Abstracts

[Preston]

Panels--The D.O. Mills Building, Columbia, CA.

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/746-2-Web.jpg

Chamonix 45n-2
Fujinon 180mm
Astia 100F
January 2012

Austin and Harley; very nice, indeed.

--P

[jp]

Great Job: Will, Austin, Preston!

Here are cyanotypes of the Rockland ME Breakwater. tmy2, speed graphic, stock optar lens.

http://jason.philbrook.us/~jp/scans/2012/img503s.jpg

http://jason.philbrook.us/~jp/scans/2012/img501s.jpg

[austin granger]

Sculptured Beach, Point Reyes

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6799419143_dceb9cf8d0_b.jpg

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

[Harley Goldman]

Panels--The D.O. Mills Building, Columbia, CA.

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/746-2-Web.jpg

Chamonix 45n-2
Fujinon 180mm
Astia 100F
January 2012

Austin and Harley; very nice, indeed.

--P

Excellent, Preston!!! Love the mix of colors and shapes all next to another. It is a real disconnect.

[Harley Goldman]

Sculptured Beach, Point Reyes


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

Real nice shapes and tones, Austin.

[johnmsanderson]

I think this belongs here.

Ektar is extraordinary in capturing this range.

I'm not touching any other film, ever.

http://john-sanderson.com/files/Fall%204x5/treemoon.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Toyo 45A
Rodenstock 210mm
Ektachrome 100S 4x5 (Expired)

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5%20-%20Corrugated%20Siding%2002%20LFPF.jpg

[Jim Graves]

jcoldslabs ... very nice!

[jcoldslabs]

Jim,

Thanks! That is an old one. Actually, it sat forgotten in the film holder for a few YEARS before I had it processed, hence the slight color shift. (Don't ask how that happened.) The corrugate was closer to a neutral galvanized color, of course.

Jonathan

[Preston]

Color shift, or no, Johnathan, I really like this one!

--P

[Two23]

Panels--The D.O. Mills Building, Columbia, CA.


Chamonix 45n-2
Fujinon 180mm
Astia 100F
January 2012




Wait a minute, have I seen that before? :D


Kent in SD

[jcoldslabs]

Preston,

I'm flattered, thanks for saying so! I credit discovering this thread, though. I hadn't thought much about the shot but when I was scrounging around looking for "abstract" images to post it made me look at this one in a whole new light.

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Kind of abstract. 8x10 negative cropped to square.

Bekins Storage, Santa Rosa

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6848082057_da5fd28d47_z.jpg

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

[sly]

As I was heading out of town one day last month, I did a double take. In one of those weird little chunks of waste land formed by highways and off-ramps, someone had strung a line between 2 spindly trees and hung a sheet. On my way back I found a safe place to pull over used up a couple of sheets of film.
It's not there anymore.

[Jim Cole]

Sly,

Nice capture and a great eye.

[Tony Karnezis]

That's great, Sly.

[jcoldslabs]

Shot yesterday. I've had these pizza pans for nearly twenty years and make pizza at home once a week at least. They must have been criss-crossed by a pizza cutter hundreds of times. I'll need to try this again since it wasn't exactly what I had in mind--pre-visualization can be tough--but at least it's a start. Shot outside in natural (overcast) light.

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic
Zeiss 1920s 15cm Tessar
T-Max 400 (expired 1997)
HC-110 dil. H, 10.5 min. @ 68F

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-400---Pizza-Pans.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T54%20-%20Carbaord%20and%20Shadows.jpg
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Jonathan

[David Brunell]

I really like this one, great idea.


Shot yesterday. I've had these pizza pans for nearly twenty years and make pizza at home once a week at least. They must have been criss-crossed by a pizza cutter hundreds of times. I'll need to try this again since it wasn't exactly what I had in mind--pre-visualization can be tough--but at least it's a start. Shot outside in natural (overcast) light.

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic
Zeiss 1920s 15cm Tessar
T-Max 400 (expired 1997)
HC-110 dil. H, 10.5 min. @ 68F

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-400---Pizza-Pans.jpg

Jonathan

[Maris Rusis]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6845573956_3f508cfeb9_b.jpg
Distorted Tank, Ravenswood

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC III VC FB photographic paper, image size19.4cm X 24.4cm, from a 4x5 Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f8 lens.

The lens was very close to the tank in order to exclude the surroundings and reinforce the tank's abstract qualities. The poor Tachihara was at the limits of its tilts and swings but the bellows didn't tear and the ground glass image looked sort of coherent. Stopping the lens down to f45 was necessary to avoid hurtful blur but it dragged diffraction into the mix and the final photograph is borderline unsharp; but only just.

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, David. Like I said above I am hoping to try again, but I feel encouraged by the overall idea. I might try a closer-in shot of just the texture on the face of one pan. We'll see. I'm sure I will post my future results here.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Not fully abstract, since you can still tell what it is.

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Kodak 152mm f/4.5 Ektar, Polaroid type 665.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/665-Kitchen-Light-Negative.jpg
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Jonathan

[austin granger]

Empty Pool, Portland

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5345/6941994936_b8ee146f4b_b.jpg

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

[austin granger]

Evidence, Vancouver, Washington
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5343/6942274080_85ab27e36e_b.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

Austin,

A phantom staircase. I really like that.

Jonathan

[Harley Goldman]

Evidence, Vancouver, Washington




Cool abstract, Austin. Great lines and patterns.

[austin granger]

Thanks Jonathan, Harley. I originally planned to make this head on from a distance but I discovered once I got closer that to do so I would have had to stand in the middle of a freeway. Obviously that wasn't an option so I ended up angling my camera up at this crazy angle. I kind of like it though. Sometimes I think using a view camera can make one unnecessarily limit one's compositions. I mean, there's no rule that says the camera HAS to be level, right? :)

[Peter Gomena]

There are rules?

Another great picture, Austin.

Peter Gomena

[Scott Walker]

I mean, there's no rule that says the camera HAS to be level, right? :)

My camera came with those pretty little levels on it.....still not sure what they are good for.

Excellent image

[austin granger]

Telephone Poles, 23rd Avenue, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/7130691567_f0bcbddd75_c.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/7130686793_ef644bc18c_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/6984597014_66db93ba2b_c.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

Damn, Austin, you beat me to it! The texture of those well-stapled poles has been on my mind for a while, but I don't get out to the NW part of town much anymore. Nicely done.

