In Praise of 5x7... Post'em !

**David Brunell** · 25-Feb-2016, 23:10

"Station 12"
Silver chloride contact print (LODIMA)
Deardorff 5x7", Fujinon 250mm f/6.7 @ f/32, Ilford fp4 @ asa 100 in pmk-pyro, Weston's Amidol, selenium toned.

**dasBlute** · 18-Mar-2016, 16:42

really nice tonality here, David, a very nice print

**Rick A** · 28-Apr-2016, 17:44

First shot with my B&J 5x7, Wollensak Velostigmat 7 1/4" on blue xray film in Rodinal (1+50 rotary)
contact print on Adox MCP 310 in LPD
Now to tame the contrast!

**Tin Can** · 28-Apr-2016, 17:49

Good job! I really like it.

**Rael** · 29-Apr-2016, 04:19

Van Dyke Brown contact print on Rives Cold Press Block. Not exactly the right time of the season, but the picture itself seems kind of timeless to me. The scanning process makes the paper texture a bit more pronounced than it is when you're looking directly at it.

**Rick A** · 8-Jun-2016, 09:39

5x7 B&J/Wollensak Velostigmat ser II 7 1/4" on MRX blue xray film, contact print on #3 paper

**austin granger** · 13-Jun-2016, 19:29

Ola Nell, Astoria, Oregon by Austin Granger, on Flickr

**Ken Lee** · 13-Jun-2016, 19:58

Originally Posted by austin granger

Ola Nell, Astoria, Oregon by Austin Granger, on Flickr

Now you're talkin' !

Gotta see the big version on flickr.

**windij** · 5-Jul-2016, 14:43

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Coal Mine Canyon on the edge of the Painted Desert, Navajo Reservation, Arizona
Wollensak Triple Convertible Lens, shot at 330 mm
FP4 (5x7) Developed in D76

**ScottPhotoCo** · 14-Jul-2016, 12:03

In my ever continuing quest to be a better photographer I study the works of other artists to see what I can learn from them. One of the artists I have been studying recently is Edward Weston. He has a very well known photograph of a pepper that is quite beautiful. While I never intend to copy another artists work I sometimes will shoot something very similar as an exercise to "see" the light, subject matter and approach that they used to make one of their well known images.

This, while nowhere near as memorable or beautiful as the Weston pepper is one of the test shots made in my learning process. I like it–and I don't. The light is nice. The curves are interesting but it is still a complete derivative of a previously made photograph. But, I can take this knowledge, experience and approach and add it to my knowledge base for anything else I shoot in the future. I love to learn.

Century Studio Camera 9 + 42cm Heliar + 5x7 Foma 100 + XTOL 1:1
Window light

Pepper – 2016 by Tim Scott, on Flickr