Still-Life Images, 2011

[szadow]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/5828944926_af4dc018b2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklesniak/5828944926)
"Cake Story" by Maciek Lesniak (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklesniak/)

Sinar F2 + Schneider Symmar-S MC 5,6/300
Exposure 8sec f5.6 ISO25
Film: Adox 25 4x5"
Dev: 9 minutes 23°C CaffenolCM(RS) rotary procesing in Jobo CPA2plus processor
Scanned with Epson 4870

Caffenol-C-M developer with reduced amount of soda. Washing Soda 40g/L (instead of 54g/L), VitC 16g/L, Instant Coffee 40g/L

[Mark Sawyer]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/5828944926_af4dc018b2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklesniak/5828944926)
"Cake Story"... Caffenol-C-M developer with reduced amount of soda. Washing Soda 40g/L (instead of 54g/L), VitC 16g/L, Instant Coffee 40g/L

Yeah, I see the cake story! And the dual uses for coffee, developer and beverage! Much appreciated!!! :D

[Walter Calahan]

Love it.

Proving you can have your cake and eat it too.

[Struan Gray]

I'd have licked the plate :-)

[szadow]

Thanks for your kind words folks :)

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, Toyo 45C on Fomapan 100,dev. in Rodinal 1:50. G-Claron 240mm f9 lens at f22.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6UvkF3Puv5U/TfeCgVC13fI/AAAAAAAAANY/-jhb4eoyt8Y/s640/01_R.jpg

[szadow]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, Toyo 45C on Fomapan 100,dev. in Rodinal 1:50. G-Claron 240mm f9 lens at f22.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6UvkF3Puv5U/TfeCgVC13fI/AAAAAAAAANY/-jhb4eoyt8Y/s640/01_R.jpg

Awesome gray tones. Lovely image!

[Sart_S]

Awesome gray tones. Lovely image!

Thanks Maciek!:)

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img012d.jpg
Teapot, 2011
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, D-23

[JoeV]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, Toyo 45C on Fomapan 100,dev. in Rodinal 1:50. G-Claron 240mm f9 lens at f22.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6UvkF3Puv5U/TfeCgVC13fI/AAAAAAAAANY/-jhb4eoyt8Y/s640/01_R.jpg

Beautiful image, and you don't get a chance to see examples of the central Asian abacus very often, thanks for posting.

~Joe

[Sart_S]

Beautiful image, and you don't get a chance to see examples of the central Asian abacus very often, thanks for posting.

~Joe

Thanks Joe!:)

[Leigh]

Haha. That's funny.

Bardzo dobrze.

- Leigh

[Sart_S]

Haha. That's funny.

Bardzo dobrze.

- Leigh

Thanks!
Bardzo dobrze-jest w języku polskim.
Дуже добре-Ukrainian language.:)

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, MPP camera on Ektachrome 100,Symmar 150mm f5.6 lens at f22.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QQklSSNFlK0/TfuZ1g58acI/AAAAAAAAANw/Juwl3WzI09g/s640/23_243-nF1.jpg

[Andrew ren]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img012d.jpg
Teapot, 2011
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, D-23

Love this one. so warm yet elegant.

Andrew

[ustas]

To maintain the teapot line:


http://s43.radikal.ru/i102/1106/0d/0d65e3bafcf0.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

Imagon 13x18 Svema 64

[Greg Blank]

Very nice Tea pot imagery fellows!, I'll have to dig out my tea cup shots :) This one is from my attempt last year of doing one 4x5 shot per day for the year.

http://www.gbphotoworks.com/lfimages/Lilacsret2.jpg

[Joe Smigiel]

http://www.collodion.com/uploads/54/loop.jpg

4x5 ambrotype

[Sart_S]

http://www.collodion.com/uploads/54/loop.jpg

4x5 ambrotype

Super!

[ustas]

http://s51.radikal.ru/i132/1106/68/18ccfe298b6d.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

Dagor 240mm Delta 100

[Sart_S]

http://s51.radikal.ru/i132/1106/68/18ccfe298b6d.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

Dagor 240mm Delta 100

very nice!:)

[cjbroadbent]

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-v1EAJloBC_s/Tf43T6s0OAI/AAAAAAAAJkc/dlmpDR9Gi1w/s800/sundayLilly810tm.jpg
Out of the flower thread into the still-life thread. 8x10 Tmax. One hour stand in weak HC110 .

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img013c.jpg
Teapot, 2011
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, D-23

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 13x18cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 210mm f4.5 lens at f22.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nOOVmb54CJM/Tf9GezGYX3I/AAAAAAAAAN8/3ZftGMbhZl0/004f.jpg

[cjbroadbent]

Stlll-Life with the 13x18cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 210mm f4.5 lens at f22.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nOOVmb54CJM/Tf9GezGYX3I/AAAAAAAAAN8/3ZftGMbhZl0/004f.jpg

Sart, you are back on track now. Really great!

[cjbroadbent]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-g75z9zBKyb4/Tf9ptw85vZI/AAAAAAAAJlM/5si2XndgEiY/s800/Fork8x10.jpg
8x10 Gandolfi + 240 Sironar. TMax 100 in HC110
Shot this morning. Sorting out deveopment times for highlights and whites.

[Sart_S]

Sart, you are back on track now. Really great!

Thanks:)

[Sart_S]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-g75z9zBKyb4/Tf9ptw85vZI/AAAAAAAAJlM/5si2XndgEiY/s800/Fork8x10.jpg
8x10 Gandolfi + 240 Sironar. TMax 100 in HC110
Shot this morning. Sorting out deveopment times for highlights and whites.

Nice shot...

[Miguel Coquis]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-g75z9zBKyb4/Tf9ptw85vZI/AAAAAAAAJlM/5si2XndgEiY/s800/Fork8x10.jpg
8x10 Gandolfi + 240 Sironar. TMax 100 in HC110
Shot this morning. Sorting out deveopment times for highlights and whites.
Hi cjbroadbent,
background is becoming quite interesting, nice out of focus grey tones sustaining the very fine details textured areas, the fourchette tones/color is bringing aliveness...
will try next some still life not too still...:),
cheers,
mac (sorry for saying trop !!!)

[Miguel Coquis]

helliar 300 mm
mentor 13x18
rodinal
not very sharp, needs new try !

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Coleccion/pot-de-lait.jpg
pot de lait

[Miguel Coquis]

same light...
...almost

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Coleccion/Tomate.jpg
tomate

[Jim Noel]

What qualifies as a still life? Is Weston's image of a dead bird a still life?
You my think I am jesting, but i am serious.

