Bridges

[notorius]

That is a very nice shot. Regarding the softness of the distant tower, I looked at the full size Flickr page and noticed that there are a couple of other places that are inexplicably soft. From looking at the foreground and the land on the other side of the bridge, you obviously used a small aperture for great depth of field. It's sharp from side to side and top to bottom, except near that far tower, as if the neg has a bubble that affected the sharpness either in shooting or scanning. There is a similar "bubble" at the bottom, slightly right of center. There is no reason for that to be blurry. I don't think you made a mistake. I think something else is at play.

I noticed that too. I can see it going from the foreground through the river up to that distant tower. The grain is homogenously sharp across the whole frame, so it must have been some issue when taking the shot. Something wrong with lens(or filter) maybe?

[FishyFishArcade]

That is a very nice shot. Regarding the softness of the distant tower, I looked at the full size Flickr page and noticed that there are a couple of other places that are inexplicably soft. From looking at the foreground and the land on the other side of the bridge, you obviously used a small aperture for great depth of field. It's sharp from side to side and top to bottom, except near that far tower, as if the neg has a bubble that affected the sharpness either in shooting or scanning. There is a similar "bubble" at the bottom, slightly right of center. There is no reason for that to be blurry. I don't think you made a mistake. I think something else is at play.

Thanks for this. I think you're right - I can't see any way that the blurry areas can be caused by camera movements. I think it might be my yellow filter. I've just looked through my shots taken with this camera and lens and all the images where this issue occurs are ones where I used my yellow filter. No sign of out of focus areas in the others (except for stuff that is clearly a result of tilt or swing).

[FishyFishArcade]

I noticed that too. I can see it going from the foreground through the river up to that distant tower. The grain is homogenously sharp across the whole frame, so it must have been some issue when taking the shot. Something wrong with lens(or filter) maybe?

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I think you're right. I don't think it's my lens as I have pictures where everything is fine. As with my reply above, I'm erring towards it being the yellow filter - all the shots I have with this problem have been taken while using that filter.

I'll shoot my next few frames without any filters and see how they turn out. It'll be good to remove the cause of the problem, if disappointing that I had to find out the hard way.

[FishyFishArcade]

A heavy truck that causes shakes?

That would have to be a biiig truck! I think I would have noticed that much shaking without even taking a picture.

[FishyFishArcade]

Chamonix 045N-1
Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6
Ilford HP5+ (with yellow filter)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°


Beneath the Humber Bridge by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

[Ulophot]

Nice tonality!

[FishyFishArcade]

Nice tonality!

Thanks.

[djdister]

Old Paper Mill Bridge, Phoenix, MD (39.50175567833534, -76.62253394967739)
Canham 4x5 Wood
90mm Super Angulon (?)
Delta 100

[Doremus Scudder]

Old Paper Mill Bridge, Phoenix, MD (39.50175567833534, -76.62253394967739)
Canham 4x5 Wood
90mm Super Angulon (?)
Delta 100

Yes!

[Roger Thoms]

Old Paper Mill Bridge, Phoenix, MD (39.50175567833534, -76.62253394967739)
Canham 4x5 Wood
90mm Super Angulon (?)
Delta 100

Very nicely done.

Roger