Flowers Anyone?

[jetcode]

How about an open thread for all things floral. Here's one of mine. These are Puruvian Lillies I've been told. I like the sequence of young buds blossming into the five adults. The different stages of growth.

[MIke Sherck]

Rich, intense color. Do you raise these things or did you buy them, or were you traveling?

Mike

[Renato Tonelli]

I've always like to photograph flowers: Color transparency, B&W negative, 35mm, 6x6cm, 4x5
For 35mm I used to use Kodachrome but because of long delays in lab turnaround (and loss of two rolls), I have switched to Fujichrome Astia 100F after much contemplation and advice from these forums. I opted for the Astia 100F because I wanted to contain the contrast for Ilfochrome printing. I like the results but am curious about Velvia, which I plan to try.

I have fallen behind in filing transparencies, mainly because I wanted to file the flowers according to their proper "common" name as well as the scientific name: neither of which I am qualified to do. Consequently it is time consuming and easy to put off into the future.

[Mchilly]

I got flower here!
I edit this already, changed the background :D

[jetcode]

Rich, intense color. Do you raise these things or did you buy them, or were you traveling?

Mike

They grow wild behind an old victorian in Felton.

[Juergen Sattler]

Sun Flower taken with my 8x10 Wehman and the 210mm Fujinon 5.6 lens.

[Hugo Zhang]

Sunflower with shell. Kodak 2D with Heliar 36cm lens.

[Scott Rosenberg]

gerber daisy... tech, 180 makro sironar, provia 100f...

http://www.srosenberg.com/Website7/new-images/images/Gerber-Sunrise4-Pic.jpg

[David A. Goldfarb]

Linhof Tech V 4x5", 135/3.5 Planar, Fuji RMS, 6x7 Super-Rollex back--

http://www.echonyc.com/~goldfarb/photo/tulips.jpg

[Ray Bidegain]

Here is my photograph "Tulips on paper". It is an 8x10 platinum print.

Ray Bidegain

[Capocheny]

Sad to see the demise of a vase of once-beautiful tulips.

[Scott Rosenberg]

henry, BRILLIANT follow-up to ray's lovely print... kinda like a before and after. i love that while the tulips look all dried up, they are in fact sitting in a glass of water. which reminds me, my wife is returning home tomorrow afternoon - i gotta go water her plants! oh man, am i ever in trouble...

[Steve Gledhill]

I rarely do flowers - but this is a recent effort.
Zone VI - Nikkor 210 SW - 100Tmax.
Diffuse natural lighting from window behind and left of camera.

Steve Gledhill
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/

[Alan Davenport]

Taken in the garden this spring:


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/407369738_3786776c26_t.jpg (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/407369738_32cd085e2e_o.jpg)

Calumet 540, Caltar II-N 150mm f/5.6
1/15 second @ f/8 on Ektachrome E100VS

[katie cooke]

a couple of flahrs--a scabious and a stargazer lily--I posted before (in my "hello world" intro). Taken with a toyo 45cf and a wollensak raptar 101mm lens on FP4+.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4474


http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4475

Um... that didn't quite work...is it possible to embed something I've used as a thumbnail before?

[Scott --]

A couple o' daisies...

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/daisies.jpg

5x7 Seneca Competitor, Schneider Super Angulon 121/8, Arista.EDU Ultra 100

[Ken Lee]

Lovely !!! - They feel alive.

[Struan Gray]

Water lillies, buttercups, clover and spotted orchids.

[Kerik Kouklis]

Tulip - 11x14 black glass ambrotype.

[Colin Robertson]

Kerik- holy shit.
That's lovely.

[Benno Jones]

Purple tulip, 75mm Tominon on Shen-Hao 4x5, Fuji Acros ISO 50 in HC110 B

[bob carnie]

I saw this sunflower the other day.

[Dan V]

I couldn't resist.

[Darryl Baird]

can't resist flowers...

[Capocheny]

Hi Kerik,

GREAT image!

Cheers

[Kirk Keyes]

http://www.keyesphoto.com/Resource/KDK0065-Red-Tulip-450W.jpg

"Red Tulip"
Linhof Technika IV, 240 G-Claron, Fujichrome Provia

[darr]

http://cameraartist.com/images/10154c.jpg

Orchid, Arca Swiss FC, Rodenstock 120 macro, Velvia

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/LillyBlackISusan/BIS12HyperionF4.jpg
black eyed susan
Gundlach Hyperion 12" f4

[Ken Lee]

Love it !

It's Hypnotic.

Ba-da-bing, baby.

[jetcode]

I'm thoroughly enjoying the variety and quality of images in this thread.

[domenico Foschi]

Great thread, many favourites.

http://i22.tinypic.com/ilyh4p.jpg


http://i21.tinypic.com/1he5nr.jpg

[Ken Lee]

4x5 TMY

[Marko]

Domenico, both are great, but the top one is just fantastic!

[domenico Foschi]

Marko, thank you.
Unfortunately I am never able to get the right tonalities in the net.
The beauty in the Rose is in its whites in the petals, that here look like a dismal grey.
This is actually a photographs I took of the image with a cheap digital camera.
I can't expect much now, can I?

[Marko]

The tonality may be limited, but the overal relationship is still very clear, and the web does not limit composition and sharpness anyway. That being said, I'd love to see it for real some day. :)

[Tri Tran]

Just about in time... for this picture. Hope you enjoy it.Thanks for checking.

