Abstracts

[austin granger]

Joseph! I used to live in Joseph, Oregon. We built a house off the grid back in the 90's. Holy crap - so surprised to see you type this.
How did you manage to head up to that beautiful yet remote part of the country?
Love the image too!

Hi. Thanks for the kind words. My family has started a tradition of renting a little cabin near Joseph for a week every summer. For those that haven't been, Joseph is a pleasant, quiet little town (expect during the annual Chief Joseph Days festival) located near beautiful Lake Wallowa and surrounded by high glaciated peaks that many have compared to the Swiss Alps. It is also known for it's incredibly tame animals (deer, squirrels, gophers) who will come right up to you for a visit.

Thanks again!

Oh, I've got another Joseph picture on deck that I'm working on. I believe it'll be going in the "farms" thread if there is one.

[billie williams]

Austin, hi. Great that you are visiting Wallowa County!! As Austin types, for those of you who have not been to this little gem in the mountains, it would be a wonderful spot for LF work.
I haven't been back for more than a decade, and am now thinking I had better get back up there with my big cameras. It's a bit of a drive to get there - but even the road in is a magnificient, winding, 2-lanes along the Wallowa river. Joseph is a friendly, art-centric town with the requisite coffee houses and cowboy bars. They are known for their bronze foundries and Main Street in Joseph features several large bronzes.

It's worth the hassle to get there. And Fall in the Wallows is perfection. Google some images!! It's crazy beautiful.

I'll keep an eye out for your farm image!!


Hi. Thanks for the kind words. My family has started a tradition of renting a little cabin near Joseph for a week every summer. For those that haven't been, Joseph is a pleasant, quiet little town (expect during the annual Chief Joseph Days festival) located near beautiful Lake Wallowa and surrounded by high glaciated peaks that many have compared to the Swiss Alps. It is also known for it's incredibly tame animals (deer, squirrels, gophers) who will come right up to you for a visit.

Thanks again!

Oh, I've got another Joseph picture on deck that I'm working on. I believe it'll be going in the "farms" thread if there is one.

[jp]

Rocks and tidal pool at Marshall Point Light, Port Clyde Maine 2014/09/01. 7.25" verito, speed graphic, fp4+, pyrocat hd.






https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3926/14946637477_2866b5d1b5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oLMqAa)
img387 (https://flic.kr/p/oLMqAa) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

On the back porch.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic w/6x7 back, B&L Zeiss Anastigmat Series II, Efke 100.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/120-Horseman67-Efke100-BLZAII-01.jpg

Jonathan

[djdister]

On the back porch.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic w/6x7 back, B&L Zeiss Anastigmat Series II, Efke 100.

Jonathan

Jonathan,

That lens seems similar in the soft focus effect as a Verito. Was it designed to be that way?

[jcoldslabs]

I agree that it has a Verito-like effect, but no, it was not designed that way. I shoot it with the front element removed. I have two of these lenses. This small one has a focal length of around five inches which is why I use it with a reducing back since it won't cover 4x5, whereas the 8x10 version is around fourteen inches.

This is an odd and short-lived lens for Zeiss, only produced for a few years in the early 1890s until better quality Jena glass was discovered that allowed for better optical corrections. (This lens series became the Protar series shortly thereafter.) These Series II lenses aren't very sharp even stopped down with both cells in place so I have come to use them with the rear elements only at this point.

J.

[David Schaller]

I agree that it has a Verito-like effect, but no, it was not designed that way. I shoot it with the front element removed. I have two of these lenses. This small one has a focal length of around five inches which is why I use it with a reducing back since it won't cover 4x5, whereas the 8x10 version is around fourteen inches.

This is an odd and short-lived lens for Zeiss, only produced for a few years in the early 1890s until better quality Jena glass was discovered that allowed for better optical corrections. (This lens series became the Protar series shortly thereafter.) These Series II lenses aren't very sharp even stopped down with both cells in place so I have come to use them with the rear elements only at this point.

J.

Well it's a killer image. I hope you print this large! I could get lost all day in there.

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, David. I don't print my stuff much these days, partly because I need to build a darkroom (tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow....) and partly because there isn't an inch of wall space left uncovered in the house. But boy do I yearn to get back to wet printing just for the experience of doing it.

Here's another semi-abstract from the same roll, this time shot with a B&L 4.25" Cinephor projection lens:


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/120-Horseman67-Efke100-4.25Cinephor-10.jpg

J.

[billie williams]

On the back porch.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic w/6x7 back, B&L Zeiss Anastigmat Series II, Efke 100.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/120-Horseman67-Efke100-BLZAII-01.jpg



Jonathan

***fabulous***

[David Hedley]

Vadret Pers
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3921/15096259842_121ddabe1f_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32131681@N00/15096259842/)
Sinar F, Nikkor-Q 300m, Fuji Acros / Xtol 1:1

[jcoldslabs]

***fabulous***

Thanks, Billie. It pays to steal from the best:


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/1916.Paul%20Strand%20-%20Abstraction-%20Porch%20Shadows_o.jpg
Paul Strand, 1916.

[miesnert]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/15012884668_eee9851896_c.jpg
Handrail, Amsterdam, 2014

My first attempt at shooting and developing black and white. Need to learn a lot still but am pleased with this first result.

[Harley Goldman]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/15012884668_eee9851896_c.jpg
Handrail, Amsterdam, 2014

My first attempt at shooting and developing black and white. Need to learn a lot still but am pleased with this first result.

Excellent!!!! I really like this image a lot. Great tones and patterns.

[Rick Rycroft]

miesnert,

First attempt notwithstanding, this is oustanding image.

[miesnert]

Thank you Harley.
Thank you Rick.

[EarlEarl]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/15012884668_eee9851896_c.jpg
Handrail, Amsterdam, 2014

My first attempt at shooting and developing black and white. Need to learn a lot still but am pleased with this first result.

Really done a superb job there. Jumps real hard to get closer to it. Like it. But, I feel background to much dark. Is it due to lighting (http://bradkay.com.au/commercial-photography-gold-coast/) issue there...??? Besides this, everything is good.

[miesnert]

Thanks Earl. I shot this at midnight, so used a very long exposure (30 mins, f22, Fomapan 200), so that could partly explain it, when I tried to make it much lighter it looked a bit weird and to forced to me in this scan. But, I do see your point and I am planning to revisit this location with a film with better reciprocity characteristics like tmax and shoot it again. I plan to expose it for 10 and 20 minutes at the same aperture which should be giving me at least one good negative.

[miesnert]

Sorry, I did something stupid, replaced it in flickr and now it has gone off here as well, can you fix this admin? Thank you.
Here is the image again:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/15012884668_148b38cecb_c.jpg
Handrail, Amsterdam, 2014

[koraks]

I'd like to see those, miesnert! Hope you'll manage to get them back up.

One from my end: banana leaf
http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/plants_and_flowers/SLBL141_TMX_1c.jpg
Symmar-S 210/5.6, TMX, Rodinal, 4990

[jcoldslabs]

I'm not usually one to repost, but the first pass I took at this (and the version I posted to the Still Life thread) was done very quickly. Since I've elected to take Jim Cole up on his offer and get this printed quite large, I had to rescan and rework the file with that kind of output in mind. This new version is cropped a bit wider than the earlier one and is darker and more richly layered. This is certainly the most painterly photograph I've ever taken.