[Zaitz]

What qualifies as a still life? Is Weston's image of a dead bird a still life?
You my think I am jesting, but i am serious.

I believe one of the qualifications is that the subjects are arranged by the photographer.

[Ken Lee]

And the scene is usually indoors, neither landscape nor portraiture.

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_life) (emphasis mine):

"A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on). With origins in the Middle Ages and Ancient Greek/Roman art, still life paintings give the artist more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition than do paintings of other types of subjects such as landscape or portraiture. Still life paintings, particularly before 1700, often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted."

[Miguel Coquis]

And the scene is usually indoors.

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_life) (emphasis mine):

"A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on). With origins in the Middle Ages and Ancient Greek/Roman art, still life paintings give the artist more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition than do paintings of other types of subjects such as landscape or portraiture. Still life paintings, particularly before 1700, often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted."

thanks Ken for given...
... one more draft

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Coleccion/Give.jpg
GIVE

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 210mm f4.5 lens at f16.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BZYQFjqZE3A/TgHY6VQjQSI/AAAAAAAAAOU/CPgjVmLfEng/s640/2f_3.jpg

[ustas]

Nice picture Serge!

Here is one of mine:


http://i061.radikal.ru/1106/a0/68a66c456a16.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

"from dawn to dusk"
Graf-Variable 13x18 Svema 64

[Sart_S]

Nice picture Serge!

Here is one of mine:


http://i061.radikal.ru/1106/a0/68a66c456a16.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

"from dawn to dusk"
Graf-Variable 13x18 Svema 64

Really wonderful image!

[Scott --]

Teapot, 2011
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, D-23

Inspiring.

[cjbroadbent]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9wWxLpuT7YE/TgOYFruGANI/AAAAAAAAJrI/LupaszzLymE/s800/peonieSuterF16.jpg
I found the sweet spot on my old Suter 'Stella' 360mm - f16. A bit of focus to bite on, and all the rest gets lost. It seems to work best with a pretty thin negative.

[cjbroadbent]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vb3ePe-regk/TgSYcyvMqVI/AAAAAAAAJrw/vPQQTbPi3IE/s800/peonie8x10-2.jpg
Couldn't resist having another go at f22. Also shifted the accent leftwards a bit.

[Richard Wasserman]

Couldn't resist having another go at f22. Also shifted the accent leftwards a bit.

I like this one much more than the first. The movement in the image is wonderful and the entire composition looks anthropomorphic—it's dancing!

[Miguel Coquis]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9wWxLpuT7YE/TgOYFruGANI/AAAAAAAAJrI/LupaszzLymE/s800/peonieSuterF16.jpg
I found the sweet spot on my old Suter 'Stella' 360mm - f16. A bit of focus to bite on, and all the rest gets lost. It seems to work best with a pretty thin negative.


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vb3ePe-regk/TgSYcyvMqVI/AAAAAAAAJrw/vPQQTbPi3IE/s800/peonie8x10-2.jpg
Couldn't resist having another go at f22. Also shifted the accent leftwards a bit.

Both have dreamy/reach texture effects over high lights, I appreciate this try !!!

[cjbroadbent]

Richard and Miguel, Thanks! As usual it is pure chance that four petals repeated top right and pushed down towards the accented flower at bottom left. I didn't see it at the time.

[Miguel Coquis]

Richard and Miguel, Thanks! As usual it is pure chance that four petals repeated top right and pushed down towards the accented flower at bottom left. I didn't see it at the time.

Ok, lets make a toast wishing nice still life shots for this entering Summer !!!!
santé !
salud !
aero ektar 12" f:2,5
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Coleccion/Verres.jpg
verres

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f9w8a4LEBwg/TgVDFR--f6I/AAAAAAAAAwc/kL0QoUAIDcA/s1600/HeliarLunch.jpg
Lunch

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lWcWbdE2KOY/TgVHQX5gpTI/AAAAAAAAAws/3q9Gb5x06Tg/s1600/HeliarLunch2.jpg

[Ken Lee]

Inspiring.

Thank you very much ! Here's yet another view of the same subject.


http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img013a.jpg
Teapot, 2011
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, D-23

[cjbroadbent]

Ken,
I like No.17 better because it tells the whole story. Your portfolio is quite an inspiration.

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 18x24cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in A-108 1:5. Industar-11M 300mm f8.0 lens at f32.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1ivylo_Kp-E/TgbJiU8ZIiI/AAAAAAAAAOo/hSgaGi2FOtI/s640/n05.jpg

[cjbroadbent]

Bravo Serge! I all fits together beautifully.

[Sart_S]

Bravo Serge! I all fits together beautifully.

Thanks Christopher!:)

[ustas]

Bravo Serge! I all fits together beautifully.
+1

[Sart_S]

+1

Thank you!:)

[Joe Smigiel]

Serge,

I like it a lot!

[Jim Noel]

And the scene is usually indoors, neither landscape nor portraiture.

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_life) (emphasis mine):

"A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on). With origins in the Middle Ages and Ancient Greek/Roman art, still life paintings give the artist more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition than do paintings of other types of subjects such as landscape or portraiture. Still life paintings, particularly before 1700, often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted."


Don't believe all you read on Wikipedia. Anyone can make incorrect statements there. A photographer can make an arrangement outdoors as easily as indoors, and can even control the lighting if they know what they are doing.

[Ken Lee]

Answers.com
Representation of inanimate objects, such as flowers or fruit, in painting or photography.
A painting, picture, or photograph of inanimate objects.

The Free Dictionary
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms)
a. a painting or drawing of inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, etc.
b. (as modifier) a still-life painting
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the genre of such paintings

The Tate Collection
One of the principal genres (subject types) of Western art. Essentially, the subject matter of a still life painting or sculpture is anything that does not move or is dead. So still life includes all kinds of man-made or natural objects, cut flowers, fruit, vegetables, fish, game, wine and so on.

YourDictionary.com
small inanimate objects, as fruit, bottles, flowers, books, etc., used as subjects for a picture
pl. still lifes a picture having such a subject

About.com
A still life is a painting featuring an arrangement of inanimate, everyday objects, whether natural objects (flowers, food, wine, etc.) or manufactured items (books, bottles, crockery, etc.).

Cambridge Dictionaries Online
a type of painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects that do not move, such as flowers, fruit, bowls, etc.

[Sart_S]

Serge,

I like it a lot!

Thanks Joe!