Hi Domenico,
Glad to see you here. Great picture. Is the lens for sale ? :)

TT

[jetcode]

Marko, thank you.
Unfortunately I am never able to get the right tonalities in the net.
The beauty in the Rose is in its whites in the petals, that here look like a dismal grey.
This is actually a photographs I took of the image with a cheap digital camera.
I can't expect much now, can I?

further proof that it matters little what camera a photograph is taken with : it's the visual impact that matters most

[Jiri Vasina]

The BW work is mostly very good (some is even stunning), as usuall. But the orchid of Darr Almeda in color is plain wonderful. If you don't mind, I'll add this to my projects, try to get a picture at least half that beautiful ;)

[darr]

The BW work is mostly very good (some is even stunning), as usuall. But the orchid of Darr Almeda in color is plain wonderful. If you don't mind, I'll add this to my projects, try to get a picture at least half that beautiful ;)


Thank you Jiri for your kind words. It is simple when nature and Velvia offer you the combination.

[Chris Strobel]

Well it hasn't quite bloomed yet :D

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/74108164/original.jpg

[domenico Foschi]

Just about in time... for this picture. Hope you enjoy it.Thanks for checking.

Hi Domenico,
Glad to see you here. Great picture. Is the lens for sale ? :)

TT

Tran, do you really need more lenses?:)
No, this lens is not for sale.
COngratulations for your shows in Canada, keep me posted.

[domenico Foschi]

The tonality may be limited, but the overal relationship is still very clear, and the web does not limit composition and sharpness anyway. That being said, I'd love to see it for real some day. :)

Marko, if I believe you live in the LA area, we could sure meet sometime, maybe with Hugo and some other local members.
The question is: who is going to be the architect of the gathering?

[Marko]

Marko, if I believe you live in the LA area, we could sure meet sometime, maybe with Hugo and some other local members.
The question is: who is going to be the architect of the gathering?

That would be awsome! Why don't you drop me an email and we could start talking about logistics? :)

[Dick Hilker]

One more . . . .

[Scott --]

Plain ol' rose. Seneca Competitor 5x7, SA 121/8, Arista.EDU Ultra 100.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/rose-1.jpg

[Daniel Geiger]

Aquilegia formosa, Woodland Hills, California.
ArcaSwiss F-line compact ApoMacro Sironar 180 mm, TLA 360, reflector, Provia 100 F.

[Daniel Geiger]

There are a few more under
http://www.vetigastropoda.com/SNAP/LFweb/7454.htm
http://www.vetigastropoda.com/SNAP/LFweb/7445.htm
http://www.vetigastropoda.com/SNAP/LFweb/7458.htm
http://www.vetigastropoda.com/SNAP/LFweb/7452.htm
http://www.vetigastropoda.com/SNAP/LFweb/7446.htm

[Steve Duprey]

Scott,

Gawd! Makes me want to fall into that one!:D

Great shot. How did you light it?

Best regards,

Steve Duprey

[Scott --]

Thanks, Steve. This was just indirect afternoon light through the patio door.

Scott

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/rosep.jpg
150mm Voigtlander Braunschweig Heliar, 4x5 TMY, PyroCat HD

[domenico Foschi]

Just beautiful Ken, and it's not just merit of the Heliar.

[Nate Battles]

Here's one...

http://imageupload.com/out.php/i35846_Untitled1copy.png

I just started LF after a very long break. Critique would be appreciated.

~Nate

[sparq]

I hope that a simple cactus will do...

5x7 Efke 25, taken with one of Jim Galli's monstrous lenses (Bausch&Lomb? Extra RR wide open).

[Struan Gray]

I just started LF after a very long break. Critique would be appreciated.

Wonderful. It's hard to give a critique on a single image like this because there are so many possible aspects that might or might not relate to other photographs you might want to make in the series. But I love the overall feel, and the many hooks for the imagination.

[Nate Battles]

Thank you Struan! I am working on a series right now. That was one of the first images that I have and was really excited to share it.

[wfwhitaker]

This image is getting pretty old, but it's still one of my favorites; I love the composition. 8 3/4" Verito at f/6-point something, T-Max 100, Pd, hot developer, coaching by Kerik.

[wfwhitaker]

Another one. 210mm Nikkor-W. Polaroid type 52 (lovely medium).

[jetcode]

That's really nice Will, great composition and lighting. I really like the shadow play on the right surface.

[Michael Roberts]

Couldn't resist...two more

[Asher Kelman]

Tulip - 11x14 black glass ambrotype.
This is exceptional Kerik!

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6512&d=1191958081.jpg

Alone, this makes it worthwhile for me to visit this forum!

One leaf, like an arm, seems to gracefully hold on to the vase!

What is the shading on the paper?

Is the surface flat or gloss?

Kind wishes,

Asher

[Wimpler]

4x5 paper negatives. First with old aplanat lens, second with a schneider xenar 150mm f4.5.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/315685293_c83938af50.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/315220877_f849c84f44.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

yes:-)
Light Flower
Contre-Jour
Wednesday October 18, late afternoon
Angulon 120 mm, 5x7 triX
Dev Minus TMAX 1/9

[Miguel Coquis]

some color too,

[Renee Galang]

I discovered and describe this new species Rafflesia lobata and here its first ever photograph. 4x5 marcro sironar 210 velvia 50 zone 6.

www.rafflesialobata.org

[Ken Lee]

Another photo of the same rose.
150mm Heliar, 4x5 TMY, Sinar P

[davidb]

really nice ken.

