January Still Life [Archive] - Large Format Photography Forum

PViapiano

2-Jan-2011, 09:55

gandolfi - i love the second one, great homage. What kind of print is that?

bob - wonderful texture and brilliance. Same question, is that a silver print? Is that one of the series you were asking about a few weeks ago on apug, about bleaching before bleach/tone to get more brilliant highlights?

Thanks, guys!

bob carnie

2-Jan-2011, 10:11

bob carnie

2-Jan-2011, 10:15

thanks
I tried the bleach before toning, not really satisfied with what I got.
This one I boosted the contrast to grade 4, multiple toned.
Yes it is a silver print from negative.
Also have been beta testing the new Harmon silver rag and it really is going to be a killer paper.
Bob

gandolfi - i love the second one, great homage. What kind of print is that?

bob - wonderful texture and brilliance. Same question, is that a silver print? Is that one of the series you were asking about a few weeks ago on apug, about bleaching before bleach/tone to get more brilliant highlights?

Thanks, guys!

Dr Klaus Schmitt

2-Jan-2011, 10:28

uhh, ahh, now that I call a way to start the new year!

PViapiano

2-Jan-2011, 14:38

cjbroadbent

2-Jan-2011, 15:31

By now I'm scraping the barrel. An illustration 'in style' on 4x5 Ektachrome with a lot af stocking.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TO-qAouDC8I/AAAAAAAAGGU/qLGGgjXbsic/s800/pheasant.jpg

Emil Schildt

2-Jan-2011, 16:29

By now I'm scraping the barrel. An illustration 'in style' on 4x5 Ektachrome with a lot af stocking.

cool!

Emil Schildt

2-Jan-2011, 16:41

Christopher inspired me...

An old one..
Painted with light.
4x5" Fujicrome RTP II T 64 iso.

"Still in blue"

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/blue-still.jpg

eddie

2-Jan-2011, 16:46

Christopher inspired me...

An old one..
Painted with light.
4x5" Fujicrome RTP II T 64 iso.

"Still in blue"

bravo!

JoeV

2-Jan-2011, 17:11

Speed Graphic 4x5, 127mm Ektar lens, preflashed grade 2 paper negative rated at EI=12. Sturm Ruger .357 revolver and Nambe ware bowl.

~Joe

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5317538247_2130b97493_b.jpg

Randy

2-Jan-2011, 17:26

Nice one JoeV. I got one of those...and one of these...New Model Blackhawk.

I was comparing two lenses - Schneider Symer 210mm (left) that I paid $300 for, and a 170mm Kodak Anastigmat f/6.3 (right) off of an old (1910) Kodak 3A folder that I paid $10 for. I was hard pressed to see a difference :(

Rick Tardiff

2-Jan-2011, 21:09

[QUOTE=gandolfi;668039]thanks - got one more...

Homage to Josef Sudek...

9x12 cm neg.

Homage indeed! I always find your work an inspiration.

bob carnie

3-Jan-2011, 07:07

No but I think it will work wonderfully. I believe the emulsion is Ilford Warm tone so it should lith the same.. by and far my favourite lith paper, even though very few printers agree.

Thanks for the info, Bob...looking forward to the new silver rag. Have you tried lith with it yet?

Brad Bireley

3-Jan-2011, 09:56

It wasn't my intention to post this in the middle of a debate. The neg was drying and I was in bed long before that all went down and this is what I woke up to. So here it is.

Sly is correct, to some it is a love affair. Just like to some, collecting and using old Petzval lenses might be a love affair. Nothing to be scared of. The ones we ALL have to be scared of are the criminals with no regard for human life or restrictive gun laws for that matter.

Ken

Horseman LE Nikon 200M Arista Edu Ultra 100

Ken,
I want to know more about this gun! Nice!

monkeymon

3-Jan-2011, 10:09

http://www.taidejakonsti.fi/muutos/TEMP/pyssy.jpg
ektar 207mm @ tmax 400 & ultrafin liq

As long as we are toting guns... just a small .22cal, trying to make a still life series for school. Thought it would be interesting, as still life is something i think as really hard thing to do. And trying to communicate with them, making some sort of series that has a point. Not an easy thing to do.

