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GSX4: Really cool picture!
I'm joining Scot-- with another citrus. This time an orange!

Burke&James 5x7 with 4x5 back on FP4+ in Rodinal with 120mm.

Bobpin: really nice!!! If this is 'only' a test shot, I wonder what a 'real' shot will look like!
Maurits: I like this type of portraits. Although I think the lighting of the bike repair man was...

A little update on this thread! There have been some developments regarding the bellows...

In the end I did get tired of the fact that I could not fold my camera, because my bellows were too...

I love the first one Kerik! Strong picture!

@RmFrase: I would say a splendid start in Largeformat portaits!
@RPippin: Can we consider a Bronica SQa to be a LF cam? I always considered 6x6 to be medium format. I like the first one, in the...

Time to kick this topic into 2010.
First of all: great image, Jehu! Very interesting to read about the technique you used.

A simple (and a bit too sourish maybe?) contribution from my side as...

Time for another cam!

Here's mine. This year was the first white Christmas in Holland since 1981! Time to take out the Burke & James :)

Thanks for your replies :)

Jim: denatured alcohol is indeed dyed to indicate that it is poisonous. They also add a aroma compound which I really wished was not there. It makes you feel pretty...

Now it's time to make bellows. Of course it's possible to order new bellows somewhere online, but since I was on a budget I wanted to try it myself. In the end the process of making bellows is not...

Meanwhile the paint is drying, you can start working on the metal bits. To get them shiny you take the finest steel wool you can get and just start rubbing. It's quite a lot of work to get every...

Next step is finishing the wood. As Kevin suggested I used cherry wood finisher for the job in two layers to darken the wood and to bring up the texture a bit better.

Next I managed to find...

Next step is to sand the wood to get rid of the last bit of paint. This needs to be done quite carefully and takes a lot of time. As suggested by Kevin I started with #80 and then I used #120 to...

Next step is to remove the paint. The best way to do this is using some chemical paint remover. Since paint is quite nasty chemical substance by itself, you apparently need even more nasty substances...

First step is now to dissemble everything. Since eventually you will need to put everything together again, you need to remember how all the tiny little screws were placed. This means either making...

About 6 months ago I became interested in large format photography. I had been shooting medium format (6x4.5mm) for quite a while and liked it a lot. And although I don't consider 'bigger is better'...

Time for new input. This one needs some additional explanation for all non-dutch people...

While the whole world is preparing for Christmas with Santa's and Christmas socks, in Holland we...

Nice one, David!

I hope my contribution is enough 'landscapy' to be in the right topic here.
Made with a Burke&James with a 210mm lens on HP5+, developed in Rodinal 1+25
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Thanks for this useful post!

Oops, the comment in my previous post on Matus Kalisky was meant for dlin (the vase).
Matus' photo on the previous page is really nice!

Sorry for the confusion. I couldn't find an 'edit' button?...

Amazing still lifes in this thread!
@Jim Cole: fantastic lightning and beautiful DOF usage! I really like this one!
@GOLDFISH: Since I'm Dutch: I just have to love wooden shoes :). Maybe the...

Well, hope you're enjoying your stay, despite the rain. It's horrible today indeed! I'm not really looking forward on going to the supermarket by bike (what else!) in a few minutes.... ;)

BTW:...

I have been reading around on this forum for a while and by now I thought it was time to introduce myself...

First of all I need to thank Kevin Bourque for the great article at the front page on...