[Attack]

Heliar 360
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5876264935_3c5c4d8d6f_z.jpg

[Scott --]

Morning breath.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5116/5884314351_502a205db0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5884314351/)
Morning breath... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5884314351/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, Toyo on Fomapan 100,dev. in Rodinal 1:50.Homemade meniscus

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KEokUSO4pcQ/TgtQsqIUU2I/AAAAAAAAAS8/8jhw0ED4KgI/s800/Menisc_1.jpg

[cjbroadbent]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UQ-b0kugAj0/TgtS5VRgSVI/AAAAAAAAJvo/q35qzxO_Hho/s800/jelloTeninch.jpg
8x10 tmax100. Gandolfoli with a Busch 10" Anastigmat
This was a Mf set but the flowers are dry and I'm having a bash with a few old lenses on 8x10. I see from the old catalog that Busch also made Pezvals; this is not one of them.

[mikezvi]

I love that sort of cross lighting it makes everything feel so three dimensional

[Sart_S]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UQ-b0kugAj0/TgtS5VRgSVI/AAAAAAAAJvo/q35qzxO_Hho/s800/jelloTeninch.jpg
8x10 tmax100. Gandolfoli with a Busch 10" Anastigmat
This was a Mf set but the flowers are dry and I'm having a bash with a few old lenses on 8x10. I see from the old catalog that Busch also made Pezvals; this is not one of them.

Christopher,Nice work.

[Jim collum]

Housebound for a bit (injury), and bored beyond belief, Jim Galli sent me some odds and ends to play with (ok.. there was a trade involved as well). so.. from the sill of my window..

Betterlight in IR mode, Ebony 4x5

wollensak series ii velostigmat 10" f4.5

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/wollen-2.jpg


Heliar 240mm F4.5

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/heliar-02.jpg

[Mark Sawyer]

Beautiful, Jim!

[Scott --]

My daughter's hair care regimen.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6044/5884314881_e3fa8eec74_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5884314881/)
Hair care... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5884314881/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[dupont07]

I like this very much. How do you make your meniscus lens? Can you share with me? I have tried the loupe lens but don't know how to make meniscus.

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, Toyo on Fomapan 100,dev. in Rodinal 1:50.Homemade meniscus

[alex from holland]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9wWxLpuT7YE/TgOYFruGANI/AAAAAAAAJrI/LupaszzLymE/s800/peonieSuterF16.jpg
I found the sweet spot on my old Suter 'Stella' 360mm - f16. A bit of focus to bite on, and all the rest gets lost. It seems to work best with a pretty thin negative.

BRAVO !!

[Asher Kelman]

Housebound for a bit (injury), and bored beyond belief, Jim Galli sent me some odds and ends to play with (ok.. there was a trade involved as well). so.. from the sill of my window..

Betterlight in IR mode, Ebony 4x5

wollensak series ii velostigmat 10" f4.5

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/wollen-2.jpg


Heliar 240mm F4.5

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/heliar-02.jpg


These are the only pictures I've ever seen of a soft focus lens image captured with a scanning back. What a great idea! This shows that the idea, lens, composition and lighting does most of the work in making a picture, not the capture medium.

Wonderful!

Asher

[Jim Galli]

Was there a connection here that Jim posted a picture of my hair when I get up in the morning, and then Scott posted a couple of hair brushes? :D:D gorgeous photos.

[Sart_S]

I like this very much. How do you make your meniscus lens? Can you share with me? I have tried the loupe lens but don't know how to make meniscus.

All is very simple!
Old shutter Compur,meniscus lens +7D and aperture from a black paper.
Focal lenght 140 mm.
All is visible on a photo.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4W28iLPM0P4/Tg35fp4DjiI/AAAAAAAAATA/ge2-ERSAYdE/s912/Meniscus.jpg

[PolarBear1973]

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/PolarBear1973/img3462.jpg

Ash stump & Axe

[Ken Lee]

Does anyone mind if I change the title of this thread to "Still Life" ?

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img009c.jpg
Vintage Wedgewood, 2011
Sinar P, 180mm Fujinon SFS
4x5 TMY, D-23

[Mark Sawyer]

Does anyone mind if I change the title of this thread to "Still Life" ?

I think it became a monthly thread (like the portrait threads) when the open-ended "Post Your Still Lifes, Take 2" thread hit 778 replies. If you think the thread should last longer, perhaps a "Still Lifes, 2011" for a year at a time?

I'm good with whatever...

[Ken Lee]

Good enough. I changed the title.

If you adjust your settings to show the newest posts first, you don't have to navigate through countless pages to reach the end: the software brings you there immediately.

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 13x18cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 210mm f4.5 lens at f22.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SPh0LsY6pxg/ThFibXanNGI/AAAAAAAAATQ/DTboEmPmZVA/NN310236.jpg

[Tom J McDonald]

Great work, Sart

[Sart_S]

Thanks Tom!

[PViapiano]

Beautiful work, Sart...just great!

[Sart_S]

Beautiful work, Sart...just great!

Thank you!

[cjbroadbent]

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ka4A5IVYfLY/ThMrbVJdCWI/AAAAAAAAJ0I/BqeRMEdiEEo/s800/CindySymmar3t.jpg
Less flowers, more Cindarella. On gritty Tmax 400 8x10 with a Symmar stopped right down.

[Ken Lee]

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ka4A5IVYfLY/ThMrbVJdCWI/AAAAAAAAJ0I/BqeRMEdiEEo/s800/CindySymmar3t.jpg
Less flowers, more Cindarella. On gritty Tmax 400 8x10 with a Symmar stopped right down.

The drooping flowers (their graceful curves) and the hand-made items help if feel more ancient, reposed, eternal.

[Scott --]

My new, latest love, an Ansco Super Speedex:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5036/5905022089_d202aaac79_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5905022089/)
Ansco Super Speedex... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5905022089/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Shot with the Asanuma 4x5, Sironar-N MC 210/5.6 on Arista.EDU Ultra 100

[szadow]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z2H7cBJ6Psc/ThOFXCVk_TI/AAAAAAAAAhY/25YA0d4pqeA/s1600/5906547830_f399c394b0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklesniak/5906547830/)

I bought myself a new toy, a Polaroid 405 instant pack film holder. This was a quick test shot using a Fuji FP-100C film. This is my first ever instant film photograph.

