The one picture (so far) that you're most proud of. [Archive]

Blueberrydesk

30-Jun-2009, 13:07

wow, that's a tough choice. I'm not sure any of mine are any good. But one of the ones that I've gotten the best response from is this color one, though most of what I shoot now is black and white.

Shot on a 4x5 Osaka, Ektachrome100vs readyload

I am very bad at picking my own work. I can rip them to shreds with criticism, but to heap praise? Nah, my Philadelphia roots won't allow me to do that.

Steve Sherman

30-Jun-2009, 15:55

With no intention of double meaning "My best Work"

First granddaughter @ 12 days old on 7x17 film

Cheers

Andrew ren

30-Jun-2009, 16:27

With no intention of double meaning "My best Work"

First granddaughter @ 12 days old on 7x17 film

Cheers

Wow! Congrats Steve!

Andrew

Scott Knowles

30-Jun-2009, 16:44

I got to admit, Steve's is very hard to beat. And I agree with Paul, I have my favorites but I'm a bad judge of what's good or what others like. To date, the one I like the most, and yes, took the longest to get.

Jehu

30-Jun-2009, 16:50

Steve, I can see why you're proud of that one. How did you light it?

Scott, great composition! I can't believe how interesting such a simple setup can be. Great job on the tones. The flower just jumps right out.

Joe Smigiel

30-Jun-2009, 18:17

http://my.net-link.net/~jsmigiel/images/technical/collodion/HZ_pear_full.jpg

This is a full-plate ambrotype on black glass.

Jim Fitzgerald

30-Jun-2009, 19:39

I think this is my best so far. 8x10 carbon single transfer on fixed out 1964 Ilford Bromide fiber paper.

Jim

Steve Sherman

30-Jun-2009, 20:18

Steve, I can see why you're proud of that one. How did you light it?

Thanks, light source was a large soft box in studio. You can see a detailed description of the photograph here: http://www.steve-sherman.com/tech_notes.cfm

Cheers

Dakotah Jackson

30-Jun-2009, 20:24

Can't post it because the print & neg were destroyed in a fire years ago. An older photo I got of Gen William Westmoreland with his finger so far up his nose it looked like he was mining for Gold. Got it past the MP's and avoided the military censors as well. Made a few prints and gave them to friends in our unit at the time. We all had a good laugh at the Generals expense. Only wish I had gotten TrickyDick in that pose.

Merg Ross

30-Jun-2009, 20:30

With no intention of double meaning "My best Work"

First granddaughter @ 12 days old on 7x17 film

Cheers

Excellent!

I spent the weekend photographing our grandchildren. I cheated and used 6x6, hats off to you, Steve!

Merg Ross

30-Jun-2009, 20:34

I think this is my best so far. 8x10 carbon single transfer on fixed out 1964 Ilford Bromide fiber paper.

Jim

Jim, this one really works. Well seen, composed and executed!

Turner Reich

30-Jun-2009, 20:45

Jim that's sure a fine image you made, Yosemite it looks like, do you use fixed out paper for the carbon prints? I thought a special paper was required.

Jim Fitzgerald

30-Jun-2009, 21:43

Merg & Andrew thanks for the nice comments. This was an image I found while on the Northside trail heading east out of camp 4 in the Yosemite Valley. The image met all of the criteria for carbon transfer and I knew when I saw it exactly how I needed to set up. No hesitation or second guessing. I feel I got everything right on this one. The image has outstanding relief.
As far as the final support for carbon goes you can use just about anything. Some of us are using art papers, aluminum and all kinds of different substrates. I find that for me and the way I see my final images that fixed out fiber paper works for me. The paper I used is in big rolls of 100' that I got for a song off of e-bay. The materials to print in carbon are not expensive at all. The expense is in time but to me time does not matter, the final image does. Thanks again for the nice comments.

Jim

Kirk Keyes

30-Jun-2009, 22:19

http://keyesphoto.com/Resource/Kdk0011Grand_View_Pt_500x391.JPG

My favorite, so far. Taken nearly 20 years ago.

The storm was approaching the Grand Viewpoint of the Colorado, and it was quite windy. I took 4 sheets and only one was not blurry. It doesn't show in the scan, but there is a second rainbow present in the shot.

Chris C

1-Jul-2009, 00:15

Even though I'm not a huge still life/studio shooter, it would probably be this.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3403744783_cffb531f13.jpg

David Hedley

1-Jul-2009, 01:01

http://my.net-link.net/~jsmigiel/images/technical/collodion/HZ_pear_full.jpg

This is a full-plate ambrotype on black glass.

I think that is outstanding; the portrait, the embedded symbols, and the technical excellence all combine to produce a wonderful image.

Here is one from me;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/3048243799_910928f299_b.jpg
Toyo metal field, Fujinon 90mm, Acros

Jiri Vasina

1-Jul-2009, 01:42

Toyo metal field, Fujinon 90mm, Acros

David, that one is to be really proud of. Great.