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Damn, Austin, you beat me to it! The texture of those well-stapled poles has been on my mind for a while, but I don't get out to the NW part of town much anymore. Nicely done.

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan. I think I could photograph nothing but telephone poles from here on out and be pretty happy. :) And I found these three without hardly trying; I'm sure there are good ones all over town.

[jcoldslabs]

The weather was crazy here today: heavy winds and rain, then sunshine, then calm, then rain again. During one of the breaks in the rain I took a photo of a puddle that formed next to the garage because someone (ahem) hasn't cleaned the gutters in a while.

Shot on very old Polaroid type 55 P/N film. Negative scan.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T55-%2881%29---Puddle.jpg

Jonathan

[austin granger]

That's beautiful-a little pool of light.

[jcoldslabs]

That's beautiful-a little pool of light.

Thanks. Because of the old Polaroid film it came out much differently than I had envisioned, but in this case that was a good thing.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Not sure if I posted this one earlier. I hope it's not redundant. Two conjoined Polaroid 669 shots. The film expired in 1994.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/669---Conjoined.jpg

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Ira Keller Fountain, Portland
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/7213087054_1d1f33bab0_z.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5195/7213081132_5ae10bfb1e_z.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

Wow, Austin. Those are fantastic!

Jonathan

[Tony Karnezis]

You're on a roll, Austin. I like the puddle too, Jonathan.

[austin granger]

Thanks guys. I didn't foresee the top one coming out like that at all, but these long exposures (about three minutes) can surprise you.

[Harley Goldman]

Both are beauties, Austin.

[cpercy]

Paint overspray outside the Art & Design building at KU when I was there in 1990.
This is the spot we all painted our projects for design assignments.



http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/7224950588_4a66b1a0ce_c.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Paint overspray outside the Art & Design building at KU when I was there in 1990.
This is the spot we all painted our projects for design assignments.

Very nice. Has a lot of depth and looks like a painting itself.

Jonathan

[cpercy]

Telephone Poles, 23rd Avenue, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/7130691567_f0bcbddd75_c.jpg


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/7130686793_ef644bc18c_c.jpg


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/6984597014_66db93ba2b_c.jpg

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

Austin I really like these poles and the fountains are magnificent as well.

[cpercy]

Jonathan, Thanks for the comments.

[jcoldslabs]

Clothes on the line on our back porch. Speed Graphic with Polaroid 669 pack film that expired in 1992.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/669-Shirts-on-Line.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Had some gentle, hazy sunlight this afternoon that happened to fall across this bunched up sheet on our back porch.

Kodak 2D 8x10, uncoated Hugo Meyer 240mm f/4.8 Doppel Anastigmat, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film cut to 6.5" x 9.5"

Shot wide open, 1/2 sec. exposure by hand (E.I. 1.5). HC-110 dil. E in a rotary drum for 5 min.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277-%20Sheet%20CROP.jpg

Jonathan

[cpercy]

Had some gentle, hazy sunlight this afternoon that happened to fall across this bunched up sheet on our back porch.


Jonathan

Nice One Jonathan, beautiful handling of the light and focus.

[jcoldslabs]

Nice One Jonathan, beautiful handling of the light and focus.

Thanks. This is an example of exactly what I saw in front of me, or at least how I visualized it, being evident in the final image. Quite satisfying when that happens, I must say.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Polaroid type 64 film, expired 2001.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T64%20-%20Orange%20Bag%20LFPF.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Polaroid type 55 (positive), expired 1981.


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

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Not truly abstract, because you can tell what it is, but it didn't quite seem like a still life to me.

Speed Graphic, B&L 4.25" projection Petzval, Tri-X (expired 1994).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Tri-X-%2894%29---Burner.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Tin foil in the kitchen on its way to the recycle bin.

Speed Graphic, B&L 4.25" projection Petzval, 4x5 Tri-X (expired 1994)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Tri-X-%2894%29---Tin-Foil.jpg

Jonathan

[jp]

Tin foil in the kitchen on its way to the recycle bin.

Speed Graphic, B&L 4.25" projection Petzval, 4x5 Tri-X (expired 1994)

Jonathan

Paul Caponigro did a series of photos of tinfoil, and I think yours rates very highly with the soft edges.

[jcoldslabs]

Paul Caponigro did a series of photos of tinfoil, and I think yours rates very highly with the soft edges.

I love Caponigro's work, but have never seen the tin foil images. I'll have to seek them out. And thanks for the comparison--high praise!

Jonathan

[austin granger]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/7545551152_a1bbb6eee1_c.jpg

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

[austin granger]

Huntington, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7570549348_4abf241f80_b.jpg

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

[Maris Rusis]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8012/7648664170_b2b862684b_b.jpg

Swamp Sedge, Alexandria Bay

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC III VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.3cm, from a 4x5 Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Voigtlander Heliar 21cm f4.5 lens.

[Robbie Bedell]

I have become very interested in abstractions...

Broken Nautilus
210 G-Claron


http://robbiebedell.photoshelter.com

[jp]

The broken nautilus is a nice "run fast in the other direction" from the type-a personality photos of perfect nautilus with perfect still life lighting and perfect composition with high end camera gear, which is sort of the silver successor of a bowl of perfect fruit in perfect north window light, painted perfectly. It thus carries more abstract meaning than a normal photo attempt of a nautilus shell.

It also seems to have some sort of rorschach test with the black hole and odd lighting. Looks like a maggot with a coffee ground or paint flake on it.

[Harley Goldman]

Very well done. I really like the pattern and comp.





http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8012/7648664170_b2b862684b_b.jpg

Swamp Sedge, Alexandria Bay

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC III VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.3cm, from a 4x5 Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Voigtlander Heliar 21cm f4.5 lens.

[Harley Goldman]

Excellent, Austin. I like the high contrast presentation and the brick reality anchor at the bottom.




Huntington, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7570549348_4abf241f80_b.jpg

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

[Robbie Bedell]

Thank you JP! Sometimes the hole in the shell to me looks like an eye-hole in a bronze-age warrior's helmut, especially after a few drinks! Robbie

http://robbiebedell.photoshelter.com

[Harley Goldman]

These are masts on sailboats reflected in the Santa Barbara harbor one foggy morning a month or so ago.

