Wide F***ing Open!

[william linne]

How about a thread of lenses shot wide open? I'll go first. This is a brass magic lantern lens shot on cross processed 8x10 Polaroid Film.

[Gene McCluney]

What is cross processed 8x10 polaroid film?? Do you take the film out and process it in a tray? Not using the processing pod?

[David A. Goldfarb]

That looks like Polaroid "chocolate"--color neg with the B&W positive sheet and pod.

[davidb]

That is awesome!

[eddie]

a 12 inch brass projection lens on my 4x5. wide F***ing open!

the fiber print has detail in his cheers.

[jnantz]

graflex slr 21cm tessar

[David R Munson]

A few wide-open from a wide-open junkie. I honestly judge most optics primarily from how they look wide open. I'm the guy who pays three times as much for the 50mm f/1.2 over the f/1.4....

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/36281728_c883ce92cd_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/33006908_88e897814b_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/33007547_2f6c544ab5_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/36307568_03e197a03a_o.jpg

[MenacingTourist]

This is shot with a B&L projection lens on 5x7 film. I like this shot because it captures this set of twins just as I know them to be.

[DrPablo]

Schneider 300 f/5.6 Symmar wide open on 4x5 FP4+.

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

[PViapiano]

Here's a photo of my brother with a Nikkor-W 210mm at f5.6 on Polaroid Type 55.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/254671890/

[cobalt]

Schneider Symmar 300mm @ 5.6 Foma 100, 5x7 sheet, cropped

[Ole Tjugen]

Xenar 300mm f:4.5, wide open on 5x7" Ilford FP4+, printed on Retrophotographic POP:
http://www.bruraholo.no/bilder/POP2.jpg

[Joakim Ahnfelt]

Sironar N 150 mm f5:6, FP4

[Jeremy Moore]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/390841105_d5016bc89c.jpg

300mm f/6.8 Dagor wide open. Alumitype self portrait.

[gbogatko]

Four from my collection

George Bogatko

1) 14(?) inch Voigtlander brass lens
2) Chatham Rapid Rectilinear (10 inch?)
3) Voigtlander for #1
4) !2" Wollensak with the fuzzulator at about 3

[BradS]

Schneider 135mm, f5.6 Symmar-S

[Patrik Roseen]

Here is one shot wide open.

Scheider Symmar 5.6/150mm Linhof Technika 4x5"

Small Boat in the Stockholm archipelago (http://www.fotosidan.se/gallery/viewlarge.htm?ID=742497&target=_blank)

[Scott Davis]

Patrick- you sure that wasn't at Legoland in Denmark instead? :D

[Janko Belaj]

sometimes f9 is wf*o... G-Claron 240 on Sinar F1 with efke 100 in XTol(1+3)&Rodinal(0.3)

"vanilla pudding, before cooking"
http://www.belaj.com/unsorted/vanilin-puding-small.jpg

and 900x1200px thumbnail… USM did some ugly work (http://www.belaj.com/unsorted/vanilin-puding-large.jpg)

[Patrik Roseen]

Patrick- you sure that wasn't at Legoland in Denmark instead? :D

Thanks for commenting Scott. While visiting this small island I remembered the LFPF-thread of making things look like toys and became very inspired. So LEGO land is not far away. :)

[duckarrowtypes]

A few wide-open from a wide-open junkie. I honestly judge most optics primarily from how they look wide open. I'm the guy who pays three times as much for the 50mm f/1.2 over the f/1.4....


What lens and what aperture did you use for these cool shots?

[Mark Sawyer]

This year's Christmas Carrot picture, w/ a Verito 8 3/4 inch wide open (f/4) on my favorite camera, my old Kodak 2D 8x10...

[Frank Petronio]

Three newbies, all f/5.6 with a modern 150mm Symmar on 4x5

[Colin Graham]

Taken with a xenar 135 4.7 wide open on a gowland pocket 6x9

[Ash]

well mine sure looks rubbish having seen the other shots.. here's a quickie testing out the kodak modifications. Turns out I got vignetting (cropped) somewhere, and bad developing in the orbital.

Kodalith Ortho 4x5 in Rodinal.. Cooke lens f/6

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/dial.jpg

[Jim Galli]

Here's a couple just developed last evening.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Hemingray_SoftS.jpg
Hemingray 45 insulator

Done with a Conley Series V Anastigmat 12 1/2"

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/CastleCreekHyperionS.jpg
Castle Creek Merlot

Not tellin'

Both executed easily with the 8X10 Korona listed in the classifieds here! (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=22748)

BTW, for the curious among you, both of these near perfect exposures were
accomplished with the patented Jim Galli Shutter (http://www.apug.org/forums/forum44/22200-jim-galli-shutter-barrel-lenses-drum-roll-please.html) :D

[Ash]

Damn Jim.. you keep teasing us!

[Mark Sawyer]

Another one from the 8 3/4 inch Verito through a Packard shutter, (sorry, Jim), wide open at f/4...

[Ash]

That verito is a really nice lens... or is it your application? heh.

[Toyon]

Damn nice shot Mark! I'd buy it.

[Mark Sawyer]

Thank you! I've only had the Verito for a couple of months, but it's becoming one of my favorite lenses, giving the IWSWG lenses a challenge. I have an Imagon too, but it seems to have more mush-effect and less soul...

I think the soft focus lenses really shine when used close up, as that's where the depth of field and aberrations really come into play...

From the 12" IWSWG lenses, (I may have posted these before, but hey, they're wide open!)

[Ash]

Your obsession with carrots and things drooping reminds me (well also the tone of the work) a helluva lot of Chiaroscuro back when I was studying art. We were using chalk/pastels and had carrots hanged from the ceiling. They slowly shrivelled over the weeks. heh,

[Mark Sawyer]

Your obsession with carrots and things drooping reminds me (well also the tone of the work) a helluva lot of Chiaroscuro...

Funny, the middle picture in that last group has the sometimes title "Chairoscuro"...