Century 10A, 15" f/4 B&L projection Petzval, 8x10 Ektachrome 100S (expired 2005).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-E100S-Vase-DETAIL-LFPFv2.jpg

Jonathan

[pdmoylan]

I'm not usually one to repost, but the first pass I took at this (and the version I posted to the Still Life thread) was done very quickly. Since I've elected to take Jim Cole up on his offer and get this printed quite large, I had to rescan and rework the file with that kind of output in mind. This new version is cropped a bit wider than the earlier one and is darker and more richly layered. This is certainly the most painterly photograph I've ever taken.

Century 10A, 15" f/4 B&L projection Petzval, 8x10 Ektachrome 100S (expired 2005).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-E100S-Vase-DETAIL-LFPFv2.jpg

Jonathan[/QUOTE]

Spectacular Jonathan. Really.

PDM

[jcoldslabs]

Spectacular Jonathan. Really.

Thanks. I'm not usually very happy with the photos I take, but this is the rare exception.

J.

[Jim Cole]

Oooh, nice rework Jonathan!

[Erik Larsen]

That's beautiful Jonathan!

[jcoldslabs]

Oooh, nice rework Jonathan!

Amazing what a little futzing with curves can do. (You'll get an up-close and personal view when I send you the master file in a day or so).



That's beautiful Jonathan!

Thank you, Erik.

J.

[Harley Goldman]

I'm not usually one to repost, but the first pass I took at this (and the version I posted to the Still Life thread) was done very quickly. Since I've elected to take Jim Cole up on his offer and get this printed quite large, I had to rescan and rework the file with that kind of output in mind. This new version is cropped a bit wider than the earlier one and is darker and more richly layered. This is certainly the most painterly photograph I've ever taken.

Century 10A, 15" f/4 B&L projection Petzval, 8x10 Ektachrome 100S (expired 2005).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-E100S-Vase-DETAIL-LFPFv2.jpg

Jonathan


It looks like a painting! Excellent abstract - great shapes and colors. It should make a gorgeous print.

[jcoldslabs]

It looks like a painting! Excellent abstract - great shapes and colors. It should make a gorgeous print.

Thanks, Harley. That's the hope!

J.

[jp]

Hard to top those glass photos, but ...

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5597/15246258707_5d06934bd2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/peg4xr)
img442 (https://flic.kr/p/peg4xr) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Middletown CT at the pyro workshop last weekend. 210mm trioplan, speed graphic, fp4+, pyrocat hd.

This is a "what else it is" photo, since the trailer is subordinate, and the shapes and tones and texture are what it's mostly about. I don't consider it an equivalent, so I don't think it goes over in that thread.

[jcoldslabs]

Shadows in the kitchen this afternoon.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, B&L Zeiss Anastigmat Series II, Kodak Aerographic Duplicating Film (2421).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-2421-BLZAII-Counter-Shadows.jpg

Jonathan

[austin granger]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3936/15562711296_798d977ef5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pHdXSy)Benches, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/pHdXSy) by austin granger (https://www.flickr.com/people/60005435@N08/), on Flickr

Not exactly abstract I guess, but I'm not sure where else to put it.

[ShannonG]

11X14 matted to 16X20, on fiber useing large format film.Sel toned124609

[Michael Roberts]

Really cool, Shannon!

[ShannonG]

Thanks,,,these are a lot of fun to do..

[Tin Can]

11X14 matted to 16X20, on fiber useing large format film.Sel toned124609

Yes, very interesting and different!

Cool

[pdmoylan]

11X14 matted to 16X20, on fiber useing large format film.Sel toned124609

Great. Reminds me of Legere a bit without the color of course.

Would like to see it maybe .33 to .66 stops brighter perhaps?

PDM

[ShannonG]

thanks all.the original print is about 1/2 of a stop brighter than this digital copy.

[jp]

It's like Man Ray does Hungry Caterpillar. I like it.

[towolf]

Dunno if this counts as abstract

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/15981850276_eed56a32cd_k.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23768652@N00/15981850276/in/photostream/lightbox/)

[h2oman]

A couple from the last day of 2014.

http://math.oit.edu/~watermang/LKR_2_small.jpg

http://math.oit.edu/~watermang/LKR_3_small.jpg

[austin granger]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/15707471063_8f961a4249_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pW1TUB)H, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/pW1TUB) by austin granger (https://www.flickr.com/people/60005435@N08/), on Flickr

[Jim Becia]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/15707471063_8f961a4249_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pW1TUB)H, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/pW1TUB) by austin granger (https://www.flickr.com/people/60005435@N08/), on Flickr

Austin,

Nice "seeing." Great texture and contrast. Jim

[Harley Goldman]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/15707471063_8f961a4249_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pW1TUB)H, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/pW1TUB) by austin granger (https://www.flickr.com/people/60005435@N08/), on Flickr

I like this a lot, Austin. Excellent.

[austin granger]

Thanks Jim, Harley. I was happy to find this container. All the letters were in similar condition and I had a hard time deciding between the H, Y, U, N, D, A, and the I. :-)

[Bob Mann]

Messing around with some paper strips - cropped 8x10 Tri-X developed in Pyrocat - shot with a 360mm

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[ShannonG]

flower legs......
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[Bob Mann]

Distressed paper - 5x7 HP5 in Pyrocat - shot with a 150mm

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[ShannonG]

4X5 contact print using light from a different neg in multiple positions on fiber,mounted and matted to 16X16
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[Bob Mann]

8x10 glass plate contact - photogram of soot and paint thinner

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[Jim Becia]

8x10 glass plate contact - photogram of soot and paint thinner

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Bob,

Interesting (that means great) image. Reminds me of frozen ice. I like this. Could you explain a bit of the process of setting up the image? Jim

[John Layton]

Here are three:129189129190129191

[John Layton]

...the rusting hull is much sharper in print - but you get the idea.

[tangyimail]

May I know what this is? Awesome picture.


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/15707471063_8f961a4249_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pW1TUB)H, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/pW1TUB) by austin granger (https://www.flickr.com/people/60005435@N08/), on Flickr

[Bob Mann]

Bob,

Interesting (that means great) image. Reminds me of frozen ice. I like this. Could you explain a bit of the process of setting up the image? Jim

Soot is applied to a sheet of 8x10 glass by holding it over a flame (smoking oil lamp), patterns are made by dropping, dripping, misting paint thinner on the soot.

[Bob Mann]

I am not really sure this type of image belongs on this forum as it is made without a camera and film. The glass plates I have made I have been using for making a platinum contact print. The carbon soot makes for a good contrast "negative" - here is another 8x10 glass plate with a soot/carbon "image" - it is a negative scan.

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[ShannonG]

Bob ,,That image is very very cool,thanks for sharing...

[emh]

Bob- Looks like a B&W from the Hubble telescope. Very cool...


I've been making some hand-colored silver gelatin prints without a camera or lens, but with film:

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Using the same technique, I've also been doing some cityscapes:

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[jp]

A snowbank. Owls Head Maine. February 2015. Speed graphic and 7.25" verito soft focus lens. FP4+ 4x5 film in pyrocat hd.
Snowbanks are kinda ugly parts of winter. People who hate snow despise them for being in the way. People who love nature and snow despise them for being un-natural obstacles. Sometimes if the light is on them right, they can be pretty, but if they are dirty they don't seem pretty, and if they are clean, they lack contrast. Being attracted to waste a sheet of film on a snowbank is sort of a mix of trying to find something beautiful in what nobody likes, and part technical challenge as it's a tough subject because of the light/contrast/composition. This is a start.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/15940959683_39ed4401df_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qhDzWt)
img790 (https://flic.kr/p/qhDzWt) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[John Kasaian]

I am not really sure this type of image belongs on this forum as it is made without a camera and film. The glass plates I have made I have been using for making a platinum contact print. The carbon soot makes for a good contrast "negative" - here is another 8x10 glass plate with a soot/carbon "image" - it is a negative scan.