Thebes

3-Jan-2011, 12:35

monkeymon - I love the contrast in tonalities between the barrel, the grip and the background.

Randy

3-Jan-2011, 13:31

I'm thinking about getting a pistol or rifle -- I have no love affair with guns, I'm just interested in being able to protect my family if forced to...

What do you folks recommend?

William, would be glad to offer some recommendations based on my experience. Don't want to detour far from the purpose of the thread though. email me if you like.
sweatt.randy@gmail.com

William McEwen

3-Jan-2011, 13:50

William, would be glad to offer some recommendations based on my experience. Don't want to detour far from the purpose of the thread though. email me if you like.
sweatt.randy@gmail.com

Agreed.

Thanks, Randy. Will do.

Joe Forks

3-Jan-2011, 15:18

I always like stories with happy endings.

I haven't shot a gun since my dad and I used them to hang out and kill a starling now and then out in the woods.

I'm thinking about getting a pistol or rifle -- I have no love affair with guns, I'm just interested in being able to protect my family if forced to...

What do you folks recommend?

That depends, but for Home Defense a shotgun is one possibility.

mikebarger

3-Jan-2011, 16:46

Shotgun maybe, but it is hard to beat a wheel gun for someone that rarely shoots. No safety, no slide to pull to chamber a round (assuming one round isn't already chambered).

Somebody above had a model 66 S&W in .357, these with a 4 inch barrel are hard to beat for home security (except the 357 will go through several residential walls if you miss).

Allen in Montreal

3-Jan-2011, 16:54

......

teacups[/CENTER]

Nice!

.....

full soft

Silly still...............

Good to see some nice pictures in this thread so early in the month too! :eek:

Emil Schildt

3-Jan-2011, 17:02

Nice!

Good to see some nice pictures in this thread so early in the month too! :eek:

hmm - but the images got hijacked by guns...:(

Emil Schildt

3-Jan-2011, 17:12

I don't have any pictures with guns,,,,

But I have others..

Allen in Montreal

3-Jan-2011, 17:17

hmm - but the images got hijacked by guns...:(

Guns?

I don't see any guns,
if I stay focused, I see a bird (or two :) :) )
Really nice picture!

And Jim always does "soft" so well.

......
Cooke 350 F3.5 full soft

soeren

4-Jan-2011, 04:55

Ken

Horseman LE Nikon 200M Arista Edu Ultra 100

Is that a Hasselblad? :D

soeren

4-Jan-2011, 04:56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIaORknS1Dk&feature=related

GSX4

4-Jan-2011, 06:47

Looks like a Thompson Contender Mk1.... with maybe a Bulberry barrel and custom curly walnut forend and grip?? Not sure on caliber though.

It wasn't my intention to post this in the middle of a debate. The neg was drying and I was in bed long before that all went down and this is what I woke up to. So here it is.

Sly is correct, to some it is a love affair. Just like to some, collecting and using old Petzval lenses might be a love affair. Nothing to be scared of. The ones we ALL have to be scared of are the criminals with no regard for human life or restrictive gun laws for that matter.

Ken

Horseman LE Nikon 200M Arista Edu Ultra 100

Scott --

4-Jan-2011, 06:58

Looks like a Thompson Contender Mk1.... with maybe a Bulberry barrel and custom curly walnut forend and grip?? Not sure on caliber though.

Know nothing of the gun, but I am loving the curly walnut!

Steve M Hostetter

4-Jan-2011, 07:28

looks like a 500 magnum express pistol with target barrel

Emil Schildt

4-Jan-2011, 07:29

sigh

Emil Schildt

4-Jan-2011, 07:56

well - I'll try again (with Christopher in mind)

Still in red..

