post "in Galli style"

[Jim Cole]

Thanks for the honor!

Here's my daughter Tina and grandson Oliver in the tall grass along the Columbia River, OR.

Rear element only of my 11 1/2" Verito

Nice!!!

[Mark Sawyer]

A lovely image! And thanks for all the lovely images! :)

[Jac@stafford.net]

hHere's my daughter Tina and grandson Oliver in the tall grass along the Columbia River, OR.

May you become a Great Grandfather.

[Jim Galli]

Thanks for the kind comments.


May you become a Great Grandfather.

Yes! But no time soon please. My oldest is just 13. Family is lovely.

[lab black]

Thank you Mr. Galli for so many beautiful images, sage advice and a cherished 3b lens.... In life, as well as photography, you certainly excel at separating the highlights from the mid-tones.

[Jac@stafford.net]

Thanks for the kind comments.



Yes! But no time soon please. My oldest is just 13. Family is lovely.

My step-son is turning fifty. No, I do not feel old. Yet.

[Jim Graves]

by Jim Galli
Thanks for the honor!
Here's my daughter Tina and grandson Oliver in the tall grass along the Columbia River, OR. Rear element only of my 11 1/2" Verito

How lovely is that?

[jp]

Rocks at the beach. Owls Head Maine. November 2014. 4x5 speed graphic preanniversary, 7.25" verito, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7486/15788538188_2f771ddb59_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q4bokE)
img560 (https://flic.kr/p/q4bokE) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Rocks at the beach. Owls Head Maine. November 2014. 4x5 speed graphic preanniversary, 7.25" verito, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd.

Gorgeous! How nicely seen.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/38Fordy/12-08-14Ross10inchS.jpg
the ford in the hubcap

10" Ross Xpres wide open
Kodak 2D 8X10 with full plate back Panatomic X

[Jim Noel]

It's almost unfair for you to have so may wonderful old lenses and some 8x10 Panatomic X. Great work once again.

[jp]

Looks good Jim, all the cool cars are in for the winter up here.

[Jim Galli]

It's almost unfair for you to have so may wonderful old lenses and some 8x10 Panatomic X. Great work once again.


Looks good Jim, all the cool cars are in for the winter up here.

Thanks!

[andreios]

Indeed, Jim, this is very, very nice!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Well, not cars but some bizarre trees in Trinidad. Hope this qualifies! As always scanned 8x10 carbon transfer prints.

[scheinfluger_77]

Well, not cars but some bizarre trees in Trinidad. Hope this qualifies! As always scanned 8x10 carbon transfer prints.

Jim, both are great, #2 is stunning. It's what photography is all about.
Steve

[jp]

Those look good Jim; I prefer the first. Is it done with a kodak 305 portrait? I'll get back to cars in May or so.

[Jim Galli]

Well, not cars but some bizarre trees in Trinidad. Hope this qualifies! As always scanned 8x10 carbon transfer prints.

Wow, those jump off the page at you. Very beautiful.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks all! It is all about the light.... right. Yes, my Kodak 305 Portrait lens. It has a wonderful signature. This is an awesome place to shoot late in the day. Thanks Vaughn! BTW, posted these in the Tree image thread as well.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/Bi-Quality/SadEyeFord38s.jpg
sad eye ford '38

Pinkham Bi-Quality lens wide open

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, nice smooth image. Really love the signature of that lens.

[Jac@stafford.net]

Jim, that is one I would put on a wall. Definitive, luscious.

[Jim Galli]

Jim, nice smooth image. Really love the signature of that lens.


Jim, that is one I would put on a wall. Definitive, luscious.

Thanks J & J

[Jac@stafford.net]

Thanks J & J

How can we buy a print?

[gbogatko]

14.5 Verito - Ilford fp4 in Rodinal

https://33.media.tumblr.com/e9cdfc6113bde19dabea970c17b065fa/tumblr_nh21hzPgGE1rmt598o1_1280.jpg

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Another one from my Trinidad series.

[jp]

I like the mood in that JimF

[Jim Fitzgerald]

JP, thanks. I like the mood as well.

[Mark Sawyer]

As do I! Lovely work, Jim...

[ndg]

Jim, haunting image! Was the negative from an Xray film? And I guess the lens was the Kodak?


Another one from my Trinidad series.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks everyone. Some more info. This was shot on my favorite film Efke 25. Now discontinued but I have a good stash of it. The Kodak 305 Portrait lens stopped down a bit and of course printed in carbon transfer on Varycon FB Matte paper.

[gbogatko]

Family.
Kodak 305, Arista 100, Rodinal 1:100 for an hour.
128187

[northcarolinajack]

128609


This elephant is keep sake from a trip to England some years ago. It has had a place in our home since. The photo was made with a little 6 inch F4 magic lantern lens I just purchased, mounted on a Speed Graflex. The focus point was the eye; the light was from a lamp on the table. The elephant is only about 3 inches in height.

Jack

[jp]

Snow is piling up outdoors past our window sills. But it's cozy inside. Playing with some 8x10 ektascan-bra film in dektol. Kodak 305 portrait lens at 5.6

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/15809864524_0cd37a47ea_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q64FV7)
img738 (https://flic.kr/p/q64FV7) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

And it's also around 0f and very windy. Makes the glass pretty cold... I removed the 305's characteristic geometric distortion with photoshop.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/16406401016_c278d5b2d6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qZM6r3)
img739 (https://flic.kr/p/qZM6r3) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Snow is piling up outdoors past our window sills. But it's cozy inside. Playing with some 8x10 ektascan-bra film in dektol. Kodak 305 portrait lens at 5.6

And it's also around 0f and very windy. Makes the glass pretty cold... I removed the 305's characteristic geometric distortion with photoshop.



Very nice. What was the film? Ekta-what?

[jp]

Very nice. What was the film? Ekta-what?

Ektascan bra is currently The Shizz for xray "play" film. Single sided, red safelight compatible, cheap, poor reciprocity, etc...
http://www.zzmedical.com/8x10-in-carestream-kodak-ektascan-b-ra-single-emulsion-video-film.html

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I'm thinking who doesn't like a BRA!

[Jim Noel]

I'm thinking who doesn't like a BRA!

And the more of us who play with it, the longer it is likely to be available. Love it!

[Barry Kirsten]

And the more of us who play with it, the longer it is likely to be available. Love it!

I can't find anyone in Aust. who will sell it to a private individuals, and ZZ Medical aren't allowed to sell it overseas (I emailed them). A bit tough all round, I reckon.

[jp]

We've got some scraggly bushes like Jim Fitzgerald has too, but I was more interested in their shadows than their shape this time.
7.25" verito, 4x5 fp4+ in pyrocat hd.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/16548675071_297ea75875_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rdmhxZ)
img792 (https://flic.kr/p/rdmhxZ) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

We've got some scraggly bushes like Jim Fitzgerald has too, but I was more interested in their shadows than their shape this time.
7.25" verito, 4x5 fp4+ in pyrocat hd.



The ultimate compliment. My wife walked past and said, "that's pretty, did you make that?" And I said, "No, but I wish I had!" This is gorgeous.

[appletree]

We've got some scraggly bushes like Jim Fitzgerald has too, but I was more interested in their shadows than their shape this time.
7.25" verito, 4x5 fp4+ in pyrocat hd.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/16548675071_297ea75875_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rdmhxZ)
img792 (https://flic.kr/p/rdmhxZ) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Wow. Beautiful photograph.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

jp very nice! Love the composition.

[jp]

The ultimate compliment. My wife walked past and said, "that's pretty, did you make that?" And I said, "No, but I wish I had!" This is gorgeous.

Wow, that is quite a compliment!

Thanks Jim/Jim/Johnathon.

Here's another:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7408/16374857419_3c794833f4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qWZqBV)
img791 (https://flic.kr/p/qWZqBV) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

And I'm going to post one in the abstract thread.

[jp]

Made it past the end of the road yesterday and onto the beach. Turned up the fuzz a little on the verito to work on the edge of abstract. These I describe as Notan on the beach.



Ice and snow covered rocks.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8626/15953906333_eeeee33313_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qiMWwz)
img799 (https://flic.kr/p/qiMWwz) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Frozen salt water on the sand

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7357/16386660400_e16eb6763a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qY2VeA)
img797 (https://flic.kr/p/qY2VeA) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[djdister]

Made it past the end of the road yesterday and onto the beach. Turned up the fuzz a little on the verito to work on the edge of abstract. These I describe as Notan on the beach.



