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[shileshjani]

Let's see more of your stuff. All below were shot on 4x5 Fuji Acros or Provia, various lenses.

[Hugo Zhang]

First three by a Vitax lens, last one by Apo-Skopar 45cm lens.

[Henry Ambrose]

Three kayaks.

135mm on 4x5, scan from negative.

[cobalt]

Done with Crown Graphic...before I broke it!! At this summer's Detroit Jazz Festival.

[cobalt]

Playing around...pushing tmax 100 to 800 w/ektars...I like ektars...

[cobalt]

Ok...last one...

[roteague]

Gee..... great images. I guess I'm going to have to scan one or two transparencies tonight (just got a new batch in :D)

[Christopher Perez]

Another new picture post? Hmmm... how 'bout this one? In Goddess Palladium, of course. :)

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/palladium/images/farm1002_450.jpg

The scan is a little off. You should see the original print. :) :)

This is an 8x10 inch contact print from Deardorff, Symmar Convertible f/5.6, TMax400.

[Monty McCutchen]

Chris is right--you SHOULD see the original print. I've been lucky enough to and its outstanding. Thanks for putting up here!

Monty

[Christopher Perez]

Monty is being kind. :)

I can't wait to see some of Monty's wet plate work in person. :) :) :)


Chris is right--you SHOULD see the original print. I've been lucky enough to and its outstanding. Thanks for putting up here!

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Cool stuff....here's my latest...

Pentax 67, 105mm, Delta 100

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/commode1.jpg

[Rory_5244]

Eh eh, Jeffrey. Looks like you found my bathroom.

[Ben Hopson]

Nice image Jeffrey. You must have one huge leaf placement kit!

Ben

[Ben Hopson]

From Zion last month on Astia 100F

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Beautiful image, Ben. The clarity is exquisite.

Yeah, I have a leaf machine. It's the liquid amber tree that is about ten feet from this commode, the leftovers of a remodel at home this summer.

[Ben Hopson]

Here is another from Zion...

[Frank Petronio]

Here's what I shot the other day, Porta 400NC is great film.

[PViapiano]

Frank, what are you scanning these negs with?

[Frank Petronio]

Just an Epson 4990. I use the crappy Epson software for color and VueScan for grayscale, it seems to work better for me although I still think the interface is dumb.

I should probably get Silverfast or something.

I scan 4x5 at 1200 dpi, about 48 mb per channel in 16-bit. I add the film frame from a collection of scanned film frames I did. It allows me to crop. With my newer stuff (2006) I use the film frame to distinguish large format from digital captures.

Then again I should probably get a real computer instead of an old Ti Powerbook.

Here is a greyscale conversion. Darn it, I didn't get the right plug-ins or Actions so I just did what I thought looked nice ;)

You know, I have a really great wife...

[Jeffrey Sipress]

You actually ADD the film frame? Why?

[Frank Petronio]

Because I am a pretentious poser, of course. I just think it looks good on certain images (not so much on landscapes) and it helps reinforce that it is done on film.

I have only cheated once (putting the frame on a digital) but I was under pressure. It haunts me.

Seriously, it is a nice way to distinguish film from digital. Once it goes to a client I doubt they will retain the film frame, but in a portfolio it is a good addition. Amongst some of the fashion/portrait clients they somehow think film is more prestigious or better some how. I really don't agree -- a good image is a good image -- but I do love the way large format looks.

BTW, these were with a 150 Symmar-S @ f/5.6 using 250 watt tungsten and room lights, at 1/15th sec on ISO 400 Porta NC. Who needs strobe?

[Charles Webb]

I disagree! Leaving the frame in the printed image, in the not too distant past indicated a proof or work print. When I see a print with the frame included I have the feeling that the photographer simply did not care enough to display his very best work.

I realize that my comments will change nothing, but I wish to make my point clear that at least one person who has spent his life behind a picture making box does not like the film frame in the finished print.

C Webb

[cobalt]

This is a heavy crop from an 8x10 neg...still have some work to do...trying out my new (to me) 14 inch Eastman Ektar....had to fashion a makeshift lensboard for use with a Korona 8x10...didn't quite make it light tight!

[Mark Sawyer]

From negatives made Sept. 15, 2006, on the 30th anniversary of Josef Sudek's passing...

[John Flavell]

Frank: I think all that "crappy" equipment is working just fine. I don't know that I'd change a thing given the success.