[Hugo Zhang]

Miguel,

Those are beautiful. Did you really hand color the second one or is it a PS thing? Very nice.

Renee,

Are they going to name that flower "Galang"?:) Indded, I have never seen that.

Ken,

I can just tell it is made with a Heliar. You seem to have ton of fun with your Helier lenses.:) Beautiful!

[Mike Lewis]

Linhof Technika, Nikkor-W 135

[C Henry]

Taken with a Cambo SC, Boyer 135mm, a table lamp and some greaseproof paper.

Obviously not a patch on the others shown :o
Car

[xavier deltell]

Sinar P. Voiglander Heliar 210. Tmax 100. Xtol 1+1

[Ken Lee]

I can just tell it is made with a Heliar. You seem to have ton of fun with your Helier lenses.:) Beautiful!

Yes, before shooting with the Heliars and the Tessars, I sensed that something was missing, but I didn't know what it was. The same with film and developers, until TMY + PyroCat. And with cameras, until I got a Sinar.

[Eric Rose]

The holy trinity, at least for photography LOL.

[Miguel Coquis]

some OLD ROSES
With up dated Lorillon 5x7
Angulon 120
Foma 200
Tmax dev 1/9
minus dev
scan 4990 etc.... exploring PS-6

[Scott Squires]

Cactus flower shot in 1997 with Zone VI 4x5, Velvia 50, Schneider 150 @ f8.

Scott

www.scottsquires.com

[Eric Rose]

Part of a new series I am working on. Still working out lighting issues.

[Daniel Geiger]

I discovered and describe this new species Rafflesia lobata and here its first ever photograph. 4x5 marcro sironar 210 velvia 50 zone 6.

www.rafflesialobata.org

I wish I could image my new species with 4x5, but, alas, have to use a modern VP SEM for it. No more polaroid sandwiches, but from little bits to little bits. At least in VP, I do use tertiary photons (generated by secondary electrons-air interaction) for imaging.

Anyway: cool! Glad to see an other active taxonomist on the Forum.

[Alex Wei]

some OLD ROSES
With up dated Lorillon 5x7
Angulon 120
Foma 200
Tmax dev 1/9
minus dev
scan 4990 etc.... exploring PS-6


This is beautiful!

[Miguel Coquis]

Monnai du pape
Not exactly flowers but holds light very nice !!!
Foma 200, Wollensak EXWA 159mm, up graded Lorillon 5x7
Tmax 1/9 minus dev (-1)
This afternoon

[Ron McElroy]

Water Lily from Waponocca FWR in Arkansas.
Zone VI
210 Rodenstock N
TMAX 100@64 in Formulary BW-2

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Almost missed this one. Better late than never.

Roses in Tandem

Seneca Improved 8x10

11x14 Hawkeye Portrait Lens @ F-16 ( home made waterhouse stops)

J&C 200 @ 100 in D-76 1:1

Contact printed on Azo grade -2

[Jim Galli]

Almost missed this one. Better late than never.

Roses in Tandem

Seneca Improved 8x10

11x14 Hawkeye Portrait Lens @ F-16 ( home made waterhouse stops)

J&C 200 @ 100 in D-76 1:1

Contact printed on Azo grade -2

Beautiful Jim. What is a Hawkeye Portrait lens? Thought I had seen em all ;)

[Asher Kelman]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/LillyBlackISusan/BIS12HyperionF4.jpg
black eyed susan
Gundlach Hyperion 12" f4
Tell me about this lens! I love it! What f stop did you actually use?

Asher

[Jim Galli]

Tell me about this lens! I love it! What f stop did you actually use?

Asher

Asher, that lens is very similar to your PS945. Part of the effect is caused by the nearly 1:3 ratio of a 3" flower macro'd onto a full 8X10 film. The bellows was probably out to 26 28 inches with the 12 inch lens. You will get nearly identical look with similar subject matter and your Cooke. I was wide open at f4. The Cooke begins at f5.6 iirc.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, I have two Haykeye Portrait lenses. The 11x14 and 10x12 group. Both of these lenses have a nice signature. They are great on the 8x10. Can't wait to use them on the 11x14 when I get it done.

Jim

[Asher Kelman]

Jim, I have two Haykeye Portrait lenses. The 11x14 and 10x12 group. Both of these lenses have a nice signature. They are great on the 8x10. Can't wait to use them on the 11x14 when I get it done.

What are you going to do, put your 11x14 on wheels or else use a focal plane shutter or can you add a shutter someother way?

Jim


Asher, that lens is very similar to your PS945. Part of the effect is caused by the nearly 1:3 ratio of a 3" flower macro'd onto a full 8X10 film. The bellows was probably out to 26 28 inches with the 12 inch lens. You will get nearly identical look with similar subject matter and your Cooke. I was wide open at f4. The Cooke begins at f5.6 iirc.

I'm so impressed Jim with the depth of experience with exotic lenses! What is the coverage of the lens? I'm worried whether I could use the Cooke for my 8x10 at at least f 8 for a group of flowers or nude study? I guess if I'm not at infinity, the circle will be bigger anyway!

Asher

[sparq]

5x7 / 14'' lantern Petzval?? (according to Domenico who sold me this lens;)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2118/1815828649_88904bfb1b.jpg

[Jim Galli]

5x7 / 14'' lantern Petzval?? (according to Domenico who sold me this lens;)


That should make Domenico proud :) That old petzval speaks loud and clear.