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I really enjoyed visiting your web site and viewing you galleries. Thanks!

[Bob Mann]

I really enjoyed visiting your web site and viewing you galleries. Thanks!

Your welcome, I really appreciate the compliment.

[Donald Qualls]

May I know what this is? Awesome picture.

Looks like a shipping container with the sun peeling a decal off the paint. Seems better than when I shoot stuff like this...

[Leonardo Ralves]

Fazenda Ipanema, São Paulo, Brasil.

Chamonix 045-N2
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm F5.6
Acros 100@64
Adonal 1:50
V700

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/16441044987_0d0a930b46_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/r3QDST)ipanema-2 (https://flic.kr/p/r3QDST) by Leonardo R. Alves (https://www.flickr.com/people/35385499@N04/), on Flickr

[Maris Rusis]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7534/16276895805_752799dc27_c.jpg
Water Lillies, Sunlight

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.3cm X 16.4cm, from a 4x5 Tri-X Pan Professional negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a 210mm f5.6 Nikkor-W lens. Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.
Water Lillies are enveloped in a brilliant waxy cuticle that sheds rain drops and gleams in an intense specular way when sunbeams strike at a favourable angle.

[lbenac]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7534/16276895805_752799dc27_c.jpg
Water Lillies, Sunlight

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.3cm X 16.4cm, from a 4x5 Tri-X Pan Professional negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a 210mm f5.6 Nikkor-W lens. Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.
Water Lillies are enveloped in a brilliant waxy cuticle that sheds rain drops and gleams in an intense specular way when sunbeams strike at a favourable angle.

Beautiful totally of my liking and the high contrast works nicely.
I could also see it in a 4x10 format almost as a set of two prints.

Cheers,

Luc

[Corran]

Here's an abstraction of sorts. This was an experiment and I think it is worth repeating, perhaps with better film on a more appropriate night.

Wista 8x10, Schneider 90mm XL at f/64, CDU II film, 3.5 hour exposure:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/night-1303ss.jpg

[Bob Mann]

A section of an outdoor sculpture which is a series of rectangles on the grounds of the Nassau County Art Museum. Negative scan of 5x7 HP5 & Pyro -

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[Michael Roberts]

Very nice, Bob. I like this a lot.

[Jim Becia]

Not sure if it truly is abstract, but thought I would throw it in here. Taken on 5x7 Velvia out in Utah.

[Leszek Vogt]

Jim, you showed many wonderful images here, tho this one is really really something for the wall IMHO. Hmmm, it's the vision, the 5x7 and Utah.

Les

[Harley Goldman]

Not sure if it truly is abstract, but thought I would throw it in here. Taken on 5x7 Velvia out in Utah.

It looks truly abstract to me and very well done. Blue, too. :)

[Harley Goldman]

A section of an outdoor sculpture which is a series of rectangles on the grounds of the Nassau County Art Museum. Negative scan of 5x7 HP5 & Pyro -

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Nicely done, Bob. Very cool perspective.

[Jim Becia]

Jim, you showed many wonderful images here, tho this one is really really something for the wall IMHO. Hmmm, it's the vision, the 5x7 and Utah.

Les


Les,

Thanks.

It helps to "stumble" upon scenes like this.

[Jim Becia]

It looks truly abstract to me and very well done. Blue, too. :)

Harley,

Thanks. I had an inkling the blue might "appeal" to you, but it really does look like that, at least it did to my film and to me.

[Bob Mann]

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5x7 HP5 Small section of a large stone sculpture on the grounds of the Nassau County Art Museum, Long Island, NY

[David Schaller]

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5x7 HP5 Small section of a large stone sculpture on the grounds of the Nassau County Art Museum, Long Island, NY

That's beautiful Bob!

[jcoldslabs]

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-BOMBE-Detail.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Excellent, Jonathan!

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Jim. I finally have a camera with enough extension to allow true 4x5 macro shots, so I'm enjoying playing around.

J.

[Tin Can]

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-BOMBE-Detail.jpg

Oops, now you must quit photography. Your image is too good. Your film was not old enough perhaps?

I don't see the defects, that must be in every Post-Film Photographer's work.

Dan Quan's signature has Weston's outcry, "The world is full of sloppy Bohemians and their work betrays them.” Seized as Fair Use. Thanks Dan.:)

All perfect and worthwhile imaging has been done by the "Masters". Abandon all hope ye who you walk through LFPF Doors of Perception.

A little satire directed at criticism in this thread.http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?119835-quot-Contact-quot-Images-by-Jake-Shivery

I really like this image Jonathon. Seriously! :)

...do not stop...

[jcoldslabs]

I really like this image Jonathon. Seriously! :)

...do not stop...

Thanks, Randy! I only stop when the muse abandons me, but she's back in force lately so I'll ride this wave of inspiration as far as it takes me....

J.

[austin granger]

I missed that one Jonathan-really nice!
Here's a kinda abstract. Where the small rectangle is near the middle, there was a sign that read "BINGO." That's really what I was after, but by the time I brought my camera there, the bingo place was gone. So goes the world. Anyway, I still liked the shapes enough to expose a sheet.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/352/19093518640_15574f8fbb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/v6egTf)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/v6egTf) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Leszek Vogt]

That's cool, Austin. Love the shadow that resembles a camera. That's the "bingo". :>) Nice touch!

Les

[Bob Mann]

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Soot deposits on an 8x10 glass plate altered with paint thinner and water -

[Jim Cole]

Really nice, Bob!

[Tin Can]

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Soot deposits on an 8x10 glass plate altered with paint thinner and water -

So no camera used?

Just scanned?

[Bob Mann]

So no camera used?

Just scanned?

Yes, contact print from glass - like a photogram.

[Tin Can]

Yes, contact print from glass - like a photogram.

Very nice!

[Robert Langham]

Canyon de Chelly, 2014.

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[Harley Goldman]

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Soot deposits on an 8x10 glass plate altered with paint thinner and water -

Excellent, Bob. Real nice abstract.

[RSalles]

I missed that one Jonathan-really nice!
Here's a kinda abstract. Where the small rectangle is near the middle, there was a sign that read "BINGO." That's really what I was after, but by the time I brought my camera there, the bingo place was gone. So goes the world. Anyway, I still liked the shapes enough to expose a sheet.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/352/19093518640_15574f8fbb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/v6egTf)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/v6egTf) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Hi Austin,

How did you metered this pic?

Cheers,

Renato

[jcoldslabs]

http://kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TXO1970-WaterJugCU-12minDev-01-r3.jpg

[Roger Thoms]

http://kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TXO1970-WaterJugCU-12minDev-01-r3.jpg

Neat, water bottle perhaps?

Roger

[jcoldslabs]

Yep, it's a refillable plastic three gallon water jug sitting on a windowsill in our kitchen.

J.

[Roger Thoms]

Cool, had to really look at it. Beautiful tones.

Roger

[jp]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/452/20284881210_4d43bb411d_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wUvjtd)
img313 (https://flic.kr/p/wUvjtd) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr


Suicide door.
Bodywork in progress being exhibited at Owls head Transportation Museum August 2015.
9" Gundlach Hyperion soft focus lens, 4x5 speed graphic. FP4+ film in pyrocat hd.