Sinar F2 + Rodenstock Sinaron-N 210mm/5.6
Exposure 24sec f10 ISO100
Film: Fuji FP-100C in Polaroid 405 holder
Scanned from print with Epson 4870

[JoeV]

Harman Direct Positive FB Paper, preflashed, ISO 1.6, 4 second exposure indirect north light, 150mm binocular lens on Speed Graphic, about F/10. This lens has nice bokeh and funky off-axis aberrations. The results from some testing done today. To tame the high contrast I'm shooting this paper under indirect north daylight, rated at about ISO 1.6, with a slight preflash to improve shadow detail. I also found out that important to achieving rich black shadows is fresh, new paper developer.

Straight scan, white and black points set on scanner, no additional image manipulation except resize for posting to Internet.

My way of thinking about this paper is that it's very similar to wet plate collodion, in terms of speed and lighting.

~Joe

PS: You can see along the right side of the bottom edge of the paper a bit of shininess from the scanner. This fiber based paper has that nice Ilford glossy shine, the shadows are very rich and deep, provided you use fresh developer (I used Ilford PQ liquid concentrate, newly purchased). These one-of-a-kind paper images have the potential of being very nice when matted and framed.

BTW, the background along the edge of the scan is white printer paper behind the Harman positive, included as a reference.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5159/5906529878_6bc309152c_b.jpg

[JoeV]

Harman Direct Positive Paper, same setup as above, about the same exposure (3.5 seconds). I gave this one a bit less preflash, hence the shadows are a bit too dense. Olivetti Lettera 22 manual portable typewriter, olive green in color. Indirect north light.

~Joe

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/5906529762_32ef3588fe_b.jpg

[JoeV]

Harman Direct Positive Paper. A very impromptu still life, salt and pepper shakers on the dining room table, indirect north light through sliding glass door behind camera, 30 second exposure. Same setup as previous. Included are dust and fibers on the paper, and a tong mark in upper right corner. Must see about replacing my almost 20 year-old paper tongs.

BTW, I metered the scene using a Gossen Luna Pro F set to ISO 1.6, referenced the exposure time for the lens F-stop (around F/11.5 with bellows factored in), no additional compensation. Just ensure there's no artificial lighting to confuse the meter; the paper isn't sensitive to incandescent lights, only UV/blue.

~Joe

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6059/5906530090_9ddfae16be_b.jpg

[mdm]

Good work! Its nice having a print within only a few minutes of developing.

[PViapiano]

Christopher, this is wonderful. The arc of the flowers extending over the right side of the table is just spot on with the echo of the pitcher handles and embossed design, the curves of the cloth and the stem of the orphaned rose.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Christopher, I love the work that you do. Don't ever stop. You give me ideas. Just need to work on my set ups and lighting and backgrounds and......... love the look of this.

[cjbroadbent]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MI_YHx49gVc/ThbqJL6E57I/AAAAAAAAJ1s/CfvMTHbFvNs/s800/dagorAgeingB.jpg
Thanks all. Here's another bash at the same theme.
Ageing Lisianthus. 8x10 Tmax400, Gandolfi, 270 Dagor III at f?24.
The good thing about digiroid is being able to keep shooting until you find out what is wrong, then shooting just one sheet of 8x10.
I finally tied the eggcup to the rest with a postcard and broke the highlight with a leaf.

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 13x18cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 210mm f4.5 lens at f22.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SPzRxaVvUUc/ThnzqZvlUeI/AAAAAAAAATo/BnZzkkz2D3M/s640/243.jpg

[Heespharm]

Stlll-Life with the 13x18cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 210mm f4.5 lens at f22.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SPzRxaVvUUc/ThnzqZvlUeI/AAAAAAAAATo/BnZzkkz2D3M/s640/243.jpg

Very nic so much depth to the picture... Thought it was color neg

[viablex1]

^^ yes very nice

Chamonix 4X5 Schneider 210mm F11 iso 100 Fuji instant film

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5318/5908875694_fe6e9f95d1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43291793@N04/5908875694/)
mclouthydink001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43291793@N04/5908875694/) by gungyduo (http://www.flickr.com/people/43291793@N04/), on Flickr

[Bill Poole]

Lovely images here. Really like the direct paper pics.

Deer skeleton, probable mountain lion kill - Santa Cruz Mountains, California.

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/i-fzf7M4c/0/O/2011070115.jpg

14 inch Artar, FP4, Rodinal

[Dave Wooten]

this is beautiful!

[cjbroadbent]

Serge, Congratulations for the glass jar. To me, it is a very strong image with all the right balance.

[Sart_S]

Thanks Christopher!
Roses too are very good!!!:)

[Bill Poole]

this is beautiful!

Thanks, Dave.

[cjbroadbent]

4x5 Ektachrome, 135mm Sironar with some softener.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8axIsuL-FTU/ThwO0rDmRxI/AAAAAAAAJ3A/Tl0A_4icgXI/s800/LenSoftenerB.jpg

[cjbroadbent]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-k0JovwCxxsM/TiBzuVFjdXI/AAAAAAAAJ3Y/JTbTGIprYG8/s800/salad.jpg
My last sheet of 8x10 Ektachrome, a year past expiry with a
240mm Sironar. Two sheets of gray paper for the niche.

[Tri Tran]

My last sheet of 8x10 Ektachrome, a year past expiry with a
240mm Sironar. Two sheets of gray paper for the niche.

Very nice Christopher. I do enjoyed your work.

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, Toyo 45C on Fomapan 100,dev. in Pyrocat HD. Fujinon 135mm f5.6 lens at f16.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EPYdyJSOY78/TiMps3dxfdI/AAAAAAAAAT8/qnlHO_co7Ng/s640/01_1Fj.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12cm, Toyo 45C on Fomapan 100,dev. in Pyrocat HD. Fujinon 135mm f5.6 lens at f16.


Sart,

Very nicely done. I thought at first glance that it was one of Christopher's.

[lmlmlm]

My first decent exposure of my first decent still life setup. Please do comment.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/5947164549_04254d4402_z.jpg
Fomapan 100, 8" at f/11

[Steve M Hostetter]

My first decent exposure of my first decent still life setup. Please do comment.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/5947164549_04254d4402_z.jpg
Fomapan 100, 8" at f/11

Hi ,, I think it would help to have a seamless white backdrop ... The cones kind of disappear but exposure looks good

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/PinkhamProject/apparati_3GundyMeniscusS.jpg
electrical aparati

[Sart_S]

Sart,

Very nicely done. I thought at first glance that it was one of Christopher's.

