May 2009 Portraits

[Ken Lee]

Do animals count?

Very much so - especially as their portraits illustrate "...how to capture attitude from shoulders, elbows and to a lesser extent, the hands"

Or should I say... paws ?

[chuck461]

Do animals count?

I hope so!
Iris at Coopers Rock. 10" Darlot Petzval. 5X7 contact print on Azo.

[chuck461]

Iris at Coopers Rock...Again

Same info as above.

[Eric James]

Wow Chuck, you can just about reach in there and give Iris a pet. Nice shot, and great dimensionality!!!

[Steve M Hostetter]

This boys grandad (my brother) was a golden glove boxer and boxed the former champ Marvin Johnson ... the boy just might be a fighter some day

[Jiri Vasina]

My Apo-Ronar 480mm is without shutter, so I had to choose such a combination of film/shutter/aperture to allow for lens-cap-shutter instead - f/22 and 2sec. And my wife managed to hold perfectly still... It is my first portrait with this lens, but have to do more as I like it very much...

Jana

Chamonix 5×8", Rodenstock Apo-Ronar 480mm, 4¾×6½", Wephota NP 15, Rodinal.

[Armin Seeholzer]

Jiri its very nice and you have a very pretty woman!
Is it the single coated APO Ronar so then I should als test mine, but I'm lucky mine is in a shutter, but only single coated. But with only 4 lenses it should not be a problem.

Cheers Armin

[mandoman7]

8x10 w/11in Verito at F8 I think.

[Mark Sawyer]

John, if you check the thread title, you'll notice this thread is for May 2009, not 1927, which is when yours appears to be from...

Lovely, nonetheless!

[Jim Graves]

John, if you check the thread title, you'll notice this thread is for May 2009, not 1927, which is when yours appears to be from...

Lovely, nonetheless!

Mark ... I laughed out loud when I read your response because I was thinking the same exact thing.

This is one of the nice effects of a soft focus that you just can't get any other way.

Very nice photo ... nice lighting angle and love the disappearing lane behind the subjects. That is a classic from another era!