one is mothereffingly amazing.

Ari

18-May-2012, 18:50

A couple of my daughter.
I'm trying some darkroom stuff on PS, with mixed success.
Mamiya 645 AF, 80mm, Acros.

http://i47.tinypic.com/20frcqg.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/oanrko.jpg

Peter De Smidt

18-May-2012, 19:09

Ari, I really like the first one!

tuco

18-May-2012, 19:17

A couple of my daughter.
I'm trying some darkroom stuff on PS, with mixed success.
Mamiya 645 AF, 80mm, Acros.

The softness in the second one is a nice touch. I favor that one.

Ari

18-May-2012, 19:28

Thanks, guys; that means a lot coming from you both.

Jim Jones

18-May-2012, 19:30

The softness in the second one is a nice touch. I favor that one.

Me, too.

Ari

18-May-2012, 19:37

Thank you, Jim.

tuco

18-May-2012, 21:41

Yet another Oregon sand dunes picture.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7184117754_7a7af6f3ef_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7184117754/)

M7II, 65mm, 100TMX, Y2 Yellow filter, PMK, Pentax Spotmeter

jcoldslabs

18-May-2012, 21:58

tuco

18-May-2012, 22:19

Nothing wrong with Oregon shots or Mamiya 7 shots. Not that I'm biased or anything.... :D

Excellent smooth tones in that image by the way, with just the right granular texture to the sand. Nice!

Jonathan

EDIT: "Granular texture to the sand?" Duh! I sound like an idiot, but I hope you know what I mean.

Why thanks, Jonathan. I have so many of these it just seems like yet another one. It's a place I keep going back to and really like. One day I'll have to drag my 4x5 out there for a change but hiking in that sand is a workout with a lot of weight.

jcoldslabs

18-May-2012, 23:01

Here's one taken in Oregon--the ceiling light fixture in our kitchen! Shot on Polaroid Spectra film.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SPECTRA-Kitchen-Light.jpg

Jonathan

Peter De Smidt

19-May-2012, 08:11

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/Judo_Girl_BW.jpg
Judo Girl

Peter De Smidt

19-May-2012, 12:26

Judo Girl, who's currently 13, beat her first adult black belt today at a tournament. Twice.

eddy pula

19-May-2012, 14:59

73896
been messing about 35mm, my dads ae1 and a original nikonos
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also been playing with diptychs I find when scanning 6 exposures at once

gth

19-May-2012, 17:36

Thanks. It's good subjects and this silly portrait lens.

Beauties!

Looks like the 85mm f1.4 AI-S is expensive (well anything over $250 is expensive to me)...... looking at $600 to $1000 on ebay? Sounds about right to you?

85/f1.8?

/gth

Corran

19-May-2012, 17:40

Here is an 8-image panorama near the top of Brasstown Bald, the highest point in GA. Taken with the Nikon D800E, 85mm f/1.8, in HDR mode. The file is over 30,000 pixels wide!

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/panbb01.jpg

austin granger

20-May-2012, 11:18

Oft photographed Mushroom Rock in Death Valley. This one goes way back.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7235186734_75dca294a6_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

austin granger

20-May-2012, 11:24

Here's one taken in Oregon--the ceiling light fixture in our kitchen! Shot on Polaroid Spectra film.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SPECTRA-Kitchen-Light.jpg

Jonathan

Love that one Jonathan. What a great green! Reminds me of this picture, of a ridiculous chandelier in the rental house we lived in in Astoria. I'm not sure why I didn't center it more-it looks weird to me now.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5013/5479008045_6f6b24d838_z.jpg

Peter De Smidt

20-May-2012, 12:00

Both chandelier pictures are neat!

buggz

20-May-2012, 18:02

One from today:
Canon 5DMkII- Minolta Rokkor 58mm f1.2 - cheap Chinese bellows, of course wide open:
http://www.cornbread.com/~buggz/TinyDaisy.jpg

Oh, and playing with textures:
http://www.cornbread.com/~buggz/TinyDaisy-textured.jpg

tuco

20-May-2012, 19:14

Here's one taken in Oregon--the ceiling light fixture in our kitchen! Shot on Polaroid Spectra film.