Thanks for the compliment!:)

[cjbroadbent]

Lucian, That teapot is looking good. The lens is short enough to to get some tangible perspective.
Steve mentions a seamless white background - something I've been fighting against for a couple of decades. Here's why: Seamless white backgrounds were a magazine kludge. They were used to make it easy to cut out (knock out) the subject for a printed page before computers came along. Seamless grey backgrounds have been used traditionally to 'formalise' a full-length portrait done with a medium format camera that cannot reproduce the shallow DOF of a large format camera. For still-life, a horizon makes it easier for the reader to locate his own position in space with regard to the subject. A horizon also makes it easier to adjust the tones beyond the subject so that they contrast and set-off the edges.
Serge, That's another blast from the past - totally different and less mature style compared the glass jars. I've been flipping through Fox-Talbot to find it's ancestor.
Jim Cole, I'm just an old f*rt.

[dupont07]

Chris, Could you please tell me what material you use to make background for your still life photos?

[cjbroadbent]

Dupont, Double bed sheets on a stretcher for the large ones and artists canvas for the small ones. See her (https://picasaweb.google.com/cjbroadbent/Backgrounds?authuser=0&feat=directlink)e. Paint is roll-on white wall-paint with additives, misted over, while still wet, with weak solution of white sprayed gently from above.
Rosco canvas and paint is the expensive way to go. Rosco is flexible and can roll up.
I don't use Rosco.

[dupont07]

Thank you, that is a smart and simple solution. :)

[hientp]

My first still life :D first 4x5 :)
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5946326674_f5990f3289_z.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Jim Cole, I'm just an old f*rt.

Yeah, but an old f*art who knows his sh*t ;>)

[Sart_S]

Yeah, but an old f*art who knows his sh*t ;>)

+1!:)

[gsinico]

still alive!
polaroid PN55 , 180mm, an old bowens on the right, a black loudspeaker as table.
the torso is a pot handmade by my wife.
:)

[gsinico]

http://gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_nat/busto_crassa.htm

sorry, the link didn't show ...

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 18x24cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 300mm lens at f22.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BIy-IM7OfaQ/TiW9x96VJyI/AAAAAAAAAUA/vPL_OYZ9bsc/s576/241205.jpg

[dsim]

Lovely texture and light Sart_S. Kinda reminds me of APX 100. Wish they didn't discontinue that film, oh well. Beauty of an image.

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

Great overall result, Serge. Nice composed and executed.

вітаю.

[cjbroadbent]

Serge, there you go!

[Sart_S]

Lovely texture and light Sart_S. Kinda reminds me of APX 100. Wish they didn't discontinue that film, oh well. Beauty of an image.

Thanks!
Agfa APX 100 already is not, but has appeared Rollei Retro!!!:)

[Sart_S]

Great overall result, Serge. Nice composed and executed.

вітаю.

Thank you Domingo!

Я теж вітаю,та щиро дякую!:)

[Sart_S]

Serge, there you go!

O!
I will try!:)

[cjbroadbent]

I had another go at double scanning this awkward exposure - maybe it is a re-post.
Reflections: If you can't beat them, join them. This is the Softar taped onto a 180mm Sironar. (Tenting, iced water and Krylon are for the birds)

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-K86gRumnOWM/TWPnX_93plI/AAAAAAAAIPo/Q-HE7PD7nBU/s800/broadbent164.jpg

[Sart_S]

I had another go at double scanning this awkward exposure - maybe it is a re-post.
Reflections: If you can't beat them, join them. This is the Softar taped onto a 180mm Sironar. (Tenting, iced water and Krylon are for the birds)

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-K86gRumnOWM/TWPnX_93plI/AAAAAAAAIPo/Q-HE7PD7nBU/s800/broadbent164.jpg

Excellent work with a fabric! Softar it is interesting. Very rich still-life!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I'm not fond of posting after Christopher's fine work but here goes. I shot this with my Gasc & Chaconet lens on the 8x10 with x-ray film and printed in carbon.

[viablex1]

seconded but

astia

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5960305918_72c0056736_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43291793@N04/5960305918/)
crane (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43291793@N04/5960305918/) by gungyduo (http://www.flickr.com/people/43291793@N04/), on Flickr

[Zaitz]

I had another go at double scanning this awkward exposure - maybe it is a re-post.
Reflections: If you can't beat them, join them. This is the Softar taped onto a 180mm Sironar. (Tenting, iced water and Krylon are for the birds)

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-K86gRumnOWM/TWPnX_93plI/AAAAAAAAIPo/Q-HE7PD7nBU/s800/broadbent164.jpg

O_O Another fantastic still life.

[cjbroadbent]

Thanks Serge and Zaitz. It was for Brides Magazine so the blown-out haloes were ok. Anyone who has done silverware knows that the text-book solutions are crap. Note the ring-light fill smack in the middle. A standard problem with a tabletop page is how to fill the empty space above and below all the products. My remedy is to stack product stuff upwards and hang decorative stuff downwards.
Plenty of stacking examples here (https://picasaweb.google.com/cjbroadbent/TearSheets?authuser=0&feat=directlink).

[RoMFOTO]

Maybe this flower image counts as still-life, too?

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5966786834_b94107f95c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmayer/5966786834/)
Orchid (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmayer/5966786834/) by Mr.RJ-M (http://www.flickr.com/people/robertmayer/), on Flickr

[dsim]

Thanks!
Agfa APX 100 already is not, but has appeared Rollei Retro!!!:)

Ah....OK thanks Sart_S.

[dupont07]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5970952030_25afc2a3d7_z.jpg

Shenhao 4x5
Fomapan
APO-lanthar 150

[Tom J McDonald]

Oh no, they lost their front-end. Funny photo.

[Mark Sawyer]

A former student/current friend dropped by a few days ago to learn about wet plates. She knows what she's doing with a large format camera, so I did a couple of plates and got out of her way...

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Owen21k/248574_2053870539297_1020540049_2335042_7692333_n.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Owen21k/215079_2053870699301_1020540049_2335043_2818961_n.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Owen21k/282419_2053870299291_1020540049_2335041_5122512_n.jpg

[Richard M. Coda]

The latest, color versions of my Crushed series...

http://www.rcodaphotography.com/test/MillerLiteBeer001.jpg

http://www.rcodaphotography.com/test/MillerLiteBeer002.jpg

Both on 4x5 Velvia 100

[northcarolinajack]

This was shot on my Son’s porch with a red and green pepper, plus the garlic from the kitchen. The camera was old 4x5 Speed Graflex, with rear curtain shutter. The lens, a Wollensak 7 1/2” Velostigmat f4.5. Film used was Delta 100. Cropped, as you see.

