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Frank Petronio
15-Aug-2008, 19:36
Better late than never....

(The idea behind breaking these threads into shorter monthly segments is to make them easier to search and easier to scroll to see the latest work.)

Anyway, this is my Olympic Rowing photo....

Rob Champagne
15-Aug-2008, 20:41
don't you mean olympic trolley punting ;)

Joe Smigiel
15-Aug-2008, 21:07
I've started a series of adults with their (childhood?) dolls. This is a half-plate ambrotype on black glass. I had a bit of trouble with peeling of the emulsion that day but I still like this plate. Two of my favorites lifted completely off though. :(

http://my.net-link.net/~jsmigiel/images/dolls/Ashley_01_72.jpg

Frank Petronio
15-Aug-2008, 23:26
Joe - great idea and execution

another

Jiri Vasina
15-Aug-2008, 23:59
I wanted to title this photo "In her bath", but I think "You are photographing me again?!" is more appropriate...


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/katka/p9x12-213_web1.jpg

MPP Mk.VII, 9×12cm Fomapan 100, Xenar 135mm

wfwhitaker
16-Aug-2008, 07:27
I've started a series of adults with their (childhood?) dolls. This is a half-plate ambrotype on black glass...

Joe,

That's an interesting idea and the medium complements it in a dark sort of way (and I don't necessarily mean literally). I hope you'll share more of them with us.

eddie
17-Aug-2008, 07:19
hi all,

i shot this at a wedding yesterday. i used my Century Universal 8x10. i did not pull the bellows out of the rear standard (DOH!) and they cropped my images! damn! live and learn! they should still be usable.

11 1/2 inch verito about f5 or so. dark slide shutter. 30% less development in pyro hd.

more to come. i am processing a few at a time to be sure my development times are okay.

eddie

Ken Lee
17-Aug-2008, 09:14
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/C5G.jpg
4x5 TMY PyroCat HD
Sinar P 180mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar

Frank Petronio
17-Aug-2008, 10:14
last of the cables

Ken C
17-Aug-2008, 10:44
Ken Lee,
A beautiful portrait.

Brian_A
17-Aug-2008, 14:11
Joe,

This image has me coming back and looking a lot. I don't know whether to consider this image disturbing or interesting. Or both? I guess since I keep coming back to try and understand it, I'd go with both. I'm not trying to insult you either - don't take it that way. It's just I see the doll on the left and it kind of makes me think that this photograph would make a good horror flick movie poster. Good stuff. I love it when I am challeged by a photo to try and translate it into something I can understand. (Even if you are telling me exactly what this series is about.) Bummer about the emulsion, though. I'd be ripped.

Can't wait to see more from this series!

-Brian


I've started a series of adults with their (childhood?) dolls. This is a half-plate ambrotype on black glass. I had a bit of trouble with peeling of the emulsion that day but I still like this plate. Two of my favorites lifted completely off though. :(

http://my.net-link.net/~jsmigiel/images/dolls/Ashley_01_72.jpg

Donald Miller
17-Aug-2008, 15:33
Milano Italy 5X7 Wisner/305 G Claron...existing light. Background diffused in printing.

C. D. Keth
17-Aug-2008, 18:24
Milano Italy 5X7 Wisner/305 G Claron...existing light. Background diffused in printing.

I like the skintone a lot on that but I don't care for the background. Any chance I could see one that's printed straight?

Allen in Montreal
17-Aug-2008, 19:20
I like the skintone a lot on that but I don't care for the background. Any chance I could see one that's printed straight?

I have to agree,

Donald Miller
17-Aug-2008, 21:10
I like the skintone a lot on that but I don't care for the background. Any chance I could see one that's printed straight?


Thanks,

If I print this again I will certainly give this some consideration. This was a street scene and the background is of uneven tonality. I guess that I could use my masks and burn the background down to a deeper value. I must say, however, that I never print anything "straight".

Donald Miller
18-Aug-2008, 01:22
Another from Milano, Italy.

5X7 Wisner/305 G Claron with Bronica stg 2 diffusion (white mesh) in existing light.

Efke PL 100 in Pyrocat HD.

Nathan67
18-Aug-2008, 01:48
Hi Everbody
My first post on this forum.. here is a shot I did yesterday of the Mrs..
Crown Graphic with Polaroid type 55, scan of negative, Lens: Kodak Ektar 203mm f7.7, shot wide open at 1/25 , focused on ground glass, natural light with gold reflector held above and slightly to the side of the camera...
Nathan
http://www.lediardfoto.com/55marit001.jpg

alanps
18-Aug-2008, 04:59
I like this a lot



Hi Everbody
My first post on this forum.. here is a shot I did yesterday of the Mrs..
Crown Graphic with Polaroid type 55, scan of negative, Lens: Kodak Ektar 203mm f7.7, shot wide open at 1/25 , focused on ground glass, natural light with gold reflector held above and slightly to the side of the camera...
Nathan
http://www.lediardfoto.com/55marit001.jpg

Nathan67
18-Aug-2008, 05:26
Thankyou :)

Ash
18-Aug-2008, 05:42
I really do like the shot. The expression and focusing is great. The bottom left corner is a little distracting Nathan, whether it's a towel or bra or just bright white....

