June 2011 Portraits

[northcarolinajack]

Rachael, taked at a family reunion Saturday.

Deardoff 8x10
Wollensak Portrait Series A
Delta 100 in DDX

[Stephane]

Eddie's last evening in Oslo... Thanks for the visit!
Steven's 18" Port-Land @ f/5.6

[Steve M Hostetter]

Eddie's last evening in Oslo... Thanks for the visit!
Steven's 18" Port-Land @ f/5.6

Yep,,, that's how I always imagined eddie looking..

[Stephane]

Again, through the same 18" Port-Land closed down (f/8 or f/11).

[Coelus]

Since Ai WeiWei was mentioned earlier in theis thread I thought I'd share this from APE (via New York Times) a few minutes ago.
"Mr. Ai was reached on his cell phone shortly before 12:30 a.m. Thursday. “I’m released, I’m home, I’m fine,” he said in English. “In legal terms, I’m — how do you say — on bail. So I cannot give any interviews. But I’m fine.”

http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/06/...iwei-released/

[Donald Miller]

Father and Son - Luna, Luzon PI

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

[William McEwen]

good one.

But one question: 200iso - HC110 for 6.5min?

I almost always expose my tri-X at 200 iso and develop them for 4 min max!

at 400 iso I develop them at 6 min max...

Yeah, I'm in HC-110 Dilution B for three minutes.

Remember HC stands for High Contrast. It's a great developer, and negs don't need to be in it very long...

[cdholden]

Again, through the same 18" Port-Land closed down (f/8 or f/11).

Even hindered by your choice of subject, you still manage to pull off a great portrait!
Nice work. I really like the lighting in this one.

[Stephane]

Thanks Christopher, but I missed the focus on this one...
Easier to focus SF lenses wide open, it is more forgiving for the subject and photographer.

[cdholden]

Thanks Christopher, but I missed the focus on this one...
Easier to focus SF lenses wide open, it is more forgiving for the subject and photographer.

True. Viewing this on my phone's browser, it looks like focus is sharper on the nose than the eye. While you feel like you fired and missed, I think the lack of shadow detail adds an air of mystery... like an actor stepping out of the darkness, into the spotlight.
Regardless of focal sharpness, I think this works as a whole.