Ice and snow covered rocks.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8626/15953906333_eeeee33313_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qiMWwz)
img799 (https://flic.kr/p/qiMWwz) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Frozen salt water on the sand

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7357/16386660400_e16eb6763a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qY2VeA)
img797 (https://flic.kr/p/qY2VeA) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr


JP, as a fellow Verito owner, could you explain what you meant about turning up the fuzz? Do you mean shooting wide open or something else?
Thanks!

[jp]

JP, as a fellow Verito owner, could you explain what you meant about turning up the fuzz? Do you mean shooting wide open or something else?
Thanks!

Yes, closer to wide open. I usually shoot at around f5 and these were closer to wide open (f4). It's touchy how much variation there is in once stop.

[jp]

Verito/speed graphic/fp4+ again... First I saw the light beams, then the light filtering in the background, then the arrangement of tree trunks seemed not random. I see the trunks will standout when converted to B&W tones. The shadows and positioning of the trees looked like they were a dynamic unit of trees that had something in common. Their positions in relation to each other implied some sort of mystery dynamics and relationship like the people in a busy Seurat painting. People in school would have asked what I'm smoking but coffee is my only "vice". People here would say I'm spouting Mumbo Jumbo. Maybe so.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/16410191899_d4bce40d3c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/r17wk6)
img795 (https://flic.kr/p/r17wk6) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Mark Sawyer]

Lovely work, jp! Your Verito has found a good home. :)

[djdister]

Verito/speed graphic/fp4+ again... First I saw the light beams, then the light filtering in the background, then the arrangement of tree trunks seemed not random. I see the trunks will standout when converted to B&W tones. The shadows and positioning of the trees looked like they were a dynamic unit of trees that had something in common. Their positions in relation to each other implied some sort of mystery dynamics and relationship like the people in a busy Seurat painting. People in school would have asked what I'm smoking but coffee is my only "vice". People here would say I'm spouting Mumbo Jumbo. Maybe so.


A really nice use of the Verito lens. The closer line of trees is clearly sharp, with slight out of focus aberrations which get increasingly more out of focus where it helps the most - where the light rays are filtering through branches in the background. You could call it a purposeful, textbook use of the diffused focus lens - great shot!

[ImSoNegative]

Wow. Beautiful photograph.

+1 excellent

[jp]

Thanks guys. That's it for LF photos for a few days. Busy parenting today and the light is not right today, and snow tomorrow. Maybe squeeze a power walk in during the work week sometime with the LF camera.

[Emil Schildt]

not sure this is Galli style - but I did use a Plasticca lens - 13x18cm negs and then Bromoil...

[jp]

Galli Style is pretty open to interpretation I think. Thanks!

[Mkillmer]

Taken with a Leitz Hector 150 projection lens.
130211

[andrewch59]

Taken with a Leitz Hector 150 projection lens.
130211

Nice!

[jp]

I went out in the woods with my 7.25" verito, 4x5 speed, fp4+ today. We still have much snow that is slow to melt. I snowshoed, and the tripod half disappeared each times I set it down.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8648/16128479803_aca66a9435_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qzdF8Z)img876 (https://flic.kr/p/qzdF8Z) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

I went out in the woods with my 7.25" verito, 4x5 speed, fp4+ today. We still have much snow that is slow to melt. I snowshoed, and the tripod half disappeared each times I set it down.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8648/16128479803_aca66a9435_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qzdF8Z)img876 (https://flic.kr/p/qzdF8Z) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Beautiful - very painterly !

[jp]

Thank you Ken.

Here is the first two of 16 more negative of the same subject. I went after theses photos out back in the woods behind the house and only took 8 sheets and used them quicker than I thought. I went out again today with 12 sheets and used them up too, slowing down only because the sun went behind a cloud a few times requiring me to stop and wait. It's a joy to see these scenes on the ground glass; white snow bathed in slightly warm afternoon light, lavender shadows, gray and brown trees, green sprills. I don't think I could do color soft focus though, and I definitely can't paint it with any justice.

This first photo of this post I think is pretty rich with the style of a hundred years ago. People were not afraid to make a soft photo if it did the subject right. The 2nd photo is closer to f5.6 and sharpens up a little.



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7606/16758279762_53ffbc5c56_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rwSyHY)
img877 (https://flic.kr/p/rwSyHY) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7641/16571835988_918eae53aa_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rfoZu9)
img878 (https://flic.kr/p/rfoZu9) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jp]

Our woods have enough snow so that I can snowshoe over a downed tree and not know it was there, but for a random branch sticking out of the snow. Same setup as the other photos, but closer to f4. Some of these I used the tripod as a bipod setting a leg on each snowshoe.



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7620/16778622242_169c24cf49_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ryEPQo)
img886 (https://flic.kr/p/ryEPQo) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Really lovely work JP

[jp]

Thanks Jim.

But wait, there's more.

As long as we have snow, there will be more.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8635/16797732611_a95bb1f990_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rAmLFv)
img889 (https://flic.kr/p/rAmLFv) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Not so important with this photo, but with the other photos, I stuck with the verito because it was a good choice among my different soft focus lenses for this subject. For 4x5, I have two veritos, a gundlach hyperion, pipe & spaghetti, and a reinhold wollaston meniscus. Many of the snow photos have foreground material that is out of focus. This one is all in-focus and beyond, but I stuck with the verito to be consistent. The verito seems to do a good job with the out of focus foreground compared to the wollaston and the hyperion. I have not sufficiently tested the pipe & spaghetti to have a conclusion on that. The wollaston and hyperion do a good job with the out of focus in the background mostly. As you can see, the verito is up to the challenge as well. It comes down to shooting lots of film and in different situations to drive decisions on which lens to take. The hyperion and wollaston are kind of long compared to a 7.25" verito as well, which is kinda wide for a soft focus lens and useful in these scenes.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Velostigmat/7VeloSoft/03-15-15/03-15-15WollyVelo75Mod_4X5_nuTulipsS.jpg
new tulips

Some work done this weekend (03-15-15) with a modified-4-softness Wollensak Velostigmat Series II 7 1/2"

Deardorff 4X5 with Kodak 4127 Commercial film @ asa 32

[jp]

We've only got tulips at the store.


Here is a deer trail out back.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8751/16704122377_f78d7e9436_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/16704122377/)
img895 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/16704122377/) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

And just some light and snow and wood.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/16704169657_7f777fa767_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/16704169657/)
img903 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/16704169657/) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Not changing what works for hardware here.

[jp]

Kodak 305 portrait lens at birch point beach state park. 8x10 Ektascan b/ra in old dektol.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7627/16822014270_02bf1dea11_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rCvdLN)img915 (https://flic.kr/p/rCvdLN) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Bravo. Beautiful snow. Something we're seeing little of in the west.

[chassis]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Velostigmat/7VeloSoft/03-15-15/03-15-15WollyVelo75Mod_4X5_nuTulipsS.jpg
new tulips

Some work done this weekend (03-15-15) with a modified-4-softness Wollensak Velostigmat Series II 7 1/2"

Deardorff 4X5 with Kodak 4127 Commercial film @ asa 32

Good one Jim.

[jp]

Last of the snow at BIrch Point Beach state park, Owls Head Maine. Ilford fp4+ in pyrocat hd, speed graphic 4x5 preanniversary, 9" Gundlach Hyperion soft focus lens. Definitely Galli style as he too has been shooting with a Hyperion recently.



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7700/17197053902_ccb7830cb3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/scDoZm)
img952 (https://flic.kr/p/scDoZm) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Fitzgerald]

A Black Oak in Yosemite shot with the Kodak 305 Portrait lens.

[Jim Galli]

A beauty, Jim

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, thanks. You got me hooked on soft focus lenses many years ago. Thanks!

[ImSoNegative]

I put together this lens today, I was going through some boxes and found a condenser glass from an old omega b22 enlarger, mounted to the back of a cambo sc board, then found a prontor press shutter that only works on bulb so I put it on the front of the board, FL is around 175mm aperture seems to be about f5, first shot done with it.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7778/16696464383_0047b92199.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rrpKaz)wild flowers lens test (https://flic.kr/p/rrpKaz) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

2nd test shot, this was 1 sec at f5

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8743/17291101436_7e66e53592.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/skXq3y)lens test 2 (https://flic.kr/p/skXq3y) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

2nd test shot, this was 1 sec at f5

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8743/17291101436_7e66e53592.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/skXq3y)lens test 2 (https://flic.kr/p/skXq3y) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr


Neat images. I've taped a condenser glass to a lens board before also. Affordable soft focus!

[jp]

Speed graphic, 4x5 fp4+, 9" gundlach hyperion.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8858/17337308811_2aa574ae16_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sq3eTr)img957 (https://flic.kr/p/sq3eTr) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

A little bit of snow is hiding out under the roots.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8821/17130259107_dc0ef6a690_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s6K4dX)img954 (https://flic.kr/p/s6K4dX) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/16998418077/ is the picture a few posts up that's broken.