[Hugo Zhang]

Dallmeyer 12" F/3.5 Portrait Anastigmat Lens with Kodak 2d. Wide open.

[Geert]

4x5"TriX 320

http://sheetfilm.be/zenphoto/albums/non-series/doubleflower-800.jpg

[cobalt]

playing with new deardorff...

[cobalt]

...one more...

[Andrew Tymon]

4x5, 180 symmar, J and c 100 in pyrocat.

[Ken Lee]

...one more...

I like this one. It's very... musical.

[cobalt]

I like this one. It's very... musical.
Thank you.

[jetcode]

really amazing images here - thanks for contributing to my education!

[domenico Foschi]

Dallmeyer 12" F/3.5 Portrait Anastigmat Lens with Kodak 2d. Wide open.

Hugo, that is a true masterpiece!!
Great image, my friend, lovely.

[domenico Foschi]

5x7 / 14'' lantern Petzval?? (according to Domenico who sold me this lens;)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2118/1815828649_88904bfb1b.jpg

Yeah...that was my mistake...
I regret I sold that lens, It's a very cool looking lens as well.
But it seems I sold it to the right person, the image is beautiful.
Have fun with that little pearl.

[sparq]

Yeah...that was my mistake...
I regret I sold that lens, It's a very cool looking lens as well.
But it seems I sold it to the right person, the image is beautiful.
Have fun with that little pearl.

Thank you Domenico (and Jim), I appreciate your comments. :) This lens is a little gem indeed, I'll try to make it sing.

[chris_4622]

Hosta leaf, 4x5 contact print on Azo grade 3. Efke Pl 100. 150mm.

[Colin Graham]

4x5, 180 symmar, J and c 100 in pyrocat.

Wonderful image Andrew.

[dominikus bw]

Sinar F1, Componon-S 150, Green filter, TMX 100.

[Andrew Tymon]

Thanks, Colin!

[katie cooke]

A Gladiolus x colvillei, a normal gladiolus, and a very dead lily.
All shot with a wollensak raptar 101mm lens, a toyo 45cf, on fp4+, with exposures of 1 to 8 seconds, depending.

[Hugo Zhang]

Thanks, domenico! This shooting wide open thing was inspired by pictures of yours.:)

[Jiri Vasina]

I'm trying to revive this thread too...

This was my first ever try on high-key shot. MPP VII, either Angulon 90mm or Xenar 135mm at (almost) maximum bellows extension (I really think it was the Angulon), window light (really cloudy drab sky), Fuji duplicating slide film cross-processed in C-41, converted to BW and toned in computer. I hope I got everything right and that you like it...

http://www.vasina.net/photos/web/p4x5-022_web.jpg

[PaulRicciardi]

Jiri that's very nice...

First posting here...
This a 4x5 I shot of some tiger lilies, I accidentally fogged my negatives by accidentally turning on a light in the bathroom I was using as a dark room so I lost some contrast and you can see the outlines of the negatives I had on top of this negative. This was the only negative that survived, the rest were lost unfortunately. I'm relatively new to LF but it is by far my favourite format to shoot with.

[Norm Buchanan]

Stargazer Lily: Arca Swiss F-Field C, Symmar-S 300mm, Velvia

[Ken Lee]

For close shots, no more Sironar for me.
4x5, TMY, PyroCat, Vintage 180mm Tessar

[Louie Powell]

Beautiful work - - - but lousy timing. No more fresh flowers until Spring.

[rippo]

flowers for my wife, shot on expired polaroid (type 52), scanned and tinted.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/1566862242_e4053467f7.jpg





by the way, i've seen this thread floating around for awhile and always ignored it. i HATE flower shots. they're sooooooo boring. and then i took a look...wow! some of you have really done some interesting things with flowers! some very unstraight shots in the bunch, whether it's Galli-esque odd lenses, alt-process (one of my 'things'), or just really interesting takes on an over-exposed subject. so...well done, all! lots of talent in this group, if it makes me look at more than one page of flower shots.

[Miguel Coquis]

... and this was last summer
4x5 Foma, Lorillon 5x7 with a 4x5 custom made back !!!
Nice color !

[Donald Miller]

Last summer

[Miguel Coquis]

PARC PROMENADE- La Rose !!!
4x5 Pin hole pics done by one of the members of "the photographers team" at the hospital for teenagers with mental and emotional disorder and/or physical handicap.

[rippo]

"As I Lay Dying"

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2182793159_411fe4bcb8.jpg

[paulr]

on the brooklyn waterfront ...

[katie cooke]

One from yesterday.

Houghton Victo whole plate camera, with a TTH Cooke Series V 11" lens (not *quite* wide open, as there's a bit of crud at the edge which shows otherwise, so, just a little smaller than f8), to make a paper negative...

[rippo]

nice, katie! and kudos for the paper negative.

[RPNugent]

A bit postcardish. The Skagit Valley of Washington State a few years ago.

[Scott --]

Playin' around yesterday with the Seneca and SA 121/8...

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/cactus.jpg

[Nate Battles]

Nice Katie, Scott!

[Steve Duprey]

Katie,

Was that an "in camera" paper negative? If not...howdja do it? The result is just beautiful!

Best regards,

-Steve Duprey

[katie cooke]

thanks!


Was that an "in camera" paper negative?

Yep! I've been using paper in this camera, as paper that size is an awful lot cheaper than whole plate sized film. It seems to sit fairly flat in the plate holders without too much fussing.

