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jcoldslabs

23-Feb-2013, 06:49

Playing around with a roll of Verichrome Pan 620 that expired in 1969, shot in an early 6x9 Kodak Six-20 (https://secure.flickr.com/photos/ebanator/5776708213/in/set-72157626842735372/) folder. Focusing is by guesstimation, so many of my shots were a bit off, but it amazes me how an old camera + old film = old looking photos.

So remember: the next time someone tells you that film from the 60s or earlier is junk--misplaced advice I have read many times on these forums--either shoot it yourself or send it to me, but don't throw it out!

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/6x9-Kodak-Six-20-Burnside.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/6x9-Kodak-Six-20-Astoria.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/6x9-Kodak-Six-20-Puddle.jpg

Jonathan

photonsoup

23-Feb-2013, 18:54

These (http://www.ebay.com/itm/KOPIL-MODEL-II-2-SELF-TIMER-WORKING-CONDITION-w-CASE-CAMERA-TIMER-/130855137390)work with many shutters, if your lens board allows them to be connected.

Thanks for the link. I just paid $11.00 for it. Can't wait to try it out.

23-Feb-2013, 19:00

Photonsoup; that's sort of like the use of globes in pictorialism (brigman, clarence h white, etc..) Do it in film sometime. A long release cable is also an option if you can't find an assistant. If the shutter release is easy, you can also get a little windup thing that will screw into the release cable threads.

Here's small format. My newish DSLR does video as well. I thought I'd apply some of my pictorialist style to color video. Oh the blasphemous horror. Here's the coast of Maine on a gray cold windy dusk. Short clips. D600 with Helios-44 M39 mount lens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcVhf5QhpnQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ILowBfbBA.

bobwysiwyg

23-Feb-2013, 19:08

austin granger

24-Feb-2013, 10:20

Man with Sign, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8494408860_14137af28f_z.jpg

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

chassis

24-Feb-2013, 12:49

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8107/8504875084_d82e07d3a9_z.jpg
Verazzano Bridge, NYC
iPhone4

jcoldslabs

24-Feb-2013, 12:49

Man with Sign, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8494408860_14137af28f_z.jpg

Austin,

When I see your photos that are taken far afield, I can tame my envy just a bit by saying, "Well, I'd never drive that far myself. But bully for him!" But when you take photos in and around Portland, especially in places I recognize, places I could take my camera to just as easily, I can no longer protect my ego behind the sour grape shield of I'd-Never-Go-There-Anyway. Instead I think, "Why didn't I see that?" The short answer is two-fold: A) I'd have to leave my friggin' house, and B) I'm not Austin Granger!

I've enjoyed your recent posts. Keep it up.

Jonathan

austin granger

24-Feb-2013, 13:10

Thanks Jonathan. You are always so kind. I think that having children contributes to my photographing so much outside, in the sense that I often just want to get the hell out of here and get off by myself, and also in that I see a lot of things while I'm out and about with them. My oldest son (he's ten) has been taking an animation class at Portland State and for the last couple of Saturdays I've been strolling around down there while I wait for his class to be over. By nature I'm pretty shy and solitary and so have a hard time photographing people, but I couldn't pass up this man with his sign. You can see that in my nervousness I mucked up the shot by not noticing the trees growing out of his head, but I do think (hope) that I'm getting better. He was a nice man, and actually made me photograph the other side of his sign as well. Maybe I'll post that later-there's a lot to take in.

What I really need to work on is really seeing the things that are right around me everyday, like you do. The wealth of subjects in your house seems bottomless, but I don't think it's because you live in a more fascinating house than I do; it's because you've managed to keep on seeing and feeling things freshly, which is the key to everything I think.

Thanks again.

Corran

24-Feb-2013, 13:48

Always nice to read others' takes on photography. I am jealous of both of you, living in such a cool area. Of course maybe people think the same about the swamp I live in but I'm sick of it (though I did shoot 3 rolls of film after massive flooding around the river here...).

jcoldslabs

24-Feb-2013, 14:39

Bryan,

The grass is always greener. As proof, I do see your photos of the swamps as exotic. I've only been to the South once, and that was to drive my ailing aunt out from Tallahassee to California so I only saw what was visible from Interstate 10.

I will admit that Portland, and Oregon in general, have a lot of diverse photo opportunities, but I think that can be said of anywhere. Being sick of a subject or a location is the worst curse of all, because you become blind to what's in front of you. I've been in that frame of mind, and it's a tough one to shake.

Jonathan

austin granger

24-Feb-2013, 15:35

austin granger

24-Feb-2013, 15:37

I mean crazy in a good way-that stuff is fascinating.

Corran

24-Feb-2013, 16:30

Ha! I can't stand that stuff. Anyway, it's more in the Atlanta area. We've got Spanish Moss down here which is okay.

Jonathan is right, grass is greener and all that. I just wish I got more vacation time to go places! I will have to visit Oregon someday.

Ramiro Elena

24-Feb-2013, 16:43

Did you say Spanish?
Here's my kid in the woods.

http://babyboomsitges.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/dsc_4455f-72.jpg

jcoldslabs

24-Feb-2013, 17:12

Beautiful, Ramiro. Looks like something out of a fairy tale.

Jonathan

Maris Rusis

24-Feb-2013, 17:36

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1428/5116111731_21d5fcb610_z.jpg
Photographer, Mirror Portrait

Gelatin-silver photograph on Kodak Polymax Fine Art FB VC, image area 16.2cmX12.1cm, from a Ilford FP4+ negative exposed in a Mamiya C330 twin lens reflex camera with a 80mm f2.8 lens.

Corran

24-Feb-2013, 20:51

Downtown Albany, GA, as seen from the Albany Municipal Auditorium front doors between rehearsals of the local Albany Symphony that I perform with. It was raining and a really drab day. I am still experimenting with TMX, and this was shot with those tests in mind - this time, I used T-Max Developer, not the RS type, at a 1:39 dilution, semi-stand for one hour. Rated at 100. I am happy with how it turned out, but still tweaking. Oh yeah, taken with my Nikon SP rangefinder and 50mm f/1.4 lens:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10699ss.jpg

Kav

24-Feb-2013, 21:02

A few fast ones from a costume party this weekend:

The Queen of Hearts:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-rhH2dzj/0/X2/i-rhH2dzj-X2.jpg

The Ninja:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-LWq5fGB/0/X2/i-LWq5fGB-X2.jpg

Plastic Army guy:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-8tnWC4K/0/X2/i-8tnWC4K-X2.jpg

Avatar:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-Q5LfnR6/0/X2/i-Q5LfnR6-X2.jpg

Corran

24-Feb-2013, 21:25

Nice portraits Kav.

One more from Albany, on the banks of the Flint River. Same tech as the shot above:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10704ss.jpg

Peter De Smidt

24-Feb-2013, 22:36

March Meadow

Scott Schroeder

25-Feb-2013, 14:42

That's awesome Ramiro. It makes me think 'it's a big world out there...'

I saw the rest of the series on Flikr. Really wonderful set!

Ramiro Elena

25-Feb-2013, 14:54

Thanks Scott, I was trying a Polaroid SX70 preset for Lightroom.
There are about 150 images from that day. Good thing it was just a casual outing with my kid and my niece.

Kav

25-Feb-2013, 15:13

Nice portraits Kav.

One more from Albany, on the banks of the Flint River. Same tech as the shot above:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10704ss.jpg

Thank you. It was a fun night as well. Your photo reminds me of all the trees we have in the rivers here in NC. I like it very much.

austin granger

26-Feb-2013, 13:29

Man with Sign, Portland (II)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8110/8511341182_d2fc027459_z.jpg

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

patrickjames

26-Feb-2013, 14:27

http://www.patrickjames.net/LFF/rename341ps.jpg

patrickjames

26-Feb-2013, 14:33

http://www.patrickjames.net/LFF/1999-019-10.jpg

D-tach

26-Feb-2013, 15:29

I like that last one a lot Patrick - nice composition

t0aster

26-Feb-2013, 19:40

I spent 3 weeks in India during the month of January. One of the most incredible experiences of my life, hopefully I'll get back there in the near future.

Images taken with a Mamiya 6 and probably the 50mm lens, which is absolutely amazing, and I used mostly Acros100 but there were a couple rolls of HP5+ used. I did take a bunch of color (Fuji pro 400h and reala), but have not gotten them developed yet, hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

Scanning negatives has proven itself to be much more a chore than I expected.

chassis

27-Feb-2013, 10:32

Great shots toaster.

austin granger

27-Feb-2013, 11:25

Abandoned Schoolhouse, Goodnoe Hills, Washington
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8513863026_99c9fc3fc9_z.jpg

If you're interested, there is a large format mate to this in the 'Old Things...' thread.

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

Evin

27-Feb-2013, 12:01

Couple from my August trip to the girlfriends cabin in Washington.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8512862265_637726e34b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/8512862265/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8517/8513971548_924baf55f5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/8513971548/)

PViapiano

27-Feb-2013, 15:58

I made a small handmade book with ten platinum/palladium prints, all iPhone Hipstamatic images, digital negatives made with QTR, printed on Weston Diploma...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4315835700130&l=5821282851078501041

Peter Lewin

27-Feb-2013, 16:08

jcoldslabs

27-Feb-2013, 17:37

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8513863026_99c9fc3fc9_z.jpg

I really like this, Austin. The only parallel lines seem to be in the wainscoting--everything else is out of plumb!