Nathan67
18-Aug-2008, 05:55
I really do like the shot. The expression and focusing is great. The bottom left corner is a little distracting Nathan, whether it's a towel or bra or just bright white....
Thanks, yes that little white blob wasnt quite as noticable on the ground glass.. but the pola shows a bit more of it... I will have to be more careful when using 55 as the neg shows more than the print....
The white blob was her top rolled down.. this was taken in the garden.. I have been trying to get her in the studio for ages but either she hasnt got the time, or I am fully booked up, but last night the light was so nice that I had to take a shot.. :)

Allen in Montreal
18-Aug-2008, 06:19
Very nice! I really like the tone of her skin.
Have you tried to burn the lower left a stop or two just see the difference?




Hi Everbody
My first post on this forum.. here is a shot I did yesterday of the Mrs..
Crown Graphic with Polaroid type 55, scan of negative, Lens: Kodak Ektar 203mm f7.7, shot wide open at 1/25 , focused on ground glass, natural light with gold reflector held above and slightly to the side of the camera...
Nathan
http://www.lediardfoto.com/55marit001.jpg

Allen in Montreal
18-Aug-2008, 06:22
....


Anyway, this is my Olympic Rowing photo....


Very cool! That looks like a great place to shoot.
Too few of those left here these days :mad:

Nathan67
18-Aug-2008, 08:25
Very nice! I really like the tone of her skin.
Have you tried to burn the lower left a stop or two just see the difference?
Thanks, No, this is just a straight scan from the neg.. but I am probably going to print this and in which case I will without doubt burn in that left corner.
Glad you liked the tones... I scanned in colour and left a warm tone to it.. in addition, the gold reflector gives really nice skin tones when shooting in black and white film in my experience.
Regards, Nathan

domenico Foschi
18-Aug-2008, 16:17
Milano Italy 5X7 Wisner/305 G Claron...existing light. Background diffused in printing.

Donald, did you manipulate the background in PS?

Donald Miller
18-Aug-2008, 16:24
Donald, did you manipulate the background in PS?


Domenico,

No I manipulated the background while enlarging. I produced a series of three masks with ortho lith film to isolate the background during one exposure (man) and isolate the fellow from the background in the second exposure. This second mask was printed in register with the camera negative and an unsharp mask. Diffusion was added during this second (background) exposure.

Thus there are three masks and two exposures. The first exposure is the camera negative in pin register with the mask that allows light through the camera negative on the man's face and figure. Then the second exposure is of the alternate mask (blocks light from coming through the negative in the area on the man), the camera negative and an unsharp mask to blend the demarcation that exists between the two masks and exposures. This second sandwich of camera negative and two masks is combined with diffusion material and diffuses the background.

This process requires pin registration on the enlarger, negative carrier, camera negative, and masks.

Hope that explains the process.

Jim Galli
18-Aug-2008, 16:52
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/English_Kodak_65X85/KGnCS72.jpg
Kirk & Carmen

A new 2 me Kodak of England 6.5X8.5 Model 2B. I used the military Cooke 14" f5.6 Aviar for this. Eastman Aerial Recon Tri X film at asa 250 indicated f16.

Scott Schroeder
18-Aug-2008, 17:30
8X10 ambrotype on clear glass taken with a Dallmeyer 4B
I had to praise my son for sitting still for 8 seconds....
That way, he 'might' sit for me again...
http://www.schroederworks.com/Pics/James3.jpg

George Kara
18-Aug-2008, 17:35
Very nice! I really like the tone of her skin.
Have you tried to burn the lower left a stop or two just see the difference?

The image is wonderful as shot. Don't change a thing. Its what is called a happy accident. I dont find it distracting in the most. On the contrary, it enhances the image.

Allen in Montreal
18-Aug-2008, 17:55
The image is wonderful as shot. Don't change a thing. Its what is called a happy accident. I dont find it distracting in the most. On the contrary, it enhances the image.

Indeed it is very intriguing at the same time as it is distracting.
You can't help but look and wonder, given the style and subject of the photograph.
That adds an element to the photograph, but by the very nature of doing that, it steals some of the attention from his very lovely wife's eyes. Is that better or worse? Neither, just a different way of seeing and feeling the image.

