safe haven for tiny formats [Archive] - Page 17 - Large Format Photography Forum

John Kasaian

27-Aug-2012, 09:29

Chapel Hill, Shandon, CA

Fuji GSW690II, HP5+

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Chapel-on-the-Hill-01.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Chapel-on-the-Hill-02.jpg

Jonathan
I've heard of this chapel and I drive through Shandon a couple of times a year, but I never found it. Its supposed to be visible from the highway, isn't it?

Peter De Smidt

27-Aug-2012, 10:23

Frank, is that one of the parabolic umbrellas?

Ramiro Elena

27-Aug-2012, 10:28

http://markkarpinski.com/web/35mm/taneycomo_road1.jpg

River bottom road in Southwest Missouri.
Konica Auto S2
Kodak Tri-X film

Fantastic, very Romantic in the art style sense.

Frank Petronio

27-Aug-2012, 10:50

Frank, is that one of the parabolic umbrellas?

No it's the $100 Paul C. Buff normal shaped one.

jcoldslabs

27-Aug-2012, 13:36

I've heard of this chapel and I drive through Shandon a couple of times a year, but I never found it. Its supposed to be visible from the highway, isn't it?

John,

It is visible from the highway, but just barely. At that point along Hwy 46 there are no landmarks to tell you just WHICH group of hills contains the chapel and the road. If you Google "Shandon Chapel Hill" I think there is a Web site with directions. It really is in the middle of nowhere which makes it all the more remarkable. I believe the interior was furnished with some relics left over from the construction of Hearst Castle.

Jonathan

t0aster

27-Aug-2012, 20:32

From my Imagination Land series
Taken with Hipstamatic on an iPhone4
Ft. Myers, Fl

mdm

28-Aug-2012, 00:17

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VsKuwSNcnXo/UDxwJ-x6_0I/AAAAAAAABY4/EX2pbHx666Y/s1600/abomination.tif
Martian sky, Panasonic LX5. Scan of a print.

Jim Jones

28-Aug-2012, 06:26

t0aster, that's a good example that it is the photographer, not the camera, that makes a fine photograph.

jcoldslabs

28-Aug-2012, 13:44

One of my favorite shots from back when I was doing weddings. Completely unplanned, and I lucked out on the exposure since I was shooting on the fly with the built-in meter.

I met a guy recently who shoots weddings (digitally) here in Portland and when I told him I used to shoot weddings with manual focus medium format film cameras he was stunned. He couldn't imagine such a thing--to him it was as antiquated and foreign as if I had used a loom to weave the fabric from which I sewed my own clothes. Whereas if someone handed me an up-to-the-minute DSLR and said, "Go forth and photograph weddings," I would be as confused as a monkey with a slide rule.

Mamiya 7, 80mm, HP5+, cropped square

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Heather-01.jpg

Jonathan

Corran

28-Aug-2012, 13:50

Very nice! I'm not a huge fan of shooting weddings but I would rather do it with film than digital if I was after a more artistic look (and had a patient client willing to work with me!).

Here's one from this morning. I had some comp time from work so I took off for the morning to a new location I've been meaning to scout, just with digital and 35mm to see how it was. Need to develop my Tri-X tonight but here is a digisnap. Nikon D800E, 50mm f/1.2 @2.8, ISO 50, just as the sun poked through the clouds. I massaged this shot a bit in Lightroom by kicking the yellows more towards green and a slight amount of dodging:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/50121.jpg

Nguss

28-Aug-2012, 14:29

Those last two are great in their own way, love the tones of the wedding one and the D800 seems almost to have a 3 dimensionality to me. Anyway, an old one from the north east.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6172/6178154628_98e7936c4c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/6178154628/)
Sycamore Gap Velvia rescan RB67 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/6178154628/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

t0aster

28-Aug-2012, 16:09

t0aster, that's a good example that it is the photographer, not the camera, that makes a fine photograph.

Thanks! Kind words are always appreciated.

austin granger

28-Aug-2012, 17:19

Stumbled across these today. All made at the Sonoma County Fair in California, from left to right 1999-2004. I like the prizes, and of course the appearance of our son, who is now ten (!). I wish we'd have kept this going, but our streak was disrupted when we moved to Oregon.
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Frank Petronio

28-Aug-2012, 17:43

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My best model.... 35mm F3 and D700, 50mm

t0aster

28-Aug-2012, 18:42

79627796287962979630

My best model.... 35mm F3 and D700, 50mm

Wonderful portraits, Frank, I especially like the first.

Jay Decker

28-Aug-2012, 21:43

My best model.... 35mm F3 and D700, 50mm

She's cute, how do you know her?

Frank Petronio

28-Aug-2012, 21:49

I have children!

Peter De Smidt

28-Aug-2012, 21:59

Good stuff, Frank!

tuco

29-Aug-2012, 09:15

My best model.... 35mm F3 and D700, 50mm

Really nice series.

Leigh

29-Aug-2012, 10:51

My best model....
Cute. Does she get scale?

- Leigh

Peter York

29-Aug-2012, 11:15

I have children!

It shows in the 3rd one! Beautiful photos!

Frank Petronio

29-Aug-2012, 11:30

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Motly from a Nikon F3hp and 50/1.8AIS, which is proving to be so much easier to use than the 85/1.4.

jcoldslabs

29-Aug-2012, 14:50

Frank Petronio

29-Aug-2012, 20:09

SamReeves

29-Aug-2012, 20:43

Rebekah tries to balance on the tracks…and holds it for a second or two. :)

Canon D60, EF 50mm ƒ1.8, ASA 200.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_3886.jpg

jcoldslabs

29-Aug-2012, 21:44

That's a really charming photograph Jonathan.

Somewhere Robert Adams did a little book of their dog photos, a entire volume, some nice, comparable pictures there too. It made him a lot more human in my eyes.

Thank you, Frank. That is one of the best photos I've taken of our dogs in a long span of taking pictures of them. Sometimes you get lucky. I'll keep an eye out for the R. Adams book. I hadn't known he took dog photos, and I'm a sucker for them, of course.

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

29-Aug-2012, 21:47

Sam,

Maybe it's because she's trying to balance on the rail, but I love the contrast of the sultry body language and her open and joyful facial expression. A very vibrant image.

Jonathan

austin granger

29-Aug-2012, 22:38

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7892095424_48fe6e2708_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7877113074_8dcb6a06c9_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

mdm

29-Aug-2012, 23:41

That last one is interesting. Full of contradiction.

mamypoko

30-Aug-2012, 02:09

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7880776496_7e4d583aea_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/7880776496/)

Mamiya RZ67
50mm f/4.5 Sekor Z
Kodak Ektar 100
8min Exposure w/ ND110
Cropped to 6x6

Taken with my Mamiya RZ67, the first time taking a film camera on a trip as the main camera :)

mike rosenlof

30-Aug-2012, 07:50

That's a really charming photograph Jonathan.

Somewhere Robert Adams did a little book of their dog photos, a entire volume, some nice, comparable pictures there too. It made him a lot more human in my eyes.

I've got the book. It is nice. Joy and Discovery. Looks to be the same breed of dog as Jonathan's.

http://www.amazon.com/I-Hear-Leaves-Love-Light/dp/3923922701/ref=la_B001HCU5A0_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1346338086&sr=1-17

tuco

30-Aug-2012, 07:56

No kids for us, but these little guys have proven to be enough both for companionship and as photo subjects. The one in the front is still going at 15 years plus, while the blurry one in the back passed away last year. They were probably one year old or so when this was taken.

Mamiya 7, HP5+

Jonathan

I like the shot. It looks like it doesn't take much to keep them contained. My neighbor has a German Shepard that can leap vertically and look you in the eye. Yet a fence barely waist high contains the dog from escaping his environment.

David R Munson

30-Aug-2012, 08:41

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7881713404_cbb67bd15d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/7881713404/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/7881713404/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

New old scan from Korea. Mamiya 645, 80mm f/1.9, Tri-X, HC-110 (pretty much exactly my setup for 90% of my shots from the last 10 years)

SamReeves

30-Aug-2012, 09:38

Sam,

Maybe it's because she's trying to balance on the rail, but I love the contrast of the sultry body language and her open and joyful facial expression. A very vibrant image.

Jonathan

She had these huge heels on! I decided it would be fun to try, and yeah fun image! Thanks. :D

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7880776496_7e4d583aea_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/7880776496/)

Mamiya RZ67
50mm f/4.5 Sekor Z
Kodak Ektar 100
8min Exposure w/ ND110
Cropped to 6x6

Taken with my Mamiya RZ67, the first time taking a film camera on a trip as the main camera :)

I suddenly have the urge to have some spring water. :) Very nice image!

jcoldslabs

30-Aug-2012, 13:47

I've got the book. It is nice.

Thanks, Mike. I'll have to pick it up. My wife is crazy about terriers, so this book will combine our two interests.

It looks like it doesn't take much to keep them contained.

That is the truth! My wife and I have always marveled at the fact that these two dogs, Cairn terriers both, have never needed much to keep them in the yard. The breed is known for digging out; the woman we got them from sunk cinder blocks along the border of her fence to keep her dogs from doing so. But our dogs, for whatever reason, have never escaped even when, as you can tell from the photo, they clearly can. We like to think that we treat them so well they have no reason to leave!