[Sven Schroder]

Hi all

I have watched this thread for a while and will add a Polaroid type 54, made with a 10.5 inch series II cooke anastigmat F4.5 @ F4.5, soft focus adjustment screwed halfway home.
Regards
Sven

[Wayne R. Scott]

Here is a photo that I made wide open with a No. 3 Vitax Portrait Lens f3.8 in a Studio No. 5 shutter on 8x10 film with C-1 camera:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/Wscott601/Jenny-Vitax.jpg

Wayne

[Mark Sawyer]

Still getting used to the Verito... one with that lens wide open, the other with an Ultragon at f/22, for comparison. For those interested in photo-chemistry, it's Speyburn's single-malt Highland Scotch... :)

[Jim Galli]

Mark, an interesting comparison. Wayne, LOVE the Vitax shot. So simple and elegant.

[Ash]

second neg from first attempt at using a condenser lens as a 'shooting' lens. Quick scan and crop.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/aUntitled-1b.jpg

[Jeremy Moore]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/jeremydmoore/nude_window-1.jpg

[Mark Sawyer]

Very nice, Ash. I suppose ebay will now have a run on old condenser lenses...

Jeremy, you've been looking at too many early Westons... but it's lovely!

[Ash]

Thanks Mark, I'd like to see others attempt it too. Pretty difficult to find the 'right' lenses. The focal length is SO short, and DOF is minimal. No idea how to work out aperture, all guesswork :)

[Sven Schroder]

Hi all

Here is another this time made with a different animal, a tiny (about 75mm) petzval wide open at F3 ish with a bit of luck.

regards
Sven

Opps I think I'd better re-do the scan!?

[Ash]

I ought to get myself some skulls. The closest thing I have is a plaster cast of my head.

Here's one from a 'new' lens. The Petzimex (the front element from a Hanimex tele-lens, 300mm f/5.5. I took a saw to the barrel and got blood everywhere - full story on my blog later)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/Untitled-1copy-1.jpg

[Ash]

This is the second image, that went horribly wrong...
First of all I pulled the darkslide out before I closed the shutter, so that cocked up, and then I had this nasty big thing in the corner of the image!! I could photoshop it out, but I can't be bothered. Then as I scanned the neg I realised the sun dial wasn't centered.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/Untitled-7copy.jpg

[Ash]

Here's a wide-open shot of the ugly half of my back garden.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/Untitled-9a-1.jpg

I would have photographed all the foliage, but wind blowing, not so good for long shutter times like half a second ;)

[C. D. Keth]

That first lens is very attractive, Ash. I like it!

[John Berry]

One from my new 11 1/2 verito. Fp-4 in pyrocat. Studio shutter. 1/4 at WFO .6 ND up front. I also tried it with the front cell off and it looks like this lens is going to be double fun. Five stop range, incident shadow vs sun.

[Andrew_4548]

Wide open plus "anti-Scheimflug" (get as little sharp as possible... ;) )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Apple/LF%20stuff/baths002b.jpg

Disused gas lamp

Sironar S 150mm f/5.6

[thomas_m]

Wollensack Verito 9" @f4

http://www.crowmountain.net/Temp/TG.003.jpg


Same Verito @ f5.6 (I think...)

http://www.crowmountain.net/Temp/TG.MK.jpg

[Colin Graham]

Those are sweet Thomas!

[Ken Lee]

I'll second that.

At their best, these wide-open images seem to combine the appeal of "f/64" (critical sharpness, smootheness, etc) with the dreamy qualities of the "pictorialists". A treat for both lobes of the brain, as it were.

This thread has definitely helped the economy - It has inspired me to buy 2 old lenses: an old Zeiss Tessar and an old Wollensak Velostigmat. I can't wait until they arrive.

I am especially grateful to Jim Galli (http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/) for promoting this style of expression and experimentation. By promote, I mean it in the literal sense: "moving forward".

[Ash]

It does wonders for ebay sellers yes. Fortunately or unfortunately the popularity of old lenses does drive up the prices for shallow pockets like mine.

Then again check my images. You can get the same kinda thing from a semi-modern lens with a bit of break-it-yourself ;)

[Steve Duprey]

Thomas,

The portrait of the lovely lady is a STUNNER!
Really great work, both technically and artistically. Not just "bokeh for bokeh's sake" but using it effectively to produce a marvelous portrait.

Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,

-SPD

[thomas_m]

Thx Steve & Colin -

I'm quite lucky in that she's my S/O and also happens to be very permissive when it comes to spending too much money on funky old cameras & lenses...

I've been meaning to go back and reshoot that same comp but in color with her in one of her kimono, maybe something with lots of red.

It was shot with an ancient Folmer & Schwing Telegraphlex SLR acquired from Jim Galli.

T.


Thomas,

The portrait of the lovely lady is a STUNNER!
Really great work, both technically and artistically. Not just "bokeh for bokeh's sake" but using it effectively to produce a marvelous portrait.

Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,

-SPD

[John Berry]

Very nice thomas. I think I might just have to try a portrait with my Verito. I'm not a people shooter at all but I think I'm going to give it a try. Have you tried it with the front element off? I was really surprised how nice it was. Stopped down has a nice personality also.
I will have to say that one needs to check that the cable release for the studio shutter has a long enough throw. When developing my first shots they came out not quite as expected. Checking found that the cable release was at the end of it's stroke at about f-5.6. ( In the verito, the iris is also the shutter. When opened it will only open up to the chosen apature. ) My cable throw wasn't long enough to open it all the way. Just a heads up.

[John Berry]

This is from a 305 Kodak portrait lens.

[jnantz]

i prepared my coffee like any other day.
i put the flour-like grounds in the jezveh
and turned the hot-plate on high and heated a little.
the water was poured in and the brown liquid rose
three times, the coffee was ready.
i put it in my cup and drank it with no sugar or milk
or anything to make it taste better.
after i was done drinking i noticed someone familiar looking at me.

when i went to work that day, i read in the paper
that jerry garcia had passed on ...

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/jeremydmoore/nude_window-1.jpg


WOW, very nice Jeremy!

[william linne]

Suter Aplanat.

[Scott --]

Maddie today, Optar 135/4.7, a little wider than f/5.6 (linked to really big version):
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/crop224.jpg (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/crop224a.jpg)

[Patrik Roseen]

Here is one more...Schneider Symmar 5.6/150mm ...wide open with some tilt and swing.
Patrik

[Jan Pedersen]

This one is taken with a Dallmeyer Pentac at 2.9

jan

[dominikus bw]

Let me join with you guys...
Symmar-S 210 @ 5.6

[Scott Davis]

Here's one -

this was one stop down from full aperture, on my 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 Seneca Portrait F5 lens (most likely a rebadged Wollensak Vesta).

