I don't have experience with SF on the enlarger, but prefer a white glow (diffused at shooting time) over a dark glow around my subjects when I overdo the diffusion as is normal for me. Could be done tastefully with some subjects though.
I don't have experience with SF on the enlarger, but prefer a white glow (diffused at shooting time) over a dark glow around my subjects when I overdo the diffusion as is normal for me. Could be done tastefully with some subjects though.
I thought it odd, and they showed examples, which were so poorly reproduced that nothing was 'clear'.
They only sold sharp lenses, so they had no financial motive to promote SF enlarging. I may try it.
Tin Can
That pretty much nailed it. "Soft focus" (and other sorts of diffusion) spread the highlights. In negative form, (where you're working at the enlarging lens stage), the highlights are the shadows. A soft lens on the camera creates a glow; on the enlarger, it creates a gloom. Either can be perfect...Originally Posted by jp
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Since great grandfather wasted the family fortune, his children had to work. I mentioned My grandfather was an insurance salesman; one of his brothers moved to Montreal to work as an accountant for an ethnic importing company. He kept 2 sets of books. A plain old fashioned type he always wore Banker's grey suits and was nicked named Mr. Grey
12 inch Voltas at f8
Puppy and girls at the beach. 7.25" verito wide open. fp4+, speed graphic. handheld as I didn't want my tiltall in salty mud/clay.
img380 by philbrookjason, on Flickr
Mr. Grey was quite a bit more sinister looking in his earlier years.
Pinkham and Smith 14 inch f8
Private railroad crossing in Goleta, California, as seen through a twice-backwards petzval. I used a 5" magic lantern lens with the rear element turned backwards AND the lens itself mounted backwards. 4x5 Pacemaker on expired TMAX-100.
Leigh--good to see you posting again.
J.
Thanks, Jonathan. Your recent work has been great--especially liked the close-up with the glass. I first thought that line at the bottom was a negative flaw, but then realized it was a narrow band of in-focus table-top. A fascinating photo.
My mother's mother's family was from Bournemouth, England. This cousin, several times removed, was a fishing boat skipper who went back and forth to Dunkirk, during the end of May and beginning of June, 1940
Kodak Portrait lens 16 inch f5.6
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