Jonathan

t0aster

30-Aug-2012, 16:02

NIKON D50
1/1250 second
F/1.8
50 mm
ISO 200

austin granger

30-Aug-2012, 17:28

The Nativity of Jesus, Cloverdale, Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/7896970898_1214e2361f_z.jpg

It's Christmas in August! Can you tell I haven't been out photographing lately? :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

jcoldslabs

30-Aug-2012, 18:09

Rather than a nativity this looked like a group of snowmen to me on first viewing, albeit without the snow. I've got some scans of winter days from a few years back I'm just now getting to, so I know what you mean. In a lot of ways scanning is great, and per image it takes less time than traditional printing, but back when I was printing in the darkroom I was much more selective about which images got enlarged.

Jonathan

Frank Petronio

30-Aug-2012, 18:20

College kids are pigs....

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lbenac

30-Aug-2012, 20:09

Well I am pretty happy with my newly acquired Mamiya 7 after it went to precision Camera.
The RF is now really easy to focus and the first print from the 150mm is really sharp even if it was scanned with the V700.

M7 150mm TMY-2 Tmax Dev

http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s4/v66/p1085878076-4.jpg

M7 65mm TMY-2 Tmax Dev

http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s4/v68/p1078141944-4.jpg

http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s1/v56/p1077708270-4.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

tuco

31-Aug-2012, 08:49

goamules

31-Aug-2012, 09:18

The north rim. Pen F 25mm F4 on G1

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7865739460_0ea76ed4f5_b.jpg

lbenac

31-Aug-2012, 09:27

Congrats on the new gear.

Thank you.
Now I need to thin the MF gear to keep 'only' the following:

Mamiya 7 (hiking/travel)
Autocord (6x6 TLR goodness)
Kodak Medalist (a 6x9 blast from the past)
Chamonix Saber (4x5 on the go)
Chamonix 45N2 (4x5 for serious shooting)
Wista 45DX (stays in France for the few days a year of old country shooting)

So the Hassy and P67 have to transform themselves into a lower overdraft :-)

Cheers,

Luc

tuco

31-Aug-2012, 19:32

The north rim. Pen F 25mm F4 on G1

Nice. It brings back lots of memories for me. In my youth I use to work on the south rim.

Randy

1-Sep-2012, 14:23

Austin, just about every picture you post causes me to shake my head in jealous envy.

Richard Wasserman

1-Sep-2012, 19:01

I went to the Art Institute of Chicago the other day.

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goamules

1-Sep-2012, 19:03

Thanks Tuco, it is scenic. Here is a shot I finished off a roll (Fuji 200) in my Pen-FV half-frame today, of the Tucson boneyard. Old seaplane. Olympus Pen 38mm/1.8.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/7910155508_711f24cd80_c.jpg

mdm

1-Sep-2012, 19:08

I went to the Art Institute of Chicago the other day.

Thats a good one. Street style with colour. It tells something about who theese people are.

Kav

1-Sep-2012, 19:42

Another from work:

Getting hooked up to a 14,000 pound section of floating bridge.

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/Category/Film/35mm/i-68XKXnV/0/XL/08410003-XL.jpg

Nikon FE2 with a 15mm f5.6
Portra 400

mdm

2-Sep-2012, 02:03

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aG_ZUsHtdAc/UEMgYn3SSLI/AAAAAAAABZ4/75ak6eJIlN4/s1600/P1000148.jpg
Panasonic Lumix LX5

mdm

2-Sep-2012, 02:05

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eNmjV51MctQ/UEMgicn15VI/AAAAAAAABaE/UMP3hmzNKUw/s1600/P1000167.jpg
Panasonic Lumix LX5

Greg Y

2-Sep-2012, 10:47

79797 This is a handheld digi-proof of a portrait of NW musicians Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms.
i'm just heading into the darkroom to process the film version..... the guitar is not cut off in the film framing & there is a little more space around them. The light was soft & I kept waiting for the clouds to cover the sun, so the light through the tree branches wouldn't dapple their faces. I think it'll be a good one

jcoldslabs

2-Sep-2012, 16:37

From a few winters back.

Diana camera, HP5+

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Diana---Shrub-in-Snow.jpg

Jonathan

Frank Petronio

2-Sep-2012, 17:29

Mac’s Drive-In in Waterloo - closes for the season tomorrow, Labor Day.

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mdm

2-Sep-2012, 23:19

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FyVaNeRGpow/UERLt9enUwI/AAAAAAAABaw/TZDycX46Dak/s1600/P1000187.jpg
Panasonic Lumix LX5

jcoldslabs

2-Sep-2012, 23:26

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FyVaNeRGpow/UERLt9enUwI/AAAAAAAABaw/TZDycX46Dak/s1600/P1000187.jpg
Panasonic Lumix LX5

An unusual use of digital for a low-fi, low-key look with lots of negative space. Strong mood in this one. A bit like Moonrise, Hernandez without the Hernandez! ;)

Jonathan

mdm

2-Sep-2012, 23:31

I wouldnt get carried away, I was just pissing around on the deck. Made a few but like this best.

jcoldslabs

3-Sep-2012, 00:01

Fair enough.

J.

Leigh

3-Sep-2012, 01:43

I thought this thread was for tiny FILM formats. ???

- Leigh

mdm

3-Sep-2012, 02:00

You are a fundamentalist, go to APUG where you belong.

goamules

3-Sep-2012, 07:59

Pen-F 38/1.8 and Fuji 200:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/7910153964_b546872112_b.jpg

Peter Mounier

3-Sep-2012, 08:34

I thought this thread was for tiny FILM formats. ???

- Leigh

From the first page of this thread ...

safe haven for tiny formats
Hello,,, post your 35mm, 6x4.5, 6x6, 6x7,6x9,6x12, DSLR, p&s, half frame, 110, 126, and any other non-LF size I didn't mention..

So don't be shy,,, we know you have em

Peter

Roger Cole

3-Sep-2012, 08:48

My now wife, then fiance Alicia in New Orleans last year. We love New Orleans and try to get down there for a few days at least twice a year. She really liked this.

Unfortunately I managed to scratch a negative for the first time in decades. Lots and lots of wiping increasingly carelessly with an antistaticum cloth eventually caught up with me and reminded me that lightly is ok (has always been in my experience anyway) and more than lightly is not. What's worse, in the past when I had done this years ago I've never had a backing scratch, that printed white, that wasn't rendered invisible or very nearly so by Edwal no-scratch or a dab of skin oil from a cotton swab. I tried both on this one to no avail. I can't even tell the difference, and the scratch is all but invisible to the eye even under oblique light from the enlarger. I've removed it effectively enough at this resolution, if quite inexpertly, in Photoshop, but I'm a bit at a loss for my silver print. You have to look fairly closely (or be a photographer - we always look closely, right?) so I'm seriously thinking of including this with some other portraits I have and just saying nothing about it. 90%+ of folks won't notice. I guess that's cheating but so be it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7922166030_33b8d71bca_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7922166030/)
Alicia In New Orleans (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7922166030/) by Roger Cole (http://www.flickr.com/people/rogercole/), on Flickr

EDIT: Oops, meant to post the details:

Yashicamat 124, Ilford FP4+, D76 1+1, printed on Ilford MGWT FB, Ilford WT developer, very lightly brown toned.

SamReeves

3-Sep-2012, 08:49

Let me post some illegal DLSR! Woo-hoo!

My latest find loves the color red. Can't you tell? :D

Canon D60, EF 50mm ƒ1.8 lens, ASA 200.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_3784.jpg

Jay Decker

3-Sep-2012, 10:05

Frank, or should that be 'Sugar Jones', she's got a million dollar smile!

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=79813&d=1346632141

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 10:45

Thanks Jay!

Film verus Digital (!) I've been shooting a lot of 35mm film for the past year, on everything from cheap P&Ss to a Nikon F100 with AF, to a Nikon F3 with AIS lenses, to Leica Ms and LTMs... and I finally broke down and got a Nikon D700 with a good AF-G lens... and I gotta say, the results from a properly handled DSLR so outclass the 35mm film in almost every way that I am thinking that 35mm film is best left for crunchy novelties and funk - not everyday, real world image making. I've used a wide variety of everything but when it comes down to it, the plastic modern high tech stuff really works very, very well. Embracing AF means that more of my shots are in focus, using Matrix metering is so much better than Sunny-16. A 14-bit RAW file is more malleable than a gritty, grainy file from a 35mm film scanner....

I don't say that lightly.

Brian C. Miller

3-Sep-2012, 11:52

Frank, out of curiosity, why should someone go with a 12Mp Nikon instead of a 12Mp Olympus Pen camera?
(Other than full-frame sensor)

(I don't have either; my current P&S is a Fujifilm GA645zi)

Brian C. Miller

3-Sep-2012, 12:06

I thought this thread was for tiny FILM formats. ???

- Leigh

Digital has a very tiny sensor. The manufacturers even have to lie their asses off about the sensor size.

