safe haven for tiny formats

[Tin Can]

Randy that is awesome! I particularly like the white patch on the wing that adds contrast the overall subject.

Here is a link to the drone video (https://youtu.be/L6g-UZFpFOQ) - watch it in 4K if you can:)

Pali

Pali, watched it in 4K big screen. Was that spinning top, lens flare, or an alien?

The God View is interesting, especially as there are no more people...:)

[Peter De Smidt]

Good one, Randy!

[Corran]

Shot some Provia in the Widelux while waiting for the sun to set:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/zwerner-1846ss.jpg

Gotta remember to compensate a bit for the viewfinder parallax when shooting vertical.

Here's one more from the local college:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/ung-1842ss.jpg

[HoodedOne]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4907/45960920881_7effca378b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d2pJwn)Diamond Beach (Iceland) by -HoodedOne- (https://flic.kr/p/2d2pJwn)

Diamond Beach, Iceland
Bronica EC 6x6
Nikkor 75/2.8 with 10 stop nd
Velvia 50
Exposure: 1 min.

[chassis]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4907/45960920881_7effca378b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d2pJwn)Diamond Beach (Iceland) by -HoodedOne- (https://flic.kr/p/2d2pJwn)

Diamond Beach, Iceland
Bronica EC 6x6
Nikkor 75/2.8 with 10 stop nd
Velvia 50
Exposure: 1 min.

Interesting and engaging.

[David Lobato]

Oregon Ridge Park, Maryland

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4810/45994280231_ab9b1c605d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d5mH6z)A7204622-2 (https://flic.kr/p/2d5mH6z) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

[David Lobato]

Winter Skies approaching, Maryland

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4903/32145524068_c219d3b9e8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QYAdnA)Oregon Ridge B&W Sky A7204647 (https://flic.kr/p/QYAdnA) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

[austin granger]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4880/31041120367_e1e0f0e037_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PhZRCt)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/PhZRCt) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[chassis]

Austin and David, nice work with the outdoor images.

[Louis Pacilla]

Austin and David, nice work with the outdoor images.

+1 Yes sir +1! Dare I say as always.:)

BTW- LOADS & LOADS of fantastic images going on around here so....
Thanks to all who have shared their work.

[Peter De Smidt]

BTW- LOADS & LOADS of fantastic images going on around here so....
Thanks to all who have shared their work.

I agree! Those are some very inspirational images.

[David Lobato]

Thanks guys.

[germansaram]

Portland (https://flic.kr/p/PhZRCt) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Wow this looks really mystical and what an interesting frame :)

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2017-11-1995E.jpg
Massachusetts, November 2017

[Peter De Smidt]

Outstanding photo, Ken!

[Ulophot]

Ken, I love the little details that animate your compositions from unexpected, often quiet places. It is notable that you bring to the small format the same compositional care that your LF work exhibits.

[Pali K]

Austin and Ken - breathtaking photos as always!

Here is another image I took from the drone today.


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4839/46001525432_e6852c2f61_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d5ZQQQ)

DJI Mavic Air | Raw + PS Camera Raw

Pali

[Peter De Smidt]

That's awesome, Pali!

[scheinfluger_77]

This is cool Pali! You know, I predict a new genre of photo subjects coming. It’s easy to get straight down shots from a drone. What about working at making such a shot less ‘busy’ and developing compositional rules just for this type of photo? Take them out of the realm of pure documentation and into .... (gasp) art.

[Pali K]

Thank you Peter and Steve! I am such a rookie with the drone and my heart was racing when I sent it way up in the air for this capture. I definitely will try to be more creative with it once I get the hang of it and don't feel like any wrong move on my part will send it crashing into the water or trees :)

Pali

[Corran]

Looks like you are having fun Pali! A friend of mine has an older drone and we went out flying a few times. We was wary of me flying it because I'd zip around pretty fast and furiously. Of course it wasn't mine so...:). But a life of video gaming has taught me great eye/hand coordination so I was able to fly it pretty well!

A few more Widelux shots from this weekend...hope you guys don't mind! Shot on Kodak XX dev'd in HC-110 dil. H:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/minnehaha-1880ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/secretfalls-1896ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/secretfalls-1888css.jpg

[Merg Ross]

This is cool Pali! You know, I predict a new genre of photo subjects coming. It’s easy to get straight down shots from a drone. What about working at making such a shot less ‘busy’ and developing compositional rules just for this type of photo? Take them out of the realm of pure documentation and into .... (gasp) art.

The work of Bill Garnett comes to mind. Perhaps you are already familiar with his photographs. One of the best, over many years.

https://www.artsy.net/artist/william-garnett

[Pali K]

Thank you Bryan! I am loving your work with the Widelux!

Pali

[Corran]

Thanks Pali! Of course I love the 2:5 aspect ratio of the Widelux, matching the K6x15 and my 8x20...

[David Lobato]

Oregon Ridge Park, Maryland

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4812/45343431084_394bdb63d6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2c5QWjy)Oregon Ridge Trail B&W A7204636 (https://flic.kr/p/2c5QWjy) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

[pgk]

Twilight, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK (90mm Elmarit-M on M9)

184787

[David Lobato]

Twilight, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK (90mm Elmarit-M on M9)


Nice

[Scott Schroeder]

Galaxy S8 android Snapseed

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20181122_171433-01-1189x941.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20181122_171452-01-1006x1197.jpg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[jp]

Nice start with the drone photo! My last experience with an RC airplane was when a gust of wind took it out of range and it promptly crashed into the ocean. I think drones have improved enough that I could use one comfortably now. I'm saving towards a midrange dji. I can forsee it being like 8x10 with low cost barrier to entry and much expensive options and accessories... Video editing software, extra batteries and parts, nicer display for controlling it, etc..

Defocused to create only impression:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4880/45357062464_30b467cbcb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2c73Nsm)
_DSC2370 (https://flic.kr/p/2c73Nsm) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

This was picked for Explore in flickr; happens sometimes to my photos.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4829/45985303572_c90f46ca71_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d4yGDA)
_DSC2290 (Explored) (https://flic.kr/p/2d4yGDA) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[austin granger]

Thanks chassis, Louis, germansaram, pali. Here's another one from the xpan, made on the same foggy day:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4815/45328789764_82dfe9805f_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2c4xTY1)Mary in the Fog, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/2c4xTY1) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Chester McCheeserton]

184818
184819



sony A7r3, leitz summicron 35 v4, last one w vivitar 285 Thyristor

any tips for how to upload larger images on here if you aren't using a hosting service like Flickr?
like instead of these thumbnails I mean

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ti17qwz8pi8ws8o/hayfield.jpg?raw=1
Wisconsin Countryside, Mid-1990s
Nikon Fm2
Kodak Technical Pan

[Tin Can]

Tiny (format) haystacks. Been a long time since i have seen them.

You changed your tag!


https://www.dropbox.com/s/ti17qwz8pi8ws8o/hayfield.jpg?raw=1
Wisconsin Countryside, Mid-1990s
Nikon Fm2
Kodak Technical Pan

[Pali K]

That is a nice one from the archives Peter!

Here is another drone photo.


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4867/45385845104_2d39e1e0a1_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2c9AjwL)

DJI Mavic Air | Raw + PS Camera Raw

Pali

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Guys. Pali, I'm loving those aerial photos!

Here's another from the archives:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1x1z13kwgv3kq1x/Harrington_Rock23.jpg?raw=1
Boulder, Low Water, Harrington Beach (Early 1990s)
35mm HIE film

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5x07garf72plgtc/Harrington_Rock.jpg?raw=1

[Peter Lewin]

Peter, I really like that second "boulder at low tide," makes me think of a Friar's head! What really struck me is that many of us seem to take "view camera" pictures even when we are carrying 35mm (or now digital) cameras.

