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Pfeiffer Duckett
1-Jan-2009, 01:42
no rules, just the first!
okay! i got some inspiration from scootermm. my new little 4x4 wet plate camera got it's 1st go around today jan 1,2009! fun little guy!
i am having a bit of problem with my developer. seems to make a small black spot where i pour it on....at 1st i thought it was a light leak but it is not.
little 6 inch RR wide open. 10 sec. 4x4 black aluminum
Okay.. technically shot on 12/31, but fully developed as an image today.
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img380.jpg
4x5 Sinar P, 300mm Braunschweig Heliar
Kodak TMY, Pyrocat HD
Jiri Vasina
1-Jan-2009, 11:32
Ken, that one is extraordinary. The wintery misty mood is conveyed soooo well...
the year of the ox! i do not have an ox so a dragon will have to do....i do not want to wait till 2012!
8x10 black aluminum 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 RR lens wide open.
Really nice pics guys!
Eddie you are so creative! I love the dragon. I wish I was more incline to experiment with different processes, but I really dislike all the chemical stuff. Cobalt, my date last night brought me some flowers, so your beautiful still life has inspired me to photograph them today for my first 2009 shot -- thank you for the inspiration. And Mr. Ken, as always, your photography is simply lovely!!
Happy New Year Guys!
Darr
manfromh
1-Jan-2009, 16:30
Almost 2009. Shot about 30 minutes before midnight at 31th Dec. Developed in 2009.
This was my 4th ever large format shot, and the first time I developed sheet film.
Jeffrey Sipress
1-Jan-2009, 19:43
I finished this one today.
Merced River, Yosemite Park, CA.
http://machinearts.com/bpnimages/merced1.jpg
mikebarger
1-Jan-2009, 19:49
Jiri
That's a nice collection you have on your site.
Mike
SamReeves
1-Jan-2009, 20:13
I finished this one today.
Merced River, Yosemite Park, CA.
http://machinearts.com/bpnimages/merced1.jpg
Simply awesome. Nice work! :)
Jim Fitzgerald
1-Jan-2009, 20:34
I finished this one today.
Merced River, Yosemite Park, CA.
http://machinearts.com/bpnimages/merced1.jpg
Jeffrey, Very nice work! Nothing like Yosemite in the winter. Going there soon!
Jim
Jim Galli
1-Jan-2009, 20:56
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Pinkham-Smith/SAiiiJB/Wine4twoS.jpg
wine 4 two
Exposed AM 12-31-2008 and printed on Azo E1 / Amidol plus or minus 00:30ish 01-01-2009
Since there are no rules, I am attaching my first print of the year.
It is a 12X18" carbon transfer print, depicting a mural painting by Alfredo Zalce. The negative was made in the Palacio del Gobierno in Morelia, Mexico in January 2007. This is the first time I have printed the negative. I scanned the negative yesterday, adjusted the file, and printed a digital negative. First print made today, 1 January 2009.
Sandy King
Steve Gledhill
1-Jan-2009, 23:38
Since there are no rules, I am attaching my first print of the year.
It is a 12X18" carbon transfer print, depicting a mural painting by Alfredo Zalce. The negative was made in the Palacio del Gobierno in Morelia, Mexico in January 2007. This is the first time I have printed the negative. I scanned the negative yesterday, adjusted the file, and printed a digital negative. First print made today, 1 January 2009.
Sandy King
How could you leave such an amazing image for so long!
Jiri Vasina
2-Jan-2009, 02:12
Jiri
That's a nice collection you have on your site.
Mike
Thanks a lot Mike. But haven't had enough time lately to add more. Hope it'll change.
Jiri
Leonard Metcalf
2-Jan-2009, 05:52
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3158909317_dd2aaa629e_o.jpg
Probably photographed sometime in 2007, but fresh out of the developer today.... Photographed at Pebbly Beach, Saphire Coast, NSW, Australia...
Happy New Year..... Enjoy....
Regards, Len
Emil Schildt
2-Jan-2009, 06:48
Did my first images of Stine in more than 1.5 years...
played with some old pol 665 and solarized them.
both painted with light, with an exposure time of aprox. 30 sec.. (she knows how to stand still.......)
Happy new year to all.
Steve,
First, thanks for your nice comment about the image.