Chamonix, Nikkor 300M, Acros, Rollo Pyro

Any comments or critiques would be welcome.



http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/MastsWebLg.jpg

[mike rosenlof]

Harley,

Take a look at your photo upside down. I think that way it looks less like a reflection and maybe more mysterious.

[mike rosenlof]

One of the fun things about truly abstract photographs is that you can have a discussion about what way is "up".

[jcoldslabs]

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Aero-Ektar, T-Max 400 (expired 1995)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-400-%2895%29---Gravel-Roa.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Shot today in my basement.

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 15cm f/4.5 Zeiss Tessar, T-Max 400 (expired 1995), bellows extension 33cm, four second exposure.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-400-%2895%29-Glasses.jpg

Jonathan

[atlcruiser]

0812 BW 810 10

Deardorff 810
360 Commercial
HP5+ @ 200
Rollo Pyro 12min

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7778923300_d92f2c86ca_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/7778923300/)
0812 BW 810 10.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/7778923300/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

[eberry_tapes]

Just realized there was some telephone poles earlier in the thread; loved the Portland fountain shots, too. Here is one that caught my eye, and the first negative (FP4+) I've developed in Caffenol
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7784342438_3649343794_c.jpg
Crown Graphic, 210mm Fujinon

[cpercy]

Shot today in my basement.

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 15cm f/4.5 Zeiss Tessar, T-Max 400 (expired 1995), bellows extension 33cm, four second exposure.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-400-%2895%29-Glasses.jpg

Jonathan

Jonathan this is excellent, what the hell is it?

[jcoldslabs]

Jonathan this is excellent, what the hell is it?

Thanks. It's a close up of two drinking glasses on a shelf lit by a single window (immediately to the camera's right) in my basement. Here is a digital snapshot of the subject and how it looked to the naked eye with the approximate final framing marked in red:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Glasses-%28DIGITAL%29.jpg

Jonathan

[Tony Karnezis]

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing how you did it.

[andreios]

Jonathan, excellent idea and image! :-)

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks to you both. It's funny, but the image was not planned at all. I did see the light striking some of the glasses and things on the shelves, but I first focused on some tea cups on the shelf below. I couldn't frame up anything worthwhile, so I raised the tripod head and started focusing on the glasses. Looking at the digital photo with the red rectangle it makes it seem more "zeroed in" and purposeful than it was. Partly just luck. It's what you get when playing around and keeping an open mind!

Jonathan

[Preston]

Xenolith Abstract, Lee Vining Canyon-

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/lf_forum/788-1-Web-1.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm
Astia
July 2012

Lot's of good stuff, here. And, Jonathan, what a great idea. I like it.

--P

[Jim Cole]

This is the result of playing around in my studio on Friday. Cropped 4x5 Acros with some Photoshop work.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7814666410_aa1aa1791b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/7814666410/)

[jcoldslabs]

I put up a tarp on the back porch last week during our one hundred degree days to keep the sun off the house as best I could.

Speed Graphic, Zeiss 15cm f/4.5 Tessar @ f/11, Delta 400 (expired 1999)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Delta-400--Tarp-02.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

And another: close-up shot of a colander in the kitchen.

Speed Graphic, B&L 4.25" projection Petzval, Delta 400 (expired 1999)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Delta-400---Colander.jpg

Jonathan

[austin granger]

I really like all three of those Jonathan, especially the detail of the glasses. You've reminded me that I don't need to drive across the state to find photographs. Of course, I do so enjoy driving across the state...

[jcoldslabs]

I really like all three of those Jonathan, especially the detail of the glasses. You've reminded me that I don't need to drive across the state to find photographs. Of course, I do so enjoy driving across the state...

Thank you, Austin. But for my sake PLEASE keep driving across the state. I really enjoy your work and it gives me a window into parts of Oregon I have yet to explore. And for the record, I quite enjoyed the shot of you in your basement in front of the TV. In fact--no joke--it featured in my dreams last night. In the dream the photo came to life but the person to get up out of that chair was a child, but it was still you, if you know what I mean, and when I asked the child/you about the technical details of the photo he/you just stared at me quizzically as if he didn't know. Strange!

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Jonathan, Your comment made me laugh the hardest I've laughed in days. I hurt my back about a week ago and I've been limping around here feeling sorry for myself-it feels good to laugh. Thanks for that. But yes, that's me, a man-child who doesn't know what he's doing most of the time. :)

[jcoldslabs]

Austin,

Sorry to hear about your back. Not an injury compatible with LF work, that's for sure. Glad to give you a laugh, but that is exactly how I remember the dream, or the fragment of it that remained once I awoke. It was so vivid, too, and cool in a way. I was looking at that photo, but it was on a wall or something, not on the computer, and then suddenly I was standing in the basement room about where the camera would have been when the 'kid' got up from the chair. Very David Lynch-esque without being scary.

And clearly, you know what you're doing, at least photographically. As for the man-child bit, aren't we all?

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Another try at the sheet (still) hanging on the back porch. This is similar to the first one I posted, but taken on a different day with different film.

Toyo 45A, Sironar-N 210mm @ f/11, 4x5 Delta 400 (expired 1999)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Delta-400-%2899%29---Sheet-01.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

...and another study of light and shadow. Same camera, lens and film as above.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Delta-400-%2899%29---T-Bird-02.jpg

Jonathan

[Marvin d martian]

Reach.
1st in a series of photographs

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/7858480152_3e56c29a58_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/7858480152/) Reach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/7858480152/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr

Mart

[Greg Miller]

Reach.
1st in a series of photographs

Mart

I don't know how abstract this is, but it is wonderfully anthropomorphic!

[Marvin d martian]

Greg,
Thanks for the comment.

Mart

[jcoldslabs]

More sheet, in color this time, perhaps less abstract with the addition of some background. Shot last week but just now back from the lab. My color correction skills leave much to be desired, so there remains something off color-wise, but so be it. My eyes are blurry from trying to balance it in PS.

Speed Graphic, Aero-Ektar, Provia 100F (cross processed).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Provia-100F-Sheet-and-Yard-.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

I cross-processed Provia once, the older emulsion though. It came out crazy, the sky was bright neon pink!! I like the colors Jonathan, they are unique, from the xprocess, but still close enough to reality to just look interesting rather than strange. That's the best balance for that kind of processing, IMO.

