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Large Format Interiors
'Vase on the Mantle'
Since I don't consider this a still life and others do not consider this "Urban" or "Landscape" I have started this new thread for just this sort of thing.
So feel free to post anything you consider an interior (even if its not).
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7262/7...4f98422f_b.jpg
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"Cup" La Purisima Mission
4x5, Cooke 3.5, Delta 100
I got lucky on this shot. My release throw was too short for the Betax shutter and it stuck.
I lost my count but I happened to have the lens cap in my hand so I guessed and quickly capped the lens.
After that I checked all my releases and found one that worked.
Not a very interesting image, I really just wanted to get its shadow on the wall but there wasn't the room.
r
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My Mother's Kitchen
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa MCC 111 VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.6cm X 24.5cm, exposed in contact with a 8"X10" Tmax 400 negative from a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a 121mm f8 Schneider Super-Angulon lens.
The kitchen and the dining space beyond are a budget 1960's design that was never changed apart from the floor which shows three different surfaces of vinyl and carpet. This is my mother's kitchen the day after she departed on the ineluctable journey into mortality via a nursing home and various hospitals. The place is spotless, there is no dust. The funny mugs still line up above the door on the left. The refrigerator purrs quietly and the biscuit barrel on top of it contains chocolate creams. The kettle on the table invites tea-making and the bowl of fruit on the bench beyond beckons deliciously. Candles and candelabras are ready to hand if the lights fail at night. The heat is off and the room is cold but bright with the same morning light that has caressed the window and lace curtains for the last forty years. Her old spectacles are in their usual place on the bench. She has taken her new pair to the place she is going.
I ask myself in what state I would leave my house knowing that I will not be coming back. And you, what would you do?
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Wonderful image Maris, and I assume one with many happy memories, however I just cannot help feeling a touch sad as I sit and look at it.
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Love it, Maris! And I'm with Shane - something quite melancholic to it (in a good way, if that's possible).
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Maris Rusis
My Mother's Kitchen
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa MCC 111 VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.6cm X 24.5cm, exposed in contact with a 8"X10" Tmax 400 negative from a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a 121mm f8 Schneider Super-Angulon lens.
The kitchen and the dining space beyond are a budget 1960's design that was never changed apart from the floor which shows three different surfaces of vinyl and carpet. This is my mother's kitchen the day after she departed on the ineluctable journey into mortality via a nursing home and various hospitals. The place is spotless, there is no dust. The funny mugs still line up above the door on the left. The refrigerator purrs quietly and the biscuit barrel on top of it contains chocolate creams. The kettle on the table invites tea-making and the bowl of fruit on the bench beyond beckons deliciously. Candles and candelabras are ready to hand if the lights fail at night. The heat is off and the room is cold but bright with the same morning light that has caressed the window and lace curtains for the last forty years. Her old spectacles are in their usual place on the bench. She has taken her new pair to the place she is going.
I ask myself in what state I would leave my house knowing that I will not be coming back. And you, what would you do?
Maris, I can't say which I like better the image or your description, both are beautiful.
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cpercy--good idea for a thread. Fills in a missing category, if you ask me.
Maris--great story (yet sad) and great photo.
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Toyo 45A, Rodenstock 90mm Grandagon, 4x5 T-Max 400.
http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Hollywood-Powder-Room.jpg
Jonathan
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Maris,
It is the emptiness among the daily symbols of life that makes the heart ache. Well done.
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Maris -
Sometimes the written word adds a new depth and emotion to a photograph. Very lovely tribute.
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Kirk Gittings
elegant
Thank you, Kirk.
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jcoldslabs
cpercy--good idea for a thread. Fills in a missing category, if you ask me.
Maris--great story (yet sad) and great photo.
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Toyo 45A, Rodenstock 90mm Grandagon, 4x5 T-Max 400.
Jonathan
Nice image Jonathan, how did you manage to exclude yourself from all those mirrors?
Is this a friends or relatives house?
