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9-Dec-2012, 20:15

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8078/8260201950_b393d43af1_z.jpg

I showed Reinhold how massive a difference there was in image softness between 5.6 and 8, so he offered to make me two intermediate stops. I went out shooting today using just the f6.6 stop in the 190mm Wollaston meniscus. Speed graphic, tiltall, 4x5 tmy2, pyrocat-HD. Shooting into the late afternoon sun.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8502/8259121645_b0bdab0624_c.jpg

Jim Galli

9-Dec-2012, 22:06

I showed Reinhold how massive a difference there was in image softness between 5.6 and 8, so he offered to make me two intermediate stops. I went out shooting today using just the f6.6 stop in the 190mm Wollaston meniscus. Speed graphic, tiltall, 4x5 tmy2, pyrocat-HD. Shooting into the late afternoon sun.

This is gorgeous. Looks like a Christmas card to me.

Harley Goldman

10-Dec-2012, 11:23

Wow so beautiful!

+1. This is gorgeous.

jon.oman

10-Dec-2012, 12:50

I showed Reinhold how massive a difference there was in image softness between 5.6 and 8, so he offered to make me two intermediate stops. I went out shooting today using just the f6.6 stop in the 190mm Wollaston meniscus. Speed graphic, tiltall, 4x5 tmy2, pyrocat-HD. Shooting into the late afternoon sun.

I like this image! I plan on buying this lens in January.....

David Aimone

10-Dec-2012, 19:05

Had a great time on Saturday with Jim's little meniscus. Here's one sample:

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s4/v69/p1324615118-4.jpg

David Aimone

10-Dec-2012, 19:08

And one more for tonight. The rest are still drying....

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s4/v66/p1321687338-4.jpg

10-Dec-2012, 20:32

David, the bold composition shapes (masses of light and dark) go well with soft lenses like that; keep it up! Dreamy, but original and not dreamy-cliche.

Jim Galli

10-Dec-2012, 20:51

And one more for tonight. The rest are still drying....

Wow. Gonna have to raise my price :~'))

11-Dec-2012, 11:33

This is gorgeous. Looks like a Christmas card to me.

Thanks Jim! For a traditional Christmas card with outdoor trees, in Maine we need snow on the trees photographed. Otherwise it just says, "wrong season". Perhaps a recipient in Nevada would not be looking for or expecting snow.

Jim Galli

11-Dec-2012, 12:07

Thanks Jim! For a traditional Christmas card with outdoor trees, in Maine we need snow on the trees photographed. Otherwise it just says, "wrong season". Perhaps a recipient in Nevada would not be looking for or expecting snow.

We don't even have trees, although we do get our share of snow. A small share.

Tony Karnezis

13-Dec-2012, 00:18

81647

Double Aeonium Sunburst
Wollensak Verito 9″ at 50 seconds wide open
4″×6″ black aluminum
B&S OWH
KCN

Bravo.

chris_4622

13-Dec-2012, 04:24

A truck a little older than Jim... it's so old it has solid rubber tires.
Taken with a 305 Kodak portrait lens, around f8
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8447/7917268150_61665c7880.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20127080@N00/7917268150/)

Jim Galli

13-Dec-2012, 07:10

A truck a little older than Jim... it's so old it has solid rubber tires.
Taken with a 305 Kodak portrait lens, around f8

Nice setting! Yeah, it's probably 30 years older than me, but I'm in better shape.

ImSoNegative

16-Dec-2012, 08:30

Wow. Gonna have to raise my price :~'))

:D

chassis

12-Jan-2013, 20:26

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8375460480_8c0fbbe694_z.jpg
Juniperis horizontalis in winter
11 inch Galliar meniscus, Tri-X
Silver print

Getting to know this lens better.

Jim Galli

12-Jan-2013, 23:27

Juniperis horizontalis in winter
11 inch Galliar meniscus, Tri-X
Silver print

Getting to know this lens better.

Wow! Very pretty.

Eric James

12-Jan-2013, 23:36

Yup - that's beautiful chassis.

chassis

14-Jan-2013, 18:02

Thanks guys. This image feels better than the first one I made using this lens. When using this lens, I feel the need to firmly concentrate on all the variables in play, to create a reasonable image. More so than when using a 150/5.6 Nikkor, for example.

Jim Galli

28-Jan-2013, 15:29

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/150Lancstr130Kodak/5MileRanch_150s.jpg
the house at 5 mile ranch

Lancaster 6" Achromatic Meniscus (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?99390-4X5-Soft-Focus-in-Shutters!-2-Achromatic-Meniscus-lenses!-Lancaster-150mm-NoName-130)

The house was moved about 60 miles from Goldfield, NV to it's present location some 35 miles e. of tonopah. It served Goldfield as an impromptu court house until the proper one was built in 1907

David Aimone

4-Feb-2013, 11:18

Dawn

Galli Meniscus lens in Polaroid Shutter, wide open (f/5.5), Arista EDU 100 in Pyrocat-MC

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s8/v84/p1413449698-6.jpg

jon.oman

4-Feb-2013, 11:26

Dawn

Galli Meniscus lens in Polaroid Shutter, wide open (f/5.5), Arista EDU 100 in Pyrocat-MC

Wonderful glow!

David Aimone

4-Feb-2013, 11:48

Lovely, Jim!

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/150Lancstr130Kodak/5MileRanch_150s.jpg
the house at 5 mile ranch

Lancaster 6" Achromatic Meniscus (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?99390-4X5-Soft-Focus-in-Shutters!-2-Achromatic-Meniscus-lenses!-Lancaster-150mm-NoName-130)

The house was moved about 60 miles from Goldfield, NV to it's present location some 35 miles e. of tonopah. It served Goldfield as an impromptu court house until the proper one was built in 1907

5-Feb-2013, 05:08

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8326/8447722052_71f76817e9_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8447722052/sizes/c/in/photostream/

speed graphic, 190 reinhold wollaston meniscus (with bespoke f6.6 stop). tmy2 in pmk.
R waldo tyler marsh in Thomaston ME on a snowy day.

Jim Galli

5-Feb-2013, 05:28

Lovely, Jim!

Thanks David. As is your angelic vision above!

speed graphic, 190 reinhold wollaston meniscus (with bespoke f6.6 stop). tmy2 in pmk.
R waldo tyler marsh in Thomaston ME on a snowy day.

This is very different and lovely in a lonely sort of way.

Jim Galli

5-Feb-2013, 17:12

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/VW/vw_03.jpg
mama's new car

no-name achromatic meniscus about 240mm on the 5X7 speed graphic

ghostcount

5-Feb-2013, 17:56

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/VW/vw_03.jpg
mama's new car

no-name achromatic meniscus about 240mm on the 5X7 speed graphic

Utterly Dubberly

gbogatko

5-Feb-2013, 18:02

88774

Kodak 305, ADOX CHS 100 8x10 (what's left of it) in d23.

Jim Galli

5-Feb-2013, 18:21

Utterly Dubberly

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/VW/vw_08.jpg

yep. same lens. bugs, coz mama go fast!

Steve M Hostetter

1-Mar-2013, 16:46

90397 4x5" 180mm barrel Petzval @f4 w/ Galli shutter

Steve M Hostetter

1-Mar-2013, 16:49

90398 shooting info same as above

David Higgs

4-Mar-2013, 08:14

JFS marked brass lens, which seems to make it 1850s from an internet search, a London dealer
6 inch lens, looks like f4, doublet up front and two at the rear with an air space, makes it a Petzval
I suspect quarter plate, this is on 4x5 with a Crown Speed - first shot - its slightly mad...

90600

4-Mar-2013, 09:07

David; Some would say the swirl is overdone, but if something's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. I like it.