[jcoldslabs]

I cross-processed Provia once, the older emulsion though. It came out crazy, the sky was bright neon pink!! I like the colors Jonathan, they are unique, from the xprocess, but still close enough to reality to just look interesting rather than strange. That's the best balance for that kind of processing, IMO.

Bryan,

I don't do much cross processing, but this film was so expired that I figured why not try. The last round of old Provia I had processed straight E-6 came out with mottled color shifts anyway, so I was curious to see what the cross processing did to it. I agree, the colors are close enough to reality without being cartoonish, but it did make true color balancing almost impossible. I'm OK with that.

Jonathan

[David Lobato]

Deardorff 8x10, 450mm Nikkor, HP5+

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Water%20Tank%20002%20500PN.jpg

[Marvin d martian]

Another fork abstract from me.

Creation?
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/7889512086_5fbb41136a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/7889512086/) Creation? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/7889512086/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr

Mart

[Leigh]

Wow. Lots of forking around these days.

Neat work. Very imaginative. Hope the wife didn't get POd at you. :D

- Leigh

[Marvin d martian]

Thanks Leigh,

the wife made me go out and buy new forks!!

Cheers,
Mart

[jcoldslabs]

Mart,

Really enjoying this fork series. Very creative and inspiring!

Jonathan

[Marvin d martian]

Thanks Jonathan,
Just wait untill the spoons arive!! haha

Mart

[David Higgs]

Ivy and Bark, Delta 100, schneider xenar 150 f4.5 at f4.5
79711

[Jim Cole]

Studio shot on 4x5 TMY-2 using a 150mm lens and about 250mm extension.

I scratched the hell out of the neg when removing it from the holder. Hadn't done that in about 5 years.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/7896504586_a530c01ca3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/7896504586/)

[Jim Cole]

Still playing with paper.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8177/7983374041_dc88aef95b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/7983374041/)

[jcoldslabs]

Playing with glasses again. This time with the 8x10.

Century 10A 8x10, Kodak 259mm unmarked process lens (f/5.6), Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277), 3 minute exposures.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277---Bodum-Glasses-01.jpg




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

Jonathan

[welly]

Concrete cylinders - remnants of an old railway workship in Eveleigh, Australia.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/7988060830_207450a4ee_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialphotography/7988060830/in/photostream/)

Wisner 4x5, Nikkor 150mm, TMax 100

[cpercy]

Playing with glasses again. This time with the 8x10.

Century 10A 8x10, Kodak 259mm unmarked process lens (f/5.6), Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277), 3 minute exposures.

Jonathan I really like these glass reflections, great tonal scale and use of focus very interesting compositions.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277---Bodum-Glasses-01.jpg




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

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Jonathan I really like these glass reflections, great tonal scale and use of focus very interesting compositions.


Thank you. I'm having fun shooting these. There are a few more sets of glasses I want to photograph before I'm finished. I don't want to repeat myself too much, but each set of glasses has its own character, especially up close.

Jonathan

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/8005216066_9b42822ed4_c.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Christopher,

That straight line is so perfectly aligned it's disconcerting, but I like it.


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Wall and shadows in our dining room. It didn't come out quite as I'd visualized, but close. I think it needed more exposure and N-1 development.

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


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277-Shadows-and-Wall.jpg

Jonathan

[Jim Cole]

From my "Alley Art" series.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8329/8119412835_66f1b98ebf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8119412835/)

[Jim Cole]

Another from my "Alley Art" series.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8119712037_49fa6aaa37_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8119712037/)

[C. D. Keth]

Christopher,

That straight line is so perfectly aligned it's disconcerting, but I like it.

Jonathan

Thank you, Jonathan. I feel like that's one of my better seen pieces lately.

Jim, the second alley art piece (right above this post) is great. Lots of interesting things to be found in alleys that get missed when everybody drives everywhere.

[sly]

82569

Considered putting this in the architecture thread, but it's more about the lines and the light than the building.
Crown Graphic, HP5+, Lith printed on Oriental Warm Tone, Rollei Vintage developer

[Heroique]

Lost in abstraction.

Not just me, but the tree!

Tachi 4x5
Schneider 150mm/9 g-claron
FP4+ (Rodinal 1:50)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Rick Rycroft]

Playing around with a new scanner.

82799

[welly]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8141649032_358ee281cf_c.jpg

Coogee, NSW. On the cliffs. Shot focused from half a meter in front of me to six or further metres.

[cpercy]

I thought this one fit better here than in the rocks thread because of the more painterly quality.
But it is just some sandstone with varnish in the desert.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8143622825_84b1cb9ed3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8143622825/)
ah-shi 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8143622825/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[Jim Cole]

I thought this one fit better here than in the rocks thread because of the more painterly quality.
But it is just some sandstone with varnish in the desert.

This one works very nicely as an abstract!

[austin granger]

Trampled Corn, Sauvie Island
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8145741607_e6fb812f30_c.jpg

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

[cpercy]

This one works very nicely as an abstract!

Thanks Jim.

[Jim Andrada]

Sort of abstract - sort of not.

5 x 7 Linhof Kardan Bi, Efke 25, 305mm Repro-Claron

82901

http://www.flickr.com/photos/89514126@N05/8147039760/in/photostream/

[jcoldslabs]

Rocky Butte, Portland

Speed Graphic, Aero Ektar, Polaroid 100 Chocolate film (expired 2009)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Chocolate-100---RB-Tunnel.jpg

Jonathan

[bracan]

Very nice Jonathan!

[jcoldslabs]

Very nice Jonathan!

Thanks!

J.

[cpercy]

"Vanishing Steps "
slight crop on a 4x5 neg scan.


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/8152491895_01cb416dc7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8152491895/)
vanishing steps (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8152491895/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5195/7213081132_5ae10bfb1e_z.jpg
Ira Keller Fountain, Portland
by Austin Granger



Bravo Maestro !!!

[Joe O'Hara]

Pond in the process of freezing over, with a light dusting of snow.

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8165984600_ff3053a092_c.jpg

[Harley Goldman]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5195/7213081132_5ae10bfb1e_z.jpg
Ira Keller Fountain, Portland
by Austin Granger





Bravo Maestro !!!

