Flowers Anyone?

[Old-N-Feeble]

Thank you both.
The lighting was provided for free by Nature, but adjusted in PS.....
I am not sure if this is based on the design (dialyte) but the lens is nice wide open which I do not like from all my lenses.
I have a 152mm f7.7 Kodak Anastigmat (dialyte) on order (and hopefully shipping), so I am curious to see if this would be the perfect little sister of the 203mm.
(I also have the 203mm coated - Ektat in Supermatic).

Cheers,

Luc

I always thought the early Kodak 152mm anastigmat was a tessar like the later coated versions. However, it appears they are indeed a dialyte formula. You taught me something new.

[lbenac]

I got some lens cells from afriednly forum member for a CZJ Tessar 135/4.5 that looks dated 1938. I put it ona Sinar DB shutter and tried it out.
I love it.



CZJ Tessar 135/4.5 (1938), D-23, Ilford Delta 100, Sinar P

[lbenac]

Another new lens to test. Not a very Christian one.
Lens cells are a Dialyte Kodak Agnastigmat 152/7.7 but the barrel is likely from a B&L Tessar f6.3.




D-23, Ilford Delta 100, Kodak Agnastigmat 152/7.7, Sinar P

[Scott Schroeder]

Nede. Leaves definitely count. Wonderful photograph.

[Ramiro Elena]

I got some lens cells from afriednly forum member for a CZJ Tessar 135/4.5 that looks dated 1938. I put it ona Sinar DB shutter and tried it out.
I love it.

I do too! Lovely tonality Luc.

[jcoldslabs]

[appletree]

Jonathan, cue my standard response.

[jcoldslabs]

Jonathan, cue my standard response.

Thanks. In light of your recent questions, this shot is a good example of how reciprocity and bellows extention factor come into play. The metered exposure was 4s @ f/16 but ended up being 30s by the time I recalculated it.

J.

[appletree]

Thanks man. Much appreciated. In hindsight, I knew better. Just had a lot on my mind learning how to use the camera, load film, etc.
That said, it is apparent from my thread that I still had/have lots to learn.

Are you just using a white card as backdrop?

And speaking of, I used one off to the side of my subjects, but was unsure of why. I just saw other people using it, I assume to reflect light to the shadow'd side of the subject. Well, I don't want to muddle up the thread. Thanks for the help/advice. Keep up the inspiring work.

[jcoldslabs]

Since the title of this sub-forum group is "Image Sharing and Discussion," I think we're fine talking shop between images.

I've been using an old slide projector screen for shots when I want a blank background. It folds up easily for storage but also deploys rapidly when needed, and works even in cramped spaces. If I angle it away fom the light source it drops to middle gray, whereas if I angle it toward the light it brightens up.

As for the white card, I tend to use that for fill when I have strongly directional light. For most of these recent photos I have a big window at about 80 degrees left of the camera, and this leaves the right side shadows a bit dark. The card just helps fill them in a bit. If the lighting were coming more from the front this would not be as important, at least not to me.

J.