post your urban landscapes

[leighmarrin]

I like it, Jonathan. Almost FSA-ish. "We'z so pore, we hain't got no clothes dryer..."


Wakefield, MA

Calumet 4x5, Tri-X

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5---Wakefield-Laundry.jpg

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Enforcer, Beaverton
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7116/7429415238_a0794045fd_c.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

Austin,

There is a traffic camera and flash unit at the corner of Sandy and C. Chavez Blvds. that I have been meaning to take a photo of. This is even better than I would have done, I think. I like it!

Here's a shot from Rocky Butte in Portland taken yesterday. Apparently Polaroid type 54 film is less red sensitive than I thought because it turns out the two stop #25 filter I used needed at least three stops of compensation, maybe more. The shadowed foreground just disappeared. (The filter factor is listed as 5x (which is just over two stops, right?), and when I checked the scene with my meter and then placed the filter over it I got a two-stop difference. Hmmm.)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T54---Signal-Light-RB.jpg

Jonathan

[soohookinwen]

"Chew Jetty, Penang, Malaysia"
Graflex Speed Graphic, Schneider Xenar 150mm @ F16
Fomapan ISO100 4x5, Calbe R09, 45 Min semi-stand.
76203

[mdm]

Beautiful busy photo. Thanks for an intersting post.

[soohookinwen]

Beautiful busy photo. Thanks for an intersting post.
Thanks David

[jcoldslabs]

Mount St. Helens in the distance. Taken yesterday from Rocky Butte in Portland. I'm convinced the Efke emulsions are more blue-sensitive than advertised as deep blue skies nearly always go white. But I like the old-time orthochromatic feel. It goes with the old-time camera gear.

ICA Universal Palmos 275 (1922), Zeiss Doppel-Amatar 15cm (1921), Efke 9x12cm PL100 (2012) at E.I. 32.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/St.-Helens-8-Bit-RGB-CROP.jpg

Jonathan

[GabrielSeri]

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/8x10_bridge3copy2.png

B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50

[Laron]

scaffolding in a setreet of Basel:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8018/7466268790_d3b3698c64_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aronlorincz/7466268790/)
mask (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aronlorincz/7466268790/) by Aron Lorincz (http://www.flickr.com/people/aronlorincz/), on Flickr

[GabrielSeri]

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/8x10_bridge4copy.png
B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50

[GabrielSeri]

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/8x10_bridge5copy.png
B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50

[cpercy]

B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50




B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50






B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50

ElRooster, these are fantastic some of the best overpass/bridge shots I've seen.

Can't decide which I like best.

[GabrielSeri]

ElRooster, these are fantastic some of the best overpass/bridge shots I've seen.

Can't decide which I like best.

Wow! Thank you I'm very excited about this series, I started last week with my new 8x10 camera. I literally just finished developing another one. Let me know what you think, I'm giddy about them! haha

[cpercy]

8x10 Eastman View nº2
B&L Zeiss Tessar 6½ x8½ at ƒ8
Efke100 developed in Finol



Ramiro, this is very nice.

[GabrielSeri]

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/8x10_bridge6copy.png

B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50

[Laron]

Gabriel, the two bridge images are shocking good!!!! brilliant work!

[Laron]

but sure also I like the other too a lot!

[GabrielSeri]

Thanks Laron! I really appreciate it. I like getting feedback from my peers that understand the process. By the way how are you liking the 75mm? I'm getting another one this week, I miss the one I sold.

[rpalm]

Very nice!
I hope you continue with these, they would make a nice series/book

r




http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/8x10_bridge6copy.png

B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50

[RPippin]

76540
Shot in Hopewell Virginia, Chamonix 4X5, 180mm, developed in PMK, badly scanned. Prints to follow.

[Laron]

Thanks Laron! I really appreciate it. I like getting feedback from my peers that understand the process. By the way how are you liking the 75mm? I'm getting another one this week, I miss the one I sold.

I absolutely love that lens, perfect! one favourite for sure! :)

[GabrielSeri]

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/8x10_bridge7copy2.png

B&J 8x10 Grover Camera, Fujinon W 250mm F/5.6, Arista Edu Ultra @80, Rodinal 1:50, cropped to 4 x 10

[Ramiro Elena]

I noticed this sign when I played soccer with some friends on friday and went back to photograph it.
Eastman View Nº2 8x10
Voightlander Euryscope IV #3 wide open (ƒ6?)
3 or 4 second exposure on Efke100

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8159/7494760230_136357ecca_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7494760230/)
El Garrofer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7494760230/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

Taken yesterday atop Rocky Butte in Portland.

Kodak 2D 8x10, B&L 15" f/3.8 projection Petzval, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277-RB-Lamp-Post.jpg

Jonathan

[Steve French]

Great Shot Jonathan !!

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Steve. It was a bit underexposed (used my hand as a shutter trying to hit 1/4 sec.), but that just adds to the mood. The day wasn't actually all that dark. To prove it, here is a panoramic image shot during the same session. Same film, same camera, but with a Hugo Meyer Doppel Anastigmat 240mm and "proper" exposure of fifteen seconds at f/32. (I know, I've done this view a few times already. Still trying to get it right. I'm not there yet.) The film is orthochromatic and so rather than cutting through haze it makes it worse!


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Rocky-Butte-View-01.jpg

Jonathan

[Colin Graham]

I noticed this sign when I played soccer with some friends on friday and went back to photograph it.
Eastman View Nº2 8x10
Voightlander Euryscope IV #3 wide open (ƒ6?)
3 or 4 second exposure on Efke100


Ramiro- that's a very interesting image, I keep coming back to this thread for another look. Thanks for posting it.

[RPippin]

76689 More from Hopewell. Fifty bucks a night motel that was there when I was in high school. Arista 100 4X5, late in the evening before unpacking all my stuff. This is just a scan and not a good one at that, but I'm sure the print will be better.

[cpercy]

Shot through the steamed over back door and wet screen of my first house in 1987.



http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7254/7560172402_0b55fb0d44_b.jpg

[cpercy]

Old office building interior.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7569796230_7407b81e20_b.jpg

[cbk]

I cant find the reason that forced you to release the shutter :P

[Geoffsco]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7581500544_6894903006_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff_roberts/7581500544/)
Apartments, Sydney (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff_roberts/7581500544/) by Geoff A Roberts (http://www.flickr.com/people/geoff_roberts/), on Flickr

[Maris Rusis]

Brilliant timing to hold the highlights and shadows in one frame. There are only a few consecutive seconds in the day where this is possible.

[vinny]

Old office building interior.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7569796230_7407b81e20_b.jpg

I'm not sure why you consider this an urban landscape. Where's the landscape?

[mdm]

Its more landscape than still life in my opinion, maybe architecture. In 100 years time someone will see the light fittings, door/window frames and it will be like 'cool, I want that'. A very post modern picture, If Austin had posted it it would have recieved 2 pages of positive comments.

[archphotofisher]

I want to see whats at the end of that electrical cord with a light bulb or some old cool shade. you have a start of a good document series.

[Nguss]

Got round to trying my 65mm Super Angulon without a centre filter.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7257/7604882542_82feace4cc.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7604882542/)
Tyne (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7604882542/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

[SergeiR]

I cant find the reason that forced you to release the shutter :P

that makes two of us.

[SergeiR]

Got round to trying my 65mm Super Angulon without a centre filter.

While this angled railing a the bottom sort of fits with curve of bridge, it is kinda irritating ;(

[Nguss]

I see what you mean, but I sort of preferred it with than without, but thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

[SergeiR]

well.. its sort of hard to figure out if its a landscape or not. By definition it is, as we can see horizon.. so let it be ;)

Chamonix 45n2, Astia 4x5, 90/4.5 Nikon (oh yeah...)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8162/7618160736_76e3c2e8b8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/7618160736/)
scan0075www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/7618160736/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[RPippin]

77659Shot on Rollie IR at iso400, not filtered, developed in PMK Pyro. Winchester Virginia, in front of my sisters house.

