Wide F***ing Open!

[rippo]

Derrick: It's funny, I see all those lens-baby tilt-a-whirl cityscapes on flickr and they just leave me cold. They all look like toy cities, and the effect soon grows tiresome. Your black and white one though is another story. This is the best tilt-scape I've seen. Perhaps it's just that I don't 'buy' tilt images in color? I dunno. Anyway, I like it. I think I like your wide DOF image better (which is rare for me to say such a thing, being a Fan o f the Fuzzy). But it definitely made me stop and look closer, and I'm pleased I did.

[chachahavana]

This is taken with SeaGull LF lens 180mm f/5.6 put on Shen Hao and shoot Wide Open, Fujichrome Velvia 100.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/...67c0914b_b.jpg

[Jon Wilson]

Lovely! Chachahavana!

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

150 SSXL, wide open, back front tilt.

[Pat Hilander]

This is taken with SeaGull LF lens 180mm f/5.6 put on Shen Hao and shoot Wide Open, Fujichrome Velvia 100.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/...67c0914b_b.jpg

Killer shot, Chachahavana! What's a SeaGull lens? Never heard of those.

[sienarot]

Derrick: It's funny, I see all those lens-baby tilt-a-whirl cityscapes on flickr and they just leave me cold. They all look like toy cities, and the effect soon grows tiresome. Your black and white one though is another story. This is the best tilt-scape I've seen. Perhaps it's just that I don't 'buy' tilt images in color? I dunno. Anyway, I like it. I think I like your wide DOF image better (which is rare for me to say such a thing, being a Fan o f the Fuzzy). But it definitely made me stop and look closer, and I'm pleased I did.

Thanks Matt! I'm pretty new with LF. It's good to know I'm doing something right

[chachahavana]

Hi Jon Wilson
Thank you for the lovely comment !!


Hi Pat Hilander
Thanks a lot.
Seagull is one of the biggest camera manufacturer in Shanghai China and I believe, a lot of their lens design is reference to German and USSR classic design. This is an OEM design produced for Shen Hao. The price of a brand new lens is about half of a Schnidler, so I imagine not too many people is buying it because you could find a good second hand Schnidler at about the same price.

[Joel Brown]

Mary
14"Commercial Ektar wide open, 8x10 Deardorff 1 sec. exposure

www.joelbrownphotography.com

[Daniel Unkefer]

What is interesting about this thread, to me, is speeding up the burn time (no more blurs at the beach!) and adding the serendipity of whatever happens.

[Brian Bullen]

Flamingos
Cropped 8x10 palladium / x-ray film