[gsinico]

http://www.gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_people/bn_children/1923_matteo-pietro.jpg

petzval 180 brass lens.
Matteo e Pietro.

[gsinico]

http://www.gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_people/bn_children/1920_matteo-pietro.jpg

petzval 180mm

[jp]

This goofy batch of LF kids photos is great. It will last and be more memorable than most cell phone snaps.

[jcoldslabs]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8858/17337308811_2aa574ae16_z.jpg

This one is particularly nice. Could easily have been taken a hundred years ago. (And I mean that as a compliment.)

Jonathan

[D-tach]

Speed graphic, 4x5 fp4+, 9" gundlach hyperion.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8858/17337308811_2aa574ae16_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sq3eTr)img957 (https://flic.kr/p/sq3eTr) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr



Very nice indeed!

[Jim Galli]

Loving the petzval shots of the kids. Unusual lighting and well captured.

Hyperion's remain high on my list of keepers. They have a great look.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/SoundHorn4Service_Mirro_01s.jpg
sound horn for service

Something recent. I used the mirroscope lens. Dahlstrom's Garage, Goldfield, NV

[jp]

This one is particularly nice. Could easily have been taken a hundred years ago. (And I mean that as a compliment.)

Jonathan

Thanks Tom and Jonathan.
I greatly admire the style of 80-110 years ago, so the compliment is meaningful.

[ImSoNegative]

here is another shot with the lens made from a condenser,

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/17151105967_051cdc92b1.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s8zUgz)another test shot with DIY lens (https://flic.kr/p/s8zUgz) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[gsinico]

This goofy batch of LF kids photos is great. It will last and be more memorable than most cell phone snaps.

Thanks,
I love take portraits of kids

[andrewch59]

A Black Oak in Yosemite shot with the Kodak 305 Portrait lens.

Great Carbon print Jim!

[andrewch59]

I am just trying out some green xray film, a little less grainy than the half speed blue I have been using. Shot with a wolly velo wound out. Have finally taken a shot of my wife that she finds acceptable.134091

[mdarnton]

Like that a lot! It's the kind of portrait the lens was made to do!

[andrewch59]

Like that a lot! It's the kind of portrait the lens was made to do!

Thanks Michael

[jp]

1961 Corvette in bright noon sun 1/1000 sec on the speed graphic. 9" Gundlach Hyperion. Starting to get the hang of this lens for car stuff. Ilford fp4+ in pyrocat hd. More pix of Lincoln, Packard, street rods, that I haven't uploaded yet.

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7745/17667948183_2e3dec12be_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sVfRsg)
img127 (https://flic.kr/p/sVfRsg) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Wow, very well seen. Sort of a 2 eyed cyclops. Nice!


1961 Corvette in bright noon sun 1/1000 sec on the speed graphic. 9" Gundlach Hyperion. Starting to get the hang of this lens for car stuff. Ilford fp4+ in pyrocat hd. More pix of Lincoln, Packard, street rods, that I haven't uploaded yet.

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7745/17667948183_2e3dec12be_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sVfRsg)
img127 (https://flic.kr/p/sVfRsg) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jp]

Thanks Jim!

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7762/18322429562_72b871bea9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tV6eXY)
img125 (https://flic.kr/p/tV6eXY) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Same setup. This old Lincoln has a 3 dimensional shape to the grille; it's interesting to see how the intensity of the glow changes in the out of focus highlights on the grille. I am used to visually seeing the size of the glow change with the focus rather than the intensity.

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7778/18299924416_870b69ac82_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tT6TYd)
img123 (https://flic.kr/p/tT6TYd) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

My friend just finished (well maybe it's never finished) building this street rod and wanted it to be photographed. I set up on the shady side of the car (not what one would normally do) because of my interest in masses of light and dark rather than details (as practiced in Notan composition). I knew I'd get some nice areas of glow too. I put the tripod down low, got ready for a photo and had to wait about ten minutes for the background to clear. Someone's muscle car had broke down in the immediate background and people milled about for a while tending to that. Then people were always checking out cars and wandering about. Finally, when things were as clear as they were going to get, I made a photo. This is with the 7.25" verito; my sorta wide angle soft focus lens. The car is primer gray rather than a glossy finish so the glow is subdued where the paint is.

[Jac@stafford.net]

Wow, very well seen. Sort of a 2 eyed cyclops. Nice!

I see faces (http://www.digoliardi.net/58_cadillac_face-bw.jpg), too.

[Jim Galli]

Love the V12 Lincoln shot. My era but way out of my price range. The 31 Chevy is neat too. Nobody makes hot rods out of them. Very rare to see.

[jp]

Thanks Jim. I enjoyed looking at the Lincoln bling of your era, but would not enjoy keeping all that chrome shiny if I owned one.

More of the Chevy...
9" Gundlach Hyperion
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/374/18366857535_85172c2644_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tZ1WRv)
img120 (https://flic.kr/p/tZ1WRv) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

7.25" Verito; big depth of field here at 5.6: Most of the length of the car is adequately in focus. The soft focus lenses typically have a pretty good range of "sort of in focus" behind what you focus on.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8794/18366849375_e39895afdf_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tZ1UqP)
img121 (https://flic.kr/p/tZ1UqP) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Back to the Gundlach Hyperion for a Packard.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/311/18368413741_d16cea0183_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tZ9VsD)
img126 (https://flic.kr/p/tZ9VsD) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Randy]

JP, you have been busy...

The soft focus lenses typically have a pretty good range of "sort of in focus" behind what you focus on.
I have discovered that also - shooting with my 190mm Reinholds Wallonston Meniscus (poor mans Verito?), I have found just that - such a wonderful slow, gradual blending of in focus to out of focus. I have fallen in love with that look.

[Mark Sawyer]

7.25" Verito; big depth of field here at 5.6: Most of the length of the car is adequately in focus. The soft focus lenses typically have a pretty good range of "sort of in focus" behind what you focus on.


Yup, increased depth-of-field is what Dallmeyer originally intended as the effect from the 1867 Dallmeyer Patent Portrait soft focus lens. The halo you see around highlights is the image of highlights focused on another plane due to spherical aberration. Close down the aperture to cut off the outside areas of the lens (where the spherical aberration comes from), and the aberrations (and softness) go away, while the conventional depth of field, of course, increases.

Sorry for getting all pedantic. Lovely images from the Hyperion and the Verito! (A hard choice to make if you could have only one... )

[jp]

Sorry for getting all pedantic. Lovely images from the Hyperion and the Verito! (A hard choice to make if you could have only one... )

Thank you! My choice between the two lenses has so far been field of view (the 7.25 is of course wider than a 9") and the focusing. The Verito seems to render foreground things nicer. The Hyperion does not render foreground things well but makes the background extra buttery smooth. Chalk this up to the differences in how spherical aberration is handled. For someone that can pick just one, you can't go wrong with either.

I think pretty highly of the Reinhold wollaston meniscus as well after extensive use, but it's taking a break so that I may become proficient in some other soft focus lenses.

[jp]

More with the 7.25" verito. Lincoln with a little bit of fake/fun cobra. fp4+ in pyrocat hd.


https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/510/19030549486_e21b22efa1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uZExmb)
img159 (https://flic.kr/p/uZExmb) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

More with the 7.25" verito. Lincoln with a little bit of fake/fun cobra. fp4+ in pyrocat hd.

Wouldn't a fake Cobra be fun! Or a Stodgy Lincoln Sedan. There was one like that upside down in a wash in Manhattan Nevada for years and we never paid much attention. Now I look back and wonder. Somebody would kill just to have the rust free Nevada floor from that car even if nothing else was salvable.

Wonderful images!

[jp]

As much as I like cars, if I had a real cobra I'd sell it and retire. A good fake one would be fun though. I have an aluminum body Jaguar XJR right now, and used the supercharged V8 to pass someone today on a straight back road. My 5yo daughter said she started smiling, then as I went faster she said her smile got even bigger. I'm sure my wife would not let the kids ride in a cobra like car.

More car show pix with the speed graphic and 9" Gundlach Hyperion. FP4+ in pyrocat hd. Many people never lower their large format camera below chest height. It's a shame because good car photos come at all heights. This packard I had to put the camera up high because it's a BIG car and I wanted to look down a little into the engine. The street rod, I got down real low so the circles would line up between the headlight, the whitewall reflection of the next car, and the wheel center.



https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/268/19222771941_93068cd175_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vhDJor)
img164 (https://flic.kr/p/vhDJor) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3805/18598514083_c2ff8f4c71_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ukufgV)
img161 (https://flic.kr/p/ukufgV) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Gorgeous stuff Jason.