Painted with light - fuji 64 RTP II

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/still2.jpg

Jiri Vasina

4-Jan-2011, 08:06

well - I'll try again (with Christopher in mind)

Still in red..

Painted with light - fuji 64 RTP II

Gandolfi, that is a fantastic image, with so many possible meanings...

Jiri

Scott --

4-Jan-2011, 08:51

Remains of the holidays...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5324133584_bd8e4f93af_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5324133584/)
Remains of the holidays... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5324133584/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Un-named ML Petzval, Efke PL25M in HC-110.

cjbroadbent

4-Jan-2011, 09:29

well - I'll try again (with Christopher in mind)
.....
I admire the decadence but, to be honest, I prefer Sudek to Saudek.

Emil Schildt

4-Jan-2011, 10:09

I admire the decadence but, to be honest, I prefer Sudek to Saudek.

me too - by a long shot...

(I don't see any Saudek in this though.. just had some fun)

Harold_4074

4-Jan-2011, 11:39

FP4+, PMK; 210mm Apo Sironar

Emil Schildt

4-Jan-2011, 11:46

FP4+, PMK; 210mm Apo Sironar

beautiful!

jon.oman

4-Jan-2011, 13:16

I like it!

Harold_4074

4-Jan-2011, 13:19

Gandolfi, thank you very much.
Coming from you, I regard the comment as high praise indeed.

Harold

Jim Cole

4-Jan-2011, 13:20

FP4+, PMK; 210mm Apo Sironar

I like this one very much as well.

cjbroadbent

4-Jan-2011, 16:14

Gandolfi, don't listen to me, I'm just a window-dresser. I like your fun.
4x5 Ektachrome in a Linhof with a 135.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TPe7QA7TqhI/AAAAAAAAGLk/7moiEH3mKA0/s800/chairs.jpg

sly

4-Jan-2011, 17:56

Geez Chris, at my most gussied-up, I've never been as striking as your windows!!

Harold_4074

4-Jan-2011, 19:28

Jon.oman, Jim Cole--

Thanks.

In case anyone is wondering, this was done by cutting a matching hole in a piece of mat board, with a strobe on the far side and a tent of white bedsheet to soften and absorb the bounce from around the room. I can't claim to have originated the idea; I saw a picture years ago, wondered how it could have been made, and decided that it was something like this.

Ramiro Elena

5-Jan-2011, 04:20

Here's Spain's own weapon of mass destruction. It kills four times as many people as all of the guns in the world combined, loaded with Cholesterol!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5207/5326324707_906231328e_z.jpg

I apologize for the horrible scan, can't do better than this at this point.

cjbroadbent

5-Jan-2011, 11:21

Here's Spain's own weapon of mass destruction. It kills four times as many people as all of the guns in the world combined, loaded with Cholesterol!
I apologize for the horrible scan, can't do better than this at this point.
Super!
jamón ibérico de bellota (acorns)?

Ramiro Elena

5-Jan-2011, 11:36

Super!
jamón ibérico de bellota (acorns)?

You know it well ;-) One of our last treasures.

maurits

6-Jan-2011, 06:29

Streetcar interior...

http://www.rexmundi.nl/photo/ndsm_01.jpg

4x5" Adox CHS 50 - Liesegang 150 mm Petzval lens.

Maurits

.

Jim Galli

6-Jan-2011, 07:30

Streetcar interior...

4x5" Adox CHS 50 - Liesegang 150 mm Petzval lens.

Maurits

Oh! now this is just wonderfully dark and eeery. I can't stop looking at it.

cjbroadbent

6-Jan-2011, 16:51

Maurits,
Fascinating.The dark tones leave a lot of room for imagination.

Jiri Vasina

8-Jan-2011, 02:19

It's "January", it's "Still", and it's "Life"... so it should fit in here... or not? ;)

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/zima/p4x6-057-c1_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=2918)

Frosty detail

Chamonix 5×8″, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm, square crop from a 4¾×6½“ negative, Fomapan 100 @ EI 64, N-1 development in Rodinal 1:50.