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Peter.

[h2oman]

Crater Lake National Park, Olympus OM-D M5, 14-45 kit lens.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/143791426@N04/45398193914

I was trying to embed the image from Flickr like some of you do, but couldn't figure out how to do it. Help?

[Peter De Smidt]

That's a lovely image! Sorry, I don't know about Flickr. With Dropbox, you embed a direct link in an img tag.

[Peter Mounier]

Crater Lake National Park, Olympus OM-D M5, 14-45 kit lens.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/143791426@N04/45398193914

I was trying to embed the image from Flickr like some of you do, but couldn't figure out how to do it. Help?

That's a great image! And I'm glad to see that you posted two different images, here, and in the Hiking forum. Both are great! Here is how to post an image that you have on Flickr ...

If you go to your Flickr page where the image is, click on the icon to "Share photo". The page that opens next gives you some options for sharing, and you want to click on BBCode. Within the BBCode is your image's web address, and it is between the and brackets.
For the image to appear in the forum you need to copy and paste the image brackets plus everything that follows up to and including the closing bracket into the body of your post. Don't leave any spaces between the brackets and the image address. That should do it.

Peter

[chassis]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4864/45400027364_b3a3361d6f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2caR1qu)
iPhoneX

[h2oman]

Thank you, Peter. I have a few more snowy images - I'll try posting one here via Flickr tomorrow or Sunday.

And thank you for the compliment on the images!

[HoodedOne]

Skógafoss (Iceland)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4835/31080327477_966eff6a15_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PmsNx8)Skógafoss by -HoodedOne- (https://flic.kr/p/PmsNx8)

Bronica EC with 150mm on Delta 100

[h2oman]

Great take on a well-worn subject! Good job.

[Tin Can]

Very nice!

I see we are getting more phone camera pics of very high quality.

I bought my iPhone SE primarily for the camera, so small it is alway in my shirt pocket and still available for under $150!




https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4864/45400027364_b3a3361d6f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2caR1qu)
iPhoneX

[David Schaller]

Crater Lake National Park, Olympus OM-D M5, 14-45 kit lens.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/143791426@N04/45398193914

I was trying to embed the image from Flickr like some of you do, but couldn't figure out how to do it. Help?
Be sure to uncheck the box about storing it on the forum’s server.

[David Lobato]

Herring Run Park, Baltimore, in the fog this morning.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4911/46148727151_bfb361320e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dj1hMv)A7204741 (https://flic.kr/p/2dj1hMv) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

[chassis]

Herring Run Park, Baltimore, in the fog this morning.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4911/46148727151_bfb361320e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dj1hMv)A7204741 (https://flic.kr/p/2dj1hMv) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

Another great image, David.

[David Lobato]

Another, Herring Run Park, Baltimore.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4893/46162561191_2c52bbd918_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dkecar)A7204767 (https://flic.kr/p/2dkecar) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

[David Lobato]

Cromwell Valley Park, Maryland

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4896/32295936738_30d8c433cd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RcT7Pu)Cromwell Valley Sycamore Tree B&W A7204897 (https://flic.kr/p/RcT7Pu) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

Galaxy S8



http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/102_IMG_20181122_125148_021.jpg


http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/102_IMG_20181118_162932_955-2268x2835.jpg


http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/102_20181128_173121-01-1963x593.jpg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/Fed.jpg
FED Camera, November 2017

[chassis]

Galaxy S8



http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/102_IMG_20181122_125148_021.jpg


http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/102_IMG_20181118_162932_955-2268x2835.jpg


http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/102_20181128_173121-01-1963x593.jpg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

All great Scott.

[jarl33]

The first (new) light for a thrift store Ansco Viking 4.5
185131
Bellows and back are leaking and I had to take the picture wide open. But hey, I got something ;)

[David Lobato]

iPhone, and Lightroom CC for B&W conversion

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4816/45470164434_6b5106759e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ch3tJj)IMG_7377-2 (https://flic.kr/p/2ch3tJj) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

Galaxy S8 android Snapseed

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20181206_094312-01-679x1008.jpg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[chassis]

Galaxy S8 android Snapseed

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20181206_094312-01-679x1008.jpg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Looks great Scott. Snapseed is a great PP tool for the "device".

[Scott Schroeder]

Thanks. Yes I like it but it would be nice to have a little more control...

Galaxy S8 Snapseed

https://www.schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20181206_125301-01-768x1089.jpg

[Tin Can]

Scott you don’t access a manual settings app?

[Eric Woodbury]

185261

I just discovered that these print better as a triptych.

Taken Nov 1976.

[Corran]

Lake Zwerner Dam Overflowing
Leica M6, MS-Optical 35mm f/3.5 Perar, Kodak XX, HC-110 dil. H

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/zwerner-1969ss.jpg

Occasionally we get enough rain to overflow the dam. It's an interesting sight, with interlocking zig-zag architecture with water that either flows into or over the edges depending on which way you look at it. Here is the view from the other direction:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/zwerner-1962ss.jpg

[scheinfluger_77]

Bryan this looks like diptych material to me, very nice.

[Dan O'Farrell]

Really, really good! I appreciate your move away from swamps.:rolleyes:

[Corran]

Thanks guys. I agree Steve!

[chassis]

Bryan, the dam images are great. Lots of creative material to work with.

[Corran]

Thanks chassis!

[austin granger]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4856/46245896452_736ba14bb3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dsAiQh)Pontiac, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/2dsAiQh) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2012-05-0741.jpg
L'Arc de Triomphe
Paris, May 2012

[Pali K]

Two of my favorite photographers with amazing photos back to back. Stunning work as usual Austin and Ken!

Pali

[David Lobato]

Local foggy day at Herring Run

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4884/45420056645_308d24ce52_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ccBEqV)Herring Run Fog B&W A7204756 (https://flic.kr/p/2ccBEqV) by blazingshutters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55571025@N03/), on Flickr

[scheinfluger_77]

David this is awesome. I am considering alternate copping in my mind (I do this a lot) but I cannot see one change that would make it ‘better’. Thanks for sharing it.

[chassis]

Agree with Steve, David this is well done. I'm seeing a portrait crop, not better, just different.

[David Lobato]

Thanks guys for the comments. A crop to vertical has a lot of merit, it makes the background trees have prominence in the image. I just made prints of the uncropped photo.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/Hills.png
Massachusetts, August 2018

[chassis]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/Hills.png
Massachusetts, August 2018


Nice Ken. The word that comes to me is "complete".

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5thuotys457ecmi/Old_Farm_Buildings.jpg?raw=1

[Scott Schroeder]

Galaxy S8 PSCC

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20181216_171320.jpg

[Ramiro Elena]

Recent family trip to Argentina.
Cataratas de Iguazú from the Brazilian side.
Nikon F4s + Nikkor 28mm ƒ2,8
Fuji Superia 100 (expired)
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4883/46340341731_7874b5c8de_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dAWn8a)
NikonF4_0028 (https://flic.kr/p/2dAWn8a) by Ramiro Elena (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/), on Flickr

[Ramiro Elena]

Cataratas de Iguazú from the Argentine side.
Nikon F4s + Nikkor 28mm ƒ2,8
Fuji Superia 100 (expired)
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4872/46289091992_41f2ce817a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dwpGmY)
Argentina 2018 (https://flic.kr/p/2dwpGmY) by Ramiro Elena (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/59.jpg
Massachusetts, April 2017

[goamules]

Kern Switar 50/1.4 cine lens I found this weekend. I love this happy shot, taken through the window of a bar next to the restaurant we were waiting to get in. I peeked in between the blinds, and saw the shot developing, quickly snapped it. Manual focus too!

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4861/32559695868_9b6c0ba270_c.jpg

[Tin Can]

Like!