What amazes me about your photos, and I'm not sure where in your workflow the magic happens (exposure, development, printing/scanning, all of the above), is the degree of detailed tonal separation and micro-contrast you achieve in the low values. The whole right side of this photo seems to exist in the Zone II-IV range, if that, yet the values and details are distinct and clear. My best efforts at achieving this lead either to mud or to gross overexposure. I guess I can keep side-stepping the issue entirely by continuing to use 50 year old expired films, since with film that old and fogged there's never any hope of nuanced shadow detail from the get-go.

Jonathan

Maris Rusis

27-Feb-2013, 19:52

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4053/5164949247_83bf23a1ef_z.jpg
Breakfast, Reading

Gelatin-silver photograph on Fomabrom Variant 111 FB VC photographic paper, image area 16.3cm X 16.3cm, from a 6x6 format Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Seagull 4A103A twin lens reflex camera equipped with a 75mm f3.5 Haiou lens.
Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

austin granger

27-Feb-2013, 21:26

Austin: I like this interior shot more than the related exterior shot in the LF image forum. The exterior shot seemed to me a little too much of a cliche, another old building falling into decay. But this one has much more character (at least to me).Thanks Pete. I admit that no one will ever accuse me of passing up a cliche! :) In my defense, I do tend more and more to think of how individual pictures relate to other pictures, and find myself making little essays, so you see, I HAD to photograph the outside of the school. Actually, my favorite things in that photograph are the four poles in the front and the trees in the back. Anyway though, thanks for your input.

austin granger

27-Feb-2013, 21:40

I really like this, Austin. The only parallel lines seem to be in the wainscoting--everything else is out of plumb!

What amazes me about your photos, and I'm not sure where in your workflow the magic happens (exposure, development, printing/scanning, all of the above), is the degree of detailed tonal separation and micro-contrast you achieve in the low values. The whole right side of this photo seems to exist in the Zone II-IV range, if that, yet the values and details are distinct and clear. My best efforts at achieving this lead either to mud or to gross overexposure. I guess I can keep side-stepping the issue entirely by continuing to use 50 year old expired films, since with film that old and fogged there's never any hope of nuanced shadow detail from the get-go.

Yeah, it was hard to figure out how to level this shot. Do I go off the camera? The doorframe? The wainscoting?

As for my 'magic,' boy, if you only knew how little I know what I'm doing, you would be amazed. Or appalled. I will say that I tend to overexposed stuff a bit and then bring it back down in the computer. Also, I think that using a long scale film like Tri-X (especially when doing 'normal' development) helps me in this situation.

I wish I had photographed this with the big camera, but I was a little wary of being in there too long. There were birds swooping over my head and the floor felt a bit squishy.

I'm really liking your expired film stuff. It does have a very unique character, and knowing that the film has been 'waiting' all this time effects how I see the pictures; it adds another level to it. When you said that the film and the elements collaborate with you (I don't have your exact words in front of me but you'll know what I mean), was something I could relate to. See, I should have used 50 year old film for my schoolhouse!

Leigh

27-Feb-2013, 21:50

I admit that no one will ever accuse me of passing up a cliche!
But Austin...

Cliches depend on repetition for their livelihood. Without it they would die.

Consider it your civic duty to help perpetuate the species. Well done!

- Leigh

jcoldslabs

27-Feb-2013, 23:43

As for my 'magic,' boy, if you only knew how little I know what I'm doing, you would be amazed. Or appalled.

You've been very humble about your technique in the past, and I respect that, but you are sure doing something right, even if it's as simple as exposing generously for the shadows and keeping the upper end in check. I have some in-date Tri-X in the freezer. Maybe it's time to break it out and explore the joys of fresh film for a change!

I'm really liking your expired film stuff.

Thanks. I am having fun with it. The built-in imperfection helps beat back the perfectionist in me. Of course, I could always skip the image making altogether and develop the film for the texture alone (http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/11/artist-finds-and-develops-ancient-photo-paper-some-older-than-a-century/).

Jonathan

cjbroadbent

28-Feb-2013, 05:40

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7dXiJyBRDrc/US9NpaQW4LI/AAAAAAAAMq0/pKf6-NcdwbE/s800/RaffiaRawD2b.jpg
M9, Working something out with the dishcloth and penumbra.

Peter Lewin

28-Feb-2013, 05:49

Thanks Pete. I admit that no one will ever accuse me of passing up a cliche! :) In my defense, I do tend more and more to think of how individual pictures relate to other pictures, and find myself making little essays, so you see, I HAD to photograph the outside of the school. Actually, my favorite things in that photograph are the four poles in the front and the trees in the back. Anyway though, thanks for your input.
Austin: I'm going to reverse myself, and eat my words about the cliche. First, I understand your need for the overall environmental photo in the sense of an essay. But much more than that, after your comment I went back to look at the schoolhouse LF photo, and realized that the fault was my own, I shot past it too quickly the first time, thinking "oh, another decrepit building." But on second (and third...) viewing, it rises above the cliche, both because your technique (which you tend to down-play) is wonderful, and as you commented yourself, you positioned the schoolhouse within its environment in a way that lifts it above the cliche. So I was really wrong.

Lastly, and again I'm merely repeating Jonathan, your technique, be it the image,the exposure, the development, or the scanning, probably all together, is of a very high standard. There are a few people who post whose images are, to me at least, instantly recognizable, and you are one of those. (For fun, while there are probably more, the other two are Ken Lee and Jonathan himself.) So, to sum up, wonderful images to look at, and "mea culpa."

chassis

28-Feb-2013, 05:54

Christopher, I like the color palette on this one.

Corran

28-Feb-2013, 07:44

Brush and pines burnt from controlled burning. 15-year expired Ektachrome 200 shot at 100 in my Bessa RF 6x9 and heavily corrected in post:

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

SergeiR

28-Feb-2013, 09:44

some walking in Valodolid, Mexico with 6x6 rolleiflex and kodak.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8513618563_a32fb4de90_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8513618563/)
scan0349-1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8513618563/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8511421533_69409fab77_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8511421533/)
Old man and his food cart (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8511421533/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

austin granger

28-Feb-2013, 10:01

Of course, I could always skip the image making altogether and develop the film for the texture alone (http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/11/artist-finds-and-develops-ancient-photo-paper-some-older-than-a-century/).

It seems from reading some of the comments below those photos that some people are put off by them, but personally, I think they're fascinating. it's a great idea, and I wish I'd have thought of it myself. It actually reminds me, as do some of your recent pictures, of some music I've been listening to, William Basinski's 'Disintegration Loops.' Pitchfork describes it better than I could: "In the early part of the last decade, William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops was the sort of music you passed around. Once you heard it, you wanted to tell somebody about it. There was obviously the sound itself, so hypnotic that it was immediately understood as a classic of ambient music. But there was more to it.
The Disintegration Loops arrived with a story that was beautiful and heartbreaking in its own right. It's been repeated so many times that Basinski himself has grown weary of telling it: in the 1980s, he constructed a series of tape loops consisting of processed snatches of music captured from an easy listening station. When going through his archives in 2001, he decided to digitize the decades-old loops to preserve them. He started a loop on his digital recorder and left it running, and when he returned a short while later, he noticed that the tape was gradually crumbling as it played. The fine coating of magnetized metal was slivering off, and the music was decaying slightly with each pass through the spindle. Astonished, Basinski repeated the process with other loops and obtained similar results.
Shortly after Basinski digitized his loops came the September 11 attacks. From the roof of his space in Brooklyn, he put a video camera on a tripod and captured the final hour of daylight on that day, pointing the camera at a smoldering lower Manhattan. On September 12, he cued the first of his newly created sound pieces and listened to it while watching the footage. The impossibly melancholy music, the gradual fade, and the images of ruin: the project suddenly had a sense of purpose. It would become an elegy for that day."

It strikes me that the reason why so many photographer's are obsessed with ruin and decay (myself included) is more than simply because such subjects posses visual interest (though they can), but also because pictures of those subjects incorporate the added dimension of time. Photographing ruin and decay is a way to look the fact of the inevitability of everything's end in the eye, and figure out how to live in light of it. And now I must make some coffee. Here's Basinski (though I should warn you that prolonged listening will definitely mess with your mind):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYOr8TlnqsY

28-Feb-2013, 10:01

austin granger

28-Feb-2013, 10:02

Peter, I'm not sure how to respond to that other than to offer a heartfelt thank you. Thank you.

andreios

28-Feb-2013, 12:51

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8515784105_e29cc5707b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreios/8515784105/)
28. II. 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreios/8515784105/) by andreios (http://www.flickr.com/people/andreios/), on Flickr

jcoldslabs

28-Feb-2013, 13:52

It actually reminds me, as do some of your recent pictures, of some music I've been listening to, William Basinski's 'Disintegration Loops.'

I'd never heard of Basinski until you mentioned him, but having just listened to the piece you linked to I find it utterly compelling. For some reason that video reminds me of the final sequence from the film Koyaanisqatsi that shows a rocket explode and then follows one flaming piece of it as it slowly tumbles to the ground, accompanied by Philip Glass' haunting score.