+1

[C. D. Keth]

I posted this in "trees" but I almost feel it fits better here, devoid of interpretation of what it might be.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8340/8181383854_ec4fc3c2a8_c.jpg

[RRoach]

I'm new to photography.
And to be honest i'm a little bit jealous about your great work you all are sharing here on the forum.
It makes so much fun browsing through the threads an dlooking at all the nice photographies.
Great inspiration for my own work :)

[jcoldslabs]

I posted this same image a few months ago shot on expired T-Max 400, but at the time I also exposed a stray sheet of Tech Pan. (I acquired about fifteen sheets, well expired, in a box lot of film a couple of years ago.) I've only shot Tech Pan once before and it was a disaster. I waited so long to process this negative because I really didn't know how. I use HC-110 almost exclusively and few people seem to recommend it with TP, but I decided to try a very weak dilution and little agitation. It seemed to work out fine. Spot metering indicated a pretty low SBR so the bump in contrast serves the image well, I think. Tech Pan, true to its reputation, appears grainless even when the scan is viewed at 100%.

Speed Graphic, 15cm Zeiss f/4.5 Tessar (uncoated), 4x5 Kodak Technical Pan, HC-110 @ 1:150 from concentrate.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Tech-Pan-Basement-Glasses.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Shot this tonight of the ceiling light fixture in our kitchen. It took a tall tripod and some balancing on a foot stool to get this close. The camera was at full extension so this is just about 1:1.

Certo "Bee-Bee" folder, Schneider 13.5 cm f/4.5 Radionar, Efke PL100 9x12 cm, HC-110 (1:299) semi-stand for 1 hour.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/9x12-Bee-Bee-Radionar-Kitch.jpg

Jonathan

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8197999299_390fd0376e_c.jpg

[austin granger]

Fiberglass Window, Abandoned Ranch, Point Reyes
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8488/8246715524_276e736de0_c.jpg

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

[ImSoNegative]

veryy cool images here!!

[ImSoNegative]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5195/7213081132_5ae10bfb1e_z.jpg
Ira Keller Fountain, Portland
by Austin Granger


Beautiful!!
Bravo Maestro !!!

[Harley Goldman]

Fiberglass Window, Abandoned Ranch, Point Reyes
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8488/8246715524_276e736de0_c.jpg

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

Very cool, Austin. Excellent pattern and nice tones.

[austin granger]

Very cool, Austin. Excellent pattern and nice tones.
Thanks Harley.

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/PeelingBirchBark-NearGrandMarais-12.jpg

[Rick Rycroft]

Joel, your photo has a real 3D effect on my monitor. Something I don't normally see. Nicely done with the delicate snowflakes.

[austin granger]

Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota

This is so damn good I really did stop breathing for a second. It feels so alive! As Rick said, it's incredibly three-dimensional and also dynamic; my eye just keeps swooping around in a figure eight shape. And the snowflakes are icing on the cake (no pun intended). A great one.

[cpercy]

Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota
Joel,
What incredible light, perfectly rendered tones, and striking subject. Really great image.

[cpercy]

Very cool, Austin. Excellent pattern and nice tones.

+1 here

[C. D. Keth]

I'm quite happy with this one:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8248304843_59e0aa5d6a_c.jpg

[Jiri Vasina]

Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota



Joel, that one is stunning...

Jiri

[Leigh]

I'm quite happy with this one:
Very neat, Chris. Great composition and tone.

- Leigh

[Jim Cole]

Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota


Exceptional! Bravo!

[Harley Goldman]

Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota



Just gorgeous Joel! Wonderful tones and fascinating pattern. Sweet!!!!!!

[Renato Tonelli]

Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/PeelingBirchBark-NearGrandMarais-12.jpg

I have to join in the applause for this one!

[Gary Tarbert]

Awesome!! Cheers Gary
Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/PeelingBirchBark-NearGrandMarais-12.jpg

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Thanks folks, you're far too kind. I didn't expect this one to be so well received - the feedback's appreciated!

[Preston]

Ponderosa Pine Detail, El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/830-1-cr-lg-Web-1.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm
Astia 100F
November 2012.

Comments/ critiques are always welcome.

Gorgeous photograph, Joel!

--P

[Harley Goldman]

Ponderosa Pine Detail, El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite




Comments/ critiques are always welcome.



--P

Preston, wonderful colors, patterns and detail. I really like this abstract.

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Ponderosa Pine Detail, El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/830-1-cr-lg-Web-1.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm
Astia 100F
November 2012.

Comments/ critiques are always welcome.

Gorgeous photograph, Joel!

--P

Thanks, Preston. I agree with Harley - this is an intriguing bark image. I thought it was a shadow falling on the bark at first until I realized it was burn marks. Excellent!

[cpercy]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/8005216066_9b42822ed4_c.jpg


I'm quite happy with this one:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8248304843_59e0aa5d6a_c.jpg

Both of these are quite nice Christopher, I think the first one has more of an abstract quality than the second.
Maybe someone needs to start an "urban minimalist" thread. I think a lot of the images in this thread would fit that classification quite well.

[C. D. Keth]

Thank you! I've been seeing like that quite a bit lately with varying degrees of success. Here are a couple others, I can't remember if I posted them in this thread or not. Apologies if I have.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8165984600_ff3053a092_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8165984600/)
Sheet Metal Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8165984600/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8058/8219187063_2be73fa4b7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8219187063/)
Patched Window; Los Angeles, CA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8219187063/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

[Preston]

Harley and Joel: Thanks for your comments, sirs!

I really like the 'Patched Window'.

--P

[C. D. Keth]

I really like the 'Patched Window'.

--P

Thank you, Preston!


I have a few more additions to an emerging series of architectural abstracts:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8275832491_2a358b0bec_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8275832491/)
Architectural Abstract 5; 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8275832491/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8477/8276893928_ccaae8ba4c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8276893928/)
Architectural Abstract 4; 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8276893928/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8275834533_7302ee0da2_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8275834533/)
Architectural Abstract 3; 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8275834533/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

[Harley Goldman]

I have a few more additions to an emerging series of architectural abstracts:


Real nice series!! I really like your prior two, as well. Very well seen to pull out the shapes and patterns out of these otherwise every day scenes.

[mdm]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DvXF5wRVz7U/UN5sQldZDGI/AAAAAAAABvs/mSj7i43lJYA/s1600/infinity.jpg

[cpercy]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DvXF5wRVz7U/UN5sQldZDGI/AAAAAAAABvs/mSj7i43lJYA/s1600/infinity.jpg

Quite nice indeed.

