Still-Life Images, 2011

[Sart_S]

Beautiful work, Sart...just great!

Thank you!

[cjbroadbent]

Less flowers, more Cindarella. On gritty Tmax 400 8x10 with a Symmar stopped right down.

[Ken Lee]

Less flowers, more Cindarella. On gritty Tmax 400 8x10 with a Symmar stopped right down.

The drooping flowers (their graceful curves) and the hand-made items help if feel more ancient, reposed, eternal.

[Scott --]

My new, latest love, an Ansco Super Speedex:


Ansco Super Speedex... by Scott --, on Flickr

Shot with the Asanuma 4x5, Sironar-N MC 210/5.6 on Arista.EDU Ultra 100

[szadow]

I bought myself a new toy, a Polaroid 405 instant pack film holder. This was a quick test shot using a Fuji FP-100C film. This is my first ever instant film photograph.

Sinar F2 + Rodenstock Sinaron-N 210mm/5.6
Exposure 24sec f10 ISO100
Film: Fuji FP-100C in Polaroid 405 holder
Scanned from print with Epson 4870

[JoeV]

Harman Direct Positive FB Paper, preflashed, ISO 1.6, 4 second exposure indirect north light, 150mm binocular lens on Speed Graphic, about F/10. This lens has nice bokeh and funky off-axis aberrations. The results from some testing done today. To tame the high contrast I'm shooting this paper under indirect north daylight, rated at about ISO 1.6, with a slight preflash to improve shadow detail. I also found out that important to achieving rich black shadows is fresh, new paper developer.

Straight scan, white and black points set on scanner, no additional image manipulation except resize for posting to Internet.

My way of thinking about this paper is that it's very similar to wet plate collodion, in terms of speed and lighting.

~Joe

PS: You can see along the right side of the bottom edge of the paper a bit of shininess from the scanner. This fiber based paper has that nice Ilford glossy shine, the shadows are very rich and deep, provided you use fresh developer (I used Ilford PQ liquid concentrate, newly purchased). These one-of-a-kind paper images have the potential of being very nice when matted and framed.

BTW, the background along the edge of the scan is white printer paper behind the Harman positive, included as a reference.

[JoeV]

Harman Direct Positive Paper, same setup as above, about the same exposure (3.5 seconds). I gave this one a bit less preflash, hence the shadows are a bit too dense. Olivetti Lettera 22 manual portable typewriter, olive green in color. Indirect north light.

~Joe

[JoeV]

Harman Direct Positive Paper. A very impromptu still life, salt and pepper shakers on the dining room table, indirect north light through sliding glass door behind camera, 30 second exposure. Same setup as previous. Included are dust and fibers on the paper, and a tong mark in upper right corner. Must see about replacing my almost 20 year-old paper tongs.

BTW, I metered the scene using a Gossen Luna Pro F set to ISO 1.6, referenced the exposure time for the lens F-stop (around F/11.5 with bellows factored in), no additional compensation. Just ensure there's no artificial lighting to confuse the meter; the paper isn't sensitive to incandescent lights, only UV/blue.

~Joe

[mdm]

Good work! Its nice having a print within only a few minutes of developing.

[PViapiano]

Christopher, this is wonderful. The arc of the flowers extending over the right side of the table is just spot on with the echo of the pitcher handles and embossed design, the curves of the cloth and the stem of the orphaned rose.