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I chose the angle as best I could to keep myself and the camera out of the image, and used some front shift to help with that, but if you look you can see my dark cloth on the bench. I was disappointed when I saw that since I was so careful to keep everything else out of view. Drats!
This is the "powder room" of a historic (1920s) movie theater here in Portland. I posted some other images from the theater a while ago in another thread, but never posted this one because I wasn't sure what thread to post it to. Thanks again for starting the thread.
Jonathan
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"Study in Black"
Elevator lobby in a parking garage.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7131/7...f0efabf9_b.jpg
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9th Ward Church after Katrina, Technika 4x5, Tmax 100, Xtol
http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/x1-...photos/871.jpg
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Prairie Joe's Restaurant FP4+ 4 minute exposure
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9th Ward Church after Katrina, Technika 4x5, Tmax 100, Xtol
Nice shot, those ceiling fans pretty much say it all.
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Really powerful Ed.
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Prairie Joe's Restaurant FP4+ 4 minute exposure
I like this one. It reminds me a bit of Phil Davis's Dexter portfolio:
http://www.btzs.org/Gallery/PhilDavis-DexterPortfolio/
More generally, this is a nice idea for a picture thread - thanks cpercy, looking forward to seeing what else turns up!
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Nice shot, those ceiling fans pretty much say it all.
Heh. I just replaced the blades on the fan on my screened porch with solid plastic alternatives. The composite originals sagged every bit this badly. But they were outdoors--for 15 years.
Rick "whose wife finally put her foot down" Denney
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+1
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Maris, I can't say which I like better the image or your description, both are beautiful.
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It reminds me ever so slightly of Robert Polidori's work (5x7) in After The Flood, which I was given by someone special, and I had a chance to view the images in person in the New Orleans Museum of Art. I spent a few weeks wandering around there, often at night, trying to create my own special images (digital and 35mm color). But it was viewing Polidori's work that perhaps ultimately convinced me that I had to return to large format.
I believe I drove by that church several times, and once attempted to photograph it from the exterior. I did not attempt to enter, there was caution tape and warning signs that the building was dangerous. Shortly thereafter, I was stopped by military police who advised me that if I valued my life, I should leave the Lower 9th and not return except with a group, in daylight.
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This was likely taken a little later, since the Church had been gutted. The guard may have cut me more slack since I had local plates and an LSU jd.
I have been ambivalent about Poldori's NO work. He does terrific work. Probably my aversion to disasters in color.
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Perhaps I'm a little partial to Polidori's work, as he's a fellow Montrealer.
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I've been away from here for a while playing with some digital stuff. But it's refreshing to look in here again.
This is an excellent topic for a thread. I've done lots of interiors but this one is in a room where there was little space to manoeuvre. So the mirror was fortuitously placed.
Just discovered I needed to untick the box on the 'insert image' thingy otherwise I get a thumbnail size image in the post.
I don't think I've posted here since the forum was updated.
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Very nice Steve!
r
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Steve Gledhill
I've been away from here for a while playing with some digital stuff. But it's refreshing to look in here again.
This is an excellent topic for a thread. I've done lots of interiors but this one is in a room where there was little space to manoeuvre. So the mirror was fortuitously placed.
Just discovered I needed to untick the box on the 'insert image' thingy otherwise I get a thumbnail size image in the post.
I don't think I've posted here since the forum was updated.
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Excellent!! What focal length did you use? thanks
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Cabin Fever
A more pedestrian interior in a small cabin by the Upper Campbell Lake in Strathcona.
Chamonix Saber HP4 510-Pyro semi-stand
http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s1/...34173259-4.jpg
Cheers,
Luc
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Very nice Steve!
r
ditto
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Most of the Katrina work was with a 90mm Grandagon 6.8.
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This is one from Hoch Auditorium at the University of Kansas, before the it was struck by lighting and burned.
I have not been back up there since and don't know if this area still exists in this form.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7...9ae869dc_b.jpg
Hoch 3 by cpercy2011, on Flickr
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cpercy, some splendid lines in that image with delicate textures. I almost get a feeling of claustrophobia looking at the imposing structure.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
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The door to our basement stairs, taken yesterday afternoon.