As you know I have been increasingly fascinated with decaying photographic materials lately. To paraphrase myself from another thread, I feel as though the images I make with really old film are double exposures: environmental conditions and cosmic rays have already made one long, random exposure on the film, and I get a chance to add a second, relatively instantaneous exposure on top of that. One project that comes to mind is to photograph typical scenes of beauty--landscapes, sunsets, pastoral scenes, portraits--and juxtapose them with the underlying "ugliness" of the decaying film. We'll see how far I get with that.

As for the woman who develops the old photographic paper, I think she gets dismissed because it seems too easy: buy some old paper and develop it, no camera required. But like all conceptual art it is the idea that counts as much, if not more than, the final piece. Personally, I would like to see what a contact print would look like on some of that old paper. Trust me, I'm keeping an eye out for some in order to give it a try!

Jonathan

austin granger

28-Feb-2013, 15:21

Hell, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8512211266_a57c284117_z.jpg

Love, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8515620277_a997ebea09_z.jpg

Billboard, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8236/8512620694_96622e175a_z.jpg

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

Randy

28-Feb-2013, 15:24

My son Matt - Mini Crown Graphic, 105mm Ektar, Agfa APX 100 in HC-110 1:63

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/115.jpg

28-Feb-2013, 15:59

Randy, I like this composition better than the other one; "how does the tractor fit in" I think looking at the other one. Here, it's just him standing near some interesting permanent surroundings. I think he looks shorter in this photo, because it's more looking down, maybe just a few inches higher camera position than the other one where he might be on higher ground or the tripod didn't go as high. I think it is good to try different heights for the camera for people photos. I notice such things because I alternate between a TLR (which almost requires a lower camera position) and LF.

Randy

28-Feb-2013, 16:26

Hey JP, as to the tractor...I don't know...just an idea. I have shot quite a few pics of that abandoned tractor over the years. I just can't stay away. Yes, this one was taken at eye level but the one with the tractor was probably a couple inches lower, plus being farther away might make it look even lower. With this one, it was the last shot on the roll and we were both tired and cold from a couple hours lugging camera gear. Just wanted to pack up and go home.

cjbroadbent

1-Mar-2013, 15:19

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Wis3CeMyUqk/UTENVYatncI/AAAAAAAAMsw/TGr4Dv1rlDo/s800/16987352-md.jpg
Here goes again. I' m on a Helsinki bus (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/feb/23/change-life-helsinki-bus-station-theory) and I can't get off. Worse; I'll never manage to get this onto sheet film.

chassis

1-Mar-2013, 20:39

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8519439653_a3fb1af4f2_z.jpg
Queensboro Bridge, New York
iPhone4

jcoldslabs

1-Mar-2013, 20:40

Another shot from an old camera and old film.

Kodak Six-20 Model-C, 620 Verichrome Pan (expired 1969).

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/6x9-Kodak-Six-20-Garages.jpg

Jonathan

cpercy

2-Mar-2013, 07:51

Here are a few with the new D600 I got for Christmas.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8491401962_6ba2090bf9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8491401962/)
limb on ice (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8491401962/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8481292416_d832efffe3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8481292416/)
man down clr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8481292416/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8351/8440457604_b2a4069cc9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8440457604/)
saplings in a meadow bw (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8440457604/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

cpercy

2-Mar-2013, 08:00

and few more

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8407476424_577850dcd7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8407476424/)
corner of the church lot (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8407476424/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8341223494_66743d1316_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8341223494/)
illuminated lady (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8341223494/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8103/8468802053_ec36dea63c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8468802053/)
fadco in the west bottoms (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8468802053/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8344928864_d3634a2d03_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8344928864/)
last light (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8344928864/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

Peter Gomena

2-Mar-2013, 08:56

I like the D600 pix, Clay. Great dynamic range, well-seen and well done. If I was to buy a digital SLR right now, the D600 likely would be my choice. How do you like yours?

Peter Gomena

cpercy

2-Mar-2013, 12:03

I like the D600 pix, Clay. Great dynamic range, well-seen and well done. If I was to buy a digital SLR right now, the D600 likely would be my choice. How do you like yours?

Peter Gomena

I must say Peter it has exceeded my expectation many times over. As you noted the dynamic range is quite spectacular (around 14 stops) with little to no noise in the low values (great for night shooting). If you pay even a little attention to the histogram when exposing you will get information in almost every situation that can be used to create a final image that meets your vision. My only complaint about the camera is the one you see in all the web reviews, spots on the sensor from oil or dust generated within the camera, it can be cleaned and I have read that after a while it kind of quits doing this I suppose when all the manufacturing irregularities work there way out. But I would say in summary I would recommend it highly, it gives me at least 6x9 quality, and it will free you up to shoot things you might not have with the view camera because of time, logistics, and the expense of film photography. I do believe that the view camera is an excellent tool for teaching photography to beginners it forces you to understand the technical requirements and craft of photography, but ultimately photography is about vision and execution of a final image and the tool used for that is the photographers mind.

jcoldslabs

2-Mar-2013, 14:19

Maris Rusis

2-Mar-2013, 16:23

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1381/5165855796_57eda5dc56_z.jpg
Lake Weyba, Overcast

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC111 FB VC photographic paper, image area 16.5cm X16.5cm, from a Kodak Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Seagull 4A103A twin lens reflex camera equipped with a Haiou 75mm f3.5 lens and a #25 red filter.
Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

Corran

3-Mar-2013, 00:35

Flooded boardwalk after all the rain we had last week. Normally there isn't even water till a 1/4 mile down the walkway, if not more. Ektar 100, Yashica Electro 35 GSN:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10794s.jpg

scm

3-Mar-2013, 01:04

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/IMG_6242.jpg

mdm

3-Mar-2013, 01:38

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kmrA3lyeMz4/UTMJd511wzI/AAAAAAAABzk/uAg9Y67ARME/s1600/P1000422-Edit.jpg
Panasonic LX5 and Silver efex

cpercy

3-Mar-2013, 02:30

Clay,

I like how your vision translates to the new medium. In other words, they still look like your shots with your style. I continue to resist the digital urge, but work like this makes it more tantalizing. That last one especially. Keep it up!

Jonathan

Thank you Jonathan, that means a lot coming from you.
My resistance to a digital camera was mostly because I thought it could not produce the kind of results I was getting out of LF film, and also financial. I have wanted to switch
my printing to digital for a long time for a couple of reasons, the number one being the total control of the image values thats possible with this method, and two because I have young children
who have busy schedules, so hacking a 12 to 16 hour block of time to set up and make archival prints was just not going to happen on any kind of consistent basis. Which made continuing to generate
more images both processed and unprocessed without any hope of ever having the time to print anything, both depressing and frustrating, and had led to my nearly giving up making photographs.
Then on a trip to France a couple years ago for my nieces wedding I could not stand it any more and I basically confiscated my 7 year old daughters 12 megapixel point and shoot and made hundreds
of images and I was amazed and inspired by the results from that little cheap camera and by how good it felt to produce any kind of imagery again. So I resolved then and there to get myself some kind of
decent digital camera and a way to process and print the images I made. It will suffice to say that having no knowledge of the digital process at all has been a steep learning curve over the last few years that has
brought to where I am now, which I would classify as a competent beginner. I will also say that coming from a the highly technical and craft oriented background of LF gives one a huge advantage over those
who lack that knowledge. I know the mechanics of photography and digital cameras operate within the same laws of physics that film cameras do, so all that knowledge is still relevant.

I am a much happier person now that I have been able to work my photography back into our busy lives, and working digitally is whats made that possible for me, so I will continue down that road and work
LF photography back in as time permits. At least shooting film and printing from digital scans.

Sorry for the long wind, but I think what I want people to take away from this is, there are very compelling reasons to work digitally, but only if suits your purposes.

Clay

tuco

3-Mar-2013, 13:55

I must say Peter it has exceeded my expectation many times over. As you noted the dynamic range is quite spectacular (around 14 stops)

I have a D600. Sorry, no 14 stops of DR as measured from your middle gray exposure from my copy. It is 14 stops of engineering DR which is not quite what you experience in the field, IMHO.

scm

3-Mar-2013, 14:40

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/img002b.jpg
Great Salt Lake - RB67 - KL127/3.5 - Velvia

chassis

3-Mar-2013, 16:14

Great image, scm. The palette, lighting and composition are all nice.

scm

3-Mar-2013, 17:00

Great image, scm. The palette, lighting and composition are all nice.

Thank you!

cpercy

3-Mar-2013, 17:48

I have a D600. Sorry, no 14 stops of DR as measured from your middle gray exposure from my copy. It is 14 stops of engineering DR which is not quite what you experience in the field, IMHO.

Never taken my spot meter out and measured the scenes I've been shooting but I have not run across to many instances where I was unable to get detail in highlight to shadow. That number came from DxO Labs sensor data base and judging from the range of light and shadow in some of the shots I've been doing it is very good, 14.2 stops I don't know for sure thats why I said around 14. I certainly don't mean to mislead anyone but I am quite pleased and impressed with the camera, maybe you are not and thats fine too. I'm sure there are a lot very good full frame DSLR's out there I picked this one for price and because I have a few older Nikon lenses I wanted to use. Are you unhappy with your camera? and if so why?

jcoldslabs

3-Mar-2013, 17:56

Another from the archives.

