Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

[rrunnertexas]

Cool shot! Such good work.

[bob carnie]

I think my parents would have used a Camera like this...172036

8 x 10 century Camera 480mm lens, Solarized Black and White FP4 , Duotone gum print.

[Erik Larsen]

I think my parents would have used a Camera like this...172036

8 x 10 century Camera 480mm lens, Solarized Black and White FP4 , Duotone gum print.

I like it Bob! How many hits did this take?

[bob carnie]

Three Hits,Erik.

[kenj8246]

Well, the railroad bridge is old. The passing train and the waiting work crew, not so much.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4537/38527378731_5d4c308aa1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21GwTqx)Yeah, let's wait... (https://flic.kr/p/21GwTqx) by Kenny Johnson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bykenny/), on Flickr

[chassis]

Well, the railroad bridge is old. The passing train and the waiting work crew, not so much.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4537/38527378731_5d4c308aa1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21GwTqx)Yeah, let's wait... (https://flic.kr/p/21GwTqx) by Kenny Johnson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bykenny/), on Flickr

Great capture Kenny.

[kenj8246]

Thank you, BJ. I wanted to title the post 'Yeah, let's wait...' but couldn't figure out how to do that.

[Jim Galli]

Three Hits,Erik.

Bob, just excellent.

[fj55mike]

Not sure where to post this one, but there's tons of old stuff in the photo. Pioneer Flight Museum, Kingsbury TX.

Deardorff V8
240mm Nikkor W
HP5 in Pyrocat HD

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/37665698735_4c61695ea2_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/ZooxYT)Skotz Petroleum (https://flic.kr/p/ZooxYT) by Mike Boudreaux (https://www.flickr.com/photos/wetpossum/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Not sure where to post this one, but there's tons of old stuff in the photo. Pioneer Flight Museum, Kingsbury TX.

Deardorff V8
240mm Nikkor W
HP5 in Pyrocat HD



A Model T Gow Job

[Reinhold Schable]

Just going thru my archives of long ago...

Roadside gas station ruins. House Rock, Arizona
#BUAB 195. Negative scan.
Camera: 4x5 Tachihara, lens: 90mm S.Angulon, YG filter on 4x5 Ilford FP4+

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/38606790142_192a2b9427_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21PxTEN). . Cold Drinks. Arizona (https://flic.kr/p/21PxTEN) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr
Reinhold

www.re-inventedPhotoEquip.com

[fj55mike]

Just going thru my archives of long ago...

Roadside gas station ruins. House Rock, Arizona
#BUAB 195. Negative scan.
Camera: 4x5 Tachihara, lens: 90mm S.Angulon, YG filter on 4x5 Ilford FP4+


Reinhold

www.re-inventedPhotoEquip.com

Nice job, Reinhold. Captures the desolate feeling really well.

[KevinAllan]

An image made in the engine shed at Tanfield Railway, which is the oldest railway in the world:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4309/35425100564_325762eed2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VYoUcW)
In the engine shed (https://flic.kr/p/VYoUcW) by Kevin Allan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/landscapepics/), on Flickr

Intrepid 4x5 camera, TMax 100, developed in HC-110

[aclark]

I like this Kevin. How did you get the rich warm colour? Is it a sepia toned wet print?

Alan

[Leigh]

An image made in the engine shed at Tanfield Railway, which is the oldest railway in the world:
Neat shot, Kevin. Well done.

- Leigh

[KevinAllan]

I like this Kevin. How did you get the rich warm colour? Is it a sepia toned wet print?

Alan

Unfortunately my enlarger only handles negs up to 6*7cm so this is a scan with the tone added in Lightroom.

[aclark]

Unfortunately my enlarger only handles negs up to 6*7cm so this is a scan with the tone added in Lightroom.

Thanks Kevin. Those tins certainly look rusty!

Alan

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2017/FallFallon_PnS-VI-no1s/Artar_GasPumpsS.jpgglass menagerie, lincoln highway, fallon, nv

[Reinhold Schable]

Roadside fruit stand on US 99W. Dayton, Oregon.
#BUAB 186. 4x5 Tachihara camera, 135mm Nikkor lens, YG filter, Kodak PXP film (I think, maybe it was Ilford FP4...), It was a few years ago...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4537/37751477415_a64e71de93_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYbZD). . Fruit Stand. Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYbZD) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Reinhold
www.re-inventedPhottoEquip.com

[Reinhold Schable]

Out on the Middle of Nevada...

Stone Ranch ruins, Desatoya Mountains S.W. of Austin, Nevada.
#BUAB 187b. Camera: 4x5 Tachihara, 135mm Nikkor, YG filter, on Kodak PXP film. Scanned negative.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4562/37751479125_cf9221f873_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYcv8). . Ranch Ruins, Nevada (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYcv8) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Reinhold
www.re-inventedPhotoEquip.com

[John Olsen]

Out on the Middle of Nevada...

Stone Ranch ruins, Desatoya Mountains S.W. of Austin, Nevada.
#BUAB 187b. Camera: 4x5 Tachihara, 135mm Nikkor, YG filter, on Kodak PXP film. Scanned negative.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4562/37751479125_cf9221f873_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYcv8). . Ranch Ruins, Nevada (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYcv8) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Reinhold
www.re-inventedPhotoEquip.com

great use of foreground to draw in the eye - a lot of forward tilt on the front?

[bobbotron]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vgr1dayvmexkisk/Curtain.jpg?raw=1
Curtain
T100 4x5

This needs to be printed! :)

[Willie]

Out on the Middle of Nevada...

Stone Ranch ruins, Desatoya Mountains S.W. of Austin, Nevada.
#BUAB 187b. Camera: 4x5 Tachihara, 135mm Nikkor, YG filter, on Kodak PXP film. Scanned negative.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4562/37751479125_cf9221f873_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYcv8). . Ranch Ruins, Nevada (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYcv8) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Reinhold
www.re-inventedPhotoEquip.com

Was the board in the lower right there or did you put it there for the composition?

[Amfooty]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4584/38167800534_d56eb00e61_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/219KXms)tower (https://flic.kr/p/219KXms) by Alex C (https://www.flickr.com/photos/104349761@N02/)

Also I have a website now!

www.alexcaval.co

[Reinhold Schable]

Here's another example where front tilt comes in handy...

Covered Bridge & General Store. Chitwood, Oregon.
#BR 118. Tachihara camera, 90mm S.Angulon lens, YG filter, on 4x5 Kodak PXP film (scanned).

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4568/37751473865_69b4e955ef_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYaWr). . Chitwood Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYaWr) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Reinhold
www.classicBWphoto.co,

[scm]

https://www.stevemidgleyphotography.com/2017-12-10-0005.jpg
4x5 Gowland Pocket View - 150mm Fujinon-W - Kodak Ektachrome EPP

[chassis]

https://www.stevemidgleyphotography.com/2017-12-10-0005.jpg
4x5 Gowland Pocket View - 150mm Fujinon-W - Kodak Ektachrome EPP

Stunning. Well done.

[jon.oman]

https://www.stevemidgleyphotography.com/2017-12-10-0005.jpg
4x5 Gowland Pocket View - 150mm Fujinon-W - Kodak Ektachrome EPP

Very nice image!