[Scott Davis]

two more from the same series...

Seneca Portrait 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 f5 lens at f8, on a Century Master studio camera, 5x7. Arista.EDU Ultra 200 @ iso 100, Pyrocat HD.

[Jon Wilson]

Here is a shot taken with an old petzval lens which I estimate to be 6 inches with an f5aperture, i.e.,Gasc & Charconnet imported by Geo. Bryant & Co.

I think it would be even more interesting to use this lens on a 5x7.

[william linne]

Yet another wonderful petzval.http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/453229668_3ca3f3da04.jpg

[Hans Visser]

One from a Graf Variable on a Speed Graphic:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/451787008_c365b79e3f_b.jpg

about a quarter turn off of full sharpness (full anastigmat)
7.5" (~190mm) @ f/3.8
Fomapan 100 in Diafine

[william linne]

Portronic Paragon 10" f4.5

[william linne]

Another wide open with the Portronic.

[william linne]

Berthiot Stellor 250mm f4 Wide Open on 8x10

[Jack Flesher]

Not totally wide open, but close. From a color IR series on orchids. Done with a 9" Cooke portrait:

[Jim Galli]

Jack, those are just gorgeous! Is it the PS 945 lens?

[Jack Flesher]

Jack, those are just gorgeous! Is it the PS 945 lens?

Thanks Jim! Yes, those were all done with the PS 945 -- truly a magical hunk of glass.

[Eric James]

Jack, those are just gorgeous!

I second that - beeeeautiful!

What's to become of this baby with your recent divestment in 4X5?

~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~~>~>~

And here's our chance to revisit "WFO" from the 1920s:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-RARE-PINKHAM-SMITH-VISUAL-QUALITY-IV-3-LF-LENS_W0QQitemZ110122602292QQihZ001QQcategoryZ30076QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD10VQQcmdZViewItem

[Jack Flesher]

Thanks Eric. Unfortunately, I had to sell that lens several months ago. It is probably the biggest regret I have in camera gear sales. But then there is a lot of other glass to try yet...

Here is another shot done with the Cooke. This one is "wide f-ing open", and done at around 1/2 life size -- on 8x10 to boot!

http://jack.cameraphile.org/albums/album19/3colorssoft_600web.jpg

Larger version can be found Here (http://jack.cameraphile.org/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album19&id=3colorssoft_1200web)

:),

[Ken Lee]

Smooth (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/smooth) !

[Jim Galli]

Excellent Jack. Thanks. Sure looks as though Cooke has tamed the beast a bit from the original Series IV. I need to rent or borrow a PS 945 and shoot next to some of the oldies for sake of comparison. That is certainly a lovely shot.

[jnantz]

graflex slr, roll back + 21cm wide open

[Jack Flesher]

Excellent Jack. Thanks. Sure looks as though Cooke has tamed the beast a bit from the original Series IV. I need to rent or borrow a PS 945 and shoot next to some of the oldies for sake of comparison. That is certainly a lovely shot.

Thanks Jim. I suspect it is the modern Cooke coatings making the lion's share of the difference -- they are so good you almost cannot see the glass when you look at the lens. Seriously...

Best,

[william linne]

Eagle Quick Acting f3 Lens on 8x10

[william linne]

And Another.

Voigtlander Euryscop IV 250mm Wide Fuckin' Open!

[Joe Smigiel]

From an 8 3/4" Verito wide-open:

http://my.net-link.net/BA/D5/jsmigiel/images/C_VDB_72.jpg
(Van Dyke Brownprint)

Joe

[jnantz]

21cm tessar wideopen

[Jack Flesher]

Joe:

Stunning! Beautiful model of course, but captured masterfully. Great shot...

[John Berry]

21cm tessar wideopen
ROFLMAO

[Eric James]

It sure is smooth:)

[jnantz]

ROFLMAO

no one said it had to be something in focus, did they :)

[Ken Lee]

Genius ! Ahead of its time. Visionary !
Certain to take the Art world by storm.

[Frank Petronio]

Pretty much everything recent on my site -- that has a film frame and isn't a digi -- has been shot wide open with a modern lens. Even though it is relatively stopped down compared to some of these... f/5.6... I really love the round aperture and sharp/soft transistions.

FWIW, I found the Verito to be too mushy for my taste. I've come back to wanting critical sharpness that then degrades, or I can sometimes "help it along" with careful Photoshop work.

[Robb_Scharetg]

Here's a shot done in a fairly dim bar late one night in Eastern Oregon. 'Last Call' Exposure: 1 sec. @ 1.9.
Camera: Speed Graphic
Lens: Rietzschel Pro Linear 135/1.9
Film: Kodak VC 160 rated @ 100 ASA.

Comments?

Robb Scharetg
www.scharetgpictures.com

[Benno Jones]

Mr. Linne -

Is #82 shot with the Euryscop I hope to be finding in my mailbox any day now?

[william linne]

Benno,

Yep.

W.

[harrykauf]

Aero Ektar, Polaroid

[Geert]

Wide f*cking open with a Sinaron f5.6 / 210mm
Polaroid emulsion lift.

[Eric James]

Great portraits harry and Geert - even during allergy season they shine through the "emulsion" on my laptop screen!

[John Berry]

This one I did for my daughter Misty Rose. 305 kodak portrait lens. 4x5 provia. Strobe lit. About F 6.3

[william linne]

Berthiot Stellor At F4

[Colin Graham]

another xenar 135mm 4.7

[jnantz]

ilex seminat wide open

[evan clarke]

Anybody getting tired of the not-too-cute title of this thread..Evan Clarke

[Jim Galli]

Anybody getting tired of the not-too-cute title of this thread..Evan Clarke

YES!

[Frank Petronio]

haha that's what #%&#$ is for...

[william linne]

No joke! Take some Geritol and it'll get better!

[Eric James]

Wide F***ing Open = Wide Flaring Open (see original picture)

This thread bogged down initially - not sure why, but perhaps because of the title. It was then resurrected from the files by someone who asked a question about the original photo (of the flaring open neglige). A day after, it took off and has been a launching pad for many great discussions and similar picture-post threads.

[william linne]

275mm f3 Brass lens shot,ahem, wide f'in open.