I have a new 2 me Pinkham.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/ModelA_2_14PinkhamIV071815s.jpg
model a no.2

Yesterday I was struggling to put new glass in the '38 coupe. I had rolled the '29 forward to make room to work behind it and kept seeing this image. This Model A's got this athletic stance with the '34 bent spokers and the big tires. It kept saying why are you messing with a '38 coupe?


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/ModelA_1_14PinkhamIV071815s.jpg
model a no.1

So I stopped what I was doing and set up the venerable 2D with 6585 back. The Pinkham is a Series IV #3 I tried it a couple of different ways. Film is panatomic.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/ModelA_3_14PinkhamIV071815s.jpg
model a no.3

[Randy]

Beautiful!

I wish I had a thread named after me - all posted images would have to be scratched and / or riddled with surge marks.

[Jim Galli]

Thanks Randy. Yes, I am honored.

[al olson]

Jim, that car looks great! Is that one that you restored?

Nice photos as well. I like the soft look of the Pinkham.

[Jim Galli]

Jim, that car looks great! Is that one that you restored?

Nice photos as well. I like the soft look of the Pinkham.

Hey Al. Previous owner had it since 1956, and he did the resto. I restored and painted the '34 wheels. Mostly I just drive the tobacco juice out of it. Her's got overdrive. Yes, the Pinkham is hard to beat.

[Paul Metcalf]

That first image of the nose of the car just peeking out of the garage is so suggestive, and well done technically.

[jp]

Not pleased with pavement texture showing, but it might make a nice cyanotype or something further abstracted.
7.25 verito, speed graphic, fp4+ pyrocat hd

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/738/21742849422_830c1da708_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/z8kMCb)img436 (https://flic.kr/p/z8kMCb) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr


Full on pictorialist style.... 3.0 csi shot with 9" gundlach hyperion, same camera/film/chemistry. Toned in PS.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5812/21728373926_77a5236469_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/z74AyE)img437 (https://flic.kr/p/z74AyE) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Hyperions are amazing lenses. Luxurious softness with total sharpness.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Here is one for Jim. This is from the recent trip to the Eastern Sierra with Jim and many others. 15" Spencer Portland, carbon transfer print.

[Jim Galli]

Here is one for Jim. This is from the recent trip to the Eastern Sierra with Jim and many others. 15" Spencer Portland, carbon transfer print.

Beautiful Jim! Love the foreground "lights". My stuff was all crap. What can I say?? Too bad I missed the 'Bodie' day. It lends itself a little better to what I enjoy. Had a ball meeting everyone though. jg

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, thanks. I'm printing over the next few days. All images from the trip. I will say that I used the Spencer for 90% of my 8 x 10 work. This image said print me when I say it come out of the developer.

[Jim Galli]

Earlier today;


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/16SeriesIVno4/BehindSearsPinkham_02s.jpg
lumber

Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality Series 4 No. 4 wide open

[ImSoNegative]

Jim that is excellent, what format is that?

[David Aimone]

Lovely, Jason!


Not pleased with pavement texture showing, but it might make a nice cyanotype or something further abstracted.
7.25 verito, speed graphic, fp4+ pyrocat hd

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/738/21742849422_830c1da708_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/z8kMCb)img436 (https://flic.kr/p/z8kMCb) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr


Full on pictorialist style.... 3.0 csi shot with 9" gundlach hyperion, same camera/film/chemistry. Toned in PS.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5812/21728373926_77a5236469_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/z74AyE)img437 (https://flic.kr/p/z74AyE) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Jim that is excellent, what format is that?

Thanks. It is 8X10.

[Jim Noel]

Here is one for Jim. This is from the recent trip to the Eastern Sierra with Jim and many others. 15" Spencer Portland, carbon transfer print.

Beautiful Jim.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, thanks. The print is pure magic. I really like it.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/Bi-Quality/Sixteen/16Bi-Quality_06s.jpg
V8 on the shift knob

Done with the 16" f5 Pinkham Bi-Quality lens stopped down to f22. 8X10, Efke 100 film. 19 second exposure.

[ScottPhotoCo]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/Bi-Quality/Sixteen/16Bi-Quality_06s.jpg
V8 on the shift knob

Done with the 16" f5 Pinkham Bi-Quality lens stopped down to f22. 8X10, Efke 100 film. 19 second exposure.

This is really beautiful. Though I may have to mention that I do love old interiors. I miss my 52' Chevy.

**WARNING** Non LF link (Zeiss Ikoflex TLR)
https://flic.kr/p/axkM6P

[ScottPhotoCo]

A bit of an experiment I'd love your thoughts on. These were shot with a lens that I picked up from a forum member a while back (I'm getting senile and I cannot remember who). It's taken me a bit but I finally had a chance to shoot with it. Before I post what lens it was I'd love to hear from you all what lens it looks like, if any. I quite like it but need to get it outside to see more what It'll do...

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5803/23248730183_60401b42a6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BqpPvz)Soft focus test (https://flic.kr/p/BqpPvz) by Tim Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5830/23849436596_f100d34560_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/CkuAAG)Soft focus test (https://flic.kr/p/CkuAAG) by Tim Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/), on Flickr

[jp]

The lighting is kinda gentle so some of the character certain lenses have in stronger light is not evident. To me the first photo looks like my reinhold wollaston meniscus 190 at about 6.6-8.

[Jim Galli]

My guess is it's one of the little 4" antique menicus lenses that I sell in modern Copal shutter. Obviously some kind of simple achromatic meniscus wide open. A Kodak 305 would look like this, as do many other famous and more expensive ones.

[Randy]

The lighting is kinda gentle so some of the character certain lenses have in stronger light is not evident. To me the first photo looks like my reinhold wollaston meniscus 190 at about 6.6-8.

My thought exactly, as I have the same lens. I did sell a 135mm version a while back...could it be...

[ScottPhotoCo]

The lighting is kinda gentle so some of the character certain lenses have in stronger light is not evident. To me the first photo looks like my reinhold wollaston meniscus 190 at about 6.6-8.

That's a good point. I need to try this again with more of a lighting contrast.


My guess is it's one of the little 4" antique menicus lenses that I sell in modern Copal shutter. Obviously some kind of simple achromatic meniscus wide open. A Kodak 305 would look like this, as do many other famous and more expensive ones.

Jim,

This is a B&L lens that looks like it was used as some type of projection lens. It is labeled 15 in. EF Bausch and Lomb Optical Co. Rochester N.Y. Beyond that it has three elements and I believe the PO reversed the middle glass to achieve this effect. It's not labeled but I believe that it is around an f8.


My thought exactly, as I have the same lens. I did sell a 135mm version a while back...could it be...

Randy, it wasn't me! :)

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[Randy]

So, am guessing it is of the Cooke triplet design? I see them listed on ebay often.

[ScottPhotoCo]

So, am guessing it is of the Cooke triplet design? I see them listed on ebay often.

I honestly have no idea. I was just curious how many elements it had so I took it apart. Maybe Mr. Galli knows?

[Jim Galli]

I honestly have no idea. I was just curious how many elements it had so I took it apart. Maybe Mr. Galli knows?

Neither walks or quacks like any Cooke. I'd have to see the individual parts. Something's up with how it works. Very nice, but don't buy a triplet and expect it to do that.

[thesilverfox]

Here's one i took today behind my house.

Delta 100 Galli lens @ f 5.6 1/2 in HC110

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/mdarlow/img346_zpsi4h7dcms.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mdarlow/media/img346_zpsi4h7dcms.jpg.html)

[Tim Meisburger]

Very nice! I like it a lot. I wish I had some snow around here...

[Jim Galli]

Here's one i took today behind my house.

Delta 100 Galli lens @ f 5.6 1/2 in HC110

What a fetching shot! Lovely. Where is home? It looks like it could be behind my house here in Nevada.

[thesilverfox]

Thanks, It's in Lethbridge, Alberta. Shot in the coulees.

[jp]

Starting to finally get snow here, I like it for photography. Not compatible with most old cars though.

I'm a student of the pictorialist movement, and many of there photos if you saw them in an exhibit were pretty dark. So much so they sometimes went through tremendous effort (Struss) to make them extra dark and moody. Not every scene lends it self to that of course, but I think it's fun to have that in mind when printing. This is a pretty boring image as a B&W scan like a silver print. It was super cool all iridescent blue and green and solarized after it came out of the UV box. I thought it was decent as a toned cyanotype in final form as well. The paper texture is not visible to the eye, just to the scanner; it's dark chocolate on cream paper.

9" gundlach hyperion, fp4+, arches platine, new cyanotype, tannic acid.