It emulates a smoky bar. I see no ashtrays.

[Pat Kearns]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/59.jpg
Massachusetts, April 2017


Ken, To quote you, "Bravo". The lines, the rectangles, highlights, shadows, textures are all perfect. Beautifully seen and captured.

[Ken Lee]

Thank you very much. Happy Holidays !

[Old_Dick]

Ken, mighty fine shot.

[EdoNork]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/59.jpg
Massachusetts, April 2017


I like it very much!
Congratulations!

[Corran]

Just some birds
Nikon D800e, 50mm f/1.8 AIS

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/DSC_1622ss.jpg

[nomennominatur]

Since a minor medical condition currently precludes my trying out the newly acquired LF gear outdoors, I am bent on clearing my backlog, scanning some autumnal 35 mm negatives. The grain of HP5 in this format will be revolting for most of you here, but the tonality still shines through imho (it is one of my favourites on MF, and I have opted it to be my start-off film on LF, too).

Sardegna, Valle di luna
(Daughters included for scale on this shot :cool: I have another one with the pure rockscape)

185796
Higher resolution:
http://www.galerie-elsner.de/pictures/M7-020_0011

[ Leica M7 ; Summicron V 50 mm f/2 ; B+W 090 ; Ilford HP5+ ; D76 1:1 ]

[Tin Can]

Love grain!

I had to look twice for the daughters.

[goamules]

Ha! I love those colorful birds!

[nomennominatur]

No Grain, No Gain

185797

Higher Resolution:
http://www.galerie-elsner.de/pictures/M7-019_0063.jpg

[ Leica M7 ; Summicron V 50 mm f/2 ; B+W 090 ; Ilford HP5+ ; D76 1:1 ]

[jp]

Great photos Peter and Ken!

I lugged my LF gear and tripod on a hike today and didn't even use it. I suspect the extra exercise helped my brain or body somehow. Shot two rolls of 120 with the rolleiflex and a couple cell phone snaps for family. Here's some leaves with a layer of ice, then water, then reflection, then shot with my $100 cell phone. I do like the thoughtfulness of layering in my photos. B&W negatives are drying, but I think the color here is useful.. Sort of an Eliot Porter palette and inspiration. Maybe the shapes and tones will stand on their own differently in the B&W film; It might still be in the camera... I don't try to shoot a certain amount on each outing, but it always seems like I'm halfway through a roll when I finish some outing.. Thomaston town forest. I will return during a gentle snow with the LF gear.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4834/45794640154_05852a61c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2cLHv4h)
1229181223_HDR (https://flic.kr/p/2cLHv4h) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[scheinfluger_77]

I really like how my attention shifts back and forth between reflection and viewing into the water.

[Tin Can]

Looks great Jason!

[Ulophot]

Jason, very fine.

[Corran]

Thanks Garrett. They are my mom's, about to be sent to new homes. She is a well-known breeder and sends birds all over the country.

Jason, that reminds me of the flooded pinelands here, but ours aren't generally frozen :).

Here's a cell phone shot of a crab today at an aquarium:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/crabss.jpg

[Graham Patterson]

Clever use of refraction to get two for one. I'm glad I didn't see this last night - that crab looks malevolent to me!

[Corran]

Yes he was a little snippy :).

I am shooting along the Gulf Coast this past week and next, and I have been using my phone to "preview" Widelux photos using the pano function:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/110loopunders.jpg

[Tin Can]

Amazing how well it works and how everything has a new perspective.

I shoot them now and then.

[Pali K]

Really like the double crab and the pano of the dock Bryan! I was in London this past week and used my phone camera frequently and the pano mode did come in handy to capture the city lights which were just gorgeous. I took my XPan with me and am slowly getting through my scans - here is a fresh one from tonight.


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7868/44717397650_c43a306eb3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2b8wmoE)

Hasselblad XPan | 45mm | Portra 400
JOBO CPP2 | Tetenal C41
Scanmate 11000

Pali

[jp]

Thanks Steve, Randy, Philip!

Bryan; plenty of live crabs up here if you want to get hands-on with them. They are not hard to deal with.

[Corran]

Thanks Pali! I saw those photos on FB, and I am excited to see your XPan scans soon! This first one has a nice moodiness to it.

Jason, you know you'll be on my list to call when (not if) I come up to Maine. As for the crab, my wife wants to eat 'em but I just like lookin' ;).

[Pali K]

I miss the Cape Neddick Maine area that we visited about a year ago. The coastal scenery with the light houses and the colorful architecture makes for an awesome photo trip as well. And though crabs are great, you gotta get the lobster while you are in Maine : )

Here are few more casual captures as I walked around London. The city is packed with people this time of the year so finding compositions without them was almost impossible. Tried to make the photos work with the crowds as best as I could.


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4834/31595186167_0b899be3ef_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Q8XA66)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7900/31604520727_bac513852d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Q9MqVM)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7920/44727388340_2b2beffde9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2b9pygW)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7864/32671664738_9d42e581da_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RM5PEs)

Hasselblad XPan | 45mm | Portra 400
JOBO CPP2 | Tetenal C41
Scanmate 11000


Pali

[Corran]

Nice work Pali!

My wife and I enjoyed ringing in 2019 on a private beach in Biloxi, MS, where we had a great view of the only fireworks display in town.

D800e, 28mm f/2 AI:
http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/DSC_1712s.jpg

Hopefully the Pentax 67ii and Provia shots came out, but that's for when I get home :). Now it's time for bed...

[Pali K]

That's awesome Bryan! I am sure it must have have been fun to have that entire view to yourself.

Looking forward to seeing your film photos of the fireworks.

[goamules]

New year's eve walk. Canon 35/2 LTM.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7892/32685477668_ec506f0679_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4876/45644340485_42b8a3d155_b.jpg

[Tin Can]

Elsewhere today I posted I am in reminisce mode. This I anticipated at least 20 years ago when I made my Memory Loss movie.

Shot on Super 8 B&W later degraded to digital, with DIY mount so the camera rotated on lens axis for floor projection with viewers standing in a circle.

I have forgotten the names of them all, but I remember the faces as we spent 2 years together. Can you spot me?

96 seconds long.

Memory Loss youtube my channel.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC5nDBnvMF4

[Pali K]

Nice images Garrett! Is the decaying a result of lightning strike or is this what happens when old cactus dies? I really like the 2nd one.

Randy - that is pretty cool! My guess is that you are the one around the 0:20 mark?

[Corran]

Is that the Saguaro National Monument? I think I've seen those saguaro bones.

[Corran]

Randy, your video is interesting, a bit trippy, and perhaps a little disconcerting. I think that's gotta be you at 1:24?

This is another cell phone shot, approximating a photo I made with my Pentax 67. Trying to channel a bit of Michael Kenna's high-key, graphic compositions, but coastal inspired:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/boatgrasss.jpg

I'm up to 20 rolls of film shot and 20+ sheets of 4x5 for this trip...

[Tin Can]

Bryan you are correct. I am at 1.24.

Here I am, the same year. With my meditative Human Weathervane which aims into the wind on a bearing. I still have it.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7916/46533549802_24c60fbf6c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dU1B9N)1-Mr NOT ART Human Weathervane 1998 (https://flic.kr/p/2dU1B9N) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[chassis]

Randy, your video is interesting, a bit trippy, and perhaps a little disconcerting. I think that's gotta be you at 1:24?

This is another cell phone shot, approximating a photo I made with my Pentax 67. Trying to channel a bit of Michael Kenna's high-key, graphic compositions, but coastal inspired:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/boatgrasss.jpg

I'm up to 20 rolls of film shot and 20+ sheets of 4x5 for this trip...

Great image Bryan.