[Scott --]

Today's film wastin'. Seneca 5x7, Schneider SA 121/8, Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/hydrangea_SL.jpg

[Scott --]

Experiments in shallow DoF...
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/daff00.jpg

Seneca Competitor 5x7, 4x5 Graflock, CZJ Tessar 105/4.5, Arsita.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H

[darr]

11441

Ebony 45SU, Docter 240/f9, Polaroid 55, Toned for a Cyanotype/Selenium type look

[stefan d]

http://www.stefandieterich.de/inhalt/image/galerie6/Blumenstrauss.jpg

8x10" contact print on AZO developed in Amidol. 360mm Universal Heliar.

[Jeff Graves]

Here's one!

[Ken Lee]

Jeff: Brilliant !

[russyoung]

Stefan-

Oh my, what a delicate and luminous image. And oh what a rare and desirable lens!

More please.

Russ

[Ken Lee]

Stefan - Lovely !

I wonder: Have you considered cropping the image a bit ?

[stefan d]

Hallo Ken, hallo Russ,
thanks for your nice comments. The print is not cropped. I don´t like the black edge very much. I picked up the lens from ebay with a howl old studio camera. There was no hint to the lens and so it was quite cheap.
All the best from Berlin

[Scott --]

Another shallow DoF experiment, testing a 90/6.8 Angulon on 4x5, close up and wide open.

[RDB Korn]

I'm glad I found this thread - many lovely images here.

I've been playing with some expired Polaroid T57, working with the "goop" side after exposure. Here's an example.

Paul

[Gary Beasley]

I shot this in my basement studio. Plucked a clover blossem and put it in a glass of water and played with the Calumet 45NX. Probably Ektapan but I don't really remember.

[rippo]

hey jeff, that looks like my flower image! same vase, same type of flower... :)

[Miguel Coquis]

wide open rose, almost !
I'll give a look tomorrow:-)
4x5

[rwyoung]

My first successful Polaroid 809 (8x10) shot. Only screwed up twice to get here...

Senica Improved View camera (8x10), Leclair 13" brass lens w/ f32 waterhouse stop & Packard shutter. About 20" extension and hoping for 1/3 second on the shutter. A bit over exposed so I suppose maybe more like 1/2 to 3/4 seconds?

Cheap HP scanner did a little auto-color jiggery pokery on the image but not that far off.

[D. Bryant]

My first successful Polaroid 809 (8x10) shot. Only screwed up twice to get here...

Senica Improved View camera (8x10), Leclair 13" brass lens w/ f32 waterhouse stop & Packard shutter. About 20" extension and hoping for 1/3 second on the shutter. A bit over exposed so I suppose maybe more like 1/2 to 3/4 seconds?

Cheap HP scanner did a little auto-color jiggery pokery on the image but not that far off.
Very cool Russ. Makes me think of Ralph Goings work:

http://www.ralphlgoings.com/

Don Bryant

[domenico Foschi]

My first successful Polaroid 809 (8x10) shot. Only screwed up twice to get here...

Senica Improved View camera (8x10), Leclair 13" brass lens w/ f32 waterhouse stop & Packard shutter. About 20" extension and hoping for 1/3 second on the shutter. A bit over exposed so I suppose maybe more like 1/2 to 3/4 seconds?

Cheap HP scanner did a little auto-color jiggery pokery on the image but not that far off.

Perfect!

[rwyoung]

Very cool Russ. Makes me think of Ralph Goings work:

http://www.ralphlgoings.com/

Don Bryant

Don -

I'm Rob Young. Russ and I have this same problem here, on Apug and I think at f295.org too... ;):rolleyes: :D

Rob, Russ, Ralph, Barry and I think there is a second Rob or "Bob" floating around when you combine LF, APUG, f295 and photo.net... So far as I know, we aren't related.

It happens at the local photography club too because there is a Caroline Young in town, does some very nice floral and greenery landscape stuff. No relation either but I DO have a first cousin named Caroline Young (forget her married name). And there was another Robert Young in Lawrence who besides being a deadbeat (I got his collection calls for a while) was also sought by the local D.A.'s office as a material witness to something bad. That was an interesting conversation... :D

[ljsegil]

9" Wollensak Verito in studio shutter, shot wide open at f4 on Velvia 50, no idea what shutter speed I got with the studio, but I was aiming for about 2 seconds.
LJS

[ljsegil]

Nikkor 120mm AM ED macro, Fuji Acros or Velvia 50,depending, Technika
LJS

[ljsegil]

Another Verito on Velvia

[Jim Galli]

Another Verito on Velvia
Wow! Verito's and Velvia were made for each other! I like em both. A lot!

[PaulRicciardi]

Nikkor 120mm AM ED macro, Fuji Acros or Velvia 50,depending, Technika
LJS

Really love those two shots, especially the one on the right.
Beautiful work

[darr]

9" Wollensak Verito in studio shutter, shot wide open at f4 on Velvia 50, no idea what shutter speed I got with the studio, but I was aiming for about 2 seconds.
LJS

Beautiful composition!

[ljsegil]

Thank you all.
LJS

[katie cooke]

a strange, skinny little double-headed lily that I found yesterday... never seen one quite like it before (not that this picture will help you identify it). Shot with a 101mm wollensak raptar lens on toyo45cf, wide open, with adox 50.

(is it just me, or does the adox emulsion contain a super-powered dust atttractor when damp?)