[Scott Schroeder]

I like the 'feel' of that one Jason. Great stuff.

[Ken Lee]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/452/20284881210_4d43bb411d_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wUvjtd)


Bravo ! Bravissimo !

[ndg]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/452/20284881210_4d43bb411d_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wUvjtd)
img313 (https://flic.kr/p/wUvjtd) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr


Suicide door.
Bodywork in progress being exhibited at Owls head Transportation Museum August 2015.
9" Gundlach Hyperion soft focus lens, 4x5 speed graphic. FP4+ film in pyrocat hd.

Jason, now that is work that speaks to me. Really motivating. Great capture!

[jp]

Thank you Scott, Ken, Nana! I was excited with anticipation when I hung that negative up to dry.

[jp]

This is abstract in the sense that it's about the shapes and tones rather the the subject which isn't obscured. This is part of the frame and engine of a jet powered car.
Gundlach Hyperion 9", 4x5 speed graphic, fp4+ in pyrocat hd.



https://farm1.staticflickr.com/454/19892600433_d17897a48b_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wiQM4x)
img314 (https://flic.kr/p/wiQM4x) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[David Hedley]

Thank you Scott, Ken, Nana! I was excited with anticipation when I hung that negative up to dry.

I'm not surprised - that's a great image.

[ShannonG]

Here is a camera less image using large format film.Printed to 11X14 on fiber paper,dev. in Dektol,,thanks for lookin.
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[ShannonG]

here is a shadow card image useing a 4X5 neg,,printed to 11X14,dev.n a hand made Metol dev.. thanks for lookin.
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[Wayne]

That's interesting. What is a shadow card image?


here is a shadow card image useing a 4X5 neg,,printed to 11X14,dev.n a hand made Metol dev.. thanks for lookin.
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[ShannonG]

Shadow card image is cutting out different shapes (out of mat board using a knife). a 4X5 image in the enlarger.and moving the different cards around at different exposure times,,kinda like a photo gram but with a neg in the enlarger.some shapes are darker than the others,depending on time,,,using filler cards to block the light from the rest of the paper,,,,hope that makes sense,,peace.

[RSalles]

here is a shadow card image useing a 4X5 neg,,printed to 11X14,dev.n a hand made Metol dev.. thanks for lookin.
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This one I like, really, a plenty of dynamics, nice image,

Cheers,

Renato

[ShannonG]

Shadow card image is cutting out different shapes (out of mat board using a knife). a 4X5 image in the enlarger.and moving the different cards around at different exposure times,,kinda like a photo gram but with a neg in the enlarger.some shapes are darker than the others,depending on time,,,using filler cards to block the light from the rest of the paper,,,,hope that makes sense,,peace.

[Tin Can]

Shadow card image is cutting out different shapes (out of mat board using a knife). a 4X5 image in the enlarger.and moving the different cards around at different exposure times,,kinda like a photo gram but with a neg in the enlarger.some shapes are darker than the others,depending on time,,,using filler cards to block the light from the rest of the paper,,,,hope that makes sense,,peace.

Great images and thanks especially for a change of pace and style!

Keep up the great work! :)

[David Hedley]

here is a shadow card image useing a 4X5 neg,,printed to 11X14,dev.n a hand made Metol dev.. thanks for lookin.
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Very nice - a good sense of movement and energy in this.

[ShannonG]

thanks for the comments.

[Andrew O'Neill]

At the Great Sandhills, Saskatchewan, Canada. HP5 8x10. Developed in Rodinol.


https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7652/27435549086_d3d24acf8f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HNomUo)Dune Detail (https://flic.kr/p/HNomUo) by Andrew O'Neill (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62974341@N02/), on Flickr

[Wayne]

Nice

[mono]

At the Great Sandhills, Saskatchewan, Canada. HP5 8x10. Developed in Rodinol.


https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7652/27435549086_d3d24acf8f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HNomUo)Dune Detail (https://flic.kr/p/HNomUo) by Andrew O'Neill (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62974341@N02/), on Flickr

Love this one!

[Tin Can]

At the Great Sandhills, Saskatchewan, Canada. HP5 8x10. Developed in Rodinol.


https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7652/27435549086_d3d24acf8f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HNomUo)Dune Detail (https://flic.kr/p/HNomUo) by Andrew O'Neill (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62974341@N02/), on Flickr

What is the scale of this? Meters or Klicks


Although mystery is always good!

[Andrew O'Neill]

[QUOTE=Randy Moe;1333166]What is the scale of this? Meters or Klicks


Although mystery is always good![/QUOTE

couldn't tell you the scale but the ripples are about about 12 cm wide

[Tin Can]

[QUOTE=Randy Moe;1333166]What is the scale of this? Meters or Klicks


Although mystery is always good![/QUOTE

couldn't tell you the scale but the ripples are about about 12 cm wide

Tiny scale. Very nice.

Thanks!

[Argentum]

is that grain or is it grains or is it grainy grains;)

[Leszek Vogt]

Nicely seen, Andrew.

Les

[Andrew O'Neill]

is that grain or is it grains or is it grainy grains

All of the above! :)

Thanks for commenting, guys! It was bloody hot there, pushing 40C. A breeze was blowing sand about ankle high. My boots were full of sand. I had to keep all my gear off the ground. The last time I was there shooting, I learnt the hard way. Sand gets into everything.

[Argentum]

I learnt the hard way. Sand gets into everything.

Been there, done that. I spent a couple of hours or more in sand dunes trying to photograph wind blown sand formations at ground level. Wind was very strong. I had to spend the following day completely stripping down my camera to get all the sand out.

[Pat Kearns]

Cropped fire escape & shadows.

[tgtaylor]

I have no idea...

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/2016-08-15-0006.227190816_large.jpg

Do you?

Thomas

[jp]

Mixing up my Man Ray and Aaron Siskind in the darkroom making some photograms.

When I print a proof sheet of negatives (in print file pages) and there are unused space on a page, I often grab something in the darkroom and make a little photogram in that empty spot. I used a cotton glove and was pleasantly surprised by the texture and mix of tones when exposed properly. I liked it enough to dedicate some more sheets of 8x10 paper to it. It has an element of realism because it's life size and hand/fingers are something we instinctively consider real like an xray, but it's also very abstract and gestural and without physiological limits our hands have. Very suitable to our "post-fact-world".




160249

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/580/32508066385_283459c184_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RwCkzc)
img489 (https://flic.kr/p/RwCkzc) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/499/31664695634_3fe37b23a3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Qf6QQb)
img488 (https://flic.kr/p/Qf6QQb) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jp]

At the Ice Pond, Sequinland road, Reid State Park, Georgetown Maine. January 2016.
4x5 speed graphic with 9" Gundlach Hyperion soft focus lens, tmax 400 tmy2 film in pyrocat hdc.



https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/748/31736593604_fdfbda1714_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QmskAm)
img493 (https://flic.kr/p/QmskAm) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[plaubel]

My favourite Amaryllis Hippostratum at home.

Tyco Xray film
Helvetia Extra Rapid 500mm at f/8
12x16" contact printed on Fomabrom

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I have to retouch some scratches caused by the darkslide..

Ritchie

[koraks]

Ritchie, that is very fascinating indeed (and as beautiful as it is fascinating!) Can you elaborate a bit on how you made this image?

[plaubel]

Thanks, Koraks,

first I grew up some Amaryllis onions as I do it every year :-)
The blossoms here original are greenish-yellow, with darker red stripes.