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

Here one from yesterday, trying some portraits with flash.
http://static.flickr.com/126/317744473_7c8757de03_o.jpg

The 250mmf/6.7 Fujinon is a wonderful portrait lens on 4x5.. :)

[Michael Graves]

Went to Pennsylvania last weekend. Here are two of the shots I got.

http://www.mwgraves.com/Portfolios/Speed_Graphic/Dushore_Main_Street.jpg

http://www.mwgraves.com/Portfolios/Speed_Graphic/Mildred_Outfitters.jpg

[PViapiano]

To Mark Sawyer...

Those are two of the most beautiful images I've seen in quite a while...and a fitting tribute to Sudek.

[C. D. Keth]

I disagree!...

C Webb

I actually like it a lot. Lately there is always the question of how your images originated, and this outright says how they originated. In any case, it's a signature thing to do.

[Jeffrey Sipress]

I agree with Charles Webb.

I've always disliked those annoying film edges showing. Maybe some think it's cool, hip, retro, or avante garde, but really it's just a poor presentation of someones work. It's not a part of the image. I can't believe how many folks here and else where do that. Why degrade your art in such a fashion. A well crafted images doesn't need to be comprimised to let some know how you made it. Either the image works or not. Be professional.

OK, I'm done now. Let the shredding begin....

[Frank Petronio]

Not that anything you guys will change my mind ;) but FWIW the thinking was that these were somewhat "raw" photos in the way they are styled and the locations chosen, as well the models' attitudes and appearance (lots of tattoos, etc.). In that context it seems appropriate.

Landscapes and other things I've done with large format don't have the frame lines, as do most of the more traditional portraits.

It's been done since forever. Avedon did it in the 50s and 60s. I doubt it is "cutting edge" but it just seems appropiate -- to me.

[Mark Sawyer]

To Mark Sawyer...

Those are two of the most beautiful images I've seen in quite a while...and a fitting tribute to Sudek.

Thank you. Sudek left us a vision and approach I can scarcely escape, and I scarcely want to try. Another...

[wfwhitaker]

Mark,

And perhaps a nod to Dali, too? ...not only for the disembodied eyes, but the for steep angle of the light and the curious inclusion of the Kyrie.

Very nice; I want to see more!

[Jon Wilson]

Here one from yesterday, trying some portraits with flash.
http://static.flickr.com/126/317744473_7c8757de03_o.jpg

The 250mmf/6.7 Fujinon is a wonderful portrait lens on 4x5.. :)

Very nice portrait, Amund. I truly like the young boy's gaze. What flash set up did you use?

[DrPablo]

http://www.pbase.com/drpablo74/image/71462014.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/drpablo74/image/71462013.jpg

[Mark Sawyer]

Mark,

And perhaps a nod to Dali, too? ...not only for the disembodied eyes, but the for steep angle of the light and the curious inclusion of the Kyrie.

Very nice; I want to see more!

A nod to Dali wasn't my intention, at least not conciously, but who knows what lurks in the in the dark little cubbyholes of our own minds... The Kyrie was the most important thing to me, but to anyone else, yes, it would be a curiousity.

One more, a simple one of my own, taken from an 11x14 negative, now 6x13.5:

[dietcookie]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b364/dietcookie/mattdip.jpg

[wfwhitaker]

...The Kyrie was the most important thing to me, but to anyone else, yes, it would be a curiousity.

I didn't say it was a curiosity, only that I found its inclusion curious. It's not obvious right away until you take the time to read it. It changes the photograph profoundly in that the background isn't simply some sheet music anymore, but something with a theological significance.

[Rory_5244]

I keep staring at that picture, dietcookie! Here's my 3rd 8x10 b&w shot. Ilford FP4+. Columbus Bay, Trinidad.

[Mark Sawyer]

I didn't say it was a curiosity, only that I found its inclusion curious. It's not obvious right away until you take the time to read it. It changes the photograph profoundly in that the background isn't simply some sheet music anymore, but something with a theological significance.

Forgive me, I misspoke. Yes, the Kyrie is a very significant work in itself, and a key to what underlies the image; thank you for appreciating it. There's another personal significance to me, one few others could know, but I suspect such to be the case with many photographs.

Looking at dietcookie's pair, I wonder at the reversal, one being a similar but flipped view of the other. Is there some hidden significance there?

Looking at many the images in these "picture posts", I think we focus sometimes too much on tools and techniques. Still, such things allow us to do what we do all the more effectively...

[dominikus bw]

Amund : it's really great potrait...
are you used self timer? kidding...:D

[roteague]

Great images:

Amund, you portraits are splendid. I just wish I could take portraits, even half as well as you.

DrPablo, your image brings back so many memories of the days I lived in Germany, and used to walk through some of the WWII cemetaries.