[katie cooke]

another from yesterday: in among the flowers of a hydrangea plant, with the same camera and lens as before, though on fp4+ this time.

[Alan Davenport]

Caltar II-N 150mm f/5.6, E100VS, 1/15 second @ f/8

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/407369738_3786776c26_m.jpg (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/407369738_32cd085e2e_o.jpg)

[Jiri Vasina]

Alan, great one.

[butterflydream]

Pinhole, 0.1mm.
Fuji acros 100.

[Miguel Curbelo]

8x10 cyanotype on unknown watercolour paper, bleached in very hot ammonia. The petals in the actual print have got a beautifully subtle pink hue, but I'm afraid I have not managed to reproduce that in the scan.

[Colin Graham]

Wow, I really like your cyanotypes very much. The warm highlights and blue shadows work very very well together. Great composition too.

[pierre salomon]

fleurs d'hier: apo sironar N 300
la vase noire: symmar s 210

[Daniel_Buck]

Flowers aren't something that I generally shoot, but here are some from the poppy reserves in California:

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/velvia_01.jpg

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/velvia_03.jpg

[Tony Karnezis]

Wow! Verito's and Velvia were made for each other! I like em both. A lot!

Couldn't have said it better myself! Can't wait to try mine.

[rippo]

Pierre: really great and creative work!

Daniel: Nice work too! I didn't know we needed poppy reserves here in California. My neighbor has a 'poppy reserve' in the cracks of his sidewalk. :) Once you plant poppies, you can't get rid of them (not that I'd want to...)

[Hugo Zhang]

Pierre,

Very interesting flowers! Especially the 2nd one.:)

Daniel:

Where is this place? Beautiful!

[Kerik Kouklis]

8x10 wet plate collodion on aluminum.

http://kerik.com/gayles_rose_1.jpg

[Nate Battles]

Really nice image Kerik. I just joined the collodion forum and I'm really excited to get started. Don't really know where to start though...:o

[Victo]

http://www.vittoriocolombi.com/immagini/C_209_l4jpnl55melttkm5fxcqnb55_C005/F00001179B.jpg



this,my little contribute....:)

[Darryl Baird]

Interesting... what does bleaching in very hot ammonia accomplish?


8x10 cyanotype on unknown watercolour paper, bleached in very hot ammonia. The petals in the actual print have got a beautifully subtle pink hue, but I'm afraid I have not managed to reproduce that in the scan.

[Sheldon N]

My little flower... :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/sheldonnalos/MyLittleFlower.jpg

[Daniel_Buck]

Daniel: Where is this place? Beautiful!
Thanks Hugo :) The poppy reserves are north of Los Angeles, in Lancaster I believe. I'm not sure how much longer the flowers will be there, I hear they come and go very quickly, it's been several weeks now, I bet they are mostly gone by now :( More info here: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=627 There are some interesting fences and things out there, and I believe we saw a flock of sheep. A nice place to go, if you like wide open areas. Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I forgot that I posted in this thread.

[T.durant]

I call this one, Day At The Races~
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee105/teedolly/IMG_1527.jpg

[Kirk Keyes]

Great shot, Sheldon!

[xmishx]

Kerik,

Beautiful image!

Ted

[ari velazco]

wow, wonderful shot sheldon.

[jpkirk]

Blackeyed Susans, Dahlia, Lotus and a Rose

jk

[Miguel Curbelo]

Interesting... what does bleaching in very hot ammonia accomplish?
It depends. The first time the concentration of ammonia was too high and the image disappeared. The second time the hot ammonia bleached the image very much like cold ammonia would have done. The third time the result was the print I have posted. In short: I have no idea what hot ammonia might or might not accomplish, but experimenting is fun.

[Shutter]

4x5"

[Matt Magruder]

http://www.matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/18_12x20zebrabongohorse.jpg

some sort of flower I can't remember the name of.

[Brian K]

I don't shoot flowers but here goes...

[sparq]

I don't shoot flowers but here goes...

Brilliant!

[Victo]

Dead Calla

http://www.vittoriocolombi.com/immagini/C_209_l4jpnl55melttkm5fxcqnb55_C005/F00001172B.jpg

[Brian K]

Brilliant!

Thanks Sparq.

[Gary Beasley]

I got to play with some color the other day in my Ebony. Lit by a desk lamp and daylight.

[wclavey]

Yesterday's Tulips... Crown Graphic with 210mm Caltar on TMY-400. Then scanned and composited with a scan of a textured painted surface, and reprinted on Moab Entrada paper. The printed image is better than I can do with the scan.

[Brian Bullen]

8x10 palladium / x-ray film

[Jan Pedersen]

Late for those on the east coast.
Bluebells with a 10" Conley Portrait series II on 8x10

[rwyoung]

Singing Sunflower - student sculpture at The University of Kansas
Polaroid 809, Senica 8x10, Ilex Paragon 14 3/4" lens @ f8

[David Luttmann]

And mine, for a small run of offset posters.

Shen Hao 4x5, Fuji 150mm, Ilford FP4, PMK Pyro.

[Matt Magruder]

http://www.matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/18_12x20orchidgoat.jpg

Orchid and Goat Skull.
12x20 Efke. Pt/Pd print.

[Victo]

Wedding

http://www.vittoriocolombi.com/immagini/C_209_l4jpnl55melttkm5fxcqnb55_C005/F00001212B.jpg


hp5 4x5 " inka sinar ,symmar 210 mm

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/img223b.jpg
Sinar P, 210mm Braunshweig Heliar
5x7 TMY Pyrocat HD

[ljsegil]

Verito 9" at f4, in a sticky studio shutter so exposure approximately approximate, Portra 160NC, shot with a Canham 5x7 (with thanks to and memory of Ted Harris) and scanned on a V750, color cast removed in Lab mode, offered for your viewing pleasure (I hope)
LJS

[Richard Edic]

Still life with flowers...

[Jim Galli]

Verito 9" at f4, in a sticky studio shutter so exposure approximately approximate, Portra 160NC, shot with a Canham 5x7 (with thanks to and memory of Ted Harris) and scanned on a V750, color cast removed in Lab mode, offered for your viewing pleasure (I hope)
LJS

ouch! I may have to get the color stuff out again for a foray. I thought the digital Nikon had cured me. I see possibilities here.

[ljsegil]

Jim,
I for one cannot wait to see the wonders you will perform with color.
Larry

[Struan Gray]

Victo, you are obviously cast in the Gertrude Kasebier mould: Marriage (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,bbcards,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb:2:./temp/~pp_49LY::displayType=1:m856sd=cph:m856sf=3b25452:@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,bbcards,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb).

[Don Dudenbostel]

Thought you might find this different. Large format for shure, 8x10 HP5, but shorter wavelength light. Well actually I do this with x-rays and ofcourse no camera or lens.

www.x-rayarts.com

[domenico Foschi]

Thought you might find this different. Large format for shure, 8x10 HP5, but shorter wavelength light. Well actually I do this with x-rays and ofcourse no camera or lens.

www.x-rayarts.com

Don, I have looked at your site and your work is one of the most engaging and significant that I have seen in years.

[David Luttmann]

Thought you might find this different. Large format for shure, 8x10 HP5, but shorter wavelength light. Well actually I do this with x-rays and ofcourse no camera or lens.

www.x-rayarts.com

All I can say is wow! What fantastic images you have on your website. Nice to see something so engaging and different!

[Don Dudenbostel]

Thanks very much! Been doing this for over 40 years but just in the past 5 years that I've started selling through galleries. Lot's of fun!

[katie cooke]

Don, your work is incredible. I found your site a little while ago, and visit every now and then to admire, think, and just enjoy the view.

[Kerik Kouklis]

There's a guy I've known since the mid-90's named Steven Myers who also makes beautiful radiographs. Check out his work here (http://www.xray-art.com/).

[Jim Galli]

I must join the chorus and say these are marvelous Don. I enjoyed your site very much.

[domenico Foschi]

There's a guy I've known since the mid-90's named Steven Myers who also makes beautiful radiographs. Check out his work here (http://www.xray-art.com/).

Also beautiful.
I see in Steven Meyers' work a "screaming" elegance, meaning that it is the most apparent quality.
Don's images of toys having a mechanical "soul" have really hit me in the guts.

[LilNatty]

I just looked at your website Don and I'm overwhelmed and intimidated all at once. :)

[Jiri Vasina]

Both of the sites presenting X-ray radiographs are wonderful, extremely inspirational. Thank you all for pointing to them. It's plain beautiful.

But anyway, I'd like to present something of my work, even though it's something much more common... I love sunflowers and therefore rarely pass the opportunity to capture them. Here is a shot with a 135mm Xenar lens, 9×12cm Agfa RSX II 100 slide film, developed in Tetenal E-6.

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/leto/p9x12-105_web.jpg

[Kerik Kouklis]

I find Steven's constructed "landscapes" very interesting...

[Darryl Baird]

working with Mother's Day flowers... 12" Kodak Portrait Lens

[rippo]

hey darryl, nice glow on the first one! both are nice in fact.

[Darryl Baird]

next one (from yesterday), surely my favorite, but this is a crop from an 8x10 on a scanner that only allows 5" wide, so I hope the full frame composition works as well

[Darryl Baird]

Thanks, I'm trying to find out where the glow "stops" with the lens' apertures; I think that one was around f/5.6. I did a duplicate at 8 and today I did a similar shot with 8 and 16. I can see the softness and a bit of glow on the groundglass, but the trick is getting the subtlety of the film through a cheap scanner, then onto the Internet. Something, I think, gets lost in translation. I'll have to make a contact print to know for certain.

having fun is work sometimes... :D


hey darryl, nice glow on the first one! both are nice in fact.

[Eduardo Aigner]

http://www.eduardoaigner.com.br/outros/Cromo4x5_2C_D_Version2.jpg

Not really a flower, but a dry leaf.
Linhof Kardan Color | Nikkor-W 150mm

[Kerik Kouklis]

Here are a couple of new florals. Both are 8x10 wet plate collodion on aluminum:

http://kerik.com/05-18-08_lilly_2.jpg

http://kerik.com/lilly_5-16-08_2450.jpg

[domenico Foschi]

Kerik, masterful!

[Darryl Baird]

Great images, Kerik, my favorite is the second, but it's a difficult choice. I'm intrigued by two different qualities you've got...1) the subtle pink & green coloration (especially no.2) of the process and 2) the directional element you get from the "emulsion."

Are the streaks from the developer or ???

[Kerik Kouklis]

Thanks, guys. I'm not seeing pink/green - if you're picking that up it's likely an artifact of scanning not the process. The directional thing you see is (somewhat intentional) sloppiness in development. BTW, the first one was shot with a 305mm Kodak Portrait at f/6.3.

[Darryl Baird]

I think the second image is really excellent, the almost diamond shape of the developing marks, vignetting, together with the overall composition just sings. I'm hoping to get to try my hand at wetplate in a few weeks, so its good to know you like the portrait lens.

[xmishx]

Kerik,

Really stunning work. You have that collodian process down!

Ted

[Victo]

Two gerbera's

fp4 4x5" symmar 210

[xavier deltell]

Sinar P, Schneider Apo Symmar 210, . Shot on Provia 4x5.F 16 . Developed in Tetenal E-6 Scanned with Imacon scanner and resized.

[Brian Bullen]

Wild Columbine
Crop from 11x14 x-ray film/palladium print

[Jan Pedersen]

Brain, Beautiful print. What lens did you use for this one?

jan

[Brian Bullen]

Thank you Jan!
The lens is very rare, very expensive and highly sought after.
Just kidding, it's only a simple and very cheap B+L projection lens. I think I paid $20 for it.
If anyone has the 18" version send me a pm, this one doesn't quite cover my 11x14.

[Jim Galli]

Thank you Jan!
The lens is very rare, very expensive and highly sought after.
Just kidding, it's only a simple and very cheap B+L projection lens. I think I paid $20 for it.
If anyone has the 18" version send me a pm, this one doesn't quite cover my 11x14.
Brian, You're doing some great stuff with that xray film.

[Brian Bullen]

Brian, You're doing some great stuff with that xray film.

Thanks Jim, I must have missed this post, your compliments mean a lot.
Here is another 8x10 x-ray/ palladium

[wfwhitaker]

Nice work Brian. So where does this x-ray film come from?

[Brian Bullen]

Thank you, Will!
Well since I'm too cheap to pay full price I buy it from e-bay, but I usually get regular old Konica PPG or Kodak T-mat. A search on google will turn up plenty of dealers, even then it's cheap compared to regular film. 100 sheets for $25-$30 in 8x10.

[Valerie]

Ok. Here's mine. Keep in mind that this is my VERY FIRST large format photo with my "new" camera. I aimed at some flowers in the house, did a fair amount of guessing, and this is what I got.

[Jim Galli]

Ok. Here's mine. Keep in mind that this is my VERY FIRST large format photo with my "new" camera. I aimed at some flowers in the house, did a fair amount of guessing, and this is what I got.


Surely looks like you got it nailed to me. Very nice!

[Carioca]

Partially solarized peonies on outdated 665.

[Nick K]

Thought you might find this different. Large format for shure, 8x10 HP5, but shorter wavelength light. Well actually I do this with x-rays and ofcourse no camera or lens.

www.x-rayarts.com

what an interesting refreshing idea and technique

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone...

Here a few of mine. :)

jim k

[Miguel Coquis]

Great images everyone...

Here a few of mine. :)

jim k
Wow !!!
Beautiful flowers (pictures:-))... really nice roses.

[Victo]

http://www.vittoriocolombi.com/immagini/C_209_l4jpnl55melttkm5fxcqnb55_C005/F00001226B.jpg

ALCOHOLIC LIFE

[jetcode]

the gold in this forum is the imagery and tech talk ... definitely one of the greatest forums on LF photography to have ever existed ... thanks QT

[jim kitchen]

Merci Miguel...

jim k

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/img257b.jpg
5x7 Sinar P, 300mm Braunschweig Heliar, TMY, Pyrocat MC

[Jim Galli]

Sorry Ken, I couldn't help getting out the 1940's pastel paint set on this one ;) It really is a lovely shot.

[Ken Lee]

Dy no mite !

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/img253a.jpg
5x7 Sinar P, 250mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar, TMY, Pyrocat MC

Many thanks to Jim Galli for his sharing about lenses and what they give, and to Katie Cooke for teaching about rich tonality and deep feeling. And to Sandy King for his... Cats.

[gbogatko]

The lilies are out!

george

[cjbroadbent]

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm440/downstairs_2008/vase.jpg
This is a 4x5 Gandolfi on ektachrome and a 5 minute paint job on a bed sheet for Brides Mag.
Ray's platinum tulips are super. I would like to learn more about Pt printing. Are costs prohibitive nowadays?

[jim kitchen]

I found another one... :)

jim k

[cjbroadbent]

Gandolfi 4x5 Symmar 120 TMax200
http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm440/downstairs_2008/1-flower.jpg

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/HydrangeaTessar.jpg
Hydrangea via Tessar

[Colin Graham]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2672478759_f3f8923ecb.jpg

Well, a fern anyway.

[Brian Bullen]

Colin, as always, beautiful!!

[Jiri Vasina]

Colin, that is wonderful.

[Colin Graham]

Thanks very much Brian and Jiri.

[Andrew ren]

leaf & fern.

[Donald Miller]

leaf & fern.


Very nice!!!

[stehei]

I think this is my seconf flower shot ever,
I was testing my new 8*10, I better stick to portraits, i guess ;)
calumet C1, apo ronar 240mm, f32, delta 100

[Jiri Vasina]

Stefan, it's not that bad :)

Actually it's rather good. I'd prefer the central part of the flower to be lighter, but otherwise I like it.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/512s/FlowersS650.jpg
pams garden

Korona 5X12
Darlot Landscape lens

[darr]

Ebony SV45U, Docter 240 f/9, Polaroid 55 ( initial test shot for trying out new camera )
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