Jiri

W K Longcor

8-Jan-2011, 08:23

It's "January", it's "Still", and it's "Life"... so it should fit in here... or not? ;)
Jiri

It does fit -- and very well. And as always, Jiri, your work is superior! I'm getting cold just looking at it -- or I could be cold because the thermometer outside my window says 7degrees F.

Jiri Vasina

8-Jan-2011, 12:45

It does fit -- and very well. And as always, Jiri, your work is superior! I'm getting cold just looking at it -- or I could be cold because the thermometer outside my window says 7degrees F.

Oh, thanks a lot...

BetterSense

9-Jan-2011, 20:19

http://www.chazmiller.com/images/spikey2wob.jpg

I'm so bad at scanning, it depresses me.

Iga

10-Jan-2011, 08:31

Balcony
5x7 contact lith print.
Igor.

Iga

10-Jan-2011, 08:45

El Caos
5x7 contact lith print
Igor.

Craig Tuffin

11-Jan-2011, 06:35

Adam's Apple:rolleyes:

6"x6" Black Glass Ambrotype with a 5.5" no-name petzval gaffer-taped to the Ansco board (It's usually on my half-plate camera). 26 secs exposure

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5285/5346113668_4b203f97ea.jpg

Gary L. Quay

12-Jan-2011, 12:37

Still Life with Nookie
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5043/5349864690_6bc768a086.jpg
I also posted this in the Long Exposures thread.

I was a little reticent about putting this image up. It's a little playful and a little naughty, and it has a not-well-hidden joke in it. But, my wife assured me that it wasn't in bad taste, so here it is.

This is the first test drive of my 12" Darlot Hemispherical lens. Using the Jim Gali method of determining f-stop with an unknown opening, which in this case was 4mm, and a bellows extension of 452mm, the effective f-stop was f114, which put my measured exposure at 7 minutes. Using the official Ilford equation (EC=EM to the exponent of 1.48), my reciprocity correction for HP5+ shot at 200 ASA was 2 hours and a few minutes! I opened the packard shutter, and walked away. In developing, I subtracted 15% for the lower ASA, and 20% for reciprocity, leaving me at a developing time of 9 minutes (yes, I fudged the time because I wanted slightly more contrast) at 68 degrees. My developer was PMK Pyro. The negative is still a little thinner than I wanted, but when using a graded paper, it pops quite well.

Camera: Calumet C-1 with 8x10 back.
Lens: 12" Darlot Hemispherical.
Film: Ilford FP4+ developed in PMK Pyro.
Contact printed on Arista II RC Grade 4 (discontinued, drat!) developed in Ansco 130.

JOneZero

12-Jan-2011, 16:52

Hey Gary I love the image I'm glad you posted it. It's actually quite erotic in its own way.

With an exposure time of 2+ hours I'm guessing there was no actual butter in the box.

SSssssssaaayyyyy, why would a box of butter be sitting there anyway??? :-)

Ramiro Elena

13-Jan-2011, 01:45

Gary, 2 hours! Quite a stud, my sessions barely last 1/30th of a second :)

eduardtoader

13-Jan-2011, 01:52

Here's Spain's own weapon of mass destruction. It kills four times as many people as all of the guns in the world combined, loaded with Cholesterol!

I apologize for the horrible scan, can't do better than this at this point.

I love the gun description.. And the composition too.

Bill Poole

13-Jan-2011, 19:57

Is this a still life?

Large format newbie learning about camera movements, extension factors, reciprocity factors etc. by practicing on his wife's doll collection. Also awed by the talent he sees on this board.

http://poolephotography.smugmug.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/201012051/1156068624_n573P-O.jpg

Deardorff 5X7, 4x5 back, Tx 320 rated at 160, Rodinal 1:25

The little lady asks: "If I am not a still life, where would you have me go?"

cjbroadbent

14-Jan-2011, 02:15

4x5 Ektachrome. Umbrella flash.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TTAR-VJWF7I/AAAAAAAAGVA/CPj6RgYH5Mw/s800/baule2.jpg

Struan Gray

14-Jan-2011, 02:57

Gorgeous Christopher. I love the way it raises questions when you look at the details.