[neprosti]

7776977770
first is with tilt, second with f/64

[jcoldslabs]

Taken yesterday at our neighborhood park.

Speed Graphic, Aero-Ektar, Polaroid type 55 film (expired 1981)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T55-%28665-Pod%29---Slide.jpg

Jonathan

[johnmsanderson]

The Park Avenue tunnel or "cut" dates as far back as 1872 and still operates all rail traffic in and out of Grand Central Terminal.

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/15_park-ave-tunnel.jpg

8x10 Portra 400, 110 XL

[stradibarrius]

Very good shot! strong lines and diagonals. Makes it interesting to me.

[gsinico]

I'm back from a trip to Barcelona, Spain, so involved with Gaudì architecture, but not totally...

http://gelatina.altervista.org/Barcellona/content/images/large/Barcelona_Color_01.jpg


Museum of science.

[gsinico]

...and if you want to see other shoots:

http://gelatina.altervista.org/Barcellona/content/images/large/Barcelona_Color_02.jpg

http://gelatina.altervista.org/Barcellona/content/images/large/Barcelona_Color_04.jpg

http://gelatina.altervista.org/Barcellona/content/images/large/Barcelona_Color_05.jpg

all of them is my first attempt to develop myself my slides whit the jobo cpe2...
;-)

[Ramiro Elena]

Nice Giovanni ;-)

[gsinico]

Nice Giovanni ;-)


thanks, this is the first batch of my first E6 developement, I'm gonna develop about 30 sheets of velvia+provia, but I'm going to the seaside now, so I have to wait two weeks.

Ramiro, I've realized now that you are from Barcelona...

I've missed you!

:-(

[Ramiro Elena]

Next time :)

[gsinico]

:)
Next time :)

[johnmsanderson]

Fuji 64T QL

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/17_parking-lot-exit.jpg

[lab black]

[QUOTE=johnmsanderson;919513]Fuji 64T QL

This man is an accomplished craftsman, who walks in an original direction of suspended observations.

[Geoffsco]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8281/7721072170_7aa6d24c7a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff_roberts/7721072170/)
Ngunnawal, Canberra (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff_roberts/7721072170/) by Geoff A Roberts (http://www.flickr.com/people/geoff_roberts/), on Flickr

[Laron]

Giovanni, very nice! I like them a lot too! ..also beautiful architecture both!

[Michael Wynd]

Geoff, that's 1/2 a k from where I live. I ride the Guzzi round that roundabout nearly every day. Small world.

[Zaitz]

Landmark Schmidt Brewery:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7793412474_2c5eb6a14d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/7793412474/in/photostream)


Not really what I wanted. I've wanted to do a long exposure here with a similar composition. Screwed up two HP5 negatives and then the clouds rolled out. So I edited this Portra version. The Verito did ok @f/22 for being a soft focus lens. Still could tell it doesn't resolve the greatest though. Didn't have my CC-400 set up for the Tessar. Would have liked to use movements instead of Photoshop to correct perspective. Not sure the Tessar would cover enough though.

Speed Graphic
4x5 Kodak Portra 400
Wollensak Verito @f/22
~1/4 of a second

Developed with BTZS tube and Rollei / Compard Digibase c-41 kit.

[Laron]

Zaitz, very nice composition and subject!

[Zaitz]

Thanks Laron. That's the composition I pretty much wanted for the long exposure. The thin/flared hp5 long exposure negative shows promise so I may go back and try to do it right.

[johnmsanderson]

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/15_njtp.jpg

Manhattan, NJ Transit Main Line to Hoboken and "the Heights" of the lower Palisades

[jcoldslabs]

Not sure if this counts as 'urban landscape' or not....

Kodak 2D 8x10, B&L Cinephor 9" projection lens, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Ladder-and-Garage-01.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

"When I get to the bottom I go back to the top...."

8x10 Kodak 2D, 9" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277---Slide.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

Awesome! The swirls make this especially interesting I think.

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Bryan! This is a case where I didn't notice the swirls so much on the ground glass but was surprised when I saw the negative. There were kids waiting to use the slide and I was in a rush so I framed and focused quickly without examining the corners of the GG. Two young kids, a boy and a girl, asked with great curiosity what I was doing, and I carefully described each step as I inserted the film holder, pulled the dark slide and made the two second exposure. I doubt they had ever seen a large format photo being made before. Who knows, maybe one of them will grow up to buy film!

Jonathan

[Pat Kearns]

Just lacking all the muscle cars.
Edd's Drive In
Pascagoula, MS

[Corran]

Who knows, maybe one of them will grow up to buy film!

We can only hope! Cool story...you do such great work photographing what you see around you. Sometimes I can't see the trees from the forest* in my hometown...I do my best work when I'm out at new locations and free myself from my daily life.

*Yes I know that's not the idiom. But I can't see the good subjects (trees) from the mass of stuff I see everyday (forest). So there.

[jcoldslabs]

Sometimes I can't see the trees from the forest* in my hometown...I do my best work when I'm out at new locations and free myself from my daily life.

*Yes I know that's not the idiom. But I can't see the good subjects (trees) from the mass of stuff I see everyday (forest). So there.

I know exactly what you mean, except for me it works in reverse. Nearly every time I go out to a new location I come back with mediocre images. I think that's because when I am in a new place EVERYTHING looks photo-worthy and I can't find the good shots in amongst the boring ones. At home with stuff I see every day most of it is already uninteresting so that when I see a photo opportunity it means something really stands out to me beyond the usual background noise--sunlight hitting a wall in a new way, dishes in the drainer arranged just so, light filtering through a sheet on the clothesline, etc. Anyway, thanks for the compliment. It means a lot.

Jonathan

[dperez]

"When I get to the bottom I go back to the top...."

8x10 Kodak 2D, 9" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277---Slide.jpg

Jonathan

Jonathan,

I like this one a lot.

-Daniel

[jcoldslabs]

Jonathan,

I like this one a lot.

-Daniel

Thank you. And to be honest, this is not the shot I went to the park to take, but it ended up being the better one.

Jonathan

[cpercy]

"more ducks for america"

so who couldn't use more ducks?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8039/7953443778_ba2b7911c1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7953443778/)
more ducks for america (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7953443778/) by cpercy2011 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[C. D. Keth]

To be fair, everybody could use more ducks.

[SamReeves]

"more ducks for america"

so who couldn't use more ducks?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8039/7953443778_ba2b7911c1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7953443778/)
more ducks for america (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7953443778/) by cpercy2011 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

I need more quacks!

Great photo.

[cpercy]

Sosland Envelope Co. downtown Kansas City, MO.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/7959559546_3d7c398d79_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7959559546/)
sosland envelope co (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7959559546/) by cpercy2011 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[cpercy]

Remaning wall of a demolished building in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City.
Apparently to close to the other building to remove.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7965580762_f6fd0e86e4_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7965580762/)
broken corner (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7965580762/) by cpercy2011 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[Ramiro Elena]

Very nice Clayton!

Here's a bench inside the cemetery with a Petzval.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8027072954_ea6117cb70_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027072954/)
Cementeri de Sitges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027072954/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

[johnmsanderson]

4x10

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/17_fbfb-4x10s-a-org.jpg

[David Lobato]

Sunday night with the 8x10. Barnett Newman's sculpture next to the Rothko Chapel in Houston.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Broken%20Obelisk%20LF%20001%20600LFF.jpg

[cpercy]

Very nice Clayton!