The look reminds me of how entertained I was to look at the groundglass with someone's Jamin Cone Centralisateur was on the camera.

4-Mar-2013, 09:09

90398 shooting info same as above

I like the 2nd one much better; less contrast in the scene and less detail. I think it would be even better without the weed in the foreground that you've focused on, and to go for an abstract composition.

imagedowser

4-Mar-2013, 09:16

I like the first... it highlights the beautiful wildflower better....

David Higgs

4-Mar-2013, 09:35

The swirl is more than i expected, I'm not sure if that's a function of me taking it beyond it's expected coverage, or if there is anything I can do to tame it, it isn't cut for waterhouse stops (but was cheap) would that make a difference? I have some full length portraits and the swirl is diminished but still very obvious.

I kinda like it, but at the moment it's a one trick pony.

Steve M Hostetter

4-Mar-2013, 09:38

jp, image ,, thank you.. I shot large groups of these weeds tangled in old gnarly tree roots till I noticed this lone weed off to itself.. Wasn't sure till I looked through the GG so I had to go with it..

4-Mar-2013, 10:12

David, the easiest thing to do to reduce swirl is to simplify the background and have the person not wear checkered or gingham clothes. The plain dress you see does not have swirl because it's simple. I have a TLR (with a triplet lens) that swirls when trees are in the background and it's wide open. Different background, different results. It's probably very desirable as a one-trick pony swirl machine. If it's indeed not valuable, you could cut a slot and add stops.

David Higgs

4-Mar-2013, 10:30

cheers jp, I admit to choosing this background in the woods to get an idea of how swirly it is, will experiment with it some more

My TLR has the same effect - though not as obvious, and an old schneider xenar LF lens I have does the same

Jac@stafford.net

4-Mar-2013, 12:12

David; Some would say the swirl is overdone, but if something's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. I like it. [...]

David, I agree with jp. Your photo could be a textbook example of the effect, which I cannot even name.

4-Mar-2013, 20:42

One of the things I like about pictorial photography of old was when you put less emphasis on the detail, you can put more emphasis on shapes and areas of light and dark; underlying items of importance often lost in the details otherwise. Generally, think how well it worked for hollywood portraits of old. Specifically, William Post did a nice job with winter pictorial photography. Stieglitz did great with wintry shapes in NYC, but there is more opportunity out of the city had he been adventurous in the winter.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8529298763_b53c1ebe48_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8529298763/sizes/l/in/photostream/

speed graphic, 190mm reinhold wollaston meniscus at f8. 4x5 tmy2 film in pyrocat hd. If you've ever been to the breakwater in Rockland ME. This is the bottom of the snowdrift that is covering the walking path from the street, along the golf course, and to the granite structure.

jcoldslabs

4-Mar-2013, 22:12

Jim Galli

7-Mar-2013, 17:49

90398 shooting info same as above

Steve, your message box is full and I want to get in contact w/you. jim dot galli at frontier dot com

10-Mar-2013, 13:23

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8545197905_aa5bcf1ab2_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8545197905/sizes/z/in/photostream/

Beech Hill, Rockport ME. Speed graphic, 4x5 tmy2 in PMK. 190mm Reinhold Wollaston Meniscus at f8.
Saturday, I lugged my tripod and large format bag through about 3 miles of hilly woods (with snow on the ground) and along 2 miles of road. It's about twice my normal amount of exercise and it felt great. I really feel awful that spring is almost here. It's been a great winter.

Steve M Hostetter

11-Mar-2013, 17:49

91103 4x5" Chamonix 320 txp 135mm f4.5 Meniscus

David Aimone

29-Mar-2013, 17:43

Galli Meniscus Lens in Polaroid Shutter; f/11; Arista EDU 400 in Pyrocat-MC

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s2/v73/p1506977976-5.jpg

richardman

29-Mar-2013, 19:59

New Guinea "Thinker." Galli ~100mm Meniscus in Polaorid shutter. Still works great :-)

http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20130326-Scanned-3.jpg

uphereinmytree

5-Apr-2013, 19:16

Druid Park Fire Tower in Baltimore MD. 300mm imagon 8x10 efke IR 820

Jim Galli

5-Apr-2013, 19:26

Beautiful beautiful work everyone.

Here's something new from my camera.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/NAMuseum/DeLaHaye48PinkhamSmithIVno2bS.jpg
de la haye 1948

Pinkham Smith Serie IV #2b 13 1/2" wide open done Saturday before last easter Sunday in Reno NV

Steve M Hostetter

6-Apr-2013, 06:08

Really nice image Jim

Jim Graves

7-Apr-2013, 18:25

Really nice image Jim

+1 ... we still have to get you to Sacramento's Calif. State Auto Museum ... tripod friendly!

Louis Pacilla

7-Apr-2013, 18:34

Druid Park Fire Tower in Baltimore MD. 300mm imagon 8x10 efke IR 820

Hey Pal, I like this a lot. I think I'd like to see it in a size like 16x20 as I love the roof tops in distance. They kind of make it a bit more interesting. IMHO of course.

Jac@stafford.net

7-Apr-2013, 18:52

When is Galli going to stop down and to what?
It is a question of LOTTO proportion.

ghostcount

8-Apr-2013, 09:07

When is Galli going to stop down and to what?
It is a question of LOTTO proportion.

Witness the travesty (http://youtube.com/watch?v=MlmIM5700wE)!

Steve M Hostetter

8-Apr-2013, 16:36

+1 ... we still have to get you to Sacramento's Calif. State Auto Museum ... tripod friendly!

That would be a great time!:)

Jim Galli

8-Apr-2013, 16:40

That would be a great time!:)

+1 ... we still have to get you to Sacramento's Calif. State Auto Museum ... tripod friendly!

Thanks! I'd love to come some time. Isn't that museum pretty heavy with Fords? Did the Towne (sic?) collection end up there. I'm a train fanatic too, so I could burn up a lot of film over there. and I need some new '30 - '31 front fenders while I'm there. Breathin heavy on the Coupe. I want to drive it to the Dalles.

Jim Graves

8-Apr-2013, 18:14

Yup ... It was originally named The Towe Ford Museum.

Unfortunately ... The Railroad Museum (which is great) is not tripod friendly ... So bring your Speed Graphic and some magnesium flash powder.

15-Apr-2013, 17:44

Owls Head ME woods. 190mm reinhold wollaston meniscus at f8. 4x5 speed graphic. tmy2 in pmk.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8652884667_c4155f928b_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8652884667/sizes/c/in/photostream/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8652884471_9ece4bbbdb_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8652884471/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Jim Graves

16-Apr-2013, 22:09

Yup, Yup! Very nice. Always a personal opinion of course, but f-8 seems like the sweet spot on these ........ to me, at least.

Steve M Hostetter

24-Apr-2013, 16:18

Very nice work jp! :) 94026 Salamonie reservoir Before the year 1812 this was a no-mans land where only the bravest of French fur trappers ventured.. 4x5" Chamonix w/ 180mm Petzval projection lens (Galli shutter)

Ken Lee

24-Apr-2013, 19:36

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8529298763_b53c1ebe48_c.jpg

Bravo !!

Jim Galli

24-Apr-2013, 19:58

Owls Head ME woods. 190mm reinhold wollaston meniscus at f8. 4x5 speed graphic. tmy2 in pmk.

Both wonderful! Especially the 2nd. Beautiful detail.

25-Apr-2013, 18:36

Appreciate the recent compliments/feedback guys. When I post more than one of a subject, I generally start with the image I prefer, but I know other people have different preferences which are nice to hear.

SergeiR

27-Apr-2013, 19:39

8x10 with front element of no4 (18 inch?) Wollensak portrait lens.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8534/8686896445_e949b3bc77_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8686896445/)
Strange fairy tale (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8686896445/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

Jim Galli

27-Apr-2013, 19:59

8x10 with front element of no4 (18 inch?) Wollensak portrait lens.

