Paper negatives

[hendrik faure]

8x10 paper neg scanned transparent

[mono]

Great!

[hendrik faure]

thank you Folker - I am looking for something after Banse und Grohmann NP 15.
I will try a gravure from this neg, but I fear that shadows are not enough separated.
best regards
h.

[Pitcherman]

All these were shot with my Kodak Master View 8x10 with one great big softbox and a 1000 w/s strobe.
I used Ilford MG IV RC glossy developed in some nice dingy MG developer. I scanned them and touched up contrast in PS and LR

Still life


Two of my Dad, Robert S Cooper Sr. He thinks he looks grumpy. BTW, this is the first time I have shot another human being with this, or any, 8x10 camera and also the first time shooting another human being on paper neg.



split toning done in LR

[Pitcherman]

Thanks Tim.

I quite like this. The contrast works really well in this composition.

[Pitcherman]

Hendrik-
you scanned this as a negative? i.e. through the paper?
I love the effect.

8x10 paper neg scanned transparent

[pasiasty]

model & MUA: Klara

Dallmeyer's Quick-Acting Portrait Lens No. 1B
Cambo SC3 5x7
Fomaspeed S 311 paper negative
indigo-toned contact print

[Bazz8]

The Chair and Rose is a beauty,the rest have good tone and sharpness Dads just like most dads
perhaps a little reserved
Bazz8


split toning done in LR
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[hendrik faure]

Hendrik-
you scanned this as a negative? i.e. through the paper?
I love the effect.

Robert, yes - it is Kodak polymax fineart glossy scanned like a negativ with epson V 750 pro. The result was very flat tonal range, adapted by photoshop.
Surface scan (only inverted) looks like this:

I am not fully pleased with both

[buzzardkid]

This thread has given me enough confidence to finally have a try at LF.

Before, I was at a loss over all the things that could go wrong, and the Vageeswari 5x7 I bought wasn't that usable either so I decided to forget the whole idea.
Recently I have decided that I really need to try LF to forward my (future) portrait photography and shooting on paper doesn't sound that frightening.

Meantime, I lost my income and now am pretty broke and on unemployment benefits, until next summer.

Question: did anyone try shooting with an enlarger for a camera, or shoot paper negatives with a self-made camera? I have a bellows lying around and might be able to build something during the winter...

Thanks for any pointers, welcome in a PM if it would lead the thread subject astray...

Johan
Holland