Still-Life Images, 2015

[Heespharm]

Wow the tones are great! Just don't mix up your pill crusher with you herb crusher!

Thanks... Haha the only time I have ever used it was to crush up some Tylenol to make rodinal... It was one of those things they give to everyone who graduates pharmacy school... I also got a torsion balance and a set of weights... Perfect for measuring photo chems

[Jmarmck]

Tylenol? Rodinal?

[Heespharm]

Tylenol? Rodinal?

Acetaminophen can be converted to paracetamol then make rodinal as usual..

http://www.apug.org/forums/viewpost.php?p=218406

[Jmarmck]

Well, I'll be......learned something new! Thanks.

[RSalles]

Lemons, limones secos, dry lemons...
They smell good and have nice skin, light weight...
I like lemons.
Symmar S 360mm, 8x10"
Dev -2
Croped neg

Miguel,

Wonderful image, really,

Cheers,

Renato

[ridax]

This Russian film came with one of my cameras, and I don't know nothing about it, except it demands 1.5 to 3 ISO <...> Here is the cover, maybe one of our Russian members can please translate for us?

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Sorry for the delay... I'm an irregular forum visitor.

FTk-20P is a medium (= normal) contrast blue-sensitive graphic arts film used for making positive copies of continuous tone negatives. "FT" is for "phototechnical" (= graphic arts); the first digit (or two digits for lith films like FT-101P) is the recommended gamma (those films were to be processed in fast developers similar to Dectol so the recommended gamma was pretty close to gamma max. Actually, this film is far less contrasty then many normal camera films like PanF+ or TMX); the last digit (0) means it's blue sensitive (ortho films were marked with a "1", and pan films with a "2"), and the last letter "P" means the PET base.

The film was produced in 1988 or 1989 and expired in July, 1990. It was ISO 12 when new. (Naturally, blue-sensitive emulsions are much less fast in tungsten than in daylight.)

No this is not produced any more. Of some 30 films of the "FT" line, only the high contrast orthochromatic FT-41P is still available. See http://www.tasma.ru/en (they also make X-ray and some other special-purpose films).

[Tim Meisburger]

My wife presented this for breakfast last Saturday and I said "hey, looks like a still life!" and wouldn't let anyone eat till I shot it. I did a little arranging but it is basically how it arrived at the table. 4x5 on Arista.edu

[Tim Meisburger]

Here is another that didn't quite work. The idea was "Notan Bowls" (someone asked the other day if the artist's intention matters, and in this case it matters if you want to know what I was trying, and failing, to achieve).

[plaubel]

Ridax,

thanks for this informations.
I never heard before about this special digits!

Cheers,
Ritchie

[Peter Yeti]

Excellent result for so many firsts. Keep going and I look forward to seeing more of your images.

Peter

Firsts

So this image was a lot of firsts for me...

First image coming back to large format
First time using hp5 4x5
First time using pyrocat hd
First time using the taco method (which I will never do again due to scratches)
First time using this camera and lens

Toyo 45a 210mm sironon
4sec f22
Hp5 in pyrocat hd taco method

Was going to go to a state park today but due to recent rain, a lot of the trails were flooded... Still had the itch so I took a pic of some items I have around the house that says a bit about me (I'm a pharmacist)...

Should have used diffused light instead of light directly from my windows

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