Still-Life Images, 2014

[Ramiro Elena]

I am going to start doing salt and albumen prints. We'll see how the density plays out.

[mdm]

Have fun.

[mdarnton]

Spinner
by michael.darnton, on Flickr
front half of 15" Tele-Raptar, 4x5 xray film

[DennisD]

Ed. Liesegang projection Petzval ~4.3/150mm @f/5.6

Goerz Doppel-Anastigmat Serie III (Dagor) 7.7/180mm @f/8

Peter

Hello Peter,

I enjoyed your recent still life images very much.
Both have a lovely quality to the lighting as well as composition.
The slight softness within portions of both images is very pleasant.
I assume this is mostly attributable to the choice of lens.

Dennis

[Ramiro Elena]

Here's my very first salt print of the same image shown before.
I didn't tone it yet but I am surprised at the neutral tonality. I was expecting more brown/red. I cropped the brushes out.


img302 cropped by rabato, on Flickr

Uncropped:

img302 by rabato, on Flickr

[mdm]

Dystopian Daisy. Whole plate Fomapan 100 in D23.

[D-tach]

Here's my very first salt print of the same image shown before.
I didn't tone it yet but I am surprised at the neutral tonality. I was expecting more brown/red. I cropped the brushes out.

Nice!

[Peter Yeti]

Very nice, Ramiro, and a very promising start. Looking forward to more

Peter

[Peter Yeti]

Hello Peter,

I enjoyed your recent still life images very much.
Both have a lovely quality to the lighting as well as composition.
The slight softness within portions of both images is very pleasant.
I assume this is mostly attributable to the choice of lens.

Dennis

Thank you, Dennis. Yes, these old lenses have a particularly nice rendition of the out-of-focus areas and that's why I love to use them. The Petzval also has a strongly curved focal "plane" adding to the unique character. Another asset is the lower contrast, which helps in the shadows. A small scan on the screen won't really show much of the difference but when printed in the darkroom it becomes quite obvious.

Peter

[gbogatko]

channeling my inner Baron DeMeyer.
This with an old Voigtlander petzval with the rearmost element reversed.