January Still Life

[Brian Ellis]

"This message has been deleted by Ken Lee. Reason: Off-topic, Religion, Politics, etc"

Asking people to stay on topic and not post messages about religion, politics, etc. is off-topic?

[Jim Cole]

Here's another from the wine set. Shot with a 150 Sironar N at f/45 on 4x5 Acros, the image is about 1/2 life size. It was arranged to allow for the rectangular crop that you see here.

[Jim Galli]

"This message has been deleted by Ken Lee. Reason: Off-topic, Religion, Politics, etc"

Asking people to stay on topic and not post messages about religion, politics, etc. is off-topic?

Perhaps not, but getting the whole discussion stirred up again after 6 pages of peace was certainly unnecessary.

[Ken Lee]

"Asking people to stay on topic and not post messages about religion, politics, etc. is off-topic?"

It's fine for us to ask people to stay on topic, as long as we follow the guidelines: "To have a healthy and informative forum, it's essential that participants maintain a respectful and professional decorum."

Here's a nice quote that many of us would do well to follow - myself especially

"May my words today be sweet and tender - for tomorrow I may have to eat them."

[Vaughn]

Sabre Tooth Tiger Skull in Snow

This is my first experiment with x-ray film. I assumed the ISO to be somewhere around 100 and metered accordingly - in actuality, seems to be closer to 400. ...

Well done! I am using a different x-ray film (Agfa), but I find that out under the sky it is very fast 400 to 800 ASA. But get in a situation where the amount of blue light is relatively rare (such as under the thick canopy of the forest), the effective ASA drops -- and there seems to be a healthy amount of reciprocity failure, too.

There has been some discussion about using x-ray film -- a search might find those threads for you. Some folks are having good luck using some of the pyro developers. Most x-ray films have emulsion on both sides, which can leave you open to scratches.

Have fun!

PS -- I am using Ilford PQ Universal developer, but this may not be the best developer.

[bvaughn4]

Thanks Vaughn, I'll have to remember the variation with the available light. I didn't know whether to get blue or green to start with. Read all the threads I could find about xray here. Need to search again and see if anything clicks now after actually using some!

[David Aimone]

Crop of a 4x5. Pyrocat-MC Efke 25. So-so scan.

[David Aimone]

Efke 25, Pyrocat-MC, Velostigmat II 7.5", Chamonix 045n-2

[cjbroadbent]

Re-scanned this 4x5 last week. Another of twelve recipies shot with a Technika and a floppy Gozzano windowlight on a boom on location in a fridge factory.

[Jim Cole]

Mmmm. Let's eat.