[goamules]

On the saguaro questions, yes it's in the monument in Tucson. They do grow at certain elevations outside the park, I have a few in my neighborhood, but the monument is an easy way to get to concentrations of them there. And only a few miles from my house. The ribs are the woody part that give them their support. When the cactus dies for any reason, after a few years, saguaro ribs are all that is left. The local indians use them to make long poles to pull down the saguaro fruit. No one else is supposed to take them.

I took a film camera too, Retina IIc with 50/2.8 on HP-5

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4821/31673076497_2e3f1d93c5_c.jpg

And for scale:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4814/39649163303_514fcfde8c_z.jpg

[Pali K]

On the saguaro questions, yes it's in the monument in Tucson. They do grow at certain elevations outside the park, I have a few in my neighborhood, but the monument is an easy way to get to concentrations of them there. And only a few miles from my house. The ribs are the woody part that give them their support. When the cactus dies for any reason, after a few years, saguaro ribs are all that is left. The local indians use them to make long poles to pull down the saguaro fruit. No one else is supposed to take them.

Learned something new - thanks Garett! And nice film images as well.

Bryan, I like the high-key look and the simple scene in your latest image. Well done!

[Pali K]

A few more from London shot during nighttime.



https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4868/44776000530_1572899bee_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bdGGZ9)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7859/44776003260_dcdc3f931e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bdGHNd)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4839/45891476924_17e54c1361_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2cVgPfL)

Hasselblad XPan | 45mm | Portra 400
JOBO CPP2 | Tetenal C41
Scanmate 11000

[Tin Can]

Garrett,

When I was last in the area 30 years ago Saguaro assassination by gun was very popular. Saguaro are particularly anthropomorphic in the dark of night.

Has this slowed down?

Full disclosure, I once shot a road sign in the Midwest, but only once as I realized how stupid that was... mea culpa


On the saguaro questions, yes it's in the monument in Tucson. They do grow at certain elevations outside the park, I have a few in my neighborhood, but the monument is an easy way to get to concentrations of them there. And only a few miles from my house. The ribs are the woody part that give them their support. When the cactus dies for any reason, after a few years, saguaro ribs are all that is left. The local indians use them to make long poles to pull down the saguaro fruit. No one else is supposed to take them.

I took a film camera too, Retina IIc with 50/2.8 on HP-5

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4821/31673076497_2e3f1d93c5_c.jpg

And for scale:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4814/39649163303_514fcfde8c_z.jpg

[M_alice]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7897/31677442297_bf4344a15d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QgeaYe)Winter beach (https://flic.kr/p/QgeaYe) by M_alice '68 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/148513280@N03/)
Some kind of experiment... Unknown body, uknown lens, first time schooting with Tri-X rated 1600.

[Corran]

Thanks chassis and Pali.

Pali, I love the angel in the sky!!

[Pali K]

Thank you Bryan.

[Corran]

Flooded Pinelands
Black Creek Wilderness Area
Widelux F7, Kodak XX, HC-110

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/blackcreek-1988s.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/blackcreek-1987s.jpg

Found this wilderness area in Mississippi I had not heard of before. The trail is actually about 40 miles and open for backcountry hiking/camping. Might be a good trail to set my sites on for a longer trip, sussing out my gear and such as I move forward with longer treks. But right now the creek is flooding the entire area due to the rains we've been having and I could only get maybe a quarter mile into the wilderness from one access point (not to mention other access points were closed with the gov't shutdown). The area photographed above is supposed to be the trail, about 1/4 mile from the creek proper.

[CreationBear]

Might be a good trail to set my sites on for a longer trip, sussing out my gear and such as I move forward with longer treks.

Where does the 8x20 go again?:) (Although in that environment, I suppose you could use it as a field-expedient pirogue...) At any rate, nice shots, especially the first--if I had to guess, I'm thinking composition for this aspect ratio really benefits from a foreground "hinge."

[Corran]

Although in that environment, I suppose you could use it as a field-expedient pirogue...

Ha!
Yes I'm liking the first one more I think. The Widelux is a nice, small hiking camera, and I like the wide view. This kind of composition completely hides the swing-lens distortion. For distance hiking I honestly don't know what cameras would be best and fit in the allotted space in a backpack - perhaps the Widelux and a tiny 4x5 w/ one or two lenses, and maybe a 6x12 back.

[CreationBear]

perhaps the Widelux and a tiny 4x5 w/ one or two lenses, and maybe a 6x12 back.

I could definitely see taking the Widelux up into the high country if you're working the Last of the Mohicans side of the street. FWIW, I'm continually surprised about how compactly my Horseman kit rides compared to my P67--although I recently did go off the rez a bit and went ahead and added a 270/5.5 Tele-Arton. (Just one shot with it so far over in the "Trees" thread, but I'm really digging both the perspective and bright GG it allows.:))

[Corran]

Everything is compact compared to the Pentax ;).
I must've missed your Tree post, will have to look!

Opening Soon
Brooklyn, Mississippi

Leica M6, MS-Optical 35mm f/3.5 Perar, T-Max 100, FX-39

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/m6brooklyn-2080ss.jpg

[scheinfluger_77]

Photos like this always elicit an inward chuckle from me, but it is a little sad as well. Something like this is the palpable representation of someone’s failed dream of self-sufficiency. Having been there twice myself it evokes a sympathetic pang within.

[Corran]

Thank you for bringing up a different perspective than I had considered on the image Steve. I had imagined the words scrawled in jest but perhaps not.

Two more Widelux shots:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/110loop-2034s.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/biloxipier-2051s.jpg

[Corran]

Wildlife images can get kinda boring but I found a different angle on this egret.

Nikon F4, 500mm f/8 AI catadioptric lens, Fuji Superia 200:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/birds-2118ss.jpg

[Jim Galli]

Wildlife images can get kinda boring but I found a different angle on this egret.

Nikon F4, 500mm f/8 AI catadioptric lens, Fuji Superia 200:

Gotta love it. High key is not one little bit easy. (for me it would be luck, not purpose)

[Corran]

Thanks. I overexposed it in the camera 3 stops from the meter reading and ended up underdeveloping the film a bit so it worked out, especially with scanning/processing. I like high-key a lot but like you said, difficult to get right!

[Corran]

One more bird, but a little less...alive.

Dead Pelican
Pelican Point - Dauphin Island, AL
Nikon F4, 50mm f/1.8 AIS, T-Max 100, FX-39

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/msf4-2245ss.jpg

[austin granger]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4892/46620357242_40c949c57e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2e2FvYN)Crows, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/2e2FvYN) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7830/46682861091_efa0900e3b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2e8cScn)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/2e8cScn) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[jp]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4892/46620357242_40c949c57e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2e2FvYN)Crows, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/2e2FvYN) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr


That's thoroughly got your style and it's good.

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylcvghonh1bojwi/geese_web.jpg?raw=1

[Tin Can]

Nice X 2!

[Corran]

I guess it's bird week :).

[Peter De Smidt]

Bird week? Ok, here's one from a very long time ago:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kkivooil574lwhp/Screamer.jpg?raw=1

But, wait! There's more:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qjts53t8ro4au1r/Osprey_landing_Nest.jpg?raw=1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ymgq85iso59mmdi/wet_owl_web.jpg?raw=1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hdqpqo933n0th0p/Owl%20Next%20Day.jpg?raw=1

[Corran]

Nice hawk Peter! Edit: and owls!

I just remembered some photos I shot at a Renaissance Fair over the summer, including this image of two scarlet macaws. When I was younger, I really wanted my mom to get a pair, but despite raising baby birds she is leery of the larger birds that have some serious strength in their beaks. There was a scarlet at the pet shop she sold cockatiels to that was available for months, that was kinda mean to everyone but for some reason liked me and let me pet it. My mom was afraid it was going to take off a finger.