[curtis roberts]

nice of the Old Man In The Tree

[Jan Pedersen]

Ohhh, that bokeh is almost as bad as a planar or a sonar (Which i have both)

[william linne]

No,dude, that shit is awesome!

[George Kara]

Cooke PS 945, 4.5 T51.

[Eric James]

Now that is awesome bokeh - beeeeautiful George!

[Jim Galli]

Now that is awesome bokeh - beeeeautiful George!

I agree. That really is a wonderful shot. Takes me to another place.

[Ash]

I'm quite fond of Cooke lenses... now I see what they can do in great hands. awesome shot Mr. Kara ;)

[Jan Pedersen]

Yeah that is smooooth, no octagonals here or whatever they call these ugly 7 leaf iris artifacts.
Lot of vibe in that shot George.

[Hollis]

Some images on Type 55 from my backyard. It is a 4.5 cooke aviar.

Hollis

[Eric James]

Hollis,

Cool shots!

I'm confused by the zone of sharpness, particularary in the first two photos. What's going on here?

Can you offer anymore details about this Aviar's vintage?

[Hollis]

Oh, just some movements on my camera. I hadn't really shot this lens before and I wanted to see how far I could push it so as to get an idea of the image circle. As far as the vintage goes, no idea. I would probably say somewhere mid century (20th that is). Im pleased by it.

H.

[william linne]

Really nice, Hollis. The Aviar has always been an underrated lens IMHO. I love using them on my Graflex SLR's.

W.

[Hollis]

Yeah, its my only barrel lens and I love it. I am about to build an 8x10 (maybe an 11x14, we'll see) so I will be acquiring some more lenses, namely those with more coverage.

www.hollisbennett.com

[George Kara]

Thank you all for the compliments. Im a new lf shooter and appreciate your comments. Hollis, I particularly like the pick up truck. It has a feel like a little boy is looking at his toy and dreaming of it being real.

These old lenses have a quality that is both haunting and dream like. Kind of like the ghosts of the past photographers who owned them run are living in the glass.

The look of these lenses would be wonderful in a motion picture setting.

[jnantz]

The look of these lenses would be wonderful in a motion picture setting.


george,

you gotta see the movie institute benjamenta (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113429/)
the whole thing seems like a dream, and looks like it was shot in an olde wide open lens.

[Eric James]

Oh, just some movements on my camera.
H.

Okay, I've had some time to think about it. Now I like them even more - especially the path of focus in the first photo - wouldn't want to take a misstep!

[Jon Wilson]

Here is an example of one of my daughters :D taken with a 10 inch Homocentric f6.3 in an Optimo shutter.

[Hollis]

Thanks Eric. Yeah, that one shot is a metal stake in the ground - poor mans horseshoes. The evenings are so nice here I had to do something fun in the backyard. That and the grass was too uniform, time to muck it up a bit.

[Gene McCluney]

The look of these lenses would be wonderful in a motion picture setting.

Well, back when movies were "king" there was a lot of usage of soft-focus lenses. Some were even designed specially for movies, back in the silent-film era. Some famous cinematographers had patents on their design. This was, of course in the era when all the lighting (for the most part) was hard light, and the soft, round glamorous look was achieved totally thru choices of lens. Now, we primarily use soft light for glamorous looks.

[jnantz]

Well, back when movies were "king" there was a lot of usage of soft-focus lenses. Some were even designed specially for movies, back in the silent-film era. Some famous cinematographers had patents on their design. This was, of course in the era when all the lighting (for the most part) was hard light, and the soft, round glamorous look was achieved totally thru choices of lens. Now, we primarily use soft light for glamorous looks.

gene --

i keep thinking of beauty and the beast (la belle et la bête ) directed
by jean cocteau and the soft focus + extreme close-ups of jean marais ( the beast ) ..

they don't make'em like that anymore ...

[George Kara]

Hi Jon

Lovely shot of your daughter. She is very pretty and her eyes are beautiful. Certainly a Dad photo. I have lots of my daughter as well. Large Format is wonderful for commercial and personal shots.

[C. D. Keth]

Well, back when movies were "king" there was a lot of usage of soft-focus lenses. Some were even designed specially for movies, back in the silent-film era. Some famous cinematographers had patents on their design. This was, of course in the era when all the lighting (for the most part) was hard light, and the soft, round glamorous look was achieved totally thru choices of lens. Now, we primarily use soft light for glamorous looks.

Much of that was filtration. Many of the very first movie cameras had the lens built on so it couldn't be changed. Since the same lens had to be used for wide shot and close-ups, the softess of the close-ups was usually (not always, there were soft focus lenses. They were fairly rare, though.) due to filtration.

If you want a really beautiful soft portrait filter, look for old Harrison diffusion flters on ebay.

[Gene McCluney]

Yes, the earliest movie cameras had fixed lenses, but by the mid-teens, the standard Bell & Howell 35mm professional camera (which was the most popular camera of the silent era) had easily interchangeable lenses and special "glamour" lenses were early on designed for those screen filling close-ups.

[jnantz]

21cm tessar 3.5
(i use the graflex more than anything else these days)
shot 2 mornings ago, steeped in print developer and then strong coffee last night ..

[John Berry]

This was taken with 64T film. 11 1/2 Verito, at the stated aperture. 8x10 deardorff with 4x5 reducing back. I wanted to shoot it on 8x10, to get into the good part of the lens, but that would be wide and close to a car that would be ( for me ) financial Ebola.

[Struan Gray]

John: the first word I think of is 'grace'. Nice.

[Ken Lee]

It isn't LF, but I just can't wait any more :-)

I visited the Metropolitan Museum in NY, and made this hand-held with a 1950's Agfa Record with Apotar lens, 6x9. Shot wide open at f/4.5, I focused for the face. TMX at 50, Pyrocat HD.

They didn't confiscate my gear, so I could carry a meter and take shots with a folder. One older fellow told me he hadn't seen one of those in... 50 years.


http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/portraits/met1.jpg

[Robb_Scharetg]

John

Nice shot. I don't blame you for not wanting to get too close, with a list price of over $400K and dealers selling for probably $600K +, that's a scary proposition!