Wow, that's really gorgeous. No. 4 was 13" combined so 18 - 19" is about what I'd expect for the front alone. Did you stop down, or was it that sharp?

SergeiR

27-Apr-2013, 20:06

Wow, that's really gorgeous. No. 4 was 13" combined so 18 - 19" is about what I'd expect for the front alone. Did you stop down, or was it that sharp?

nope, its that sharp in middle when wide open - i measured it with tape - was at 22" as i was shooting, so i just figured its about 7.1 (3" diameter of lens). Front mounted packard.

SergeiR

28-Apr-2013, 18:41

Remeasured it today, focused on wee object about 500-600 yards away, which is about safe for "infinity" imho. Its still 22", thats why i kept thinking that final length of #4 is 18 and not 13. Interesting. I guess reason behind it - barrel is long enough and focal measured at iris point, when it was with both elements. With single element and iris right behind it - i am measuring pretty much at the front lens and not in iris point (which is indeed would be about 18-19 with original barrel).

29-Apr-2013, 03:26

SergeiR, that's a cool photo. I'd venture a bet it would make a nice toned cyanotype or van dyke print if you ever get into alt process stuff.

2-May-2013, 20:09

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8701782816_411def2fb2_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8701782816/sizes/c/in/photostream/
Kodak 305 portrait f5.6, 8x10 tmy2 in pyrocat hd.

I consider it a practice shot. I may go back another time and light the foreground so the body of the excavator fades into some sinister shadow. Or I might get the owner to pose with it if our schedules can align. It could make a nice toned cyanotype contact print if I make it into more of a story. I don't mind if this excavator gets left in my yard for a while to let me try some shots.

Jim Galli

2-May-2013, 20:27

I'd love to have an excavator in my yard.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8701782816_411def2fb2_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8701782816/sizes/c/in/photostream/
Kodak 305 portrait f5.6, 8x10 tmy2 in pyrocat hd.

I consider it a practice shot. I may go back another time and light the foreground so the body of the excavator fades into some sinister shadow. Or I might get the owner to pose with it if our schedules can align. It could make a nice toned cyanotype contact print if I make it into more of a story. I don't mind if this excavator gets left in my yard for a while to let me try some shots.

RussHerm

3-May-2013, 12:40

I am really starting to love this style!

Can anyone help out a newbie and give some advice on 'how-to'? Also, it seems some subjects have more potential than others... Any suggestions?

I'm mostly shooting a 4x5 monorail with a variety of lenses...

(edit: I think the first few pages of this thread covers a lot of info re: lenses, I'm asking more about your process.

I.e. do u twist the lens standard as much as possible, then focus and shoot wide open?

Or do u focus then twist the film plane?

What is it about a scene that says to u 'this would make a nice subject for the 'galli style'?

Thanks!)

3-May-2013, 13:17

I favor subjects with big areas of bright and dark, basic shapes, (like car closeups). It's not hard and fast though. Woods I like too. Things I can make into really simple photos.

If you are using a monorail, you probably want something with a shutter. Galli sells those, or you could find an imagon or kodak portrait 305 with shutters.

http://www.amazon.com/After-Photo-Secession-Pictorial-Photography-1910-1955/dp/0393041115 is my favorite book on the subject, but there are many secession era books that are quite engaging.

RussHerm

3-May-2013, 16:17

Thanks for the book suggestion! I'll check it out

Do you use any movements - or just shoot wide open with a soft lens?

I finally got my 6" petzval f/4 (I think) mounted to a board for my speed graphic - I hope to play with it soon

3-May-2013, 18:21

Speed graphic is very handy for soft lenses; most of the old ones don't have a shutter, but the speed graphic does. It's mostly what I use. No movements. Rarely wide open, as aperture controls softness, so some adjustment of softness is usually called for.

RussHerm

10-May-2013, 05:28

thanks jp498 - I took a few shots last weekend without movements (not that the speed has many movements) - but was really blown away by what I found on the ground glass. I was hoping for swirl :)

it will take a few shoots to get a better handle on this lens...

Flickr Link: (http://www.flickr.com/photos/russhermanson/8726047982/)

uphereinmytree

19-May-2013, 19:39

imagon 200 mm, no strainer, f6,ish efke IR 4x5

Louis Pacilla

20-May-2013, 08:20

imagon 200 mm, no strainer, f6,ish efke IR 4x5

I just love this and I think the strips of ivy on the wall make this one pop. I dig that IR film and how you use it brother. Keep em coming.

Jim Galli

20-May-2013, 09:50

I just love this and I think the strips of ivy on the wall make this one pop. I dig that IR film and how you use it brother. Keep em coming.

I like this one too! Very unusual and breaks all the rules of composition yet draws me in and makes me look at length. Only the person who lives in the cement truck can park here. :like:

uphereinmytree

21-May-2013, 06:33

thanks for encouraging words. The sign isn't the most clever or ironic, but I thought it had character.

23-May-2013, 17:42

imagon 200 mm, no strainer, f6,ish efke IR 4x5

I like this a lot. It's like layers of shapes and tone working together. The softness and wall add mystery.

23-May-2013, 17:44

B&J 8x10 with Kodak 305 portrait, wide open at f4.8, just after sunset.
tmy2 8x10 film developed in pyrocat-hd.

http://www.midcoast.com/~jp/img146w.jpg

mandoman7

7-Jun-2013, 11:42

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-ZWjVFqt/0/L/Preston%20%235b-L.jpg

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-LNzncTJ/0/L/Preston%204c-L.jpg
5" Projection Petzval, Chamonix 45n1, FP4, front mounted packard (!)

These negs were among a set that was misplaced since '09.
I had a request for some prints a few months ago and turned the studio upside down with no success.
Later when looking in the files for another purpose, there they were, as it often seems to go.

Photomax

7-Jun-2013, 13:49

Amazing work!

Its a shame how many of the images are broken links that do not display though...

Mark Sawyer

10-Jun-2013, 11:38

Well, if you're really going to post "in Galli style"... :rolleyes:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Owen21k/Jims_zps679761e3.jpg (http://s55.photobucket.com/user/Owen21k/media/Jims_zps679761e3.jpg.html)

5x6 tintype with a wide-open Waterbury.

Jim Galli

10-Jun-2013, 11:42

Well, if you're really going to post "in Galli style"... :rolleyes:

5x6 tintype with a wide-open Waterbury.

Oh my! We're going to have to send this pixie to remedial safety awareness class and get her re-certified! Hope that flivver doesn't crush her!

Mark Sawyer

10-Jun-2013, 11:46

Don't worry, she had it pretty well supported with Scrabble tiles. What surprised me is she didn't even get her hands dirty!

Jim Galli

10-Jun-2013, 11:48

Don't worry, she had it pretty well supported with Scrabble tiles. What surprised me is she didn't even get her hands dirty!

They never do!

Ian Greenhalgh

10-Jun-2013, 11:56

chassis

10-Jun-2013, 18:57

Really excellent stuff, guys. jp, mandoman and Mark, truly great.

mandoman7

11-Jun-2013, 08:53

Thanks Ian and Chassis, I appreciate your comments.

ImSoNegative

11-Jun-2013, 09:00

ImSoNegative

11-Jun-2013, 09:02

I just love this and I think the strips of ivy on the wall make this one pop. I dig that IR film and how you use it brother. Keep em coming.

I have been using my imagon without the strainers as well, I like the effect much better, I got tired of all those highlight bugs

16-Jun-2013, 05:14

Owls Head Transportation Museum car show

speed graphic, 4x5 fp4+ in pyrocat hd. 190mm at f8 reinhold wollaston meniscus.