Jack


www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954

[Donald Miller]

Mask - Guadalupe Az

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat Hd
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 9x12(Cropped), Toyo 45C on Fomapan 100,dev. in Pyrocat HD. G-Claron 240mm f9,0 lens at f16.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vTxI8icJBgE/Ti-gG-E6lwI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/nLN6Wcp95Ug/s576/SKVOZ_P.jpg

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img019b2.jpg
Electric Fan, 2011
Kodak 2D, 240mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, D-23

[Jim Galli]

Electric Fan, 2011
Kodak 2D, 240mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, D-23

Like this very much Ken!

[Ari]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img019b2.jpg
Electric Fan, 2011
Kodak 2D, 240mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, D-23

Ooooh, creamy.
Nice one!

[Ken Lee]

Thanks - yes the Fujinon A lenses are sharp and have nice blur rendition too. As long as we stay away from shots with specular highlights, the pentagonal aperture on the 240A does pretty nicely.

[Philippe Grunchec]

Compared to your Pyrocat HD photos, your D23 shots are not as "dry" if you understand what I mean. I like that a lot!

[Ken Lee]

Compared to your Pyrocat HD photos, your D23 shots are not as "dry" if you understand what I mean. I like that a lot!

I hope it has less to do with the developer, and more to do with 1 more year of développement artistique :)

[Steve M Hostetter]

well done ken

[Corran]

Ken, can you tell us what your lighting technique was on that shot? The lighting I think is what I like most about it.

[Ken Lee]

"Ken, can you tell us what your lighting technique was on that shot?"

I shoot in my living room, next to a window. There's a white cloth behind the subject - or a black one - far enough away to be out of focus.

The key to lighting in this case, was rotating the blades to an angle where the reflection on the brass blades was attractive, but not excessive.

[Philippe Grunchec]

Changing from one developer to another one can also be part of the développement artistique !

[akimota]

http://atomi.ca/largeformat/Seashells.jpg

Horseman L, 210mm Nikkor, Fuji FP100c.

[RoMFOTO]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5981119277_91c27d3e4b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmayer/5981119277/)
Broccoli (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmayer/5981119277/) by Mr.RJ-M (http://www.flickr.com/people/robertmayer/), on Flickr

[Scott --]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/6001972073_3a668f4c9d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6001972073/)
Sunflower, from behind (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6001972073/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Asanuma 4x5, no-name Petzval, Arista.EDU in HC-110 dil H

[Tori Nelson]

A tribute to a dear friend.

Canham 8x10, Caltar 300

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 13x18cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 210mm f4.5 lens at f22.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u7a787w9LBs/TjloC4fABiI/AAAAAAAAAUg/oBDcyju_NSQ/s640/154-1.jpg

[Zaitz]

That is awesome^.

[Tom J McDonald]

Sart, genius.

[Miguel Coquis]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/6001972073_3a668f4c9d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6001972073/)
Sunflower, from behind (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6001972073/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Asanuma 4x5, no-name Petzval, Arista.EDU in HC-110 dil H

very nice, very especial image !!!

[Sart_S]

Sart, genius.

Probably, only very small!:)

[Sart_S]

That is awesome^.

Thanks!

[ustas]

Серж, просто офигенные работы!

[cjbroadbent]

Scott, Super. A demo of why B&W is better than colour.

[Sart_S]

Серж, просто офигенные работы!

Большое спасибо!:)

[Scott --]

very nice, very especial image !!!


Scott, Super. A demo of why B&W is better than colour.

Thank you both!

[Scott --]

My wife has this antique cut glass perfume bottle. I've wanted to do something with it for a while, but never knew what. I've decided to try a bunch of things and see what flies.

First attempt:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/6008740795_365922847d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6008740795/)
img251 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6008740795/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

No-name Petzval, 4x5 Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H.

[Scott --]

Okay, second attempt at a composition with this'n.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/6011455733_f021021519_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6011455733/)
Perfume Bottle, II... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6011455733/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

4x5 Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H.

[Jim Galli]

Scott, I like them both, but I love how the out of focus bottles fill up the frame in the first the best. Very subjective of course.

[S.Charles]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/6004620361_efbc373513_b.jpg

Chamonix 4x5
Rodenstock 210mm

[Tom J McDonald]

S. Charles, I like it.
Tom.

[grahamcase]

This is my first attempt at some still life style photos. It's not really a still life in the traditional sense, but I'll build up to those. For now, I just wanted to do some really simple stuff.

http://grahamcase.ca/blog/images/Film_StillLife.jpg

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 4x5, Toyo 45C on Ektachrome E100S. Symmar 150mm f5.6 lens at f32.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xbQ6JbP--mo/TkZC-h0k5LI/AAAAAAAAAU0/13b-w4BKM7k/s640/ved01.jpg

[vitality]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgQ1sjkrRMI/TkanlyIPciI/AAAAAAAAAKo/j53cdjQ5Hoc/s1600/pears-petzval.jpg
"Pears"
Sinar, E.Suter Basel 14" petzval, Ilford Ortho

[Christo.Stankulov]

Sinar F2, Fujinon W 210, HP5+@Rodinal 1+25

Hat&Bag
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/6023341694_c89d8ab089_z.jpg

[Bill Poole]

Bananas in a basket

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/i-htstTdN/0/O/2011080112.jpg

Fuji 180, FP4, Rodinal 1:25

[S.Charles]

A tribute to a dear friend.

Canham 8x10, Caltar 300

Really love the light and composition in this image.

[S.Charles]

Bananas in a basket

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/i-htstTdN/0/O/2011080112.jpg

Fuji 180, FP4, Rodinal 1:25


Striking mix of form and texture. Nice!

[Scott --]

"Pears"
Sinar, E.Suter Basel 14" petzval, Ilford Ortho

Love this.

[Bill Poole]

Striking mix of form and texture. Nice!

Thanks. Glad you like - Bill

[Leigh]

Bananas in a basket
That's cool. I like it. :D

- Leigh

[Harley Goldman]

"Pears"
Sinar, E.Suter Basel 14" petzval, Ilford Ortho [/CENTER][/QUOTE]

Real nice! Love the very selective focus and the roomy negative space at the top.

[Denise Dognini]

Linhof Technika III
Adox CHS 50 - Rodinal 1+50 - 7:30 min
Rotary processing
Schneider Xenar 150mm


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5383151508_0ecd260e31_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisedognini/5383151508/)

[dwross]

Denise,

Really lovely. Thank you.

[Bill Poole]

Denise,

Really lovely. Thank you.