Here's a bench inside the cemetery with a Petzval.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8027072954_ea6117cb70_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027072954/)
Cementeri de Sitges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027072954/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

Thanks Ramiro, and this is a very lovely shot. I find it amazing that I can almost instantly recognize one of your images without looking at the name. I think this speaks well of your clear sense of style and vision. I always enjoy your images they are not grandiose, but express themselves with a subtlety and refined design. I also enjoy seeing the different variations you sometimes post of the same subject. Jonathan's and Austin's work are like this as well recognizable styles no matter the subjects.

[jcoldslabs]

I find it amazing that I can almost instantly recognize one of your images without looking at the name. I think this speaks well of your clear sense of style and vision. I always enjoy your images they are not grandiose, but express themselves with a subtlety and refined design. I also enjoy seeing the different variations you sometimes post of the same subject.

I heartily agree with this sentiment. Very well put, cpercy, and I would say it holds true of your own images as well, especially the architectural work.

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Thanks Clayton! :$
I agree with Jonathan, the same thing happens to me with your images. They transpire a sense of quietness.

[Michael_4514]

RFS. Restless finger syndrome, not to be confused with premature snapulation or subjectile disfunction.

[jcoldslabs]

The environmentalist in me wants to title this, "The Devil's Pitchfork."

Toyo 45A, 210mm Sironar-N, T-Max 100


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Smokestacks-02-BW.jpg

Jonathan

[cpercy]

The environmentalist in me wants to title this, "The Devil's Pitchfork."

Toyo 45A, 210mm Sironar-N, T-Max 100


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Smokestacks-02-BW.jpg

Jonathan

Man thats fabulous, love the looming shadow lower right & the vaporous contrail. perfectly rendered tones.
"its a keeper, its bonafied" (oh brother where art thou)

[jcoldslabs]

Man thats fabulous, love the looming shadow lower right & the vaporous contrail. perfectly rendered tones.
"its a keeper, its bonafied" (oh brother where art thou)

Thanks. This is one of those scans that I really didn't have to do very much to other than remove dust specks. I shot a color version of this at the same time and almost posted it, too, but it really loses something in color, I think.

By the way, I love the whole "bona fide/paterfamilias" trope from O Brother. Hilarious. Time to watch that again.

Jonathan

[Corran]

Nice!! Love the subtlety of the tones in the grass. I bet it would look great printed large.

[jcoldslabs]

Nice!! Love the subtlety of the tones in the grass. I bet it would look great printed large.

Thanks, Bryan. I hope so. I am really itching to start enlarging my prints in the darkroom because my scanning skills are lacking when it comes to the sharpness/detail issue. I examine the negatives with a loupe and they are reasonably, sometimes painfully sharp, but my final scans, while I can get them to look decent tonally, don't hold the same degree of detail. I've tried various unsharp masking settings but I can never capture the true negative sharpness and detail through scanning. Some people seem to, so maybe it's me or my method, but in any case I much prefer darkroom work to computer work.

Jonathan

[cpercy]

Thanks. This is one of those scans that I really didn't have to do very much to other than remove dust specks. I shot a color version of this at the same time and almost posted it, too, but it really loses something in color, I think.

By the way, I love the whole "bona fide/paterfamilias" trope from O Brother. Hilarious. Time to watch that again.

Jonathan

Damn I'm in a tight spot, not only have I misquoted the lines I've misspelled everything as well.
You just can't beat the Coen brothers for a good laugh. Thats my all time favorite movie, followed closely by The Big Lebowski.

But seriously I can't imagine liking a color version of this better. But then who knows, maybe you should post it and see what people say.

[C. D. Keth]

The environmentalist in me wants to title this, "The Devil's Pitchfork."

Toyo 45A, 210mm Sironar-N, T-Max 100


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Smokestacks-02-BW.jpg

I love this as a meeting of soft and hard textures and lines. Lovely.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

I love this as a meeting of soft and hard textures and lines. Lovely.

Thanks. I think that's what I responded to also.



Damn I'm in a tight spot, not only have I misquoted the lines I've misspelled everything as well.
You just can't beat the Coen brothers for a good laugh. Thats my all time favorite movie, followed closely by The Big Lebowski.

No worries on the spelling! To be honest I had to check Wikipedia on "bona fide" to see how it was spelled and if it was one or two words. I wasn't sure myself. It's funny, because as I typed up my reply I thought, "Oh, no. I hope Clay doesn't see this as some kind of rebuke." :)

The Coens are geniuses. Big Lebowski and O Brother are tops, but I was surprised at how much I liked both Burn After Reading (not a huge Brad Pitt fan) and No Country For Old Men (not a huge Josh Brolin fan).



But seriously I can't imagine liking a color version of this better. But then who knows, maybe you should post it and see what people say.

Well, here you go:


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5---Smokestacks-01.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

Interesting. Personally I'd probably be doing some selective color edits to that. But as it stands, I do like the b&w one better.

[jcoldslabs]

Don't tease me: what does "selective color edits" mean? (I'm being serious. I am always at a loss when it comes to my color photos and Photoshop tweaking.)

Jonathan

[Corran]

Add a new "Hue/Saturation" layer, and you can selectively edit reds, yellows, greens, cyans, blues, and magentas - specifically their hue, saturation, and luminosity. I don't know how the scene looked, but personally that cyan, greyish sky isn't doing it for me. So I'd be moving the hue a little in the cyans/blues.

Of course one can argue that this isn't fair and makes it "faux"tography but...it's the same kinda thing I assume one could do in the darkroom with color printing.

If you want to send me a file to mess with I could demonstrate...shoot me an email if you like.

[cpercy]

I must admit I like the color one better than I would have expected but still gotta go with the B&W as a first choice. Its to attached to reality in color, if that makes sense.
The grass loses the macro animal fur quality it has in b&w, and the contrail is no longer in the perfect position. But of course this is all just my biased opinion.

And don't worry I'm in no way offended by proper spelling.
(or should that be correct spelling? hmmm oh how the hell would I know I spent most of my english class time in the hall or the principal's office)

PS have you read Cormac's book "No country for old men." the Coen brothers visual rendering was spot on as I imagined it when I read it.

[jcoldslabs]

I must admit I like the color one better than I would have expected but still gotta go with the B&W as a first choice. Its to attached to reality in color, if that makes sense.
The grass loses the macro animal fur quality it has in b&w, and the contrail is no longer in the perfect position. But of course this is all just my biased opinion.

And don't worry I'm in no way offended by proper spelling.
(or should that be correct spelling? hmmm oh how the hell would I know I spent most of my english class time in the hall or the principal's office)

PS have you read Cormac's book "No country for old men." the Coen brothers visual rendering was spot on as I imagined it when I read it.

I agree with you totally on this. Bryan just e-mailed me a different interpretation of the color photo--much better blues and saturation (thanks!)--but I like the B&W better still. Glad I shot both, because you don't always know.

I never read that book, although I've read some of his others. Blood Meridian was tough to get through not because of the writing but because of the violence and cold-hearted characters.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

And another view, closer up this time. (This is probably not an 'urban landscape,' but it goes with the photos I posted above.)

Toyo 45A, 90mm Grandagon, 4x5 T-Max


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Smokestacks-Wide-BW.jpg

Jonathan

[brianam]

I like this a lot Jonathan. Minimal, strong, almost *perfectly* framed. (You did way better than I could have!, for certain)

Is this the power plant at Morro Bay, CA? If so I took something very similar there to your earlier posted shot, but on MF. :-/

[Corran]

Hey Jonathan, what color filter did you use on the up close shot? I love the dark sky. Just curious. I like dark skies a lot.

[jcoldslabs]

I like this a lot Jonathan. Minimal, strong, almost *perfectly* framed. (You did way better than I could have!, for certain)

Is this the power plant at Morro Bay, CA? If so I took something very similar there to your earlier posted shot, but on MF. :-/

Yep, it's in Morro Bay. Thanks for the compliment. Although I wish I'd had a wider lens. That's the 90mm. A 75mm would have helped get some foreground in there, but you do what you can.




