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    Re: Portraits from 2024

    A neighbor whose appearance struck me and my wife as resembling a figure from a Leonardo painting kindly agreed to my request to make a portrait. She was very busy when the day arrived, so I worked...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Arresting image, awty/
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    1930s Notch code ID

    I am wondering if someone can identify these notch codes 1933. I'm curious about the film speed (for an article I'm writing). I am not at liberty to share the contact sheet images, made in...
  4. Thread: Gold Toning

    by Ulophot
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    Re: Gold Toning

    esearing, my current process is to second-fix prints and then move them directly to the selenium, per Doremus's procedure.

    1. What is the effect on the higher tones from slight bleaching, i.e.,...
  5. Re: Lightproofing: Sticky advesive for slick plastic blackout sheeting

    Others may join you -- dovetailed or not -- in screwing around with your window blockers. I have enough trouble measuring, let alone crafting something precise like that. Even if I had the tools, I'd...
  6. Thread: Gold Toning

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    Re: Gold Toning

    Drew, I'd be interested to know a bit about how you achieve economy with the gold toner. I tried a bit many years ago but did not get the effect I was looking for and that was that. I don;t know if...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Lovely image, David.
  8. Lightproofing: Sticky advesive for slick plastic blackout sheeting

    Probably last year, I asked about glues that would stick to the slick plastic blackout sheeting (white on one side, black on the other) that I use to black out my windows. Various helpful answers...
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    Re: Hello! Again (sort of).

    Good to see you here, Joel. Have at it!
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    Re: Ciao from Italy

    Ciao, frommm. Do you use a large format camera with those lenses? These days, there seems to be a craze for adapting lenses to cameras they had never seen. Or, seen for.
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    Re: Packpack DIY frame-finishing question

    Esearing, thanks. The signal difference between ICUs and DIYs in this instance was price. I'm a miserable excuse for a builder, and you can just imagine how many nails bent or went in sideways, much...
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    Re: MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

    An arresting portrait for sure. Well done.
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    Re: post your trees!

    Willwilson, your abstract is quite an attractive piece. Well seen.
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    Re: Packpack DIY frame-finishing question

    esearing, thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, the only out-spelling of your acronym that comes to mind is Intensive Care Unit, and a padded one sounds like the fabled psychiatric type. While there are...
  15. Thread: New member

    by Ulophot
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    Re: New member

    Hi, rename. You have arrived at a good destination. You'll find a wealth of assistance here, as well as inspiring work posted. Looking forward to seeing some of yours.
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    Re: Packpack DIY frame-finishing question

    reddesert, yes; lenses will be wrapped; camera compartment padded or I'll wrap my cloth around it.
  17. Thread: Safe Light

    by Ulophot
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    Re: Safe Light

    It is always wise to run your own tests with safelights. If everything is fine, great; it a hint of fogging occurs, adjustments need to be made. I say this because I also prefer amber yellow) light...
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    Re: Packpack DIY frame-finishing question

    Much obliged, as always.
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    Packpack DIY frame-finishing question

    Yesterday, I finally found a budget-level, almost fully "clamshell"-design backpack for short 4x5 outings. It is a Targus model, about $35, at BestBuy, where I had gone to use a $25 gift certificate....
  20. Re: LED strip lighting: What do I need besides the light strip?

    Thanks, friends. I have decided to use a pair of legacy shape" LED bulbs, partially bounced. It's for a work table area.
  21. LED strip lighting: What do I need besides the light strip?

    This is not quite darkroom; my darkroom and workroom are the same.

    I have an available standard AC outlet and would like to hook up a strip like this

    https://tinyurl.com/mrzsxua7

    over a work...
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    Re: Ouch! This hurts!

    Auditor, many of us are indeed in a similar boat on the income front. Short-dated film at such reductions as indicated above for the 4x5 offer a great bargain. It's not even out-dated yet, and if all...
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    Re: my show, "Bearing Witness"

    Beautiful work, Gregg. Best wishes to you!
  24. Thread: Grain Focuser

    by Ulophot
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    Re: Grain Focuser

    Hi,Two23. Setting up your own darkroom is exciting! congrats!

    I am not familiar with the enlarger you have, and no one has mentioned it here, but some enlargers have adjustments to bring into...
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    Re: Has Digital Changed Darkroom Printing?

    In a word, no.
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Marvelous, as usual, Tobias.
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    Re: Has Digital Changed Darkroom Printing?

    My view coheres with that of some others here. I am neither a Pre-Raphaelite desiring a return to the Middle Ages, nor an advocate of all the wonders of digital imaging. I realize that I can mistake...
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    Re: Hello from Toronto.

    Welcome. I'm afraid I can't help you with scanning, but others surely will. I remain in the dark, so to speak.
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    Re: MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

    John, it looks like an ark. Well seen.
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    Re: Ansels The Negative

    Tim, better lay off the wine, or check that the waiter doesn't slip a mickey into your drink. For some reason, you're telling it all backwards, or upside down, if you prefer. I have no doubt you know...
  31. Re: New joiner and first question about 4X5 and 6x17

    If no has said "welcome" yet, Welcome! You have lots of experience, so I look forward to seeing some of your work.
    Best of luck with the 6x17 plan. The wide dimension is more than 3x beyond my...
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    Re: 4x5 Developing tank

    Just a note from a happy Stearman 445 user: They make a 6-sheet model now, too.
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    What a remarkable scene!
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    Re: Portraits from 2024

    Another, from last week. 4x5 HP5, scan from 8x10 print. I can never get the toning color of the print to come across.

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    Re: Ansels The Negative

    monochromeFan, the example given by Adams has been used by other writers, but as others here have pointed out, it seems that your eagerness to learn as much as possible about photography quickly may...
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    Portraits from 2024

    Portrait threads used to be started each month; times change.

    "Man with journal" was created for an exhibit themed Light and Shadow. I used myself as a model, having no other.

    4x5 HP5, 11x14...
  37. Re: “White” Panel LED Color Temperature W/VC Filters?

    John, you're probably way ahead of me regarding specs, since you're building one of these, but when I got a friend to build mine, I borrowed (since bought my own) Stouffer step tablet for contact...
  38. Thread: Hello!

    by Ulophot
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    Re: Hello!

    Greetings and salutations. I echo Mr. Pacilla, above.
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    Re: Show off your Large Format camera!

    Gee, DannL, that looks larger than a 5x7.
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    Re: Cheers from Halifax, Nova Scotia!

    Welcome, Pedro-Pierre. Glad you have decided to join. You will find here an exceptionally knowledgeable community for your large format (and more broadly photographic journey. Are you just starting...
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