[C. D. Keth]

A few more in my growing series:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8352/8331832593_d41a4500df_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8331832593/)
Vines Under Bridge; 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8331832593/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8359/8332892052_c6a1c38c96_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8332892052/)
Streetlamp on Overpass; 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8332892052/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8332894658_bc2333b178_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8332894658/)
Front Steps; 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8332894658/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

[h2oman]

That's funny - I was looking for something growing in the third image, then finally figured out that it is the SERIES that is growing! Duh! :p

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8352518532_55a260bbbc_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8352518532/)
Iron Bridge 4; 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8352518532/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

Kodak 2D 8x10 w/5x7 back, 178mm f/2.5 Aero-Ektar, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/5x7-SO-277-Glass-Orb-AE.jpg

Jonathan

[Jim Cole]

Jonathan,

Very nice. i especially like the way the tones reverse on the top and bottom halves.

[jcoldslabs]

i especially like the way the tones reverse on the top and bottom halves.

Thanks. That's what helped me settle on the final framing for the shot. I kept moving the camera forward and back, up and down, until I saw this odd kind of symmetry with the bottom half almost being a negative of the top.

Jonathan

[cpercy]

Jonathan, super shot and not only an abstraction but also a mystery. Perfect tones and once again very thoughtful and appropriate use of selective focus. I really enjoy your work.

[Ken Lee]

Peeling Birch Bark, Snowflakes, Near Grand Marais Minnesota

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/PeelingBirchBark-NearGrandMarais-12.jpg

More applause :)

Bravo !

[austin granger]

Kodak 2D 8x10 w/5x7 back, 178mm f/2.5 Aero-Ektar, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/5x7-SO-277-Glass-Orb-AE.jpg

Jonathan

I'm not sure what it is, but it doesn't really matter-what an interesting and beautiful photograph!

[jcoldslabs]

Austin & Clay: thanks. It is another one of my wife's candle holders, a Fostoria "faery lamp," so she tells me. It's a big globe that you put a candle in and it casts wonderful fractured shadows in a wide circle. At first I put a candle in it and tried to capture that aspect (thinking I might get something akin to Austin's "lantern in the desert" shot), but I couldn't get what I wanted in that regard so I went for the abstract instead.

Jonathan

[C. D. Keth]

A new addition to my collection of architectural abstracts:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8332/8381611023_82240e1237_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8381611023/)
Architectural Abstract 6; 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8381611023/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

A bit more organic than my usual abstracts. :D

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 15cm f/4.5 Zeiss Tessar, Polaroid type 54 film (expired 2004).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T54---Abstract-01.jpg

Jonathan

[cpercy]

The last one scanned while waiting for the blizzard to arrive last night.
Not sure it qualifies as abstract, but I think its the symbol for Kung Pao Chicken.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8522/8509643578_4aff49f72b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8509643578/)
lathe symbols 305 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8509643578/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

I think this one is pretty abstract.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 178mm f/2.5 Aero-Ektar, TMY (expired 1998).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMY%2898%29-SM-Shadow.jpg

Jonathan

[miesnert]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8653222316_2eba3936a4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/miesnert/8653222316/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/miesnert/8653222316/) by Sander Meisner (http://www.flickr.com/people/miesnert/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8569725366_c5e79348fe_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/miesnert/8569725366/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/miesnert/8569725366/) by Sander Meisner (http://www.flickr.com/people/miesnert/), on Flickr

[Mark Barendt]

A bit more organic than my usual abstracts. :D

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 15cm f/4.5 Zeiss Tessar, Polaroid type 54 film (expired 2004).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T54---Abstract-01.jpg

Jonathan

Way cool Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Way cool Jonathan

Thanks, Mark. Even cooler was the fact that my wife let me take the photo in the first place since she's not known for being comfortable with her body. It's a shame, because not only do I like it (her body, that is), but I see tons of photo opportunities such as this. Patience, patience....

Jonathan

[Mark Barendt]

Thanks, Mark. Even cooler was the fact that my wife let me take the photo in the first place since she's not known for being comfortable with her body. It's a shame, because not only do I like it (her body, that is), but I see tons of photo opportunities such as this. Patience, patience....

Jonathan

We are in similar boats.

[Harley Goldman]

Fallen Log

This is detail of a log on the floor of the Yosemite valley. I have shown it to a couple of photo buddies, with mixed results.

I would be curious to hear if the image works or doesn't work for you. Critiques and suggestions are always welcome.

Chamonix 4x5
Delta 100
Nikkor 300M
Rollo Pyro

http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/FallenLogWebLg.jpg

[austin granger]

Tool Board, Abandoned Battery, Oregon Coast
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/8729860899_ce23f906a5_b.jpg

Not abstract exactly, but sort of heading in that direction. I think of these as hieroglyphics for future explorers.

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

[Jac@stafford.net]

I'm not sure this counts.


LF sheet film self portrait done with neither camera, nor darkened room. Put on face cream,
pressed film to face in daylight, developed and fixed.

94910

[austin granger]

The Wreck of the Peter Iredale, Oregon Coast
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/8734831645_8df46f8832_b.jpg

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

[mono]

I like them both though they look a bit frightening.

[Andrew O'Neill]

One early morning up at Simon Fraser University. Efke 4x5 IR. Digital negative. Carbon transfer print.

[Harley Goldman]

One early morning up at Simon Fraser University. Efke 4x5 IR. Digital negative. Carbon transfer print.

Nice abstract! I am liking the tones and the lines. It works well.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Thank you, Harley.

[andreios]

Would this be abstract enough?

95120

[austin granger]

Vertical variant of the tool board (last page):

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8738547891_969c0e62c3_c.jpg

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

[JeRuFo]

One early morning up at Simon Fraser University. Efke 4x5 IR. Digital negative. Carbon transfer print.


That is very impressive. Nice precise composition and the glow in the lower left corner gives the eyes a really nice resting point as it were.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Thank you JeRuFo. There is something to be said about IR film and concrete...

[Bob Mann]

Table top set up with some old paper and clothes pins -

[Harley Goldman]

Table top set up with some old paper and clothes pins -

Beautiful tones and patterns. This turned out extremely well.