Nikon F3, 80-200mm f/4.5, Portra 160 I think:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/renfair-0173ss.jpg

And speaking of hawks/owls, I always love seeing raptor shows:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/renfair-0109ss.jpg

[Tin Can]

2 points if you can identify what this was made from

Hint, Iron Duke and 727

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7866/39761849993_6033392f1c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23zBSHP)What is it (https://flic.kr/p/23zBSHP) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[Sfroza]

I became trans fixed on the steering gear while looking at the Ferio powerplant.

Michael

[goamules]

WWII ASW fort, Portsmouth, NH. Nikkor 50/1.4 on Ilford.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7912/46680461912_15f8262107_c.jpg

[David Hedley]

Crosby Beach, near Liverpool;
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4866/39760065833_5a077f2137_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23zsJmr)
Hasselblad H2, 35mm / ND grad 0.6, Phase One P45+

[mfohl]

Here are some 35 mm shots from walking around Columbus. Nikon FM2, 55mm Micro Nikkor.

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[MultiFormat Shooter]

Here are some 35 mm shots from walking around Columbus. Nikon FM2, 55mm Micro Nikkor.

I really like the first one. The composition is simple, but very effective in its use of shape and line.

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2g63mvo3jzb7e8/DSC_4316.jpg?raw=1

[Tin Can]

Nice Peter. Those things are deadly!

Btw, I had my trees trimmed, now less deadly...

[mfohl]

I really like the first one. The composition is simple, but very effective in its use of shape and line.

Thanks!

[Peter De Smidt]

Nice Peter. Those things are deadly!

Btw, I had my trees trimmed, now less deadly...

This view is from behind a partially frozen waterfall. I almost won a Darwin award getting this shot.

That's good news about your trees!

[Leszek Vogt]

V. nice, Peter. Love to see this abstract and the icicles, but sure don't wish to live it.

Les

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Les. Yeah, it was pretty cold!

[Corran]

Really like that one Peter! The half and half bright/dark diagonal composition is perfect.

Need to shoot some icicles this year but it hasn't really been that cold.

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Bryan!

[jon.oman]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2g63mvo3jzb7e8/DSC_4316.jpg?raw=1

Great image Peter!

It reminds me of my childhood home area in the UP of Michigan.....

[jon.oman]

This view is from behind a partially frozen waterfall. I almost won a Darwin award getting this shot.

That's good news about your trees!

I have had a few of those moments myself!

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Jon!

[Tin Can]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4879/32930336828_5dae2d7d02_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SaWzS5)Looking out my front door (https://flic.kr/p/SaWzS5) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[scheinfluger_77]

Randy you forgot the “Do, do, do...” part.

[Tin Can]

and CCR is NOT available on Prime muzak


Randy you forgot the “Do, do, do...” part.

[MultiFormat Shooter]

Looking out my front door

This has a very nostalgic look that I really like.

[Tin Can]

Thanks! Shot and edited on iPhone SE.


This has a very nostalgic look that I really like.

[Corran]

Updated an image I made in 2010 of the eclipse, where I made a curved composite of the moon as it entered the shadow. The background was plain black and kinda boring so I tried compositing a wide view of the Milky Way I shot a couple years ago. A bit cheesy perhaps but hey why not.

Nikon D800E, Nikkor 500mm f/8 catadioptric AI (late model), + 14-24mm f/2.8 image

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/moon-sequence-1stars-smallers.jpg

[Tin Can]

Thanks for posting, it was cold here and line of sight was poor.

[jon.oman]

Very nice Bryan!

[Corran]

Thanks guys!

Randy, it got down to 23 degrees here, which for us is real cold. My wife and I went out to a local lake/hiking area and I brought our 20 degree sleeping bags that unzip to sit almost flat to use as giant blankets, along with lots of other blankets. We don't really have good cold-weather gear (nor do we generally need it) and my hands/feet were numb by the time I packed it in. But it was fun to watch and it was very clear.

Gotta mix up some fresh C-41 chems and develop the 4-hour exposures I made on 4x5 Portra. Not sure if I got what I hoped for / envisioned but if I do I'm sure I'll post it ;).

[Tin Can]

A bit colder here, but I cannot drive at night.

I am sure you got something good!


Thanks guys!

Randy, it got down to 23 degrees here, which for us is real cold. My wife and I went out to a local lake/hiking area and I brought our 20 degree sleeping bags that unzip to sit almost flat to use as giant blankets, along with lots of other blankets. We don't really have good cold-weather gear (nor do we generally need it) and my hands/feet were numb by the time I packed it in. But it was fun to watch and it was very clear.

Gotta mix up some fresh C-41 chems and develop the 4-hour exposures I made on 4x5 Portra. Not sure if I got what I hoped for / envisioned but if I do I'm sure I'll post it ;).

[jp]

Thanks guys!

Randy, it got down to 23 degrees here, which for us is real cold. My wife and I went out to a local lake/hiking area and I brought our 20 degree sleeping bags that unzip to sit almost flat to use as giant blankets, along with lots of other blankets. We don't really have good cold-weather gear (nor do we generally need it) and my hands/feet were numb by the time I packed it in. But it was fun to watch and it was very clear.

Gotta mix up some fresh C-41 chems and develop the 4-hour exposures I made on 4x5 Portra. Not sure if I got what I hoped for / envisioned but if I do I'm sure I'll post it ;).

Those sleeping bag ratings are always optimistic marketing, even for warm blooded me. 20f rating means 20f when the only hole in the sleeping bag is a tiny breathing hole AND you've got something else warm under you and over you, and you're wearing long clothes in the sleeping bag. The idea of layers in the cold does not go away because it's night!

[Corran]

Very true. I shopped long and hard to find decent bags that weren't complete scams in the ratings and found some that have performed well in normal use at around 30 degrees - but indeed, by normal use I mean in the bag and zipped up tight and wearing many layers.

Last night I had 4 layers on. I need to buy some heavier-duty base layers but they simply don't sell them much down here! I know very little about typical cold-weather clothing/preparedness.

[Tin Can]

I used to heat stones in the fire and wrap them in newspaper for the bottom of the bag.

Some say stones may explode, so I pick dried out stones. The paper is sometimes charred by morning. Cotton bags won't melt. I have a huge one from Cabelas, it will go in the thing below, used to be in my Westfalia.

Now I am building an insulated cargo trailer with fresh air furnace, cook top and DC fridge.

It's my bug out bag...but I won't get anywhere far...

I have a friend my age, his bugout plan was his motorbike to ride out of Hell on the railroad tracks, until I pointed out that the bike will get out of Dodge, but he won't, as he will shot off it, and so on down the line. Last man riding...

Save the last one for yourself. :)

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iaphq75nm32m0pr/DSC_4333-1.jpg?raw=1

[nomennominatur]

Although visible grain seems to be abhorred by many LF shooters, this is supposed to be a safe haven, thus I dare to post one of my „gets no grainier than this“ images here (as an afterthought, I could have used Rodinal instead of D76 1:1 on this HP5:rolleyes:).


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Higher resolution:
http://www.galerie-elsner.de/pictures/M7-019_0063.jpg

[ M7, Summicron V 50mm f/2, B+W 090 (light red), HP5+ @nominal, no PP but global levels & curve ]

[Tin Can]

Feb, 2000 shot with X-Mas toy digi microscope

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7839/46864234731_0a296d8030_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2epesg6)sqfingers (https://flic.kr/p/2epesg6) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[MultiFormat Shooter]

Feb, 2000 shot with X-Mas toy digi microscope

What are the red "fingers?" They almost look like blood vessels.

[6X17 Shooter]

All from slides shot in the late 1970's...slides scanned on Epson V800 and processed in Luminar 3 and PS-CC. Funny how I could remember when/where/how the first two were taken, but the picture of the boat I have no idea beyond camera/film used (only because the slide wrapper was from that of a lab that processed the 5247 way back when).

Bridge near Delaware River in NJ taken with Canon AE-1, Kodachrome 64, can't recall focal length (probably 50mm), converted to BW:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Lens-TestsEquipment/Slide-Scans/i-g3vhpzd/0/358f7b89/XL/Bridge-slide-XL.jpg

Wild flowers...shot on floor of apartment living room with Canon AE-1, Kodachrome 64, Novoflex bellows with Schneider-Kreuznach 105mm lens, hand-held flash:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Lens-TestsEquipment/Slide-Scans/i-QV8rNgB/0/bb55bb58/XL/Flowers-slide-XL.jpg

Boat...Canon AE-1, Kodak 5247 film, guessing 50mm focal length, converted to BW:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Lens-TestsEquipment/Slide-Scans/i-R8L5RJW/0/43817a78/XL/Boat-slide-XL.jpg

[Corran]

Ward Creek, near Camp Wahsega
Widelux F7, Fuji 400 converted to b&w
Going back here today or tomorrow with a bigger camera...

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/wahsega-2459s.jpg

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2019-01-LetterE.jpg
Old Dodge Truck, January 2019

[Scott Schroeder]

Oh hell Yea Ken! Now we're talking!

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[Old_Dick]

Ken, another keepa.

[jon.oman]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2019-01-LetterE.jpg
Old Dodge Truck, January 2019

Very nice!

At first, I thought "moss covered stone", then I read the title.

[jp]

Very nice!

At first, I thought "moss covered stone", then I read the title.

Nice photo!

Like the Cusco wall in rusty steel!
http://ccp-emuseum.catnet.arizona.edu/view/objects/asimages/People@2065/736/displayDate-asc

[watkinssr]

186987
Leica IIIF, 50mm Elmar, Rollei IR film

[mfohl]

Three images related only by the fact that I took them in the last 6 months. One from the Columbus Library, one from a religious community near Moscow, Russia, and one at a small shop in Columbus. Scans from RC prints.

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[linhofbiker]

My Robot Star 50 needs some attention. There are two lenses that cover 24x24cm that came with the Robot: 38mm f/2.8 Xenar and 75mm f/3.8 Tele-Xenar, both Schneiders with 13,000,000 numbers putting them in the late 80's or early 90's vintage. Can't fing any one who will work on these fine cameras. I have used the lenses on a Fuji X-E1187109

[MultiFormat Shooter]

My Robot Star 50 needs some attention. Can't find anyone who will work on these fine cameras.

I would at least call Phototronic, in Kansas (https://phototronic.biz/). Mike, the owner/repairman did some pretty amazing work (that almost everybody else wouldn't even attempt) for me on a couple of occasions and is very nice and pleasant to deal with.

I have no affiliation with Phototronic, other than being a satisfied customer.

[linhofbiker]

Thanks, I will tomorrow.

[linhofbiker]

Spoke to Mike. Very helpful, although he has not worked on a Robot. Also asked him about putting a new shutter in a Fuji X-Pro1. He is willing to try if he can get the part. Suggested I go with the bid of $270 I already had. As to the Robot Star 50, I have found a video that shows how to get into the innards of a Robot Star 2 that is very similar, so I will give it a try when I have the time. Too many projects, not enough retirement time - off to an RV show on Thursday! Today I plan on putting a lot of Linhof stuff on Ebay to help finance the Tomcat off-road vehicle project.

[choiliefan]

<I have found a video that shows how to get into the innards of a Robot Star 2 that is very similar, so I will give it a try when I have the time>

Where did you find the video?
Best wishes,

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2019-01-JoySt.jpg
Boston, January 2019

[linhofbiker]

<I have found a video that shows how to get into the innards of a Robot Star 2 that is very similar, so I will give it a try when I have the time>

Where did you find the video?
Best wishes,


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From YouTube:

mikeno62
Thanks John, I do not at the moment have a Robot Star 50. Most of the time many of the old cameras get stuck in the slow gear and sometimes the high speed gear, because of old stiff oil and dirt, but of course it could also be other issues. You could maybe try to clean the slow gear with a little lighter fluid (Zippo, Extra. etc. etc) and then lube the axle end ONLY! with tiny drops of very thin sewing machine oil. I know it's a different camera but I have made 2 other videos about the small Robot Voll Automat Star II, but sad to say, it was really worn out... You can see here: https://youtu.be/oR4SHXgSpmw and Here: https://youtu.be/ZphGzE60TSs Cheers Kenneth

Isn't it great to have people offer help as Kenneth did after I looked at his YouTube video about a Robot Royal and responded in the comments section.

[Corran]

Nice one Ken, I always enjoy the visual "joke" in such an image.

[linhofbiker]

Nice one Ken, I always enjoy the visual "joke" in such an image.

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[Tin Can]

I got it, all that's missing a dog




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[Corran]

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I'm guessing you missed the image above your post by Ken Lee.

[choiliefan]

>Isn't it great to have people offer help as Kenneth did after I looked at his YouTube video about a Robot Royal and responded in the comments section.<

Lot of good videos there.
Thanks for the links.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2019-01-3667E.jpg
Boston, January 2019

[gene LaFord]

A couple of very nice photos Ken!

[jp]

Just a snap with my cell phone. Yesterday, I took my Rolleiflex and Nikon on a brisk morning walk to the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, which is a 2 mile round trip. It's going to be above freezing for the next few days, so I wanted to photograph the mini icebergs that build up inside the breakwater. Tide was high and it's better to hike on the floating ice when it's low tide since it's not floating, but the breakwater is nicer to walk at high tide.. The NW wind made salt water freeze along the right hand side... It mostly walked on the left. Frozen salt water is softer and not as slippery at frozen fresh water so I did not endanger myself making a photo.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4804/46247143614_ecf05eec50_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dsGGz5)
Morning walk at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse. (https://flic.kr/p/2dsGGz5) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

Galaxy S8 android Snapseed

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/102_20190128_180926_edited-1203x1604.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20190201_165734_edited-1203x1604.jpg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[jp]

Ice and seawater compositions from the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse... NW wind blew ice from the harbor into the cove made by the breakwater. Nikon D600 and Sigma 35.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7820/33151591758_1cef1d70d8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Svuzff)
_DSC3045-2 (https://flic.kr/p/Svuzff) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr


And this one was sort of inspired by Georgia O'Keefe's paintings of looking down on clouds. I might go back next cold spell and see if they make good LF soft photos.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7899/46974948902_8288dbe1f3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ez1TJ7)
_DSC3034 (https://flic.kr/p/2ez1TJ7) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jon.oman]

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4008.jpg

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4012.jpg

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4018.jpg

[jon.oman]

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4088.jpg

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4092.jpg

[jon.oman]

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4074.jpg

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4060.jpg

[jon.oman]

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4054.jpg

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4057.jpg

[jon.oman]

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_3990.jpg

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4072.jpg

[jon.oman]

I have not been able to go out for months. Quite a dry spell. Anyway, I just replaced the 12 year old Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 lens with the latest Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 VR lens. I had to test it out! Most of these were using VR, at 1/30 seconds or slower, handheld. I think this lens works well with my Nikon D800! I might just get out more often......

I still need to test my new to me 5x7 inch view as well.....

[Tin Can]

Really like the first one!

I could not remember the tree name 'Magnolia' of which I have a far different version. Not so pretty...

I am new to Magnolia's, and very bad at names of everyone and everything.

Please pass that thingamajig, no the other one...




http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4074.jpg

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/magnolia6/large_photos/D8F_4060.jpg

[jon.oman]

Really like the first one!

I could not remember the tree name 'Magnolia' of which I have a far different version. Not so pretty...

I am new to Magnolia's, and very bad at names of everyone and everything.

Please pass that thingamajig, no the other one...

Thanks Randy!

The magnolias do look nice, especially when they are in bloom. But, most people would not want them in their yards. It is a constant battle with the falling leaves! It lasts all year long, and they are quite stiff. The seed pods are another problem. They will dull a mower blade in no time...

[6X17 Shooter]

Old service station in Decatur, TX that was built in 1927. Alternate black and white view posted in the 6x17 thread. Taken with Sony A7R2 and Voigtlander 40/2

https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Texas-Roadside/i-RCbTxw2/0/8a4bb179/X2/Petrified-7508-X2.jpg

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/Board.jpg
Massachusetts, 2018

[Peter De Smidt]

Wow, Ken. Great texture!

[Tin Can]

�� Initially this image did not open om my iPhone, most images do. My emoji was an attempt to reply in kind.

I apologize if that was misinterpreted.

I saw only darkness similar to the bottom left.

Now on desktop I see it all.

Excellent!



http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/Board.jpg
Massachusetts, 2018

[Corran]

Some images from Savannah, GA, and surrounding area. All with my Widelux F7 on Kodak XX film dev'd in HC-110:

Leopold's Ice Cream Shop
http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/savannah-2628s.jpg

St. John's Cathedral
http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/stjohn-2644s.jpg

Fort Pulaski Cannon
http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/pulaski-2631s.jpg

Shaking Rock Trail, Lexington GA
http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/drive-2654s.jpg

I couldn't help but bring a small 35mm rangefinder along with me this trip but really the Widelux is so nice for travel. I gotta let go of the versatility of my "normal" 35mm RF and just go out with the Widelux around my neck and a pocketful of XX or whatever next time. But I sometimes feel limited with the 1/15 shutter speed being the slowest it can go. All of these were at that except the Fort, handheld. The first two were at f/2.8 even. I should buy more Kodak TMZ...

[watkinssr]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4278/35165167680_f88e0bd2a0_k.jpg

Rolleiflex 2.8e, FP4

[Corran]

Stairwell, Fort Pulaski
Nikon SP 2005, Voigtlander 12mm f/5.6, TMX, DD-X:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/pulaski-2727ss.jpg

[austin granger]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7861/40112459213_0ffbc1312c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/247AQCn)Eastern Washington (https://flic.kr/p/247AQCn) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7861/40112459213_0ffbc1312c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/247AQCn)Eastern Washington (https://flic.kr/p/247AQCn) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Bravo maestro !

[Louis Pacilla]

Bravo maestro !

Yep.+1 Austin is one of my photographer heroes! Just keeps making amazing image after image.

[Audii-Dudii]

Four infrared photos I've taken recently while walking around my neighborhood with Miss Abby, my dog:

https://i.imgur.com/CRSsHPQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RHxibeU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qyT2Qgg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Ir0Ny36.jpg

DIY modified full-spectrum Samsung NX500 / Contax 28/f2.8 / Hoya R72 720nm bandpass filter

[Tin Can]

iPod 6 UIC Behavioral Science a very odd building

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7816/46174347215_6913a1dbac_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dmgAJK)1-UIC Behavioral Science Rat Maze (https://flic.kr/p/2dmgAJK) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[Merg Ross]

iPod 6 UIC Behavioral Science a very odd building

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7816/46174347215_6913a1dbac_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dmgAJK)1-UIC Behavioral Science Rat Maze (https://flic.kr/p/2dmgAJK) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

A homage to geometry. Well done, Randy.

[austin granger]

Bravo maestro !


Yep.+1 Austin is one of my photographer heroes! Just keeps making amazing image after image.

Thanks Ken, Louis! I appreciate that.

It had been overcast and somewhat drab most of the day, but sometimes there's that last bit of day when the sun drops low enough to get under the clouds. It's my favorite kind of light, but man, do you have to be quick! Luckily, I was in the right place at the right time for this one. Thanks again.

[Corran]

Randy, I feel like that image in tandem with mine on the previous page would work in the Equivalence thread! :)

[Tin Can]

Thank you Merg.

Walking by this staircase in the nearly empty building I stopped immediately and shot 3 with the dismal iPod camera.

I am seldom so drawn to such a view.

Bryan, yes!

i saw your image and wanted to post mine asap, but it took me a while to find.

[MultiFormat Shooter]

Four infrared photos I've taken recently while walking around my neighborhood with Miss Abby, my dog:

DIY modified full-spectrum Samsung NX500 / Contax 28/f2.8 / Hoya R72 720nm bandpass filter

Nice, I especially like the first one! Check-out the 35mm and digital infrared thread (https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?146189-35mm-and-digital-infrared).

[Jim Jones]

Four infrared photos I've taken recently while walking around my neighborhood with Miss Abby, my dog:

DIY modified full-spectrum Samsung NX500 / Contax 28/f2.8 / Hoya R72 720nm bandpass filter

These are some of the strongest IR images I've ever seen!

[Tin Can]

Yes, Audii-Dudii, I agree with Jim Jones.

I usually dislike IR imaging but these are impressive.

I really like that you shared the gear used to make them. Thank you!

They evoke Twilight Zone ideas!

Nobody home in this ethereal land of the future...

[Audii-Dudii]

@ Jim and Randy: Thanks for the kind words!

First off: Jim, thanks for the pointer to the IR thread ... definitely some nice work posted there!

Second, Randy: As it happens, I'm not usually a fan of IR photography as it's typically done, either. But after much experimentation, I've stumbled on a B&W post-processing recipe that works very well for the type of photography I do.

I think the equipment is helping, too, as there seems to be something almost magical that happens when the NX500's 28.3 MP, BSI sensor is used with film-era Contax 28/f2.8 and 35-70/f3.4 lenses. I've experienced absolutely zero issues with hot spots or corner softness or any of the artifacts that often occur when using many (most?) lenses with IR light and I am at a loss to explain why this is so.

To be honest, I chose this particular combo of gear because I already had it on hand, the NX500 was remarkably easy to modify -- working slowly, it took me only 45 minutes or so from start to finish -- and it isn't worth much money these days, so no loss if it didn't work. But clearly, the sum is proving to be greater than any of its parts, so I am not complaining!

FYI, this project started with palm trees and has only recently been expanded to include individual houses and various street scenes (the latter two of which I have been photographing -- usually at night -- for going on a decade now, although this is my first experience doing so without a tripod.) In case you're curious, here are three of my favorite palm tree photos so far, although I still have dozens yet to process:

https://i.imgur.com/2lxUDGZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ZWMfXnc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mv3cUWf.jpg

To the best of knowledge, my palm tree project is unique -- at least, I haven't been able to find anyone doing anything similar -- and between the two projects, I'm having a lot of fun and we -- my dog and myself -- are getting a lot of exercise, too, because each walk can last as long as two hours! :D

Third: As for nobody being home, go stand in front of someone's house with a camera pointed at it and see how long it takes before someone comes outside to find out what you're doing! This was especially an issue when I was trying the Contax 18/4 lens, because I was standing right on the sidewalk in front of their house, where my presence was quite obvious. Now, using the longer 28/f2.8 lens, I'm off to one side or the other and standing in the street or on the sidewalk across the street, so people aren't as aware of me and the confrontations have stopped ... for now, at any rate.

[Ken Lee]

Audii Dudii: Yes, IMHO these images really are compelling.

IR or UV or whatever, it's the vision which matters and you have it !

[Audii-Dudii]

Audii Dudii: Yes, IMHO these images really are compelling.

IR or UV or whatever, it's the vision which matters and you have it !
Aw, shucks... <blushes>

[jp]

great IR photos!

A little bit of color in a very monochrome winter setting.