My idea has been:
I simply wanted to avoid black lines, given by orthochromatic film to the red tones, and I didn't want to see much more than smooth grey lines in front of mostly whitish background.

All together with less DOF and some blur, of course, but in missing an ULF-SF lens I made some experiments with the lensgroups from the old Helvetia brass lens; flipping the front group gave nice results to me.

Then it took time to find the right position of the plant together with a pleasuring focus point and a nice light.

For measurnig the light of close ups I always measure directly on the groundglass, but this do not say much to the result, but to my own method.

Now I only had to push up the tonalities for some zones by overexposure, and so I exposed far long for 30 seconds at f/8 wide open.
Developing in well diluted "Rodinal" and under red light in a tray brought some control to the highlights.
I wanted brightness, so I developed a bit longer instead of shorter in the case of overexposure.

That's it :-)
Ritchie

[Greg]

Galvin View Camera
75mm f/1.9 Wollensak Oscillo-Anastigmat lens

[koraks]

Ritchie, thanks for walking us through the details - the process is more straightforward than I had imagined, but the devil is of course in the detail. Great job on that image!

Greg, that one is fascinating! Is it an actual 'scope image?

[Greg]

Is it an actual 'scope image?

If by "scope image" you mean microscope, no a microscope was not used.

Image actually taken outside "in the field", though don't take the word "field" literally.

Image as seen on ground glass. Negative was scanned, levels adjusted, and image>adjustments>invert to get positive image. Slight crop.

Here's another one

[koraks]

Ah no, I meant oscilloscope under the impression that this is what the lens was originally intended for. Not that it matters, it remains a fascinating image! I can't come up with what it may actually be ;)

[Jody_S]

If by "scope image" you mean microscope, no a microscope was not used.

Image actually taken outside "in the field", though don't take the word "field" literally.

Image as seen on ground glass. Negative was scanned, levels adjusted, and image>adjustments>invert to get positive image. Slight crop.

Here's another one

These are lovely. I've had a couple of those oscillo- (Dumont, in my case) lenses, never got anything interesting out of either and they were fetching ridiculous prices on the 'bay so I sold them. Sort of regretting that now.

[Greg]

These are lovely. I've had a couple of those oscillo- (Dumont, in my case) lenses, never got anything interesting out of either and they were fetching ridiculous prices on the 'bay so I sold them. Sort of regretting that now.

Have also seen some of them go for ridiculous prices on 'bay. Some being described as covering 4x5 at maximum aperture!!!! Have to feel sorry for the buyers when he/she tried using the lens on their 4x5. Mine I bought at a local camera store (as with many now also gone) for $35.00.

[Corran]

Linhof MT, 240mm f/9 G-Claron, TMX, FX-39:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/yonah-6074ss.jpg

[stawastawa]

greg I love the tones and forms! I am more drawn to the chain of forms in #4.

Bryan, a very staccato image.

~n

[Corran]

Interesting use of the musical language as a description! :)

Here's two more abstracts, kind of. More old car images but I wanted to focus on the shapes and tones present, especially the "arrows."

Linhof MT, 150mm f/2.8 Xenotar, T-Max 100, FX-39, N+1 development:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/oldcararrow2-6175ss.jpg


http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/oldcararrow2-6176ss.jpg

[plaubel]

Dear folks,

interested in a discussion at this point?
In following this thread, from time to time I'm asking myself for what "abstract" stands to you.
For me, if things become strange, and I'm not able to identify the object, this I would call very abstract.
Brian, sorry, I have no idea where the abstraction in the last two pictures sits,in spite of your explanation - other than in your fantastic leaves and mud.

Ritchie

[Corran]

Great question plaubel. Personally there's traditional abstracts, like the image I shared a few posts back where you don't know what you are looking at (though I can tell you it's just moss on rocks), and then abstraction of shapes/tones, even if it is identifiable. Despite being close-up shots of an old car, for me the "car" is unseen and becomes irrelevant and not part of the photo, just the shapes. But perhaps that's just me, especially considering old cars are something of a "thing" around here so maybe others have a more specific reaction.

I could crop down to a tiny fraction of that image like this:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/oldcararrow2-6176sabs.jpg

and that would probably be more of a traditional abstract. But it's still relatively identifiable as metal and rust, no?

[Wayne]

I didn't know there were non-traditional abstracts and traditional abstracts. Obviously with any art or music there will be some differences of opinion around the edges but obviously recognizable shapes/objects that are the subject are not around the edges. The image of rust is abstract, the image of a hood ornament in the shape of a place is an image of a hood ornament in the shape of a plane, not a "non-traditional abstract". All IMO of course.

I don't think the object necessarily has to be completely unrecognizable for it to be abstract, it just has to be incidental to and secondary to the subject of line, shape and color and not the subject itself. I challenge anyone to make sense of that in a way that can be applied to all images. :cool:

[Corran]

That's why I said "personally," because it's just how I approach the idea of abstraction. I few pages back there is an image by Austin of a building, for example, which is completely identifiable but I can see why Austin called it an abstraction. I will have to go look for a "textbook" definition.

As for the hood ornament, my wife initially was asking when the heck I took a picture of a rusting plane. The fact that she was very convinced that it was a plane to me signifies that it is not immediately identifiable, even if it is clearly a "thing." I certainly would not have guessed it was a hood ornament either if I had not taken the photo, but that may be because the car was probably manufactured when my parents were infants.

[jp]

The pitted chrome and cracked paint aren't going to make any of us reminisce and remember going to the drive-in with that car. So it's not likely other common uses of photography

To me, things like form and tone and mood are the subjects of abstract photos. What the object in the photo is, is clearly subordinate to the qualities the photographer sees and then represents in the photo. It can be very plain what the object is, or it can be very obscure like a microscope photo or nonexistent like a vortograph. The completely identifiable ones confuse people who aren't attune with photography and art. But the identifiable abstracts also strike a chord with those who like a subtle abstract and are eager to look beyond the surface.

Minor White was a prominent abstract photographer who photographed "what else it is".

[plaubel]

Yes, Brian,

I miss a bit this great discussions between the images, from which I have learned so much here.
In looking for a translation of "abstract", I found "without a relationship to reality", and something like "showing the essentials, which give or may give a hint to the subject, depending on the possibility of abstraction from the viewer".
I can't translate better, but so I do understand an abstract picture.
Maybe there is more, I don't know.

If I have to think some minutes about what I have in front of my eyes, in the best case I would call it abstract.

Like Wayne, I don't know of traditional aspects of abstraction.

""But it's still relatively identifiable as metal and rust, no?""

Not sure if it is visuable to everyone, but I am sure that it will depend on my mood, if I can identify abstract things, or sometimes I can't..

Ritchie

[Corran]

The pitted chrome and cracked paint aren't going to make any of us reminisce and remember going to the drive-in with that car. So it's not likely other common uses of photography

To me, things like form and tone and mood are the subjects of abstract photos. What the object in the photo is, is clearly subordinate to the qualities the photographer sees and then represents in the photo. It can be very plain what the object is, or it can be very obscure like a microscope photo or nonexistent like a vortograph. The completely identifiable ones confuse people who aren't attune with photography and art. But the identifiable abstracts also strike a chord with those who like a subtle abstract and are eager to look beyond the surface.

Minor White was a prominent abstract photographer who photographed "what else it is".

Thanks jp for mentioning the "vortograph" - that is not a term I was familiar with so I had to look it up. Very interesting. There's a couple of installations in the High Museum in Atlanta that are purely mirrors and glass that make some very interesting effects on "reality," which is a similar idea. Something to think about.