Jonathan

It reminds me of a 60's alien sci fi movie for some reason.

jcoldslabs

20-May-2012, 20:54

It reminds me of a 60's alien sci fi movie for some reason.

I can tell you that it looks MUCH cooler in the photo than it does in real life. But I never would have known if I hadn't been messing around with the Spectra camera to see how close it could focus. You never know till you try!

Peter & Austin--thanks for your comments. Austin, your chandelier shot looks like an aurora or a rocket blasting off as seen from above or something. Good to know I'm not the only one taking pictures of his ceiling!

Jonathan

austin granger

20-May-2012, 21:26

tuco

20-May-2012, 22:33

I have no ceiling light but I do have an outdoor accent light shot with extension tubes.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3549/3436187021_8f60e1a1a1_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/3436187021/)

320TXP

jcoldslabs

20-May-2012, 23:25

I have no ceiling light but I do have an outdoor accent light shot with extension tubes.

Out of curiosity, how did you meter that?

Jonathan

tuco

20-May-2012, 23:28

Out of curiosity, how did you meter that?

Jonathan

With my one-degree spot meter. Only one of my MF cameras has a built in meter, the M7II, and I still don't use it much at all. I prefer the one-degree.

jcoldslabs

20-May-2012, 23:57

tuco,

Did you place the squares between the black lines at what, zone V or VI and let the rest fall where it did? Any special pull processing or since the shadows were going to be featureless anyway it didn't matter? I have a Pentax Digital Spot meter but I have never used it like that. Maybe I should!

Jonathan

tuco

21-May-2012, 05:15

Jay DeFehr

21-May-2012, 08:53

That could be a new thread: Pictures of your Ceiling. When I was a kid, I had this reoccurring daydream about what it would be like if my house was flipped upside down (lights sprouting from the floor, climbing over door frames, etc). Yes, I was an odd child...

If you were odd, I was, too. So much so, that when my children were small, I'd hold them upside down and let them walk on the ceiling. They loved it, but their mother complained about tiny footprints on the ceiling.

jcoldslabs

21-May-2012, 16:02

More Spectra:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Rose-Triptych-%28Dust%29.jpg

Jonathan

lbenac

21-May-2012, 16:08

More Spectra:

Jonathan

Cool kitch idea. Make it quite interesting.

Funny enough I was just playing with multiple photos in PS this afternoon :D

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s1/v47/p143896281-4.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

Frank Petronio

21-May-2012, 17:39

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/sarah_h_05212012_0086.jpg

This is Sarah pretending to be a ceiling light.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/sarah_h_05212012_0097.jpg

Nice girl, good athlete

lbenac

21-May-2012, 17:45

This is Sarah pretending to be a ceiling light.

Not sure if I can see the light but the moon most certainly...

lbenac

21-May-2012, 19:02

I have been wanting to try this lens for a long time. I finally found one at a really good price...
If the lens is as good as it is supposed to be, I want to carry just a two lens set-up with the 60mm and the 120mm instead of 60mm and 150mm.

I have taken a few test shost in not the best of conditions as I have read that some people did not like the lens for:
flare
landscape

I have taken a few shots right into the sun so that the hood does not help and in harsh mid-day sun with no cloud - the kind of weather/light that nobody want.
I think that the light acquited itself pretty well.

Tmax in Pyrocat HD.

74013740147401574016

Cheers,

Luc

Pat Kearns

22-May-2012, 19:06

Inside the corner store in downtown Buzzard Roost, Mississippi.

jcoldslabs

22-May-2012, 19:08

Inside the corner store in downtown Buzzard Roost, Mississippi.

If I saw that in a movie I would think it was fake! Buzzard Roost, Mississippi--for real?

Jonathan

Jay DeFehr

22-May-2012, 19:12

Very nice, Luc. I like the one with the dog.

mdm

22-May-2012, 19:28

74047
Shops are a favourite of mine. Here is one I like. Lunch anyone?

lbenac

22-May-2012, 19:30

Very nice, Luc. I like the one with the dog.

