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It did John thank you.

Thanks Denise I believe from some discussion we have had your skies are some what similar to mine here. I hope you enjoy the time you can spend with Nana Sousa Dias.

It has been reasonable being here since 1999 but have to say the tone of this forum is bizarre of late. Vaughn I don't care if you feel you have answered my question well or otherwise. Thanks for...

I know why it bothers me - I'm not looking for therapy. I'm hoping to stimulate discussion with other photographers who encounter the same or different things that are perhaps issues they have to...

Let me rephrase that to featureless skies regardless of tone. Maybe I will start taking a series of landscapes regardless of the sky to get over my dilemma :)

My point is that it bothers me in my...

I've had a dilemma for years now that I cannot stand white skies - in my own images. The dilemma is I can look at other photographers work and not be bothered by a featureless sky. Very often here...

You will find them excellent. I have both Jobo and BTZS. The Jobo doesn't get much use at all.

60 ml of working solution. Eg D76 @ 1+3 = 15 ml D76 + 45 ml of water.

Steve

If you really want to know the correct settings on your enlarger based on your paper, filter sets, lamp and developer used get hold of WinPlotter from the Viewcamerastore.com and a reflective...

I have a 200 Imagon that I have used with either the "tea strainers" or the built in iris of a shutter. The lens is amazingly versatile and produces very different images when used in the two ways...

I've mixed this formula and it is a very good developer. Has an extrely long life as well. I cannot say if it is "Diafine" but none the less it is excellent. My formula used 10g Sodium carbonate and...

Great to see you here. I don't do evil laughter very well either.

Hello from Adelaide.

Steve

The locking cable release is useful if the T setting doesn't work but B does. You can lock it open for extended exposure times. I have adapted the Series filters I have for use as Brian suggests. If...

As you select a faster speed you move to a different position on an internal cam and the faster the speed the more tension on the shutter spring.
If B and T don't work correctly use a locking cable...

Hi Christopher - I use the Palm version and have a friend who uses the iPhone version and they are virtually identical. The iPhone version is "prettier" but functionally the same. Some of the...

Beautiful images Denise. The lith process imparts a timeless feel. You really seem to be getting great use from Foma 100.

Steve

Which is more important, a perfectly calculated zone one or an image that has subtlety or drama, impact or delicious nuances of tonality.

I have noticed a slavish adherence to rigid systems that...

Vascilli,Vascilli,Vascilli :)

You are letting done the side by being active in the production of a lensboard. You need to agonise for weeks about whether the hole is round enough or whether the...

not Quick enough

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10x8 empty black plastic paper bags work well and they are a good light barrier as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfhsM15nElM&feature=related

I have a healthy respect for the creation but far more for the creator however the odd movement of a stone or can or whatever within sensible limits is fine. The real vandals in the landscape are...

I still have about 350 sheets of the old 200 in my freezer and recently a friend purchased some of the new 200. We took an old and new sheet and exposed them identically to a 21 step stouffer and...

Congrats W. Also of course to your wife. So you haven't slept for 2 weeks :)

I would perhaps add that solitude is my first choice and if I am out with another photographer that I don't know well I am extremely reluctant to share my time unless he is using the same format as...

I certainly believe it is a particular design limiting thing with my Wollensak as for general images it is exceptional. I have a collection of 135 - 162mm enlarging lenses so will mount a couple...

I shot some still life set ups recently with an older [Wollensak 162/4.5] and have to say I was quite underwhelmed. Shooting distance was about 2-3 feet but the resolution was quite poor. The same...

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/hughes-a-seeker-of-new-horizons-20120808-23ub7.html

I just googled Whidbey Island John and I'd say a workshop at your place would be ok. Mind you we could meet halfway :)

As Mark indicated the camera is completely ruined now and no matter how much you clean it you will never have any confidence in the ground glass. Your next question to self will be should I replace...

With the CPE2 there is a limit to the amount of liquid the motor will turn in a drum. I believe it is 600 ml. Even that "sounds" a bit like hard work. Don't over load the CPE2 and use it on the...

This captures the feeling of just cleaned and stacked away tools with that wonderful metallic glow seen in the late afternoon sun. Thanks for sharing your progressions.

Just a proof of concept idea. I gathered some objects from the op shop on Saturday.

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Foma 200 Homebrew developer

Steve

Sergei - Wonderfully creative. I enjoyed the other images from the same shoot at your Flikr site. Are you tray processing your Arista Edu? I like the look you have achieved with the film. What...

Great images Jim. Very nice subject and 100% appropriate lens and location. How is the "T" coming on? Thanks for doing the images and sharing them.

Steve

For me, the first gritty version conveys the feeling of a workshop collection of tools whereas the second smoother version holds more a feeling of accuracy and precision. Did you print/scan them...

Part of a series I may do down the track.

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Foma 200 in a home brewed developer printed on Agfa Semi matte FB
Shen 5x4 Wollensak 162mm

They are so great. The exact same shots are with us today but most of us ignore them, well I know I do. In 50 years hopefully there will be a similar collection of images to recall "ordinary"...

That's a great stand of trees Shane. Are they local to you? Many years ago there was a wonderful stand of Aspens I believe between Shepparton and Wodonga. I didn't photograph them and seeing your...