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 12:23

Frank, out of curiosity, why should someone go with a 12Mp Nikon instead of a 12Mp Olympus Pen camera?
(Other than full-frame sensor)

(I don't have either; my current P&S is a Fujifilm GA645zi)

In fact I am selling my recently acquired Panasonic GX1, a fine m4/3s camera (as are the Olympus Pen m4/3 series). I find the image quality excellent (this has a newer sensor over the Oly) and the handling is quite good but I disliked using only the LCD for framing and control. I may eventually try another m4/3s with an Electronic View Finder (perhaps the GH3 when it is shipping) because I liked my older Panasonic G1's EVF pretty well.

Still, I think 12mp from a full-frame Nikon D700 sensor are better than 12-16 from a m4/3 sensor at half the size.

And, even though I love that they are small and almost pocketable, my XXL hands do struggle with the too-tiny controls.

Aren't I a great salesman for my used gear?

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 12:26

Some other odd D700 shots:

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tuco

3-Sep-2012, 13:01

A partially burnt forest area

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7923586548_fa7dc52916_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7923586548/)

M7II, 43mm, 400TMY @ EI25, Y2 Yellow Filter, PMK

Roger Cole

3-Sep-2012, 13:13

Beauiful Tuco!

gth

3-Sep-2012, 13:55

Some good lightning storms the past few days to very little rain along with them. Just the kind of thing pixelography does well.

Then, Northern Lights. Dancing and shimmering and wafting back and forth for about four hours last night and early this morning. The shifting nature of the light as well as the various locations I have available for composition make it fun to shoot. Even as it was last night and til around 5AM with them going strong and backing off and shifting across the sky and up to the two days past Full Moon which was behind me.

This image is in the parking lot of the Corrididor Bar and Grill in Wolford, North Dakota. The bar is for sale and does a good business in a small farming area. So, if you want to be able to see Northern Lights from the business and sell gasoline to snowmobilers all winter long while you sit inside and eat Pizza and Friday Night Grill Your Own steaks... better check it out.

First one is great.... what is the exposure time.... Judging from the wind turbine propeller is was not that long.... unless it was moving very slowly. So you just opened up and waited for the lightning to strike?

tuco

3-Sep-2012, 14:09

Some good lightning storms the past few days to very little rain along with them. Just the kind of thing pixelography does well.

Gorgeous shots.

tuco

3-Sep-2012, 14:10

Beauiful Tuco!

Thanks.

Jay Decker

3-Sep-2012, 14:29

Film verus Digital (!) I've been shooting a lot of 35mm film for the past year, on everything from cheap P&Ss to a Nikon F100 with AF, to a Nikon F3 with AIS lenses, to Leica Ms and LTMs... and I finally broke down and got a Nikon D700 with a good AF-G lens... and I gotta say, the results from a properly handled DSLR so outclass the 35mm film in almost every way that I am thinking that 35mm film is best left for crunchy novelties and funk - not everyday, real world image making. I've used a wide variety of everything but when it comes down to it, the plastic modern high tech stuff really works very, very well. Embracing AF means that more of my shots are in focus, using Matrix metering is so much better than Sunny-16. A 14-bit RAW file is more malleable than a gritty, grainy file from a 35mm film scanner....

I don't say that lightly.

Wish it weren't so... but, I have to agree. And, it gets better. I upgraded from the Nikon D700 to the D800. I only have a couple hundred "shutter actuations" on the D800, but it is turning out better than the D700 already. Two tips to those considering a D800, 1) learn how to set the focusing mode (the default setting sucks and results in a relatively high number of out of focus shots), and 2) learn how to use the "Auto ISO" for available light shooting. Here are a few shots from yesterday taken in low light with a Nikon 85/1.4, the first is of my best model...

http://webpages.charter.net/monkeytumble/D800/DSC_0734.jpg

http://webpages.charter.net/monkeytumble/D800/DSC_0657.jpg

http://webpages.charter.net/monkeytumble/D800/DSC_0552.jpg

http://webpages.charter.net/monkeytumble/D800/DSC_0546.jpg

goamules

3-Sep-2012, 15:11

... and I gotta say, the results from a properly handled DSLR so outclass the 35mm film in almost every way that I am thinking that 35mm film is best left for crunchy novelties and funk - not everyday, real world image making...

Why you...pfftt...you....sputter.... I think I have to agree with you. While my 35mm Leica, Canon rangefinders and Pen-F are mechanical jewels and bigtime attention getters in use, my better shots are with a digital G1, most of the time. Using the old lenses for funk factor, of course....

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 15:13

The D800 sure does render your ladies well ~ especially with the 85/1.4 being a magical lens. No focusing issues left or right side? Or has your computer bogged down from the huge files? Lucky! I've been scared and prefer to wait through some of the growing pains but thanks for beta testing it for me!

On digital in general I tend to turn down the saturation on the red, even more so for Nikons (The Panasonics have nice native flesh tones IMHO). Then when you "Save For Web" and create a jpg with the sRGB profile, I find they are always too Magenta and too saturated. I will do a quick Hue/Saturation move of the Magenta/Green slider ~3 to 6 pts towards Green and lower the Saturation about 20 pts between resizing and saving for web.

Brian C. Miller

3-Sep-2012, 15:43

2) learn how to use the "Auto ISO" for available light shooting.

What ISO did the camera choose for the above pictures?

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 16:03

You probably couldn't tell from on online jpg until it hits ISO 12800 or 25600....

tuco

3-Sep-2012, 16:39

I use auto ISO frequently on my digital. But what's there to learn? It is either on or off. And usually with a couple of options to set the minimum shutter speed you feel comfortable with handhold and set the top ISO you're willing to go. It's automagic after that.

Jay Decker

3-Sep-2012, 16:44

What ISO did the camera choose for the above pictures?

The first one was 1/320 @ f/1.4 and ISO 100.
The second was 1/200 @ f/1.4 and ISO 3200.
The third was 1/200 @ f/1.4 and ISO 280.
The fourth was 1/200 @ f/1.4 and ISO 320.

Jay Decker

3-Sep-2012, 16:46

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 17:00

Ah but I haven't tackled LR yet, I still use ACR and CS5. And your monitor is going to be different, I am just talking about hitting some rough general purpose flesh tone that will look nice (not perfect) on the majority of your viewer's monitors. There will always be some yahoo with a blue-tinted wacky monitor out there, you can't worry about them....

Jay Decker

3-Sep-2012, 17:05

t0aster

3-Sep-2012, 17:10

I agree with Frank and the others that digi has, at a minimum, become equal in quality to 35mm. While there is still something about watching the print come to life in the developer and I prefer grain over noise, the number of shots and the ease of editing makes digi, in my opinion, much better.

I've used a d700 and would love to get my hands on one along with a 14-24 f2.8 to accompany the fantastic 50mm f1.8g I have, but i don't have three grand just laying around, I'll stick with my humble d50 and 50/1.8g and try and get my hands on a/some cheapo 120 tlrs (have had my eye on an either an old rolleicord with the wonderful triotar 75mm/3.5 or perhaps even a decent kalloflex if I could get my hands on one).

Anyway, this was just a quick portrait of my wife I did when I got my first (and only) flash unit some months back.

NIKON D50
1/1000 second
50mm
F/1.8
ISO 800

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 17:26

How did you sync your flash at 1/1000th of a second? It looks a lot more like you used the ambient light....

t0aster

3-Sep-2012, 17:31

Yea, I scratched my head after looking at that just now. Chalk it up to inexperience with the flash equipment, though it does look like there is a catchlight from the umbrella in her eyes.

edit: after doing some interneting, it seems the d50 and sb-700 support flash sync in excess of 1/1000 using FP mode

Roger Cole

3-Sep-2012, 17:32

Jay Decker

3-Sep-2012, 17:32

... I've used a d700 and would love to get my hands on one along with a 14-24 f2.8

The 14-24 performs wonderfully, but it is large and heavy. Personally, I have forsaken large, heavy zooms in favor of a small, light prime or two that will fit in a coat pocket. Your 50/1.8 makes a nice one, as does the 35/2, and 24/2.8.

t0aster

3-Sep-2012, 17:45

t0aster

3-Sep-2012, 17:46

The 14-24 performs wonderfully, but it is large and heavy. Personally, I have forsaken large, heavy zooms in favor of a small, light prime or two that will fit in a coat pocket. Your 50/1.8 makes a nice one, as does the 35/2, and 24/2.8.

It really is a tank of a lens and I suppose carrying a few light primes might be preferable depending on circumstance. But I'm relatively young and somewhat spry, so hauling around a heavy wide-zoom isn't completely crazy for me just yet.

Kav

3-Sep-2012, 18:12

The 14-24 performs wonderfully, but it is large and heavy. Personally, I have forsaken large, heavy zooms in favor of a small, light prime or two that will fit in a coat pocket. Your 50/1.8 makes a nice one, as does the 35/2, and 24/2.8.

I agree it's awesome, but big lens. One thing I am finding is carrying around a few primes makes for a lighter load then a few zooms. With the 14-24mm I found I was using it at just the ends of the zoom range. Now I have two primes to cover myself. I do still have one zoom, but would like to replace it with a faster zoom.

Shooting with a crop sensor DSLR and 35mm cameras I try to spread my primes out so that lens can pull dual duty focal length wise. That tends to limit the number of lenses I carry when shooting with both formats. To a lesser extent I am doing the same with my large format camera.

