Nice!Originally Posted by Christopher D. Keth
Nice!
One of my early attemts with 8X10 X-ray film. Can't remember the lens.
Linda & Stella
Resurecting a dead thread?
"Tigger"
("Dexter" is the black blob in the background)
CSX Green latitude X-ray film, ISO 200 HC-110 1:63 in trays
F/S 8X10
No name 13" projection Petzval, about f/11
It's not a dead thread, just one of the less active ones.
Capturing pets on LF, particularly cats, is a greater challenge than capturing a landscape or still life.
Every time I set up the camera, the cats insist on coming up and sniffing the lens, so I spend the next hours cleaning it.
Tigger is a nice cat.
- Leigh
If you believe you can, or you believe you can't... you're right.
Leigh, he got up just a few seconds after I tripped the Packard shutter.
Good timing, I was just about to look for this thread. Looks like a very comfy cat you've got there Randy!
Took these yesterday (with apologies to Randy Moe about the gator) at St. Marks NWR. Chamonix 4x5 w/ "vinny special" extension bar and my Nikkor 720mm tele. f/32, 1/2 second, on TMX, developed in T-Max developer semi-stand:
More gators!
I'm ecstatic with this shot. These little guys were patient with me while I set up the 4x5. I have never seen baby ones in the wild (don't worry, I was in a safe boardwalk area with no way for mama to get me, if she would've shown up).
I luckily happened to throw in the 300/9 Nikkor before going out today. Shot with some expired Velvia 100F, f/45, 1/2s exposure, front tilt, slight crop:
Oh, and a heavy crop of one of them:
Really good for a half second exposure, Bryan. Everything's tack sharp, including the babies. I've never been within a thousand yards of an alligator, myself.
Jonathan
Yeah I risked it, but I wanted to really make sure they were in focus as I just kinda took a stab at how much tilt I needed and focused by eye. The boardwalk has a high rail, so I was leaning the tripod on the rail, pointing it way down with as much fall as I could do, to get this. Think 45 degree angle. It worked out, barely. The rear one's legs are moving a bit.
Not even in an aquarium though? I must say, seeing any animal out in the wild though is 100x better. More exciting when you nail a shot too!
I was trying out the capabilities of 8x10 with Deardorff shortly after I got it. Used front swing for this. Got her to sit still just long enough.
HP5+, 240mm Symmar-S
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