January 2012 portraits

[Harley Goldman]

Made this one during a wet plate workshop

Arold.



Hermagis 420mm 4.2
Black Glass ambrotype
KCN Fixer
exposure time 6 secs

Really well done, Alex. Portraits are generally not my thing, but this one works for me. Very haunting.

[rpalm]

[QUOTE=Stephane;832447]Maia through a Goerz Lynkeioscope 480/6

Very nice!

r

[chassis]

and through a Kalosat at f/8

Stephane, this really works for me. The composition is a little similar to Ansel Adams' "Mrs. Sigmund Stern" and, more closely, his "Magaret Sanger in Her Garden, Tuscon, Arizona".

[ajsikel]

r.e.
very sorry for the delay in answering. been away.
some fellow user also asked about the details, so here they are.
The image was scanned and also edited . The blur is the result of a slight front tilt of the 240mm lens, there was a little fan involved and also a 400w light source on the right, slight vignetting is the result of the lens use on 4x5, the rest, darkening, kinda layers were edited.
unfortunetelly, for the time being im not able to produce lf prints, still looking for a proper enlarger, i hope this does not leave you disappointed anyway.
peter

Hi ajsikel,

Could you share some technical details about how you made this portrait?

Thanks.

[r.e.]

r.e.
very sorry for the delay in answering. been away.
some fellow user also asked abouth the details, so here they are.
The image was scanned and also edited . The blur is the result of a slight front tilt of the 240mm lens, there was a little fan involved and also a 400w light source on the right, slight vignetting is the result of the lens use on 4x5, the rest, darkening, kinda layers were edited.
unfortunetelly, for the time being im not able to produce lf prints, still looking for a prober enlarger, i hope this does not leave you disappointed anyway.
peter

Thanks Peter for taking the time, very informative.

For those who are interested, we are talking about the photograph at the beginning of this thread, second post.

[Scott --]

Birthday shot of my son. Nothing earth-shattering, but my little preemie is growing up.

Happy Birthday... by Scott --, on Flickr

10x12 Ilford FP4+ in HC-110 dil H.

[Jim Galli]

and through a Kalosat at f/8

This one is breath taking. Most gorgeous I've seen in a time. The only lens it seems I don't have, is a Kalosat! I think my 18" Gundlach Achromatic Meniscus would come very close though.

[dwp]

Simple enough - develop longer, at the same temperature of course. In this case I'd give it at least 20% more. That would be an extra minute (actually 63 seconds but a minute is close enough.)

Thanks Roger, let me try and post result.

[Tim Meisburger]

r.e.
unfortunately, for the time being im not able to produce lf prints, still looking for a proper enlarger, i hope this does not leave you disappointed anyway.
peter

Hi Peter. I saw in another thread that Gandofi in Denmark has too many enlargers. Perhaps he would be willing to sell you one, if you are up for a road trip!

I love your work, by the way, and thought that portrait a wonderful way to start the New Year.

Best, Tim

[Stephane]

and through a plasticca 400/4.

Jim, I believe you got to play with that Kalosat. Dont you also have an 18" PS semi-achromatic and/or Port-Land?