Hey Jonathan, what color filter did you use on the up close shot? I love the dark sky. Just curious. I like dark skies a lot.

You know, I'm not sure what filter I used. When I was working on the scan I was thinking the same thing: "What made the skies so dark?" I only have three filters in 67mm: an 81B, a greenish yellow and a yellow--no polarizer. I put the warming filter* on for the color shot I took right before (see below), and I may have just left it on for the B&W as well. Maybe the lens' natural fall-off helped darken the skies peripherally. I take better notes now, but I didn't back then, unfortunately.



http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Smokestacks-Wide-COLOR.jpg

*Ironically I corrected most of the warmth out of the shot in PS. It was looking too orange!

Jonathan

[Corran]

I like this color shot! The sky is a nice deep blue.

[jcoldslabs]

I like this color shot! The sky is a nice deep blue.

I was thinking of you as I worked on the scan. No anemic colors in this one! That's what shooting chromes can do for you.

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Eastman View 8x10 Voigtlander Euryscop f6
Efke100 in Moersch Finol

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8056927785_64d2d272fa_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8056927785/)
Sitges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8056927785/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

[Miguel Curbelo]

Bonita, bonita, bonita Ramiro.

[Ramiro Elena]

Gracias Miguel ;-)

[jcoldslabs]

I agree. Just lovely, Ramiro. I WISH I could get tones like that from Efke 100. That film has always been a struggle for me.

Jonathan

[Leigh]

That's a great shot, Ramiro. Simple elegance. Excellent.

- Leigh

[cpercy]

outstanding Ramiro.

[life_in_sepia]

Bravo!

[Jody_S]

Fuji HR-T in 4x5 box camera: the Adlake Special

81576

Most of my photos were grossly overexposed, I'm still trying to sort this out. The f-stops are in standard format (f16, 22, 32, 45), but I didn't measure and calculate. I know my film isn't fogged, because one sheet fell out of the aluminum plate holder and was only partially-exposed. I'm not using inserts, the plate holders will hold a sheet of film well enough. I was stopping down more than I need to (most were f32) because I wasn't sure if the difference in thickness between glass plate and sheet film would be an issue, but it doesn't seem to be. I haven't photographed the camera, but there's a page here (http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=1124). I thought it was a 'falling-plate' camera when I bought it, but then I should have checked I suppose. It's not, it uses a proprietary clamshell sheet metal plate holder. I would like to use this for street photography, candid portraits. So far I'm using a tripod, I haven't been brave enough to hand-hold.

[lab black]

Ramiro,
Stunning dignity with enduring sophistication and craftsmanship.

[Ramiro Elena]

Thank you guys.
Jonathan, I am not very careful with my processing and exposure actually. I didn't really know how to measure this so I just took an ambient reading. I also used an orange filter + a ND 4x to get a longer exposure, then I counted 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
I am using Finol at 24º because that's the temperature tap water is coming out at this time of the year. Scanning wasn't either very carefuly done. Unclip highlights and shadows and that's it.

Thanks for the kind words you people. They're very encouraging.

[jcoldslabs]

I am not very careful with my processing and exposure actually.

That's both reassuring and frustrating! (For me at least.) In any case, it is a beautiful photo. As with much of your work it has a potent, quiet grace.

Jonathan

[Scott Davis]

http://dcphotoartist.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/freshnoodlespekingduck.jpg

http://dcphotoartist.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/secessionnegimakiroll.jpg

http://dcphotoartist.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/burmarestaurantdc.jpg

All images shot with Kodak Portra 160nc, Canham 5x7 woodfield, using a 12" Commercial Ektar.

[kurtdriver]

Love these pics , especially the first. You know that Wok an Roll restaurant is in the building that the Lincoln assassination conspirators plotted in?

[Roger Thoms]

Eastman View 8x10 Voigtlander Euryscop f6
Efke100 in Moersch Finol

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8056927785_64d2d272fa_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8056927785/)
Sitges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8056927785/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

This is lovely!

Roget

[Scott Davis]

Love these pics , especially the first. You know that Wok an Roll restaurant is in the building that the Lincoln assassination conspirators plotted in?

Yes, I know about the Wok N Roll :) It was Mary Surratt's house. As you can see from the outside, it's a far cry from the grande dame of Savannah they used as its stand-in on the set of The Conspirator.

[jcoldslabs]

I think I have to title this one: "Someone's Bin In My Yard." Even if that someone is me.

8x10 Kodak 2D, 15" B&L projection Petzval, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277), one minute exposure.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277---Bin-in-Yard.jpg

Jonathan

[stradibarrius]

Muy Bonito!!! me encanta!

[Ramiro Elena]

I think I have to title this one: "Someone's Bin In My Yard." Even if that someone is me.

8x10 Kodak 2D, 15" B&L projection Petzval, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277), one minute exposure.


[img]http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277---Bin-in-Yard.jpg

Jonathan

Nice, at least it wasn't a BINder full of women. I need to get me one of those B&L. Almost did couple days ago, outbid in the last second...

[Harley Goldman]

Eastman View 8x10 Voigtlander Euryscop f6
Efke100 in Moersch Finol

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8056927785_64d2d272fa_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8056927785/)
Sitges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8056927785/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

This is very cool! Muy bueno.

[jcoldslabs]

At least it wasn't a BINder full of women.

You pay attention to our presidential debates in Spain? Are you some kind of masochist? ;)



I need to get me one of those B&L. Almost did couple days ago, outbid in the last second...

I really love mine. It is super fast but doesn't stop down, but why stop down a lens like this?


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/B%26L-Petzval-02-SMALL.jpg

Jonathan

[C. D. Keth]

Not urban in theme but this is right in the middle of Los Angeles. I took it yesterday and scanned it this morning. I'm not 100% convinced, but I can't decide what precisely I dislike.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8106085594_ae0cf7da25_b.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Took this today at the park down the street. I took another shot from this spot, and both times a car drove by when the shutter was open. I looked both ways before making the exposure, but a lot can happen in ten seconds that you can't control. You can see the motion blur from the car along the street if you look closely.

Speed Graphic, 15cm f/4.5 uncoated Zeiss Tessar @f/32, Polaroid type 55 (expired 2001), ten second exposure.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T55---Park-Puddle.jpg

Jonathan

[cpercy]

Took this today at the park down the street. I took another shot from this spot, and both times a car drove by when the shutter was open. I looked both ways before making the exposure, but a lot can happen in ten seconds that you can't control. You can see the motion blur from the car along the street if you look closely.

Speed Graphic, 15cm f/4.5 uncoated Zeiss Tessar @f/32, Polaroid type 55 (expired 2001), ten second exposure.

WOW Jonathan, this is one is uber-nice and thats not a (word?) I use lightly. lol


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T55---Park-Puddle.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

This is one is uber-nice and that's not a (word?) I use lightly. lol

Thanks. I really appreciate the comment because I've been having more failures than successes lately, photographically speaking. Therefore, a compliment from a talented co-practitioner is most welcome!

Jonathan

[Corran]

I also really like that. Question - is the print toned like that or do you add a bit of color in the scan? I like the Fujiroid stuff I use but I wish it was slightly warmer toned, like that is.

[jcoldslabs]

Question - is the print toned like that or do you add a bit of color in the scan? I like the Fujiroid stuff I use but I wish it was slightly warmer toned, like that is.

I often scan my black and white negatives with a color film profile in Silverfast 6 and this results in a reddish-brown tone imparted to the scan. It's usually not on purpose, although I generally like warm tone images so I leave it.