Thanks Jay. My dog is always my favourite model - bare none ;)

Have you noticed like the minute you receive a new lens the weather stops cooperating so you cannot really test the lens properly in good conditions.

Cheers,

Luc

Jay DeFehr

22-May-2012, 19:40

Thanks Jay. My dog is always my favourite model - bare none ;)

Have you noticed like the minute you receive a new lens the weather stops cooperating so you cannot really test the lens properly in good conditions.

Cheers,

Luc

Luc,

I live just South of you, in Seattle, so we also suffer opportunistic meteorological obstruction coincidence syndrome. Patience, my friend. Enjoy your new gear.

Pat Kearns

22-May-2012, 19:47

If I saw that in a movie I would think it was fake! Buzzard Roost, Mississippi--for real?

Jonathan

For real.....yep. Only known by the locals. My stepson told my me and my wife about it. We've been shooting local landmarks in the backwoods of south Mississippi since the end of last year. We thought it was just an area in the swamps where the buzzards roost at night because about 40 buzzards roosted in a couple of pines around us while we were shooting. On another photo trip we stopped at the store and when I saw the cap he was wearing, I asked the gentleman where Buzzard Roost was. He told me without batting an eye, "I was in downtown Buzzard Roost". It is a crossroad with a 4-way stop that used to have two corner stores but the other one went out of business. Mr. Smith was kind enough to let me take his photograph and the inside of his store.

austin granger

22-May-2012, 20:21

Old Glue, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/7253244184_c094fa3e63_z.jpg

Extinguished, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/7253253780_3c22c22508_z.jpg

Buddha, Brentwood Street, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7242/7253260110_6a012dfbf8_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

jcoldslabs

22-May-2012, 20:38

For real.....yep. Only known by the locals. My stepson told my me and my wife about it. We've been shooting local landmarks in the backwoods of south Mississippi since the end of last year. We thought it was just an area in the swamps where the buzzards roost at night because about 40 buzzards roosted in a couple of pines around us while we were shooting. On another photo trip we stopped at the store and when I saw the cap he was wearing, I asked the gentleman where Buzzard Roost was. He told me without batting an eye, "I was in downtown Buzzard Roost". It is a crossroad with a 4-way stop that used to have two corner stores but the other one went out of business. Mr. Smith was kind enough to let me take his photograph and the inside of his store.

Pat,

What a great story! It's always nice to have a narrative to go with an image. And I hope you know I wasn't making fun with my comments--I was in serious awe that such a place could exist!

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

22-May-2012, 20:39

Austin,

Very nice. I especially like the first one, but I can't tell: is that glue on a wall or on the ground?

Jonathan

lbenac

22-May-2012, 20:47

Well I have been having a MF frenzy lately to give some use to my gear as I was slowly getting into shooting 4x5 only.

So my trusty P67 got on a hike along with the smallish 90mm and a couple of rolls of TMY-2.
I did a few pano and some shooting in the shadow. That place is always full of opportunities with light and shade.

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s10/v16/p412170188-4.jpg

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s1/v46/p858542067-4.jpg

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s1/v49/p58206645-4.jpg

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s2/v53/p972761005-4.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

jcoldslabs

22-May-2012, 21:03

I've been scanning deep in the archives lately. Here is one from the Boston marathon in 1987, shot from the window of my apartment in Kenmore Square.

Nikon F3, Ektachrome

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Police-and-Runner.jpg

Jonathan

lenicolas

23-May-2012, 04:59

74051
Oslo, 17th of May (National Day)

She's wearing a traditional costume called Bunad.
Every part of Norway has it's own. This one is from a town north os Oslo.

slackercruster

23-May-2012, 05:42

A few from the 1970's Taken with Nikon F and Hassy SCW. Just learning dig, so unspotted images. Still need to learn how. This year my goal is to just scan. Next year will clean them up.

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/keepitlow456/Photography%20BW/img163.jpg

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/keepitlow456/Photography%20BW/img160.jpg

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/keepitlow456/Photography%20BW/img159-Edit.jpg

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/keepitlow456/Photography%20BW/img156.jpg

See my sig line for some from Hollywood 1970's.

slackercruster

23-May-2012, 05:43

A few more...

