Flowers Anyone?

[Jiri Vasina]

Orchid

Part of the "For whom they are?" folio

Chamonix 5×8″, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm, 4¾×6½“, Wephota NP 15, Rodinal.

[jim kitchen]

Dear Jiri,

Wow...

jim k

[Jiri Vasina]

Thanks Jim K,

by chance I have found the beauty of a simple lighting usually called "northern-window light" (although my window faces west , but I wait for overcast skies, or at least for the sun to be covered with clouds) in combination with dark background left in complete shade. The glow of the backlit flowers is what makes this images for me...

Jiri

[csant]

Jiri, that's a wonderful shot

[Jiri Vasina]

Thanks Claudio,

here is another one with the same setup, only I have tried a different lens - an Anastigmat 14" (355mm) f/5.6, possibly a Taylor&Hobson Cooke lens - there is no manufacturer, it's serial number starts with TT. It's a beast of a lens, large and heavy, and is not well suited for landscape, because it's smallest aperture is only f/32, and won't go smaller. But the character of the image it creates is wonderful IMO... (and this shot was wide open)

Orchid #2

part of "For whom they are?" folio.

Chamonix 5×8″, Taylor Hobson (?) Anastigmat 14″, 4¾×6½“, Wephota NP 15, Rodinal.

Jiri

[csant]

But the character of the image it creates is wonderful IMO...

Oh, agreed - this is fabulous! Really great work, Jiri!

[Ken Cravillion]

Jiri, lovely image! I looked on your site and the second tulip image is stunning!

[Jiri Vasina]

Thanks a lot, Ken.

Jiri

[cjbroadbent]

.... by chance I have found the beauty of a simple lighting usually called "northern-window light" (although my window faces west , but I wait for overcast skies, or at least for the sun to be covered with clouds) in combination with dark background left in complete shade. The glow of the backlit flowers is what makes this images for me...
Jiri

This is what Leonardo da Vinci has to say on North Light: "Il lume da ritrarre di naturale vuol essere a tramontana, acciò non faccia mutazione; e se lo fai a mezzodí, tieni finestra impannata, acciocché il sole illuminando tutto il giorno non faccia mutazione. L'altezza del lume dev'essere in modo situata, che ogni corpo faccia tanto lunga l'ombra sua per terra, quanto è a sinistra la sua altezza." (Light for natural drawing should be from the North, so that it does not change; but if you use a south looking window, keep it diffused, so that the quality of the sunlight throughout the day does not change. The height of the source of light should be arranged so that each subject projects a shadow on the ground equal to the subject's height.)

[Jiri Vasina]

Christopher, thanks for the clarification. One can always learn from the masters, be they dead for centuries (like da Vinci), or still producing new inspiration (like you ).

Jiri