Respectfully though, I think there should be a half-peeled lemon in there somewhere.

ImSoNegative

14-Jan-2011, 04:34

Is this a still life?

Large format newbie learning about camera movements, extension factors, reciprocity factors etc. by practicing on his wife's doll collection. Also awed by the talent he sees on this board.

Deardorff 5X7, 4x5 back, Tx 320 rated at 160, Rodinal 1:25

The little lady asks: "If I am not a still life, where would you have me go?"

very nice image

Jim Cole

16-Jan-2011, 18:24

Here's one from this weekend. 4x5 Acros with a 8 1/4" Wolly Velostigmat.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5361728747_d086db513e_b.jpg

David Aimone

16-Jan-2011, 18:31

Jim,
Just curious, do you remember the aperture on that one? Was it wide open or stopped down a bit?
David

Jim Cole

16-Jan-2011, 19:07

David,

This was at f/45 with my camera's movements maxed out. I'm surprised I got as much DOF as I did.

goamules

17-Jan-2011, 14:19

For some reason I just haven't shot my beautiful 8" Holmes Booth Haydens lens enough. Halfplate collodion, 40 sec.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5005/5364928854_9ab08fb4dc_z.jpg

Larger (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=5364928854&posted=1&size=large)on black.

austin granger

17-Jan-2011, 14:30

Uncle Neil's Glove, Monroe Street, Santa Rosa

http://austingranger.com/web/lights/43-uncle_neils_glove_monroe_street_santa_rosa.jpg

www.austingranger.com

bvaughn4

17-Jan-2011, 14:53

Sabre Tooth Tiger Skull in Snow

This is my first experiment with x-ray film. I assumed the ISO to be somewhere around 100 and metered accordingly - in actuality, seems to be closer to 400. My first negative barely showed an image - it was developed in T-Max 1:4 10 min. Second developed for 5 min began to show an image, but still very dark. This third and final sheet that I shot was developed for 2 min. Plane of focus obviously off a bit as the grasses are sharper than the skull, but then I'm still a newb.

Any advice on shooting and developing x-ray film would be welcomed! This was Fuji Hi-Speed Blue 8x10. Overall, I am excited that I have something to learn with that doesn't cost $4-5 a pop.

Korona View 8x10, 14in Red Dot Artar, Fuji Hi-Speed Blue X-Ray, scanned Epson V750, cropped about 20%.

http://bpartstudio.com/webimages/skull_sm.jpg

Jim Galli

17-Jan-2011, 15:43

Sabre Tooth Tiger Skull in Snow

I always say the only good sabre tooth tiger is a dead sabre tooth tiger.

cjbroadbent

18-Jan-2011, 10:51

Gandolfi 4x5, 135 Sironar, Ektachrome. One umbrella, one micro-slave for background.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TTXQZahEcLI/AAAAAAAAGXo/-d-TV9QQd_Q/s800/fruit.jpg

mandoman7

18-Jan-2011, 12:04

I love this shot, Christopher. The arrangement and coloring is very effective.

Emil Schildt

18-Jan-2011, 15:28

Gandolfi 4x5, 135 Sironar, Ektachrome. One umbrella, one micro-slave for background.

and I am sure it is so good because of that Gandolfi...:p

Gary L. Quay

18-Jan-2011, 15:49

Gins

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5347927588_5bf8dfd7b7.jpg

Camera: Ansco Studio camera with 5x7 back.
Lens: 11" Voigtlander Euryscop with F16 waterhouse stop.
Film: Ilford FP4+ developed in PMK Pyro.
Gins: Hendricks of Scotland, 12 Bridges by Integrity Spirits of Portland, OR.