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/keepitlow456/Photography%20BW/img125.jpg

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/keepitlow456/Photography%20BW/img047-2.jpg

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/keepitlow456/Photography%20BW/img110-2.jpg

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/keepitlow456/Photography%20BW/img030lr2.jpg

Jay DeFehr

23-May-2012, 06:52

74051
Oslo, 17th of May (National Day)

She's wearing a traditional costume called Bunad.
Every part of Norway has it's own. This one is from a town north os Oslo.

That's great! I was lucky enough to see some traditional costumes in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, and was stunned by the workmanship of those handcrafted garments. It must be fun to see history walking the streets. Thanks for posting.

austin granger

23-May-2012, 08:50

Austin,

Very nice. I especially like the first one, but I can't tell: is that glue on a wall or on the ground?

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan. The glue was on a wall. I think it used to hold one of those red "U" signs that you see around Portland. I was always curious about those and did some research. It turns out they're for the fire department. A "U" means that the building is particularly dangerous to fight fires in (u=unsafe). Photography is always teaching me things!

eddy pula

23-May-2012, 18:36

7408774088
canon ae1 50 f1.4 lens, first shot is about stuff and the way we choose to carry it, the second is about what you do when you don't have anything to carry no more

jcoldslabs

23-May-2012, 19:49

What do you get when you combine a 14 year-old who just bought a Sunpak flash for his first SLR (Canon FTb) and a younger brother who is captive (yet still a good sport) on the toilet?

You get this:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/G-on-John.jpg

My little brother, now 40 years old, has never married. I wonder if it's because I've always threatened to display this collage at his wedding....

Jonathan

Scott Schroeder

24-May-2012, 04:35

A case of early morning frustration and fidgeting (https://picasaweb.google.com/110685901603348626583/CanTSleep#slideshow/)

Just taken...

eddy pula

24-May-2012, 06:15

Jonathan killer pics dude! Hammer heads and little brothers on the toilet are where its at clearly!

tuco

24-May-2012, 09:20

jcoldslabs

24-May-2012, 12:24

A case of early morning frustration and fidgeting (https://picasaweb.google.com/110685901603348626583/CanTSleep#slideshow/)

Just taken...

Great idea and well executed. I rarely have sleepless nights, but when I do I can totally relate. The photos are very evocative of the restlessness and exasperation related to insomnia.

Jonathan

Ari

24-May-2012, 15:26

Took this last year as an experiment in long exposure into the sun with a crazy filter stack and only scanned it now. Since then I've been working on my highlight compression technique and look forward to trying again with minus-x development but without that much filter stacking this time.

Cannon Beach, Oregon

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7094/7238110706_d4f9bec23a_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7238110706/)

Hasselblad 500C/M, CF T* 80mm, 100ACR, NDX400 + NDX8 + O2 Orange Filters, PMK Pyro, Pentax Spotmeter, 60 sec exposure

Beautiful and otherworldly, tuco.
I like that you kept it simple, too :)

Roger Cole

24-May-2012, 15:44

Alan Gales

24-May-2012, 15:57

Beautiful and otherworldly, tuco.
I like that you kept it simple, too :)

Yes, beautiful and otherworldly. What's the stargate address? I want to go there too!

tuco

24-May-2012, 18:39

Beautiful and otherworldly, tuco.
I like that you kept it simple, too :)

WOW!

That's awesome!

Yes, beautiful and otherworldly. What's the stargate address? I want to go there too!

Why thanks you guys.

eddy pula

24-May-2012, 19:30

74159
thursdays dawgs, you get some? fujiroid nonsense

SamReeves

25-May-2012, 08:22

Took this last year as an experiment in long exposure into the sun with a crazy filter stack and only scanned it now. Since then I've been working on my highlight compression technique and look forward to trying again with minus-x development but without that much filter stacking this time.