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1539/24182158425_41626bbc40_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/CQTTcX)
img719 (https://flic.kr/p/CQTTcX) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

A test print just like the one above all solarized before development. I might have to start scanning these before developing! cell phone camera in dim light doesn't cut it.

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[David Aimone]

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Vase - Home made meniscus Lens
Attached a 2.25" meniscus lens to a lens board and had a go. Estmated f/6 and 330mm focal length. Arista EDU100 in R3 Monobath. Used my hand for the shutter.


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Bookcase - Home made meniscus Lens
Attached a 2.25" meniscus lens to a lens board and had a go. Estmated f/6 and 330mm focal length. Arista EDU100 in R3 Monobath. Used my hand for the shutter.

[reedvalve]

I was going post this in "Photos made at close distance" but the "Galli style" section is more appropriate I suppose...

I mounted the front element of a Bausch-Lomb 5x8 Tessar in a tube so I could easily adjust it. In this photo it's probably 1/4" beyond the barrel front threads




http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/reedvalve/indoor%20grass-BLT%205x8%20front%20element%20unscrewed%20copy.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/reedvalve/media/indoor%20grass-BLT%205x8%20front%20element%20unscrewed%20copy.jpg.html)

Indoor Grass
Korona 5x7 | desaturated Portra 160 (what a waste of color film, but it's better in B&W)

[Jim Galli]

I was going post this in "Photos made at close distance" but the "Galli style" section is more appropriate I suppose...

I mounted the front element of a Bausch-Lomb 5x8 Tessar in a tube so I could easily adjust it. In this photo it's probably 1/4" beyond the barrel front threads

Indoor Grass
Korona 5x7 | desaturated Portra 160 (what a waste of color film, but it's better in B&W)[/CENTER]

Very nice indeed.

[reedvalve]

Thanks Jim. It just goes to show that, with a little experimentation, you can do some cool stuff with what you have laying around, especially if you are pointed in the right direction by some folks with experience.

[jp]

My brother is building a barn. Lots of fresh unweathered wood to photograph and enjoy. I had pitch on me in several places before using up six sheets of film.

4x5 speed graphic, 7.25" Verito, FP4+ film in pyrocat hdc.



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1541/26446233181_eab34fb8e1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GhXRKB)
img938 (https://flic.kr/p/GhXRKB) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

It's been a while, so why not. I have a new2me Cooke and I'm under it's spell.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/CookeOptics/13SeriesVI/Cooke13SeriesVI_05e.jpg
straw hat

Cooke Series VI 13" wide open, Sharp setting.

[chassis]

It's been a while, so why not. I have a new2me Cooke and I'm under it's spell.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/CookeOptics/13SeriesVI/Cooke13SeriesVI_05e.jpg
straw hat

Cooke Series VI 13" wide open, Sharp setting.

Well done Jim.

[Keith Fleming]

It is always good to see a new Jim Galli image! More please.
Keith

[Jim Galli]

Well done Jim.


It is always good to see a new Jim Galli image! More please.
Keith

Thanks so much!

[Jim Graves]

Nice to revisit this thread ... so many great images.

Here are two recent ones of mine ... appropriately both were shot with lenses that came from Mr. Galli ... both shot on nearly full-frame 8x10 ... and, since they were made of the same subject, same lighting, wide open, and back-to-back they make a nice comparison of the two lenses ...

Click to enlarge
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250mm Scneider-Kreuznach Aero-Xenar f-3.5

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#3 (14 inch) Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality Ser. IV f-4

[Jim Galli]

Both are superb Mr. G, but I think that Xenar might be the one that got away.


Nice to revisit this thread ... so many great images.

Here are two recent ones of mine ... appropriately both were shot with lenses that came from Mr. Galli ... both shot on nearly full-frame 8x10 ... and, since they were made of the same subject, same lighting, wide open, and back-to-back they make a nice comparison of the two lenses ...

Click to enlarge
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250mm Scneider-Kreuznach Aero-Xenar f-3.5

Click to enlarge
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#3 (14 inch) Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality Ser. IV f-4

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Stigmatic/StigmaticSoft22f13s.jpg
tonopah adobe house / 38 ford

New to me last evening, a fine 10.7 inch Dallmeyer Stigmatic. This is with rear group alone on full plate. Wide open is a manageable f13 with just the rear group. Panatomic X @ 32asa 1/4 second exposure in late evening light. That fode look like she goin 100 mph even when she standin still

[Jim Galli]

Uploaded the image to the server because my web site seems to be down.

[jp]

Uploaded the image to the server because my web site seems to be down.

The soft focus shows off the style very well! Good to see more of this!

[David Aimone]

Mr. Galli's little meniscus lens in polaroid shutter doing 5x7 film....

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[Jim Noel]

Beautiful DAvid.

[MichaelPRyan]

Absolutely stunning David. Great stuff.

[Jim Galli]

beautiful david. x2!

[Moogie]

x2!
x3

And yours as well Jim.

Here one of my newest tryouts with the recent acquired Wollensak royal soft focus lens wide open at F4.5:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/948/42277725942_489d9485cc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27pWoZm)
Muschel (ode to Feininger) (https://flic.kr/p/27pWoZm) by Miguel Buschhauer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144562239@N03/), on Flickr

[William Whitaker]

Mr. Galli's little meniscus lens in polaroid shutter doing 5x7 film....


Had not seen this 'til now. Wonderful!

That's so classic, it's even classique!

[William Whitaker]

Mr. Galli's little meniscus lens in polaroid shutter doing 5x7 film....


Had not seen this 'til now. Wonderful!

That's so classic, it's even 'classique'!

[Jon Wilson]

Here is an image taken with my 15.5" Velostigmat with the defuser maxed out after removing the small screw. BTW the 11x14 Vitax lens has long ago been moved to a better home where one of the forum members uses it.

[Moogie]

My modified Velo lens (7 ½ in, F/4.5) purchased from Mr. Galli finally arrived at my residence in China after a long journey.
Facing some difficulty mounting the lens to the Technika board, it snugs now perfectly in and needed immediate testing.
Here you can see the result of the table top arrangement of a "strange flower"...

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/884/42817964011_3b24951b79_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28eFfWP)
Flower_Velosoft (https://flic.kr/p/28eFfWP) by Miguel Buschhauer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144562239@N03/), on Flickr

[peter brooks]

Been a member since 2012 but this is my first image post...

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1829/29256062118_1e6425b70f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LzfY17)
Snowmound (https://flic.kr/p/LzfY17) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

A new-to-me in barrel Imagon 300mm, middle disk with holes fully open (H7.7 at 1/30). Bright but overcast day.

Sinar P2, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal, 5x7 cropped to 5x6 (light leak).

I've got a wide open (halo-rama!) version of this if anyone is interested.

This is a great thread, it's got me fascinated... a Reinhold Wollaston is on order :-)

[Moogie]

Been a member since 2012 but this is my first image post...

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1829/29256062118_40714c06db_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LzfY17)
Snowmound (https://flic.kr/p/LzfY17) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

A new-to-me in barrel Imagon 300mm, middle disk with holes fully open (H7.7 at 1/30). Bright but overcast day.

Sinar P2, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal, 5x7 cropped to 5x6 (light leak).

I've got a wide open (halo-rama!) version of this if anyone is interested.

This is a great thread, it's got me fascinated... a Reinhold Wollaston is on order :-)

Very nice image Peter. I'd like to see the halo-rama as well, please :-)

[Jim Galli]

Been a member since 2012 but this is my first image post...

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1829/29256062118_40714c06db_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LzfY17)
Snowmound (https://flic.kr/p/LzfY17) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

A new-to-me in barrel Imagon 300mm, middle disk with holes fully open (H7.7 at 1/30). Bright but overcast day.

Sinar P2, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal, 5x7 cropped to 5x6 (light leak).

I've got a wide open (halo-rama!) version of this if anyone is interested.

This is a great thread, it's got me fascinated... a Reinhold Wollaston is on order :-)

A beautiful image to be sure. On my monitor it could be a bit brighter even though foggy day.

[Jim Graves]

Peter ... very nice ... congrats on your 1st image post. I'd also like to see your halo-rama version.

Really like this image ... nice composition and the juxtaposition of the bare branching and bricks with the foliage and flowers creates interest. More images needed now that you've fallen into the soft focus well.

[peter brooks]

Thanks all, these are straight off the scanner so probably why they're a bit dark. I didn't want to do any processing in PS but maybe I should?

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1784/43128266631_8ea1ac6860_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28H6D6Z)
Snowmound (wide open) (https://flic.kr/p/28H6D6Z) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

In barrel Imagon 300mm, fully open (no disk, around f4.8). The same bright but overcast day.