Jonathan

[lecep]

Hello,

View from Ekeberg, Oslo. Tech IV and Foma 200
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/7859299740_bbf41bfd9e_c.jpg

[Peter Spangenberg]

I didn't see Cleveland represented here, so I've posted a few from a series I'm working on in the Flats:
826328263382634
4x10 and 8x10 HP5 contact prints on what's left of my Adox Nuance.

[bobwysiwyg]

Peter, REALLY like that first pano, very nice.

[Jody_S]

Back to basics: expired Arista in 4x5, Dallmeyer Pentac 8" (1925) @f4

82646

[Peter Spangenberg]

Peter, REALLY like that first pano, very nice.

Thanks Bob-
I'm finding some of this subject just doesn't fit into 8x10 properly. I appreciate the complement.
Peter

[timing]

Bit disappointed with this one to be honest - seems to lack a certain pop.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8136462694_07dbdc00f4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingmire/8136462694/)
Cooling Towers 8x10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingmire/8136462694/) by Tim Ingmire (http://www.flickr.com/people/ingmire/), on Flickr

[C. D. Keth]

This is more of an urban detail but it belongs here better than anywhere else.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8184/8140785380_2d6b0b3435_c.jpg

[Jody_S]

Catching up with some scanning today.

82808

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8140787012_f42b4d69c9_b.jpg

[vinny]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8140787012_f42b4d69c9_b.jpg

out doing a little fishing I see. Nice one.

[timing]

As I said above, I was a little disappointed with the image but this one I'm much more happy with.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8191/8142483707_12815859b5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingmire/8142483707/)
Cooling Towers 8x10009 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingmire/8142483707/) by Tim Ingmire (http://www.flickr.com/people/ingmire/), on Flickr

[Ramiro Elena]

I like the first one better, although this one has the train, nice touch.

[Jody_S]

I like the 2nd with the train, but a slightly different contrast adjustment might make me switch back to the 1st. I find the 2nd, as it displays on my monitor, gives a better 'mood' for lack of a better word.

[Jim Cole]

As I said above, I was a little disappointed with the image but this one I'm much more happy with.



I like this second one better. The train adds a nice contrasting touch and adds a sense of scale, the light is more dynamic and the exhaust has a lot more texture.

[timing]

Thanks for the comments. I intend to go back this weekend and try some other vantage points around the power station. I hope the weather plays ball and gives some good lighting.

[C. D. Keth]

out doing a little fishing I see. Nice one.

You know you're jealous of my proximity to the beautiful LA River. I'm dying to replace my crappy scanner. There's detail under the overpass on the negative, my current scanner is having awful dynamic range problems where I have to sometimes choose the detail I want to toss.

[cpercy]

Bit disappointed with this one to be honest - seems to lack a certain pop.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8136462694_07dbdc00f4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingmire/8136462694/)
Cooling Towers 8x10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingmire/8136462694/) by Tim Ingmire (http://www.flickr.com/people/ingmire/), on Flickr

I like this one best the lighting is more ominous, the asymmetry of the near towers is more pleasing, and the negative space is made stronger by not breaking up the forms with direct sunlight as in the second one.

[jcoldslabs]

I may have posted this one before, but I did a better scan of it today than I had previously. Being long-expired slide film there are some color casts I just can't correct and the shadow contrast was pretty low, but overall this looks better than it did.

Speed Graphic, Aero-Ektar, Ektachrome 100 (expired 1999)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5---Golf-v2.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

Nice! So that's the golf shot you mentioned? I never did start that Sports thread.

Anyway, love the way you captured the subjects. Color looks fine to me, maybe try some selective color edits if you are unhappy with certain things.

[jcoldslabs]

Nice! So that's the golf shot you mentioned?

Yep, that's the shot. Mentioning it to you got me looking at it again and I realized how poor the original scan was. It's my only LF sports shot to date, although I was thinking of heading back to that course for a few more images. Golfers tend to stand still long enough that LF shots are pretty easy!

Jonathan

[Corran]

Cool. When baseball season hits I'm planning on shooting some with my Speed, and hopefully my 6" Aero will finally be finished getting modified and put on the camera (I'm having the barrel threaded).

[SergeiR]

8x10 Arista, 210mm Symmar

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7258/8152727134_6302cf1ec6_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8152727134/)
Truck in Frisco (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8152727134/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Frank Petronio]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcwuifAsQr1rio0u5o2_1280.jpg

Could you please stop raining?

[Thomas Greutmann]

Canal in the historical warehouse district (Speicherstadt), Hamburg

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Hamburg-bei-Nacht/000709-fi-hamburg-wasserschloss-night.jpg?m=1352017944

Linhof Master Technika with Symmar-S 150mm, Kodak TMAX 400, developed in XTOL 1:1

[Richard Wasserman]

Dudley Street Neighborhood—Boston, Massachusetts

[Noah A]

Nice photo, Richard. Can't wait to see more from Boston.

Here's an Epson scan from my recent trip to Cairo. Shot with the MT2000 and 120mm SSHM on Portra 160.

[Vaughn]

Could you please stop raining?


Take One and See Mount Fujiyama :)

http://icanonlygiveyoueverything.blogspot.com/2011/04/take-one-and-see-mtfujiyama.html

[Dean]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8475/8112293826_c529498e64_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8112293826/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img200s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8112293826/)

[Richard Wasserman]

Thanks Noah, I like yours too, Cairo must have been fascinating, and am looking forward to December!

Here's another. Does this qualify as an urban landscape? It is a community greenhouse located in the inner city and contains soil and plants, so I hope it fits....

Dudley Street Neighborhood Community Greenhouse-Boston Massachusetts

110mm Super Symmar XL, Portra 160

[Noah A]

It's as urban as some of the other stuff here, Richard. I like it.

One more, this one is a building under construction in the Manshiyet Nasser neighborhood of Cairo. Again the MT2000 and 120 SSHM on Portra 160.

[Jody_S]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8475/8112293826_c529498e64_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8112293826/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img200s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8112293826/)

Beautiful.

[johnmsanderson]

Yes the flag colors were really weird like that.

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/17_alden-hs.jpg

[vinny]

I like this one, John

[adam satushek]

Yes the flag colors were really weird like that.

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/17_alden-hs.jpg

yeah, that is pretty awesome....anemic flag with red dripping on it. I like it.

[Andrew Plume]

likewise
Beautiful.

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/8165984010_dcf90a0737_c.jpg

[Jody_S]

I like this one. I wasn't sure about the power lines at first, but if you removed them the composition would be ruined I think.

[C. D. Keth]

I like this one. I wasn't sure about the power lines at first, but if you removed them the composition would be ruined I think.

That's the decision I arrived at, too. I tried a couple things at this corner and it was never quite right until I applied some rise and embraced it. I'm going to try it one more time this weekend filtered red. I'm curious to see it with a really dark sky.

[Leigh]

Chris,

I think it's funny. I laughed the first time I saw it.

The juxtaposition of the subjects, with both the trees and the pole bending backwards from each other,
looks like some kind of confrontation, like they're about to do battle with the power lines.

I like it just as it is. No PS BS required. :rolleyes:

- Leigh

[Harley Goldman]

Canal in the historical warehouse district (Speicherstadt), Hamburg

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Hamburg-bei-Nacht/000709-fi-hamburg-wasserschloss-night.jpg?m=1352017944

Linhof Master Technika with Symmar-S 150mm, Kodak TMAX 400, developed in XTOL 1:1

I like this a lot. Fine perspective and great tones. Well done.

[Jody_S]

Another from my scanning backlog:

83311

4x5 with Symmar 150 & T-max 100

[cpercy]

From under the canopy.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8342/8171161216_6a85143b85_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8171161216/)
Atchison 254 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8171161216/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[Corran]

A diptych I did today. Two sheets of outdated Portra 400NC rated @ 200, shot on my Polaroid 900 and Xenotar 135mm f/3.5 at f/22, 1/25, and developed at home with the Tetenal C-41 kit.