Cannon Beach, Oregon

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7094/7238110706_d4f9bec23a_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7238110706/)

Hasselblad 500C/M, CF T* 80mm, 100ACR, NDX400 + NDX8 + O2 Orange Filters, PMK Pyro, Pentax Spotmeter, 60 sec exposure

Buteeful! That made my morning.

Here's really tiny format. I took a roll of the Fort Ord, California barracks before they got blitzed in November of 2005.

Olympus Stylus Epic, Olympus 35mm ƒ2.8 lens, Kodak Supra 400.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CN35051113_19.jpg

eddy pula

25-May-2012, 09:24

74168
I'm thinking of a friend who I used to know, who wandered and suffered in this world below, but peace came like a river you know, and what are they doing there now? RIP Dan and Dave and Bob. Best Ever Death Metal Band outta Peham, Amherst and Lawrence respectively.

jcoldslabs

25-May-2012, 13:20

One of my grandmother's oldest friends who has been like a second grandma to me. I thought I was being subtle with the camera but she knew what I was doing and tried to pull her face taught to eliminate wrinkles. Even at 85 years old vanity dies hard!

Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Dodo-at-Paradise-II.jpg

Jonathan

eddy pula

25-May-2012, 15:48

74197

My 4x5 Boston Marathon coverage from 2009 was featured in Fairmount Magazine, a luxury hotel magazine. If you stay at one of the many Fairmount Hotels in the western hemisphere sometime in the next 6 months will you grab a bunch of copies for me?

Corran

26-May-2012, 01:03

Fooling around with my Nikon F4 at a pub. 85mm f/1.8 at f/2 for 1/30, T-Max 3200 rated @1250 and dev'd in XTOL straight for 11.5 minutes. "Scanned" with my Nikon D800E, ha!

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/dannys.jpg

Corran

27-May-2012, 10:48

And here's some graffiti art under an old abandoned bridge. I was testing out a new-old-stock Nikon F2 in pristine condition. Using my trusty 50mm f/1.4D at f/2.8 on Portra 160. I pumped up the saturation in PS:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/010031s.jpg

jcoldslabs

27-May-2012, 12:38

Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar, Velvia 50 (I think):

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Corner-Wall-with-Paint.jpg

Jonathan

Peter De Smidt

27-May-2012, 20:05

I set up the dining room "studio" yesterday. Here's one of the images:

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/Janice_studio_green_tank.jpg

I also took some with a 4x5, but I haven't gotten around to developing them yet.

SamReeves

27-May-2012, 22:11

A couple from yesterday's battleship pandemonium. The Iowa gets escorted by tugs, a Huey, windsurfers, sailboats, and there were two FA-18's out there too. First on San Francisco Bay, and then at the Golden Gate.

Canon EOS D60, Canon EF 70-200mm ƒ4L lens, ASA 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_3309.jpg

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_3330.jpg

LelandRay

28-May-2012, 10:47

I've been MIA for a while, working on some things. Truth is, this thread is way too long, but it's fun to check several pages of posts made since my last visit. That way I get to look at lots and lots of good photography all at once.

Shot back in October down on Black Creek near my home. Model is Kat.

http://www.vangargoyle.com/post/IMG_0562_edited-1.jpg

mdm

28-May-2012, 17:37

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d4IpwIx8s8U/T8QZtNJ0KNI/AAAAAAAABM4/K5e5LEzK0fk/s1600/peshawarman.jpg
Carbon transfer print from digital negative. 35mm APX 100 original.

tuco

29-May-2012, 08:26

I set up the dining room "studio" yesterday. Here's one of the images:

I also took some with a 4x5, but I haven't gotten around to developing them yet.

Looks almost like a Rembrandt lighting arrangement. Did you do the 4x5 in color or BW?

Peter De Smidt

29-May-2012, 09:37

Looks almost like a Rembrandt lighting arrangement. Did you do the 4x5 in color or BW?

Yeah, it's close to Rembrandt lighting. I used an xtra-large softbox, and the space didn't allow much flexibility. I would've preferred a smaller light source, but I didn't have anything on hand. The 4x5 shots were BW. Focusing was a challenge with the 4x5 and the fairly dim modeling light of the box.