I have also got to play with the Sigma 50-500. That is a huge zoom. Add a night vision adapter and you are basically shooting with a very heavy baseball bat. I didn't expect much out of that combo, good thing because it was impossible to get anything worthwhile out of.

Jan Pedersen

3-Sep-2012, 18:36

The 14-24 is a large and heavy lens considering it's focal lenght but the image quality is astounding. I have not tested at the wide end but just yesterday did some comparison to a mint 24 AIs and a 24-85 3.5 - 4.5 at 24mm.
The 24 Ais is as far as i know the best 24mm prime lens but at f8 or f11 is does not even get close to the 14-24 at 2.8 in the corners. The 24 Ais never really do get sharp in the corner. Same for the 24-85
The weight really is not a problem, a 35 digital camera kit with a few heavy zoom lenses are still light weight compared to an 8x10 kit.

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 18:48

For Nikon I was thinking that the 28/1.8G would be a good compliment to the 50/1.4G I've been using. I really like the newer lenses that let you focus manually without flipping switches. Well I like the older lenses made from metal best but my eyesight doesn't.

Can't imagine why I'd need a wider lens? A 14mm is ridiculous!

Jan Pedersen

3-Sep-2012, 19:25

I think the 28 1.8 will be a great compliment to a 50mm lens, 35mm is to close to make a big difference and 28 still does not have the wide angle distortion (That i like)
14mm is very wide but when you have it i think you will use it.

Brian C. Miller

3-Sep-2012, 19:26

You probably couldn't tell from on online jpg until it hits ISO 12800 or 25600....

I'm just curious. From some of the test reports, some digital sensors degrade significantly at higher ISO values. I don't remember if it was a Sony or Sigma, but a well-regarded camera and sensor went nearly to B&W below 1600. Seriously, I was shocked.

The first one was 1/320 @ f/1.4 and ISO 100.
The second was 1/200 @ f/1.4 and ISO 3200.
The third was 1/200 @ f/1.4 and ISO 280.
The fourth was 1/200 @ f/1.4 and ISO 320.

Thanks!

Brian C. Miller

3-Sep-2012, 19:42

I don't really care if it's better. I enjoy shooting film. I find using a digital camera about as fun and fulfilling as using a microwave oven, maybe less so.

That said, I'm tempted to get a DSLR, for two purposes. One, for very low available light where it just spanks film so badly it's tempting to use it (though I do like shooting TMZ and Delta 3200 at 3200) and two, for family shots and such, where I never get around to printing until long after everyone has forgotten the event. ;)

If you're only going to 3200, go ahead and use Delta 3200 at 3200. I've used it with my Pentax 645 (posted the results in this thread a while ago) for 1/2 second at f/2.8. I've also seen a huge enlargement done from a 6x9 image, and it looked fabulous. The Delta 3200 film looks great and holds a latent image for a long time. I haven't made a test, but a few months out seems to be no problem. Tmax 400 pushed to 3200 is a problem, but it's OK for 1600.

Right now I'm seeing how Kodak Portra 800 120 performs, at 800 and 3200. Somebody on APUG published results for it being pushed much, much farther than 3200, and it held up well.

Personally, I've never been big on 35mm cameras, as I started with MF and then went larger. I've only shot 35mm for a few snap shots and Kodak HIE. I never did sports, weddings, or combat, so I never had a real need for it. I like using half-frame, and I like a 400 speed film with it. It gives a nice soft-yet-sharp look.

From Occupy Everett last year, Pentax 645, 1/2sec, f/2.8, Delta 3200 at 3200:
79874798757987679877

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 20:11

I shot some Ilford 3200 Delta B&W in a Fuji 690 before and it really opens up the capability of medium formats to shoot like 35mm, good stuff.

As for high ISO noise, it varies quite a bit between cameras and sensors. The best ones are amazing.

Roger Cole

3-Sep-2012, 20:43

I like Delta 3200 in my Mamiya 645. I'll like it even more when I get an 80mm f/1.9. But I still think TMZ holds a slight edge so I've been shooting that in 35mm. It looks great at 3200. In both cases I develop per manufacturer instructions for 6400. The TMZ looks very much like old school Tri-X, only sharper.

Jay Decker

3-Sep-2012, 20:51

I think the 28 1.8 will be a great compliment to a 50mm lens, 35mm is to close to make a big difference...

Agreed, but if I am going to keep it simple with just one lens... the 35/2 is a good all arounder.

Never got along with any of Nikon's 28mm lenses (they were soft), but I have a 24/2.8 that is sharp, small, and light.

Personally, I'm down to one zoom, a 70-200/2.8 for kid events, and few primes. I find that I keep the camera with me and shoot more if I have a small lens on the camera, and maybe another on in my coat pocket or man purse... obviously this is a topic where YMMV.

Jay Decker

3-Sep-2012, 21:09

Here's a comparison of Frank's processing of an image (on the left or top) to my original processing. Notice that the skin tones are more natural. Man, do I have a few things to learn about color...

http://webpages.charter.net/monkeytumble/D800/DSC_0657_Frank-2.jpg http://webpages.charter.net/monkeytumble/D800/DSC_0657.jpg

Frank Petronio

3-Sep-2012, 21:29

Ha to me, my edit looks too cool on my browser. The problem with color online is that it is going to be slightly different for everyone and you can't expect to show any specific, subtle coloring - you have to ballpark and try to hit something in the middle so that someone is looking at it with an uncalibrated monitor or a crappy browser (each will render differently) or on a social site (Flickr, Facebook, etc. all attempt to slightly "improve" your images) gets something middling good.

it's a huge topic and a huge mess. Retina displays are only going to make it worse.

mdm

4-Sep-2012, 01:11

79881
25cm long dimension print, K7 Carbon, Epson Matte HW
Panasonic LX5

jcoldslabs

4-Sep-2012, 01:23

Here's a comparison of Frank's processing of an image (on the left or top) to my original processing. Notice that the skin tones are more natural. Man, do I have a few things to learn about color...

Jay,

For the record, on my monitor, which has been crudely calibrated, Frank's take looks a tad yellow to me in the skin tones, while yours is a tad ruddy. Right in between would look good on my screen, I think. Frank's also looks more contrasty, especially noticeable in the darker parts of the hair at the top of his head. I think Frank's right: online color variance combined with individual screens with unknown calibrations means you'll never be able to precisely present your color choices to anyone but yourself. But I can tell you I need some serious help with color balancing myself, especially when scanning color negs. I can never get anywhere near "natural" colors no matter how hard I work at it.

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

4-Sep-2012, 04:03

Took some shots around the neighborhood to finish off a roll that had been in the camera for.....a while.

Mamiya 7, 43mm, HP5+

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Across-the-Street.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Fremont-West.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Shadow-and-Street-8-Bit-RGB.jpg

Jonathan

Frank Petronio

4-Sep-2012, 04:33

It's yellow on my iPad ;-p

Jay Decker

4-Sep-2012, 07:15

... But I can tell you I need some serious help with color balancing myself, especially when scanning color negs. I can never get anywhere near "natural" colors no matter how hard I work at it.

That is my situation with scanning too. Maybe I'll never graduate from B&W...

http://webpages.charter.net/monkeytumble/D800/DSC_0657-2.jpg

Frank Petronio

4-Sep-2012, 07:20

The sad truth is that not only are flesh tones all over the place on our film and sensors/software, but almost all people have varying colors throughout their skin. I just worked on one that had pink cheeks and olive (green) skin, which means you pretty much have to live with it or do some heavier retouching as in painting the colors you want into place.

Especially with swimsuit/pin-up/nudes where you see a lot of skin, there is a tremendous amount of often horrid retouching going on.... Keeping natural looking texture and fleshtones is a career in itself and most photographers suck at it. Why do you think Penthouse Pets were always "gauzy" and out of focus?

I love B&W but I do admit that it is often the "easy way out".

Two23

4-Sep-2012, 07:22

Shot with 1951 Rolleiflex. I've been going to threshing shows for the past month and got a lot of cool shots with my Bessa and Rolleiflex.

Kent in SD

Richard Wasserman

4-Sep-2012, 14:49

I was afraid to ask....

79926

Leigh

4-Sep-2012, 15:26

Why do you think Penthouse Pets were always "gauzy" and out of focus?
Because the photographers focus on the eyes... but the readers don't. :eek:

- Leigh

SamReeves

5-Sep-2012, 08:49

I was afraid to ask....

79926

I hope it wasn't Fido. LOL.

Jody_S

5-Sep-2012, 09:33

Minolta Autocord, Portra 400, scanning artifacts:

79963

Frank Petronio

5-Sep-2012, 14:56

easy model portfolio work

79975

Greg Y

5-Sep-2012, 17:48

79981 Love that FP4 & those graded papers Fortezo & Elite just make such great prints. Down to the last of it though

lbenac

5-Sep-2012, 19:53

Kodak Medalist TMY-2 Tmax Developer

Strachona Park by the Elk River
http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s1/v54/p1102677704-4.jpg

Jay Decker

5-Sep-2012, 20:20

easy model portfolio work

79975

Frank - do you still shoot with Shannon?

lbenac

5-Sep-2012, 21:05

Kids on the Beach - Cox Bay, Tofino

http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s1/v54/p1102838438-4.jpg

6-Sep-2012, 05:08

Minolta Autocord, Portra 400, scanning artifacts:

79963

That's pretty cool; if could replicate the artifacts, rotate the neg 180 in the scanner and it'd look like the earth was being pelted!