Cragar race car: Just a quick scan; should make a nice toned cyanotype.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/9057878160_3351dddc7b_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9057878160/sizes/c/in/photostream/

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3717/9055655109_16037874f8_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9055655109/sizes/z/in/photostream/
rat rod. shoulda made this one a bit softer, but it's OK.

29-Jun-2013, 04:50

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/9164116955_f967ff05e3_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9164116955/sizes/c/in/photostream/

Owls Head Transportation Museum 1917 Nieuport 28c.1 representation. Shot with speed graphic, 8.75" verito f4 and 1/2. 4x5 tmy2 film in pyrocat hd.

29-Jun-2013, 15:54

Feeling like I have this whole thread to myself. Go burn some film with your soft and experimental lenses. I'm marching to the beat of my own drum here...

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5339/9170725288_b1934d8108_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9170725288/sizes/c/in/photostream/

And finally... Same place, same day, different scene.

N.B. See how much smoother this photo is than the previous? It's because it doesn't have a complex details / detailed background. That detailed background and grass with the biplane doesn't help the photo. Generally avoid complex backgrounds with soft focus. You are looking to portray soft and simple not high detail.

The SF lenses have a fatter depth of field than a sharp lens. The only thing I could do next time is move up to 8x10 to get a thinner DOF with the bi-plane. Going wide-open might make it too fuzzy. I get a thinner DOF with the car interior here because it's a closer photo and closer distances have thinner DOF, meaning it's much more guaranteed to be thrown out of focus. A normal 8.75" lens would not allow someone to get a whole car interior in focus like this at f5.6ish without serious movements I didn't use because my speed graphic doesn't have them.

Steve M Hostetter

6-Jul-2013, 06:20

982734x5 180mm petzval @f4

SergeiR

7-Jul-2013, 13:20

8x10 Kodak CSG, hacked 18" Vitax

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/9231542773_f493288640_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9231542773/)
Scan-130707-0001www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9231542773/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

Jim Galli

7-Jul-2013, 13:24

Glad this thread has a life of it's own, even though I'm on semi-sabbatical. Maybe I'll get my 2 month old Oregon stuff processed tonight! Gorgeous stuff here. Love the '57 Ford. You knew I would! Honored to have my name associated with this thread.

Ken Lee

7-Jul-2013, 14:30

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/KershawFan.jpg
Vintage Fan, 2011
Sinar P, 9 inch Kershaw portrait lens *
4x5 HP5+, D-23

* lens courtesy of Eddie Gunks

TimeShare

7-Jul-2013, 19:06

Shot with a Galli special, Antique 4X5 Achromatic Meniscus Lens. Shot wide open at f4.5 ...

98377

http://www.ipernity.com/doc/312057

7-Jul-2013, 19:13

Interesting psychedelic woods!

SergeiR; a great job with the dark tones.

Ken; I like the light tones and composition.

Jim, you certainly know your old Fords!

I've got two combiplan tanks of negatives washing at the moment; might get around to scanning some more Galli Style in the next few days.

Jim Fitzgerald

7-Jul-2013, 19:22

Shot with a Galli special, Antique 4X5 Achromatic Meniscus Lens. Shot wide open at f4.5 ...

98377

http://www.ipernity.com/doc/312057

Beautiful!

sanking

7-Jul-2013, 19:43

Feeling like I have this whole thread to myself. Go burn some film with your soft and experimental lenses. I'm marching to the beat of my own drum here...

Wow, did not see this thread for a while. You have some great images. Are all of them made with that 180 mm meniscus lens?

Sandy

7-Jul-2013, 19:51

Wow, did not see this thread for a while. You have some great images. Are all of them made with that 180 mm meniscus lens?

Sandy

Thanks. About a month ago, I started using a 8.75" verito also; other than that, I've mostly used the 190mm meniscus, in order to get well acquainted with it.

7-Jul-2013, 20:12

I stuck a pair of wet negatives in the scanner.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3694/9234319761_b73edceaec_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9234319761/sizes/c/in/photostream/

More Ford Chrome. 8.75 verito midway between f4 and 5.6. Bright sunny day, so I got to use the 1/1000 setting on my speed graphic with fp4+ 4x5 film.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/9234319519_5881d4802e_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9234319519/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Engine and Propeller; similar settings.

SergeiR

7-Jul-2013, 20:36

Jim Galli

7-Jul-2013, 21:28

At the end of the day, the Verito's always seem to hold their own with the other legendary (legendarily expensive) lenses. Sharpness and glow.

GSX4

8-Jul-2013, 17:57

I made a tintype using a Jamin Cone lens with just the front lens vis a paysage.... 98410

chassis

8-Jul-2013, 18:13

Great work, everyone.

8-Jul-2013, 19:41

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_C.IV

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2879/9245325920_147e5b08e4_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9245325920/sizes/c/in/photostream/

I knew the letters would glow nicely and the lines weren't bad either. 8.75" verito on the speed graphic. fp4+ in pyrocat-hd.

tangyimail

8-Jul-2013, 20:27

Nice

9-Jul-2013, 15:47

Ken Lee

9-Jul-2013, 17:44

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2879/9245325920_147e5b08e4_c.jpg

Bravo ! Bravissimo !

TimeShare

9-Jul-2013, 18:01

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/9249420271_f254e7be01_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9249420271/sizes/c/in/photostream/

Another older car. 8.75" verito between f4 and 5.6 fp4+ 4x5 film. 1/1000 sec in bright sun with the speed graphic.

Really like the glow off the chrome !

9-Jul-2013, 19:50

Thanks Ken;

Really like the glow off the chrome !

Something special about the combination of soft focus, chrome, and sunlight you don't get with regular lenses or dslrs. That said, I like chrome on other people's cars more than my own.

9-Jul-2013, 19:58

I made a tintype using a Jamin Cone lens with just the front lens vis a paysage.... 98410

That is a very intriguing lens; I've only focused one on someone elses's camera. Must have been fun to setup that scene!

You've done well with the foreground, background separation and the light filtering through the canopy seems otherwordly spiritual.

Reinhold Schable

11-Jul-2013, 19:15

Here's a couple of variations using the new 790 f:5.4 meniscus lens.
Shot on paper negatives as a quick test of the lens on my 8x20 Canham.
One is shot almost wide open (f: 6.7) 98637
and one is shot at f:22. 98638
Which one appeals to you...?

Reinhold

14-Jul-2013, 19:48

Same plane as #863.. Moved on down toward the tail. tmy2 film in pyrocat hd. verito. 4x5 speed graphic. My scanner has cropped a tiny bit more off the top than I wanted, but I still like the composition.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2891/9290187476_f658b9dd2e_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9290187476/sizes/c/in/photostream/

Dave Wooten

14-Jul-2013, 21:03

Jim Galli

15-Jul-2013, 11:52

Jim Galli

15-Jul-2013, 11:59

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/31_Deluxe_Coupe/DahlstromsGarageS.jpg

Drove the late '31 Coupe down to Goldfield on Saturday.

Bitter ~ Sweet because 25 years ago I drove here in my then '29 Roadster, and Henry Dahlstrom was still alive. He came out and listened to the 'A' motor, and though it was a smoker, he said if it was him, he'd just pour oil in when it needs it because it sounded very healthy. Which is what I did. That was the car my kids grew up with. Those memories are what caused them to encourage me to get another Model A for the 6 grandsons to enjoy. So I got 2.

This image on 5X7 aerial Plus X by my Seebold Invisible Camera Corp. 9" Hyperion. Wide open of course!

renes

15-Jul-2013, 15:26

So rare to see Hyperion in action. Beautiful softness, grade. And great image Jim, as usual.