Ari

29-May-2012, 10:48

austin granger

29-May-2012, 14:51

These were actually made by a friend of mine (that's me in the pictures) but I thought they might be of interest. We spent the weekend camping in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. As you can see from the second picture, the wind made using a view camera challenging. :) Still, I have hope for a few shots. We'll see...

74394

74395

Jay Decker

29-May-2012, 18:47

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/Scan-120526-0011.jpg

My Girls

Bronica SQ-Ai
65mm PS
Ilford XP2
Richland, WA

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/Scan-120526-0002-Edit.jpg

Miss Pea Swinging

Bronica SQ-Ai
180mm PS
TX-400 @ 1250 in Diafine
Richland, WA

jcoldslabs

29-May-2012, 20:39

Love that first one, Jay.

Here's my girl--a.k.a. my wife--from a number of years ago in Santa Barbara.

Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar, Velvia

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Rolleiflex---Taya-on-bridge.jpg

Jonathan

Corran

29-May-2012, 23:41

Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar, Velvia

Nice capture. It's funny you post this... I just got my hands on a Rolleiflex TLR but with the CZ Jena Tessar f/3.5 lens from a friend who wanted me to test it and tell him what it was worth. I'm actually hoping to buy it from him on the cheap. The lens is slightly hazy and speeds under 1//25 are way slow. Having never shot square format before or a TLR, I really enjoyed it! Here's a simple shot outside a yogurt bar at night that I unobtrusively snapped while eating with my girlfriend (taken at f/3.5 and 1/25 on Delta 3200 in XTOL, "scanned" with D800):

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/rollei11s.jpg

jcoldslabs

29-May-2012, 23:50

Thanks, Bryan. The slow speeds on my Rolleiflex are slow, too, but they seem to be slow by about half so I just keep that in mind. 1/15 is really 1/8, 1/8 is really 1/4, etc. I should get a CLA for it, but it hasn't let me down yet. We all think the cameras we own are the best, but this is the one camera I would go to the mat for above all the other ones I have. These cameras have a sound reputation and as far as I'm concerned they live up to the hype!

(And don't get me started on all the accessories. Oy!)

Jonathan

Corran

29-May-2012, 23:56

jcoldslabs

30-May-2012, 00:05

Oh, they made a polarizer all right, but I've never seen one, at least in Bay II size, that was affordable. If you find one, more power to you! I also love waist level finders. Not holding a camera up to my eye makes a big difference in how I compose and shoot. Years ago I had a waist level finder for my Nikon F3. I used to like shooting on the subway with it. Got lots of great candids since people didn't realize I was taking their picture.

Jonathan

Corran

30-May-2012, 00:24

According to my research this one takes Bay 1 filters...which I hope is true as there is a Bay 1 polarizer on eBay now for $5...

jcoldslabs

30-May-2012, 00:33

I think the Bay I stuff might be a bit more common than Bay II. Not sure, but good luck! And I hope you get to buy the camera.

Jonathan

30-May-2012, 06:56

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/Scan-120526-0002-Edit.jpg

Miss Pea Swinging

Bronica SQ-Ai
180mm PS
TX-400 @ 1250 in Diafine
Richland, WA[/SIZE]

Excellent; this is the type of composition that needs a square format capture! (And children on a swing with narrow DOF manual focus is a solid challenge.)

tuco

30-May-2012, 09:55

Nice capture. It's funny you post this... I just got my hands on a Rolleiflex TLR but with the CZ Jena Tessar f/3.5 lens from a friend who wanted me to test it and tell him what it was worth. I'm actually hoping to buy it from him on the cheap. The lens is slightly hazy and speeds under 1//25 are way slow. Having never shot square format before or a TLR, I really enjoyed it! Here's a simple shot outside a yogurt bar at night that I unobtrusively snapped while eating with my girlfriend (taken at f/3.5 and 1/25 on Delta 3200 in XTOL, "scanned" with D800):

My Rolliecord had a slow, sticking shutters. Since it wasn't in good shape and not expensive, I removed the lens elements (bought a "deep socket" spanner wrench to do that) and applied lighter fluid to the shutter mechanism. After a few applications and exercising it, the sticking was cleared. I applied a pinch of graphite lubricating powder in there for good measure. I wouldn't recommend doing that to a TLR in good shape but one that would otherwise not get used or ever find its way into a shop for a CLA is an economical work-around.