Frank Petronio

6-Sep-2012, 05:12

Melancholia scene....

6-Sep-2012, 05:13

A rare architecture photo for me. I was liking the lighting and simplicity here. Farnsworth Art Musuem, Rockland ME. D300 with 50/1.4d
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8435/7940649166_9fa1dd0a07_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/7940649166/in/photostream/

Another one I made the photo because I liked how the lighting was playing around on the white. 2012 Lime Rock historic races, D300 with 40-sl2 and polarizer. White cars are notoriously tough to photograph well.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7940653558_a145f54f51_z.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/7940653558/in/photostream/

Jody_S

7-Sep-2012, 09:43

That's pretty cool; if could replicate the artifacts, rotate the neg 180 in the scanner and it'd look like the earth was being pelted!

I re-scanned the neg with the exact same settings (I saw this before removing the neg); the 2nd scan came out normal. I have no idea why this happened. I can easily isolate the top part in photoshop and do whatever I want with it, of course. There's more than enough sky to 'shop that onto a normal landscape. I haven't decided yet, but I might try a night cityscape and do exactly that.

Mike Bates

7-Sep-2012, 11:32

Closed Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. Shawshank Redemption was filmed there. Shot in available light with a small camera mounted fill in flash set a full stop lower than ambient light. Bronica ETR, HP5+ and Xtol. Small amount of digital grain and split tone applied to the second photo post-scan.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/2/a/0/600_156201152.jpeg

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/2/a/c/600_156213452.jpeg

Mike Bates

7-Sep-2012, 11:50

Studio model shot. Bronica GS-1, HP5+ and Xtol. Minor levels, crop, and sharpen post scan.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/9/9/4/600_155722932.jpeg

Roger Thoms

7-Sep-2012, 18:27

I thought this thread was for tiny FILM formats. ???

- Leigh

Guess you missed post #1.

Roger

ypres.bass

8-Sep-2012, 14:35

College kids are pigs....
79721that bottle fascinate me...
"diet Pepsi" _ it's diet or it's pepsi? :-)

* it's joke

goamules

8-Sep-2012, 16:08

Olympus Zuiko Pen-F 38/2.8

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8298/7958520814_bc7e5ac40d_c.jpg

Frank Petronio

9-Sep-2012, 11:57

So I shot my annual wedding, for one of my model friends for free, and sweated out three shirts and wound up changing into shorts and got wasted. Phew.

80200802028020180203

Kav

9-Sep-2012, 18:19

Here's a few from today at the aquarium. I was playing around with the high ISO settings on my camera to see what I could get. After I got home I did a little post processing with the raw files with Phocus software (Hasselblad) rather then the software from Nikon. The results were better then Nikon's software. This surprised me, both programs are free, and the one from Hasselblad is very slow on my computer but I am happier with the results:

Jelly fish:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/Animals/Fish-and-Things/i-SHgVcGZ/0/XL/Aqua-S0017-XL.jpg

Happy baby gator:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/Animals/Fish-and-Things/i-cWG3Wx5/0/XL/Aqua-S0008-XL.jpg

A little boy being chased by big fish:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/Animals/Fish-and-Things/i-tTb8xsH/0/XL/Aqua-S0013-XL.jpg

t0aster

9-Sep-2012, 21:56

Self-portrait
nikon d50
6sec
f/3.5
50mm

jcoldslabs

10-Sep-2012, 04:37

My wife, shooing me away from pointing the camera at her.

Canon FTb, Canon FD 50mm f/1.4, T-Max 400 (expired 2002)

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2026%20SMALL.jpg

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

10-Sep-2012, 04:39

And the shot I took right before, which is why I was lying on the ground in the bedroom with a camera in my hand.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2025.jpg

Jonathan

Peter De Smidt

10-Sep-2012, 06:01

Good stuff, Jonathan.

C4D

10-Sep-2012, 08:20

http://markkarpinski.com/web/35mm/branson_cross1.jpg

Door Cross
Leica CL
Leica Summicron 40mm
Tri-X 400

jcoldslabs

10-Sep-2012, 14:08

Good stuff, Jonathan.

Thanks, Peter. But shooting 35mm is such a change from large format that it throws me. Does anyone else have this problem? On one hand it can lead me to the shots above, which would have been difficult to do in LF, but at the same time I find myself holding the camera and wandering around at a loss as to what to photograph because I can shoot anything and do so rapid-fire. Somehow my "eye" has gotten used to the slow, formal process of large format to the point where roll film cameras are too fast for me now. (Maybe I'm just getting old). I have a feeling this is what would happen if I had a decent digital camera--I could shoot anything, anywhere, anytime with almost no impediments, and so I would become paralyzed by too many choices.

Jonathan

11-Sep-2012, 07:13

My wife, shooing me away from pointing the camera at her.

Canon FTb, Canon FD 50mm f/1.4, T-Max 400 (expired 2002)

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2026%20SMALL.jpg

Jonathan

If you didn't say it was your wife, I'd have thought it was perhaps Michaelangelo's Hand of God from a different perspective and medium. A bright light and a veil made of blur.

You can have such fun with digital too, but it's OK to prefer B&W film. With digital you may have to impose limitations if you want to stick to a particular style. I've got for example a m39 screw in lens that won't focus past 5' on my dslr, so it makes a nice limitation and challenge.

Roger Cole

11-Sep-2012, 13:38

Thanks, Peter. But shooting 35mm is such a change from large format that it throws me. Does anyone else have this problem? On one hand it can lead me to the shots above, which would have been difficult to do in LF, but at the same time I find myself holding the camera and wandering around at a loss as to what to photograph because I can shoot anything and do so rapid-fire. Somehow my "eye" has gotten used to the slow, formal process of large format to the point where roll film cameras are too fast for me now. (Maybe I'm just getting old). I have a feeling this is what would happen if I had a decent digital camera--I could shoot anything, anywhere, anytime with almost no impediments, and so I would become paralyzed by too many choices.

Jonathan

That's a good point about digital, and 35mm to a lesser extent, hand held medium format a bit (just a bit) less than 35mm etc.

"Paralysis by analysis" we used to call something similar in another hobby (amateur astronomy, and it referred to comparing different gear and deciding what to buy, but the principle of "too many choices" remains.)

Peter De Smidt

11-Sep-2012, 15:04

While I sympathize with the preference for slow, larger format style photography, these photographs are more original and interesting than many of the LF photographs posted here. Imho, of course. There's something to be said for slow and contemplative, but there's also something to be said for quickness and intuitiveness.

jcoldslabs

12-Sep-2012, 03:15

There's something to be said for slow and contemplative, but there's also something to be said for quickness and intuitiveness.

I agree with you on that. The shot of my wife's hand (above) would have been extraordinarily difficult to take with a large format camera, a Speed Graphic, say, and if I had the photo would have been more self-conscious on both my part and my wife's as I struggled to take the shot while she held a pose ("Stay right there! Don't move!"). I guess I was referring to how I no longer change gears easily from one format to another. I have been shooting so much LF in the past two years that all of my roll film cameras have languished. Maybe it's time to break them out again.

"Paralysis by analysis" we used to call something similar in another hobby (amateur astronomy, and it referred to comparing different gear and deciding what to buy, but the principle of "too many choices" remains.)

You should see me in the cereal aisle at the supermarket! It is no joke that I purposefully limit myself the the cereals that are significantly on sale. If they were all the same price I could never choose.

If you didn't say it was your wife, I'd have thought it was perhaps Michaelangelo's Hand of God from a different perspective and medium.

It's always good to get other perspectives on your work. Since I was there lying on the floor in my bedroom shooting the image I know exactly who it is and what she is doing, but I can see how without any context it could look like something else entirely. Thanks to your comment I now look at it in a different way myself.

Jonathan

Ramiro Elena

12-Sep-2012, 05:33

Here's one of my wife.
Nikon D300 Nikkor 50mm ƒ1,4 developed in Lightroom with a VSCO preset set to Kodak Portra 400.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/7979277721_ef6a5ca734_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7979277721/)
Sandra (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7979277721/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

Corran

12-Sep-2012, 21:19

jcoldslabs

12-Sep-2012, 21:49

I took this snapshot while in Atlanta a couple weekends ago. Fairly off-the-cuff (looked up, saw some leading lines, snap) but I ended up really liking it. Converted it to b&w to emphasize the texture (I love dark skies). D800E, 24/2:

I like it, too. I think 98% of all photos are taken at eye or tripod level with the camera pointed roughly straight ahead. I get it--that's how we perceive the world--but as I realized in my recent photos taken while lying on my bedroom floor, breaking free from the usual perspective is both refreshing and invigorating creatively.

Jonathan

Corran

12-Sep-2012, 21:55

True!