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

[Rick Rycroft]

"From under the canopy."

I like it a lot.

[Dean]

likewise

Thank you!

[welly]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8178654913_1e5b1b50a9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialphotography/8178654913/in/photostream/)

Nikkor-W 150mm, HP5+, Rodinal, VueScan

[Harley Goldman]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8178654913_1e5b1b50a9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialphotography/8178654913/in/photostream/)

Nikkor-W 150mm, HP5+, Rodinal, VueScan


This is really well done. Great lines, textures and tones, with good tension to the composition.

[cpercy]

"From under the canopy."

I like it a lot.
Thank you Rick.

[C. D. Keth]

This is a reshoot of a photo I posted about a dozen posts back. Filtration was different and I waited for, in my opinion, more pleasing light.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8181383200_37480b0766_c.jpg

[C. D. Keth]

and another from Los Angeles:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8181385416_7861380c15_b.jpg

[RRoach]

wonderful photographies!
Inspiring work!

[PhotoWrangler]

From under the canopy.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8342/8171161216_6a85143b85_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8171161216/)
Atchison 254 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8171161216/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr




If this was taken recently... how'd you get so many vintage cars in the photo?? LOL

[C. D. Keth]

Found these tires today, placed just so:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8184394891_ef7fba27df_b.jpg

[stradibarrius]

Wonderful shot Thomas. The image has "snap"!
I have never tried Tmax but when I see an image like this I am tempted to try it.

Canal in the historical warehouse district (Speicherstadt), Hamburg

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Hamburg-bei-Nacht/000709-fi-hamburg-wasserschloss-night.jpg?m=1352017944

Linhof Master Technika with Symmar-S 150mm, Kodak TMAX 400, developed in XTOL 1:1

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Fabulous image, Thomas...




Canal in the historical warehouse district (Speicherstadt), Hamburg

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Hamburg-bei-Nacht/000709-fi-hamburg-wasserschloss-night.jpg?m=1352017944

Linhof Master Technika with Symmar-S 150mm, Kodak TMAX 400, developed in XTOL 1:1

[Nana Sousa Dias]

All photos done with my NSD 45 PS, home made 4x5 camera, Schneider Super Angulon 47mm XL, Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal 1+50.


http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2853/pc001jw.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/i/pc001jw.jpg/)



http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3081/parquedasnaes001vs2.jpg (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/parquedasnaes001vs2.jpg/)



http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6629/parquedasnaes003.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/i/parquedasnaes003.jpg/)

[jon.oman]

All photos done with my NSD 45 PS, home made 4x5 camera, Schneider Super Angulon 47mm XL, Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal 1+50.


http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6629/parquedasnaes003.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/i/parquedasnaes003.jpg/)

Wow! I like them all, but this one just screams!

[Thomas Greutmann]

Nana, stradibarrius, Harley: thank you very much for your positive comments. It is a nice encouragement for my current project: it is the dark and cold season here in Germany and I am out there with my camera once or twice a week to capture Hamburg cityscapes at night. Night lightings adds a certain magic to otherwise ordinary or even dull and boring places.

If you are interested there are some more images from the series here: http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/ORTE---PLACES/Hamburg-bei-Nacht. I'll probably add more over the next weeks, matter of fact there are 10 more shots from yesterday's trip sitting and waiting for processing.



I have never tried Tmax but when I see an image like this I am tempted to try it.
I don't know how Tmax compares to other materials since I haven't really tried anything else seriously. But I think I have now found a rather reliable method for night exposures which I apply consistently. I know what f-stops, exposure times, film processing times and - very important for tonality - how to apply curve adjustments in the scanning process to get the look I want. As others have pointed out here in the forum: consistency is probably more important than materials.

Thanks again guys,
Thomas

[Jim Andrada]

83564

Super Graphic, Acros 100, Xtol 1:1

83565

83566

83567



Kardan Bi 5 x 7, ReproClaron 305, Ansco 100 (it was more than a few years ago)

[welly]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8337/8192298881_1eda0e9089_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialphotography/8192298881/in/photostream/)

Annoyed by the security camera. I really didn't notice it in the composition otherwise I'd have brought it more into the image. Oh well, it's only up the road - I can shoot it again. Must do better, though!

Ilford HP5+ in D-76. Nikkor-W 150mm, f/16, 1/60.

[lbenac]

Just came back from two weeks in France and started processing my 4x5.
I did a few night shot in a beautiful small medieval town.

I choose to accentuate the perspective instead of correcting it. I wanted to bring the focus into the center and recreate the feel of snugness without removing the majesty of the house.
Not sure it works - I should likely have taken a perspective correted shot aslo to compare.


Wista Field with Angulon 90mm 6.8 - the small one :-) FP4 in pyrocat


http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s1/v54/p1273416626-5.jpg


Cheers,

Luc

[welly]

Just came back from two weeks in France and started processing my 4x5.
I did a few night shot in a beautiful small medieval town.

I choose to accentuate the perspective instead of correcting it. I wanted to bring the focus into the center and recreate the feel of snugness without removing the majesty of the house.
Not sure it works - I should likely have taken a perspective correted shot aslo to compare.


Wista Field with Angulon 90mm 6.8 - the small one :-) FP4 in pyrocat


http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s1/v54/p1273416626-5.jpg


Cheers,

Luc

It works! It works very well. I love this shot.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Thanks, Jon



Wow! I like them all, but this one just screams!

[lbenac]

It works! It works very well. I love this shot.

Thanks Mate. Mostly I only have these kind of opportunities when I go to Europe. Vancouver is more about the great outdoors like down under.

http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s2/v58/p1274348586-5.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

[stradibarrius]

Lus I think it works. It has that feel that you get in old European villages.
Just came back from two weeks in France and started processing my 4x5.
I did a few night shot in a beautiful small medieval town.

I choose to accentuate the perspective instead of correcting it. I wanted to bring the focus into the center and recreate the feel of snugness without removing the majesty of the house.
Not sure it works - I should likely have taken a perspective correted shot aslo to compare.


Wista Field with Angulon 90mm 6.8 - the small one :-) FP4 in pyrocat


http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s1/v54/p1273416626-5.jpg


Cheers,

Luc

[cpercy]

Interstate 35 over the Southwest Boulevard, Mission Road exit ramp in Kansas City, Kansas.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8194160325_dd6e34a00b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8194160325/)
overpass curve 260 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8194160325/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[cpercy]

If this was taken recently... how'd you get so many vintage cars in the photo?? LOL

Christopher, as you guessed this was taken in the mid 80's, I'm a little behind on my printing and processing. LOL
Seriously though I just recently got a scanner and started processing my old negs digitally.
This image is one that because of the densities in the negative I would not have been able to pull a print in the darkroom, that I was happy with, so I never printed it before.
Now with the control available in the digital process I can realize the image I originally intended when I exposed the film.

P.S. when I posted this on flickr I identified it as Atchison, and was quickly corrected it is actually Abilene. At least I got the "A" right, and I did remember it was taken from the train station.
I find it absolutely amazing how quickly this information for, which I am very grateful, was brought to my attention. I had spent a good deal of time searching around in google maps trying to
identify the location and all I needed to do was post it on the net and my search was complete.

SOMETIMES I love technology.