Nikon F3, Kodak infrared.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm-IR-04b.jpg

Jonathan

Corran

3-Mar-2013, 19:57

Love those colors scm!!!

Jonathan - interesting result. I would not think to shoot that in infrared. Any reason you did? I like the lines regardless of film but it has a much different look than if was shot with regular film I would guess.

Here is a test shot I did yesterday with my Nikon SP rangefinder and a new lens I picked up for almost nothing - a Contax-mount Zeiss Jena Sonnar 50mm f/2, uncoated, from I guess right after WWII. It doesn't actually work with the Nikon's RF, being a different baselength or something, but I shot stopped down and focused slightly in front of the subject. Worked fine and has a very different look than my Nikkor 50/1.4:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10854ss.jpg

I liked the way this lens rendered color so I'm going to shoot some slide film next time. It's more pocketable than the Nikon as well because it's collapsible.

jcoldslabs

3-Mar-2013, 21:14

Bryan,

The photo was taken long enough ago that I don't remember why I shot it with infrared. My guess is I had a roll of it in the camera and in those days I had only one body so getting that shot meant I had to go with what I had loaded.

I've been going through my old negatives, mostly 35mm, and discovering shots I had forgotten about. Back in the old days if I didn't have the time or energy to make a print, the image got buried in a binder with all my other negatives. Scanning is a bit easier, so I've been able to unearth some "new" old shots.

Jonathan

Corran

3-Mar-2013, 21:31

Must be interesting going through years of negatives!
If I shoot at the rate I do now, in a few years I'll have dozens of binders full...yikes. Hadn't really thought of that.

jcoldslabs

3-Mar-2013, 22:10

Must be interesting going through years of negatives!

It is, but it also makes me feel old. That IR shot above? It was taken in....1985.

(And don't say that was the year you were born. It might be, but I can't bear to hear it!)

J.

cpercy

3-Mar-2013, 22:18

It is, but it also makes me feel old. That IR shot above? It was taken in....1985.

(And don't say that was the year you were born. It might be, but I can't bear to hear it!)

J.

Flip those last two digits and thats the year I was born. Hell I have underwear older than that.
Plus I have exposed sheet film from that year that I haven't processed yet, now thats sad.

Corran

3-Mar-2013, 22:23

1985...the year you were born.

:rolleyes:

tuco

4-Mar-2013, 08:04

...
That number came from DxO Labs sensor data base
...

When it comes from DxO labs, subtract about 3 stops for actual use depending on the individual. DxO DR is defined as from highlight saturation (255) to Signal-to-Noise Ratio of 1:1. But how tangible is a SN of 1:1 in real life because data can be indistinguishable from noise. I'm pretty satisfied with the D600. I didn't think its crippled features would be too big a deal but I have had a run-in with the max shutter speed a few times.

Peter Gomena

4-Mar-2013, 09:39

Jonathan -

I've also been going through old negatives. It's a goldmine of images I shot years ago when I was too busy and the kids were small. I finally reorganized my scattered collection of negatives and have had a great time pulling out a few keepers. They're all being scanned and hopefully will go into a finished product of some kind.

It's funny, I spent a lot of time running around with a 35mm camera, snapping pictures and telling myself at the time, "there's another 35mm shot I'll never print." There also was a considerable period where I was consciously laying down negatives, mostly 2-1/4" film, that I would eventually get to when I had more time. When I was making them, I knew that just being there was the important thing, and that a time would come when I could print them.

Right now I'm in a hybrid workflow. I borrow a friend's darkroom to process negatives, then scan and print digitally. Like Clay said a few posts back, there's no time (or space) for darkroom work. I fondly remember the days when I could print into the wee hours.

Peter Gomena

Punchbowl Falls, Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1986. Tri-X 35mm in HC-110B.

Corran

4-Mar-2013, 12:12

Grab shot of one of my best friends' son, sitting at the organ while his father plays bass in the background. Snapped with a 50mm f/1.4 on my Nikon SP rangefinder on Tri-X stand-developed in Rodinal:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10839ss.jpg

Michael Cienfuegos

4-Mar-2013, 14:01

Corran

4-Mar-2013, 14:09

Thanks! Yes, he hams it up quite a bit - I've known him since he was 1, and since he always sees me with a camera he gives me a big grin every time!
I think I'm going to print this in my darkroom as a gift to my friend (he just got married).

chassis

4-Mar-2013, 18:41

Corran, good shot. The youngster looks like he has some personality. ;)

chassis

4-Mar-2013, 18:41

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8529065949_b46b803ce4_z.jpg
Bridge over the West Branch of the Delaware River, New York
iPhone4

cpercy

4-Mar-2013, 19:38

I'm pretty satisfied with the D600. I didn't think its crippled features would be too big a deal but I have had a run-in with the max shutter speed a few times.

Tuco, you must be shooting in some very bright light with fast lenses, or some fast action, I have not run into this issue but I'm mostly shooting landscapes and urban scenes with deep dof. I'm obviously not as technically savvy about these camera stats as you are, I've just moved into the digital realm in the in the last couple of years and I've learned just enough to begin making prints I'm happy with. But what I think, I have figured out in terms of digital cameras is the bigger the pixel size the more light that will fall on that pixel, which directly relates to signal to noise ratio (more signal to the same amount of noise = better ratio). More pixels will deliver greater detail assuming the lens is capable of resolving at that level. Last the processor used by the camera to differentiate noise from signal and reduce the noise is a critical part of achieving a quality image. On all of these counts the D600 is much better than the Olympus micro 4/3rds I started with, which also amazed me. I keep going on about this subject because this stuff so exceeds my expectations I find it really exciting and accessible, even for the technically challenged like myself and I'm just spreading the word.

PS, I happily accept corrections to any mis-information I might generate in my enthusiasm.

Anyway in case you aren't interested in this verbal dribble, here is couple of shots from an old Rolleiflex that sadly, I no longer own, traded it in the 80's for a Linhof view finder (which I do still own).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8387716103_94a381ac5b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8387716103/)
showroom (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8387716103/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8237/8381734199_83c2a306a4_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8381734199/)
rabbit ears dune (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8381734199/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

Peter Gomena

4-Mar-2013, 23:51

Why do my pictures uploaded to the site look washed out? They lose their blacks and look considerably lighter. They're fine on my monitor but don't match after they're uploaded. I'm sending jpegs in grayscale, gamma 2.2. Should I use RGB images in sRGB instead?

Peter Gomena

C. D. Keth

4-Mar-2013, 23:58

Change one of the photos in question to a gamma of 1.8 and see if it matches the web displayed image.

Corran

5-Mar-2013, 00:09

What browser are you using?

Generally speaking, all images uploaded to the web should be in sRGB for best compatibility.

Leigh

5-Mar-2013, 00:37

as from highlight saturation (255) to Signal-to-Noise Ratio of 1:1.
??

The D600 has a 14-bit sensor. Highlight saturation is 16383, not 255.

Where they're getting 14 stop range is simply using the full 14-bit sensor range, so 2^14 is 14 stops by definition. Within that range you have 16,384 discrete steps, from 0 to 16,383.

Whether each step is useably distinct from its neighbors is debatable.

For example, going from 1 to 2 is one full stop, and no intermediate values are possible.
Going from 8192 to 16383 is one stop, with over 8000 possible intermediate values.

This is one of the oddities of digital imaging. The steps are not uniform like they are with film.
Digital technology tends to work very well on highlights, less so on dark tones.

- Leigh

Peter Gomena

5-Mar-2013, 09:35

What browser are you using?

Generally speaking, all images uploaded to the web should be in sRGB for best compatibility.

Firefox on a Mac.

I'll have to play with this to see what works, I guess.

Thanks for the input.

Peter Gomena

5-Mar-2013, 09:38

Ok, it looks fine on Safari but goofy on Firefox. It's a browser thing. I'll put everything in sRGB next time and see what happens.

cpercy

5-Mar-2013, 09:59

??

.

For example, going from 1 to 2 is one full stop, and no intermediate values are possible.
Going from 8192 to 16383 is one stop, with over 8000 possible intermediate values.

This is one of the oddities of digital imaging. The steps are not uniform

- Leigh

Ah yes, a binary progression that makes sense.

Corran

5-Mar-2013, 10:37

Now for something completely different...
Some awkward portraits of band members that I took at a shoot a few days ago. They were throwing out all kinds of strange ideas - they are an odd group but I was happy to oblige. Since Facebook is the biggest marketing tool available right now I put this in the proper proportions for a "cover photo" (if you use FB...you know what I'm talking about). Anyway - Nikon D800E, 35mm f/1.4 AI, flash, on a ladder:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/floor-combined2 - facebook.jpg

SergeiR

5-Mar-2013, 10:44

6x6 (120) Kodak 400tx, Rolleiflex

1/2s, highlights pulled in PP. Grain and blurring are intentional - i am building up project shot in that style.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8370/8529091111_fd9978f22f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8529091111/)
Romantic Portraits - 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8529091111/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

scm

5-Mar-2013, 11:26

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/IMG_1449x.jpg
Shorty Gilbert @ Burt's in SLC 2011 - Canon T2i w/16-35mm/2.8 L

chassis

5-Mar-2013, 19:38

Awesome Sergei.