Sinar P2, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal, 5x7 (again cropped to 5x6 - light leak at bottom).

With the previous shot I went for what I assumed would be the average (middle disk of the three, holes open), I think maybe the first disk with the holes open (or partially open) would have probably given a subtle but perceptible glow. By all accounts the Imagon is tricky to master - I guess that means it behaves differently depending on the circumstances. I'm enjoying it already!

[Jim Galli]

Thanks all, these are straight off the scanner so probably why they're a bit dark. I didn't want to do any processing in PS but maybe I should?



There are different thoughts being discussed but my belief is you should go ahead and process it to look like your pre-visualization that you would print for. There's nothing sacred about these images that we shouldn't show what our vision for the image is and was.

Soft focus lives in the highlights. That's why this is such a good choice. All the bright whites and accompanying halo's are what soft focus is about.

[peter brooks]

Thanks Jim, good advice. I've updated them on Flickr but the linked photos haven't updated here (yet, anyway), maybe it saves a local copy.

[peter brooks]

Oops! Updating the images on Flickr breaks the links... I've edited my original links but it looks like the copies in the comments are broken - sorry folks.

[peter brooks]

A waterfall fairly close to us, we've had a hot (for us, anyway :-) dry summer, and there's hardly any water flowing over it...

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1778/42187725870_23c6486a99_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27gZ86Y)
Holmes Linn (https://flic.kr/p/27gZ86Y) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

Wood Canham, barrel Imagon 300mm with 51mm Waterhouse stop (plastic pipe hood/adapter), so around F6, 1/15 sec. Expired Rollei Ortho 25, duotone in PS.

[peter brooks]

Same visit...

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/939/42187729880_9b1aecb8b9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27gZ9i7)
Holmes Linn (https://flic.kr/p/27gZ9i7) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

Wood Canham, barrel Imagon 300mm with 51mm Waterhouse stop (plastic pipe hood/adapter), ~F6, 1/2 sec. Expired Rollei Ortho 25, duotone in PS.

[Jim Galli]

Same visit...

Wood Canham, barrel Imagon 300mm with 51mm Waterhouse stop (plastic pipe hood/adapter), ~F6, 1/2 sec. Expired Rollei Ortho 25, duotone in PS.

These are lovely Peter. Especially all the nice detail in the second one with the foreground rocks. I've done a few moving water in soft focus myself, but water on top of the ground is hard to find in Nevada :~'))

I just got a 30 cm Imagon myself the other day. Not much done with it yet, but here is one. This is the first Imagon I've used, in all these years of soft focus work.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2018BlackWhite/GoldfieldDays04Aug_Imagon_Stigmatic/GFdays_03_Imagon5-8s.jpg4 wheel drive

[peter brooks]

I just got a 30 cm Imagon myself the other day. Not much done with it yet, but here is one. This is the first Imagon I've used, in all these years of soft focus work.


You sure have a fine collection of automobiles around the place.

Did you use the 'strainers' or the iris on the shutter (if it has one) for that shot, and at what f-stop? I still get a tremendous amount of 'glow' around anything bright white but you've got it pretty well tamed. Subtle is far better I think.

[Jim Galli]

You sure have a fine collection of automobiles around the place.

Happily, this one isn't mine. My wife is a good sport, but there is a line in the sand somewhere.


Did you use the 'strainers' or the iris on the shutter (if it has one) for that shot, and at what f-stop? I still get a tremendous amount of 'glow' around anything bright white but you've got it pretty well tamed. Subtle is far better I think.

I used the 5.8 - 7.7 strainer (the only one I have, WANTED: the others) at 5.8. At 7.7 the softness and glow are almost gone.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2018BlackWhite/GoldfieldDays04Aug_Imagon_Stigmatic/GFdays_04_Imagon7-7s.jpg
at goldfield nev

This one at f7.7. This isn't my junk either. See previous. :~'))

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I should have posted this one here. I really love this image.

[Jim Galli]

I should have posted this one here. I really love this image.

The enchanted forest.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks Jim. It is enchanted.

[peter brooks]

Jim (F) - looks like a lovely place - what lens?

Jim (G) (And I thought you kept all that stuff at your house :-) Is that on 5x7?




I used the 5.8 - 7.7 strainer (the only one I have, WANTED: the others) at 5.8. At 7.7 the softness and glow are almost gone.



Is your Imagon in shutter or barrel? I have all three strainers for the 300mm in barrel and could give you precise details and/or scans if you wanted to try to recreate them - an opening mechanism would be tricky but you could do plates with the centre aperture, and ones with centre aperture + strainer holes. If it's in shutter with a front thread as a starting point you may be able to find cheap UV filters that have a removeable retaining ring (to remove the glass).

I work in a high school and have borrowed a very simple single meniscus from the science dept, mounting it using the same sort of filter ring, fitted to a HiTech filter adapter plate then taped to a Sinar board. It works out to be about a 380mm/f7.6 but this was closer and probably about f10. I still have a bit of a problem focussing and (due to closeness as well) a good deal of this is probably plain out of focus rather than soft focus. Not sure if the marks on the expired Rollei Ortho 25 are due to dev or the result of the film sticking slightly to the separating paper in the box (which it was).

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[Jim Fitzgerald]

Peter, nothing exotic just my Kodak 305 Portrait lens.

[jp]

Peter, you are off to a good start with the soft focus work! The emphasis on shapes and tones for composition are more important than the lens choice. I like the first waterfall photo and your latest above. Determining which iris choice you want will come with experience. There is no definite best point of focus with SF. It's a gradual subjective choice.

[peter brooks]

Peter, nothing exotic just my Kodak 305 Portrait lens.

Jim - that one's on my 'wants' list :-) 'Nothing exotic' but a great lens by all accounts.

JP - many thanks for the advice.

[Jim Galli]

Peter, my pic was on 6.5X8.5 ~ full plate. I cut my own film for the holders.

As to focus, I always tell people starting out to roll all the way through focus and out the other side, then come back slow watching straight lines with contrast. You'll see them get sharp long before the best "compromise" with focus and softness. In this case the white letters were my focus point with a tiny bit of back swing since I wasn't looking straight on and a bit of tilt to sacrifice the top of the picture in order to have more focus on the license plate. At this point, all quite mechanical and not really thought much about while I'm doing it.

[peter brooks]

Peter, my pic was on 6.5X8.5 ~ full plate. I cut my own film for the holders.

I was wondering if the lens length vs film size was having an effect on the amount of glow you were getting, but 6.5X8.5 is close enough to 5x7 to rule that out...


As to focus, I always tell people starting out to roll all the way through focus and out the other side, then come back slow watching straight lines with contrast. You'll see them get sharp long before the best "compromise" with focus and softness. In this case the white letters were my focus point with a tiny bit of back swing since I wasn't looking straight on and a bit of tilt to sacrifice the top of the picture in order to have more focus on the license plate. At this point, all quite mechanical and not really thought much about while I'm doing it.

Ahh! Great guidance, many thanks, I will practice this with some indoor static objects.

I was reading the Focusing Soft Focus Lenses (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?69809-Focusing-Soft-Focus-Lenses) thread the other day and have seen your post and the one following (on the 'black flex against a white wall' - another thing to try). I liked your observation on 'deer fever'. I tend to get over-excited even without a sitter and then forget simple things like adding some tilt to pull foreground rocks into focus :-)

[jp]

I love the pictorialist meets modern style of Alvin Langdon Coburn's industrial photos, Stieglitz's "Hand of Man", etc.. Light and shape.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1928/44995803822_3f103cf0cd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2by8fR5)
img507 (https://flic.kr/p/2by8fR5) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

7.25" verito, fp4+ film in pyrocat hdc. This is to be an electrical panel for a solar farm's grid interconnection. Nobody was working Sunday at the site, so I skipped a woods walk with my family and photographed this site with some LF and MF film.

[Jim Galli]

I love the pictorialist meets modern style of Alvin Langdon Coburn's industrial photos, Stieglitz's "Hand of Man", etc.. Light and shape.

7.25" verito, fp4+ film in pyrocat hdc. This is to be an electrical panel for a solar farm's grid interconnection. Nobody was working Sunday at the site, so I skipped a woods walk with my family and photographed this site with some LF and MF film.

I missed this yesterday somehow. Always enjoy your work, ever since your youngest (I think) stole my heart away many years ago now.

[jp]

Thanks Jim. Yes, my youngest has been most often the model.

This soft focus photo (with 7.25 verito) is mostly a photo of memories though it is rich with shapes and patterns. Old lakefront cottage, towel for swimming, chair for supervising.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1946/45151980832_0b6bbdc2d8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bMVGQ9)
img502 (https://flic.kr/p/2bMVGQ9) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Thanks Jim. Yes, my youngest has been most often the model.