C4D

13-Sep-2012, 10:16

You achieved a very nice glow on the whites between the windows Bryan.

rdenney

13-Sep-2012, 11:12

I like it, too. I think 98% of all photos are taken at eye or tripod level with the camera pointed roughly straight ahead. I get it--that's how we perceive the world--but as I realized in my recent photos taken while lying on my bedroom floor, breaking free from the usual perspective is both refreshing and invigorating creatively.

Jonathan

viz.
http://www.rickdenney.com/images/wash-athletic-club-lores.jpg
Seattle, 2003.

...Made using a lowly Canon 10D and an even lowlier Zenitar 16mm fisheye.

Rick "who points down more than up, but both a lot more than 2%" Denney

drew.saunders

13-Sep-2012, 12:41

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/7981578148_0f48773e77_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/7981578148/)

I caught these two kids playing at the fountain in Ghirardelli square during the Ghirardelli chocolate festival last Sunday. Leica M6TTL, Leitz 5cm f/3.5 Elmar from 1956 (just bought from KEH a couple months ago), Adox CHS50 film (never grew to like it, won't really miss it :p). That the boy's arm mimics the mermaid is just plain dumb good luck.

austin granger

13-Sep-2012, 18:44

Dumpster, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7984194360_9991143a82_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

SamReeves

13-Sep-2012, 22:06

Dumpster, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7984194360_9991143a82_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Geez, call the garbage man!!! :D

jcoldslabs

13-Sep-2012, 22:32

Austin,

You know how they say Nat 'King' Cole (or Sinatra or Ella Fitzgerald or whatever singer suits you) could sing pages out of the phone book and it would still sound sweet? I feel like I could look at your photos no matter what the subject or location just for their clarity, tonality and smooth rendering. Even a pile of garbage looks good through your lens!

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Much less sharp, and not nearly as clear, are these additional shots from my recent 35mm "around the house" shoot.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2027.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2024.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2016.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2010.jpg

Jonathan

bigdog

14-Sep-2012, 09:37

Some 35mm macro work:

austin granger

14-Sep-2012, 09:42

Man Sleeping, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7984198138_d5eac4b737_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

David R Munson

14-Sep-2012, 13:58

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/7986526948_00aa1aff97_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/7986526948/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/7986526948/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

Maokong, Taipei

Frank Petronio

14-Sep-2012, 18:09

Cool... Upside down?

jcoldslabs

14-Sep-2012, 18:52

Frank,

In grade school word went around that in the far east, being on the other side of the world, everything is upside down. David's photo only proves it. :D

Jonathan

David R Munson

14-Sep-2012, 19:07

Frank - quite. Once in a while I'll look at something and can't figure out why it isn't right, and eventually I do something like flip it upside down. Or something like using a puddle as a mirror to photograph the slightly distorted reality. I like things that are just a bit removed from the literal. Such as:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6045/6871949720_82dbbc02ab_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/6871949720/)
Bog Sky (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/6871949720/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

and

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2267/2510092871_669b8024a1_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/2510092871/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/2510092871/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

Peter De Smidt

14-Sep-2012, 19:39

Interesting work, David.

14-Sep-2012, 20:18

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/7987228881_30df982acb_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/7987228881/sizes/c/in/photostream/

Self portrait in a race car mirror (an Aston Martin with no paint!)

jcoldslabs

15-Sep-2012, 03:04

Self portrait in a race car mirror (an Aston Martin with no paint!)

I love the repetition of circles and reflections--especially the three "mirror" circles and the three dashboard dials.

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

16-Sep-2012, 00:19

A couple of years ago my Canon point-and-shoot started to go bad on me. Before it fully died I had a few minutes to shoot randomly around the house and in the back yard. I wish I could have preserved it in its functionally degenerative state judging by the way it rendered even the most ordinary scenes:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/IMG_8314.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/IMG_8327.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/IMG_8399.jpg

Jonathan

cjbroadbent

16-Sep-2012, 00:35

Jonathan, the first one is fascinating.
I'm staring to use a Leica Monoroid here's the first setup:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R0_j9fAbOlE/UFJIcJeBbuI/AAAAAAAALw8/Rej6jGcQg_s/s800/MMefex39.jpg

Jim Jones

16-Sep-2012, 05:47

Jonathan: It's intimidating when a malfunctioning Canon randomly makes better images than I can on purpose with some fine equipment!

cjbroadbent: Very well done!

goamules

16-Sep-2012, 10:05

Pen-F 25/4

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/7992540914_5b7493af91_z.jpg

Two23

16-Sep-2012, 10:55

From Rollag, MN. Rolleiflex MX f3.5 vintage 1951, HP5. Wheels shot--Ilford X3200

Kent in sD

jcoldslabs

16-Sep-2012, 13:01

Jonathan: It's intimidating when a malfunctioning Canon randomly makes better images than I can on purpose with some fine equipment!

That's just how I felt! If the Impossible Project could figure out how to manufacture malfunctioning sensors I think they'd open up a whole new market.

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

16-Sep-2012, 13:04

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/7992540914_5b7493af91_z.jpg

I'm no arborist, but the common name for this species wouldn't be the "lemming tree" now would it? ;)

Jonathan

austin granger

16-Sep-2012, 15:09

In a Corn Maze, Sauvie Island
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/7985827355_fd7089217c_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/7985851536_f000b0bea7_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

goamules

16-Sep-2012, 15:27

I'm no arborist, but the common name for this species wouldn't be the "lemming tree" now would it? ;)

Jonathan

Ha! good one. I call it "hanging on." Mesquite at a riverbank.

mdm

16-Sep-2012, 17:30

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nxh6K7Hy92I/UFZukW-pvxI/AAAAAAAABbw/bTLRQ30jpjI/s1600/P1000205.jpg
Panasonic LX5

mdm

17-Sep-2012, 01:15

Jonathan, the first one is fascinating.
I'm staring to use a Leica Monoroid here's the first setup:

Tonally, which do you prefer, the monochrom or colour converted to B&W?

austin granger

17-Sep-2012, 10:48

Ex-Bank Drive-Thru, Beaverton
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/7984531259_680361eba7_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

jcoldslabs

17-Sep-2012, 13:25

Ex-Bank Drive-Thru, Beaverton
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/7984531259_680361eba7_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Way to turn modern blight into modern art!

Jonathan

austin granger

17-Sep-2012, 13:55

I wanted to photograph this with the big camera, but when I returned the next day, there was virtually no evidence of the drive-thru ever having existed.

"Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightening in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream."
-Buddha :)

tuco

17-Sep-2012, 15:14

Some scenes from the 102nd Pendleton Round-Up rodeo last weekend. Native Americans have been an integral component of the Pendleton Round-Up since its inception which is unique among the rodeo shows in the US according to them.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7991193076_bc3da2557b_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7991193076/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8032/7991303912_94b254a5fa_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7991303912/)

XP1, 60mm

SamReeves

17-Sep-2012, 15:23

From Rollag, MN. Rolleiflex MX f3.5 vintage 1951, HP5. Wheels shot--Ilford X3200

Kent in sD

That last one, very awesome. Almost looks like NdeM from the cab letters.

Here's Amtrak 145 proudly displaying its heritage paint job this morning. Rolling through Elkhorn Slough, California. This is the kind of colors you'd see on Amtrak of the 1980's.

Canon D60, Canon EF 70-200mm ƒ4L lens, ASA 400.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_4056.jpg

Brian C. Miller

17-Sep-2012, 17:54

SamReeves

18-Sep-2012, 17:26

A little steam in the woods this morning, as Roaring Camp & Big Trees #7 takes a passenger train up the mountain.

Canon D60, Canon EF 17-40mm ƒ4L lens, ASA 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_4134.jpg

jcoldslabs

18-Sep-2012, 18:43

Mamiya 7, 150mm

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Brandy22.jpg

Jonathan

Jody_S

18-Sep-2012, 21:51

Mamiya 7, 150mm

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Brandy22.jpg

Jonathan

I like this.

jcoldslabs

18-Sep-2012, 23:01

I like this.

Thanks. It was taken at a wedding I went to a few years ago. If I remember right my wife nudged me in the ribs and pointed it out, so she gets half the credit.

Jonathan

bobwysiwyg

19-Sep-2012, 02:39

Mamiya 7, 150mm

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Brandy22.jpg

Jonathan

Wonderful shot!

austin granger

19-Sep-2012, 09:45

I like your chairs Jonathan-another extraordinary scene hiding in plain sight.

On Saturday I went hiking on Mt. Hood. I haven't made it to the top yet, but I'd like to. I'm sure as hell not carrying a view camera up there though.

Shelter, Cooper Spur, Mt. Hood
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8435/8002041941_a75f4c8779_z.jpg

Eliot Glacier, Mt. Hood
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/8002038849_90e16e2c2c_z.jpg

Mt. Hood from Cooper Spur
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8309/8003446143_78d73cab16_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

tuco

19-Sep-2012, 11:43

...
On Saturday I went hiking on Mt. Hood. I haven't made it to the top yet, but I'd like to. I'm sure as hell not carrying a view camera up there though.

Awesome shots.

I've been to the top of Mt. Hood many, many years ago. And, no, I wouldn't want to haul a view camera up there either.