[johnmsanderson]

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/15_newburgh-wall-clouds.jpg

[Harley Goldman]

Great lines and graphics. The bold colors work well too. I like this a lot. Very well done!!!




http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/15_newburgh-wall-clouds.jpg

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Pittsburgh_Monogohela.jpg
Pittsburgh, PA from the Monongahela Incline, 2012
Arca-Swiss 4x5F, 150mm Fujinon, TMax 100

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Pittsburgh_BroadwayOutdoorStore.jpg
Broadway Outdoor Store, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
Arca-Swiss 4x5F, 150mm Fujinon, TMax 100

[Ramiro Elena]

Some apartment complex by the highway. I got a major light leak (first in a very long time) that I posted in the "Images of mistakes" (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?58849-Images-of-mistakes-good-or-bad&p=955792&viewfull=1#post955792) thread. I fixed it with the "Content Aware" tool.
I also screwed up the development time thinking I was processing an overexposed shot taken earlier. Density is okay despite the under development (8min instead of 13!)
Eastman View 8x10 with the B&L Zeiss Tessar 6½ x8½ at ƒ22.
Efke100 with Fomadon R09.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8201033698_36bddc233d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8201033698/)
Gavà fixed (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8201033698/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

[johnmsanderson]

Great lines and graphics. The bold colors work well too. I like this a lot. Very well done!!!

thanks Harley! The light was unique that day.

[Ramiro Elena]

This may not seem urban but it was taken right by the side of the highway. Nice location for portraits or nudes. The Euryscope is very hard to focus and I over exposed by 4 stops not having any filters on me at the moment. I cut development by half and though the negative looks dense I could get most of the detail out.

Eastman View 8x10
Euryscope #3 and Efke100

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8202454859_1cbe39cffa_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8202454859/)
Gavà (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8202454859/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

[Jiri Vasina]

This may not seem urban but it was taken right by the side of the highway. Nice location for portraits or nudes. The Euryscope is very hard to focus and I over exposed by 4 stops not having any filters on me at the moment. I cut development by half and though the negative looks dense I could get most of the detail out.

Eastman View 8x10
Euryscope #3 and Efke100

Gavà (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8202454859/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

Ramiro, that one looks stunning... the sense of light is awesome...

Jiri

[Ari]

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/15_newburgh-wall-clouds.jpg

Me like very much.

[Ari]

This may not seem urban but it was taken right by the side of the highway. Nice location for portraits or nudes. The Euryscope is very hard to focus and I over exposed by 4 stops not having any filters on me at the moment. I cut development by half and though the negative looks dense I could get most of the detail out.

Eastman View 8x10
Euryscope #3 and Efke100

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8202454859_1cbe39cffa_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8202454859/)
Gavà (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8202454859/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

Even if it's a "mistake", it's a great one, and I think you're on to something here.
It's got a beautiful, delicate quality about it.
Bravo!

[Freezer]

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/15_njtp.jpg

Manhattan, NJ Transit Main Line to Hoboken and "the Heights" of the lower Palisades

Very nice. The low horizon makes it. Reminds me of a Hockney painting showing the emptiness and banality of suburban life in southern California.

[cpercy]

This may not seem urban but it was taken right by the side of the highway. Nice location for portraits or nudes. The Euryscope is very hard to focus and I over exposed by 4 stops not having any filters on me at the moment. I cut development by half and though the negative looks dense I could get most of the detail out.

Eastman View 8x10
Euryscope #3 and Efke100


Fantastic Ramiro.

[scm]

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/Scan-121120-0001x.jpg
8x10 Kodak Empire State - 305mm/6.3 Ilex Caltar - FP4+

[Ramiro Elena]

Thanks folks!

[Robert Langham]

Shot this when I was a child back in the early '70s. It WAS a happening urban spot. Since gone to ruin. White House at CdC with a Hasselblad and 50mm. I'm nearly sure I used a yellow filter.

84081

[sly]

Hi Robert, have been enjoying looking at your images, but if this is medium format, it's not supposed to be here. There is a haven for smaller formats in the lounge.
Can't tell you how many times I've thought, "I should post my XXXX photo. It would fit in this thread.......Doh.... I can't it's MF."

[GabrielSeri]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8223438692_00f82dc0e1_b.jpg

Toyo 45A Delta 100 Rodinal 1:50 Nikkor M 300mm F9.

[GabrielSeri]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8222363889_c1a5cd8e3b_b.jpg
Toyo 45A Delta 100 Rodinal 1:50 Nikkor M 300mm F9.

[lbenac]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8223438692_00f82dc0e1_b.jpg

Toyo 45A Delta 100 Rodinal 1:50 Nikkor M 300mm F9.

I really like this one. And I love the Nikkor-M 300 to boot.

Cheers,

Luc

[vinny]

Shot this when I was a child back in the early '70s. It WAS a happening urban spot. Since gone to ruin. White House at CdC with a Hasselblad and 50mm. I'm nearly sure I used a yellow filter.

84081

This IS the large format forum. There's a thread where you can post small format images.

[Peter Yeti]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8223438692_00f82dc0e1_b.jpg

Toyo 45A Delta 100 Rodinal 1:50 Nikkor M 300mm F9.

I really like this shot a lot. For me it has somewhat an enigmatic feel and nice composition.

Peter

[northcarolinajack]

One little town to visit in North Carolina is Marshall, located in western part of the state near the Tennessee border. It is located along the banks of the French Broad River as it flows west. The Madison County Courthouse, built in 1907 is located here. I photographed the courthouse several times over the years, this time using lens from a casket set just purchased from CP Goerz here at LFF. I was surprised with the good results. The Danforth uncorked, that I have used many times, is a little soft. The new Wollaston just purchased 135mm lens modified to cover 5x7 is very soft shot wide open at F2.3. All photographs were taken without moving my tripod.


Camera – Speed Graflex 4x5
Lens - Gasket set with 25/15 lens, results 4 inch F5.5 lens
Lens – Danforth Wide Angle uncorked at F5.6
Lens - Wollaston Mod Meniscus 135mm to cover 5x7 at F2.3
Film – Ilford HP 4 processed in HC-110 50/1

Jack

www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954

[Harley Goldman]

This may not seem urban but it was taken right by the side of the highway. Nice location for portraits or nudes. The Euryscope is very hard to focus and I over exposed by 4 stops not having any filters on me at the moment. I cut development by half and though the negative looks dense I could get most of the detail out.

Eastman View 8x10
Euryscope #3 and Efke100

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8202454859_1cbe39cffa_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8202454859/)
Gavà (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8202454859/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

This turned out really well. Nicely done!

[Harley Goldman]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8222363889_c1a5cd8e3b_b.jpg
Toyo 45A Delta 100 Rodinal 1:50 Nikkor M 300mm F9.



Very cool, Gabriel! Very moody and nice lines.

[GabrielSeri]

Thank you Luc! I just got the Nikkor-M 300 and I am quickly falling in love with it. :)

[GabrielSeri]

Thank you Peter! I'm quickly seeing a little under bridge series developing I started a few months ago and it continues.

[GabrielSeri]

Thank you very much Harley! I really admire your work and like visiting your website.

[lbenac]

Cambrils, Spain

Used to be a small fishing port, now fishing is only a small part of the twon.


Wista 45DX HP5+ 510-Pyro Jobo

http://www.LucBenacPhoto.com/img/s4/v64/p1296621588.jpg


Cheers,

Luc

[C. D. Keth]

Tiny landscapes:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8477/8226659800_f351bf7c42_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8070/8225590253_5cfc5c53c4_c.jpg

[atlcruiser]

Crown Graphic
135mml
HP5+ @ 200
Rollo Pyro 12min

cut the corners!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8245324235_2681c79714_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8245324235/)
11124512.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8245324235/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8245325735_ede7e12b6a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8245325735/)
11124515.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8245325735/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8246392112_1ea0370c3e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8246392112/)
11124514.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8246392112/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

[C. D. Keth]

The reflections in the train were a pleasant surprise.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8204/8249369658_2f7233fd3c_b.jpg

[johnmsanderson]

very cool!! I actually noticed that effect last week when I was shooting near some tracks (shocker, right?) on an overcast day.

