post "in Galli style"

**Jim Galli** · 9-Oct-2018, 19:40

Originally Posted by jp

Thanks Jim. Yes, my youngest has been most often the model.

This soft focus photo (with 7.25 verito) is mostly a photo of memories though it is rich with shapes and patterns. Old lakefront cottage, towel for swimming, chair for supervising.

There isn't much I like better than a cabin with a porch with a chair.

**peter brooks** · 5-Nov-2018, 13:35

Silver Birches by Peter Brooks

P2 5x7, 300mm barrel Imagon with third disk wide open, 1/2 sec. Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1:50

Strangely I kind of like the artifacts in the background, a collection of little supernovas happening in the woods

**Jim Galli** · 5-Nov-2018, 13:57

Originally Posted by peter brooks

Silver Birches by Peter Brooks

P2 5x7, 300mm barrel Imagon with third disk wide open, 1/2 sec. Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1:50

Strangely I kind of like the artifacts in the background, a collection of little supernovas happening in the woods

What a spectacular image. Perfectly lovely.

**Louis Pacilla** · 5-Nov-2018, 19:16

Originally Posted by Jim Galli

What a spectacular image. Perfectly lovely.

I totally agree! Terrific use of the 300mm Imagon w/ disk!

BTW-I also like the look of the Kuhn bug artifacts in your image and I most always don't appreciate them. The artifacts probably work here because they are NOT caused by "pinpoint" light sources but instead caused by diffused sky lighting through openings in the branches.

Wonderful image!

jp · 5-Nov-2018, 19:21

It's a happy family of Kuhn bugs right in the perfect spot. I generally don't appreciate them, but they look good in this photo. It's a great photo.

**Mark Sawyer** · 5-Nov-2018, 21:03

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, and full of Kuhn-bugs...

**peter brooks** · 7-Nov-2018, 14:01

Many thanks for your kind comments. Luckily that little group of trees is about 200yds down the road. I've been studying them for a while. They seem to be an ideal pictorial subject - maybe just a little more softness required?

Not sure if this one counts, it's more stark black and whites than lovely Galli greys

White pinks by Peter Brooks

5x7. Schable Wollaston 250mm, 36mm stop (about f9 at that distance), 1/2 sec (window light), Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1:50

**Jim Galli** · 7-Nov-2018, 14:12

Originally Posted by peter brooks

. . . maybe just a little more softness required?

I thought it was just about perfect

**lee nadel** · 7-Nov-2018, 14:43

really deep.beautiful. lee

jp · 17-Nov-2018, 10:54

My neighbor's commercial fishing gear. Nets and floats on a dedicated semi-trailer with winch to move it on and off the fishing boat.
Rockland Maine. October 2018. Preanniversary speed graphic, 7.25" Verito soft focus lens. 4x5 tmax 400 tmy2 film in pyrocat hdc

img559 by Jason Philbrook, on Flickr