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[Graham Patterson]

Cheaper than running a refrigerator, I suppose. Just don't forget them when the thaw comes! 8-)


I like the vertical one. The surreal element of a couple of film holders skating down a frozen stream is fun.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2019-02-61.jpg
Palm Leaves, February 2019

[goamules]

Four infrared photos I've taken recently while walking around my neighborhood with Miss Abby, my dog:

https://i.imgur.com/CRSsHPQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RHxibeU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qyT2Qgg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Ir0Ny36.jpg

DIY modified full-spectrum Samsung NX500 / Contax 28/f2.8 / Hoya R72 720nm bandpass filter

Wow, I love those. I need to try some IR work....

[Audii-Dudii]

Wow, I love those. I need to try some IR work....

As always, thanks for the kind words!

While I photograph for my own personal enjoyment, first and foremost, it's always nice when my photos resonate with somebody else, too!

Here are a few more recent photos from my once- or twice-daily photo outings -- aka walks with my dog -- around my neighborhood:

https://i.imgur.com/ALZRvZB.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/5yRiiz9.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/CmPVX45.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nxzAzSh.jpg

All of these photos were taken handheld using a DIY modified, full-spectrum, Samsung NX500 / Contax 28/f2.8 lens @ f8 / ISO 100 and a Hoya R72 filter

[Jim Galli]

As always, thanks for the kind words!

While I photograph for my own personal enjoyment, first and foremost, it's always nice when my photos resonate with somebody else, too!

Here are a few more recent photos from my once- or twice-daily photo outings -- aka walks with my dog -- around my neighborhood:

All of these photos were taken handheld using a DIY modified, full-spectrum, Samsung NX500 / Contax 28/f2.8 lens @ f8 / ISO 100 and a Hoya R72 filter

Now did you do the IR mod yourself or did you send it to the 250 dollar guy?

[Audii-Dudii]

Now did you do the IR mod yourself or did you send it to the 250 dollar guy?

I did it myself! :eek:

In fact, it was surprisingly easy -- I have some, but not a lot of experience in these matters -- and took me about an hour from start to finish. Here's a photo of the sensor removed from the body and just about to undergo removal of the hot filter / dust shaker / cover glass, which is held in place by just two screws:

https://i.imgur.com/FqM70qu.jpg

Because I didn't replace the hot filter, et al with a piece of clear glass -- mostly because this was a spur-of-the-moment project and I didn't have one handy, but also because the adapted lenses I would be using were all manual-focus designs, with no floating elements (so their performance wouldn't suffer much if the modified optical length was off a teeny bit) and I thought they might perform slightly better without it -- and the camera is now capturing only IR light, which focuses at a different point than visible light, I did have to adjust the position of the sensor slightly so I could focus the lens(es) at infinity.

But that was also very easy to do, as the three adjustment points can be accessed by removing only the rear panel -- so there's no need to remove the main circuit board or the sensor again -- and they're spring loaded, so it was simply a matter of changing the tension on the springs with a hex wrench instead of changing shims.

IIRC, it took me only three rounds of adjustment to get the IR focus point dialed-in closely enough and required maybe 20 minutes of time from start to finish.

To my surprise, I have experienced no hot-spot issues with any of the five Contax / Yashica lenses I've used with the converted camera so far. Alas, the two widest lenses -- the 18/f4 and 25/f2.8 -- are unable to bend the IR light passing through them enough to crisply focus both the center and the corners at the same time, which results in very soft corners when one focuses on the center of the composition. For some photos, this isn't an issue, but for the type of photos I usually take, it is, so I won't be using those lenses on this camera again.

All in all, though, I'm very pleased with how this project has turned out, not least of which because the conversion cost me nothing but some time on a lazy weekend morning. Plus, it can be easily reversed if I ever wish to return the camera to its OEM configuration! :D

And even though the NX500's sensor technology dates from early 2015, it was among those at the bleeding edge of technology back then and even today, its 28.2 MP, backside illuminated design compares very favorably with the best APS-C sensors available.

[Jim Galli]

Love it! Thanks. I'd rather break something trying to do it myself than pay the "experts". Just how I'm wired.

[Audii-Dudii]

Love it! Thanks. I'd rather break something trying to do it myself than pay the "experts". Just how I'm wired.

Same here. I do almost all of my home maintenance and repairs, plus my car maintenance and repairs -- including even replacing the engine in my Cayman that I blew up at the track by myself, in my garage, using just a floor jack! -- and I've even successfully represented myself in a court on various driving infractions. :cool:

https://i.imgur.com/XoDm4rx.jpg

[Tin Can]

If you want it done right, we often must DIY.

I won't ride any motorcycle until I check it over with a torque wrench. Brand new or ancient.

[Sfroza]

If you want it done right, we often must DIY.

I won't ride any motorcycle until I check it over with a torque wrench. Brand new or ancient.

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[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2019-02-Bronze26.jpg
Bronze Statue, February 2019

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2019-02-3882E.jpg
Bronze Statue, February 2019

[Tin Can]

Like!

[goamules]

Taken with a 1930 Leica 1 model A that I got at a flea market a month ago. Trial roll, the shutter works fine.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7912/33301100838_c7b683a4a7_c.jpg

[Tin Can]

Like!

Nice dog that almost looks like it has a cigarette, but not.

My Pug ate all cigarettes it could find...:(

[Ulophot]

The one from behind: nicely done, Ken. wonderful sense of motion, anticipation.

[Corran]

A couple 35mm photos made last week, with my Widelux F7 and Kodak XX:

Twelve Oaks Trail

The house in the background is believed to be an old African-American church. This place is tucked away in the affluent town of Ocean Springs, MS and is just a couple hundred feet away from US 90, the main thoroughfare to Biloxi. But it felt like I was miles away from such hustle and bustle with the sprawling Live Oaks (estimated to be 400 years old) and beautiful azalea bushes. This place deserves a revisit next trip for sure.

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/12oaks-2869s.jpg

Biloxi Beach Boardwalk Fog

Some of the densest fog I've ever seen was on display for most of my trip to the coastal region of MS. I walked a couple miles on the beach, on a new boardwalk recently built. Palm trees are here and there, but fairly uncommon on the beach - because of hurricanes, I guess. But these two clusters made a nice composition in the dense fog. My mantra with the Widelux lately has been to get closer - I'm only a foot or so from the front palms.

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/beachboardwalk-2875s.jpg

[CreationBear]

This place deserves a revisit next trip for sure.

Ha, nail these two shots with your 8x20, then you can give it a Viking funeral.:) (FWIW, I bet you could make a career exploring that first scene and its analogs set across the Deep South...AME's seem to pop up in pretty picturesque locales.)

[Tin Can]

The church in the trees was invisible to me early this morning on my cell phone. Now i see it's beauty.

Wow for both shots!

[Peter De Smidt]

Bryan, you've been really knocking them out of the park lately.

[Jim Galli]

Ha, nail these two shots with your 8x20, then you can give it a Viking funeral.:) (FWIW, I bet you could make a career exploring that first scene and its analogs set across the Deep South...AME's seem to pop up in pretty picturesque locales.)

I think he needs a Cirkut camera ;)

[Corran]

Thanks you guys!


Ha, nail these two shots with your 8x20,

That'll be a challenge with "only" a 300mm lens (I bid on a ~200mm lens this past week that should cover 8x20, but lost the auction at the last second when it jumped to 4x the price). Perhaps my 4x10 holder and 90mm XL...

Of course the swing-lens camera imparts it's own "look" emphasizing more distant objects like the tree in the center since it's a longer focal length than a 120 degree wide angle...


I think he needs a Cirkut camera ;)

And that would be the analogous LF camera! :) I wonder what your price would be. I can guarantee it will be too much for me at the moment sadly, unless you want to trade for a print lol ;).