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3923/32338443013_91ac58a922_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RgCYsi)Tire with Dried Paint, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/RgCYsi) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/oldcararrow2-6176ss.jpg

Bravo !

[Corran]

Thanks Ken!

Austin, those low tones are just killer on that tire! I would love to see what the negative densities are on something like that.

[austin granger]

Thanks Bryan. I love your airplane shot above.

I threw the tire neg on the lightbox and took a picture with my phone. The neg is nothing special, and the "print" is almost totally straight, super easy. I kind of lucked out in that the paint was a very bright yellow and the tire was dark and wet with rain. I almost didn't take the camera out because it was raining so hard, but I figured what the heck, life is short, I'm not going to spend it worrying about my lenses.
:-)

161890

[Corran]

Thanks Austin, very cool to see the actual negative in comparison.

[jp]

Austin, that negative looks very exciting (print is good too)

This one is a little bit George Seeley / Alvin Langdon Coburn inspired... Saturday at Birch Point Beach state park, Owls Head Maine. I shot 4 sheets of film and 5 rolls of 120. 7.25" verito, 4x5 tmy2 (Kodak does not punish me) film in pyrocat hdc.



https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2898/33402128482_1d7526d8a2_c.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/STCD5W)img544 (https://flic.kr/p/STCD5W) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2943/33477721312_1374133a60_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T1j5cA)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/T1j5cA) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[jp]

Austin, nice tones as usual; I like the near symmetry in the blistering of the white.

Here's again at Birch Point Beach state park, a convenient place for me to visit. 7.25" verito, 4x5 tmy2.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2892/33689015525_d298e08c8b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TjZ1Bg)
img581 (https://flic.kr/p/TjZ1Bg) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[DennisD]

This seems to belong in Abstracts for lack of a better place:


http://www.jackandbeans.com/pbd/ME_CranIsle_Rock-s.jpg


Linhof MT (4x5), 150mm
Tri-X, HC110, X5 scan, PS

[Pali K]

Thats brilliant Dennis! Love the contrast.

Pali

[DennisD]

Thanks, Pali.

I was just admiring the rocks and beach MF images you posted yesterday and a few minutes ago. Beautiful.

[Michael Roberts]

https://michaellynnroberts.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3718746505-4.jpg

240 G Claron
Velvia 100
f22.5, 1/15th
5x8

[koraks]

Ooh, that's a nice one Michael! I love the fact that you chose color for this composition!

[Mark Darragh]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2813/33863340145_a49036ecd1_b.jpg

Rock detail, Rockburn Valley, Aspiring National Park, South Island, New Zealand
Toho FC 45-X, Nikkor 200mm M, Fujichrome Velvia RVP 100 4x5

[Joe O'Hara]

http://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s3/v40/p2355070703.jpg

Whitesbog

[macolive]

Nice!!!


http://michaellynnroberts.zenfolio.com/img/s5/v117/p2075033887-4.jpg

240 G Claron
Velvia 100
f22.5, 1/15th
5x8

[jp]

http://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s3/v40/p2355070703.jpg

Whitesbog

So nice! You regularly find exceedingly great beauty in NJ where most of see it as mere industry and highway for commuters.

[Ken Lee]

http://michaellynnroberts.zenfolio.com/img/s5/v117/p2075033887-4.jpg

240 G Claron
Velvia 100
f22.5, 1/15th
5x8

Terrific !

[Joe O'Hara]

So nice! You regularly find exceedingly great beauty in NJ where most of see it as mere industry and highway for commuters.

Thanks, JP.

[DennisD]

http://www.jackandbeans.com/pbd/picture-440-001v2.jpg

Abstract
GraphicView or Linhof MT - 150mm
HC-110, N+1, X-5 Scan & PS

[Pali K]

That's just brilliant Dennis!

Pali

[jon.oman]

Very nice Dennis!

[Pali K]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4229/35196179306_ba7306329a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VCaBTG)
Abacas Abstract (https://flic.kr/p/VCaBTG) by Pali K (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palikalsi/), on Flickr

Sinar Norma 4x5 | Fuji Velvia 100
JOBO CPP2 | Tetenal E6
Heidelberg Tango PMT Drumscan

Pali

[DennisD]

That's just brilliant Dennis!

Pali


Very nice Dennis!

Thanks very much, Pali and Jon.
Your comments are greatly appreciated.

[DennisD]

Nice job with the abacus. The rich, dark color makes the image.

[Pali K]

Nice job with the abacus. The rich, dark color makes the image.

Thank you Dennis!

Pali

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4234/35438497616_0bc6df67af_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VZzyFA)Morris, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/VZzyFA) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Roger Thoms]

Looks like that Morris is a Goldmine.

Roger

[austin granger]

Looks like that Morris is a Goldmine.

Roger

I was pretty happy to come across it. There were a lot more possibilities but the sun was setting and I ran out of time. What I really wanted to do was photograph from the inside, but I'm not sure the owner would appreciate that, ha. I think I'll revisit it and see what else I can come up with.

[jp]

I was pretty happy to come across it. There were a lot more possibilities but the sun was setting and I ran out of time. What I really wanted to do was photograph from the inside, but I'm not sure the owner would appreciate that, ha. I think I'll revisit it and see what else I can come up with.

Very nice. It's possible the owner secretly appreciates the decay and interestingness as you do.

[austin granger]

Very nice. It's possible the owner secretly appreciates the decay and interestingness as you do.
Thanks. I visited it again. :-)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4232/34737563844_b7b1c4059c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/UVD6uy)Morris, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/UVD6uy) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[austin granger]

Closer:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4114/34932744963_a95aa93c37_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VdTs3g)Morris, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/VdTs3g) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Michael Roberts]

I was hoping you would get to this Austin. This is wonderful. Well seen!

[austin granger]

Thank you Michael, I appreciate that.

[jp]

A stained glass window.. of a snow scene, or heaven or something.

[Corran]

I was trying to soften the emulsion on a couple of photos to experiment with image manipulation. Wasn't working so I started just fooling around and added baking soda. The first negative just disappeared almost instantly. I did it again and pulled it out in time, but it didn't really do what I was hoping for. However after letting it dry it looked cool so I scanned the image and got this:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/amicalolasoda-8080ss.jpg

Now I am pondering this and thinking about ways to control this a bit.

[David Schaller]

That one is great Corran. I look forward to your next attempts.
Dave

[Joe O'Hara]

I like that very much, Corran. If you get the process under control... or figure out what the important variables are,
I hope you'll share your findings with us.

[Corran]

Thanks guys. My next experiment will be trying rubber cement to coat areas that I don't want to affect. This was a technique I was shown for selectively toning prints, so I am wondering if it'll work here on a negative.

[Pat Kearns]

I first went to photograph a window at a local church. I couldn't capture what was in my mind on the ground glass. I was about to pack it all up when M. C. Escher said, "Turn Around". A brick arch over the door.
Shot it at 9:00 pm. Tachihara 4x5, Rodenstock 210mm, f22 @ 8 secs, TMY scanned as a color negative.

[Graham Patterson]

Well, that really plays with one's spacial sense!

[AlexGard]

Yeah. I can't figure that one out. Very neato.

Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

[Yorkie]

Amazing! I wonder if the architect had any idea what he was creating?

[kenj8246]

Tres abstract! I like it a lot.

[austin granger]

I like it a lot too. Fantastic!

