Flowers Anyone?

[Jim Cole]

5x7 HP5 - Pyrocat MC - 180mm Finally got the old Microtek scanner working with the new Imac

Lovely, Bob.

[bracan]

Polaroid 55 negative scanned like reflective. Sinar P4x5 and Rodenstock 240mm f5,6 wide open.

[bracan]

Polaroid 55 positive taken with Sinar P4x5 and Rodenstock 240mm f5,6 wide open.

[jcoldslabs]

Not sure if these count as flowers, but they must have been flowers once to produce these seeds.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 4.25" B&L projection Petzval, Polaroid Type 55 (expired 2004).






Up close:




Jonathan

[bracan]

Excellent images Jonathan!!! Love that fluffiness and Petzval renditions.

[okcomputer]

My first image post here. I borrowed a friends Sinar P and have been working my way through a box of HP5+, learning all the different ways I can mess up an exposure. This is indoors, window lit, f/32 1 sec, developed in HC-110. First "sharable" photo, and I'd very much appreciate some feedback.
thanks!

[Brian Ellis]

Not sure if these count as flowers, but they must have been flowers once to produce these seeds.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 4.25" B&L projection Petzval, Polaroid Type 55 (expired 2004).






Up close:




Jonathan

I saw the 3rd one and thought "what a shame he didn't get closer." Then I saw the 4th one. Very nice.

[David Lobato]

My first image post here. I borrowed a friends Sinar P and have been working my way through a box of HP5+, learning all the different ways I can mess up an exposure. This is indoors, window lit, f/32 1 sec, developed in HC-110. First "sharable" photo, and I'd very much appreciate some feedback.
thanks!

Excellent composition, exposure and development. Nice work.

[David Lobato]

Not sure if these count as flowers, but they must have been flowers once to produce these seeds.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 4.25" B&L projection Petzval, Polaroid Type 55 (expired 2004).

Up close:
Jonathan

Sweet photos, and I really like the right side edge from the Polaroid Type 55 shots you've posted. No "app" can ever come close to that!

[jcoldslabs]

Excellent images Jonathan!!! Love that fluffiness and Petzval renditions.

Thanks. It worked out a bit better than I had hoped. The focus being so spot on surprised me, too.

I saw the 3rd one and thought "what a shame he didn't get closer." Then I saw the 4th one. Very nice.

To be fair the close-up shot is just a tight crop of the first shot, not a separate exposure. I may go back out today and do some true macros. Those little tufts of seeds are actually a drab tan color in reality, but they look better on film than I thought they would.

Sweet photos, and I really like the right side edge from the Polaroid Type 55 shots you've posted. No "app" can ever come close to that!

Thanks. I love the edges, too! Although, I think you can already buy templates of Type 55 "edging" to apply to your digital photos, so there already is an app of sorts. Of course, instead of each one being unique you just end up with one or two identical frames for all your photos. Plus, it's difficult to make the fakes look real because there is such an interplay between the edges and the emulsion at the time of exposure with real Type 55.

Jonathan