X1

[Christo.Stankulov]

Sinar F2, Fujinon 210W HP5+@400 asa @ PMK Pyro, natural light
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/6023341694_c89d8ab089_z.jpg

[Christo.Stankulov]

Sinar F2, Fujinon 150W, Polaroid 665
http://en.polaroid-passion.com/galerie/stankulov/20110306194542img128.jpg

[Scott Davis]

http://dcphotoartist.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/stilllife2.jpg

14x17 Canham, 450 f9 Nikkor-M, Ilford FP4+, palladium print on Bergger COT320.

[Ari]

Mushroom

http://i52.tinypic.com/14lhmcw.jpg

Toyo 45G, Nikon 90mm, Portra 400

[Tom J McDonald]

Ari, are you able to tell us how you set this shot up?

[Ari]

Ari, are you able to tell us how you set this shot up?

Sure, Tom.
The camera was almost level, and the mushroom, resting on some dark fabric, was propped up by a book under the cloth.
The standards were adjusted to be parallel to the mushroom.
The whole set-up was done on my kitchen table using daylight from a nearby window.
Exposure was 3-4 seconds at f8 on a 90mm lens, racked out to about 200mm or so.
The top 1cm of the photo is cropped.

Thanks

[Tom J McDonald]

So Ari, the mushroom was vertical?
Was it resting ON the fabric, or a was it a bit in front/above it?

Thanks for that information. I want to do the same with a pine cone I found :)

[Ari]

So Ari, the mushroom was vertical?
Was it resting ON the fabric, or a was it a bit in front/above it?

Tom,
The mushroom was nearly vertical, resting on the fabric (propped up by a book underneath the fabric).
I hope that helps.

[chassis]

Very cool, Ken. No pun intended. ;)



http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img019b2.jpg
Electric Fan, 2011
Kodak 2D, 240mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, D-23

[Tom J McDonald]

Tom,
The mushroom was nearly vertical, resting on the fabric (propped up by a book underneath the fabric).
I hope that helps.

Thanks Ari, it helps.
Tom.

[Bill Poole]

A little, um, derivative? Just playing around to see if I can figure out how to do stuff. Too much contrast, I think.
Anyway: nautilus pompilius

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/i-64XFPdk/0/O/20110801172.jpg

Fuji 180, FP4+, Rodinal 1:25

[Scott --]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6082743150_6b2613e580_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6082743150/)
img311 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6082743150/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

No-name 5-1/2" Petzval on 4x5 Arista.EDU Ultra 100.

[Ari]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6082743150_6b2613e580_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6082743150/)
img311 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6082743150/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

No-name 5-1/2" Petzval on 4x5 Arista.EDU Ultra 100.

Wait a minute, that doesn't look like your son! :)

[Michael W]

http://whystoptime.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/meniscus-silver-tray-blog.jpg

Crown Graphic 4x5 with 100mm meniscus lens wide open at f/4.5. HP5 in Xtol 1:1, neg scan.

[Scott --]

Wait a minute, that doesn't look like your son! :)

:p

:)

[austin granger]

Been working on my origami...

Rejection Letter (a Collaboration with Steidl), Brentwood Street, Portland
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6087384035_fb7c77ff0c_b.jpg

www.austingranger.com

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 18x24cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 300mm f4.5 lens at f32.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PcHE57pxBIk/TlvhiftTGQI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Rus0c2t--Cc/s576/0485.jpg

[Ari]

Stlll-Life with the 18x24cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 300mm f4.5 lens at f32.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PcHE57pxBIk/TlvhiftTGQI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Rus0c2t--Cc/s576/0485.jpg

Sweet!

[JoeV]

Speed Graphic 4x5, 150mm f.l. binocular lens stopped down to 20mm, Harman direct positive FB paper rated at ISO 1.6, 12 second exposures.

~Joe

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6191/6096821064_951a6e73c1_b.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6096820870_449e79ced4_b.jpg

[Sart_S]

Sweet!

Thanks Ari!:)

[Ari]

Thanks Ari!:)

You're welcome.
I'd like to know if you're hand-colouring with Marshall oils, because they usually have a different look.
Your hand-colouring is very vibrant but delicate, whereas Marshalls gave a more pastel look.

[grahamcase]

More photos from around my apartment. Just practicing my technique in proper exposure and development.

http://www.grahamcase.ca/blog/images/teapotN-1.jpg

[Sart_S]

You're welcome.
I'd like to know if you're hand-colouring with Marshall oils, because they usually have a different look.
Your hand-colouring is very vibrant but delicate, whereas Marshalls gave a more pastel look.


I do not use paints Marshall oils and have learnt about them for the first time!:)
I use usual aniline paints for a fabric or batik.

[Harley Goldman]

Stlll-Life with the 18x24cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 300mm f4.5 lens at f32.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PcHE57pxBIk/TlvhiftTGQI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Rus0c2t--Cc/s576/0485.jpg

Great look with the painting. Well done!

Harley

[Sart_S]

Great look with the painting. Well done!

Harley


Thanks for attention to my photo Harley !

[colotonphoto]

Sinar P 4x5, 210mm lens, Ilford Delta 100 developed in Rollo Pyro

[Steve M Hostetter]

180mm projection Petzval, Sinar P / Nikon D5000

[Rory_5244]

Stlll-Life with the 18x24cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 300mm f4.5 lens at f32.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PcHE57pxBIk/TlvhiftTGQI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Rus0c2t--Cc/s576/0485.jpg

Gorgeous.

[Rory_5244]

Yeah well, just squeezing in a suck attempt here. Actually this was just a test of a taped up light-leaking holder. 8x10 Ilford FP4+, Fujinon 240A.

http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k532/moobie1/passover1.jpg

[Sart_S]

Gorgeous.

Thanks!:)

[Christo.Stankulov]

Punica granatum@Sinar F2, Old unknown Petzval lens, HP5+@200 asa@Xtol 1+1
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6107801632_5da63c3389_o.jpg

[Rory_5244]

^ That's lovely, Christo.

[ImSoNegative]

here is one i did the other day, testing out the old rapid f8 shot with a paper negative, calumet c1 8x10

[Sart_S]

Punica granatum@Sinar F2, Old unknown Petzval lens, HP5+@200 asa@Xtol 1+1
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6107801632_5da63c3389_o.jpg

Great shot, Christo!

[Christo.Stankulov]

Thank you, Rory and Serge!