Steve M Hostetter

15-Jul-2013, 17:38

Damn, what an image Jim G.!

Jim Galli

15-Jul-2013, 18:26

Damn, what an image Jim G.!

So rare to see Hyperion in action. Beautiful softness, grade. And great image Jim, as usual.

Thank you both. Encouragement taken. :)

Jim Galli

18-Jul-2013, 17:40

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Oregon/May2013/OldStationBrothersOregonHwy20MirroscopeS.jpg
old station, brothers, oregon

Done with a 15" mirroscope lens.

18-Jul-2013, 19:15

That's cool Jim. It's like a story all by itself.

TimeShare

19-Jul-2013, 04:18

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Oregon/May2013/OldStationBrothersOregonHwy20MirroscopeS.jpg
old station, brothers, oregon

Done with a 15" mirroscope lens.

Wow ... looks like an image from someone's memories. You stole a snapshot from their dreams.

Jim Cole

19-Jul-2013, 05:45

Wow ... looks like an image from someone's memories. You stole a snapshot from their dreams.

+1

This one is beyond cool...

goamules

19-Jul-2013, 05:52

I've been saying for years I'd like a Model A. My dad had a model T in the 50s in Florida that they stripped down to almost nothing. They called them 'skeeters' like mosquitoes if I recall. And there was a very early model T truck in a barn on my mom's side that we played in back in the 70s, that had been there for decades. Nice shot and car.

Jim Galli

19-Jul-2013, 07:56

That's cool Jim. It's like a story all by itself.

Wow ... looks like an image from someone's memories. You stole a snapshot from their dreams.

+1

This one is beyond cool...

I've been saying for years I'd like a Model A. My dad had a model T in the 50s in Florida that they stripped down to almost nothing. They called them 'skeeters' like mosquitoes if I recall. And there was a very early model T truck in a barn on my mom's side that we played in back in the 70s, that had been there for decades. Nice shot and car.

Thank you.

Amedeus

19-Jul-2013, 11:31

Great images Jim G. Love the 31 Coupe but as so many have stated ... the old station image from your Oregon trip is indeed out of this world ...

Jim Galli

3-Aug-2013, 09:11

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/29Roadster/Summer2013/080313abandonedMotelNoNameMeniscus/AbandonedMotelTonopah_01as.jpg
sunset at the abandoned sundowner motel

My faithful little muse, always willing to pose. I confess to having made the image in order to offer a camera lens combo for sale and be able to show what it can make. No-name achromatic meniscus 250mm on a 5X7 RB Cycle Graphic with an early Graflex Auto Shutter. Watch for it if you're wishing for a 5X7 with a curtain shutter to make soft focus things.

monsta

3-Aug-2013, 09:19

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/9175102820_cc05a55896_b.jpg

very old graflex 5x7 with a dallmeyer pentac wide open on fomapan 100. love these old Huge SLR's

Jim Galli

3-Aug-2013, 09:23

very old graflex 5x7 with a dallmeyer pentac wide open on fomapan 100. love these old Huge SLR's

What a wonderful shot!

monsta

3-Aug-2013, 09:38

thanks jim, friends in a park with some sunshine, music and beer makes a wonderful day at the crystal palace festival. the camera came in for lots of attention that day, people could not believe the 3d image they saw on the large viewfinder.

monsta

3-Aug-2013, 09:46

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/9430609610_3d418f7e31_b.jpg

and another from the same day of a burlesque group

Jody_S

3-Aug-2013, 12:25

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/9430609610_3d418f7e31_b.jpg

and another from the same day of a burlesque group

I love this one. I have an old 5x7 Graflex and an 8" Pentac from the same period, you're making me want to put the 2 together.

TimeShare

3-Aug-2013, 15:04

This is fantastic !

TimeShare

3-Aug-2013, 15:04

Wow, loving what you are getting from this Pentac !

monsta

3-Aug-2013, 19:10

tis a wonderful combination, was stuck with one holder but now have 3, a new world opens...

jcoldslabs

3-Aug-2013, 19:11

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/9175102820_cc05a55896_b.jpg

There's a great feeling in this one. It seems both vintage and modern at the same time. Very nice.

Jonathan

Shen45

4-Aug-2013, 18:23

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Oregon/May2013/OldStationBrothersOregonHwy20MirroscopeS.jpg
old station, brothers, oregon

Done with a 15" mirroscope lens.

Hi Jim,
This is a really wonderful image. Well done.

Steve

Jim Galli

4-Aug-2013, 19:13

Hi Jim,
This is a really wonderful image. Well done.

Steve

Thanks Steve.

Jac@stafford.net

4-Aug-2013, 19:36

Jim, that reminds me of my place in the High Plains Desert of New Mexico. Substitute a 1958 VW Bug for the car.
Oh, and add a swamp cooler in the window. :)

jcoldslabs

11-Aug-2013, 04:55

Corran

13-Aug-2013, 08:49

Whoa, that's cool, don't "tame" it at all! It's an interesting look.

13-Aug-2013, 11:00

I messed around with my old Kodak Brownie today by taping a sheet of film at the film plane. The film is blue sensitive, and therefore the sky and specular highlights are blown. I'm still trying to find a development scheme that will tame it. Next to try is stand development.

Kodak Brownie No. 3 (Model B), Kodak Electron Image Film (SO-163).

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/3x4-SO-163-Back-Yard.jpg

Jonathan

If you want to tame it, go out just after sunset when the east/north sky is not bright and shade is everywhere. But then you probably don't have much shutter speed flexibility with that camera.

jcoldslabs

13-Aug-2013, 12:55

If you want to tame it, go out just after sunset when the east/north sky is not bright and shade is everywhere. But then you probably don't have much shutter speed flexibility with that camera.

That's a good idea. This was already a 6 sec. exposure, so there is some flexibility in that regard. I was really curious to see how the Brownie photographed so I just went out in the backyard as soon as I loaded the film. Once I reload I will be more judicious about time and place. :)

J.

jcoldslabs

13-Aug-2013, 12:59

Whoa, that's cool, don't "tame" it at all! It's an interesting look.

Thanks. I knew from experience that this film does not suffer open skies gladly, but as I said above I just couldn't wait to try out the camera. If I do have midday skies in the image again I will try stand development to see if I can't keep them from blowing out entirely.

Jonathan

18-Aug-2013, 19:50

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7369/9541367611_30dda75751_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9541367611/

At Owls Head Transportation Museum. Verito 8.75", probably midway between 4 and 5.6. 4x5 fp4+, speed graphic, pyrocat hd

Jim Graves

18-Aug-2013, 20:57

Very, very nice!

Jim Galli

18-Aug-2013, 22:00

Very, very nice!

I quite agree. The venerable Verito continues to get the job done.

Brian Ellis

19-Aug-2013, 06:00

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Oregon/May2013/OldStationBrothersOregonHwy20MirroscopeS.jpg
old station, brothers, oregon

Done with a 15" mirroscope lens.

I don't think this is an old "station," my recollection is that it was a house. If you're there again walk across the road to the general store and ask the store owners the story behind it. If I could remember enough details I'd relate them but I don't, it's been quite a while since I talked with them. All I remember is that the story behind it was very interesting, involving fires, murders, that kind of thing. In any event, regardless of what it was the photograph is beautiful.

pierre506

26-Aug-2013, 23:27

Sunset
19:30 August 11, 2013

100913

Spencer Port-land Soft Focus 11.5in F5.6
wide open
Fuji RVP 100 8X10in
under Si-o-se Pol(33 Arches Bridge), Isfahan, Iran

Jim Galli

21-Sep-2013, 23:54

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Oregon/August2013/93EastEly_Mirro_01s.jpg
east ely station and the '93'

Steve M Hostetter

22-Sep-2013, 09:17

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Oregon/August2013/93EastEly_Mirro_01s.jpg
east ely station and the '93'
I love this one!