I was just wondering if Nathan looked at both versions and if so why he felt one was better visually than the other or which evoked the reaction he wished it too.

Labour intensive, perhaps a little A.R., but when I really like an image, I use older or odd paper that is trailing about and print it a few different ways, pin (literally) the two or three finalists to the wall and digest them for a week or two before cracking out the paper emulsion best suited for the image and making a final.

Ansel would no doubt smack me in the head at the very thought of it all, he would have have perfectly visualized the outcome for the picture as he clicked the shutter. :)

Nathan67
19-Aug-2008, 09:23
Indeed it is very intriguing at the same time as it is distracting.
You can't help but look and wonder, given the style and subject of the photograph.
That adds an element to the photograph, but by the very nature of doing that, it steals some of the attention from his very lovely wife's eyes. Is that better or worse? Neither, just a different way of seeing and feeling the image.

I was just wondering if Nathan looked at both versions and if so why he felt one was better visually than the other or which evoked the reaction he wished it too.

Labour intensive, perhaps a little A.R., but when I really like an image, I use older or odd paper that is trailing about and print it a few different ways, pin (literally) the two or three finalists to the wall and digest them for a week or two before cracking out the paper emulsion best suited for the image and making a final.

Ansel would no doubt smack me in the head at the very thought of it all, he would have have perfectly visualized the outcome for the picture as he clicked the shutter. :)

hehe, not at all AR... I work this way, often coming back and printing off versions and pinning them to the studio wall before I make a final decision... nowadays I do all my printing via inkjet, but even so, I print out proof versions before making the final print....
Even though one may have pre visualised the shot , I find that the photographic process is an evolutionary one, and other ideas come into play at the printing stage, or even at the shooting stage... especially when shooting people.

Nathan

Sandeha
19-Aug-2008, 12:24
Two from a session last week. Both taken with a Triple Victo Whole Plate cam (1900-ish) on Wephota NP22, dev'd in Rodinal. Softbox with two flashguns and a wireless flash trigger. Fair amount of burning in around the borders.

First with a Bausch & Lomb 300m f8 projector lens I picked up from Jim Galli here, using a Packard shutter from Matthew Blais. Thanks to both for good kit.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/portraits/080812_np22_02_copy.jpg

Second with a 210mm Caltar II-E ...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/portraits/080812_np22_04a_copy.jpg

Michael N. Meyer
19-Aug-2008, 13:44
One from a couple of weeks ago. Shot with a Fujinon 125mm on HP5 @ 800 in Xtol.

Frank Petronio
19-Aug-2008, 13:47
I like your photo Michael - great play (and control) of light and her expression.

Nathan67
24-Aug-2008, 10:56
Heres a couple from yesterday, taken with my new Shen Hao TZ45 IIB with a (new to me) Caltar 210 f5.6 N
Black and white shot on Polaroid T 72, with some front tilt (backwards) and some rear rise.. (a touch too much rise as you can see...) I deliberately did not shade the lens from the setting sun (behind and right of my wife) to get a nice hazy soft focus effect...I used a gold reflector to bounce light back at her...http://www.lediardfoto.com/marit-t72-001a.jpg
The colour shot was taken on fuji fp-100b45 with the same tilt and a little less rise.. I had to work fast as the sun was setting fast and the light was changing by the second...

I must say I think I am going to enjoy this camera...
http://www.lediardfoto.com/marit-fuji-100c-003a.jpg

Ash
26-Aug-2008, 07:36
Only *just* LF. These are more like quarter-plate I guess.


Some stereo test shots from the FP-UL.

If you can't cross your eyes I'm really sorry! I've not yet managed to find a mac application to allow me to create gif animations.

Look at the picture then cross your eyes (look at your nose) this should cause your eyes to focus two pictures into one, giving the stereo-3D effect. If you're lucky enough to have a stereo viewer, use that ;)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/img064.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/img066.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/img059.jpg

Kirk Keyes
26-Aug-2008, 12:46
I'm well practiced in the crossed-eye method and these work really well with it. Nice shots, Ash.

Nathan67
26-Aug-2008, 12:49
Just been sitting here feeling like an idiot with my eyes crossed.. then suddenly POP.. hehe.. it works!

monkeymon
27-Aug-2008, 15:47
Couple of pictures...

First picture is of a drunk friend of a friend who saw my graphic view & asked how "artistic" picture i could take of him.
Second is my sisters child, was trying out my rangefinder & new coated 127mm ektar on pacemaker. Ended up not using the rangefinder on this image, and made a fast comp on gg camera on the floor.
Last one is me, testing some lights for a project, my purpose is to record people i'm related to examine how we inherit our facial features/shapes.

Scott --
27-Aug-2008, 15:55
Ash - is that a corgi?!