Peter De Smidt

30-May-2012, 10:50

My Rolliecord had a slow, sticking shutters. Since it wasn't in good shape and not expensive, I removed the lens elements (bought a "deep socket" spanner wrench to do that) and applied lighter fluid to the shutter mechanism. After a few applications and exercising it, the sticking was cleared. I applied a pinch of graphite lubricating powder in there for good measure. I wouldn't recommend doing that to a TLR in good shape but one that would otherwise not get used or ever find its way into a shop for a CLA is an economical work-around.

I'm glad it worked out! The time I tried something similar on an old Raptar LF shutter, things didn't work out so well.

Corran

30-May-2012, 13:19

My Rolliecord had a slow, sticking shutters. Since it wasn't in good shape and not expensive, I removed the lens elements (bought a "deep socket" spanner wrench to do that) and applied lighter fluid to the shutter mechanism. After a few applications and exercising it, the sticking was cleared. I applied a pinch of graphite lubricating powder in there for good measure. I wouldn't recommend doing that to a TLR in good shape but one that would otherwise not get used or ever find its way into a shop for a CLA is an economical work-around.

Thanks for the info! I have heard of the lighter fluid trick. I should have a spanner wrench so I'll buy that anyway.

I think my friend was looking for a lot more than I offered so the Rollei left me this afternoon...so I guess I'll be looking for a BGN condition one now, sigh.

Peter De Smidt

30-May-2012, 13:31

A good 3.5F MX from the early 50s is a great user, although you might need to replace the screen, as the original can be very difficult to focus in all but the brightest light. They do need to be serviced occasionally, as in about once a decade.

jcoldslabs

30-May-2012, 13:48

Nikon F3, Kodachrome 64

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Mimi-Jeannie-Michelle.jpg

Jonathan

Roger Cole

31-May-2012, 22:33

I loved how unassuming the little guy is. Even though rangefinders are supposed to be the same way I get a lot of attention when I shoot with my Nikon SP, so I think the Rollei will be a better choice in a lot of environments. Plus I'd rather shoot a roll of 120 in one evening than 1/3 of a roll of 135 and have to wait to shoot something else or waste it.

Unfortunately the slow speeds aren't just slower but actually get stuck :(

I just need to find me a yellow and red filter, maybe a polarizer if they made it, and I'll be happy!

Oh, they made a polarizer all right, but I've never seen one, at least in Bay II size, that was affordable. If you find one, more power to you! I also love waist level finders. Not holding a camera up to my eye makes a big difference in how I compose and shoot. Years ago I had a waist level finder for my Nikon F3. I used to like shooting on the subway with it. Got lots of great candids since people didn't realize I was taking their picture.

Jonathan

I love my little Yaschiamat too. A nice Rolleiflex is definitely on my "someday I'll get one" list.

I think the best approach for filters is to just get a bayonet to regular threaded filter, something common like a 52mm, and then just get 52mm (or whatever) filters. One adapter and then filters are common.

iml

1-Jun-2012, 03:53

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7308728644_582844e694_b_d.jpg

Practicing with a simple portable lighting setup (2 LED lights, one reflector) ready for a portrait project at a music festival in a couple of weeks. Hasselblad 500CM, 150/4.0, Tri-X, 1+1 Xtol.

austin granger

1-Jun-2012, 08:52

Lakeview, Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7314861178_a3fa7ae9f6_z.jpg

Klamath Falls, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7091/7314870976_a39ba0ffd9_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Jay DeFehr

1-Jun-2012, 09:16

Recombinant pickup suffers autoimmune disease.

eddy pula

1-Jun-2012, 09:45

745617456274563
I went down to the bitter end to see jesus and mary chain and when I reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyyyy got down with it I realized it was mothers day

eddy pula

1-Jun-2012, 09:45

canon ae1, mamiya c330, og digi canon rebel

austin granger

1-Jun-2012, 10:40

Recombinant pickup suffers autoimmune disease. I was thinking more of the cannibalism/dismemberment that seems to be going around, or is that too dark? Sorry...