Cheers


This was taken with 64T film. 11 1/2 Verito, at the stated aperture. 8x10 deardorff with 4x5 reducing back. I wanted to shoot it on 8x10, to get into the good part of the lens, but that would be wide and close to a car that would be ( for me ) financial Ebola.

[Wayne R. Scott]

One older fellow told me he hadn't seen one of those in... 50 years.


http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/portraits/met1.jpg

Was he talking about your camera or the breasts?

Wayne

[Jan Pedersen]

Here's something closer to the ground.
Heliar 210 3.5 at 3.5 5x7 contact print

[Ken Lee]

Was he talking about your camera or the breasts?

Oops - He mentioned he had a Voigtlander, so it must have been the camera :)

[scrichton]

Dallmeyer pentac 8 inch f2.9

X-Pro Velvia 100 @ 50 ( colour corrects perfectly for pastel like colours )

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3667&d=1179445279

[Frank Petronio]

nice! lovely bikes

[C. D. Keth]

Scrichton, gorgeous. We don't see enouh color work around here. Do you have more somewhere that we can browse?

Jan, lovely. I love subjects with a nice contrast of cripsness and soft textures. I bet the print is breathtaking.

[scrichton]

Thank you very much guys. Chris, no prints as I rarely print anything out.

I have just done a trade with Matt Bigwood of the forum and alas now no MPP (sinar remains), although the speed graphic with aero ektar arrived in exchange. Thanks Matt.

I love the thing. I hate my Jobo tank though. Streaky crappy processing . I think I will go back to the tried and tested unicolor drum for black and white.

I'll be out shooting colour again very soon, but for just now here's a couple of samples from yesterday.

First the remains of a condemned grave stone in a local cemetery. It makes me F**!in sick that the local governments in the UK pull these down to avoid being sued from assholes who manage to pull headstones down on themselves. Anyway this angel is about 4 inches tall and stood in a plot on it's own.

Second picture is a german artist Sabine Klaus, who is a friend of my girlfriend. I had been at the exhibition space installing/writing a custom motion detection application for a video installation. Which opens tonight (we'll see if it breaks over the 3 months of constant playback) Anyway I was burning the application saw the door open and thought it looked great. Set the camera up on the tripod and she had all but pushed gayle out of the door and thrown on a leotard for this pose. Anyway, it shows perfectly the aero is a pretty impressive lens for contrast control.

Sorry not much spotting here but 2am when finally scanned I was feeling lazy.

[scrichton]

oh yeah ... sorry no tecchy details.

Angel: 1/125 Aero Ektar @ f2.5 Era 100 in stock D-76

Dancer: Same but 1.5 secs.

[russyoung]

Mr. Crichton-

A lovely view of the quad at my auld university! Thanks. It never looked quite that good in person.

During my time in Fife I photographed many a headstane and like you was appalled by the council decision to pull so many over. How easily they are manipulated. They also gated off an ancient close near my hoos in Cupar that was likely medieval in origin because the police wouldn't go through a couple of times a day and run out the hoodies.

Russ

[John Berry]

John

Nice shot. I don't blame you for not wanting to get too close, with a list price of over $400K and dealers selling for probably $600K +, that's a scary proposition!

Cheers I hate to bust a bubble but the sticker was $475,950. Since there is only 24 in the states you have to pay second sticker which is another $500,000. I do believe you also have to already own a plain old SLR also. This is the 722 version.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/gallery/rh150.jpg
The first rose of the season from our garden. Uncoated 150mm Heliar

[scrichton]

That's wonderful ken. Very soft gradiation and tonal qualities I'm still working on getting reliably since going to large format.

[Ken Lee]

I have learned a lot by working with flowers. I was concerned about this one, because the rose was pink, not white - and the lighting was quite flat. TMax 100, PyroCat HD.

Out of habit, I tried boosting contrast a bit in the print, to make the rose appear more 3-dimensional, but that ruined the feeling. So this is just a literal print of the negative, with no adjustments. Because the edges of the petals are in focus, they convey an impression of whiteness, even though they aren't white.

One nice thing about shooting at wide apertures, is that even these close-ups can be done at exposures of 1 second or less.

[Benno Jones]

75 mm f4.5 Tominon - 4x5 on Fuji Acros in HC110-B

[Mark Sawyer]

This poor little guy used to live in the window of the woodshop in my backyard, but since he was evicted, he has to sleep wherever he can find a spot. And those bathroom floors are so hard and cold... :(

8 3/4" Verito on an 8x10

[Jan Pedersen]

Poor lil thing. But, glad you posted this, looks like the 8 3/4" covers 8x10 what a surprice.

[Mark Sawyer]

Poor lil thing. But, glad you posted this, looks like the 8 3/4" covers 8x10 what a surprice.

It won't cover at infinity, but at maybe five or six feet and closer, it's a lovely 8x10 lens!

[matthew blais]

T55 neg, 1 sec, sg print

[vinny]

Nice shot matt!

[Jim Galli]

Nice shot matt!

Indeed! What lens did you use?

[matthew blais]

Indeed! What lens did you use?

Just a regular 210 Caltar..thanks guys.

[ljb0904]

I don't do wide open too often, but here's one:
http://homepage.mac.com/mrljb/newwork/lf2008_005_02_bw.jpg

[Gordon Moat]

About 2 seconds exposure on E100VS using an 1854 Holmes, Booth & Haydens.

http://www.gordonmoat.com/life/Gordon_Moat_14.jpg

Ciao!

Gordon Moat Photography (http://www.gordonmoat.com)

[buze]

Tachihara 8x10, Sinaron S 300mm f5.6, 1/15s @ f5.6. Film is Fortepan 200 shot at 100.
(Sorry for the dirty scan)
http://oomz.net/scaled/tachi-forte200-348-wop.jpg

[papageno]

Tele-optar 254mm, 5.6 or 8, not sure now. Speed Graphic.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/B2.jpg
Vintage uncoated 210mm Voigtlander Braunschweig Heliar
5x7 TMY Pyrocat

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/B2.jpg
Vintage uncoated 210mm Voigtlander Braunschweig Heliar
5x7 TMY Pyrocat

I`d like to see an image in your post Ken :)

[Ken Lee]

Is there no image ?

[Jim Galli]

Is there no image ?

It's there both times for me. Gorgeous too.

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

Weird, no show here, neither in Opera, IE or Safari. Can`t get into your website either Ken....