[Reinhold Schable]

Most of these crumbling homesteads have been obliterated as landowners demand unobstructed access to their crops.

Crumbling farm buildings, near Tygh Valley, Oregon.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4738/25277615758_a9ca637e2d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EvGovm). . Tygh Valley, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/EvGovm) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Reinhold
www.classicBWphoto.com

[Tin Can]

Most of these crumbling homesteads have been obliterated as landowners demand unobstructed access to their crops.

Crumbling farm buildings, near Tygh Valley, Oregon.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4738/25277615758_a9ca637e2d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EvGovm). . Tygh Valley, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/EvGovm) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Reinhold
www.classicBWphoto.com

What about the damn trees!

ps I have planted with my family several thousand windbreak trees since childhood. They are all huge now. I check on them, we no longer own the land...

[Reinhold Schable]

Those damn trees are cottonwoods.
Hardly anyone sheds a tear over a cottonwood in these parts.

[Tin Can]

Lol




those damn trees are cottonwoods.
Hardly anyone sheds a tear over a cottonwood in these parts.

[Peter Spangenberg]

Here’s an image of a hay rake in Richfield Ohio that I thought was photogenic a few years ago...173234

[h2oman]

That's cool, Peter. Would work well in the abstracts thread, too!

[Reinhold Schable]

How about a boatyard full of old boats?
Charleston, (Coos Bay) Oregon is a fine example...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4681/39544085541_0f9c3fd40c_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23fnLWi). . Charleston, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/23fnLWi) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr
Neg # BOGE 434. KB Canham 8x20: camera. 600mm lens, YG filter, HP5 film

Reinhold
www.classicBWphoto.com

[Mrportr8]

173429
Where old farm equipment goes to die.
Near Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Korona 4x5
Bergger Pancro 400 EI 200
HC 110 Dil B
Fujinon 210mm
yellow filter

[bobbotron]

173429
Where old farm equipment goes to die.
Near Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Korona 4x5
Bergger Pancro 400 EI 200
HC 110 Dil B
Fujinon 210mm
yellow filter

Very nicely done!

[Reinhold Schable]

From the Olmsted State Park in Ellensburg, Washington:
A vignette of homesteading equipment from the original homestead cabin...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4694/38757938295_71c6a443d7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/223UyKr). . Saddles, Ellensburg, WA (https://flic.kr/p/223UyKr) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

4x5 Tachihara, 135mm lens, PXP film

Reinhold
www.classicBWphoto.com

[Bill Poole]

Not sure where these should go, but I guess "farms and other old things" is pretty close. In San Gregorio, California, a whole row of fence posts, each with its own fish carcass.

Sironar 150 N, TMY2, D76 1-1



https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4722/39741179652_0d98630347_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23xMW9C)Fish on the Fence (https://flic.kr/p/23xMW9C) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4667/39741180652_9b59ce2885_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23xMWrS)Fish on the Fence (https://flic.kr/p/23xMWrS) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

[bobbotron]

Not sure where these should go, but I guess "farms and other old things" is pretty close. In San Gregorio, California, a whole row of fence posts, each with its own fish carcass.

Sironar 150 N, TMY2, D76 1-1



https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4722/39741179652_0d98630347_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23xMW9C)Fish on the Fence (https://flic.kr/p/23xMW9C) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4667/39741180652_9b59ce2885_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23xMWrS)Fish on the Fence (https://flic.kr/p/23xMWrS) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

My goodness those are some sharp photos! Interesting work!

[Randy]

Not sure where these should go, but I guess "farms and other old things" is pretty close. In San Gregorio, California, a whole row of fence posts, each with its own fish carcass.I am guessing this is the property owners way of warning other fish that might try to escape...?

[barnacle]

Nah. It's warning other fish that may come and try to eat his crops.

Neil

[Graham Patterson]

Nope. That's a natural consequence of a receding high tide...

Another century and every coastal community will be fishing with barb wire fences!

[Bill Poole]

Hah, hah, you guys. I was curious, so I googled "fish on a fence post" and discovered that this is not an unknown practice--the state of Texas seems to be mentioned often. Not sure why they do it there. In California, it's gotta be for art.

Bobbotron -- the sense of sharpness is more than anything is due to the bright sun and all the tiny detail in the carcasses. This was TMY. I have an FP4 negative of the same subject yet to develop. Will be interested to see the difference.

[rrunnertexas]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4604/39802943851_5509fcb1c9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23DfuuB)Blair Detective 1893 Old Barn (https://flic.kr/p/23DfuuB) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

1893 Blair Hawkeye Detective 4x5 box camera.

[Bill Poole]

China Camp State Park (former Chinese-American fishing village), Marin County, California

Sironar 150N, TMY2, D76 1:1 - Y2 filter -- probably could have used orange, but I don't have one for this lens yet.


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4740/38968663405_78fab03eb4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22nwzYZ)China Camp State Park (https://flic.kr/p/22nwzYZ) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4698/28087981689_15a26e8a13_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JN3fon)China Camp State Park (https://flic.kr/p/JN3fon) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

[Corran]

Met up with fellow LFPF member Kerosene Hat yesterday morning and made a few photographs near Atlanta, at the ruins of the Sope Creek Paper Mill.

First time I've ever been there, but definitely a place ripe with opportunities. Perhaps next time the light will be a bit better.

Wehman UL 8x10, 210mm f/9 Graphic Kowa and 300mm f/9 Nikkor-M, Delta 100, Pyrocat:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/sopecreek-9190ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/sopecreek-9192ss.jpg

[John Olsen]

Met up with fellow LFPF member Kerosene Hat yesterday morning and made a few photographs near Atlanta, at the ruins of the Sope Creek Paper Mill.

First time I've ever been there, but definitely a place ripe with opportunities. Perhaps next time the light will be a bit better.

Wehman UL 8x10, 210mm f/9 Graphic Kowa and 300mm f/9 Nikkor-M, Delta 100, Pyrocat:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/sopecreek-9190ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/sopecreek-9192ss.jpg

Great shots. "Better light" might have made the scenes too contrasty; these look very nice. Or, what did you mean by "better" light?

[Tin Can]

Bryan, I looked at your stone ruin images this morning on an iPhone.

Now on my good monitor. WOW!.. and I agree this light is really good. Great work.

I looked up your area, looks very interesting. Similar to parts of my area, but I am sure everything is lusher, snake-er and wetter by you. We have plenty of snakes.

40 years ago I rode my BMW motorbike from Philly, down Skyline Drive which connects at the top of the Blueridge Parkway and on to the end. I think I took 40 west home to my area. If I remember correctly there was scenic road connection at the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. I figured i would get back someday...

So I almost made it to Georgia.

[Corran]

Thanks John. You're right, I don't want too much contrast (especially not dappled light). The sun almost came out for a minute and would've given some nice side light early in the morning, maybe. I was just feeling like maybe the light here is just a bit too drab - but maybe it fits the subject.