Jiri

ljsegil

1-Jul-2009, 04:02

For color, I guess this would be my choice. Canham 5x7, Provia, 150mm SSXL, wet mount scan from a V750
Larry

Joe Smigiel

1-Jul-2009, 06:34

David,

I don't mean to start a mutual fan club, but I think yours is a fantastic image. I'm not a landscape guy but I am a sucker for repeating forms and am arrested by your image. I also like the implication of the relentless wash of the sea and the wearing down of the mountains to sands and pebbles. A great image of time.

As Jiri has commented, that is certainly an image to be proud of.

Joe

evan clarke

1-Jul-2009, 08:15

I think that is outstanding; the portrait, the embedded symbols, and the technical excellence all combine to produce a wonderful image.

Here is one from me;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/3048243799_910928f299_b.jpg
Toyo metal field, Fujinon 90mm, Acros

I love this, near/far is my favorite composition and the mirroring in this is really well seen...Evan Clarke

Monty McCutchen

1-Jul-2009, 08:44

Here are my two favorites for obvious reasons--they are of my children

Satchel Cochise when he was four and my daughter Counti when she was five.

Satchel I've posted before in other threads but here are the details for newcomers;

Satchel

20 x 24 Gumover Platinum

Counti 5 x 7 Wet Plate Collodion Tintype

best

Monty

really outstanding work posted as usual

Steve, yours in particular is stunning!

David Hedley

1-Jul-2009, 09:08

Thanks very much, Jiri, Joe and Evan, for your comments. It was the last sheet of Acros I had at the end of a two week trip.

Jim Galli

1-Jul-2009, 09:53

Monty, I'v always loved those shots. Kids are so precious! The best gifts we get I think.

I better jump in before all the stuff is so good I can't show my face. It's hard to pick and I usually think it's the one I did yesterday. But I would say from positive reaction there are 2, Jesus at 100 and the one I will show. This one edges Jesus for technical reasons only.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Downings/DaveNMargie_3s.jpg
dave and margie

I'm happy to report that Margie made it through her ordeal and her health and beauty have been restored.

mrladewig

1-Jul-2009, 12:11

Gold in the Hills

http://ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/1458-1/SCR_45_RAP_20081016_01_C.jpg

4X5 Astia, Fuji 210 -NW and patience to wait for the small openings in the clouds to light the scene.

sly

1-Jul-2009, 12:36

Monty McCutchen

1-Jul-2009, 13:31

Monty Great to see photos of your kids. The photos are beautiful and the kids adorable. How old are they now?

Hard to choose among mine, but this one is always among my top 5.
"Boardwalk, Pacific Rim Park"
4x5, Rollei R3@25, pt/pd print

I am SO LUCKY to have that print sitting right by my monitor for a perfect comparison and as beautiful as it is on my screen the real thing is even better!!

I'm thrilled to have your favorite Sly.

Counti is 9 now and Satchmo is 6 almost 7! The last part is as if he were speaking.

monty

jnanian

2-Jul-2009, 09:49

you guys are a tough act to follow ...
monty beautiful kids AND plates!

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i am not sure if it is my best
but i like these ones a lot.
it has been posted here before.

i used a 11x14 century studio camera
with a home made back and holder
( waxed paper and cardboard )
and i use paper instead of film ...
(25-30 second exposures)

great stuff in this thread!

goamules

2-Jul-2009, 15:53

Half plate collodion with Verito. A difficult process using a difficult lens, this is the "best" I've gotten with them so far.

Garrett
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettsphotos/

civich

2-Jul-2009, 17:59

Quote: "I'm happy to report that Margie made it through her ordeal and her health and beauty have been restored." - Jim Galli

Jim, - stunning! any beauty restored is superflous.

Joe O'Hara

2-Jul-2009, 19:32

With no intention of double meaning "My best Work"

First granddaughter @ 12 days old on 7x17 film

Cheers

So beautiful. Thank you for showing it.

Joe O'Hara

3-Jul-2009, 08:22

From last fall, rugosa vine and snag, Acadia NP. 90mm lens, TMax 400.

Arthur Nichols

3-Jul-2009, 13:37

I took this in 96. The picture is a digital photo of the original photograph and the top right side is a bit washed out. It is easy to live with this one.

AFSmithphoto

3-Jul-2009, 14:16

I'm kinda new to LF, still don't feel I'm getting all I can from it.

Some of my MF images rival this (though I don't know if they best it) but I'm comfortable calling it my best LF image . . . so far.

kev curry

3-Jul-2009, 14:40

I still feel pretty new to LF, just over a couple of years in, and consider this to be the one I'm most proud of so far...I've posted it before, but still, its in keeping with the spirit of the thread. Its a scan of a print and I'm sure as my printing skill gets better so will future prints. If anyone has any thoughts, good bad or ugly, I would be very interested to hear them:)

venchka

3-Jul-2009, 16:25

My best relative to the work here is at the novice level at best. From my last outing with the 4x5 camera. Taken on top of Enchanted Rock, Texas. Thanks for all of your help.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/165959-2/Ench+Rck011-8.jpg

Gary L. Quay

3-Jul-2009, 17:07

I really like this one.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3596286448_9336596d69.jpg

Camera: Calumet C-1, Lens: Cooke Series II Portrait, Film: Polaroid Type 55.

--Gary