[Ken Lee]

Well, at least that's consistent, since the image file resides on my site.

Perhaps there are some temporary network troubles at play.

[Jiri Vasina]

Ken, what I see there (the tree narcis flowers) is wonderful. I'm just wondering if I need the Heliar, if something so nice is possible with a mere 210 Xenar, or if it's simply the magic of the photographer ;)

Jiri

[Ken Lee]

If the Xenar is a Tessar design, then it should do nicely also. This photo was made with a vintage 250mm barrel-mounted Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar. The diaphragm has many blades.


http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/B3.jpg

[Armin Seeholzer]

Ken is it the f 3.5 version which I also have at 250mm?
I also like the 300 mm with f 4,5 which is single coated the 250 is not coated I think!

[Ken Lee]

My Heliar and Tessar lenses are f/4.5

[ljsegil]

B&L Zeiss Protar series VII, 6 3/8", f6.3, which is all she got, but I like her anyway.
LJS

[Sergey Botvin]

13.5 cm Heliar f/4.5, 4x5 Berrger 200, PMK. http://web.mac.com/botvinss/iWeb/Sergey%20Botvin%27s%20photographs/13.5cm%20Heliar%20f4.5_files/Picture%20015.jpg

[Ken Lee]

Genius !

[sparq]

Memento mori. This one could possibly fit more than one thread. It has a bit of trees, a bit of stones, a bit of winter, plus it's soft and shot wide open. No portrait, though. ;)

14'' lantern lens (~f/9), 5x7 Efke 25, HC-110 1:127.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2327607417_8d391f1c5a.jpg

[Colin Graham]

Glad this thread keeps coming back around, nice work.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/2354734715_169faeee39_o.jpg
5x12, xenar 300mm 4.5

[ljsegil]

B&L Zeiss Protar series VII, 6 3/8", f6.3, which is all she got, but I like her anyway.
LJS
Don't know why this didn't work the first time, maybe because it isn't up the thread's standards.

[Hollis]

Joe. Nashville. Early evening.

[sparq]

I hope Ken won't mind that I am posting daffodils here, too.

Old projection lens (a beaten one with separation, perhaps a Petzval), Plaubel 5x7, Efke 25, HC-110 1:127

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2364879305_616d959015.jpg

[Ash]

I like it, Colin.

[drew.saunders]

I just received a new-to-me (maybe 15-20 years old) Fuji 250 f/6.3 CMW, and wanted to test it out wide open, so I shot a few sheets of the wisteria behind my apartment that's just starting to bloom. I think this lens is a keeper. Tmax 100.

Drew

[sienarot]

My first shot on my first LF camera!

http://www.typicalfish.com/blog/images/20080328_001__.jpg

[Kirk Keyes]

Colin - VERY cool!

[Jim Noel]

Weird, no show here, neither in Opera, IE or Safari. Can`t get into your website either Ken....

Both show well in Firefox on both the PC and Mac.

[jb7]

Great pictures here-
special mention to sienarot for that first picture first post-
great things expected now-

j

[Ken Lee]

More daffodils... Let's keep 'em coming !


http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/B194A.jpg
5x7 TMY Pyrocat HD
210mm Voigtlander Braunchsweig Heliar

[Colin Graham]

Many thanks Kirk and Ash.

Ken, I'm enjoying the daffodils, that last one especially. I love the winding of the stems down into the glass and into the heavier bokeh.

[cobalt]

My first shot on my first LF camera!

http://www.typicalfish.com/blog/images/20080328_001__.jpg

First one? Wow! Very nice indeed.

[Jiri Vasina]

Yes, for a first one it's great.

I was always wondering how to achieve that kind of effect - it seems to be almost a macro shot of some kind of model (yet I know it's the reality) - is it because of the extreme shallow depth of focus with lens wide open (like 300mm at f/5.6 on 4x5)? I will have to try that one out too... :)

[sienarot]

Haha, thanks everyone! At this point, I've only taken two photos with my first LF camera (Busch Pressman D), both of which were the same shot, just slightly recomposed as I'm finding the GG really dark. I might look into getting a SS or Brilliant GG or something.

The only lens I've got right now is the Graphex Optar 135mm f/5.6. All I did for that photo was tilt the lens and shot wide open. No magic there! :)

[Svante Johansson]

The daffodils are coming...

Made as a test, but in case you wondered this is what an Imagon looks like wide open. Sinar P, 200mm Imagon (no disc), Portra 160NC in Horseman 6x7 back. Cheap one hour processing.

[chachahavana]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1263/1138282859_5cba6702a6.jpgDear All

I'm new to LF and I love shooting wide open.
This is taken with Shen Hao 4x5 field camera with OEM Seagull ( Shanghai Made )180mm f/5.6, Fujichrome Provia 100F.

Your comments are much welcome.

ChaCha
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chachahavana/

[Miguel Coquis]

Even more , and more open !
4x5
120 mm f:2

[sparq]

Aero Ektar 2.5/7'' wide open
5x7 Efke25, HC-110 1:127

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2459542638_f2c2c8ee27.jpg

[Pat Hilander]

This one is great!



Aero Ektar 2.5/7'' wide open
5x7 Efke25, HC-110 1:127

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2459542638_f2c2c8ee27.jpg

[chachahavana]

This is taken with Rapid Rectilinear focal length unknown at wide open f/7.7. 4X5 ShenHao. The DOF is still amazing.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2460130455_b07a289018.jpg

[sienarot]

Busch Pressman Model D, Fujinon W 125mm f/5.6, Ilford FP4+, Ilford Ilfosol S

http://www.typicalfish.com/blog/images/20080504_006.jpg

[Gordon Moat]

Derrick, marvelous image . . . and I rarely comment on anyone's images. Just a curiousity question: how high up where you and your camera?

Ciao!

Gordon Moat Photography (http://www.gordonmoat.com)

[sienarot]

Thanks! I was on the 7th level of a parking lot, which is even kind of pushing my limits given that I'm deathly afraid of heights! Here's a non tilt-shifted (and non-wide open) shot to give you a better idea of the height:
http://www.typicalfish.com/blog/images/20080504_008.jpg

[Gordon Moat]

Thanks Derrick. I was guessing maybe fourth floor. Easier to tell in the un-tilted image.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Here is a recent wide open one with the Voigtlander. At about F-7.7.