[austin granger]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4379/36426021932_6b35792bfa_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XuQTfU)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/XuQTfU) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Louis Pacilla]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4379/36426021932_6b35792bfa_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XuQTfU)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/XuQTfU) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

As always Austin...UNBELIEVABLE!

[austin granger]

Thanks Louis! Here's another one from the same wall:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4387/36461692041_74ef386283_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XxZGJM)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/XxZGJM) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[jp]

These are great!

[callmebrick]

I was trying to soften the emulsion on a couple of photos to experiment with image manipulation. Wasn't working so I started just fooling around and added baking soda. The first negative just disappeared almost instantly. I did it again and pulled it out in time, but it didn't really do what I was hoping for. However after letting it dry it looked cool so I scanned the image and got this:


Now I am pondering this and thinking about ways to control this a bit.

So you put a developed negative into a baking soda bath?

[Corran]

So you put a developed negative into a baking soda bath?

Basically yes, also it was boiling.

[esearing]

Basically yes, also it was boiling.

Cool beans - what would happen with Borax? or both?

[Corran]

Good question :).

A friend of mine experimented with "Chemigraphs" a couple of years ago with a large variety of chemicals. Lots of potential for experimentation with all sorts of variables.

[Pat Kearns]

Tachihara 4x5, Rodenstock 210mm, f16 @ 1/60, TMY.

[austin granger]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4490/37281558044_70f73bcdd5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/YNrJkw)Arrow, Servite Monastery, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/YNrJkw) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Corran]

Two abstracts I shot yesterday afternoon.

Both with my Wehman 8x10 and then cropped to taste. First with 210mm f/9 GK and second with 300mm f/9 Nikkor-M. Delta 100, FX-39:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/hemlockfalls-8811ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/hemlockfalls-8812ss.jpg

[Michael Roberts]

I really like the first of these, Bryan. To my eye, there are two or three additional interesting compositions within this image.

[Kerosene Hat]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4537/27081645299_2e9fb017e1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Hg7vCX)Ladder Abstract (https://flic.kr/p/Hg7vCX) by Brandon Ward (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_ward/)

Tri-X, Wista 4x5, 210/5.6 D-76 1:1

[jon.oman]

I like it!

[Corran]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4537/27081645299_2e9fb017e1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Hg7vCX)Ladder Abstract (https://flic.kr/p/Hg7vCX) by Brandon Ward (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_ward/)

Tri-X, Wista 4x5, 210/5.6 D-76 1:1

Awesome!

[Kerosene Hat]

Thanks, Brian!

[Joe O'Hara]

Last picture from 2017. It's cold!
http://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s6/v143/p2696563084.jpg

[scm]

http://www.stevemidgleyphotography.com/Untitled_19.JPG

[Tin Can]

It's OK, I wiped off my screen.

Kidding

Very interesting!

[marcookie]

A title this "A moon shaped pool", which does not really mean anything, like for any respectable abstract shot :p.
Cropped 4x5 Ilford FP4+ and a red filter. f/45 but still the bottom is not tack sharp.
https://image.ibb.co/dmLBrK/A_Moon_Shaped_Pool_crop.jpg

If you like some behind the scene about this shot, there is a video about it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDeF1EpU7Js

[Tin Can]

Like!

[consummate_fritterer]

Marcookie, that last one is truly special.

[Leszek Vogt]

The granite shot is really nice, Marco.

Les

[marcookie]

The granite shot is really nice, Marco.

Les

Thanks guys. Before starting over in LF a month ago, in the past I only shot black and white. Maybe the eye is not lost.
Let's see what's gonna happen in the next trip!

Marco

[Maris Rusis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/669/21441064084_e560bafd49_c.jpg
Back Eddy, Snowy River

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.2cm X 16.4cm, from a Kodak 4x5 Tmax 100 negative
exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 lens.

[takpro]

Beautiful. Love it.


A title this "A moon shaped pool", which does not really mean anything, like for any respectable abstract shot :p.
Cropped 4x5 Ilford FP4+ and a red filter. f/45 but still the bottom is not tack sharp.
https://image.ibb.co/dmLBrK/A_Moon_Shaped_Pool_crop.jpg

If you like some behind the scene about this shot, there is a video about it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDeF1EpU7Js

[Clieben]

Incredible.



https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/669/21441064084_e560bafd49_c.jpg
Back Eddy, Snowy River

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.2cm X 16.4cm, from a Kodak 4x5 Tmax 100 negative
exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 lens.

[Clieben]

Great... Granite shot.

And now Ice cream and bedtime.


A title this "A moon shaped pool", which does not really mean anything, like for any respectable abstract shot :p.
Cropped 4x5 Ilford FP4+ and a red filter. f/45 but still the bottom is not tack sharp.
https://image.ibb.co/dmLBrK/A_Moon_Shaped_Pool_crop.jpg

If you like some behind the scene about this shot, there is a video about it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDeF1EpU7Js

[marcookie]

Great... Granite shot.

And now Ice cream and bedtime.

LoL, that's from the video!!!

Thanks anyway, much appreciated! I should print this... too bad that my darkroom is in Italy and now I live in the US!!!

[marcookie]

Incredible.

Abstract goodness.

[h2oman]

A title this "A moon shaped pool", which does not really mean anything, like for any respectable abstract shot :p.
Cropped 4x5 Ilford FP4+ and a red filter. f/45 but still the bottom is not tack sharp.
https://image.ibb.co/dmLBrK/A_Moon_Shaped_Pool_crop.jpg

If you like some behind the scene about this shot, there is a video about it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDeF1EpU7Js

I was thinking yin and yang. You're a Radiohead fan?

[h2oman]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/669/21441064084_e560bafd49_c.jpg
Back Eddy, Snowy River

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.2cm X 16.4cm, from a Kodak 4x5 Tmax 100 negative
exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 lens.

Superb!

[Maris Rusis]

Thanks for the Kudos clieben, marcookie, h2oman. Another mildly abstract scene:


https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3824/20053450600_b1b85d4214_c.jpg

Iron Tank, detail

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.2cm X 21.4cm, from a 4x5 Kodak Tri-X Pan Professional negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a 90mm f8 Schneider Super Angulon lens.

[andreios]

Maris, I really do enjoy your abstracts! Truly inspiring...

[marcookie]

Thanks for the Kudos clieben, marcookie, h2oman. Another mildly abstract scene:


https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3824/20053450600_b1b85d4214_c.jpg

Iron Tank, detail

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.2cm X 21.4cm, from a 4x5 Kodak Tri-X Pan Professional negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a 90mm f8 Schneider Super Angulon lens.

Thank you for posting these.
This last one I had even more trouble in finding the subject. Probably I should not even be looking for it!

[andreios]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4370/37137182832_691465a215_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/YzFLBJ)Streams of grain (https://flic.kr/p/YzFLBJ) by Andrej (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreios/), on Flickr

This is an older one, but I've never posted it here.. Only last night I dug up the print again and realized that I quite like it...
4x5 neg (FP4), lith print on Fomabrom IV 123

[Tin Can]

Like!


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4370/37137182832_691465a215_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/yzflbj)streams of grain (https://flic.kr/p/yzflbj) by andrej (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreios/), on flickr

this is an older one, but i've never posted it here.. Only last night i dug up the print again and realized that i quite like it...
4x5 neg (fp4), lith print on fomabrom iv 123

[Maris Rusis]

Thanks andreios and marcookie. Here's another one with a hint of abstractness:


https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7534/16276895805_752799dc27_c.jpg
Water Lillies, Sunlight

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.3cm X 16.4cm, from a 4x5 Tri-X Pan Professional negative
exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a 210mm f5.6 Nikkor-W lens.