Jim Galli

22-Sep-2013, 09:54

I love this one!

Thanks Steve. Needed a bump as I posted at 0 midnight thirty and went to bed.

Here's another from the same set-up.,

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/TrainsPlainsAutomobiles/NevadaNorthern/OilCans_NNRY_Mirro_01s.jpg
oil cans, NNRY shops

Shen45

22-Sep-2013, 14:35

You are on a wonderful roll Jim. very inspiring for anyone with a fuzzy lens and a sharp concept.

Jim Galli

22-Sep-2013, 14:42

You are on a wonderful roll Jim. very inspiring for anyone with a fuzzy lens and a sharp concept.

Thank you.

22-Sep-2013, 17:55

Jim, I like that oil cans photo!

4x5 speed graphic, 8.75" verito. tmy2 film in PMK.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2870/9886666875_7e37a6af43_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9886666875/in/photostream/
BMW at Owls Head Transportation Museum.

Jim Graves

22-Sep-2013, 20:20

Jim ... All I can say about the locomotive shot is "WOW!"

What lens?

Jim Galli

22-Sep-2013, 20:52

Jim ... All I can say about the locomotive shot is "WOW!"

What lens?

Hey Jim. Thanks for asking. It was from one of those Mirroscope things that's supposed to shine a postcard onto the wall. Mounted the lens in a piece of ABS plastic, a 3" male adapter, and cobbled it onto a lens board. Basically a 1F99 except more expensive.

Jim Galli

22-Sep-2013, 20:56

5-Oct-2013, 18:11

At Owls Head Transportation Museum today. Threw a couple damp negatives into the v700 and was pleased.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5537/10108764036_f9ca1f323f_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/10108764036/in/photostream/
Jaguar XK140 mirror.
Reinhold Wollaston Meniscus 190mm with a bespoke f6.6 aperture card. Speed graphic. 4x5 FP4+ in pyrocat HD

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5462/10108676084_b3e8597131_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/10108676084/in/photostream/
Mercedes 300SL gills.
Verito 8.75" midway between f4 and 5.6. Speed graphic. 4x5 FP4+ in pyrocat HD.

Jan Pedersen

5-Oct-2013, 18:35

That is one smoooooth mirror, the reflexion of the mirror is a wonderful touch. Well seen and executed.

Ken Lee

5-Oct-2013, 18:48

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5462/10108676084_b3e8597131_c.jpg
Mercedes 300SL gills.
Verito 8.75" midway between f4 and 5.6. Speed graphic. 4x5 FP4+ in pyrocat HD.

Bravo !

5-Oct-2013, 19:25

That is one smoooooth mirror, the reflexion of the mirror is a wonderful touch. Well seen and executed.

That's part of the challenge when working with cars; dealing with reflections. Reflections can be unwanted or can be good; it's up to the photographer.

I also have to wait till the background is clear; a person standing in the wrong spot can still mess up the background even with thin DOF LF stuff.

Here's me photographing another car today. (My XKE is on the far right in the 2nd shot)

103059 103060

6-Oct-2013, 19:17

Thanks Jan, Ken!

Here's some of what I was getting while photographing the blue Bugatti above:

8.75" verito, 4d5 speed graphic, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5474/10129413623_44c915287f_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/10129413623/in/photostream/

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/10129353086_64be710f3b_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/10129353086/in/photostream/

7-Oct-2013, 19:01

I can't stop... Same Bugatti, same Verito, same camera, same film.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3678/10147888843_4cf4c5b3d9_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/10147888843/in/photostream/

Jac@stafford.net

8-Oct-2013, 07:09

Thank you for the excellent images, and it is heartening to see your appreciative audience.

gbogatko

17-Nov-2013, 16:03

104849

Wine decanter and water pitcher

Details: ADOX pan-25 4x5 (expired 2011). Civil war era petzval ‘brass cannon’ lens with the rearmost element reversed.

jcoldslabs

17-Nov-2013, 17:39

Wine decanter and water pitcher....Civil war era Petzval ‘brass cannon’ lens with the rearmost element reversed.

I like this a lot. What does reversing the rearmost element do? Increase the aberrations and softness?

Jonathan

gbogatko

22-Nov-2013, 07:54

I like this a lot. What does reversing the rearmost element do? Increase the aberrations and softness?

Jonathan

Yes. If you reverse both elements it gets softer. Reverse just the rearmost and it gets both softer and the edge distortion goes wild.
So with this lens, which covers 4x5/5x7 easily, the petzval design keeps only the very centermost point in sharp focus and everything else very quickly goes first into softness and then soon after that into big time aberrations -- everything streaking away from the center.

George

northcarolinajack

24-Nov-2013, 09:12

The is a 1930 Hubmobile made at a place called Fort Apache near Holden Beach, NC.
Made with my old Speed Graflex with a Wollaston Meniscus 135mm lens wide open.

Jim Galli

24-Nov-2013, 09:50

The is a 1930 Hubmobile made at a place called Fort Apache near Holden Beach, NC.
Made with my old Speed Graflex with a Wollaston Meniscus 135mm lens wide open. What a great look!

Jim Noel

24-Nov-2013, 10:32

The is a 1930 Hubmobile made at a place called Fort Apache near Holden Beach, NC.
Made with my old Speed Graflex with a Wollaston Meniscus 135mm lens wide open.
I believe this is a Hupmobile, not Hubmobile..
Did you mean you used a Speed Graphic, or a Graflex?

Mark Sawyer

24-Nov-2013, 13:10

What a great look!

Yes indeed! The Speed Graphic and a meniscus lens is a wonderful combination, and well-used here!

Mkillmer

10-Dec-2013, 01:55

I guess this is "Galli Style" but maybe the subject isn't.
This is the front half of a projection lens I found in the bottom of a box, delaminated and separated, but "what the heck", I taped it to an Ilex shutter and tried it anyway.
5x7 paper negative

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2876/11304521836_7a667d6f4e_z.jpg

imagedowser

10-Dec-2013, 07:07

MKillmer, Very nice image great use of your personal creative skill and understanding of what's possible, with what's on hand.... Some are paying big numbers for a lens that is able to give an image like this... impressive.... Bill

10-Dec-2013, 07:20

The is a 1930 Hubmobile made at a place called Fort Apache near Holden Beach, NC.
Made with my old Speed Graflex with a Wollaston Meniscus 135mm lens wide open.

You're noticing the big shapes of black and chrome/white. Shapes and composition are the most ignored part of learning soft focus work. Keep it up!

David Aimone

10-Dec-2013, 18:46

Jim,

I haven't told you lately how much I love your Antique Meniscus in a Polaroid Shutter! So I'm telling you again now! ;)

106401

Jim Noel

10-Dec-2013, 19:15

Beautiful photograph.

Jim Graves

10-Dec-2013, 19:25

Jim Galli

11-Dec-2013, 07:57

I guess this is "Galli Style" but maybe the subject isn't.
This is the front half of a projection lens I found in the bottom of a box, delaminated and separated, but "what the heck", I taped it to an Ilex shutter and tried it anyway.
5x7 paper negative

Sweet! Clean the old balsum gunk off with acetone and then put the glasses back together with a drop of Wesson Oil. Also Galli style. Although I can't imagine a better image than you've already got.

Mkillmer

11-Dec-2013, 13:42

Thanks for the kind words! I'll try out acetone on a rough old lens I have, literally rough!
Front lens is lumpy with a brown transparent cracked film - balsam I guess? Methylated spirits didn't budge it, so I put it aside for a rainy day.