Chris Strobel

18-Jan-2011, 21:12

Is this a still life?

Large format newbie learning about camera movements, extension factors, reciprocity factors etc. by practicing on his wife's doll collection. Also awed by the talent he sees on this board.

Deardorff 5X7, 4x5 back, Tx 320 rated at 160, Rodinal 1:25

The little lady asks: "If I am not a still life, where would you have me go?"

Yes and I like it :)

Brian Ellis

19-Jan-2011, 08:08

"This message has been deleted by Ken Lee. Reason: Off-topic, Religion, Politics, etc"

Asking people to stay on topic and not post messages about religion, politics, etc. is off-topic?

Jim Cole

19-Jan-2011, 14:42

Here's another from the wine set. Shot with a 150 Sironar N at f/45 on 4x5 Acros, the image is about 1/2 life size. It was arranged to allow for the rectangular crop that you see here.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5371163732_b609f6d41e_b.jpg

Jim Galli

19-Jan-2011, 14:46

"This message has been deleted by Ken Lee. Reason: Off-topic, Religion, Politics, etc"

Asking people to stay on topic and not post messages about religion, politics, etc. is off-topic?

Perhaps not, but getting the whole discussion stirred up again after 6 pages of peace was certainly unnecessary.

Ken Lee

19-Jan-2011, 15:09

"Asking people to stay on topic and not post messages about religion, politics, etc. is off-topic?"

It's fine for us to ask people to stay on topic, as long as we follow the guidelines: "To have a healthy and informative forum, it's essential that participants maintain a respectful and professional decorum."

Here's a nice quote that many of us would do well to follow - myself especially :)

"May my words today be sweet and tender - for tomorrow I may have to eat them."

Vaughn

19-Jan-2011, 15:15

Sabre Tooth Tiger Skull in Snow

This is my first experiment with x-ray film. I assumed the ISO to be somewhere around 100 and metered accordingly - in actuality, seems to be closer to 400. ...

Well done! I am using a different x-ray film (Agfa), but I find that out under the sky it is very fast 400 to 800 ASA. But get in a situation where the amount of blue light is relatively rare (such as under the thick canopy of the forest), the effective ASA drops -- and there seems to be a healthy amount of reciprocity failure, too.

There has been some discussion about using x-ray film -- a search might find those threads for you. Some folks are having good luck using some of the pyro developers. Most x-ray films have emulsion on both sides, which can leave you open to scratches.

Have fun!

PS -- I am using Ilford PQ Universal developer, but this may not be the best developer.

bvaughn4

20-Jan-2011, 07:12

Thanks Vaughn, I'll have to remember the variation with the available light. I didn't know whether to get blue or green to start with. Read all the threads I could find about xray here. Need to search again and see if anything clicks now after actually using some!

David Aimone

20-Jan-2011, 08:38

Crop of a 4x5. Pyrocat-MC Efke 25. So-so scan.

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s1/v20/p1046299002-4.jpg

David Aimone

21-Jan-2011, 14:02

Efke 25, Pyrocat-MC, Velostigmat II 7.5", Chamonix 045n-2

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s3/v26/p39687297-4.jpg

cjbroadbent

22-Jan-2011, 16:22

Re-scanned this 4x5 last week. Another of twelve recipies shot with a Technika and a floppy Gozzano windowlight on a boom on location in a fridge factory.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TTWz6foNJeI/AAAAAAAAGXA/sbdaA1Il26Y/s800/faraona.jpg

Jim Cole

23-Jan-2011, 07:25

Mmmm. Let's eat.

cjbroadbent

24-Jan-2011, 07:10

More Horizontal Planes. Just found the original ektachrome of this shot and dragged a bit of information out of the shadows with a double scan and Photomatix.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TT2GwdXatII/AAAAAAAAGbg/yj1FzOzJMUc/s800/wine.jpg