This soft focus photo (with 7.25 verito) is mostly a photo of memories though it is rich with shapes and patterns. Old lakefront cottage, towel for swimming, chair for supervising.



There isn't much I like better than a cabin with a porch with a chair.

[peter brooks]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4886/30797440187_66539fb22d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NVsW14)
Silver Birches (https://flic.kr/p/NVsW14) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

P2 5x7, 300mm barrel Imagon with third disk wide open, 1/2 sec. Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1:50

Strangely I kind of like the artifacts in the background, a collection of little supernovas happening in the woods :)

[Jim Galli]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4886/30797440187_66539fb22d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NVsW14)
Silver Birches (https://flic.kr/p/NVsW14) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

P2 5x7, 300mm barrel Imagon with third disk wide open, 1/2 sec. Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1:50

Strangely I kind of like the artifacts in the background, a collection of little supernovas happening in the woods :)

What a spectacular image. Perfectly lovely.

[Louis Pacilla]

What a spectacular image. Perfectly lovely.

I totally agree! Terrific use of the 300mm Imagon w/ disk!

BTW-I also like the look of the Kuhn bug artifacts in your image and I most always don't appreciate them. The artifacts probably work here because they are NOT caused by "pinpoint" light sources but instead caused by diffused sky lighting through openings in the branches.

Wonderful image!

[jp]

It's a happy family of Kuhn bugs right in the perfect spot. I generally don't appreciate them, but they look good in this photo. It's a great photo.

[Mark Sawyer]

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, and full of Kuhn-bugs...

[peter brooks]

Many thanks for your kind comments. Luckily that little group of trees is about 200yds down the road. I've been studying them for a while. They seem to be an ideal pictorial subject - maybe just a little more softness required?

Not sure if this one counts, it's more stark black and whites than lovely Galli greys :)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1956/30830753377_7c888e75bb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NYpERp)
White pinks (https://flic.kr/p/NYpERp) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

5x7. Schable Wollaston 250mm, 36mm stop (about f9 at that distance), 1/2 sec (window light), Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1:50

[Jim Galli]

. . . maybe just a little more softness required?



I thought it was just about perfect ;)

[lee nadel]

really deep.beautiful. lee

[jp]

My neighbor's commercial fishing gear. Nets and floats on a dedicated semi-trailer with winch to move it on and off the fishing boat.
Rockland Maine. October 2018. Preanniversary speed graphic, 7.25" Verito soft focus lens. 4x5 tmax 400 tmy2 film in pyrocat hdc


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4855/45012339595_dcdf5989a6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bzA1mB)
img559 (https://flic.kr/p/2bzA1mB) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[peter brooks]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4906/45151908045_2e7e80e236_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bMVkcc)
White flowers (https://flic.kr/p/2bMVkcc) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

Canham 5x7, paper neg - Ilford Multigrade IV glossy, pre-flashed. Scanned and inverted in PS.

An experiment - Nikkor-M 300mm f9 (at f9) + battered old Hasselblad Softar II. Thirty second exposure.

I thought the Softar would be quite mild, will have to try the Softar I out :)

[Jim Galli]

2 new ones from yesterday. But the lens is very unusual. Schneider Symmar. Yup. I had a 210 Symmar S MC with front light going all to pieces. So I took the front doublet out, took the rear lens off, and what is left is a 11" - ish meniscus that you can simply watch the glow coming off the highlights and adjust for the amount you want with aperture. It works better stopped down a little. So, if you can't afford a Kalosat or a Struss, use your Symmar!

[Tin Can]

Like!

[Jac@stafford.net]

I would appreciate more Galli images with contemporary automobiles in the background.
Contrast is useful.

[Jim Galli]

I would appreciate more Galli images with contemporary automobiles in the background.
Contrast is useful.

Jac, the '38 Ford is incredibly modern for me. Compared to those 2 stupid Model A's. Roll up windows! Soft comfy seat. And smoooooooooooooooth V8 power. Wish it was a '39. Then I could add hydraulic brakes to the list. But if wishes were horses . . .

Couple more pics done with the Symmar. Anyone want to give me a lot of money for that lens??

[Jim Becia]

From a meniscus lens bought from Mr. Gali years ago. Thought I would throw a little color into the thread.

[Jim Galli]

From a meniscus lens bought from Mr. Gali years ago. Thought I would throw a little color into the thread.

Wow, How pretty is that!

[Christopher Mark Perez]

I'll admit to being, perhaps, the Slow One in the group. But if you haven't already seen them, Guttenburg.org (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Pictorial+Photography) has three electronic books from 1920 to 1922 that were originally produced by Clarence H. White. At the end of the books are advertisements for various soft focus lenses. It's interesting, to me at least, to have a look at what kinds of lenses were trying to be sold to pictorialists of the time.

[Jim Galli]

I'll admit to being, perhaps, the Slow One in the group. But if you haven't already seen them, Guttenburg.org (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Pictorial+Photography) has three electronic books from 1920 to 1922 that were originally produced by Clarence H. White. At the end of the books are advertisements for various soft focus lenses. It's interesting, to me at least, to have a look at what kinds of lenses were trying to be sold to pictorialists of the time.

Thank You! I love that work. Clarence White and his school produced some very lovely things.

Couple of new ones this evening.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/CinetelLens/PorcelainCoffePot_300Cinetel_011s.jpg
porcelain coffee pot

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/CinetelLens/IvesLocy300Cinetel_01s.jpg
ives locy on the IC bridge

These are done with the front light out of a CineTel telephoto cine lens. Lens was 300mm but front light by itself is about 16" I believe. The front group is a fine achromatic meniscus doublet. It's film days (35mm film) were over. So re-purposed as a soft focus lens.

[Tri Tran]

Bamboo

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/cIIuh0.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pncIIuh0j)

[scheinfluger_77]

Tri is this your house? What do you think about using Bamboo as a landscaping element in a yard?

[Peter De Smidt]

TT, that's lovely.

[Tri Tran]

Tri is this your house? What do you think about using Bamboo as a landscaping element in a yard?

I have several Bamboo species in my back yard. My favorite is Black Bamboo. They are beautiful as older they get . The canes will look Ebony black color. Their roots are running habit so be careful where you want to put them.
The Japanese landscapers loves the black bamboo and they are quite expensive especially in a bigger canes (1 to 2 inches in diameter ). I highly recommended for your garden accent. Enjoy gardening.

[Tri Tran]

Thanks Peter. Hope to bring the Zen energy for the weekend :)

[scheinfluger_77]

I have several Bamboo species in my back yard. My favorite is Black Bamboo. They are beautiful as older they get . The canes will look Ebony black color. Their roots are running habit so be careful where you want to put them.
The Japanese landscapers loves the black bamboo and they are quite expensive especially in a bigger canes (1 to 2 inches in diameter ). I highly recommended for your garden accent. Enjoy gardening.

Thank you.

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9rmsmlfgk2qubie/L_statue_Ima-0510.jpg?raw=1
Imagon 300

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tfy8p01lgmptavh/RR_Bridge-0513.jpg?raw=1

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/joap6qlw7isdtw4/Bryan%27s%20Bench%201200.jpg?raw=1
Bryan's Bench
Intrepid 8x10
300mm Imagon
Ektascan

[Louis Pacilla]

Bryan's Bench
Intrepid 8x10
300mm Imagon
Ektascan

This one really works for me Peter! Great image!

BTW Fine use of the lens & looks as if it's sans strainer.

PS The two Imagon images you posted directly before are compelling as well.

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Luis. I used my DIY f/5.6 aperture.

[Jim Galli]

Bryan's Bench
Intrepid 8x10
300mm Imagon
Ektascan

Beautifully seen! Bravo.

[jon.oman]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/joap6qlw7isdtw4/Bryan%27s%20Bench%201200.jpg?raw=1
Bryan's Bench
Intrepid 8x10
300mm Imagon
Ektascan

Wonderful image!

[Peter De Smidt]

Thank you, Gentlemen!

Jim, your work is inspirational. I wouldn't be mucking about with these types of lenses if it weren't for you.

[David Aimone]

After years of 4x5 and 5x7, I'm new to 8x10 and this Wollensak Veritar 14" f/6 lens. First shots with it were in a dark room and weren't just soft, they were out of focus. I need to practice with more light available. This is the first successful shot: f/11 (still a good amount of softness), Intrepid 8x10 mkII, a bit of swing in the front standard, natural light, Bergger Pancro 400 in Pyrocat HD.

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[David Aimone]

Lovely work, Peter! Really draws you in.