Harley Goldman

11-Dec-2013, 15:33

andrewch59

13-Dec-2013, 16:46

106590106591

Please excuse the refelction, these are tintypes taken at night with two forty watt fluoros.
Lens used was my cdv portrait lens of a voigtlander petzval design shot wide open

uphereinmytree

9-Jan-2014, 09:18

4x5 infrared film. The lens is a velostigmat series III 159mm that is missing both the front and rear inner elements. It's now a 90mm f5.6?ish

Jim Galli

9-Jan-2014, 09:53

4x5 infrared film. The lens is a velostigmat series III 159mm that is missing both the front and rear inner elements. It's now a 90mm f5.6?ish

Bravo! I've also recognized these early - ish wide angle anastigmat's as good potential fodder for re-purposing as cheap, and wide, soft foci lens possibilities. Some of the earliest ones, you just pop the aperture out and whee.

9-Jan-2014, 20:31

More old cars with soft lenses. A win-win combination. As I've done before with other car photos, this is a party of circles. You've got the round spat, the wheel/tire behind it, the reflected wheel/tire, the glowing lock above the reflected wheel/tire, and the curvy haunch of the car. Black and chrome and soft focus glow work nicely together too. The main car is an Xk140. The reflected car is my own, an XKE with replica dunlop alloy wheels.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/11865047946_ce0bebbc6f_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/11865047946/

Verito 8.75 on my 4x5 speed graphic, which is visible with me and the tiltall in the left portion of the photo. fp4+ film in pyrocat hd.

9-Jan-2014, 20:33

4x5 infrared film. The lens is a velostigmat series III 159mm that is missing both the front and rear inner elements. It's now a 90mm f5.6?ish

Looks like fun! I like this, but I'd also be curious to shoot the same setup with normal film and flatter light for a brooding mood as well.

pierre506

10-Jan-2014, 07:42

108019

Trailer wheel~

uphereinmytree

10-Jan-2014, 08:44

hey JP, agreed that regular film would have been interesting. all the background foliage would have been darker and smoother while the truck tones would have been similar. I may have to get back there and redo.

plaubel

10-Jan-2014, 15:08

This one is of course no real Galli style, but, Mr. Galli, I'm very inspired, and so I tried out something with the rear half of an old Xenar ,anno1936 - so I may call it Galli's technic, and hopefully, I am right here ..

Moss

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/moosplfk15vbaj.jpg (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net)

Jim Galli

10-Jan-2014, 16:02

This one is of course no real Galli style, but, Mr. Galli, I'm very inspired, and so I tried out something with the rear half of an old Xenar ,anno1936 - so I may call it Galli's technic, and hopefully, I am right here ..

Moss

Very nice and soft. It leaves plenty for the imagination.

Jim Fitzgerald

10-Jan-2014, 23:50

I believe I have posted this in another thread? Shot in Grafton, Utah

ScottPhotoCo

11-Jan-2014, 01:15

I believe I have posted this in another thread? Shot in Grafton, Utah

What lens was this Jim? Love it.

Jim Fitzgerald

11-Jan-2014, 09:07

What lens was this Jim? Love it.

Tim, I shot this with my Kodak 305 Portrait lens around F 5.6. Love this lens.

Jim Galli

11-Jan-2014, 09:36

I believe I have posted this in another thread? Shot in Grafton, Utah

Next time you're in the neighborhood, stop by ;)

plaubel

11-Jan-2014, 09:51

Very nice and soft. It leaves plenty for the imagination.

Thank you, Jim, for the nice words and the great inspiration !

Greetings,
Ritchie

Jim Fitzgerald

11-Jan-2014, 10:10

Jim, one day I'll make it up there. Thanks.

ScottPhotoCo

11-Jan-2014, 11:20

Tim, I shot this with my Kodak 305 Portrait lens around F 5.6. Love this lens.

Thanks Jim! My 16" Kodak Portrait lens arrived yesterday. Now to try mounting it to a 6" Deardorff board and shoot. :)

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

Jim Fitzgerald

11-Jan-2014, 18:52

Thanks Jim! My 16" Kodak Portrait lens arrived yesterday. Now to try mounting it to a 6" Deardorff board and shoot. :)

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

Tim, congrat's! I absolutely love mine. Did some portraits in Yosemite of June and they are beautiful. I almost bought a 16" but I had the 305 and my 16-18" Graf Variable so I passed. It is a great lens, you will love it.

Amedeus

12-Jan-2014, 15:17

You'll need to fabricate a spacer to mount the Kodak 16" on a 6" board ... better than cutting the flange ...

Thanks Jim! My 16" Kodak Portrait lens arrived yesterday. Now to try mounting it to a 6" Deardorff board and shoot. :)

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

Jim Fitzgerald

12-Jan-2014, 21:22

You'll need to fabricate a spacer to mount the Kodak 16" on a 6" board ... better than cutting the flange ...

Rudi, I agree. Cutting the flange is not a good idea..... especially when you find a nice studio camera to use it on!!

ScottPhotoCo

12-Jan-2014, 21:50

Not to worry! I was able to mount it with no modifications. :)

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

Steve M Hostetter

17-Jan-2014, 10:02

108489 RB Graflex 6 3/8" anastigmat @f4.5 0n TXP 320 in D-76 for 7:45 min

I walked around this tree sapling till it tried to shake my hand

Steve M Hostetter

17-Jan-2014, 10:11

108493"The Quintessential Dead Tree" RB Graflex same info as top

asuilin

18-Jan-2014, 14:04

108721
Russian northern forest.
Lens: Landscape meniscus 167/6.7, made by me from eyeglasses lens.

jon.oman

18-Jan-2014, 14:09

108721
Russian northern forest.
Lens: Landscape meniscus 167/6.7, made by me from eyeglasses lens.

Nice one!

20-Jan-2014, 06:13

Galli probably doesn't have much trees and ocean nearby, but in the style of cheap innovative soft focus...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7307/12049853913_cdf8efca04_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/12049853913/

While everyone else in New England was watching a football game, I went to the beach, pulling my sled through the snow with three cameras and two tripods.

snowy windy day at the beach, Owls Head Maine. 4x5 speed graphic with tmy2 film in pyrocat hd. reinhold wollaston meniscus 190mm at f6.3

Robert Brazile

20-Jan-2014, 07:45

That's gorgeous. More rewarding than the football game, too.

Robert

22-Jan-2014, 19:21

Thanks Robert!

Another scene passed while walking home from the beach.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/12095389923_9ee0b42b0b_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/12095389923/in/photostream/

same settings

Jim Galli

22-Jan-2014, 19:23

Thanks Robert!

Another scene passed while walking home from the beach.

same settings

Can almost see the clouds moving!

22-Jan-2014, 19:30

Can almost see the clouds moving!

The clouds were moving good! For the cottage photo, I setup and stood there in the cold wind for about ten minutes waiting for the clouds to get into their proper places. The ocean/rocks photo, the clouds were impatiently waiting for me.

ScottPhotoCo

30-Jan-2014, 19:20

I know that this is an old post but I LOVE this image. So much right. :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8326/8447722052_71f76817e9_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8447722052/sizes/c/in/photostream/

speed graphic, 190 reinhold wollaston meniscus (with bespoke f6.6 stop). tmy2 in pmk.
R waldo tyler marsh in Thomaston ME on a snowy day.

Jim Galli

30-Jan-2014, 19:27

I know that this is an old post but I LOVE this image. So much right. :)

Ya, me too.

William Whitaker

30-Jan-2014, 19:45

I know that this is an old post but I LOVE this image. So much right. :)

I'll jump on that bandwagon. Excellent Jason!

MMELVIS

30-Jan-2014, 21:04

109555
Lone Road in Florida
300mm f4 Lens plano convex
New-Vue 4x5

31-Jan-2014, 04:39

Thanks, Will, Jim, Tim! It's the time of year to head back to the marsh for more of that.