[zcary]

http://www.henellfoto.se/chili.jpg

Schneider-Kreuznach 135/5.6, Window light, Ilford FP4+ developed in Ilfosol 3

[Christo.Stankulov]

MMMM, lovely, Zcary

[ImSoNegative]

here is one, calumet c1, paper negative , 12inch red dot artar

[zcary]

MMMM, lovely, Zcary

Thank you Christo!

These pretty ones are from my back yard, its great when you can combine passions :)

[chrisgerrist]

Today I produced the first images with my Cambo 4x5" camera. I had some problems with the shutter speed. The speed was to high because the battery was not working. After fixing this the shutter speed was ok and I could produce my first images.

Cambo 4x5"
165 mm f/8
1 second
Adox 100 sheet

http://www.digirelax.nl/drl/4x5/tafelkl.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Nice start, Chris.

[Denise Dognini]

Stlll-Life with the 18x24cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 300mm f4.5 lens at f32.
Silverprint(Contact),Handcolor.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PcHE57pxBIk/TlvhiftTGQI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Rus0c2t--Cc/s576/0485.jpg

Oh! I do love this one! Wonderful light!

[Sart_S]

Oh! I do love this one! Wonderful light!

Thanks Denise!:)

[chrisgerrist]

Very nice. How long didn't you clean the window :-)
Indeed, very nice light.

[Sart_S]

Very nice. How long didn't you clean the window :-)
Indeed, very nice light.

:) :) :) !
Thanks!

[Scott --]

I shot this once before (on 4x5, with another Petzval (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showpost.php?p=759600&postcount=165)), but wasn't happy with the harsh rendering and bokeh. Reshot today on 10x12 FP4+, using the Darlot 10" f/4 Petzval. Much more pleased with this one.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6186753640_d5408767b4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6186753640/)
Bottle redux... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6186753640/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[Hugo Zhang]

I set up my camera the other day in my backyard and called my daughter to sit for me. She would not, saying that she was ugly because she had a pimple on her face.
"But I am going to use a lens that will not even show that pimple!"
She did not believe it and would not sit on that chair.
"Are you mad at me, Dad?" she asked me a little later, sensing my bad mood.
"No." I said, but not happily.
I had to shoot something. So I went to her room and took that hat from her cloth stand. Then I went the garage to find someone to put the hat on.

Universal-Heliar 36cm wide open and at max softness: 5. Tmax 400 film. WP format.

[Tri Tran]

I set up my camera the other day in my backyard and called my daughter to sit for me. She would not, saying that she was ugly because she had a pimple on her face.
"But I am going to use a lens that will not even show that pimple!"
She did not believe it and would not sit on that chair.
"Are you mad at me, Dad?" she asked me a little later, sensing my bad mood.
"No." I said, but not happily.
I had to shoot something. So I went to her room and took that hat from her cloth stand. Then I went the garage to find someone to put the hat on.

Universal-Heliar 36cm wide open and at max softness: 5. Tmax 400 film. WP format.

I understand Hugo , especially when you have a new lens and eager to test it out. Time to cash out your Visual quality :)

[gsinico]

another Nautilus...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6204605008_b2afac4712_b.jpg

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6204562574_344a24904f_b.jpg
this is a torso and some crassae in...

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/6204606216_d6f8c7743e_b.jpg

[Sart_S]

Stlll-Life with the 13x18cm,Fomapan 100,dev. in D-76 1:2. Tessar 210mm f4.5 lens at f22,Silverprint(Contact),handcolor.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UOWIIxpM6HQ/ToqmDPqt4gI/AAAAAAAAAV8/ReEi4OnPd5I/100506n.jpg

[dupont07]

Simple and beautiful.

another Nautilus...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6204605008_b2afac4712_b.jpg

[lkkang]

My first still life shot :)


http://kangliatkeng.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/b59d6990m2.jpg

Billy

[grahamcase]

ashlee52 meant this photo in the deleted post above. THIS IS ASHLEE52's PHOTO:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4448840733_4d153f52b2.jpg

[ashlee52]

OK, I am learning how to post. I guess this is a still life... also a street shot. From a few years ago in Sydney Australia.

Technika, 210 Nikkor, T-Max 100

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4448840733_4d153f52b2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/48228255@N05/4448840733/)

[David Rowland]

62177
sinar P, 210mm Sironar Velvia.

[Randy]

62177
sinar P, 210mm Sironar Velvia.
Very nice David. Might even look good in B&W, but looks great in color.

[ImSoNegative]

"A few of my favorite things" shhttp://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6097221449_de5bfcd970_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/6097221449/)
A bottle, A rollei, A b&l petzval (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/6097221449/) by J. Golden (http://www.flickr.com/people/28713901@N04/), on Flickrot with a calumet c1, paper negative, 14 inch brass rapid.

[David Hedley]

I'm not sure if this is the right place, but these fungi are from a forest walk in Oberwil earlier today. I'm unsure what this beautiful fungus is. It looks like a waxy cap (hygrocybe), but I haven't seen the cup-like apothecia on a waxy cap before - any ideas?

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6227233590_4c09888e27_b.jpg
Sinar F, Schneider 180mm, TMax 100 / PMK Pyro

[cjbroadbent]

Negative, Such a good looking paper neg. I'm going to try. David, My wife's hero, Federer is from your mushroom forest. That certainly is still-life!
I've been developing some planB seconds that I usually put away and forget. Here's an 8x10 TMax done with a 240 Sironar. Since then I've been into old brass lenses.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-g75z9zBKyb4/Tf9ptw85vZI/AAAAAAAAJlM/5si2XndgEiY/s800/Fork8x10.jpg

[mikezvi]

I was similarly unsure if this was "still life" or not

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6230664455_91504de50d_z.jpg

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6232337304_3b2a548849_b.jpg

this is an old attempt, compared to the Broadbent's, I'm still-life still-trained...:)

[Ramiro Elena]

This is a shot from 1993 when I started playing with 4x5 still-life and didn't know much of anything... just like today.
I asked my dad to paint the background which he did in a small piece of paper (100x70cm)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6235509930_be2716cf56_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/6235509930/)
1993 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/6235509930/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

[stradibarrius]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img012d.jpg
Teapot, 2011
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, D-23

I love the white on white

[stradibarrius]

here are a couple of shots of one of the violins I made. I have been so busy in the work shop that I haven't had time to take any photographs except the digital ones for the customer.
Calumet cc-400
Schneider 180mm f/5.6
FP4 in Rodinal 1=100, 1hr stand

Also how do you get the images to post directly into the thread rather than inserting thumbnail shots?

[Tom J McDonald]

Ramiro, very nice.