Jim

[chachahavana]

Like to ask if any one is using Xenotar 150mm f/2.8 with lens shutter and where could we buy this lens ( I've tried e-bay and this forum ). If there is any similar fast lens with shutter could be an alternative.

Thank you very much for sharing !!

[rippo]

Derrick: It's funny, I see all those lens-baby tilt-a-whirl cityscapes on flickr and they just leave me cold. They all look like toy cities, and the effect soon grows tiresome. Your black and white one though is another story. This is the best tilt-scape I've seen. Perhaps it's just that I don't 'buy' tilt images in color? I dunno. Anyway, I like it. I think I like your wide DOF image better (which is rare for me to say such a thing, being a Fan o f the Fuzzy). But it definitely made me stop and look closer, and I'm pleased I did.

[chachahavana]

This is taken with SeaGull LF lens 180mm f/5.6 put on Shen Hao and shoot Wide Open, Fujichrome Velvia 100.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/1617691569_2c67c0914b_b.jpg

[Jon Wilson]

Lovely! Chachahavana!

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

150 SSXL, wide open, back front tilt.

[Pat Hilander]

This is taken with SeaGull LF lens 180mm f/5.6 put on Shen Hao and shoot Wide Open, Fujichrome Velvia 100.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/1617691569_2c67c0914b_b.jpg

Killer shot, Chachahavana! What's a SeaGull lens? Never heard of those.

[sienarot]

Derrick: It's funny, I see all those lens-baby tilt-a-whirl cityscapes on flickr and they just leave me cold. They all look like toy cities, and the effect soon grows tiresome. Your black and white one though is another story. This is the best tilt-scape I've seen. Perhaps it's just that I don't 'buy' tilt images in color? I dunno. Anyway, I like it. I think I like your wide DOF image better (which is rare for me to say such a thing, being a Fan o f the Fuzzy). But it definitely made me stop and look closer, and I'm pleased I did.

Thanks Matt! I'm pretty new with LF. It's good to know I'm doing something right :)

[chachahavana]

Hi Jon Wilson
Thank you for the lovely comment !!


Hi Pat Hilander
Thanks a lot.
Seagull is one of the biggest camera manufacturer in Shanghai China and I believe, a lot of their lens design is reference to German and USSR classic design. This is an OEM design produced for Shen Hao. The price of a brand new lens is about half of a Schnidler, so I imagine not too many people is buying it because you could find a good second hand Schnidler at about the same price.

[Joel Brown]

Mary
14"Commercial Ektar wide open, 8x10 Deardorff 1 sec. exposure

www.joelbrownphotography.com

[Daniel Unkefer]

What is interesting about this thread, to me, is speeding up the burn time (no more blurs at the beach!) and adding the serendipity of whatever happens.

[Brian Bullen]

Flamingos
Cropped 8x10 palladium / x-ray film

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

Great shot Brian.

[Hugo Zhang]

Brian,

Very nice!!

[Mark Sawyer]

Lovely again, Brian!

But now you're just showing off... ;)

[Brian Bullen]

Thanks Jorge, Hugo and Mark for the compliments. Mark, me showing off? I'm just trying to bring my photos up to the level of the forum members like you, Jorge, Hugo and a number of other superb photographers here. I've got a ways to go but thanks for the inspiration.:)

[Jim Noel]

george,

you gotta see the movie institute benjamenta (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113429/)
the whole thing seems like a dream, and looks like it was shot in an olde wide open lens.

I wish you hand not brought this film to light. Now I am going to have to buy it. How beautiful!

[Jim Noel]

I can't resist any longer so here is my first posting of an image on this forum.
10"Verito wide open on 5x7, FP4+, Pyrocat HD, Ziatype

[goamules]

Nice model shot Jim, almost abstract...but my primitive male brain doesn't require much of a curve to recognize....

Here's a mother's day tribute I did this morning. Wetplate collodion on aluminum, Hermagis petzval, quarterplate.

[chachahavana]

Thanks Jorge, Hugo and Mark for the compliments. Mark, me showing off? I'm just trying to bring my photos up to the level of the forum members like you, Jorge, Hugo and a number of other superb photographers here. I've got a ways to go but thanks for the inspiration.:)

Hi Brian
I've just visited your web site and your work is splendid, bravo !!:)

[Brian Bullen]

Chachahavana, thank you for the wonderful compliment!:) I looked through your flickr photos and you have a beautiful body of work. Intimate diary is sensual and enticing. Excellent!

[roderick]

4x5 300 f5.6
Polaroid 64 tungsten

[chachahavana]

Chachahavana, thank you for the wonderful compliment!:) I looked through your flickr photos and you have a beautiful body of work. Intimate diary is sensual and enticing. Excellent!

Thank you very much Brian !!:)

[bbjorkum]

Speed Graphic, Aero Ektar 178/2.5 wide open. Hand held.

[keeds]

Bjarte, that is great. Is the lens rangefinder coupled? How did you focus?

[bbjorkum]

Yes, it's a coupled rangefinder, I have the top rangefinder version. I was lucky enough to get a 7" cam, and did the calibration myself. It's also calibrated for my Pentax Dallmeyer 8"/2.9, but I haven't had the time to explore that piece of glass. The Aero Ektar results simply blow me away, as does the accuracy of the rangefinder.

[jb7]

I've put this somewhere else,
but maybe it should go in here-

A picture of John Gunn, of Gunn's Cameras in Dublin-

Wide credentials include Buhl Projector Lens, 11", f/3.1
and 1 second wide open-
under a couple of fluorescent tubes and a reflector-

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2480787118_98ab7a3479.jpg

bigger one here-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph-jb7/2480787118/sizes/o/

[Denis Pleic]

Bjerte, that's an amazing shot, given the notorious difficulty of shooting moving subjects using the Aero Ektar. Even with the coupled rangefinder, it's still a feat!

BTW, the photo is really nice :)

Denis

[bbjorkum]

keeds and Denis: I'm glad you like it. Shooting 4x5 hand held has become nothing less than an obsession for me. Even riding the unicycle WHILST shooting 4x5 hand held has become an obsession:

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~razzle/Razzle_/razzle_.html

But it's not a thing I would recommend ... ;-)

[bbjorkum]

Graflex Speed Graphic, Aero Ektar 178/2.5. Hand held at 2.5.