Speed Graphic, Hoya +1 close-up lens (~240mm), 4x5 Delta 400 (expired 1999)
http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Delta-400...-Door-Knob.jpg
Jonathan
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How did you meter this shot? Did you use a spot meter and use the zone system, did you take an incident reading or reflective? Wonderful tones!
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Gorgeous!
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cpercy, some splendid lines in that image with delicate textures. I almost get a feeling of claustrophobia looking at the imposing structure.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
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How did you meter this shot? Did you use a spot meter and use the zone system, did you take an incident reading or reflective? Wonderful tones!
Thanks for the comments guys.
stradibarrius, I use a spot meter and the zone system (expose for the shadows develop for the highlights). This was shot around 1990 and most likely would have been T-Max 100 in HC-110 or T-max dev. I am now printing with Jon Cone K7 inks and the tonal range of the prints for that process is beyond my wildest expectations. That in combination with curve controls and local contrast adjustments possible in PS, produces prints that far exceed what these look like even on a good monitor. If you have not looked at this process I would just say its worth the time to give it look.
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Hi, interested thread, as i'm interior contractor :D
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...20416-0013.jpg
thanks,
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Not particularly creative, but I shot this (and many others) a number of years ago for a friend who runs a custom cabinet making business. I'm not sure if he ever used them, but the shots came out nicely, or so I felt. I suppose something like this would be done digitally now, but of course I wouldn't know!
Toyo 45A, 210mm Sironar-N, 4x5 Portra 160 NC
http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5---Har...nterior-02.jpg
Jonathan
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Some really nice shots in here. cpercy's abstract is inspirational. And I like that color in your kitchen shot, Jonathan.
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Hi Tuco,
The Altoona shot is great.
How did you balance the lighting... fill/reflector... development... ?
- Leigh
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Hi Tuco,
The Altoona shot is great.
How did you balance the lighting... fill/reflector... development... ?
- Leigh
Thanks. N-2 development and no fill light.
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Tuco, nice feeling of light.
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Cpercy, that is one of the most enjoyable things to look at I've seen on this forum. I bet a print of it is really an attention grabber.
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Great shot!!
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Some really nice shots in here. cpercy's abstract is inspirational. And I like that color in your kitchen shot, Jonathan.
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Tuco, nice feeling of light.
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Great shot!!
Thanks, you guys.
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Our Lady of Sorrows, near Santa Clara Pueblo, before the restoration. Tri-x in HC-110.
The technique here for shooting direct daylight lit historic interiors-without blowing out the daylight "splash" on the floor or going to some compensating type development is to wait (on a spotty cloudy day) for the penumbra from a cloud edge over the sun to soften the direct daylight. You meter it during one cloud passing over and shoot it the next.
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Kirk Gittings
Our Lady of Sorrows, near Santa Clara Pueblo, before the restoration. Tri-x in HC-110.
The technique here for shooting direct daylight lit historic interiors-without blowing out the daylight "splash" on the floor or going to some compensating type development is to wait (on a spotty cloudy day) for the penumbra from a cloud edge over the sun to soften the direct daylight. You meter it during one cloud passing over and shoot it the next.
Kirk, I don't know if it was your intention but the bleeding walls and cross sent a chill up my spine.
Did you experience or sense any uneasiness while shooting in this local?
Great image, very strong. And I love your explanation of technique.
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Cpercy, that is one of the most enjoyable things to look at I've seen on this forum. I bet a print of it is really an attention grabber.
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Some really nice shots in here. cpercy's abstract is inspirational. And I like that color in your kitchen shot, Jonathan.
tuco & Christopher, thanks for the kind words.
Christopher the print has a very delicate gradient of tones that does not transfer to the screen, but I think this probably true of all the work seen online.
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Jonathan once again you have managed, thru the use selective focus and beautiful rendering of tone & light, to create an image that evocatively transcends its subject. Excellent.
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