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Jim Galli
19-Jun-2009, 17:14
Soft focus is an acquired taste. If you hate it, I have no quarrel. If you love it, you may enjoy having a look at work done with my most recent lens purchase. (http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/LBBandCo/LBBCoMeniscus.html)

It's a little 8 1/4 inch landscape meniscus with a powerful punch.

If anyone knows anything about the LBB & Co. I'd love to learn more about it. The shots on the pages are done wide open. There is no aperture. It has script and was sold with lenses of the Holmes Booth and Haydens era.

Working with a 5X7 Speed Graphic and this lens is wonderfully freeing. No movements to bother with. You simply select the best focus trade off and what you see is...........

sort of.........

what you get. Have fun.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/LBBandCo/LBBCoMeniscus.html
eddie
19-Jun-2009, 17:38
yup! love it! that caddy sloper is awesome. you got the eye for sure.

thanks.
ljsegil
19-Jun-2009, 17:52
That is quite a find. Absolutely beautiful stuff!
LJ
Paul Fitzgerald
19-Jun-2009, 17:55
Love the look, just right.
Brian Bullen
19-Jun-2009, 18:25
Very lovely photos Jim, that lens is a keeper for sure!
Mark Sawyer
19-Jun-2009, 19:20
Gorgeous stuff, Jim! I'm not surprised somehow that you can be so at home with these odd old lenses so quickly. And it's like I keep telling you, there's a fine line between a P&S and a POS... :)
mandoman7
19-Jun-2009, 21:15
Mr. Galli displays a fine blend of the artist and the explorer, getting beautiful images while he's conducting another dialog. Great shots of the ornaments and mirrors, Jim.
Jeff Graves
19-Jun-2009, 23:53
aaaaaaaaagggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
goamules
20-Jun-2009, 06:04
Nice Jim, you really can make these shots glow.
monkeymon
20-Jun-2009, 08:31
you should definitely make a series about those fancy hood ornaments, "lalique ii" is magnificent.
frank hoerauf
1-Jul-2009, 14:18
aaaaaaaaagggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

couldnt have said it better myself!!
Jim collum
18-Sep-2009, 21:52
got a few from Jim, and have been playing around with them.. just shooting stuff in my neighbor's yard

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_019.jpg




http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_021.jpg




http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_018.jpg



http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_006.jpg
Jim collum
18-Sep-2009, 21:54
An idea of what the enlarged detail looks like thru these lenses

full size:
(original is 6000x8000 pix)
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_011.jpg
Jim collum
18-Sep-2009, 21:56
100% crops of previous image:


http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_011-4.jpg



http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_011-3-3.jpg




http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_011-4-2.jpg



http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_011-4-4.jpg
Jim Galli
18-Sep-2009, 22:03
100% crops of previous image:


Were these with the front lens of that long chrome one?
Jim collum
18-Sep-2009, 22:03
Were these with the front lens of that long chrome one?

yes!
Bosaiya
19-Sep-2009, 00:20
Ethereal. What did you use?
Jim collum
19-Sep-2009, 00:22
Ethereal. What did you use?

just a meniscus lens from an old projector (Jim G probably has more details on the specifics). mounted it, shot using a scanning back (the color is due to the back capturing both IR and visible light.). effect was from the lens.. nothing from photoshop
Bosaiya
19-Sep-2009, 00:25
Lovely. The colors are sublime.
mandoman7
19-Sep-2009, 01:01
couldnt have said it better myself!!

Well, actually, you could have.