[Corran]

Love this thread. Here's my first real submission to it.
Nikon 90mm f/8, heavy front tilt, Across 100 in Pyrocat HD 1:1:100:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/0820ss.jpg

[austin granger]

Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9166473569_a5b87c54be_c.jpg

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

[JeRuFo]

Fantastic shot and well spotted.

[Roger Thoms]

Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9166473569_a5b87c54be_c.jpg

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

And folks we have a winner!!!

Roger

[rcmartins]

Very simbolic. Great tonality. Fantastic light. Like it a lot.


Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9166473569_a5b87c54be_c.jpg

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

[stradibarrius]

WOW what a great shot!

Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9166473569_a5b87c54be_c.jpg

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

[Leigh]

Austin, you hace a great eye. Well done.

- Leigh

[Curt]

Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9166473569_a5b87c54be_c.jpg

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

...or an alien time piece...

Excellent!

[Jim Cole]

Austin, you hace a great eye. Well done.

- Leigh

Yes.

[Harley Goldman]

Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9166473569_a5b87c54be_c.jpg

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

Excellent and mysterious abstract, Austin. Fascinating subject, wonderful crazy light and excellent tones. Great work!

[ShawnHoke]

A bit more organic than my usual abstracts. :D

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 15cm f/4.5 Zeiss Tessar, Polaroid type 54 film (expired 2004).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T54---Abstract-01.jpg

Jonathan

Jonathan, this is really beautiful. Your photo stopped me in my tracks.

[Joe O'Hara]

Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9166473569_a5b87c54be_c.jpg

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

Totally amazing photograph. I love it.

[Harley Goldman]

Lichen Rorschach

I was cleaning up some older images this weekend to keep out of the heat and ran across this scan. I started processing it in 2009 and never finished it. Viewing it with a fresh set of eyes, I added a little crop and some curves adjustments and I ended up with this. It is from a backpack to Lamarck Lakes in the Sierra.

Toho 4x5
Fujinon 240mm
Velvia 50

http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/LichenRorschachWebLg.jpg

[miesnert]

Some recent abstract images I made, Wista VX, Nikkor 180mm W, Fujifilm 160NS.

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[Harley Goldman]

Some recent abstract images I made, Wista VX, Nikkor 180mm W, Fujifilm 160NS.



Very well done, Sander. Those a great take on the urban landscape.

[austin granger]

A sincere thanks to those who offered kind words on my picture. I appreciate it.

-Austin

[JeRuFo]

Lichen Rorschach

I was cleaning up some older images this weekend to keep out of the heat and ran across this scan. I started processing it in 2009 and never finished it. Viewing it with a fresh set of eyes, I added a little crop and some curves adjustments and I ended up with this. It is from a backpack to Lamarck Lakes in the Sierra.

Toho 4x5
Fujinon 240mm
Velvia 50

Beautiful image Harley, very solid.

[stradibarrius]

98245Here is one I took last night.
Arista 100, Pyrocat HD

[Merg Ross]

Hi Austin,

Beautiful and mysterious! Well done.

Hope all goes well with you.

Best,
Merg

"Sunset on Recirculation Tank"

[VisualLifeLine]

Some recent abstract images I made, Wista VX, Nikkor 180mm W, Fujifilm 160NS.

Great shots, Sander! I'm admiring your work!

[C. D. Keth]

Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/9166473569_a5b87c54be_c.jpg

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

I must toss one more coin in your hat, Austin. That's something special.

[Peter Gomena]

I'll say. It sizzles!

[jcoldslabs]

Sunset on Recirculation Tank, Portland

First time at a real computer in over two weeks of traveling, so I haven't been able to comment or post, but this one is fantastic. Near the top of my list of favorites of yours, Austin.



Jonathan, this is really beautiful. Your photo stopped me in my tracks.

Thanks, Shawn. Such a kind and positive comment is always appreciated.

Jonathan

[Harley Goldman]

This is streaking on western Sierra Nevada granite. I made this one last weekend.

Chamonix 4x5
Nikkor M 300mm
Delta 100

C&C always welcome.



http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/GraniteAbstractWebLg.jpg

[Preston]

Austin, your Sunset on Recirculation Tank is really something. Well done!

Harley, this looks real nice. It works for me!

--P

[Ben Hopson]

"Window to the Final Frontier" or "Bugs Eye View From the Inside of a BB Blasted Headlight Lens".

Ebony SV45U2, 135mm APO Sirinar-S, TMAX 100

http://hopsonarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Broken-Headlight_1.jpg

[TXFZ1]

Very nice, Ben.

David

[jp]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2858/9297732980_b4469dd5d1_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9297732980/sizes/z/in/photostream/

Hangar Doors at the Weapon Load Training building, Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME. Reinhold Wollaston 190mm meniscus lens at f8. Speed graphic, 4x5 FP4+ film in pyrocat HD. I'm guessing the bombers were much bigger than the buildings, so the door fit around the tail.

[Barry Trabitz]

I was stationed at Loring from July 1960 to July 1961. Is the base open to anyone at present. I have very cold memories ( -45F ).

[jp]

You can wander about 90% of the base as it's back under local control. There is an area in the NE corner, where apparently nukes were kept, which is off limits, and a building or two have been re-used for business now, but it's pretty much no fences have the place to yourself. I'll post some more photos over the next few weeks to my flickr photostream if you want that diversion.

I have heard many stories of people yarning about how bad the winters are up there. I noticed the sign posts are a little higher and the roads a little wider on account of snow pile planning. This area, and a little portion of North Dakota get some of the coldest weather in the lower 48. Thank you for serving there.

[andreios]

"Window to the Final Frontier" or "Bugs Eye View From the Inside of a BB Blasted Headlight Lens".

Ebony SV45U2, 135mm APO Sirinar-S, TMAX 100

http://hopsonarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Broken-Headlight_1.jpg

Fantastic work, Ben! I keep returning to it. It reminds me of Bernd Nicolaisen's work (http://youtu.be/RyF50HIKV9A) with glaciers...

[Ben Hopson]

Thank you Andreios. I had not seen the Bernd Nicolaisen video. Amazing images!

[SergeiR]

new dry plate projects

8x10 dryplate tintypes.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5507/9330488252_432228a9ea_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9330488252/)
Horrors born of dreamin mind #1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9330488252/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/9327666147_b65ed85f4c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9327666147/)
Horrors born of dreamin mind #2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9327666147/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

Century 10A w/8x10 back, 19 3/4" Kodak Copying Ektanon, Tri-X (expired 1976).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-Tri-X1976-Sheets.jpg

Jonathan

[Ben Hopson]

This is the negative image of the one I posted recently.