MMelvis; that looks very otherworldly. The dappled light was well captured and was one of the difficult elements that people like Clarence White and F Holland Day captured well

MMELVIS

31-Jan-2014, 16:09

18-Feb-2014, 20:50

More marshy goodness. This is not at my usual marsh location, but in a Rockland Maine quarry, frozen over.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7324/12626614624_675a280fa9_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/12626614624/in/photostream/

February 2014. 4x5 speed graphic with reinhold wollaston meniscus 190mm and f6.3 stop. tmy2 film in pyrocat hd.

andreios

19-Feb-2014, 01:37

More marshy goodness. This is not at my usual marsh location, but in a Rockland Maine quarry, frozen over.

February 2014. 4x5 speed graphic with reinhold wollaston meniscus 190mm and f6.3 stop. tmy2 film in pyrocat hd.

This is excellent! I think I really should get one of Reinhold meniscii soon.

20-Feb-2014, 18:47

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/12666450064_98000d5fd3_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/12666450064/in/photostream/

Verito 8.75" at f4.5. granite and snow at Birch Point Beach state park, Feb 2014. tmy2 film in pyrocat hd. 4x5 speed graphic.

More details:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?111352-Verito-and-Reinhold-Wollaston-Shootout

Jim Galli

20-Feb-2014, 22:52

I LIKE it.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/12666450064_98000d5fd3_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/12666450064/in/photostream/

Verito 8.75" at f4.5. granite and snow at Birch Point Beach state park, Feb 2014. tmy2 film in pyrocat hd. 4x5 speed graphic.

More details:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?111352-Verito-and-Reinhold-Wollaston-Shootout

Jim Galli

23-Feb-2014, 15:39

Here's one that was lost in the holders laying around waiting for someone to develop them :rolleyes:

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Oregon/August2013/AbandonedStorefrontMcGillNVss.jpg
abandoned storefront, McGill, NV

Not sure which lens. I was on a trip to Oregon (the long way) and had lots of soft focus lenses to choose from. When I find my notes I'll post what this was. My guess is the Mirroscope lens. Anyways, I love it when the soft lenses turn the glass opaque.

18-May-2014, 16:14

Bentley at Owls Head Transportation Museum 2014/05/18.
190mm Reinhold Wollaston Meniscus at f6.3, 4x5 speed graphic,
Ilford Fp4+ film in pyrocat hd

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2905/14030497069_b47f580af4_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nnPXXT)
img095 (https://flic.kr/p/nnPXXT) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Jim Galli

18-May-2014, 17:28

That Reinhold really has a great look.

Revived the thread just in time for me to post this;

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Kalosat/CadillacWingedGoddessS.jpg
cadillac winged goddess

done yesterday at a friends house with the new 2 me Kalosat.

18-May-2014, 17:41

I'd like to tame the glow of a Kalosat sometime!

Reinhold again:
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2923/14214122281_21ff25b937_c.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/nE46kP)img097 (https://flic.kr/p/nE46kP) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

7" Verito:
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/14215297802_ab3c38fc77_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nEa7Mq)
img099 (https://flic.kr/p/nEa7Mq) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Jim Galli

18-May-2014, 18:04

Gorgeous shots JP. Even with all the fancy glass out there, the Verito always holds it's own. I still love Verito's. I must, I have pretty much one of each. Except the 9 got away from me.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Kalosat/CaddyFrontGrillef6-3s.jpg
'41 caddy front grille

Strange light but it sort of works. f6.3 this.

Jim Galli

18-May-2014, 19:57

One more of the Cadillac.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Kalosat/GlowingGoddessS.jpg
glowing goddess

22-May-2014, 19:52

Jim, those cars should go outside to be photographed!

Bentley detail at Owls Head Transportation Museum. 2014/05/18. I don't remember which soft focus lens (either the 190 reinhold wollaston or the 7" verito!). 4x5 speed graphic with fp4+ in pyrocat hd.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5199/14061929909_89f46b3959_c.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/nqB4Rp)img106 (https://flic.kr/p/nqB4Rp) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

with tmy2 in pmk. The little things like literally glowing spark plugs is cool. I ran out of FP4+ for this photo, so I switched over to tmy2.
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2913/14061992927_ae107a4ebe_c.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/nqBozV)img105 (https://flic.kr/p/nqBozV) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Andrew O'Neill

23-May-2014, 16:41

I've sent a couple of emails to Reinhold in regards to his lenses via his website, but I never get a reply...

evan clarke

24-May-2014, 08:11

Verito, wide open..

24-May-2014, 08:14

Evan I like that!

Andrew, send him a PM on the board here. thats what I've done.

gbogatko

24-May-2014, 15:42

Company stored at Long Pond Iron Works in NJ.
This taken with a FUJI SF lens. FOMA film -- ISO 100 exposed at ISO 50, then developed in DD23.
Yes, it was bright out.
115846

Andrew O'Neill

24-May-2014, 16:34

Thanks Jason. Will do!

Emil Schildt

5-Jun-2014, 13:18

Just made a couple of garden images... and this happened... :)

Gandolfi 13x18cm neg.
First is Taylor,Taylor & Hobson RV lens, uncorcked...
Second is no better: Gandolfi 13x18cm neg - Plasticca 280mm lens.

I need to do something with my garden... can't be left alone as it is.... :)

Graham Patterson

5-Jun-2014, 15:50

It is a health and safety issue. Your gardeners do not have the proper protective clothing and are restricted to light duties.

Jim Galli

9-Jun-2014, 22:32

Thanks All

Jim Galli

9-Jun-2014, 22:35

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/NAMuseum/05-20-14CarringtonsBirth/Mercer_1-Mirrolens-halfsecondS.jpg
'there's nothing worser than a mercer'

Wouldn't it be fun to be going 75 mph on those rails with a girl holding onto her bonnet for all she's worth. Some guy in a Stutz is trying to catch you!

Jim Galli

9-Jun-2014, 22:37

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/NAMuseum/05-20-14CarringtonsBirth/Stutz_3_MirroLens-halfsecS.jpg
'ya gotta be nuts to drive a stutz'

8X10 with 'mirro' lens

Ralph Stein in his wonderful book of antique cars relayed the story that when these cars were new, in the Hamptons 100 years ago, the dapper youth would taunt each other thus;

Stutz Bearcat driver; "there's nothing worser than a Mercer" to which the Mercer driver would return; "ya gotta be nuts to drive a stutz.

Stein was there. He was quite old in 1963 when he published his book. I was quite young when my mother bought it for me for Christmas. It's getting to be quite a span. The cars were 50 years old when Stein published the book I have. Now they're 100!

Mark Sawyer

10-Jun-2014, 09:45

Lovely work, Jim and Emil! Such a wonderful thread, with such great work form lenses cheap and expensive. :) Now on page one hundred...

I think we should save post #1000 for Jim. The pressure's on, Mr. Galli!

Steve M Hostetter

11-Jun-2014, 07:42

Jim, they built Stutz autos in Indianapolis where the factory still sits.. The have an annual art show there now

15-Jun-2014, 17:41

1938 Buick special straight 8 at Owls Head Transportation Museum. 4x5 speed graphic and 7.25" Verito wide open. FP4+ film in pyrocat hd

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2940/14408704266_61b9e8843a_c.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/nXfnMC)img155 (https://flic.kr/p/nXfnMC) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Pontiac at Owls Head Transportation Museum. 4x5 speed graphic and 7.25" Verito wide open. FP4+ film in pyrocat hd

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2906/14428475291_0a91d41334_c.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/nYZH2n)img156 (https://flic.kr/p/nYZH2n) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr