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    Re: What did you compose at Waters Edge?

    Corran the one 'not long after sunrise' is excellent! Everything worked out well in that; lighting, exposure, and development.
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    Re: Best tripod head for 4x5 camera?

    Gitzo g1270 always worked really well for me :D.
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    Re: Chamonix etc. Stolen in Medford OR

    Fantastic! I honestly didn't expect to come back to this thread with this outcome, really great news.
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    Re: Very cool old photographs

    Shorpy usually just takes photos from the library of congress and slaps their watermark on them. Great photos though.
  5. Thread: post your trees!

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    Re: post your trees!

    Looks fantastic as always Harley.
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Mississippi Dunes golf course:
    http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5350/9159686787_24c999d6af_o.jpg

    Chamonix 45n-2
    4x5 Fujifilm Velvia 100
    Schneider 210mm g-claron @f/13
    1/15 with Polarizer
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    Re: c41 uneven development?

    It's no problem! I enjoy the discussions here. Thanks for all the info. I didn't think of the scanner, will have to check that. Though, these marks are pretty much exactly the same as some I got on...
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    Re: c41 uneven development?

    I was using constant agitation because that is what Kodak's procedure calls for so that shouldn't be an issue for me. I usually don't have many photos at once so the BTZS tubes small volume seemed to...
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    Re: c41 uneven development?

    I thought it was simple but my last batch looked quite poor as you can see from my previous thread. Though, these were lab processed and aren't 100% perfect either. Really unfortunate to shoot 4x5...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    More from the golf course:

    http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/9063521052_f1963de33f_o.jpg

    4x5 Portra 400
    Chamonix 45n-2
    210mm Schneider G-claron @f/32
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    Re: c41 uneven development?

    Yeah that is probably where I'll go next. Thanks for the info.
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    c41 uneven development?

    My own attempts at developing c41 weren't going very well so I decided to send the last batch out again. Am I expecting too much or is there some other issue here? Looks like some form of uneven...
  13. Re: Dream cameras we want, but cannot have, let's see them!

    A 16x20 Chamonix and custom mount for a nice external frame backpack.
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Thanks. I went out there at about 5am a few weeks ago to take some photos because it's a beautiful area. Then I went in to play a round of golf afterwards. I told the guy I was the one out on the...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Mississippi Dune golf course - kind of a landscape:

    http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/9022321514_aa994f9e2c_o.jpg

    Chamonix 45n-2
    4x5 Fuji Provia 100f
    210mm Schneider g-claron @f/32
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    Re: LF development without a darkroom

    A btzs tube is cheap and works really well. Definitely do not need the full set. Used HP Combiplan works too.
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    Re: post alternative techniques

    Don't want to start a thread for this. I started trying palladium prints again and forgot I was using my last piece of Arches Platine. The image looked so much better than my Kallitypes, very smooth....
  18. Re: Where to find Large format Camera Tripods on a student budget?

    Gitzo studex:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/GITZO-ALUMINUM-STUDEX-PERFORMANCE-GILUX-TRIPOD-W-SHORT-CENTER-COLUMN-GOOD-/230982117606?pt=US_Tripods&hash=item35c79b68e6

    Head:...
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    Re: How is "double coating" in pt/pd

    For Platinum and Kallitypes I've pretty much always double coated with a brush. I would get much better blacks where before it could look a tad spotty. I would put my first coat on one piece of paper...
  20. Re: Where to find Large format Camera Tripods on a student budget?

    I use a Gitzo 320 studex that I got for $129 on Ebay. It is aluminum and very sturdy. I've used a Calumet C1 extended way out with a heavy lens on it and it performed great. 4x5 is a piece of cake.
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Wow Harley, another great photo. That one has great separation of the elements.
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    Re: C41 developing / negative marks

    Well I went out and got distilled water and was remixing my chemicals and noticed small black debris in the bottom of the fixer bottle, some caked on some floating. I had let the last batch of mixed...
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    Re: C41 developing / negative marks

    Thanks for the comments and ideas on what it might be. I've been using the same tap water since I started developing a few years ago. Al, you may be on to something. I think my hands might have been...
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    Re: C41 developing / negative marks

    4x5. BTZS tube.
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    C41 developing / negative marks

    I just scanned in this Portra 400 negative. Developed with the Rollei Digibase c-41 kit and fresh chemicals. I haven't seen marks like this on my previous color negatives. Is this a...
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    Awesome shot Harley. I always know when they are yours.
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    Re: 8x10 Ektar Still Life project.

    I like your hand colored one and rollei the best. Those look great. Not sure what the difference in lighting is but those look excellent to me.
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    Re: Pictorialism Images

    Love the composition! Great stuff.
  29. Thread: April portraits

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    Re: April portraits

    Corran and Sergei, great portraits!
  30. Thread: post your trees!

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    Re: post your trees!

    Excellent! Wonderful tonality and composition.
  31. Thread: Flowers Anyone?

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    Re: Flowers Anyone?

    Thank you both! :D I spent a lot of time on the toning. I actually had it much stronger too before I uploaded it.



    Thanks. I think the flowers being relatively close meant I didn't need much...
  32. Thread: Flowers Anyone?

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    Re: Flowers Anyone?

    Thank you! I don't know why the Orchids were difficult but I have had them for a while and tried several times but came up empty handed. Also I did this one on both Acros and FP4 and the Acros seemed...
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    Re: Flowers Anyone?

    It's taken me forever to compose something I like with these orchids:

    http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8563889568_63ab700091_b.jpg

    Chamonix 45n-2
    4x5 Fuji Acros
    180mm Zeiss Tessar @f/16 for...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Really excellent Greenspeed!
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    Re: Black and white negative scanning - tricky?

    Trickier than color negatives? Certainly not for me. Color negatives get talked about a lot for their difficulty in scanning. But b&w for me is fairly straight forward. Setting the end points and mid...
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    Re: post your urban landscapes

    http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8527549827_2fef6537bd_b.jpg

    No idea why I was photographing here. Just a beat up old area of St Paul.

    Chamonix 45n-2
    4x5 Tmax 100
    180mm Zeiss Tessar @f/22...
  37. Re: Scanning velvia...is this what to expect or can it be better?

    You're in the UK? Like Lenny said, send the film to Tim Parkin. The drum scans are ridiculously cheap.

    http://cheapdrumscanning.com/
  38. Re: Mounting prints: to the backing board or the mat?

    I was always under the impression, and have been doing it this way, that you mount the photo to 'mountboard' which is matboard and the backing board goes behind that in the frame for protection and...
  39. Thread: Flowers Anyone?

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    Re: Flowers Anyone?

    Thank you. No it's just toned in photoshop. I haven't done a Kallitype or anything like that in a few months now. Last time I tried they were coming out grainy and I tried changing about 20 different...
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    Re: Flowers Anyone?

    Not quite what I had in mind. Tried to keep the delicate tones but it didn't turn out how I thought it would.

    http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8248/8497486183_f3205bc99b_b.jpg

    Chamonix 45n-2
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