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

[swmcl]

Thank you.

I'm feeling very lucky to get images sometimes ! I see something wrong in the top right corner now. Some sort of chemical issue like it hasn't had developer in the very corner of the sheet ? It reminds me of a fluid wash / drainage thing more than a light leak.

Cheers,

Steve

[djdister]

Thank you.

I'm feeling very lucky to get images sometimes ! I see something wrong in the top right corner now. Some sort of chemical issue like it hasn't had developer in the very corner of the sheet ? It reminds me of a fluid wash / drainage thing more than a light leak.

Cheers,

Steve

It looks more like a very tiny light leak either from the film holder or the bellows.

[swmcl]

Hmmm... this was before I filed notches in my film holders recently so I don't know which one it would be...

[Ken Lee]

Espresso Cups, March 2015
Sinar P, 10 3/4 inch Apochromat Artar
5x7 HP5+, D-23

[appletree]

Stupid question, what is giving the porcelain (or similar) the milky quality in your photos Ken?
The lens, the developing, lens movements, etc?

[Ken Lee]

Stupid question, what is giving the porcelain (or similar) the milky quality in your photos Ken?
The lens, the developing, lens movements, etc?

It's a very good question. The milky quality comes from lighting, exposure, development, scanning, editing, composition, choice of lens, focal length and aperture...all those things.

There's also an element of what we might call human visual perception at work, where adjacent tones affect one another. The same item will appear dark when placed next to a white item, and light next when placed next to a dark item. We can use this to our advantage (if we like that sort of thing) much as painters combine adjacent colors.

[appletree]

It's a very good question. The milky quality comes from lighting, exposure, development, scanning, editing, composition, choice of lens, focal length and aperture...all those things.

There's also an element of what we might call human visual perception at work, where adjacent tones affect one another. The same item will appear dark when placed next to a white item, and light next when placed next to a dark item. We can use this to our advantage (if we like that sort of thing) much as painters combine adjacent colors.

Wow, very fascinating. Thank you. Oh and wonderful photo...never complimented it!

I suspected it might be a combination of everything, just wasn't sure if particular things had more influence. In the 1000s of photographs I have taken never had a photo come out with this sort of perception...and noticed it in a lot of your recent macro/close-up work.

Learning is so great. I just learned about Scheimpflug and that amazed me. The idea that I will be able to manipulate the image plane's DOF is just boggling coming from someone shooting 35mm and 120 for 5+ years now.

Thanks again. Sorry for no photo contributions, yet...although will in the future (4x5 topics though).

[Robert Langham]

Out with Deardorff in the smooth light. Was after blooming trees but most are frost-burned.


Lake Road.

[Jody_S]

Learning is so great. I just learned about Scheimpflug...

I think you will find this forum to be one of the better ones for learning about photography in general, not just 'large format'. I tried a couple of other forums which seemed to be all about gear, buying the latest whatever for ungodly amounts of money. But here, we just post our pics and discuss how we made them. I've seen a huge improvement in my own photography since I started hanging out here; I cannot say the same for the other forum I tried before this one.

[appletree]

I think you will find this forum to be one of the better ones for learning about photography in general, not just 'large format'. I tried a couple of other forums which seemed to be all about gear, buying the latest whatever for ungodly amounts of money. But here, we just post our pics and discuss how we made them. I've seen a huge improvement in my own photography since I started hanging out here; I cannot say the same for the other forum I tried before this one.

Wow. I love to hear that. It seems like a very nice bunch of people, many of which have an endless amount of knowledge and experience. I mainly have been sitting back and reading/watching in my time here so far. Only have a few more "pieces" left to kit and my kit is ready to start shooting. I get my first batch of 4x5 film in tomorrow.