[Jiri Vasina]

Bjarte, FANTASTIC.

[bbjorkum]

I'm much obliged :)

[Denis Pleic]

Bjarte, nothing but praise for your Aero Ektar images!
The second one is even better than the first....

[bbjorkum]

A crop from the last image, just to give you an idea of how accurate one can work at full opening.

[bbjorkum]

Graflex Speed Graphic, Aero Ektar 178/2.5. Hand held at 2.5.

[Jim collum]

4x5 Ebony SVti, Betterlight scan back, no IR block filter (captures both IR and visible light). all shot from the same location


random meniscus lens (thanks Jim!)
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_006.jpg



6.5" Holmes, Booth & Haydens Lenses (cone attached)
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_007.jpg



6.5" Holmes, Booth & Haydens Lenses (no cone)
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_008.jpg



165mm f4.5 Wollensak Velostigmat
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090917_hbh_009.jpg

[jack_hui]

EFKE 50, HC110, Unknown Petzval Len

http://www.pbase.com/jack_hui/image/117105027.jpg

[thafred]

great compairson jim, theres a very dreamy feeling without that IR filter and those lenses! I like the Holmes shot without the cone most...now how about portraiture and the BL scan back? how long does one have to sit still for a full scan?

heres mine, Tessar 165mm f2.7 on Velvia 50, f***ing wide open, handheld Anny speed graphic
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3440147043_ed3b18448c_b.jpg

SOOO KITSCHIG!!!

[Vaughn]

Wide open, because that is the easiest way to use a lens made from a magnifying glass.

Alex -- Last Baseball Game of the Season, 2009
Speed Graphic w/ magnifying glass lens.
Type 55 (dated 1985)
Printed on Kodak Medalist (dated 1975)

From scanned contact print.

Vaughn

[Jim collum]

EFKE 50, HC110, Unknown Petzval Len

http://www.pbase.com/jack_hui/image/117105027.jpg

I like that one a lot.. would make an excellent image for a book cover

[Jim collum]

still playing with the lenses


6.5" Holmes, Booth & Haydens Lens
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090921_roaringcamp_023.jpg



Meniscus
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090921_roaringcamp_024.jpg


9" Verito
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090921_roaringcamp_025.jpg

[Jim collum]

Betterlight, 4x5


6.5" Holmes, Booth & Haydens Lens
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090921_roaringcamp_027.jpg

9" Verito
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090921_roaringcamp_034.jpg



Meniscus
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090921_roaringcamp_035.jpg

[jnantz]

nice lens study of a 71/72 bug jim!
must have been hard to get there without an engine :)

[Jim collum]

nice lens study of a 71/72 bug jim!
must have been hard to get there without an engine :)

We live up a very twisty single lane road (you meet someone, and you back up for a long ways). 18 year old step son shows up with this on a small trailer behind his car. He's never worked on a car in his life.. never even changed the oil. He promptly announces that he found this, and thinks it will make a *great* car. How hard can it be.. he can get it running in a weekend or so. (no engine, no transaxil, no seats, no electrical.. etc, etc, etc)

he's 22 now, just moved to Boston (we live in Santa Cruz, Ca.) Car's still sitting where he put it. (we also got his cat when he moved to Boston)

:D

[jnantz]

We live up a very twisty single lane road (you meet someone, and you back up for a long ways). 18 year old step son shows up with this on a small trailer behind his car. He's never worked on a car in his life.. never even changed the oil. He promptly announces that he found this, and thinks it will make a *great* car. How hard can it be.. he can get it running in a weekend or so. (no engine, no transaxil, no seats, no electrical.. etc, etc, etc)

he's 22 now, just moved to Boston (we live in Santa Cruz, Ca.) Car's still sitting where he put it. (we also got his cat when he moved to Boston)

:D

:) that is great jim

when i was a kid there was a guy ( ike ) that had a vdub like this
he turned it into a planter .. hmmm, maybe it was a ragtop / sunroof,
i seem to remember the plant growing out of the roof ;)

[Jim collum]

Betterlight, no IR block filter

9" Verito
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/200909232_santacruz_009.jpg




6" Meniscus
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/200909232_santacruz_002.jpg




6" Meniscus
http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/200909232_santacruz_001.jpg

[ljsegil]

"Wide" open is not very wide in this case, but she is nevertheless all the way open to f/6.8, an esteemed elder Goerz Doppel Anastigmat Serie III 210mm on a Canham 8x10, Fuji Pro 160S. Exposure ~1/100sec.
Pond in forest preserve north of Chicago. Image seems sharp throughout, not much in the way of true "Bokeh" or OOF areas, but to my eyes the image has a look that differs from the clinical sharpness of modern lenses, and even of this same lens stopped down.
Larry

[Jon Wilson]

Here is a wide open shot taken with my 6 inch derogy petzval at the Ely, NV museum's rail yard. I estimate it to be f2.8 with an exposure of about 2 seconds using a sheet of 5x7 TMAX. It was a great day wandering the area with a most excellent photographer....he is the best in my book.

Jon

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Larry, your image has a painterly quality to it. Very unique to my eye and very nice!

Jim, I know the area in the Santa Cruz mountains in which you speak. You must be off of Highway 9. My son filmed some of his movie off of a dirt road way back in the mountains. I got driving duty due to my high clearance truck. Nice area to be in. The VW will not look out of place at all.

Jim

[ljsegil]

thank you, Jim, much appreciated.
Larry

[Jim collum]

"Wide" open is not very wide in this case, but she is nevertheless all the way open to f/6.8, an esteemed elder Goerz Doppel Anastigmat Serie III 210mm on a Canham 8x10, Fuji Pro 160S. Exposure ~1/100sec.
Pond in forest preserve north of Chicago. Image seems sharp throughout, not much in the way of true "Bokeh" or OOF areas, but to my eyes the image has a look that differs from the clinical sharpness of modern lenses, and even of this same lens stopped down.
Larry

I agree..this has a 'wide-open' aesthetic about it.. beautiful image


here's a color version of the B/W verito image above

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/200909232_santacruz_009a.jpg

[Kerik Kouklis]

My son filmed some of his movie off of a dirt road way back in the mountains.

OK, fill in the blanks... What movie? :)