ScottPhotoCo

5-Mar-2013, 21:10

Corran

5-Mar-2013, 22:00

Thank you Tim!

cpercy

5-Mar-2013, 22:27

A couple shots with the D600 of the recent snow we had here in KC.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8529506021_48b2c44713_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8529506021/)
white (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8529506021/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8510/8511290225_1ea2a46865_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8511290225/)
big tree little tree (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8511290225/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

jcoldslabs

5-Mar-2013, 22:35

ScottPhotoCo

6-Mar-2013, 17:07

Here's one from a short while back. Shot on a Pentax 67.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7465032774_b62fa26dd3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/7465032774/)
Clutter_062812 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/7465032774/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

cpercy

6-Mar-2013, 17:32

Clay,

Those are some of the more "filmic" B&W digital shots I've seen lately. The texture on the snow under the streetlight is wonderful. Proof again that it's not the camera but the eye that wields it that matters.

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan, I think the major difference for me is working through a viewfinder as opposed to a big ground glass that I could see much better, especially the edges and corners. But that was always the same problem when using 35mm or other small format cameras, but with the digital you can at least look at the 3" LCD screen to see what you are shooting and you can even view it in B&W if you wish. I still frequently use a tripod with a geared head so I can make minute adjustments to the framing, even though the support is not really needed, it just makes you slow down and study what you are photographing.

jcoldslabs

7-Mar-2013, 03:44

Another shot from the Six-20 with the focus a bit off. Fifteen feet, twenty feet, thirty feet....I'm no good at that guessing game.

Kodak Six-20 Model C, 620 Tri-X (expired 1969).

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/6x9-Kodak-Six-20-Fence.jpg

Jonathan

SergeiR

7-Mar-2013, 10:05

Awesome Sergei.
thank you

mdm

7-Mar-2013, 13:08

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uw_F39zb7TM/UTjzbCMoYsI/AAAAAAAABz4/bHC4MKlsJxc/s1600/P1000435-Edit.jpg
Panasonic LX5 and silver efex

bobwysiwyg

7-Mar-2013, 14:56

mdm, very nice. I like this shot.

Maris Rusis

7-Mar-2013, 15:40

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1178/5165898936_f8d48b8df2_b.jpg
Ripples, Noosa River

Gelatin-silver photograph on Fomabrom Variant 111 FB VC photographic paper, image area 16.3cm X 21.4cm, from a Kodak Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Mamiya RB67 single lens reflex camera fitted with a 360mm f6.3 lens.
Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

mdm

8-Mar-2013, 14:45

mdm, very nice. I like this shot.

Thanks, I like it too. Some time I will get the MF negatives developed, but for now an afterthought in digital will have to do.

David

jcoldslabs

9-Mar-2013, 04:28

There don't seem to be many instant film images of the integral variety posted in this thread. Here's one taken with a Polaroid SX-70 camera and my last pack of proper SX-70 film. I haven't been able to bring myself to try the Impossible Project stuff yet, but I do miss shooting with the SX-70 so maybe I'll give it a go one of these days.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Snow-Bench-II.jpg

Jonathan

cjbroadbent

9-Mar-2013, 09:18

Hasselblad in greyscale mode.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U3gvrqoD854/UTtf4A-fc-I/AAAAAAAAM3o/jtdSEa06q8A/s800/FlowersSatHBaBN.jpg

DannL

9-Mar-2013, 18:16

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8542655881_4eb08e1eb0_k.jpg (Scroll right to view entire image.)

Canon Elan 7E, Handheld, Freestyle's LegacyPro 100 - Purcell OK, Sept 2012

DannL

9-Mar-2013, 18:43

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8526/8542731633_f3c4a0fbb9_b.jpg

Old plate camera, handheld

D-tach

10-Mar-2013, 06:34

There don't seem to be many instant film images of the integral variety posted in this thread. Here's one taken with a Polaroid SX-70 camera and my last pack of proper SX-70 film. I haven't been able to bring myself to try the Impossible Project stuff yet, but I do miss shooting with the SX-70 so maybe I'll give it a go one of these days.

Jonathan

Very nice composition Jonathan, I like the pole and tree top left for balance

Pfiltz

10-Mar-2013, 07:02

RB67, Arista Film, Arista Developer

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/MamiyaFence1.jpg
-
http://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/MamiyaFence2.jpg
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http://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/MamiyaLeaves.jpg
-

cpercy

10-Mar-2013, 08:54

Hasselblad in greyscale mode.

absolutely perfect CJ

cjbroadbent

10-Mar-2013, 15:37

Thanks cpercy!,
Same flowers, two days later. Two Hasselblad raw files developed with RPP's 'lightness' setting.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1D3CZjMgay8/UTuGdgxyXUI/AAAAAAAAM4M/8qjBCCLjA-k/s800/DeadFlowersA.jpg

ShawnHoke

10-Mar-2013, 17:37

Shot with a Hasselblad 501cm on my favorite long exposure film, Fuji Neopan Acros 100
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8537118544_36f4f1ec35_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnhoke/8537118544/)
The Standard Hotel, NYC, Closer Shot, Fuji Neopan Acros 100 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnhoke/8537118544/) by Shawn Hoke (http://www.flickr.com/people/shawnhoke/), on Flickr

Richard Wasserman

11-Mar-2013, 10:11

No artistic content here—I am in the process of converting a World War II US Navy Torpedo camera which makes 6x18 negatives. I have mounted a Fuji 125mm lens at its hyperfocal distance and done serious cosmetic surgery with a hacksaw, belt-sander, and other precision tools. Also a lot of Bondo. I still need to mount the finder, figure out a knob to wind the film, and then paint it. This is a test frame I made in front of my house the other day. I am very excited—it works!

Jody_S

11-Mar-2013, 12:10

Little George
91035

Taken with a 4" projection Petzval fitted to a Canon dSLR, bellows focus. Still don't know what mom thinks of my contraption lens, I suspect she'll prefer the ones I took with the Canon lens & flash.

Michael Cienfuegos

11-Mar-2013, 13:01

mdm

11-Mar-2013, 13:26

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9FmjREea74I/UT49r9r7wnI/AAAAAAAAB0g/AZ5qYjTVwIc/s1600/P1000451-Edit.jpg
Panasonic LX5, Silver Efex

Corran

11-Mar-2013, 20:03

Liking my new scanner. Here's a Tri-X 645 negative, developed with T-Max developer, 1:32, semi-stand, shot at 200:

91110

cpercy

12-Mar-2013, 12:27

A couple of digital shots from the woods by the in-laws in St. Louis.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8552430444_1374bdb64f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8552430444/)
restricted passage (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8552430444/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8107/8537872817_c5d3e1c742_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8537872817/)
St Louis woods static (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8537872817/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

jcoldslabs

12-Mar-2013, 18:01

Taken in my grandmother's house after she died when everything was still in place before the house was sold. This is the chair that she was always sitting in, working on her crossword or doing her needlepoint. I wished I had done more large format work in there before it was all gone for good.

Mamiya 7, Provia

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/M7---Lngt-01.jpg

Jonathan

DannL

12-Mar-2013, 20:32

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8552821385_0b8c604ed2_b.jpg

Horseman 980, 105mm, 6x7

Corran

12-Mar-2013, 22:11

More from the street festival stuff I've been posting. Testing out a hotlink to my blog since I'm having ftp problems.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-edgDCr--ioY/UUAKGgYXnmI/AAAAAAAADDU/mTdpY0yWjRs/s1600/azaleacolor-0041s.jpg

austin granger

12-Mar-2013, 23:20

Lily, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8236/8553068153_25285939e5_z.jpg

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

jcoldslabs

12-Mar-2013, 23:34

Lily, Portland

That's kinda spooky.

Jonathan

Jody_S

13-Mar-2013, 05:56

That's kinda spooky.

Jonathan

I thought it was sad.

thicktheo

13-Mar-2013, 08:37

Two 'scapes with the Pentax 67 & the SMC 55mm/f4.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8518558216_f3a83b767c_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thicktheo/8518558216/) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8553379991_5565f830fe_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thicktheo/8553379991/)

David R Munson

13-Mar-2013, 15:19

Both are great, I especially like the one on the left with the sand bags!

RHITMrB

13-Mar-2013, 15:29

Taken with the RZ67.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8502387756_4e608854c7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8502387756/)
Angry Birds (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8502387756/) by Isaac Sachs (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

Maris Rusis

13-Mar-2013, 16:04

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1407/5186239736_04fbe83ce8_b.jpg
Windblown Wreath

Gelatin-silver photograph on Fomabrom Variant 111 VC FB photographic paper, image area 16.4cm x 21.3cm, from an Ilford SFX negative exposed in a Mamiya RB 67 single lens reflex camera fitted with a 127mm lens and IR680 filter.
Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

austin granger

14-Mar-2013, 09:37

Inji, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8524/8555743958_8e94c2a7f3_z.jpg

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

SergeiR

14-Mar-2013, 09:50

b&w kodak 400tx, rolleiflex 3.5e2

Mexico, streets

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8225/8555640571_d5f3210e01_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8555640571/)
scan0378-1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8555640571/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8555640893_046d603132_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8555640893/)
scan0378-3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8555640893/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8384/8555641157_706ec85f50_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8555641157/)
scan0378-4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8555641157/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8556751952_73bdd56c22_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8556751952/)
scan0378-5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8556751952/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

cpercy

14-Mar-2013, 20:33

just sitting around home

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8559083086_bffa058b98_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8559083086/)
curtin table couch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8559083086/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8513/8407432374_f6b81b6dc8_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8407432374/)
cups & saucers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8407432374/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

Serge S

14-Mar-2013, 21:27

Medium format portrait. Pentax 67 cropped square.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8476638435_204f7cdfa1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8476638435/)
Tracy 2012 revisited (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8476638435/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

Hi Scott,

What lens are you using with your Pentax 67 to get that nice drop off?