[marcookie]

I have recently been researching a little bit about abstraction and its definition. This is partly out of curiosity, and partly because of a debate that often comes up about pictures with or without a recognizable subject; in particular if an image with a recognizable subject can be considered an abstract or not---these last last two post above are a perfect example.

So, the dictionary gives three definitions for "abstract":
1. The act or process of separating the inherent qualities or properties of something from the actual physical object.
2. A genre of art whose content depend solely on its form.
3. Something not easily understood or recognizable.

Thus, the definition it's pretty broad and could potentially include both recognizable and not recognizable subjects.

Some pictures aren't truly abstract, but they aren't straight realism, either. They may fall in a category that Ansel Adams called "extractions", a term that he used in place of abstractions for images of small bits or pieces taken from the whole.

I like to indulge in the categorization, but at the end I don't really care as long as the image makes me feel something. I like this inclusive thread being constantly updated with great images. (Thanks for posting, sometimes this forum is like going to the museum for free!)

[jp]

at the end I don't really care as long as the image makes me feel something.

Abstraction is just one tool toward that goal.
You're on the right track.

Many skilled photographers have sought to mix abstraction and realism.. Check out Paul Caponigro's Apple. He was a student of Minor White who also did mixes of abstraction and realism. I'm also a big fan of Aaron Siskind who I think went a little further into abstraction.

[macolive]

A title this "A moon shaped pool", which does not really mean anything, like for any respectable abstract shot :p.
Cropped 4x5 Ilford FP4+ and a red filter. f/45 but still the bottom is not tack sharp.
https://image.ibb.co/dmLBrK/A_Moon_Shaped_Pool_crop.jpg


Fantastic!

[marcookie]

Abstraction is just one tool toward that goal.
You're on the right track.

Many skilled photographers have sought to mix abstraction and realism.. Check out Paul Caponigro's Apple. He was a student of Minor White who also did mixes of abstraction and realism. I'm also a big fan of Aaron Siskind who I think went a little further into abstraction.

I really appreciated your answer. And thank you for mentioning Aaron Siskind, I had totally forgotten about him (so bad!).


Fantastic!

Thanks!

[marcookie]

My second attempt at an abstract dune shot... I titled it "Sand Notes" because the shape of the main feature reminded me of a musical note.
A good exercise in figuring out how light and shadows play on the sand. The shapes change so fast close to sunset.

Ilford FP4+ (cropped 4x5) - 135 Nikkor W @f32

https://image.ibb.co/gX7449/Sand_notes_sma.jpg

This was taken on the sand dunes in Cape Cod, MA.
Some details about this shot are recorded in this video, where I also talk about travel in landscape photography, and setting an intent when reaching a certain location. Having an intent definitely helped in taking this particular image. During my first visit to Cape Cod, I was shocked that in m any placed it looked like a desert on the East Coast --- and this is what I wanted to show. More videos coming!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFeqRWwzVA

[Tin Can]

Very interesting.

Heretofore I had not realized we could post U tube vids so easily.

Good work.

[marcookie]

Very interesting.

Heretofore I had not realized we could post U tube vids so easily.

Good work.

Thanks for the feedback. I put a lot of effort into them and getting my face on video is helping me to get out from a mild depression. Photography rocks! Well, "Photography sands" in this case.

[jmontague]

Broadway and 16th Street. Ilford HP-5+ 4x5 taken with my https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181203/d66595471df276d63bc980c59f885f65.jpgToyo 45C, 210mm Schneider lens.


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[Tin Can]

Like!

[Vaughn]

Quick pic of my latest carbon print. From my AIR in Zion National Park last April.

8x10 Carbon print, Fuji W 250mm, Kodak Copy Film in Ilford Universal PQ Developer

Kind of close to what the print looks like -- lots of reflections in the print that look like part of the image -- and perhaps a bit contrasty, too. But you have the idea.

[Corran]

WOW Vaughn. Wish I could see that in person.

[Vaughn]

WOW Vaughn. Wish I could see that in person.
This is embarassing -- I did not realize how much glare was bouncing off the print when I photographed it with my digital camera. The copy image is quite a bit different than the print, but that's abstract art for ya. I'll flatten the print and try to get a better image of it -- but not till the New year!

[jmontague]

Thanks, Randy. Much appreciated.


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[Chauncey Walden]

Jim, no ifs, ands or buts, just a killer image!

[jmontague]

Thank you, Chauncey. See you Saturday!


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[takpro]

Quick pic of my latest carbon print. From my AIR in Zion National Park last April.

8x10 Carbon print, Fuji W 250mm, Kodak Copy Film in Ilford Universal PQ Developer

Kind of close to what the print looks like -- lots of reflections in the print that look like part of the image -- and perhaps a bit contrasty, too. But you have the idea.

Beautiful.


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[Corran]

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/pointpark-2335ss.jpg

[Ed Vatza]

186304

Bethlehem (PA) Steel/Hoover-Mason Trestle
Speed Graphic 4x5
Rodenstock Sironar S 150mm f/5.6 lens
Arista.EDU 200 film
Developed in D-76

[Merg Ross]

Saw Blades, Sunlight

187168

[Joe O'Hara]

Quick pic of my latest carbon print. From my AIR in Zion National Park last April.

8x10 Carbon print, Fuji W 250mm, Kodak Copy Film in Ilford Universal PQ Developer

Kind of close to what the print looks like -- lots of reflections in the print that look like part of the image -- and perhaps a bit contrasty, too. But you have the idea.

That is most excellent, Vaughn! Congrats. It must be amazing in carbon, if it looks this good on a laptop screen.

[Corran]

In another thread, jp suggested I take a look at some photos by Eliot Porter. I got the book he mentioned and was looking through it. There was a lot of close-up, but not "macro" images of patterns and textures. They were also color images that I would not have not considered traditional subjects for color film. With that in mind, I loaded some Portra 400 and looked for subjects that might convey the same ideas in patterns, fractals, and subtle color relationships. This was the one image that I saw in that vein. I feel like it's fairly abstract even though it's identifiable.

Blue-Green Rockfall
Linhof Master Technika, Nikkor 90mm f/8, Portra 400, cropped slightly:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/ravencliffs-2536ss.jpg

[austin granger]

Sort of abstract I guess:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7886/46990672241_7670868264_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2eAptJa)Disked Field, Eastern Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2eAptJa) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[scheinfluger_77]

No “sort of” about it, i like it though. :)

[fj55mike]

In another thread, jp suggested I take a look at some photos by Eliot Porter. I got the book he mentioned and was looking through it. There was a lot of close-up, but not "macro" images of patterns and textures. They were also color images that I would not have not considered traditional subjects for color film. With that in mind, I loaded some Portra 400 and looked for subjects that might convey the same ideas in patterns, fractals, and subtle color relationships. This was the one image that I saw in that vein. I feel like it's fairly abstract even though it's identifiable.

Blue-Green Rockfall
Linhof Master Technika, Nikkor 90mm f/8, Portra 400, cropped slightly:



Brian, I am definitely getting a Porter feel from this. I saw one of his dye transfer prints in person at the Center for Creative Photography, and his use of the blue sky reflections really stood out.

[jp]

Yes, the reflection, texture, movement mix has somewhat of a Porter feel!
Close up but not macro he would call intimate landscapes