My eyes don't converge, so the cross-eyed method doesn't work for me. Gave me a rippin' headache, though...

Ash
27-Aug-2008, 15:59
Sorry Scott!!

It's a Jack Russell... the runt of the litter, and he's a little on the wide side.

Scott --
27-Aug-2008, 16:15
Boy - sure looks like our corgi...
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/Sparty00.jpg

PViapiano
27-Aug-2008, 16:36
Nathan...

I'm loving the second image of your wife in the gown...reminds me of an Alec Soth portrait, yet wholly original. Thanks for posting that...

Brian_A
27-Aug-2008, 19:47
Scott,

Great detail in your image of your Corgi. I love the little look she/he's giving you. Almost like my boxer - "What, you got that thing out AGAIN?! I'm not even going to perk my head up..."

Love it. Great job!

-Brian

BradS
27-Aug-2008, 21:53
Ash,

All I can say is...WOW! I've had the "cross you eyes" thing explained to me many times and tried it almost as many...this time it worked....(but I see three images. The one in the center bing 3-D!)

This is way, way too cool. Thanks.

Greg Lockrey
27-Aug-2008, 22:21
Only *just* LF. These are more like quarter-plate I guess.


Some stereo test shots from the FP-UL.

If you can't cross your eyes I'm really sorry! I've not yet managed to find a mac application to allow me to create gif animations.

Look at the picture then cross your eyes (look at your nose) this should cause your eyes to focus two pictures into one, giving the stereo-3D effect. If you're lucky enough to have a stereo viewer, use that ;)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/img064.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/img066.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/img059.jpg

Stereo viewer won't work on cross view images Ash, only on parallel views.

Greg Lockrey
27-Aug-2008, 22:23
Ash,

All I can say is...WOW! I've had the "cross you eyes" thing explained to me many times and tried it almost as many...this time it worked....(but I see three images. The one in the center bing 3-D!)

This is way, way too cool. Thanks.

It's the only way to shoot. Once I got started in stereo everything else is like using half of a camera. ;)

There is a guy on f295 that shoots stereo pinhole, these are wild.

Greg Lockrey
27-Aug-2008, 22:28
Just been sitting here feeling like an idiot with my eyes crossed.. then suddenly POP.. hehe.. it works!

The trick is to not over do it and relax.

BradS
28-Aug-2008, 00:11
It's the only way to shoot. Once I got started in stereo everything else is like using half of a camera. ;)

There is a guy on f295 that shoots stereo pinhole, these are wild.

Now, I know what to do with the pair of 210mm Sironar lenses that I have tucked away.

It really is cool.

Greg Lockrey
28-Aug-2008, 00:36
Now, I know what to do with the pair of 210mm Sironar lenses that I have tucked away.

It really is cool.

Don't for get to put a baffle in between the lenses too. You don't want image cross over for each lens. I've been working on a project where a mirror is used on the front of the camera positioned so that the scene is split and focused on the film as a stereo. It's called single-lens-single-mirror technique and with a mirror placed on the merging images you can see the stereo image. Check out this little beauty:http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?p=361996&highlight=5x7+stereo#post361996

SampleMeagan
28-Aug-2008, 16:03
Hi Frank ;)

Frank Petronio
28-Aug-2008, 16:46
stalkers!

Nathan67
28-Aug-2008, 22:36
Nathan...

I'm loving the second image of your wife in the gown...reminds me of an Alec Soth portrait, yet wholly original. Thanks for posting that...

Thankyou, glad you like it :)

Edwin Beckenbach
28-Aug-2008, 23:03
Used Car Salesman
Sinar P, 480mm APO Ronar, f45, Astia 100F, 2x400 watt strobes

Greg Lockrey
28-Aug-2008, 23:10
Used Car Salesman
Sinar P, 480mm APO Ronar, f45, Astia 100F, 2x400 watt strobes

:eek: I'd buy a car from him.... :D :D :D

domenico Foschi
28-Aug-2008, 23:29
Used Car Salesman
Sinar P, 480mm APO Ronar, f45, Astia 100F, 2x400 watt strobes

Absolutely stunning portrait that resemble a landscape.
I LOVE this image!

monkeymon
30-Aug-2008, 13:02
I bet that car salesman would look really good as a print!

Heres something:

http://www.taidejakonsti.fi/muutos/TEMP/damage3.jpg

Sorry about the big big white frames, but it's so artsy now. Bicycling accident.

claudiocambon
31-Aug-2008, 08:00
I guess this is just barely a portrait: a woman weaving palm straw to make sombreros in Jaracuaro, near Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, made January of this year. Paul Strand, eat your heart out!

Tech V with Sironar S 135, and I think FP4, scanned hastily on my 4990.

Louie Powell
31-Aug-2008, 08:17
Danielle