Flowers Anyone?

[StoneNYC]

Testing new lens with a quick macro.

Sinar Norma 4x5
Caltar 210 F8 for 15 sec on HP5+
Arista Premium 1+9

Really lovely shot, what was the f/stop for that? Also are you sure this is actually a macro shot? It doesn't really look 1:1

[Pali K]

Really lovely shot, what was the f/stop for that? Also are you sure this is actually a macro shot? It doesn't really look 1:1

Thanks and this was shot at F8 on a Caltar 210 F5.6. You are right about Macro - I don't think this was quite 1:1.

[David Lobato]

Toyo 45A, Fujichrome, noisy scan from an old Epson 2450



Black Forest Colorado

[David Lobato]

Toyo 45A, Fujichrome 50 (pre-Velvia days), 135mm Nikkor, near 1:1 magnification, +2 stops exposure time



San Juan National Forest, Colorado

[Jim Cole]

Nice ones, David. Colorado is great for flowers!

[mdm]

Whole Plate Fortepan 200 in D-23, 360mm Ronar, scanned on a better scanning holder.

[SergeiR]

Was testing ideas with couple of projections petzvals yesterday

16"/f6 one

Flower study: petzval shot #1 by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr


Thompson & Co
14/f3.5

Flower study: petzval shot #2 by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

(got to check orientation of elements on this one.. It is oddly soft)

[Jim Cole]

Sergei,

If you don't mind a bit of comment. Both of these have potential, but I feel that the bright out-of-focus flower is offering too much competition with the focused flowers and even winning for attention.

[SergeiR]

Sergei,

If you don't mind a bit of comment. Both of these have potential, but I feel that the bright out-of-focus flower is offering too much competition with the focused flowers and even winning for attention.

Not at all, Jim. Thanks for the critique. While these were just a quick evening tests - i always try to work my best, even with quick tests So every bit helps.

[mdm]

Whole plate Fortepan 200 in D-23, 250mm fujinon f6.3