Edit: you sniped me Randy :). Thanks, maybe I'm being too critical. I will probably try contact printing the second image. Sometimes things are just different in silver, you know? There's a lot of interest in GA it's just not on the side of the road with huge signs pointing you there. The second image is actually at the back area of this park that is clearly less trafficked - we were happy to find it as we didn't realize it was such a sizable ruin.

I think I know the scenic road you are talking about - and it's a great road with connections to the Appalachian Trail and several scenic hikes and waterfalls. But they require 5-10 mile hikes to see sometimes. The adage "nothing worth photographing is far from your car" or whatever does not work in GA in my opinion!!!

[esearing]

Corran, You had great light compared to when I have visited. Morning light is usually too harsh and the stones very reflective or affected by the tree shadows. Late day the light comes from the right and usually causes some flare. A nice spring overcast day is my next planned trip there since the trees will have leaves then. The creek itself is interesting if you travel toward the Chattahoochee, but there is not really a good trail beyond the ruins. The other side of the bridge is a little known fly fishing spot.

[Corran]

Yeah I am interested in going again when it's a bit warmer. I saw some angles that might be nice in the creek. Today I am exploring far northwest GA (currently waiting on the gates to open at Lula Lake after driving out this morning at 6am :)).

[Reinhold Schable]

Gnarly tree branch gate to abandoned ranch. Castledale, Utah.

#BUAB 179. 4x5 Tachihara, 90mm S.Angulon lens, O2 filter, on 4x5 PXP.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4567/38639218511_50ca77b767_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21Sq6uB). . Ranch Gate. Utah (https://flic.kr/p/21Sq6uB) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Reinhold
www.re-inventedPhotoEquip.com

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2002-12-12.jpg
Massachusetts, December 2002
Tachihara Field Camera, 400mm Fujinon T
4x5 TMY, D-76

Reworking images from the archives

[russyoung]

Gettysburg National Military Park. Spencer-Portland 9" on a 4x5 RB Graflex with a back modified by Grimes. Handheld. 27 Nov 2017.
174587

[uphereinmytree]

walking the rails

http://www.vincentcarrphotography.com/img/s/v-3/p2765314639-4.jpg

[johnmsanderson]

O'Gara #12 Mine

http://john-sanderson.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Muddy-Tipple_web.jpg

[esearing]

O'Gara #12 Mine



I like the subtle colors, almost looks hand painted. I am not much into color photography these days but enjoyed your National Character series. I have been to some of those places or places like them. Well done.

[Willie]

Oh yes. Tripods are forbidden in all of Sicily's antiquities sites and they're red hot about it. This was supported on a chair back, the chair being sat on by the very helpful but unfortunately-being-watched-by-his-boss attendant. He was most sympathetic, but wouldn't let me put the tripod up.

That's why I have no photos from the Valley of the Temples; they wouldn't even allow the tripod in the area.


Neil

Bring an old projector stand? It has four legs and is not a tripod?

[barnacle]

Funny you should say that, Willie - in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo a year or two back, I had an interesting discussion with the operators as to whether I needed a tripod ticket to use a monopod...

Neil

[johnmsanderson]

I like the subtle colors, almost looks hand painted. I am not much into color photography these days but enjoyed your National Character series. I have been to some of those places or places like them. Well done.

Thank you esearing. There was not much "color" in this scene so I had to emphasize the subtlety, as you mention!!

[alen]

Fascinating architecture, especially the round circles over the arch.
Also, i like the nice soft light this is taken in.

[johnmsanderson]

Tire Shop, Oklahoma

http://john-sanderson.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Tire-Shop.jpg

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/804/27065890058_1c53edb50b_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HeHL9S)2018-03-20 Old Camera Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2 14 min001-03web (https://flic.kr/p/HeHL9S) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6,8@9, Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2

[Bill Poole]

Now that's pretty!

[Kerosene Hat]

Tire Shop, Oklahoma

http://john-sanderson.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Tire-Shop.jpg

I’ve been on this forum too long if I can pick out a John Sanderson original without reading the description. :) I dig it, John-nice.
-Brandon

[johnmsanderson]

I’ve been on this forum too long if I can pick out a John Sanderson original without reading the description. :) I dig it, John-nice.
-Brandon


LOL! Thanks, Brandon!

[Kerosene Hat]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/804/27065890058_1c53edb50b_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HeHL9S)2018-03-20 Old Camera Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2 14 min001-03web (https://flic.kr/p/HeHL9S) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6,8@9, Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2

Very strong image and great plane of focus.

[bobbotron]

O'Gara #12 Mine

http://john-sanderson.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Muddy-Tipple_web.jpg

What a striking mine, I feel like a mine engineer had fun designing that.

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/800/39554393350_30553c4ed0_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23ghB69)2018-04-09 Ukraine Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2 14 min001-04web (https://flic.kr/p/23ghB69) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6.8@22 Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/871/39555453680_06e34f1deb_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23go3hG)2018-04-09 Ukraine Foma 100 in XTOL 1+2 9 min005-02web (https://flic.kr/p/23go3hG) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6.8@22 Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/869/41364567201_d50663ea63_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/262fdH8)2018-04-09 Ukraine Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2 14 min003-02web (https://flic.kr/p/262fdH8) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6.8@22 Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2

[Eliverto]

Abandoned house near my town, shot from the side of the road. I quite don't like the tree just over the corner of the house... a few steps to the right would've helped.
Graflex Crown Graphic, Symmar 210/5.6, Shanghai 4x5 film, home made "rodinal".

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/866/41486138551_0485be2b1d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26cZiCT)img142 (https://flic.kr/p/26cZiCT) by Eliverto Scherer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/eliverto/), on Flickr

[Robert Brazile]

That's an interesting subject, Eliverto. I hope you return and take some more views of it and show them to us.

Robert

[Eliverto]

Thanks Robert, it is my intention to return, I will try to find the owners to get a permission to get closer, since it's fenced

[Stephane]

The Oseberg Viking ship, discovered in 1903, is a burial ship for two women and is about 1200 years old. It is now displayed at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.
Through a Port-Land 9" at f/4.5.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/882/40291954795_3785f07c65_b.jpg

[Tin Can]

Thanks for the post and image. I am fond of Viking ships. I'm 1/2 Norweigan. Norway sailed a replica Gokstad to Chicago for the 1893 Worlds Fair. The replica is still here and has been poorly handled. It was under an open shed at Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo for a long time. I visited it often. I never got a satisfactory image. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/09/12/historic-chicago-viking-ship-may-finally-get-permanent-home/

What great ships they are!

[Stephane]

Yes, the Gokstad is in another adjacent hall. I did not know you have a replica...
Sure, vikings carved their boats and wooden artifacts with incredible detail! Such contrast compared to their violent and rough reputation!

[Michael Graves]

The Oseberg Viking ship, discovered in 1903, is a burial ship for two women and is about 1200 years old. It is now displayed at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.
Through a Port-Land 9" at f/4.5.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/882/40291954795_3785f07c65_b.jpg

Okay, the only word for this is awesome.

[Tin Can]

Yes, the Gokstad is in another adjacent hall. I did not know you have a replica...
Sure, vikings carved their boats and wooden artifacts with incredible detail! Such contrast compared to their violent and rough reputation!

Norwegians here in the USA are still a bit rough. Many choose the wastelands of North Minnesota to farm. I come from there. My Norwegian grandfather wore out one wife with 9 children. She died. Grandfather went back to Norway, 1910 and got a fresh wife who bore my father. Not a nice guys, grandfather or father.

There is a very unusual Norwegian church I know in Chicago. All wood of course. The main floor is curved like a ship hull, with every pew tilted. Hard to walk on. I know it will burn sooner or later. It's the Chicago way...

[fj55mike]

on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6.8@22 Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2

Yuriy, these are lovely. Especially the one with the stove in the soft window light.

[Jim Galli]

The Oseberg Viking ship, discovered in 1903, is a burial ship for two women and is about 1200 years old. It is now displayed at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.
Through a Port-Land 9" at f/4.5.

This is like butter. Rich and wonderful. Hats off to you sir.

[Stephane]

Thanks Jim!

[Scott Schroeder]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/871/39555453680_06e34f1deb_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23go3hG)2018-04-09 Ukraine Foma 100 in XTOL 1+2 9 min005-02web (https://flic.kr/p/23go3hG) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6.8@22 Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2Really fantastic photograph.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/788/41605074712_9827e78bc7_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26ouTdm)2018-04-22 Ukraine Foma 100 in DDX 1+4 8 min004-02web (https://flic.kr/p/26ouTdm) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine, Wista 8x10, Fujinon 300/5.6@11, Foma 100 in DDX

[koraks]

Excellent images orgraph, here as well as in the other threads. They're all gorgeous!

[Leigh]

Very neat composition, Yuriy. Keep em coming. Thanks.

- Leigh

[Ben Calwell]

Old Bible inside abandoned tourist cabin along U.S. 60 in West Virginia. 4x5 Tri-X in HC-110

[Ben Calwell]

Oops -- didn't load. Sorry. Will try again.

[Ben Calwell]

177501

[gadget777]

nice picture

[jon.oman]

177501

Nice one!

[Ben Calwell]

Thank you!

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/975/27844162338_9949c7154b_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JquBos)2018-04-25 Ukraine Foma in DDX 1+4 8 min001-03web (https://flic.kr/p/JquBos) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Fujinon L 300/5,6@22, Foma 100 in DDX

[Jim Galli]

177501

Everyone should read that book.

[Randy]

Everyone should read that book.
That particular one? I'll ask Ben to send it to me. :)

[scm]

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/Scan-110316-000.b9.JPG
Super Graphic - 210mm Nikor-W - Kodak HIE

[John Olsen]

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/Scan-110316-000.b9.JPG
Super Graphic - 210mm Nikor-W - Kodak HIE

Nice image, but HIE? How old was the film?

[scm]

Nice image, but HIE? How old was the film?

Yes, HIE and the film was fresh, in-date, I took this around 30 years ago. I wouldn't expect that a grease covered metal object in the shade would show much Wood Effect. I have a Tri-X negative taken at the same time and there are marked differences but not what you might expect, mainly grain, sharpness and shadow detail.

Or did you mean something else?

[bobbotron]

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/Scan-110316-000.b9.JPG
Super Graphic - 210mm Nikor-W - Kodak HIE

Nice, I love photos of gears, well done!

[rrunnertexas]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/967/41345415294_59b169bf6e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25Zy4vQ)Blair 1892 Noxless Fuel Pump (https://flic.kr/p/25Zy4vQ) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Old fuel pump - Blair detective camera on 4x5

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2006-07-335.jpg
Massachusetts, July 2006
Sinar P, 240mm Fujinon A
4x5 TMY

Going through the archives and getting ready use the LF equipment after a 1 year break.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/967/41345415294_59b169bf6e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25Zy4vQ)Blair 1892 Noxless Fuel Pump (https://flic.kr/p/25Zy4vQ) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Old fuel pump - Blair detective camera on 4x5

I like this one.

[Merg Ross]

Old Building Portrait, New Mexico, 1968
Plus-X, D-76, Ilford Classic

178738

[Ben Calwell]

I love that, Merg.

[Ken Lee]

Old Building Portrait, New Mexico, 1968
Plus-X, D-76, Ilford Classic

178738

Perfecto !

[Andrew Plume]

ah Merg

that's lovely (of course).....................would this be any connection with a lady (1914-2009), perhaps..................?

best regards

Andrew

[Merg Ross]

Ben, Ken, and Andrew, thank you.

Andrew, I've given thought to your query, and come up empty. A clue, please.

I can say that the lady in the doorway is sitting beside me, fifty years after I squeezed the shutter for this one!

Best,

Merg

[sepiareverb]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1723/27584423847_c39d65e40b_b.jpg

One of the Bag Balm Buildings in Lyndonville, VT.
Canham 810 | Nikkor T-ED600 | Portra 160
scan from lab contact print

[Alan Curtis]

Old Building Portrait, New Mexico, 1968
Plus-X, D-76, Ilford Classic

178738
Merg
Wonderful photograph, especially now that we know who is in the doorway.
Do you remember where in New Mexico this was taken.

[Merg Ross]

Merg
Wonderful photograph, especially now that we know who is in the doorway.
Do you remember where in New Mexico this was taken.

Hi Alan, good to hear from you.

Yes, it was in the abandoned coal mining town of Madrid. I read recently that a couple of hundred people live there now, and have fixed up some of the buildings. There is a photo of the houses on my wbsite, Portfolio #1.

Best,
Merg

[Two23]

In the mid 1990s I began shooting the many abandoned farm houses and town buildings scattered throughout the Northern Plains. I started with a Bronica ETRSi and quickly moved to a Cambo 4x5 monorail. A couple of years later I bought a Shen Hao, and later a Chamonix 045n. In the early 2000's I switched to shooting a lot of railroad stuff. This year I've sort of gone back to my roots. I've been prowling the section roads of the Dakotas and checking out long abandoned buildings, and taking shots with the Chamonix. My most used lenses are a c.1920 Dagor 4 in., c.1922 Heliar 150mm, and c.1912 dagor 240mm (in very early Compound!) I sometimes will use a pre-Civil War (1850s) Petzval. My film of choice is FP4+. Anyway, I'm having fun! I like poking around in these slowly decaying structures--never know what I'm going to find. I just have to be careful I don't fall through the floor. Some recent shots:

Kent in SD

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/877/41377873525_b8239bc37a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/263qqdv)2018-05-20 Ukraine Sh 100 in XTOL 1+2 11 min011-02web (https://flic.kr/p/263qqdv) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6.8@11, Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+2

[Andrew Plume]

Hi Merg

Your Madrid shot reminded me of one that Edward W took of Charis

............and yes I visited said town on 'The Turqouise Trail' around 20 years ago, it was pretty well up and running then as somewhere a little quirky, must re-visit, NM is a terrific state

best regards

Andrew

[Alan Curtis]

Merg
Madrid is a thriving small art/tourist community. A movie was filmed there about 10 years ago and some of the prop buildings remained. The buildings were converted to galleries and restaurants.
It has changed a lot from your 1968 photo.

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/871/39555453680_79b5a8f50e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23go3hG)2018-04-09 Ukraine Foma 100 in XTOL 1+2 9 min005-02web (https://flic.kr/p/23go3hG) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine. Wista 8x10, Color Tamron 240/6,8@22, Foma 100 in XTOL 1+2 9 min

[sepiareverb]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1743/40686103910_8a073a3437_b.jpg

St Johnsbury, VT.

[jon.oman]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1743/40686103910_8a073a3437_b.jpg

St Johnsbury, VT.

This is nice! I like it!

[sepiareverb]

This is nice! I like it!

Many thanks Jon!

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9cz15ukbaamqguz/Hyde%27s%20Mill%201200.jpg?raw=1

[Pat Kearns]

Merg
Madrid is a thriving small art/tourist community. A movie was filmed there about 10 years ago and some of the prop buildings remained. The buildings were converted to galleries and restaurants.
It has changed a lot from your 1968 photo.

Alan, Madrid is a town that my beautiful bride has loved since I first took her to the Southwest 1996. Whenever we go to Santa Fe we take The Turquoise Trail from Albuquerque and stop and eat at the Mineshaft Bar & Grill. We were there when they were filming the movie Wild Hogs that you referred to.


Merg, I find it interesting that you took your bride to Madrid as well.

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9sq8vzdq33b1cdz/Palouse_School_flat.jpg?raw=1
Abandoned Schoolhouse, The Palouse, 2012
Toyo AX, 120mm SA, TMY-2, Xtol.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Prescott, AZ Courthouse at sunset. Kodak Tmax100, 75mm, 10s with 25A red filter. I think I will redo it, it appears that I inadvertently added grain to the image when I went thru SilverEfxPro. So, I will need to redo that. Doesn't look bad, but will look better without the grain thing going on.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/884/42749521631_2a3e7e5026_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/288CtpM)Courthouse in Black and White (https://flic.kr/p/288CtpM) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[Bill Poole]

From my recent trip to the North Coast. Sumeg Village at Patrick's Point state park -- replica Yurok dwelling and ceremonial houses. Bergger Pancro 400, HC 110 (B)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1737/41902754765_a92911b5e3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26QNz84)Sumeg Village (https://flic.kr/p/26QNz84) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1729/41902753935_b24e402390_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26QNySK)Sumeg Village (https://flic.kr/p/26QNySK) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1751/40992485050_448cbe3f94_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25sncDC)Sumeg Village (https://flic.kr/p/25sncDC) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3e2lswid090285y/Barn.jpg?raw=1
Barn
Toyo AX
210 Fujinon
Acros
DS-10

[Corran]

Peter - amazing tones, great composition, really 10/10 work on that one! I had to look up DS-10 developer. Looks like it's similar to XTOL? Certainly working well with Acros there. I'm still not a huge fan of Acros but that image certainly sings with it!

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Bryan. That's kind of you to say. DS-10 isn't as fine-grained as Xtol, although it's a bit sharper. I use it mainly because I have all of the chemicals, and it's a decent all-around developer.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Some very good images here. Shame we can't see them in print. Here is a different version of the Courthouse in Prescott, AZ Somewhat loner exposure, still red #25A, 75mm lens. Worked quite a bit to get rid of the distracting elements, trash cans, some building lights signs on doors and guard rails. The actual adjustments in PS were a round trip thru ACR to straighten image and then a mild curves adjustment and a high pass filter. I did some minor dodging and burning using light masks. Wanted to bring out some detail and contrast, but not be obvious about it. Compare to previous image. I find this one to be much better. I didn't like the in your face contrast and graininess of the first one.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1827/42926862222_04e6cf8bfd_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28pioAb)20180510_0040_Inverted_Working_20180623_Final (https://flic.kr/p/28pioAb) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Statue of a Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider in Prescott, AZ https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1803/42317706634_345fabc174_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27ttiRC)20180505_0041_Inverted_Working_20180626_Final (https://flic.kr/p/27ttiRC) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[bobbotron]

From my recent trip to the North Coast. Sumeg Village at Patrick's Point state park -- replica Yurok dwelling and ceremonial houses. Bergger Pancro 400, HC 110 (B)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1737/41902754765_a92911b5e3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26QNz84)Sumeg Village (https://flic.kr/p/26QNz84) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1729/41902753935_b24e402390_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26QNySK)Sumeg Village (https://flic.kr/p/26QNySK) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1751/40992485050_448cbe3f94_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25sncDC)Sumeg Village (https://flic.kr/p/25sncDC) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

What an interesting building!

[scheinfluger_77]

Statue of a Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider in Prescott, AZ https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1803/42317706634_345fabc174_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27ttiRC)20180505_0041_Inverted_Working_20180626_Final (https://flic.kr/p/27ttiRC) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

I really like this, what film and developer were you using?

[bgh]

I've been continuing with my volunteer work on behalf of the Preservation League of NYS, to photograph their current Seven to Save list, the seven most-threatened historic properties in the state. The current list includes a couple of categories of buildings, including what are known as the Wells Barns. John T. Wells patented a truss system for barns in the 1880s that used tall pointed laminated arches to create wide-open interiors; in a break from traditional post and beam construction, Wells' system allowed farmers to drive their wagons directly into, and maneuver around in, the barns. The interiors really are amazing things to behold, and I had a hoot photographing a few of them the other week. Wells and his son built more than 200 of them throughout the state from the late 1880s until 1940, but fewer than 50 remain. Here's a sample, a small-ish jpg from a quick flatbed reference scan.

179867
4x5, Sinar F2, TMAX 400
Sinaron 75mm lens

[Peter De Smidt]

Nicely done, Steven.

Bruce, that's a fine shot. I love photographing in old barns.

[bgh]

Nicely done, Steven.

Bruce, that's a fine shot. I love photographing in old barns.

Thanks, Peter. Those Wells Barns are amazing things--I've never seen any barns like them. It was a treat to be able to photograph a few of them.

[Deardorffuser]

5x7, CZJ Tessar 165/4.5

http://shmigiriloff.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img259sm.jpg

[John Kasaian]

I've been continuing with my volunteer work on behalf of the Preservation League of NYS, to photograph their current Seven to Save list, the seven most-threatened historic properties in the state. The current list includes a couple of categories of buildings, including what are known as the Wells Barns. John T. Wells patented a truss system for barns in the 1880s that used tall pointed laminated arches to create wide-open interiors; in a break from traditional post and beam construction, Wells' system allowed farmers to drive their wagons directly into, and maneuver around in, the barns. The interiors really are amazing things to behold, and I had a hoot photographing a few of them the other week. Wells and his son built more than 200 of them throughout the state from the late 1880s until 1940, but fewer than 50 remain. Here's a sample, a small-ish jpg from a quick flatbed reference scan.

179867
4x5, Sinar F2, TMAX 400
Sinaron 75mm lens

That's an amazing structure!

[thesilverfox]

Grain Elevator, Pincher Creek, Alberta. Delta 100 4x5. Nikon 90mm SW f8 in Pyro
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/mdarlow/img316_zpsqx3kejbd.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mdarlow/media/img316_zpsqx3kejbd.jpg.html)

[Peter De Smidt]

Grain Elevator, Pincher Creek, Alberta. Delta 100 4x5. Nikon 90mm SW f8 in Pyro


Well done!

[kenj8246]

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt at LoneStar flight museum, Houston TX. Chamonix 45-F1, Nikkor-W 135mm f5.6s, expired Kodak E100VS.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/913/43277605841_5f1e53187e_c.jpg

Kenny

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I really like this, what film and developer were you using?

I used Tmax 100, I do not know what developer as I sent this one out. I have another one I took that day with Tmax 100 and used Tmax Developer at 1:4 after washing the film till the water ran clear. I will try to get it processed and posted up this week.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I've been continuing with my volunteer work on behalf of the Preservation League of NYS, to photograph their current Seven to Save list, the seven most-threatened historic properties in the state. The current list includes a couple of categories of buildings, including what are known as the Wells Barns. John T. Wells patented a truss system for barns in the 1880s that used tall pointed laminated arches to create wide-open interiors; in a break from traditional post and beam construction, Wells' system allowed farmers to drive their wagons directly into, and maneuver around in, the barns. The interiors really are amazing things to behold, and I had a hoot photographing a few of them the other week. Wells and his son built more than 200 of them throughout the state from the late 1880s until 1940, but fewer than 50 remain. Here's a sample, a small-ish jpg from a quick flatbed reference scan.

179867

4x5, Sinar F2, TMAX 400
Sinaron 75mm lens


That is huge!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Decaying barn of yesteryear. Taken with 4x5 Chamonix 45H-1, Nikkor 75mm at f/32 (could have been f/22, don't have my notes with me) using Tmax100, red 25A filter and processed in Tmax Developer at 1:4. Scanned in with Epson V850 at 3900dpi and cropped to 2.54 aspect ratio.

Resizing this down from full resolution and size which would be 208 inches long x 81 inches wide at 300 dpi or 17.333 ft 6.75 ft just doesn't do this justice. Even at 6 foot x 2.4 foot at 300dpi would be good since I don't have a wall that is really big enough to hang it on, will settle for a 6 foot version. Although, currently I can only print a 5 x 2 foot print.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/926/29462147088_7dd3f43059_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LTtcTf)201800702_0081_Working_20180708 (https://flic.kr/p/LTtcTf) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[Peter De Smidt]

Nicely done, Steven.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Thank you Peter.

[EdWorkman]

WAIT
is this the Steve Ruttenberg of other threads, a new kid to actual LF??
Way to go
regards
Ed

[Steven Ruttenberg]

WAIT
is this the Steve Ruttenberg of other threads, a new kid to actual LF??
Way to go
regards
Ed

Yes, it is :) Thank you! Although I do wish I was a kid :)

[bgh]

That is huge!

Thanks, Steve! These Wells Barns are incredible buildings. I generally enjoy more off-center interior views, but in this case, the single-point perspective was the way to go. It was a treat being in these barns.

[Bill Poole]

Decaying barn of yesteryear. Taken with 4x5 Chamonix 45H-1, Nikkor 75mm at f/32 (could have been f/22, don't have my notes with me) using Tmax100, red 25A filter and processed in Tmax Developer at 1:4. Scanned in with Epson V850 at 3900dpi and cropped to 2.54 aspect ratio.

Resizing this down from full resolution and size which would be 208 inches long x 81 inches wide at 300 dpi or 17.333 ft 6.75 ft just doesn't do this justice. Even at 6 foot x 2.4 foot at 300dpi would be good since I don't have a wall that is really big enough to hang it on, will settle for a 6 foot version. Although, currently I can only print a 5 x 2 foot print.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/926/29462147088_7dd3f43059_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LTtcTf)201800702_0081_Working_20180708 (https://flic.kr/p/LTtcTf) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

Lovely! If I look at it long enough, the clouds begin to move.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Thank you Bill. Yes they do.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Thanks, Steve! These Wells Barns are incredible buildings. I generally enjoy more off-center interior views, but in this case, the single-point perspective was the way to go. It was a treat being in these barns.

Your welcome.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

4x5 cropped to square ratio, f/32, 1 sec with red 25A filter.Chamonix 45H-1 camera with Nikkor 75mm

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1763/41693950810_bd8ec0a821_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26wmoYS)201800702_0080_Working_Converted_20180718 (https://flic.kr/p/26wmoYS) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[Eliverto]

Crown Graphic, Nikkor SW 75/4.5, Shanghai sheet film

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/844/43555581602_3cff4b975e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29mRJXu)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/eliverto/] Eliverto Scherer (https://flic.kr/p/29mRJXu), on Flickr

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Crown Graphic, Nikkor SW 75/4.5, Shanghai sheet film

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/844/43555581602_3cff4b975e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29mRJXu)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/eliverto/] Eliverto Scherer (https://flic.kr/p/29mRJXu), on Flickr

Very Nice.

[Vaughn]

Cross-posting this. The original bathroom at the first campground in Zion National Park. It is the first and/or second Zion National Park building to be built (1923). I spent a month living it its sister building, the ranger station (which became the Park museum...now housing for visiting artists, researchers, and so on.) The walls are blocks of local sandstone 18" to 24" thick -- note the thicker blocks used in the corners. Angel's Landing in the background.

11x14 negative photographed on a light table, then inverted in PhotoShop. Eventually a platinum print perhaps.
HP5+, 11x14 w/ 360mm lens, F90 at one second, Ilford PQ Universal Developer 1:9 in trays

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Redo of the Broke Ass Barn in Palouse. The original was too "gray" over the entire image. I still need to do this one again from the conversion of negative to finished product, but this is more to my liking, with more black to white gradations and contrast. Comments welcome on comparison of this to earlier version posted earlier.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/844/42887446254_aca5aed905_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28kPnAw)201800702_0081_Working_Converted_Dust_Removal_20180723_V2_20x8 (https://flic.kr/p/28kPnAw) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[consummate_fritterer]

Steven, I like that version much better. Very nice indeed.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Steven, I like that version much better. Very nice indeed.

Thank you :)

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Cross-posting this. The original bathroom at the first campground in Zion National Park. It is the first and/or second Zion National Park building to be built (1923). I spent a month living it its sister building, the ranger station (which became the Park museum...now housing for visiting artists, researchers, and so on.) The walls are blocks of local sandstone 18" to 24" thick -- note the thicker blocks used in the corners. Angel's Landing in the background.

11x14 negative photographed on a light table, then inverted in PhotoShop. Eventually a platinum print perhaps.
HP5+, 11x14 w/ 360mm lens, F90 at one second, Ilford PQ Universal Developer 1:9 in trays

Very nice.

[Michael Kadillak]

180843

1930's Buick Sedan 8x10 contact print.

[Merg Ross]

180843

1930's Buick Sedan 8x10 contact print.

Excellent!

[Jim Galli]

Excellent!

+1

[Eliverto]

Very Nice.

Thank you, Steven.

[tgtaylor]

Bristolcone Pine - Colorado Plateau.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/849/41866304060_6db1e86d5f_z.jpg

I stumbled across this grove in the Colorado Plateau during a road trip in the area several years back and at the time thought that they were Bristolcone Pines. They were well cared for and in a protected area, an observatory IIRC, but no one was present to ask so I carefully walked among the grove of 10 or 20 trees and photographed a few. They proved to be difficult subjects to compose.

Thomas

[Michael Kadillak]

180959

Lake George Colorado Miners Cabin Circa 1880.

FP4+ N-2 FP4+ 240mm Doctor Germinar 4 minute exposure w/ reciprocity correction. RAD development in Pyrocat HD 1.5 1 240. 8x10 contact print.

[kenj8246]

The old Hearne TX Southern Pacific depot, c. 1901. Chamonix field camera, Kodak Commercial Ektar lens, long expired Ansco Versapan film.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/934/43653099602_23b06b19f7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29vtxEj)Old Hearne depot c.1901 (https://flic.kr/p/29vtxEj) by Kenny Johnson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bykenny/), on Flickr

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Silo in the Palouse region of Eastern Washington. B/W shot with Chamonix Camera on Kodak Tmax100, 75mm Nikkor f/4.5 lens at f/22 @1/125 sec.No Filter.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1776/44017097262_bda9c051a0_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2a4D8u3)201800701_0078_Working_20180815 (https://flic.kr/p/2a4D8u3) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[Tin Can]

LIKE!

Love the bulging Prairie ship in a coming storm


Silo in the Palouse region of Eastern Washington. B/W shot with Chamonix Camera on Kodak Tmax100, 75mm Nikkor f/4.5 lens at f/22 @1/125 sec.No Filter.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1776/44017097262_bda9c051a0_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2a4D8u3)201800701_0078_Working_20180815 (https://flic.kr/p/2a4D8u3) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[Steven Ruttenberg]

LIKE!

Love the bulging Prairie ship in a coming storm

Thank you. This one was a really hard one to get it this far. My exposure was good, scanned it good, but it was really flat at the beginning. Most likely cause it was about noon when I took this and this frame had no filters to increase contrast and no lens hood either.

[Bob Sawin]

Steven,

I'm really enjoying your images. Very nice work.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Steven,

I'm really enjoying your images. Very nice work.

Very kind words. Thank you for your compliments.

[Pali K]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1845/43364802015_babef8c70b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/294ZWQg)

Chamonix 45N-2 | Fujinon 90mm f8 | Ektar 100
JOBP CPP2 | Tetenal C41
Scanmate 11000 PMT Drumscan

[Steven Ruttenberg]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1845/43364802015_babef8c70b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/294ZWQg)

Chamonix 45N-2 | Fujinon 90mm f8 | Ektar 100
JOBP CPP2 | Tetenal C41
Scanmate 11000 PMT Drumscan

Nice!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Tmax100, Red 25A at sunset, 210mm G Claron lens at f/16, 1 min 34sec exposure. Chamonix 45H-1


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1869/30450314738_5a104c96e3_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NoMPGw)20180505_0045_Working_20180826 (https://flic.kr/p/NoMPGw) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[John Olsen]

Tmax100, Red 25A at sunset, 210mm G Claron lens at f/16, 1 min 34sec exposure. Chamonix 45H-1


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1869/30450314738_5a104c96e3_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NoMPGw)20180505_0045_Working_20180826 (https://flic.kr/p/NoMPGw) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

Nice image, but now I'm curious why you used a red filter. What tone shift were you seeking?

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Nice image, but now I'm curious why you used a red filter. What tone shift were you seeking?

Was experimenting with it to see if I could get more contrast between the rusted hopper and its surroundings. It seemed to work. Although, I could have done without as well.

[Peter Lewin]

Corncrib & Outhouse (oh well!) at the Wilbor House Museum, Little Compton, R.I. Unfortunately the museum (interiors and docent) were closed, but I'm always attracted to simple geometrics.

Tech: HP5+, Pyrocat, very minor contrast adjustment during scan (and slight crop to right edge to balance composition), silver print to come later.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1878/43839859674_de9fdd367f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29MYJVy)WilborHouseMuseum (https://flic.kr/p/29MYJVy) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

[ericantonio]

I'm not really a building person but I played hooky one day and drove to Joshua Tree. This image is from Desert Center. I've always wanted to come and take a pic of this corner. This image is about has HOT as it looks. I think the guage read 105. Not as hot as Vegas or Palm Springs but I couldn't stay under that dark cloth for long so barely composesd, quick snap, and got out of there!

http://www.ihave3thumbs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/810_KodakEktar_930.jpg
Desert Center, CA. Kodak 12" Ektar.

[tgtaylor]

I believe this is called Twin Towers:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1864/44603281671_245b8e94ce.jpg

Constructed by ancestral Puebloans, a sedentary farming culture that occupied the Four Corners area from about A.D. 500 to A.D. 1300, this structure is thought to have been built around 1200 A.D. and is located in Hovenweep National Monument. Hovenweep is a Paiute/Ute word meaning "Deserted Valley" which was adopted by pioneer photographer William Henry Jackson in 1874. In 1917-18, J.W. Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution surveyed the area and recommended the structures be protected. On March 2, 1923, President Warren G. Harding proclaimed Hovenweep a unit of the National Park System.

Thomas

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I'm not really a building person but I played hooky one day and drove to Joshua Tree. This image is from Desert Center. I've always wanted to come and take a pic of this corner. This image is about has HOT as it looks. I think the guage read 105. Not as hot as Vegas or Palm Springs but I couldn't stay under that dark cloth for long so barely composesd, quick snap, and got out of there!

http://www.ihave3thumbs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/810_KodakEktar_930.jpg
Desert Center, CA. Kodak 12" Ektar.

Nice. I did similar on Route 66 earlier this year on I-40 in CA. There are also a couple of buildings I want to photograph on I-10W around Desert Center Exit. Old gas station, and some other beat to hell bldgs. I go back that way mid-Oct so I hope to have time to stop on way out.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2017-02-007Daa.jpg
Massachusetts, February 2017
Sinar P, 240mm Fujinon A
4x5 Ilford FP4+, D-23

[Ben Calwell]

That's nice -- I can feel the heat!

[Havoc]

http://users.skynet.be/sb262617/forum_foto/4x5/bokrijk_sm.jpg

Bokrijk open air museum (Belgium)
Wista 45, Fujinon CM-W 125mm, Fomapan 100, Microphen

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9yiqoqmn01ohw0/Bike-0477.jpg?raw=1

Bike, Camp Forest
Toyo 45AX
120mm Super Angulon
Delta 100
DS-10

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I'm not really a building person but I played hooky one day and drove to Joshua Tree. This image is from Desert Center. I've always wanted to come and take a pic of this corner. This image is about has HOT as it looks. I think the guage read 105. Not as hot as Vegas or Palm Springs but I couldn't stay under that dark cloth for long so barely composesd, quick snap, and got out of there!

http://www.ihave3thumbs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/810_KodakEktar_930.jpg
Desert Center, CA. Kodak 12" Ektar.

I just took a series of images there from different perspective. Once I develop will post up. Place was kinda creeoy with all the private property signs warning to keep out no trespassing. Some dude in a tow truck shadowed me for a bit too. Wish I had my side arm with me, he was freaking me out like Hills Have Eyes or something.

