Post your backlighting, dim light pics

[Miguel Coquis]

Is true that every thing is relative, but lets give a try, I will start with this one that I call "the guest", young lady and the sewing machine....
210 mm f:4,5 t:1/5
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Guests/002.jpg

[alanps]

Low light from window at the rear of the vase.

[Jeff Graves]

Santo Nino Chapel, Chimayo, NM

[cjbroadbent]

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/j8yCTsbQ8UmlpOu_Od9r6Q?feat=directlink
4x5 Ektachrome from Gandolfi+120mm Sironar

[kitaanat]

a soft backlight
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/3884646256_9d26175373.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitaanat/3884646256/)
maximum charm

Linhof Kardan E Schneider Xenar 5.6/150mm. Rollei 100S

[David Watts]

31680

Cellars of the 19th Century Unicorn Brewery, Burra. Shen Hao 4x5, 150mm, f16, 8 mins 29 secs.

[Andre Noble]

a soft backlight
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/3884646256_9d26175373.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitaanat/3884646256/)
maximum charm

Linhof Kardan E Schneider Xenar 5.6/150mm. Rollei 100S

Now that's the kind of back lighting I can get behind.

[Frank Petronio]

http://www.frankpetronio.com/media/large/jess_45_backlit.jpg

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Well, I know this image qualifies. This is an image of a part of a frozen mud hole in Tuolumne meadows. " Fade to Black" is all back lit and is an 8x10 carbon transfer print. The image is one you have to see in order to understand the glow the print has and the depth in the shadows. I was hesitant to post it because it is tough to show on the web but thought what the heck. Shot with my Seneca Improved 8x10, Gerogon 300 @ F-45 40 seconds, Polarizer on Efke 25 developed in Pyrocat- HD.

Thanks,

Jim

[Bosaiya]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2784/4017675495_7a70200c8c.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2784/4017675495_7a70200c8c.jpg
Interesting lightning !




http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Graflex%20Linhof/002.jpg
here is one first try with RB GL 4x5

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img220.jpg
Rose, October 2009
Sinar P, 150mm Braunschweig Heliar
4x5 TMY, Pyrocat HD

[Ken Lee]

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Graflex%20Linhof/002.jpg
here is one first try with RB GL 4x5

This one feels like a classical painting: It has a strong feeling of presence. It... breathes.

[Bosaiya]

Interesting lightning !



Shocking?




here is one first try with RB GL 4x5

Nice!

[Michael W]

http://whystoptime.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/45-provia-flowers-sink-blog.jpg


This is Fuji Provia 100 with an Optar 135mm lens on my Crown Graphic.

[monsta]

sorry about the crap jpegging in the sky on this one, FP4+ -1 dev in perceptol

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/4011432192_2211484ee3_o.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

sorry about the crap jpegging in the sky on this one, FP4+ -1 dev in perceptol

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/4011432192_2211484ee3_o.jpg

m-a-g-n-i-f-i-q-u-e !!!
I completely agreed with Ken, some images breath !
This one does, and one can feel the sensation of space !
Bravo Monsta.

[cjbroadbent]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/Sdnid-cHapI/AAAAAAAAAn0/vk9sSw5FNUg/s800/dahlia.jpg
4x5 Ebony, 135mm. One umbrella. For a headhunter, illustrating square pegs.

[Miguel Coquis]

this is getting more and more interesting,
what a creative Sunday !
RB 4x5, aero ektar f:2,5 late afternoon...

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Graflex%20Linhof/erable.jpg

[Ken Lee]

I completely agreed with Ken, some images breath !

That's something I learned from Fred Picker. I never would have discovered that on my own. He was a great teacher.

[IAphotog]

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My first okay image with my new (to me) Toyo

"Front Porch" -- Toyo D45M, Fujinon 135mm f/5.6, Fuji FP-100B45 instant film, ISO 100, 1 sec, f/19

Not really going for composition right now, but not ignoring it either. I was aiming for an image with true blacks. The prior shots were over exposed.

Feedback welcome.

Patrick

[Miguel Coquis]

Here is a shot at late afternoon after finishing mounting lens on a metal lens board, window backlight, Plaubel Peco Provia, Hermages 500 mm, 30 sec exposure

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Plaubel%20Peco/PP-Dellor-000.jpg

[Steve Gledhill]

This isn't in dim light but it's definitely backlit ...

Four Stones

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/2234fourstones.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

this is a morning shot, Plaubel Peco Provia, Hermages 500 mm, 16 sec exposure

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Plaubel%20Peco/PP-Dellor-001.jpg

[Gary Beasley]

How are these? The first is in an undershot turbine grist mill in Smokey Mtn National Park, next is rafters in the cantilever barn at Cades Cove, then there's Bear Cave area at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas. Last is a plow on display at the cantilever barn in Cades Cove in Tennessee. Most on Acros or Ektapan. Bear Cave is 8x10 Korona the rest are 4x5 Ebony.

[Miguel Coquis]

Detail

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Plaubel%20Peco/PP-Dellor-Detail.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

Here is a shot at late afternoon, choose a subject on dim light, window backlight, Plaubel Peco Provia, Hermages 500 mm, 45 sec exposure
Scanned neg....

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Plaubel%20Peco/PP-Dellor-Pommes.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

hope this should not become a one man thread:)
13x18, scanned neg

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Plaubel%20Peco/Aero-001-bis.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

How are these? The first is in an undershot turbine grist mill in Smokey Mtn National Park, next is rafters in the cantilever barn at Cades Cove, then there's Bear Cave area at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas. Last is a plow on display at the cantilever barn in Cades Cove in Tennessee. Most on Acros or Ektapan. Bear Cave is 8x10 Korona the rest are 4x5 Ebony.

Very nice values control, usually back light asks for minus dev and contrast becomes uneasy, like the first two !

[Vaughn]

I'll post this one again. I think it qualifies as a backlit dark place.

Sea Cave, Humboldt County, CA

scanned 5x7 carbon print

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Vaughn, thanks for posting this one again. The web does not do this image justice. I have seen the print and it is one of the finest I have ever seen. It is one of Vaughn's prints that got me hooked on carbon printing. Thanks for putting this great image up for everyone to see.

Jim

[Vaughn]

Thanks, Jim. It was just the dimmist lit place I knew of.

Here is another backlit subject, sort of a dimmly lit place...(if a place so filled with light can be "dim"!)

Redwood, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA
Scanned 4x10 Platinum/palladium print

[kitaanat]

Now that's the kind of back lighting I can get behind.


You can't get behind this lighting because that's my place. :D :D

kitaanat

[Tiziano]

Fuji FP100C, Rodenstock Rotelar 270/6.6.
Shot taken today while trying out my terrible, home made field camera... :)

[Kent Berquist]

Zone VI 4x5
240mm
Fuji Acros

[Joanna Carter]

I took this picture on a Mamiya 7II, 80mm lens, and was totally gobsmacked that, with nothing more than automatic exposure and a straight development, I got details from the shadows to the sun in the sky!! Not all detail is visible in this web version but is apparent in a decent print.

http://grandes-images.com/en/Landscape/Pages/Lancashire_files/Media/SouthportLordStreetContreJour/SouthportLordStreetContreJour.jpg

[Rick Tardiff]

Still a newbie, I took this low light shot with the tech III, a 90/8SA with tmax400. Scanned it with the epson V700. Big learning curve for me, all of it, but I love it! I think this is my first post with an actual image. So I hope it uploads alright.

[Miguel Coquis]

Sun behind, foggy and windy !

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Autumn%20Portraits/Erable-F25-ter.jpg

[Jeffrey Sipress]

The kitchen at the La Purisima Mission, Lompoc, CA. One of my first 4x5 exposures, made thru one of the openings in the bamboo door I was peering through. All the light in the room was coming from a small window off the the right. 80 second exposure. I couldn't believe it actually came out good, when I saw the film!

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/missionkitchen.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

back light city scape; Paris
5x7 Tri X
scanned contact print

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Paris/Piramide.jpg

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

I did not know where to put this recent image, so I guess this must be the best place...

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Bridles Saddles and Blankets, Anchor D Ranch, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10042309.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

Great images everyone... :)

I did not know where to put this recent image, so I guess this must be the best place...

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Bridles Saddles and Blankets, Anchor D Ranch, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10042309.jpg

Nice shot Jim

[jim kitchen]

Dear Steve,

Merci... :)

jim k

[eddie]

i was shooting into the sun....but it was a perfect day for clouds. so i hit it.

i will lith it this week.

45. 1800mm f22