I am not an inexperienced photographer.
I have, in my time, done an awful lot of medium format, fairly extreme macro work (up to 10:1, and I've
got the 25mm Luminar to prove it ;-) ). I understand about bellows factors.
Of course, being new to large format, it really didn't register on my tiny little brain that a very tight, full face portrait *is* a macro shot on large format...particularly on transparency film.
I kind of like the mysterious effect produced by those ~2/3 stop underexposed trannies: the midtones that should have been highlights fading off into stygian darkness (where there should've been shadow detail), etc. Think I can get away with claiming I did it on purpose for "artistic effect" ? ;-)
Steve
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