Steve M Hostetter

24-Jan-2011, 08:24

Christopher,, very elegant composition

gotta love the beaded ceiling for flooring:)

cjbroadbent

24-Jan-2011, 09:34

Theanks Steve. ceiling/flooring/wall-panelling/making do with what you've got.

sly

25-Jan-2011, 14:56

Part of a display at the Snoqualmie rail museum. Does it count as still life, if I didn't arrange it?
Taken a year and a half ago, but printed in January.
Crown Graphic, Schneider 135, Rollei R3 in RLS
Lith print - Maco multi brom in Moersch SE5

Roger Cole

25-Jan-2011, 15:30

Here's one from this weekend. 4x5 Acros with a 8 1/4" Wolly Velostigmat.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5361728747_d086db513e_b.jpg

Is the color a digital effect or an accurate (or otherwise) reflection of the print tone? If it reflects the print tone, what printing materials were used?

Very nice regardless. :)

Jim Cole

25-Jan-2011, 15:40

Is the color a digital effect or an accurate (or otherwise) reflection of the print tone? If it reflects the print tone, what printing materials were used?

Very nice regardless. :)

Roger,

Unfortunately, I've never had the opportunity to set up a darkroom, although I was close about 18 months ago; so I have to fake it. I tone in Photoshop for output to a
Z3100 on HM Photo Rag Baryta. You are looking at the digital file, not the print, although they are mighty close. Thanks for the compliment.

Roger Cole

25-Jan-2011, 15:48

Roger,

Unfortunately, I've never had the opportunity to set up a darkroom, although I was close about 18 months ago; so I have to fake it. I tone in Photoshop for output to a
Z3100 on HM Photo Rag Baryta. You are looking at the digital file, not the print, although they are mighty close. Thanks for the compliment.

Thanks for the information. It looks much like a sepia toned conventional print, but a bit less yellow, at least on my monitor it looks less yellow than the sepia toned prints I have made and my scans of those prints. I thought perhaps a warmish toned paper with some other toner maybe.

cjbroadbent

27-Jan-2011, 09:25

Here goes with another 4x5 B&W Ektachrome conversion. It's amazing the extra detail that gets picked up by the colour sliders. I would never manage to do that with filters on TMax.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TUGaNEVZmbI/AAAAAAAAGds/9u0DBpQ3XZk/s800/whiteDuvetBW.jpg

bobwysiwyg

27-Jan-2011, 09:54

It's amazing the extra detail that gets picked up by the colour sliders.

Can you explain this in more detail? I'm not familiar with the process or the terminology. :o

Great picture though.

cjbroadbent

27-Jan-2011, 10:30

Can you explain this in more detail? ...
After scanning a colour transparency, I sometimes use the Photoshop black and white conversion tool which allows for separate filtering of six colours. The most useful ones are red and yellow for skin tones and green an blue for nature. Sometimes it is the fastest way to produce a B&W for a magazine rather than shoot separate negatives.
But this is here to show how a background niche works naturally with a single light source to set off light tones on dark and dark tone on light.

northcarolinajack

27-Jan-2011, 11:51

Yesterday was cold with rain, so made one table top shot with my Deardoff V8 with a 19 inch Goerz Lens and a splitter for panoramic. About the time I was set up my wife wanted to use the table. The box is always on display in my house.

Jack

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bobwysiwyg

27-Jan-2011, 12:19

After scanning a colour transparency, I sometimes use the Photoshop black and white conversion tool which allows for separate filtering of six colours. The most useful ones are red and yellow for skin tones and green an blue for nature. Sometimes it is the fastest way to produce a B&W for a magazine rather than shoot separate negatives.
But this is here to show how a background niche works naturally with a single light source to set off light tones on dark and dark tone on light.

Thank you very much.

Scott --

31-Jan-2011, 13:04

Getting in to the January thread just under the wire.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/5405526202_eb01d15e3d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5405526202/)
Garlic-y (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5405526202/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

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