Thanks,

Serge

jcoldslabs

14-Mar-2013, 22:06

just sitting around home

My favorite way to shoot! You need to stop this or you're going to make me want a digital camera. Good thing I can't afford one any time soon.

Jonathan

DannL

15-Mar-2013, 00:02

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8559339130_d1bb9539fe_b.jpg

35mm

cpercy

15-Mar-2013, 05:43

My favorite way to shoot! You need to stop this or you're going to make me want a digital camera. Good thing I can't afford one any time soon.

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan I must say it is a lot of fun and instant gratification, the new Polaroid as were. I bet you could rig a bunch of that old glass onto one of these things and get some interesting results.

Here's one from the in-laws last weekend.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8550960738_b5b918073f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8550960738/)
the spare room (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8550960738/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

austin granger

16-Mar-2013, 08:57

Lily, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8107/8556783102_fb7d957edb_z.jpg

Bank Doors, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8557861694_b6dbd0d43e_z.jpg

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

Corran

17-Mar-2013, 00:11

Mamiya 645, 45mm f/2.8, and some very old Reala that someone gave me:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-etxDPehQtUI/UUVsR6p_twI/AAAAAAAADGg/vhpxUhMMK8c/s1600/RadiumSprings_-0012s.jpg

David R Munson

17-Mar-2013, 12:38

Wandering in the loop downtown. RB67, Tri-X, 127mm.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8378/8563281817_ec699240a0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8563281817/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8563281817/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

z_photo

17-Mar-2013, 13:25

from Blue Cypress Lake near Vero Beach, FL

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u4/kzpictures/_DSC3116_zps3e52a837.jpg

Steve M Hostetter

17-Mar-2013, 13:57

I'm very impressed with all these :)!!

Eric James

17-Mar-2013, 14:22

One from the tundra:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8555807849_560a899f7f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/8555807849/)
Moon and Comet PanSTARRS, Western Alaska (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/8555807849/) by Neanderthal EAJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/eajames/), on Flickr

Peter De Smidt

17-Mar-2013, 14:38

Very nice, Eric.

ScottPhotoCo

17-Mar-2013, 16:54

Hi Scott,

What lens are you using with your Pentax 67 to get that nice drop off?

Thanks,

Serge

Serge,

That was shot with the 165 f2.8 I believe. Maybe f4ish? There's nothing directly behind her as she's in the pool so that helps. Also, I love how the Pentax glass resolves transitions. Hope that helps. :)

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

chassis

17-Mar-2013, 17:04

Really nice Eric.

Scott Schroeder

18-Mar-2013, 07:01

I just got back from a week in Big Bend. Been some really nice work in the past week!
I'll share some hopefully in the next few days before I head off to Utah to play some more ;-)

Peter Lewin

18-Mar-2013, 09:10

z_photo: That picture is a WOW! For us non-bird experts, vultures? Some sort of fish hawks?

ericpmoss

18-Mar-2013, 16:31

One from the tundra: [...]

I *LOVE* this! It's the kind of thing I can see being wall-sized.

RHITMrB

18-Mar-2013, 17:48

6x7 from September, finally scanned.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8513/8570691894_d472e8cb21_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8570691894/)
Buy Now (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8570691894/) by Isaac Sachs (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8107/8570692466_b252c79605_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8570692466/)
Pick Up (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8570692466/) by Isaac Sachs (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

Scott Schroeder

18-Mar-2013, 18:04

Lechuguilla

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/62_lechuguilla.jpg

Corran

18-Mar-2013, 19:46

Digital saves the day...definitely the worst lighting I have ever photographed in. This was for a performance of Haydn's "Il mondo della luna" done in the university's planetarium. The lighting was blue LEDs - I literally had nothing in the red channel save for noise, unless they brought up the red LEDs. Here was one of the better shots. To give you an idea of how dark it was, this was taken with my Nikon 135mm f/2 DC wide-open, 1/60th shutter, ISO 3200. Definitely not possible with film! Flash was a big no-no for this performance, plus the color cast from the blue lights probably would've been a bear to work with. Just promo shots for the music department anyway.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jt1ZWtn6MRM/UUfQVWXrPmI/AAAAAAAADIM/CBs1cCWmf0Q/s1600/edit-1654.jpg

z_photo

18-Mar-2013, 20:08

z_photo: That picture is a WOW! For us non-bird experts, vultures? Some sort of fish hawks?

Ospreys

and thanks

jcoldslabs

19-Mar-2013, 03:45

Playing around with the Mamiya 7 and the 35mm panoramic adapter.

Mamiya 7, 43mm, Delta 400

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Driveway-PANO-2.jpg

Jonathan

Peter Lewin

19-Mar-2013, 06:36

Maris Rusis

19-Mar-2013, 14:42

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1005/5185654621_ec98b5d2be_b.jpg
Bramble Vine, Mount Beauty

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa MCC 111 VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.2cm, from a Kodak Tmax 100 rollfilm negative exposed in a Mamiya RB67 medium format single lens reflex camera equipped with a 50mm f4.5 wide angle lens.
Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

jcoldslabs

19-Mar-2013, 15:25

Jonathan: Yet another great "something out of nothing!" I've always loved panoramics. And speaking as your psychologist ;), after reviewing your "portfolio," you really need to get away from your house more!

Thanks, Peter. I should leave the house more, it's true. But I love the house, I love having my wife around, I love my dog, and the world is a big, scary place! (Plus, it's a lot of hassle to haul all that heavy camera gear around once I leave the house.) Excuses, excuses....

I have been thinking I need to use the Mamiya 7 with the pano adapter more often. The photos have a really wide-screen cinematic feel to them, and it's a real break from my usual way of working.

Jonathan

David R Munson

19-Mar-2013, 19:26

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8103/8572802495_8a5376effd_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8572802495/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8572802495/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8572802549_d8cdbc546a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8572802549/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8572802549/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

RHITMrB

19-Mar-2013, 21:50

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8574173050_6be1555197_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8574173050/)
Verizon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8574173050/) by Isaac Sachs (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8574172628_7e6cc80481_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8574172628/)
Gemini (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8574172628/) by Isaac Sachs (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

mamypoko

20-Mar-2013, 00:38

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8470544048_6582a6c930_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/8470544048/)

5DII
OM Zuiko 55mm f/1.2 Auto-S @ f/11

Scott Schroeder

20-Mar-2013, 06:59

David, love the second one. And the grain is really nice.

David R Munson

20-Mar-2013, 07:33

Thanks, Scott. I've really come to love what I get from 645, especially with TX.

Corran

20-Mar-2013, 15:25

Just took this, testing out a new lens, an old Nikkor 25-50mm f/4 AI. This lens is gorgeous...it has that nice, round, tactility and feel that many modern lenses lack, at least IMO. D800E, 25mm, f/5.6:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2X2JT19PIME/UUo2xafOP1I/AAAAAAAADIc/X47FdzqvdHI/s1600/DSC_2273s.jpg

jcoldslabs

20-Mar-2013, 15:54

Testing out a new lens, an old Nikkor 25-50mm f/4 AI.

A lens from 1979 qualifies as old? Yikes! I'm even older than that. ;)

Nice image, though, old lens or not.

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

20-Mar-2013, 15:57

I've been digging in the "old" archives again. This one was taken around 1986. Boy does Kodachrome hold up over time.

Nikon F3, Kodachrome.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Red-and-White-Building.jpg

Jonathan

Corran

20-Mar-2013, 16:19

Heh, well I guess it's a matter of perspective! Love the red white and blue theme, especially that red!

al olson

20-Mar-2013, 17:40

Here is one from the Cholla Garden in Joshua Tree NP.

91656

Made with a Bronica SQ-A, Ilford SFX, and Cokin 007 filter.

20-Mar-2013, 18:13

A lens from 1979 qualifies as old? Yikes! I'm even older than that. ;)

Nice image, though, old lens or not.

Jonathan

To me, if it is Nikon and lacks AF, it's old. To most folks on the Internet, if it's got an aperture ring, it's old.

jcoldslabs

20-Mar-2013, 18:27

To me, if it is Nikon and lacks AF, it's old. To most folks on the Internet, if it's got an aperture ring, it's old.

And to a lot of people on this forum, if it takes Waterhouse stops, it's old. :p

J.

Randy

21-Mar-2013, 06:41

Very nice. Has a "mood". I always like an image with "mood" :)

Here is one from the Cholla Garden in Joshua Tree NP.

91656

Made with a Bronica SQ-A, Ilford SFX, and Cokin 007 filter.

al olson

21-Mar-2013, 06:46

Thanks, Randy. I prefer them that way as well. The near IR film really helps to create the effect.