I wish my 240 Imagon and Velostigmat II covered 8x10, but at least 5x7 works.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/joap6qlw7isdtw4/Bryan%27s%20Bench%201200.jpg?raw=1
Bryan's Bench
Intrepid 8x10
300mm Imagon
Ektascan

[Peter De Smidt]

Thank you, David! 5x7 is a terrific format. I wish I had a 5x7 back or my field camera. My 300 Imagon doesn't really cover 8x10. As you can see the corners go super soft, but sometimes that's ok.

[David Aimone]

Looks good, super soft, with this lens. Dark corners, not so ok which is what I get with the 240mm version of the Imagon on 8x10. I'm getting a 4x5 reducing back for the Intrepid 8x10, but 5x7 really is my favorite format for size, aspect ratio and hauling convenience.


Thank you, David! 5x7 is a terrific format. I wish I had a 5x7 back or my field camera. My 300 Imagon doesn't really cover 8x10. As you can see the corners go super soft, but sometimes that's ok.

[Peter De Smidt]

After years of 4x5 and 5x7, I'm new to 8x10 and this Wollensak Veritar 14" f/6 lens. First shots with it were in a dark room and weren't just soft, they were out of focus. I need to practice with more light available. This is the first successful shot: f/11 (still a good amount of softness), Intrepid 8x10 mkII, a bit of swing in the front standard, natural light, Bergger Pancro 400 in Pyrocat HD.

194470

What a lovely image, David! Focusing the SF lenses can be a real challenge.

[Jim Noel]

After years of 4x5 and 5x7, I'm new to 8x10 and this Wollensak Veritar 14" f/6 lens. First shots with it were in a dark room and weren't just soft, they were out of focus. I need to practice with more light available. This is the first successful shot: f/11 (still a good amount of softness), Intrepid 8x10 mkII, a bit of swing in the front standard, natural light, Bergger Pancro 400 in Pyrocat HD.

194470

A lovely image of a lovely girl.

[Armin Seeholzer]

After years of 4x5 and 5x7, I'm new to 8x10 and this Wollensak Veritar 14" f/6 lens. First shots with it were in a dark room and weren't just soft, they were out of focus. I need to practice with more light available. This is the first successful shot: f/11 (still a good amount of softness), Intrepid 8x10 mkII, a bit of swing in the front standard, natural light, Bergger Pancro 400 in Pyrocat HD.

194470

Beautiful woman and perfect shoot, congrats Armin

[Jim Galli]

Non-traditional use of a Kodak 305mm f4.8 Portrait;

This is as close as I can get to the beautiful round curvy things.

[Peter De Smidt]

Very good, Jim, with a very pleasing level of sharpness.

[Chauncey Walden]

I know what that is, Jim. It's the hydrodynamic ion generator from one of the little green men's saucers, isn't it? You're going to force me to dig out the homemade softie I brought to Tonopah many Ford's ago;-)

[Jim Galli]

I know what that is, Jim. It's the hydrodynamic ion generator from one of the little green men's saucers, isn't it? You're going to force me to dig out the homemade softie I brought to Tonopah many Ford's ago;-)

Yikes! Discovered.

[peter schrager]

After years of 4x5 and 5x7, I'm new to 8x10 and this Wollensak Veritar 14" f/6 lens. First shots with it were in a dark room and weren't just soft, they were out of focus. I need to practice with more light available. This is the first successful shot: f/11 (still a good amount of softness), Intrepid 8x10 mkII, a bit of swing in the front standard, natural light, Bergger Pancro 400 in Pyrocat HD.

194470
well Bergger certainly has midtones!!!

[Jim Galli]

Done with a 9 1/2" Velostigmat with the stop taken out of the fuzz-u-lator. Front element unscrewed about 6 turns. Old Kodak XX film with lots of fog. Wide open f4.5 (or whatever it is because of the new focal length)

[Mark Sawyer]

Done with a 9 1/2" Velostigmat ...

A lovely image, Jim. And still one of my favorite lenses... :)

[Jim Galli]

A lovely image, Jim. And still one of my favorite lenses... :)

Thanks Mark. Front element's a little rough but the price was right.

[Pat Kearns]

Done with a 9 1/2" Velostigmat ….

+1 on the lovely image.

Jim, you're the only person that could make an image sing if you shot it through the bottom end of 1936 Tonopah Coca-Cola bottle.

[Mark Sawyer]

Jim, you're the only person that could make an image sing if you shot it through the bottom end of 1936 Tonopah Coca-Cola bottle.

Is that the Coke bottle with the adjustable diffusion ring? I want one...

[Jim Galli]

Thanks Pat. Oh no! 1936 Coke bottles with "Tonopah" on the bottom are too valuable to knock the bottom out of. But they work well in photos. Single 18" component of a TR #4 which continues to amaze me.

[DMS206]

195092
Graflex compact slr 3-1/4x 5-1/2 w Kodak 7-1/2 anastigmat

[Jim Galli]

195092
Graflex compact slr 3-1/4x 5-1/2 w Kodak 7-1/2 anastigmat

Cannot see it. Give 'er another go please.

[DMS206]

195098
I’ll try again, 3-1/4 x 5-1/2 compact Graflex with Kodak 7-1/2 anastigmat f5.6

[jon.oman]

195098
I’ll try again, 3-1/4 x 5-1/2 compact Graflex with Kodak 7-1/2 anastigmat f5.6

Image display worked this time, nice one!

[Jim Galli]

195098
I’ll try again, 3-1/4 x 5-1/2 compact Graflex with Kodak 7-1/2 anastigmat f5.6

Yes! Very engaging light and color. That works really well, and anyone who is using a postcard Graflex has got some heroism going on. Did you cut down 5X7 film? Can you get 3 sheets out of 8X10?

[paulbarden]

Does this qualify as "Galli Style"?
Made with my Intrepid 4x5 and Kodak Anastigmat 5.5" lens, f8
Kodak Tmax 100 processed in Rodinal.

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[DMS206]

Yes! Very engaging light and color. That works really well, and anyone who is using a postcard Graflex has got some heroism going on. Did you cut down 5X7 film? Can you get 3 sheets out of 8X10?

I just cut off a 4x5 sheet, so I lost a half inch of length. Thanks

[Peter De Smidt]

195098
I’ll try again, 3-1/4 x 5-1/2 compact Graflex with Kodak 7-1/2 anastigmat f5.6

Terrific!

[Corran]

That is a very nice composition and use of DOF. I just remembered I have a 7 1/2 Kodak anastigmat I took off an old postcard folder, perhaps I'll try it on my 5x7.

[DMS206]

Thanks, this lens has fungus inside I couldn’t remove, but it doesn’t seem to affect it too badly.

[Michael Clark]

Does this qualify as "Galli Style"?
Made with my Intrepid 4x5 and Kodak Anastigmat 5.5" lens, f8
Kodak Tmax 100 processed in Rodinal.

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Nice ,very subdued swirly and dark background the bike is lighter an more contrast.

[Jim Galli]

Thanks, this lens has fungus inside I couldn’t remove, but it doesn’t seem to affect it too badly.

Affects value mostly. And some say it can be contagious, so segregate your other lenses from that one. Ziploc baggie might be a good idea.

[paulbarden]

Shot on 8x10 Ilford FP4+ using the Intrepid Camera and the front group of a Darlot Petzval lens (in practice this gives about an f11). Exposure was by hand (lens cap on and off), at about 2/3 second. Film processed in Rodinal 1:100 for one hour, minimal agitation.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48775751227_60102016df_b.jpg

[Moogie]

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Wollensak 9" 1:4,5 Royal Soft Focus Lens Ser. II No.4
Bergger Pancro 400@200 in Acurol N 1+50

[Peter De Smidt]

Excellent work, Paul and Moogie! Paul, the blend of sharp and soft is just perfect in your photo!

[Jim Noel]

A really terrific one Paul.

[Jim Galli]

Excellent work, Paul and Moogie! Paul, the blend of sharp and soft is just perfect in your photo!


A really terrific one Paul.

Honored that this thread is still going, and yes, both of these are lovely.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I'm not sure if I posted this yet and if I did sorry about that. A lot of interest in this image. Shot with my Kodak 305 Portrait lens ( which is for sale BTW) Carbon print from the Redwoods

[Moogie]

Excellent work, Paul and Moogie! Paul, the blend of sharp and soft is just perfect in your photo!

Honored that this thread is still going, and yes, both of these are lovely.

Thanks a lot Peter and Jim!

[paulbarden]

I'm not sure if I posted this yet and if I did sorry about that. A lot of interest in this image. Shot with my Kodak 305 Portrait lens ( which is for sale BTW) Carbon print from the Redwoods

This is an exquisite photograph!