June 2012 Portraits

[John Conway]

Just made the leap from 5x4 to 8x10.. my 5x4 GG looks tiny now

first neg from new camera, fomatone 400 rated at 200 10 mins in rodinal 1+50 contact printed on agfa grade 2 paper.

Rittreckview with 8x10 back, fujinon w f 6.3 wide open. this was just a test really... loving the move to 8x10 so far!!!

Scan of print:

Very nice. I have the 250 6.3 that I use often on 4x5 and have been considering using the lens on 8x10. I think I'll give it a try. Again, nice shot.

[dlin]

Kate
18" Verito
4x5 Fortepan 200

[Nathan67]

Thanks John
I have heard it is tight at infinity... but it certainly covers 8x10. At my normal working distances (people) I have more than enough room for movements if I so desire... Love this Fuji lens... got a 360 f6.3 on its way too... Really looking forward to trying that out!

[vitality]

Sinar 4x5, Ilford FP4+

[brchambe]

Gandolfi, I like the cropped version. Some how the square (or almost square) seems to work better with this image. I could go on and on about why I think so but I'm sure that's not important. To me anyway it just feels right cropped.

[Old-N-Feeble]

Am I seeing some Photoshop-ing going on... here and there?

[cdholden]

Sinar 4x5, Ilford FP4+

Something looks wrong here. How did you create this image?
There an overly pronounced aura on the left side and face, but not on the right shoulder or top of her head. The aura on the right shoulder isn't even consistent with the right arm and right side of her face.

Chris

[Jay DeFehr]

Something looks wrong here. How did you create this image?
There an overly pronounced aura on the left side and face, but not on the right shoulder or top of her head. The aura on the right shoulder isn't even consistent with the right arm and right side of her face.

Chris

Diffusion varies with focus.

[Mark Sawyer]

Diffusion varies with focus.

Yes, but I'm with Chris, something odd going on. That level of halation/glow happens when a soft lens is used wide open, but this image has a deep depth of field, indicating a smaller aperture. Not a criticism, as it's a very nice image, (my compliments, Vitality!). Just curious what's going on... (If I had to guess, I call it a strong Softar filter, but that's just a wild guess...)

Please, Vitality, tell us your secret!

[cdholden]

Diffusion varies with focus.

It can also vary with lighting or color contrasts... but neither are consistent in this photo. Diffusion on the plane of focus isn't either.