Leigh

21-Mar-2013, 07:14

And to a lot of people on this forum, if it takes Waterhouse stops, it's old. :p
If it doesn't have stops, it's old. :eek:

- Leigh

austin granger

21-Mar-2013, 10:56

Here're a couple from a hike I took with my ten year old son last weekend on Dog Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge. We were expecting sunny skies, green grass and fields of wildflowers. Obviously, it didn't turn out like that. :) He was a champ though, even encouraging me up the last bit; "Onward!"

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8250/8577074279_b17c8c5d48_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8577061385_aefb3401c9_z.jpg

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

Ramiro Elena

21-Mar-2013, 11:47

Austin your last images here are heart breaking. The zoo series is very effing sad.

chassis

21-Mar-2013, 16:58

The first image of the tree is cool, Austin. I might have printed it down a bit more, or with a touch more contrast.

Scott Schroeder

21-Mar-2013, 18:10

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/62_Tendrils.jpg

Scott Schroeder

21-Mar-2013, 18:17

Soap stone yucca

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/62_soapstone-yucca.jpg

Scott Schroeder

21-Mar-2013, 18:22

Portrait of a yucca

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/62_yuccaportrait.jpg

Scott Schroeder

21-Mar-2013, 18:35

Desert Garden

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/62_garden.jpg

Scott Schroeder

21-Mar-2013, 18:44

Death

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/62_Death.jpg

austin granger

21-Mar-2013, 19:37

The first image of the tree is cool, Austin. I might have printed it down a bit more, or with a touch more contrast.
Thanks Chassis. Lately, I've had this idea in my mind to print certain images as high-key as possible, so that the subject almost appears to be transmuting into light. I think ethereal is the word. Sometimes I probably take it a little too far, but anyway, that's where I'm coming from. Also, the above picture was posted from flickr, which I've found tends to deaden things down, so I try and out-flank it by going too bright. Thanks again. -Austin

austin granger

21-Mar-2013, 19:59

Austin your last images here are heart breaking. The zoo series is very effing sad.

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry to put you through that. I'm serious. Sometimes I wonder about my morality of inflicting myself on other people this way.

I'm not sure if you're interested, or in the end whether it really matters, but as far as my intentions with the animals pictures go, I don't really look at the them as being primarily about the animals, but as being representations of human conditions, of interior states. The animals are metaphors. They're stand-ins. Of course, that doesn't make the pictures any cheerier, does it? :) But I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't really have an agenda, other than to make pictures of things that make me feel something, that resonate with the feelings that I have inside myself. I do this not to wallow in misery, but in the hope that these photos, though indeed very sad, have some kind of cathartic quality, the way listening to good sad music can make us feel better.

jcoldslabs

21-Mar-2013, 20:18

But I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't really have an agenda, other than to make pictures of things that make me feel something, that resonate with the feelings that I have inside myself. I do this not to wallow in misery, but in the hope that these photos, though indeed very sad, have some kind of cathartic quality, the way listening to good sad music can make us feel better.

Austin,

Were you at the zoo with your kids, or did you go expressly to take photos? I ask because I've never been to the Portland Zoo precisely because it saddens me to see animals in cages. Regardless, I admire your ability to confront the issue with photographic delicacy. And despite their sadness, I enjoyed the photos very much. Then again, I am one of those people for whom sad, dark music helps banish melancholy.

Jonathan

austin granger

21-Mar-2013, 22:20

Austin,

Were you at the zoo with your kids, or did you go expressly to take photos? I ask because I've never been to the Portland Zoo precisely because it saddens me to see animals in cages. Regardless, I admire your ability to confront the issue with photographic delicacy. And despite their sadness, I enjoyed the photos very much. Then again, I am one of those people for whom sad, dark music helps banish melancholy.

Jonathan

While I have mixed feelings about zoos myself, I do take my kids there sometimes. This was a solo excursion though. I've started a mental list of places to go when it's raining (essential in Portland as you well know) and the zoo has a lot of inside spaces. Actually, I went specifically with the intention of photographing the crocodile exhibit (the "Bamba du Jon Swamp"), but liked the elephant and orangutan pictures better. Here's the crocodile:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8554773731_df7b0ddc49_z.jpg

One nice thing about the Portland Zoo is that they don't care if you bring in a tripod and hang around all day. In fact, if you go there on a rainy morning, you're likely to almost have the place to yourself. I might go back with the big camera. I'm especially interested in the way some of the underwater tanks distort and fracture things in kind of a cubist way.

jcoldslabs

21-Mar-2013, 22:51

I'm especially interested in the way some of the underwater tanks distort and fracture things in kind of a cubist way.

The croc shot is a great start. Lots to look at with a nice point/counterpoint between the upper 1/3 and bottom 1/3 of the image.

Jonathan

andreios

22-Mar-2013, 00:07

I wish I had time for LF that morning...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8578672416_e6e081c5a6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreios/8578672416/)
Misty morning (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreios/8578672416/) by andreios (http://www.flickr.com/people/andreios/), on Flickr

Ramiro Elena

22-Mar-2013, 00:45

Well, I was going to ask if you were going through a particularly down period when I realized I am probably the one looking at them with a sad vision.
Not only do you express yourself well through images but verbally too! You b...!
The orangutan was specially sad because I know they're extremely intelligent individuals and very close to us (yes, I am a Darwinist.)
But then, the baby elefant and the crocodile are equally touching... and I don't particularly mind zoos.

Don't mind "putting me through that" life here is pretty sad as it is.

Peter Gomena

22-Mar-2013, 08:41

I have a hard time photographing in Portland's zoo, but no two zoos are the same. Santa Barbara's zoo is wonderful. I think what you come away with on any zoo shoot is highly dependent on your frame of mind before you enter the gates. I have happy animal pictures and others that are pretty depressing. I generally avoid the subject.

Randy

22-Mar-2013, 13:03

Yashica D
Delta 100
HC-110 "H"

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/kittens.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/leaf2.jpg

mdm

23-Mar-2013, 00:59

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oHBxzeOH_iY/UU1gcVhIWpI/AAAAAAAAB0w/JtYuIKNzswE/s1600/P1000475-Edit.jpg
Panasonic LX5, Silver efex

mdm

23-Mar-2013, 01:03

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qHGsdjDP7p8/UU1he-Li_dI/AAAAAAAAB04/fJ317MrhSFM/s1600/P1000505-Edit.jpg
Panasonic LX5, minimal processing in silver efex, just a filter and a reduction in contrast to the default conversion from raw.

Maris Rusis

23-Mar-2013, 14:24

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1043/5185657239_0856146fd6_b.jpg
Bridport, Pilings

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC 111VC FB, image area 16.4cm x 21.3cm, from a Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Mamiya RB 67 camera fitted with a 50mm f4.5 lens and a #25 red filter.
Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

cpercy

24-Mar-2013, 20:40

Here are a few from our family spring break trip to Destin, Florida.
While the girls were burning themselves to a crisp and swimming in the freezing Gulf waters, I amused myself with photography and golf.
All were done with a Nikon D600 handheld at 800 ISO (or whatever they call it in digital).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8382/8588477422_d5b7565b19_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8588477422/)
corridor series #2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8588477422/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8586542933_0cec0781d3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8586542933/)
sand & debris 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8586542933/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8250/8587644554_9c46a7bc80_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8587644554/)
sand & debris 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8587644554/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8586544001_15b853cbcc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8586544001/)
sand & debris 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8586544001/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

Peter Gomena

24-Mar-2013, 23:08

Love the sand/debris photos, Clay, especially the first and third ones. They have a nice, spacious feeling.

Kav

26-Mar-2013, 03:28

At the Cheetah refuge:

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Zv7dFgF/0/XL/i-Zv7dFgF-XL.jpg

cpercy

26-Mar-2013, 05:12

Love the sand/debris photos, Clay, especially the first and third ones. They have a nice, spacious feeling.

Thank you Peter.

buggz

26-Mar-2013, 09:28

From my new FujiFilm X-E1 and Fujinon XF35/1.4, I LOVE this combo!
peartree blossom, evening light, handheld:
http://www.cornbread.com/~buggz/DSCF0062-PM-PeartreeBlossom.jpg

morning back light:
http://www.cornbread.com/~buggz/DSCF0105-PearTreeBlossom.jpg[/quote]

austin granger

26-Mar-2013, 14:37

My twins and I visited the Tropical Hut pet shop in Portland this morning. Here's a picture from my phone:

92087

Leigh

26-Mar-2013, 14:58

Austin...

Nothing personal but your twins look a bit... odd. Perhaps a different shampoo would help. :D

- Leigh

austin granger

26-Mar-2013, 16:07

Austin...

Nothing personal but your twins look a bit... odd. Perhaps a different shampoo would help. :D

- Leigh

Ha! I hadn't even thought of that. Perhaps I should clarify; I have twins, a boy and a girl. They're seven and perfectly human. The frilled lizards (in the photo) live at the pet store. There, that's better. :)

mdm

26-Mar-2013, 17:27

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RDXAcA_5HmE/UVI8UbOUklI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/zido647uCSc/s1600/P1000535.jpg
Panasonic LX5, unmodified raw file, only exported from LR.

tuco

27-Mar-2013, 08:50

I went on a hike in Robe Canyon, WA, and some kayakers were there too. That water is ice cold.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8591999375_4831f94167_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/8591999375/)

thicktheo

27-Mar-2013, 09:16

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8098/8595690962_6a92fc06d7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thicktheo/8595690962/)

Pentax 67, 105mm/f2.4, Kodak Portra 400, and I have no idea where the green lighting came from. it didn't exist in the location, it didn't show up in other photos.