Here is a shot of me on top. It was not my camera. This is a scan of a print the guy gave me.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3096/3093845729_3e84257372_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/3093845729/)

austin granger

19-Sep-2012, 13:08

tuco

19-Sep-2012, 14:07

Good to see you Tuco! And congratulations on getting to the summit. I'm thinking of trying next spring, which I gather is the best time for novices such as myself. That will give me a little time to get in better shape-even at 8,500 feet, I was hurting. :)

Thanks. Well, what you can see of me anyway. I should have removed the hood off my head. It was really windy and the very top is a small area too. To date myself, that was 3 years after Mt. St Helens (on left) blew its top. It was near the end of June when we went. We started climbing from Timberline Lodge around midnight. A lot of people waited and took the ski lift as far as it would go.

Fast forward 10 or so years and I shot this on Kodak VHC from Camp Muir while climbing Mt. Rainier.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3421/3351811577_82db3a6456_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/3351811577/)

jcoldslabs

19-Sep-2012, 14:25

On Saturday I went hiking on Mt. Hood. I haven't made it to the top yet, but I'd like to.

Excellent textures and tones in all of these. But you're making me feel like a putz. I've lived in Portland for ten years now and the closest I've been to Mt. Hood is the Timberline lodge.

Fast forward 10 or so years and I shot this on Kodak VHC from Camp Muir while climbing Mt. Rainier.

Spectacular scene!

Jonathan

austin granger

19-Sep-2012, 16:52

Spectacular is definitely the word for that Tuco-wow!

Jonathan, if it makes you feel any better, I've lived in Portland about five years now, and I've never been to Timberline Lodge! The hike that I did up Cooper Spur is about seven and a half miles. It takes a good part of a day, and you'll be pretty tired/sore afterwards, but overall it's not so bad, and completely worth the effort. I'd highly recommend it.

rdenney

19-Sep-2012, 18:02

Thanks. Well, what you can see of me anyway. I should have removed the hood off my head. It was really windy and the very top is a small area too. To date myself, that was 3 years after Mt. St Helens (on left) blew its top.

Speaking of Mt. St. Helens, it's a subject that has always fascinated me. I don't climb those Pacific Northwest volcanoes, but I sure do like the few opportunities I've had to photograph them.

Here's a couple from St. Helens:

http://www.rickdenney.com/images/st_helens_zenitar_johnston_ridge_extreme_lores.jpg
Mount St. Helens from Johnston Ridge, 2003. Canon 10D, Zenitar 16mm fisheye.

http://www.rickdenney.com/images/st-helens-coldwater-ridge-l.jpg
Mount St. Helens from Coldwater Ridge, 2003. Canon 10D, Zenitar 16mm fisheye.

Rick "who has real fun with fisheye lenses" Denney

mdm

19-Sep-2012, 18:49

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ULUd6DgUEOs/UFp13esj34I/AAAAAAAABcw/cbTo_y2NzKw/s1600/P1000197.jpg
Panasonic LX5

Jody_S

19-Sep-2012, 19:00

Praktina IIa w/ 35mm Super Ritagon

80787

I'm slowly setting up my wet darkroom again, I have a few of these that really need to be printed on silver-based paper.

Corran

19-Sep-2012, 19:49

I've been looking at some of the photos I took with the ol' Pentax 67 again today, scanned with the Nikon LS-8000. Boy that camera was nice! I really miss it sometimes. I don't think I really appreciated it, and I never got into the b&w thing because I didn't develop it myself yet, so I just shot slide film with the TTL meter, handheld always. Came out pretty okay!

Here's some flowers on Velvia:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/oldstuff1/of01.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/oldstuff1/of02.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/oldstuff1/of03.jpg

(to be continued)

Corran

19-Sep-2012, 19:50

(cont.)

And here's some cliche panoramas on Velvia (converted the first to b&w digitally):

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/oldstuff1/oldpano1.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/oldstuff1/oldpano2.jpg

And here's some random stuff...I think Provia this time:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/oldstuff1/oo01.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/oldstuff1/oo02.jpg

tuco

19-Sep-2012, 20:16

Speaking of Mt. St. Helens, it's a subject that has always fascinated me. I don't climb those Pacific Northwest volcanoes, but I sure do like the few opportunities I've had to photograph them.

Here's a couple from St. Helens:

Nice shots.

Yeah, I tend to forget they are volcanoes. On that Mt. Hood climb we stopped to have breakfast just before the final leg of the climb up this ice wall. You could smell sulfur in the air and there were large boulders and an area of ground that did not have snow covering them. I thought that was odd because everything was covered in snow. I hiked over to them and they were really warm to the touch. A stark reminder that this volcano was still ticking.

tuco

19-Sep-2012, 20:55

Spectacular scene!

Jonathan

Spectacular is definitely the word for that Tuco-wow!

Thanks, you guys.

Corran

20-Sep-2012, 23:59

A lot of you guys post pictures of your kids. Well, here's a picture that I took of my parents! This is honestly the best picture of them I've gotten, taken with a cute little Nikkormat EL and 50mm f/1.2 (I think they warmed up to the simple old SLR...they always tense up with my bigger cams). My dad always looks like a goof; here he finally looks halfway normal. Anyway...I think this will make a nice Christmas gift, matted/framed. Oh, taken with some old Fuji Sensia slide film.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/sensiamd.jpg

Myxine

21-Sep-2012, 10:33

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/8008139600_c16ea889bb_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolarnaud/8008139600/)
Trail of Tears (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolarnaud/8008139600/) by L'Eidolon (http://www.flickr.com/people/nolarnaud/), on Flickr

I never contributed on the safe haven, but as i fell in love with the Xpan, i thought i'd share some of my shots.
Here is some velvia converted B&W. I wanted the shot in B&W but had gone through all my B&W rolls supply :)

austin granger

21-Sep-2012, 16:01

Lampreys, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7984535119_8f0a44153d_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

jcoldslabs

21-Sep-2012, 16:28

Lampreys, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7984535119_8f0a44153d_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

That is both elegant and creepy at the same time.

Jonathan

chassis

21-Sep-2012, 17:55

Williamsburg Bridge, New York
iPhone4
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/8010671535_18b408df75_z.jpg

Manhattan Bridge, New York
iPhone4
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8309/8010676094_930c8bbe6d_z.jpg

jcoldslabs

21-Sep-2012, 18:09

Musée d'Orsay on the Seine, Paris

Mamiya 7, 43mm, 35mm pano adapter, Velvia 50

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Paris---Musee-D%27Orsay-01.jpg

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

21-Sep-2012, 18:47

And here are some shots from this summer of my nephew. We took him to the Tillamook Cheese Factory where they have one of those machines that--for fifty cents--flattens a penny into an oblong shape. He was unimpressed, as you can tell from the photos.

Canon AE-1 Program, Canon FD 50mm 1:1.4, T-Max 400 (expired 2002)

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2008.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm%20%28TMax%20400%29%20-%2007.jpg

Jonathan

Corran

21-Sep-2012, 20:05

Ha! You can do it for free at the train track!

Love the 35mm pano. I always wanted to get one of those adapters for my Pentax67 back in the day. Great colors.

austin granger

21-Sep-2012, 23:48

Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/8011267624_34d1f4f540_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Denise Dognini

22-Sep-2012, 09:16

After reading Tim Rudman's book, I decided to lith print this old 35mm color negative. Lith printing is quite an addiction!I still have to learn some advanced techniques, and toning... There are others at my Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisedognini/).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8445/8012318928_c2a049a5b6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisedognini/8012318928/)
Lith Print 6 - Mucugê (http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisedognini/8012318928/) por Denise Dognini (http://www.flickr.com/people/denisedognini/), no Flickr

Frank Petronio

22-Sep-2012, 09:38

lampreys, bonneville dam, columbia river

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7984535119_8f0a44153d_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

hey no political posts!

Alan Gales

22-Sep-2012, 09:54

hey no political posts!

:D

austin granger

22-Sep-2012, 10:00

With our thoughts we make the world. I think the Buddha said that.

Richard Wasserman

22-Sep-2012, 10:01

Ghost of film projectionists past—they were installing a new digital projection/audio system in a movie theater that opened in 1918.

Mamiya 7II 43mm lens

Acros/Pyrocat

80893

austin granger

22-Sep-2012, 10:12

Shoot, that was religion, wasn't it? :)

jcoldslabs

22-Sep-2012, 11:36

Self-portrait from 1987. Yes, I can laugh at myself. I do every time I look at this picture!

Nikon F3, 28mm

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/35mm---J.-1987.jpg

Jonathan

tuco

22-Sep-2012, 13:21

A snap of my nephew chimping a shot while out taking scouting pictures of some new sand dune turf along the Oregon Coast. We dubbed that the cyclops tree.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7935403850_50a36984eb_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7935403850/)

M7II, 43mm, 400TMY @ EI 25, Yellow Filter

jcoldslabs

23-Sep-2012, 04:41

Just as I was framing and focusing this shot a glint of sunlight came bouncing off a nearby window right on her face. Talk about luck!

Rolleiflex 3.5F Planar, HP5+

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Rolleiflex---Madeline-01.jpg

Jonathan

Corran

23-Sep-2012, 09:24

Nice! Ever notice you've got a different style of shooting with medium format? Not necessarily in terms of pictorial style but instead the choices of subject and the spontaneity of your image making. It's interesting. Anyway, just a thought.