[Harley Goldman]

Crown Graphic
135mml
HP5+ @ 200
Rollo Pyro 12min

cut the corners!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8245324235_2681c79714_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8245324235/)
11124512.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8245324235/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8245325735_ede7e12b6a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8245325735/)
11124515.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8245325735/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8246392112_1ea0370c3e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8246392112/)
11124514.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/8246392112/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

Nice set of abstracts. I particularly like the middle one. Real nice lines and shapes, tones and balance to the comp.

[jcoldslabs]

I missed the focus on the foreground leaf by a skosh, and just as I was tripping the shutter a car drove into the scene with its headlights on. I almost put this in the 'Mistakes' thread because of these errors, but I don't think it's quite that bad.

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 7" Aero-Ektar, T-Max 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/TMax100%2899%29-Leaf-In-Puddle.jpg

Jonathan

[cpercy]

I missed the focus on the foreground leaf by a skosh, and just as I was tripping the shutter a car drove into the scene with its headlights on. I almost put this in the 'Mistakes' thread because of these errors, but I don't think it's quite that bad.

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 7" Aero-Ektar, T-Max 100 (expired 1999).




Jonathan

This is really quite nice Jonathan, and I was just reading a thread last night about how we are all shooting and displaying images in the "west coast style" I think this one falls well outside that.
and what a great turn on events to have those headlights show up at just the right moment and in the perfect place.

[cpercy]

This is really quite nice Jonathan, and I was just reading a thread last night about how we are all shooting and displaying images in the "west coast style" I think this one falls well outside that.
and what a great turn on events to have those headlights show up at just the right moment and in the perfect place.

In fact the more I look at it I'm thinking you must have had your wife in that car on the other end of a 2-way radio directing her into the exact perfect position. and then you probably had her turn the lights off half way through the exposure so they wouldn't be overexposed. LOL

[cpercy]

In fact the more I look at it I'm thinking you must have had your wife in that car on the other end of a 2-way radio directing her into the exact perfect position. and then you probably had her turn the lights off half way through the exposure so they wouldn't be overexposed. LOL

No wait a minute it wasn't your wife it was a... a... Meryl Streep yeah.. yeah... that's it. And she was naked yeah.. yeah.. thats the ticket. lol

[Jiri Vasina]

I missed the focus on the foreground leaf by a skosh, and just as I was tripping the shutter a car drove into the scene with its headlights on. I almost put this in the 'Mistakes' thread because of these errors, but I don't think it's quite that bad.

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 7" Aero-Ektar, T-Max 100 (expired 1999).


Jonathan

No, Jonathan, it should not go in 'Mistakes' thread... not at all... it's actually very good image...

Jiri

[jcoldslabs]

In fact the more I look at it I'm thinking you must have had your wife in that car on the other end of a 2-way radio directing her into the exact perfect position. and then you probably had her turn the lights off half way through the exposure so they wouldn't be overexposed. LOL

That would have been the better idea! I had the shot all set up and had pulled the dark slide when I looked up and saw the car drive into view just as my finger was pushing the cable release plunger. Since I had visualized a placid and empty street scene the presence of the car bothered me, but I think you're right: it is pretty well positioned in the scene. So if a car had to be there, this isn't so bad.




No, Jonathan, it should not go in 'Mistakes' thread... not at all... it's actually very good image...

Thanks, Jiri. I often post my images too soon after processing and tend to judge them rather harshly. If I sit on them a few days I end up being more forgiving.

Jonathan

[Peter Lewin]

OK, 3rd attempt, this time using the BBcode and not the HTML code.

Unused Jaguar dealership in Madison, NJ, currently undergoing site restoration for contaminant removal.
Canham DLC, Ilford HP5+, PMK, negative scan from Epson 4990, cleaned up in Elements 11:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8261775708_cb27dc441a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8261775708/)
img062 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8261775708/) by Pete Lewin (http://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr

[Peter Lewin]

And one last one for now, again interpreting "Urban Landscape" to include "Suburbia"

The Madison, NJ diner, same technical info as previous shot:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8260646031_106513f04f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8260646031/)
img007-copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8260646031/) by Pete Lewin (http://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr

[Bill Poole]

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/i-Bm2q5CK/0/O/201012_05_11b.jpg

Deardorff 5X7 view, 14 inch Artar, FP4, Rodinal 1:25

The big building is a former Catholic hospital -- now condominiums. The square portion in the center is the former chapel, I understand, although I have never been in there. My neighborhood in San Francisco.

[miesnert]

My first few images on a large format camera.

85253

85254

For both:
Wista 45VX
Nikkor 180mm W
Fujifilm PRO 160s

[jcoldslabs]

85254

I like this one very much. What was the exposure time?

Jonathan

[miesnert]

I like this one very much. What was the exposure time?

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan, it was 12 minutes and f32 if I remember correctly.

[Harley Goldman]

I like this one very much.

Jonathan

+1. Great combo of colors and shapes and lines. Kind of a semi-abstract.

[Bill Poole]

OK, let's try this again.

Deardorff 5X7 view, 14 inch Artar, FP4, Rodinal 1:25

The big building is a former Catholic hospital -- now condominiums. The square portion in the center is the former chapel, I understand, although I have never been in there. My neighborhood in San Francisco.

85293

[Harley Goldman]

OK, let's try this again.

Deardorff 5X7 view, 14 inch Artar, FP4, Rodinal 1:25

The big building is a former Catholic hospital -- now condominiums. The square portion in the center is the former chapel, I understand, although I have never been in there. My neighborhood in San Francisco.


85293

I am definitely liking the composition. There is a lot going on, but it all seems to work together well. I might consider bumping up the high tones to give it more contrast?

[dperez]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8266220848_5c50d99d72_b.jpg
[View Large (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8266220848_424edefe3b_o.jpg)]

Whittier, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, bronze toned in CS3.

I'm not really that thrilled with this picture because my eyes end up going right to the trash cans, and that wasn't really my intention. Yet, I do kind of laugh to myself about the owner having two green cans for this house. I wish that he would have stayed put for me for this exposure, but amazingly, I don't think he even noticed me he was so into his yard work at the time and he just kept on with it while I was standing across the street from him, and he walked right out of my frame.

If anything maybe I should have given the composition a more critical evaluation before I committed. I guess I just need to slow it down a little more.

If I were into giving fancy titles to my pictures, which I'm not, I would have called this: A Conversation with the Landscaper.

[Marvin d martian]

The British sea side. New Brighton on the Wirral.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8276822853_f388d6a6fb_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8276822853/) petzval2-1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8276822853/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8277880716_d4f6bb7446_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8277880716/) petzval1-1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8277880716/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr

Speed Graphic with a un-named Petzval. Adox CHS100 developed in Xtol

Mart

[Toyon]

Excellent work Elrooster. How did you manage to maintain detail in the shadows, yet not zap out the highlights, that's at least an 8 stop range?

[GabrielSeri]

Thank you Toyon. I basicly the zone system 101 metered for shadows and developed N-2.

[Thomas Greutmann]

Hamburg, new develpments on the Altona waterfront, seen from the Docklands building

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Hamburg-bei-Nacht/000737-fi-hamburg-altona-waterfront-night.jpg?m=1356270054

Linhof Master Technika with Symmar-S 150mm, some front fall applied. Kodak TMAX 400 developed in XTOL N-1

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/BotanicalBench.jpg

[alexn]

Heres a couple from a recent outing...

Ektar 100. 90mm F/8 SA @ F/32.
Center ND, 81A

"Fractal Dreams"
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/284884_498215956895667_498427296_n.jpg

"Vortex"
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/740438_498216273562302_463380051_o.jpg

I had hoped these would work as a contempory/artistic diptych however the second image "Vortex" just doesn't seem to feel right as a vertical.. Bit of a shame really but what can you do...

Alex.

[Corran]

Neat! What is that anyway?