I have a rather large number of very good negatives that have never been printed. The basic problem is that I have chosen to print mostly with carbon tranfer, which is a very time consuming alternative printing process. If I quite making new negatives, abandoned carbon for a year and printed only with pt/pd, I might be able to catch up. But then, make new negatives is an important part of seeing and putting past work in perspective.
Sandy King
How could you leave such an amazing image for so long!
Allen in Montreal
2-Jan-2009, 09:48
......
It is a 12X18" carbon transfer print, depicting a mural painting by Alfredo Zalce. The negative was made in the Palacio del Gobierno in Morelia, Mexico.....
Sandy King
That is very nice!!!
Steve Gledhill
2-Jan-2009, 12:10
Steve,
First, thanks for your nice comment about the image.
I have a rather large number of very good negatives that have never been printed. The basic problem is that I have chosen to print mostly with carbon tranfer, which is a very time consuming alternative printing process. If I quite making new negatives, abandoned carbon for a year and printed only with pt/pd, I might be able to catch up. But then, make new negatives is an important part of seeing and putting past work in perspective.
Sandy King
There is an upside to having a backlog of course. You've always got some good stuff to look forward too - come rain or shine.
I particularly like your image as, at first sight, is not clear that it's part mural and part staircase. At first I saw it all as the mural. I like images with a puzzle that tempt you to look closer.
Sorry, I could not post my first photos. They were captured on January 1, 2009 with my mind's eye and not on film (since I am 6'3", 240 pounds, I think I can count as being a "large format":p ).
I spent New Years Day in the redwoods and the rain with my three boys (the 8x10 stayed in the van...just too wet). But the light under the redwoods was amazing, forever captured in this bottomless pit of a mind I have...though perhaps a bit transformed in the processing...mingleing with years of other redwood images!
Vaughn
Well I actually was able to quickly make a shot yesterday thank you to the inspiration of this thread. Not the best, but a good start in the right direction for my New Year Resolution. Shot in the kitchen with lights out, dark cloth draped over kitchen chair, halogen desk lamp as main light, mirror on stand as fill and I waved a small flash light to the underside to help lighten up the shadows. Yes, I have a few studio lights, but after the night before, I was too tired to even attempt to drag them out. I find a decent desk light does come in handy. :)
Ebony 45SU, 120mm macro, Polaroid 55 (exp 2006), f/32.5 @ 8 minutes
21378
Jim Galli
2-Jan-2009, 15:43
Did my first images of Stine in more than 1.5 years...
played with some old pol 665 and solarized them.
both painted with light, with an exposure time of aprox. 30 sec.. (she knows how to stand still.......)
Happy new year to all.
Hey Emil, got the Plasticca today!! It's a beauty!! Perfect condition (a crap shoot when the camera comes all the way from Germany). First 5 full plate negs are drying as we speak! :~')) This old funky stuff is too much fun. Too bad I've got all these S. Baptist inhibitions and cannot do nudes :rolleyes: Yours are lovely.
Jim Fitzgerald
2-Jan-2009, 21:33
Since there are no rules, I am attaching my first print of the year.
It is a 12X18" carbon transfer print, depicting a mural painting by Alfredo Zalce. The negative was made in the Palacio del Gobierno in Morelia, Mexico in January 2007. This is the first time I have printed the negative. I scanned the negative yesterday, adjusted the file, and printed a digital negative. First print made today, 1 January 2009.
Sandy King
Sandy, I love this image and I know it is amazing. As a carbon printer myself I now how beautiful this image must be in the flesh. Our fellow photographers are really missing out on this amazing process. Did 4 carbon prints today and 2 yesterday. Will post some images as soon as I get the scanner hooked up.
JIm
cjbroadbent
3-Jan-2009, 04:47
http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm440/downstairs_2008/lemonpeel.jpg
4x5 Ektachrome on a Gandolfi witj 135mm Sironar.
kociamber
3-Jan-2009, 09:40
Pinhole in Coffee can, with 4x5 Provia 100, exposure between 9pm 31.12.08 - 5am 01.01.09 :]
http://www.stormik.neostrada.pl/pinhole_hm_Scan-090103-0001_lf.jpg
Marko Vrabec
3-Jan-2009, 14:15
This is my first 2009 shot, done today.
Tachichara 4x5, APO Sironar N 135/5.6, Adox 100 exposed for 4 secs @ f64.
Well I actually was able to quickly make a shot yesterday thank you to the inspiration of this thread. Not the best, but a good start in the right direction for my New Year Resolution. Shot in the kitchen with lights out, dark cloth draped over kitchen chair, halogen desk lamp as main light, mirror on stand as fill and I waved a small flash light to the underside to help lighten up the shadows. Yes, I have a few studio lights, but after the night before, I was too tired to even attempt to drag them out. I find a decent desk light does come in handy. :)
Ebony 45SU, 120mm macro, Polaroid 55 (exp 2006), f/32.5 @ 8 minutes
21378
Darr: They are lovely. Just goes to show, it's the photographer and not the tools that makes great images.
Darr: They are lovely. Just goes to show, it's the photographer and not the tools that makes great images.
You are so kind!
Best, Darr
goamules
3-Jan-2009, 19:32
Before taking the tree down, I had to capture some of it's fuzzy and shiney objects. Done this afternoon, halfplate collodion.
Before taking the tree down, I had to capture some of it's fuzzy and shiney objects. Done this afternoon, halfplate collodion.
Make a scan and use it for Xmas cards next year!
ajbirdboy
3-Jan-2009, 20:34
My first VanDyke print (well, the first half decent one of the three I did). Looking forward to a great year doing more of this! Happy New Year all!
Pinhole in Coffee can, with 4x5 Provia 100, exposure between 9pm 31.12.08 - 5am 01.01.09 :]
http://www.stormik.neostrada.pl/pinhole_hm_Scan-090103-0001_lf.jpg
Great Idea!
Mike Hansen
4-Jan-2009, 10:05
This was my first exposure of the new year.
Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada
T-MAX 100, Fuji 125mm
Mike
Michael Graves
4-Jan-2009, 10:43
Very first click of any shutter on any camera during 2009.
1:45PM on Jan. 1, and the sun is already dropping low on the horizon. Winter sucks.
Toyo 810M, Arista Edu 200 film at EI 100. Developed in Rodinal at 1:50. Fujinon 210W (older style). A lot of luck.
tmastran
4-Jan-2009, 12:45
This is my first finished image of the new year. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.tedmastrandonas.com/gallery/d/1614-2/Tennessee+River+From+CR35+Bridge+-+Hodge_+AL+-+2008-12-28_840_usm_web1.jpg
Colin Graham
4-Jan-2009, 12:50
http://colinflanarygraham.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rail-33.jpg
New year's day morning. Bloodshot lens, eyes, or both. :P
Jim Fitzgerald
4-Jan-2009, 13:33
Well, this shot was taken in October of '08 but I just printed it. It is a carbon transfer print of a group of mushrooms shot on my 8x10. Does it look better as a vertical or a horizontal? I can't decide. Thanks.
Jim
Scott --
4-Jan-2009, 14:34
Testing some old studio lights (anyone want 'em?) shooting one of my workbenches. Kind of a crappy start to the year. Ah, well, only goes up from here, right? :rolleyes:
Jiri Vasina
5-Jan-2009, 09:53
This is my first finished image of the new year. Hope you enjoy it.
Very nice, Ted.
New year's day morning. Bloodshot lens, eyes, or both. :P
Colin, so much atmosphere in it, as always... Love that one (even though it's not in YOUR special format ;) )
Jiri
tmastran
5-Jan-2009, 10:57
Very nice, Ted.
Jiri
Thanks Jiri.
This is my first finished image of the new year. Hope you enjoy it.
Definitely. It breathes.
Colin Graham
5-Jan-2009, 13:06
Thanks Jiri!
Good to still see you here on occasion- though I know you must be busy. Hope all is well for the new year.
First outing in 2009!
Toyo 45A, FP4, Grandagon N 115mm f22.6 @ 1/30sec.
This is my first finished image of the new year. Hope you enjoy it.
Very beautiful Ted!!
Best,
Darr
First outing in 2009!
Toyo 45A, FP4, Grandagon N 115mm f22.6 @ 1/30sec.
Lovely!
Best, Darr
http://schlachet.net/images/makeitours-640-s.jpg
shot hand-held on fuji portra 400NC with a crown graphic, 1:4.7/135 xenar. something weird going on in the lower right corner, not sure yet.
victor larue
6-Jan-2009, 15:40
Hello,
I wish you a nice new year.
I follow this forum since few month but without participation, (not easy to me to write in english). I am a french amateur using LF since one year. Here my first post and Below, my first pic of this new year. it was the 2nd day in the suburb of Paris.
4x5 - MPP VIII - Symmar-s 150mm - Provia 100F
victor larue
6-Jan-2009, 16:07
Sorry just a question
Why in my post attachment comes as link ro file and not as thumbnail? I made a mistake somewhere?
kociamber
7-Jan-2009, 06:17
Sorry just a question
Why in my post attachment comes as link ro file and not as thumbnail? I made a mistake somewhere?
vBulletin probably is not recognize it as standard jpg becous of file extension. If you change file extension from .jpeg to .jpg and upload again, then will show as thumbnail.
Michael Graves
7-Jan-2009, 06:24
Here my first post and Below, my first pic of this new year. it was the 2nd day in the suburb of Paris.
4x5 - MPP VIII - Symmar-s 150mm - Provia 100F
I like the mood of this shot. Makes me think it would be a very bad idea to go into this building--but I want to anyway. Know what I mean?
Miguel Coquis
7-Jan-2009, 08:09
I like the mood of this shot. Makes me think it would be a very bad idea to go into this building--but I want to anyway. Know what I mean?
Well, Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
Oh, it is just a question,
no,no, a song !!!
victor larue
7-Jan-2009, 14:20
vBulletin probably is not recognize it as standard jpg becous of file extension. If you change file extension from .jpeg to .jpg and upload again, then will show as thumbnail.
Thanks, I will consider that for the next one.
Matt Magruder
7-Jan-2009, 15:39
My first three negatives from 2009.
All three are 12x20 Platinum/Palladium contact prints on Rives BFK white paper
http://www.matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/30_12x20ptpdbruceeddyhouse.jpg
Bruceville/Eddy, TX - old house
http://www.matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/30_12x20ptpdmoodytanks.jpg
Ammonia Tanks - Moody, TX
http://www.matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/30_12x20ptpdmoodysilostruck.jpg
Moody, TX
Nathan67
10-Jan-2009, 03:26
Not sure about the celebration bit.. I got flu for xmas.... so here I am sitting in the livingroom, with flu, on new years day, feeling sorry for myself.... Taken with my new wide angle (50mm) Pinhole 4x5 on Polaroid T57 3000iso film 22 seconds... this is the "negative" throw away part.
http://www.lediardfoto.com/pola-pinhole002a.jpg
curtis roberts
10-Jan-2009, 08:07
scott
not so crapy, i like the woman on left side of the bench
Aender Brepsom
10-Jan-2009, 09:35
Great Hangman, North Devon UK on Jan 1st
Well, I haven't done any LF photography this year yet but I've just developed and scanned some end-of-the-year films. So I guess it's my first photo of this year (TK45, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 135/5.6 I guess...):
drew.saunders
10-Jan-2009, 12:15
OK, so it took over a week to take any pics for me (not counting cell phone pics), but here are some of the better shots from 6 I did yesterday at Arastradero Lake in Palo Alto CA (http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/depts/csd/parks_and_open_space/preserves_and_open_spaces/pearson_arastradero.asp)
I was going for the reflection, I just didn't expect the 200 M-Nikkor to do such a good job of catching the power lines:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3184788839_bf80bc2b24.jpg(Larger) (http://flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/3184788839/sizes/o/in/set-72157608192036843/)
I have no idea what happened to the sky, I think the negative curled in the holder, but I kind of like it after all:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3185632716_1224311504.jpg(Larger) (http://flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/3185632716/sizes/o/in/set-72157608192036843/)
Drew
zoneVIII
13-Jan-2009, 19:05
this is mine, taken at 1/1/09
jvuokko
24-Jan-2009, 00:28
My first photo of 2009.
Taken 4th january. Vantaanjoki river, Vantaa, Finland.
I wen't to check if river nearby has some ice because it had been subzero temperatures for several days. There was some ice!
And it was somewhat cold, about -12 degree celcius. My fingertips really got frozen when touching my field camera's knobs.
Afterwards ice melted, but now it's again freezing so let's see if I can get more ice photos during next month.
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