Thanks for sharing,

[dominikus bw]

here is my new pictures, Sinar F1 with Componon-S 100mm ( 1 & 2 ) & Symmar-S 150mm ( 3 )
restless in hollow, enigma & broken rose

[Mark Sawyer]

dominikus bw ~

simply beautiful, eloquent work.

[Mike Boden]

I went to Mono Lake over Thanksgiving weekend. What a wonderful place. Here are a few images from the trip. They were all shot with a Toyo 45AII and Provia film.

http://www.zoeticlight.com/images/Convergence_Web.jpg
"Convergence (http://www.zoeticlight.com/product_info.php/products_id/159)"

http://www.zoeticlight.com/images/StillMorning_Web.jpg
"Still Morning (http://www.zoeticlight.com/product_info.php/products_id/165)"

http://www.zoeticlight.com/images/Floating_Web.jpg
"Floating (http://www.zoeticlight.com/product_info.php/products_id/162)"

Also, there's a handful more on my website if you're interested in seeing them.

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

Very nice portrait, Amund. I truly like the young boy's gaze. What flash set up did you use?

Thanks John. I used an Alien Bee`s 1600 with a 20° Honeycomb grid attached. Placed pretty close and angled carefully to get that elongated eyelashes(mostly on his right eye) effect.
I also used a white reflector to add a little fill to the shadow side.

Inspired by the "Hurrell`s Hollywood Protraits" book I got a few weeks ago. That "elongated eyelash" trick, is really meant for lighting women, but I didn`t have any around :)

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

Dominicus and Robert: Thanks :)

[Scott Davis]

A couple of Pd prints I just made. Shots from around DC, in October. Taken with my Canham 5x7 wood field. The Capitol Dome was done with my Fuji 300T, the door (actually the Justice Department, not the Commerce Department) was done with I think either my 210 or my 150 Sinaron, and the Capitol reflected was I'm pretty sure done with the 210.

[dietcookie]

Glad to hear people mention my work!

[Mark Sawyer]

Glad to hear people mention my work!

I think the interest and critical support here is important; like a number of people here (I suspect), I don't sell/show/publish, and it's somewhat sad to think this is the only outlet many of these images will have...

[dietcookie]

I think the interest and critical support here is important; like a number of people here (I suspect), I don't sell/show/publish, and it's somewhat sad to think this is the only outlet many of these images will have...

I totally agree. Although I am a student trying to one day make something out of myself doing something with photography, I still to this day never show anyone my work.

[Scott Davis]

I totally agree. Although I am a student trying to one day make something out of myself doing something with photography, I still to this day never show anyone my work.

Don't be shy about showing people your work, if you want to make it somewhere in photography with it. The only way you'll ever get "discovered" is through showing an awful lot of people your photos. Start doing it now, because it will take you a long time to get your work in front of the right person or persons to notice it and promote it.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/AtonnerEidoS.jpg
Model "A" Tonner, Goldfield NV.

Done in 8X10 with the Kodak 2D and Eidoscop lens. My goal was to photograph it floating in the time warp it is lost in.

[domenico Foschi]

I agree with Charles Webb.

I've always disliked those annoying film edges showing. Maybe some think it's cool, hip, retro, or avante garde, but really it's just a poor presentation of someones work. It's not a part of the image. I can't believe how many folks here and else where do that. Why degrade your art in such a fashion. A well crafted images doesn't need to be comprimised to let some know how you made it. Either the image works or not. Be professional.

OK, I'm done now. Let the shredding begin....

Ok then, I'll go first.:D
Remember Avedon?
His work looked good with film edges.
To observe the rules continuosly is clipping the wings of creativity.
I said that,:D again.

[curtis roberts]

first time posting a photo let's see if it works
4x5 -400 film

[Mark Sawyer]

It worked well, Curtis. The spider webs are perfect. I wish my spiders would cooperate so wonderfully...

[shileshjani]

Thank you all for your inspiring pictures. Here are a few more. Is 6x9 RF format considered LF enough for a post here?

[Capocheny]

Mike,

Beautiful images... especially "Convergence" and "Floating"! :)

Have you ever seen the image of Mono Lake taken by Per Volquartz?

http://www.pervolquartz.com/monlakewint.html

Cheers

[Mike Boden]

Mike,

Beautiful images... especially "Convergence" and "Floating"! :)

Have you ever seen the image of Mono Lake taken by Per Volquartz?

http://www.pervolquartz.com/monlakewint.html

Cheers

Thanks for the compliments and for also turning me onto Per Volquartz. I had never heard of him or his Mono Lake image. He certainly has some beautiful images.