Jay DeFehr

1-Jun-2012, 10:44

Mwahahhaha!

Zaitz

1-Jun-2012, 17:24

austin granger

2-Jun-2012, 09:51

The Cow, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7315776254_b01eb69777_z.jpg

Self, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/7315785148_ed6e7834b8_z.jpg

Don't let the sunshine fool you–it was freezing cold. And the wind!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Kav

2-Jun-2012, 16:46

Three fast ones from Thailand:

My friend and I hanging out of the side of a taxi-truck while racing around the island of Ko Chiang:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/OverseasTravels/Thailand-2012/Ko-Chiang/i-B9F8D5n/0/XL/61990015-XL.jpg
Nikon F4 with a 24mm lens

Swimming with the elephant after it threw me into the river and then kicked me in the chest:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/OverseasTravels/Thailand-2012/Ko-Chiang/i-9kG6fRX/0/XL/61960013-XL.jpg
Nikon Nikonos-V with a 35m Lens

Setting up a shot with the Speed Graphic press camera. If you look at the camera you can see the inverted image on the ground glass:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/OverseasTravels/Thailand-2012/Chiang-Mai/i-SnJgtKq/0/XL/61870009-XL.jpg
Nikon F4 with a 24mm lens

tuco

2-Jun-2012, 21:49

...
If you look at the camera you can see the inverted image on the ground glass:

Too dark to see anything for me. Flirting with the edge of black with computer screens as the medium can really have variation, I've found.

jcoldslabs

2-Jun-2012, 21:52

I can see a hint of an upside down triangle on the bottom left of the ground glass in the photo, presumably the top of the building.

Jonathan

austin granger

2-Jun-2012, 23:21

Stephen, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7085/7325291536_164a0857ca_c.jpg

Stephen's Boots, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/7325284766_77aa697fa6_c.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

jcoldslabs

3-Jun-2012, 01:02

Polaroid Spectra camera and film. A self-portrait of sorts.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SPECTRA-Hand-and-Shadow.jpg

Jonathan

tuco

3-Jun-2012, 02:50

...
Stephen's Boots, Black Rock Desert, Nevada

I really like the boot shot.

lenicolas

3-Jun-2012, 07:17

austin granger > awesome photos on this page!

SamReeves

3-Jun-2012, 07:44

Hanging around in the Big Sewer yesterday on Old Coast Road.

Canon EOS D60, EF 17-40mm ƒ4L, ASA 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_3624.jpg

ypres.bass

3-Jun-2012, 13:35

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7263823706_6a76aca2a5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanislavkolarik/7263823706/)
"opus14" (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanislavkolarik/7263823706/) by ypres.bass (http://www.flickr.com/people/stanislavkolarik/), on Flickr

cjbroadbent

3-Jun-2012, 15:17

New Zealand with an Ixus and a couple of stitches.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c1JHEKkIhew/T8vgjocVEjI/AAAAAAAALEk/ngOWmiDVvj0/s800/nz241-001.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YBdzSNgahIM/T8vgkFuPb4I/AAAAAAAALEs/m6hFBP2j4sw/s800/pnz190-001.jpg

lbenac

3-Jun-2012, 15:23

New Zealand with an Ixus and a couple of stitches.

Very nice even if it is not b&W cheers, Luc

mdm

3-Jun-2012, 15:27

Best light this time of year, all day. Have fun.

Roger Cole

3-Jun-2012, 17:45

My wife Alicia from our honeymoon slides. Jockey's Ridge State Park, Kitty Hawk, NC, flying kites right next door to the hallowed ground where the Wright Brothers first flew.

Pentax MX, Vivitar Series 1 28-105, exposure unrecorded, Provia 400x.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/7331688050_cfa6b9a175_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7331688050/)
Alicia_Kite1_LowRes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7331688050/) by Roger Cole (http://www.flickr.com/people/rogercole/), on Flickr