June 2012 Portraits

[SergeiR]

Thank you very much guys,

@ corran i usally develop for lower contrast in order to get a good negative for hyprid processing , i really like the way it looks and think that it is the best way to shot the aero ektar in order to get this dreamy portrait look, if you develop for contrast the out of focus areas can get very distracting, blotchy and gluey fast ( i hope this is the right word) i really love the rendering in the back of the second image its fitting in nicely , so for me its creamy soft > gluey harsh

greetings luke

Yup. Imho - the way they done is just right.

[Corran]

I don't mean to disparage the photos or anything, btw. Perhaps it's a subject for another thread. Personally, I feel it is very muddy looking and kind of drab. I can think of a couple other photogs here that generally have the same "style" in tonality. Just not my cup of tea.

[Jay DeFehr]

I don't mean to disparage the photos or anything, btw. Perhaps it's a subject for another thread. Personally, I feel it is very muddy looking and kind of drab. I can think of a couple other photogs here that generally have the same "style" in tonality. Just not my cup of tea.

I think I know what you mean, Bryan, and I have a similar reaction. It seems as if some take an almost mathematical approach to imaging, with an emphasis on stretching the dynamic range so far everything looks....dim, lifeless. I understand Luke's problem with the distracting highlights caused by his lens, and to be fair, his images look a lot better (to my eyes) on my iPad than they do here at work, similar to the images I posted in the tiny formats thread, but I see it as a problem that demanded a compromise, and not an effect to be pursued.

But maybe you're right and this is a subject for another thread. I hope I haven't offended anyone.

[Frank Petronio]

I opened them and applied more contrast just to see what they would look like and they would be very nice, the softness of the image counters the harsher light. Good photos either way and it's good to see them. I think the Aero-Ektar makes trendy photos, I prefer more of an edge in subject and tonality, but they are excellent images for what you were going for.

[Reinhold Schable]

285mm Wollaston Meniscus, f:8, 5x7 Deardorff, on Arista 125

..... John E. ....

More about the lens here: www.Re-inventedPhotoEquip.com
Reinhold

[John Conway]

last pictures of june, hiking tru the german woods i have found something new :-)

Well, that does it Luke. I can't take it anymore. I'm packing my bags and heading for that area of German woods that your hanging out at and making these fine images. Again, very nice work.

[RPippin]

Couple of shots in my new studio, shot on FP4+, Sinar Norma 4X5, 150mm, developed in PMK, scanned negative. My lovely assistant, Kimi.

[Luke79]

Thank you all very much !

Frank could you Post One edit you have made in Order for me to See the difference?
Im really interested and would like to learn more,
I really Appreciate all of your Input on that matter, cause i am starting Out in LF and this is my First half year
Want to learn more :-) and John yes there is plenty of Woods over here

[jonreid]

Crappy 60-year old lens on a cheap American 4x5 camera using ordinary film, drunk on beer.

Attachment 76308

I dig this frame Frank.

Jon