Ebony SV45U2, 135mm APO Sirinar-S, TMAX-100
http://hopsonarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Darwin-Abstract-1.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Ben that is pretty wild.

[Jody_S]

Century 10A w/8x10 back, 19 3/4" Kodak Copying Ektanon, Tri-X (expired 1976).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-Tri-X1976-Sheets.jpg

Jonathan

This is wonderful.

[jcoldslabs]

This is wonderful.

Thanks, Jody. The negative is a bit flat--I should have given more development--but the detail is amazing. I'm not sure how it looks on-screen, but all the fine threads in the fabric are visible in the original scan.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5507/9330488252_432228a9ea_b.jpg


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/9327666147_b65ed85f4c_b.jpg

I keep coming back to look at these, Sergei. Really nice. They look like nebulae or alien life forms.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Here's one of my own in that same spirit.

Certo "Bee-Bee" 9x12 cm, 13.5 cm Schneider Radionar, Kodak Electron Image Film (SO-163).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/3x4-SO-163-Seed-Stems.jpg

Jonathan

[Preston]

Bones of the Earth #1

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/lf_forum/890-1-lg-Web.jpg

Sand Tufa at Navy Beach, Mono Lake.
Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm
Astia 100f
July 2013

Comments/critiques are always appreciated.

--P

[jcoldslabs]

I bought a WWII USAF aerial camera a couple of years ago whose magazine was still loaded with film. I separated the unexposed side of the roll, which I am still playing around with, from the side that had already run through the camera. I was certain that the "exposed" side of the roll would be blank from people advancing the film over the years as they played with the camera, but on the off-chance there were actual images there I developed a five inch clipped section of the film tonight. It's not blank, but there is no discernible image, either.

I have to say that I am a sucker for the textures that cosmic rays, heat and time etch on unexposed film. The fact that digital doesn't degrade, at least not in such a random and organic way, I take to be one of its shortcomings.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/5x7-K24-Roll-EXPOSED-01.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

Not as abstract as cosmic rays, but I feel like this should go here.
Linhof Tech IV, 270mm Tele-Arton, carefully shot on a monopod at f/16, 1/100, focused via rangefinder:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/stricklandmill-1380ss.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Great texture study, Bryan. I see you're wasting no time putting the Linhof to use. Liking it so far?

Jonathan

[Corran]

Yes! Though this wasn't the type of shot I had in mind for the Tech. I had gone out to the mill to shoot some portraits of the workers before they got off work, but almost everyone had already knocked off for the day. I didn't even have a tripod on me, hence the monopod. Normally I'd likely have stopped down to f/32 and did a longer exposure but it worked out I think:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/stricklandmill-1380crop.jpg

And with a badly damaged rear element to boot. Ha!

[jcoldslabs]

A sheet in the sun on the back porch this afternoon.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 210mm Hugo Meyer Doppel Anastigmat, 3x4 Kodak Electron Image Film (SO-163).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/3x4-EI25-Sheet-in-Sun.jpg

Jonathan

[Steve M Hostetter]

101780 My first post in this thread is called Abstract and I used my 8x10 sinar with a 210mm or 300mm and this image is converted from a color fuji RDP 11 film

[jcoldslabs]

This same sheet has been hanging on the back porch for over a year. We use it to keep the sun out of the dining room in the summer, and each time it gets pulled out along the clothes line and retracted the placement of the folds changes and....I can't resist.

The SBR on this was only two stops. I tried N+2 development but should have pushed farther, I think.

Ica Universal Palmos 275, 15cm Zeiss Doppel Amatar, 9x12 cm Efke PL100.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/9x12-EFKE100-AMATAR-Sheet.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

Nah, I think you nailed it!

[jcoldslabs]

Nah, I think you nailed it!

I "nailed it" with a little help from curves in PS! The negative was bound to be flat because the subject was, but I think it could have used a bit more "snap" from extra development. Having grown up with analog processes I feel like the ease with which Photoshop allows me to correct my flawed negatives is cheating somehow. That's BS, I know, since masks, dodging and burning, etc. have always been part of the printing process, but the closer I can get my negatives to the way I want them before I start manipulating them the better.

Jonathan

[Harley Goldman]

This same sheet has been hanging on the back porch for over a year. We use it to keep the sun out of the dining room in the summer, and each time it gets pulled out along the clothes line and retracted the placement of the folds changes and....I can't resist.

The SBR on this was only two stops. I tried N+2 development but should have pushed farther, I think.


Jonathan

Looks great to me. Beautiful abstract.

[jcoldslabs]

Looks great to me. Beautiful abstract.

Thanks, Harley. For better or worse I'm certain this isn't the last photo of the sheet I will take. In fact, it's still hanging there and the sun is out....be right back. :)

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

....and you thought I was kidding.

Different light, different camera, different lens, different film, different exposure, different development. Same old sheet.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 210mm f/5.5 Hugo Meyer Doppel Anastigmat, Kodak Aerographic Duplicating Film (2421).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-22421-EI6-Sheet.jpg

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Both of your last two sheet pictures are wonderful Jonathan. I've been meaning to photograph the curtains here in my office in a similar way, but the light is only right for about ten minutes a day and I keep missing my window (no pun intended). Maybe tomorrow I'll set up beforehand and wait.

Benches, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/10434232925_be9f9b69c8_z.jpg

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

[Jim Cole]

Well done, Austin. Perfectly quirky!

[austin granger]

Thanks Jim.

Stacked Pots, Winchester Bay, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7348/10445432366_a47b111def_z.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/10434232925_be9f9b69c8_z.jpg

I love the small diamond of light on the little grate near the bottom. Excellent detail.

Jonathan

[Harley Goldman]

Thanks Jim.

Stacked Pots, Winchester Bay, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7348/10445432366_a47b111def_z.jpg

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

Excellent!

[Jim Cole]

From Acadia National Park on 4x5 TMY-2 with a 300mm lens at f/96. I call this one "Wolf Spirit".

The sideways, one-eyed, wolf-like face in the center of this tree bark composition grabbed my eye from quite a distance away.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/10464627684_9b370758b1_o.jpg