Leigh

27-Mar-2013, 10:43

I have no idea where the green lighting came from. it didn't exist in the location...
Fluorescent lights? They have a substantial green component.

Neat shot.

- Leigh

thicktheo

27-Mar-2013, 11:05

Fluorescent lights? They have a substantial green component.

Did three shots at this situation, one came out green, two red.

Same place, different angle:

http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/13_020_3-01_800_thmarkou.jpg (http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/2013/03/vinyl-love/)

Don't know how the "green" element came to be, but I like it. :D

tuco

27-Mar-2013, 11:37

Did three shots at this situation, one came out green, two red.

What was your shutter speed? Fluorescent lights "flicker" with different colors at different times that we don't see with our eyes.

thicktheo

27-Mar-2013, 12:56

What was your shutter speed? Fluorescent lights "flicker" with different colors at different times that we don't see with our eyes.

Can't remember, but it was definitely ranging from 1/8 to 1/60 during a number of shots that were taken on that bar.

jcoldslabs

27-Mar-2013, 13:33

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8098/8595690962_6a92fc06d7_z.jpg

I think the green works, adds an exotic feel. Very striking image.

Jonathan

tuco

27-Mar-2013, 14:21

Can't remember, but it was definitely ranging from 1/8 to 1/60 during a number of shots that were taken on that bar.

In the USA, typical AC current frequency is around 60Hz. Other parts of the world around 50Hz. So a 1/30th shutter would capture the whole cycle of the light and 1/60 or faster would capture a phase of that cycle (at 50hz), I believe. The picture is awesome, btw.

ScottPhotoCo

27-Mar-2013, 22:18

Wally

28-Mar-2013, 09:26

Pentax 67, 105mm/f2.4, Kodak Portra 400, and I have no idea where the green lighting came from. it didn't exist in the location, it didn't show up in other photos.
It looks almost like the light is coming up from out of the surface of the bartop. Regardless, If they used LED lighting, which often use pulse width modulation to control ther brightness of the R, G and B LEDs, you may have tripped the shutter during the time that the green LED was switched on and the red and blue were not.

austin granger

29-Mar-2013, 08:44

This one goes way back.

Point Reyes National Seashore
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z_photo

29-Mar-2013, 12:52

love that, Austin

austin granger

29-Mar-2013, 15:41

Thanks Z. Point Reyes is one of my favorite places in the world. Here're a couple more color shots from the peninsula. These two were made on slide film and I can't seem to get the color right, but I'm tired of fooling with them.

92264

92265

John Rodriguez

29-Mar-2013, 21:24

Grass in a Tree in Morning Light, Briones

http://www.johnrodriguezphotography.com/img/s8/v82/p1506772090-4.jpg

tuco

30-Mar-2013, 18:26

Some shots at the Mukilteo ferry terminal, WA

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8119/8601650179_5b5c5cbba6_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/8601650179/)

The ferry is departing the terminal

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8600165159_4b87e81a16_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/8600165159/)

Both a Zeiss 21mm f2.8

tom thomas

31-Mar-2013, 05:27

Caught these shots yesterday in Barjac at the open air antique market. Being Easter, I thought Joseph with his head on a platter was spooky. His son was catching hell this weekend too. And the lady enjoying too much sun looked so real I was really taken back when I realized just who she was.

31-Mar-2013, 07:08

Nice colors Tom. The head on a platter could as well be John the Baptist, but that doesn't really go with this weekend's account. The repeating circles work well.

Austin; you've got it easy scanning compared to darkroom printing color; looks good here.

chassis

31-Mar-2013, 08:12

tuco, nice shots. The first one has a great feeling of light and pleasant coolness.

tuco

31-Mar-2013, 11:29

tuco, nice shots. The first one has a great feeling of light and pleasant coolness.

Thanks. Another version a night. It is too long of an exposure to get the ferry out from behind the lighthouse. And there is only one spot to take this shot with some elevation using a wide angle. At ground-level the convergence is a killer because you can't move back any further without getting the edges of things in the view.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8601264172_6970ef8299_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/8601264172/)

metalsmith

31-Mar-2013, 14:18

Some shots at the Mukilteo ferry terminal, WA

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8600165159_4b87e81a16_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/8600165159/)

Both a Zeiss 21mm f2.8

Cool, it has warp drive.......

Corran

31-Mar-2013, 15:28

Really like the night one tuco. The shadows have a very luminous look to them, had it just rained?

tuco

31-Mar-2013, 20:55

Really like the night one tuco. The shadows have a very luminous look to them, had it just rained?

Thanks. Surprisingly, no rain in the Seattle area for a while.

Corran

31-Mar-2013, 21:10

Well, must be how you processed it, but either way it really has a glow to it that compliments the colors.

tom thomas

1-Apr-2013, 01:44

Thanx JP. I'd thot it may be the head of Joseph from a Church XMAS display where they used life size mannequins like the lady enjoying the sun. I hadn't thot of the repeating circles when I took the shot. I just snapped it while my wife was growling at me for not keeping up with her.

tom thomas

1-Apr-2013, 01:45

tuco

1-Apr-2013, 08:58

I hope everyone had a nice Easter. For the first time in years it was actually a nice day for the event around here.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8609075654_de664d3dcb_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/8609075654/)

XP1, 18-55mm

David R Munson

1-Apr-2013, 14:54

Went to the waterfront today with the 5D Mk II. Not really satisfied, wish I had brought the 4x5 and some Acros instead, but wanted to test some things. Coming soon-ish: this shot, only on 4x5 and a little wider.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/8610665911_be14ac30ca_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8610665911/)
An Experiment (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8610665911/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

jcoldslabs

1-Apr-2013, 15:18

Went to the waterfront today with the 5D Mk II.

I like that David, especially how clean and straight the horizon line is.

Jonathan

Tin Can

1-Apr-2013, 16:21

Nice David.

austin granger

1-Apr-2013, 16:55

Columbia River, Late Afternoon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8603535192_589633ce46_z.jpg

On Dog Mountain, Columbia River Gorge
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8115/8609862427_a805c3eb47_z.jpg

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

Scott Schroeder

1-Apr-2013, 17:19

Desert Trail

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/Maze2013/SurpriseValleyTrail.jpg

Scott Schroeder

1-Apr-2013, 19:18

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/Maze2013/CliffGrass.jpg

Scott Schroeder

3-Apr-2013, 16:41

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/Maze2013/SandstoneAbstract.jpg

Scott Schroeder

3-Apr-2013, 16:45

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/Maze2013/CrackedRock.jpg

Scott Schroeder

3-Apr-2013, 16:50

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/Maze2013/WavyFragments.jpg

David R Munson

3-Apr-2013, 17:49

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8617162459_d586503dc4_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8617162459/)
Window Cat (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8617162459/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

Darla in the window earlier today.

Jim Galli

3-Apr-2013, 18:40

Corran

3-Apr-2013, 18:57

Snapshot from Easter. My gf's cousin, on Portra 160 with a Nikon F2 and 85mm f/1.8K. Finally getting the hang of how to scan negative film on my Cezanne:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/easter-0030s.jpg

Nathan Potter

3-Apr-2013, 19:33

OK, here's a Kodachrome from 1987. Early chilly morning looking SW across the Sunwapta outwash plain. Alberta Canada. Loved that Kodachrome.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8265/8617342053_6dbc76325a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8617342053/)
35VA87-10-27[f1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8617342053/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nikon FE2, 75 to 150 Nikon zoom at about 100 mm. Oct. 27, 1987 about 9 AM. K25 no filters. Nikon Coolscan 5000 and PS manipulated.

Nathan Potter

3-Apr-2013, 19:42

Another one from Mr. Kodachrome. Old wagons at the Bodie CA. ghost town - a wonderful place.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8540/8618449322_4dc27fe5cc_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8618449322/)
35VA89-3-23[f1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8618449322/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nikon FE2, 28 mm. Nikkor hyper focaled at f/11. Polarizer. April 23, 1989. Scanned with a Coolscan 5000 and PS processed.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

TXFZ1

4-Apr-2013, 10:41

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/Maze2013/CrackedRock.jpg

Reminds me of a canyon near Mule Ears.

David

austin granger

4-Apr-2013, 17:15

Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8254/8620883600_c6e799ce17_z.jpg

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

ScottPhotoCo

4-Apr-2013, 18:03

Haven't posted on this thread in a bit. Here is a smattering of images made while I was on my honeymoon last week. My new bride was kind enough to stand on the cold, windy Oregon Coast while I made a few images. All shot on my Pentax 67 with the 105mm f2.4. :)

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8526/8620425610_1c6f30178e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8620425610/)
Rachel on the Oregon Coast (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8620425610/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8619878653_6aa09e26a9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8619878653/)
Rachel on the Oregon Coast (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8619878653/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8619878787_831132404a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8619878787/)
Rachel on the Oregon Coast (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8619878787/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr