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First try at long exposure with the 4x5. Construction for the dome going on in the Capitol. Used the Calumet cc-400 with Fujinon 250mm at ~f18 for 27min. Red filter + polarizer + nd10. Developed in Rodinal.
Screwed up the bottom. Was supposed to have more of the building in the shot like the digital version (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/852/008copy.jpg/).
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/5701548668_98889c3c18_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/5701548668/in/photostream)
austin granger
8-May-2011, 20:07
First try at long exposure with the 4x5. Construction for the dome going on in the Capitol. Used the Calumet cc-400 with Fujinon 250mm at ~f18 for 27min. Red filter + polarizer + nd10. Developed in Rodinal.
Screwed up the bottom. Was supposed to have more of the building in the shot like the digital version (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/852/008copy.jpg/).
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/5701548668_98889c3c18_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/5701548668/in/photostream)
Zaitz,
I saw this over on flickr as well-what a cool photograph! I do have to confess though that after seeing the version with the extra bit at the bottom I think you're going to have to go back there for another 27 minute exposure. It'll drive you mad if you don't. :)
Austin
austin granger
8-May-2011, 20:09
Zaitz,
I saw this over on flickr as well-what a cool photograph! I do have to confess though that after seeing the version with the extra bit at the bottom I think you're going to have to go back there for another 27 minute exposure. It'll drive you mad if you don't. :)
Austin
To clarify, I didn't mean that I don't think it's awesome as it is, just that it would be even MORE awesome with that extra bit at the bottom.
Zaitz,
I saw this over on flickr as well-what a cool photograph! I do have to confess though that after seeing the version with the extra bit at the bottom I think you're going to have to go back there for another 27 minute exposure. It'll drive you mad if you don't. :)
Austin
I don't know how I screwed it up! I think I may have added more rise after putting the film holder in :o. Thanks for the good words! I will definitely be going back :D. It was taken on break at work - 1 minute away. I think I may need a bit more exposure as well.
I like it as it is - the missing part adds a bit of mystery!
totally agree! without the "finishing" part, the image has a great shocking factor, brilliant image! Beautiful! Looks like if this was not on the earth, rather on a different planet. Usually I really dont like overcontrasted images but I dont feel it on this, looks like perfectly fit with this. Like a stage with only one headlight...
I like it as it is - the missing part adds a bit of mystery!
totally agree! without the "finishing" part, the image has a great shocking factor, brilliant image! Beautiful! Looks like if this was not on the earth, rather on a different planet. Usually I really dont like overcontrasted images but I dont feel it on this, looks like perfectly fit with this. Like a stage with only one headlight...
Interesting take and thanks for the comments. I think I may try a double exposure on the same building. It is well lit and I'd take one exposure right before 11 when the lights go off and then another long exposure after that. Not sure how it'd turn out.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6204063135_62c8224fba_b.jpg
I tell her to just walk.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/6204581942_7f21b0011e_b.jpg
and afther I told her to came back.
Scott Davis
12-Oct-2011, 19:26
http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/7/8/5/f-trolleynight.jpg
http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/7/8/5/foodfair.jpg
http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/7/8/5/groceryliquor.jpg
http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/7/8/5/castrotheater.jpg
northcarolinajack
13-Oct-2011, 16:56
Organ Lutheran Church near Rockwell, NC, founded in 1745, this stone church completed in 1794. Stone quarried nearby by German settlers.
Camera – Full Plate Kodak with 121mm Schneider lens at F16+ for 30 seconds.
Film – Ilford HP 4 in HC110 B
Jack
www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954
Steve Gledhill
15-Oct-2011, 08:48
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/startrailscanyonlandsn.jpg
Images A, B and C are my first attempt at star trails. They were taken on perfectly clear consecutive nights around new moon earlier this month in Canyonlands NP on the White Rim trail. A was at Labyrinth campsite overlooking the Green River, B was at Murphy campsite and C was at Airport campsite. Each exposure was 8.5 hours from 8:30pm to 5am. Until I was there I had no prior plan to take star trail shots so I hadn’t thought about what aperture to use – so I guessed. With my 90mm Nikkor W and 400Tmax I used f11 for A, f16 for B and F22 for C. The A shot was the best exposed at f11. B & C were ok but a little thin.
Star trails in B and C turned out to be smooth and uninterrupted, but not so for A. During A’s exposure the film sheet (5x4) moved. It jumped, popped and crept in the film holder with the result being shown in A!, a clip from the top right of A. The gaps are the jumps and the wiggles are when it was creeping. I put this down to the film not being held securely in the holders (Lisco) allowing it to move as the temperature dropped overnight and as the humidity no doubt changed too. Also, one of the jumps or pops can be seen in A where the horizon has moved!
Why B & C didn’t exhibit this movement I can’t say – luck perhaps and perhaps the atmospheric conditions were different on the first night. By the way, the nights were windless and anyway I’d weighted the tripod with a bag of rocks for additional stability. The reason for exposing this here is as a lesson that I’ve learned which others may find useful too. I’m prompted by another recent thread in which QT asks about tape to fix film in the holder to prevent its moving during long exposures – see here (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=81564). Well, this is what can happen if you don’t address the problem. It may be as simple as ensuring that you tap the film holder to ensure that the film is seated on the bottom edge of the holder, but maybe taping (instead of tapping) the film is the only way to be certain.
The very bright trail in B and C is Jupiter.
Peter De Smidt
15-Oct-2011, 16:05
Very neat images, Steve! I like B the best.
Very nice. I have tried several times now to do startrails on TMax100 but I haven't gotten a single usable image. I think I'm below the reciprocity failure for the star light. I will have to try it on some Tri-X that I have. I have shot trails on digital many times before but doing it on film is both frustrating and a challenge.
15minutes @32. efke 25. nd6 and nd9 grads.
gevalia
16-Oct-2011, 08:36
Bryce Dawn.
Efke 25 @ 25 using a 4" Meniscus.
http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/i-jnQQ89g/0/XL/BryceDawn-XL.jpg
Steve M Hostetter
16-Oct-2011, 10:06
Bryce Dawn.
Efke 25 @ 25 using a 4" Meniscus.
http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/i-jnQQ89g/0/XL/BryceDawn-XL.jpg
Ron,
This fkin sings!!
gevalia
16-Oct-2011, 10:16
Ron,
This fkin sings!!
Thanks Steve! There's a bit of a glowing effect going on in the hoodoos to the right that I am having a problem printing but I'll get it. I hope.
johnielvis
16-Oct-2011, 11:58
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/startrailscanyonlandsn.jpg
Images A, B and C are my first attempt at star trails. They were taken on perfectly clear consecutive nights around new moon earlier this month in Canyonlands NP on the White Rim trail. A was at Labyrinth campsite overlooking the Green River, B was at Murphy campsite and C was at Airport campsite. Each exposure was 8.5 hours from 8:30pm to 5am. Until I was there I had no prior plan to take star trail shots so I hadn’t thought about what aperture to use – so I guessed. With my 90mm Nikkor W and 400Tmax I used f11 for A, f16 for B and F22 for C. The A shot was the best exposed at f11. B & C were ok but a little thin.
Star trails in B and C turned out to be smooth and uninterrupted, but not so for A. During A’s exposure the film sheet (5x4) moved. It jumped, popped and crept in the film holder with the result being shown in A!, a clip from the top right of A. The gaps are the jumps and the wiggles are when it was creeping. I put this down to the film not being held securely in the holders (Lisco) allowing it to move as the temperature dropped overnight and as the humidity no doubt changed too. Also, one of the jumps or pops can be seen in A where the horizon has moved!
Why B & C didn’t exhibit this movement I can’t say – luck perhaps and perhaps the atmospheric conditions were different on the first night. By the way, the nights were windless and anyway I’d weighted the tripod with a bag of rocks for additional stability. The reason for exposing this here is as a lesson that I’ve learned which others may find useful too. I’m prompted by another recent thread in which QT asks about tape to fix film in the holder to prevent its moving during long exposures – see here (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=81564). Well, this is what can happen if you don’t address the problem. It may be as simple as ensuring that you tap the film holder to ensure that the film is seated on the bottom edge of the holder, but maybe taping (instead of tapping) the film is the only way to be certain.
The very bright trail in B and C is Jupiter.
hey--that A AND B TOGETHER....that looks l very very something....it just makes you follow it...like th beginning of a sprial or something...they go very well together IN the exact positions they are ... only just closer---like eliminate the space between them and "weld" them together--or maybe just a TEENY hairline between them...togehter...they are just....I can't stop following them around and back right/top and then back down/left and around...it'sl like and amusement park ride for the eyes
Jim Cole
16-Oct-2011, 14:45
Bryce Dawn.
Efke 25 @ 25 using a 4" Meniscus.
Really otherworldly, Ron, especially with the meniscus.
Ken Lee
16-Oct-2011, 15:50
We've probably all seen any number of photos of Bryce Canyon - each trying to out-do the other for drama and spectacle - but this one has a feeling of presence.
gevalia
17-Oct-2011, 14:58
We've probably all seen any number of photos of Bryce Canyon - each trying to out-do the other for drama and spectacle - but this one has a feeling of presence.
Thanks Ken. I guess that 4am wake up call paid off. It rained the night before so the trails were nothing but that mud that sucks your shoes off and a huge storm rolled in a few hours later. I cannot tell you how difficult it was to get any type of focus at all.
Ron
gevalia
17-Oct-2011, 15:04
Really otherworldly, Ron, especially with the meniscus.
Thanks Jim. I had this image in my head as well as one of horseshoe bend under moonlight for a while now. Plans changed and I was not able to go to Page but at least I can check this one off my list. Positive feedback is always a boost to the ego.
Ron
miss_emma_jade
19-Oct-2011, 04:23
2.40 mins at f16. toyoview and 6.5 inch Ilex Paragon. taken last night on shanghai pan100.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6260305920_5f796f95bc_b.jpg
herbstmesse, Basel:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6112/6336522149_4023fe6126_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44054100@N00/6336522149/)
herbstmesse (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44054100@N00/6336522149/) by Aron Lorincz (http://www.flickr.com/people/44054100@N00/), on Flickr
chamonix 045n-2 / nikkor sw90mm / expired kodak ektachrome e100vs
SamReeves
12-Nov-2011, 09:07
herbstmesse, Basel:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6112/6336522149_4023fe6126_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44054100@N00/6336522149/)
herbstmesse (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44054100@N00/6336522149/) by Aron Lorincz (http://www.flickr.com/people/44054100@N00/), on Flickr
chamonix 045n-2 / nikkor sw90mm / expired kodak ektachrome e100vs
That is really cool!! :D
Ramiro Elena
12-Nov-2011, 09:14
And there is somebody else doing a long exposure in front of you. :)
bw@lover
12-Nov-2011, 09:16
Kodak slide E100
Tachihara 45
schneider symmar 100
4 minutes F/45
Andrew O'Neill
12-Nov-2011, 09:58
Ron, out of all the images I have seen of Bryce Canyon, yours tops the list. Well done.
Joanna Carter
12-Nov-2011, 10:51
What more can I say Laron, Superb!!
Robert Oliver
12-Nov-2011, 11:00
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/252158854_ff4a1987b2_o.jpg
The Light at Cape Blanco
Taken from Bandon, 19 miles away, four minute exposure. I cheated a little and added the lens flare effect digitally...
I think the picture is plenty strong without the lens flare effect... beautiful shot.
gevalia
13-Nov-2011, 10:19
I think the picture is plenty strong without the lens flare effect... beautiful shot.
I agree.
MikeDote
15-Nov-2011, 23:13
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/6349778190_03dee4277b_b.jpg
Union Square
30 minute exposure
f64
90mm schneider super angulon technika
Toyo 45d with ilford delta 100 film
It was packed, but appeared empty because the people were all moving and weren't giving off light.
Jim Noel
18-Nov-2011, 11:52
Very nice, Mike.
johnmsanderson
18-Nov-2011, 14:36
Glenwood Station and Former New York Central Railroad power station (circa 1913)
http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/9_glenwood-2.jpg
MikeDote
22-Nov-2011, 23:08
Very nice, Mike.
Thanks Jim!
tschoenb
29-Nov-2011, 23:57
These were taken a few years back... you'll have to excuse that they were done with my Mamiya before I had the LF. Most are on Pan-F in ID-11, printed on Oriental Seagull FBVC in Dektol.
http://www.celluloidandsilver.com/black-and-white-Images/fine-art-images/photo-portfolio-1/pulleys.jpg
http://www.celluloidandsilver.com/black-and-white-Images/fine-art-images/photo-portfolio-1/train-pipes.jpg
http://www.celluloidandsilver.com/black-and-white-Images/fine-art-images/photo-portfolio-1/piano.jpg
http://www.celluloidandsilver.com/black-and-white-Images/fine-art-images/photo-portfolio-4/H26-water.jpg
30 minutes, Delta 100, f64, Schneider 210mm F9, Gowlandflex
Not sure why the film has been exposed way to the left? Film not all the way down in the holder?
http://homepage.mac.com/rikpalm/w-UTC-30-mins-2.jpg
stradibarrius
2-Dec-2011, 16:07
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/6349778190_03dee4277b_b.jpg
Union Square
30 minute exposure
f64
90mm schneider super angulon technika
Toyo 45d with ilford delta 100 film
It was packed, but appeared empty because the people were all moving and weren't giving off light.
Mike
how did you calculate the exposure time?
From a long time ago, before I started keeping track of exposures, etc. Cropped from a 4x5 negative (150 or 180 lens). In 1980 it could have been Kodak Royal Pan film, perhaps developed in Microdol-X (1:3)...but I could be wrong. I was not aware of what reciprocity failure was at the time, so I lost some of the detail in the shadows. The exposure time was probably 10 to 30 seconds at f64, but probably closer to 10 than 30.
But I have always liked the image -- it started me on an exploration of the panoramic landscape.
From a scanned silver gelatin work print.
brightmatter
27-Mar-2013, 13:51
2.40 mins at f16. toyoview and 6.5 inch Ilex Paragon. taken last night on shanghai pan100.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6260305920_5f796f95bc_b.jpg
Love the mystery and light trails in this shot!
Calumet C-1, green monster 300mm schneider lens, f/45 at 16.5 minuts, Pyrocat HD
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8394/8688027374_51bdda58cf_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8688027374/)
Fort Smith Symphony, Saturday Rehearsal, Part 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8688027374/) by vphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/vphill/), on Flickr
Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Schneider 135mm Symmar-S f/5.6
Film: Ilford FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 1h 20m 16s @ f45
Date: April 20, 2013
Identifier: lf_2013-04-20_004
ImSoNegative
27-Apr-2013, 22:33
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8394/8688027374_51bdda58cf_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8688027374/)
Fort Smith Symphony, Saturday Rehearsal, Part 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8688027374/) by vphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/vphill/), on Flickr
Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Schneider 135mm Symmar-S f/5.6
Film: Ilford FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 1h 20m 16s @ f45
Date: April 20, 2013
Identifier: lf_2013-04-20_004
Very Cool!!!
Nice shot of the symphony! I've always wanted to try something like that with a music group but haven't gotten around to it...
David R Munson
28-Apr-2013, 12:43
Awesome shot, Mark! Were you able to do any testing ahead of time?
Thanks everyone.
David, No I calculated the shot about a half dozen times. I had two stacked circular polarizers (need to get myself some ND filters), I was trying to get an 8 min exposure which with the reciprocity failure I've been using for FP4+ would make 1:15-1:50 completely reasonable as far as times. I tripped the shutter and got on stage. I'm fourth bass, can you see me? ;)
From a long time ago, before I started keeping track of exposures, etc. Cropped from a 4x5 negative (150 or 180 lens). In 1980 it could have been Kodak Royal Pan film, perhaps developed in Microdol-X (1:3)...but I could be wrong. I was not aware of what reciprocity failure was at the time, so I lost some of the detail in the shadows. The exposure time was probably 10 to 30 seconds at f64, but probably closer to 10 than 30.
But I have always liked the image -- it started me on an exploration of the panoramic landscape.
From a scanned silver gelatin work print.
Nice, really nice.
vphil, great shot as well.
Northern Michigan, Velvia 8x10, 250mm fujinon, nd6.0, and a bit of vignetting from the small filter. About a minute long exposure.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8681607260_6807d92a97_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62218065@N00/8681607260/)
goodhart 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62218065@N00/8681607260/) by vinnywalsh.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/62218065@N00/), on Flickr
Don Dudenbostel
30-Apr-2013, 03:58
Looks like your film slipped in the holder during exposure. I've had that happen more than once. What I do before making long exposures is tap the holder edge that will be at the bottom sharply on the palm of my hand. I've not had film slip since doing this (35 years).
Think about how migh the bridge would be moving if it was the bridge. 10, 15 feet or more? Cars couldn't drive on it if it moved that much.
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