Now I know all of you just love my photos of gospel concerts so here's some snaps from yesterday. Nikon D700 + 35/2, 50/1.2, 85/1.8, 135/2DC, 300/2.8:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/dap9121.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/dap9122.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/dap9126.jpg

Corran

23-Sep-2012, 09:24

And a few closer shots:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/dap9123.jpg http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/dap9124.jpg http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/dap9125.jpg

tuco

23-Sep-2012, 10:18

Nice! Ever notice you've got a different style of shooting with medium format?
Nikon D700

Let's see. A manual focus film camera and one that might not even have a built-in light meter vs a camera that all you have to do is point and shoot even under extreme low light conditions and it automagically gets a shot. Hm, no, I'd say there is no difference between the two that would influence what you can shoot. ;)

Corran

23-Sep-2012, 10:27

I was talking about Jonathan and his use of medium format (be it a TLR or his Mamiya 7) vs. his use of LF. Sorry, I was unclear :)

sully75

23-Sep-2012, 10:40

Mamiya C330/80mm/Portra. Still love this camera. A lot of out of focus on this roll, and this one isn't insane sharp, but I remember there was not a ton of light and I was handholding. My favorite portrait camera. I could pretty much dump the LF and still live happily after. I think of doing that sometimes...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8016272752_c3c658ce84_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/8016272752/)
Kara (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/8016272752/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

tuco

23-Sep-2012, 12:29

I was talking about Jonathan and his use of medium format (be it a TLR or his Mamiya 7) vs. his use of LF. Sorry, I was unclear :)

I see. I thought you ment MF in general. My bad.

jcoldslabs

23-Sep-2012, 13:40

Ever notice you've got a different style of shooting with medium format? Not necessarily in terms of pictorial style but instead the choices of subject and the spontaneity of your image making.

Absolutely. I don't know about anyone else, but I never set out to have a "style" or pick only certain subjects to photograph, but when I shoot with hand-held cameras I end up shooting at different subject distances and angles than I do with LF. Not on purpose, I don't think, but hand-holding a camera--any camera--is a completely different experience from tripod-mounted cameras of any size.

Jonathan

Rain Dance

23-Sep-2012, 14:09

A picture of fisherman back in the Philippines, I think I was trying to handhold my Canon 1000d at 1 second. :D

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5286/5334835627_8f6b933f19_z.jpg

jcoldslabs

23-Sep-2012, 16:32

Being a book-worm and a homebody, this is the essence of relaxation for me: feet up, camera in hand, good light and a good book.

Mamiya 7, 43mm, T-Max 100

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/M7---Feet%2C-Paris-02.jpg

Jonathan

Corran

23-Sep-2012, 17:08

Cute house.

I am really starting to want a Mamiya 7. Hmm...

Richard Wasserman

23-Sep-2012, 18:24

Corran, you won't regret it

Mamiya 7II 43mm lens

80936

Corran

23-Sep-2012, 18:38

(The question is what to sell to afford it though :p)

Richard Wasserman

23-Sep-2012, 18:40

You only need to sell one kidney, not both....

(The question is what to sell to afford it though :p)

Corran

23-Sep-2012, 18:47

Ha!
Well, here is another shot from that 35mm roll of Sensia. I like this film a lot!! This is a memorial rock in Lake Lanier, visible because of the low water levels:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Sensia0015.jpg

jcoldslabs

23-Sep-2012, 19:01

Cute house.

It was a vacation rental apartment, but no less relaxing because of it. Maybe more relaxing?

As for the Mamiya 7, it's a pretty great camera, although I haven't used mine in a while. I keep thinking I need to bust it out. Here's another one, cropped square, from the M7 and 65mm.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/M7---Spencer-01.jpg

And here's one of the few "street photography" shots I've ever done, also with the M7:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/M7---Bus-Stop%2C-Paris.jpg

Jonathan

jcoldslabs

24-Sep-2012, 12:20

And in a completely different direction....

I love my analog gear, but this was the first time in a while that I longed for autofocus and burst mode*. But, for me, it's analogous to not having a cell phone. About twice a year I'm in a situation where I think, "Gee, it sure would be nice to be able to make a call right now." But the rest of the time I never notice the lack. Although, I can tell you from experience that finding a working pay phone is getting to be more and more difficult.

Mamiya 7, 80mm, Kodak E100S, hot shoe mounted SB-24 for fill.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/M7---R-Smith-01c.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/M7---R-Smith-04b.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/M7---R-Smith-03.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/M7---R-Smith-02.jpg

Jonathan

*I realize that you don't need digital for autofocus and FPS, but digital would have been perfectly suited to this subject.

z_photo

24-Sep-2012, 17:48

jazz fans?
D800, iso 4000, 70-200mm at f/3.2, 1/160sec

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u4/kzpictures/stanleyclarke.jpg

Corran

24-Sep-2012, 18:23

Cool! Wish his face wasn't obscured.

z_photo

24-Sep-2012, 20:42

i liked the action in the first one. and the eye glint. :) many more available to choose from.

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u4/kzpictures/StanleyClarke2.jpg

jcoldslabs

24-Sep-2012, 22:03

i liked the action in the first one. and the eye glint. :)

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u4/kzpictures/StanleyClarke2.jpg

I like them both. Great available light shots. They capture (what I assume to be) the spirit of the performance.

Jonathan

austin granger

25-Sep-2012, 13:33

Sauvie Island
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/8024419324_f6ab233ea9_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

jcoldslabs

25-Sep-2012, 14:39

Me + Diana camera + sidewalk = this.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Diana---Sidewalk-01.jpg

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Diana---Shadow-r2.jpg

Jonathan

austin granger

25-Sep-2012, 19:39

Jaguar, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8182/8024897737_c0013c7b8b_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

austin granger

25-Sep-2012, 19:42

And then there's this:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8181/8025272350_c9823b3bda_z.jpg

The best I can figure is that he's trying to preserve his tires. I pass this house a lot, and the shields only seem to show up on sunny days.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

tuco

25-Sep-2012, 20:52

The best I can figure is that he's trying to preserve his tires. I pass this house a lot, and the shields only seem to show up on sunny days.

Out of the ordinary, indeed. Protecting white-wall tires, perhaps?

Corran

25-Sep-2012, 22:45

Speaking of jazz, I was running a jazz concert today. I snapped some shots with my Nikon SP and either a 35mm f/1.8 or 105mm f/2.5 lenses. I used TMZ and stand developed in Rodinal...well not going to do that again. Way grainy and some weird effects, but whatever:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10051s.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10048s.jpg

rdenney

25-Sep-2012, 22:47

Out of the ordinary, indeed. Protecting white-wall tires, perhaps?

Actually, it is quite common for people to shade (or cover) the tires on vehicles that are driven only occasionally, such as those on RV's. Fabric covers are available at any decent RV store. It minimizes the effects of ultraviolet on the tire, which causes surface cracking. But I doubt it helps much in reality--what really keeps tires from cracking is regular use. The exercise of the rubber releases the compounds in the mix that keep the rubber from getting brittle.

Rick "who owns a motorhome" Denney

austin granger

25-Sep-2012, 23:12

Actually, it is quite common for people to shade (or cover) the tires on vehicles that are driven only occasionally, such as those on RV's. Fabric covers are available at any decent RV store. It minimizes the effects of ultraviolet on the tire, which causes surface cracking. But I doubt it helps much in reality--what really keeps tires from cracking is regular use. The exercise of the rubber releases the compounds in the mix that keep the rubber from getting brittle.

Rick "who owns a motorhome" Denney

Well there you go-I learn something new every day. Thanks Rick! I've always thought the van looked amusing with its square tires. Or flippers, as if it was some kind of aquatic dinosaur, a plesiosaur maybe.

tuco

25-Sep-2012, 23:46

Speaking of jazz, I was running a jazz concert today. I snapped some shots with my Nikon SP and either a 35mm f/1.8 or 105mm f/2.5 lenses. I used TMZ and stand developed in Rodinal...well not going to do that again. Way grainy and some weird effects, but whatever:

I wonder if it is like 320TXP and Rodinal. Grain clumping. I'd never do that combination again either.

Actually, it is quite common for people to shade (or cover) the tires on vehicles that are driven only occasionally, such as those on RV's. Fabric covers are available at any decent RV store. It minimizes the effects of ultraviolet on the tire, which causes surface cracking. But I doubt it helps much in reality--what really keeps tires from cracking is regular use. The exercise of the rubber releases the compounds in the mix that keep the rubber from getting brittle.

Rick "who owns a motorhome" Denney

Not common on the west side of the cascades in the Pacific NW, I should say. ;)

jcoldslabs

26-Sep-2012, 03:07

Another from a series I did documenting firefighter training. The scan shows some detail in the foreground shadows, but viewed on white it is hard to see. It was a real struggle to meter for the big flare-ups of flame: too much exposure and the subtle detail of the flames would blow out; stop down too much and the shadows took a hit. Plus every few minutes the sun would peek out from behind the clouds and then disappear again. If I had it to do over again I would shoot color negative film for more exposure latitude.

Fuji GSW690II, Velvia 50

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/GSW690II---Firefighters.jpg

Jonathan

hoffy

26-Sep-2012, 04:48