[orgraph]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1953/30609635937_8029ec13d8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NCSokK)2018-10-01 Ukraine FP4 in XTOL 1+1 10 min0021web (https://flic.kr/p/NCSokK) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine. 2018-10-01. Nagaoka 4x5, FP4 in XTOL

[orgraph]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1908/30609634727_5e4f49b168_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NCSnYT)2018-10-01 Ukraine FP4 in XTOL 1+1 10 min00321web (https://flic.kr/p/NCSnYT) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine. 2018-10-01. Nagaoka 4x5, FP4 in XTOL

[orgraph]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1941/43135235190_78dee9e910_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28HHmBy)Ruined wooden church (https://flic.kr/p/28HHmBy) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
2018-09-16 Ukraine. Ruined wooden church. Wista SP 4x5, Komura 152/2,8@22, Foma 100 in XTOL 1+1, 8 min

[orgraph]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1886/30912193128_56a386fef0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/P6B543)2018-08-16 Черниговщина Foma 100 in XTOL 1+1 8 min007-01web (https://flic.kr/p/P6B543) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
2018-09-16 Ukraine. Wista SP 4x5, Heliar 210/4.5@22, Foma 100 in XTOL 1+1, 8 min

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/859/43069033674_6c26732a1a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28BS4d7)2018-07-30 гОродське FP4 100 in XTOL 1+1 20C 12 min003-01web1 (https://flic.kr/p/28BS4d7) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Komura 75/6.3
FP4 in XTOL 1+2

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/891/42161795314_4f1058334d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27eGdRq)Ukraine. Kiev Rus (https://flic.kr/p/27eGdRq) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Wista 8x10, Fujinon 300/5.6, Shanghai 100 in XTOL 1+1

[orgraph]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1751/41655038685_0f67082e4e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26sUXLa)2018-06-03 Ukraine Foma 100 in XTOL 1+2 9 min001-02web (https://flic.kr/p/26sUXLa) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
2018-06-04. Ukraine. Wista SP 4x5, Heliar 210/4,5@11, Foma 100 in XTOL 1+2, 9 min.

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/920/41605743142_cdf233369e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26oyiV1)2018-04-22 Ukraine Foma 100 in DDX 1+4 8 min006-01web (https://flic.kr/p/26oyiV1) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine. 2018-04-22. Wista 8x10, Fujinon 300/5.6@22. Foma 100 in DDX 1+4, 8 min.

[orgraph]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/975/27844162338_3e3c0f287a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JquBos)2018-04-25 Ukraine Foma in DDX 1+4 8 min001-03web (https://flic.kr/p/JquBos) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine. 2018-04-25. Wista 8x10, Fujinon L 300/5.6@22 Foma 100 in DDX 1+4, 8 min

[Leigh]

Marvelous series on Ukraine, Yuriy. Excellent. Thank you.

- Leigh

[orgraph]

Tanks a lot

[jesse]

Lotus 5x7, Hermagis Aplanatigmat 210mm f6.8, HP5+


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1945/45622443771_0783d82ef8_h.jpg

[Peter Lewin]

Huntingdon's Atalaya Castle, Huntingdon Beach State Park, South Carolina. Archer Huntingdon, billionaire heir of the builder of the first transcontinental railroad, built "Atalaya" as a winter home for his wife in the early 1930s. It is supposed to resemble a Spanish hacienda with an enclosed courtyard, and was subsequently deeded to South Carolina as part of the State Park. It is something of a stabilized ruin, in that the brick structure is fine, but all the plastering and paint, along with any interior furnishings, are long gone. The best part is that admission is $2 and there are no restrictions on the use of tripods and cameras so long as you don't block access by others.

These are scans from work prints on RC paper, with minimal adjustments. While I enjoy the images for their memories, the lighting was so dull and flat that I doubt I will ever print these seriously. But would be a great site to visit in better weather (not my on and off vacation drizzle) but not during Myrtle Beach's high tourist season. Incidentally the beach, which is maybe a 10 minute walk, is spectacular. HP5+, Pyrocat, 180/6.3 lens.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4901/45976343421_e9b6fc743f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d3LM7e)atalaya2 (https://flic.kr/p/2d3LM7e) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4856/45064320325_9c3f0ea3e7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bEbqq6)atalaya3 (https://flic.kr/p/2bEbqq6) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

Comments welcome, but please don't critique me for the wretched lighting :)

[Steven Ruttenberg]

All the images above are excellent. Great job folks!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Huntingdon's Atalaya Castle, Huntingdon Beach State Park, South Carolina. Archer Huntingdon, billionaire heir of the builder of the first transcontinental railroad, built "Atalaya" as a winter home for his wife in the early 1930s. It is supposed to resemble a Spanish hacienda with an enclosed courtyard, and was subsequently deeded to South Carolina as part of the State Park. It is something of a stabilized ruin, in that the brick structure is fine, but all the plastering and paint, along with any interior furnishings, are long gone. The best part is that admission is $2 and there are no restrictions on the use of tripods and cameras so long as you don't block access by others.

These are scans from work prints on RC paper, with minimal adjustments. While I enjoy the images for their memories, the lighting was so dull and flat that I doubt I will ever print these seriously. But would be a great site to visit in better weather (not my on and off vacation drizzle) but not during Myrtle Beach's high tourist season. Incidentally the beach, which is maybe a 10 minute walk, is spectacular. HP5+, Pyrocat, 180/6.3 lens.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4901/45976343421_e9b6fc743f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d3LM7e)atalaya2 (https://flic.kr/p/2d3LM7e) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4856/45064320325_9c3f0ea3e7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bEbqq6)atalaya3 (https://flic.kr/p/2bEbqq6) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

Comments welcome, but please don't critique me for the wretched lighting :)

Actually I like them. Even the harsh lighting. :D

[Peter Lewin]

Thanks, Steve!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Your welcome!

[Merg Ross]

Peter, these are both interesting, and since you have invited comment, let me make a suggestion regarding Atalaya3. I would crop in on the right side and eliminate the distant background; also, a slight crop top and bottom of equal amounts leaving a slice of sky. The light is not a problem, and works well. In short, a tighter crop would strengthen the image overall. I like it. Also, the window on the right, with the play of light on the bricks, is fascinating as a stand-alone composition; severly cropped, or better yet, taken with a longer lens on your next visit. Thanks for sharing, these caught my eye.

[Peter Lewin]

Merg, Thanks so much for your suggestions. I don't know how to say this without sounding "over the top," but I'm honored that you made suggestions. I will try them out in PhotoShip later today (or right after Thanksgiving if my wife gives me a to-do list getting ready for relatives) and post the "Merg Ross Version." Maybe I will end up printing one or both of the images in the darkroom after all.

[scm]

https://stevemidgleyphotography.com/2017-12-10-0005_B&W.jpg

[Tin Can]

Love it and clouds!

[Jim Jones]

Pleasing and intriguing.

[Peter De Smidt]

What a great building!

[Michael Kadillak]

https://stevemidgleyphotography.com/2017-12-10-0005_B&W.jpg

Have you considered cropping the image horizontally just below the door frame? At this level you have marvelous visual tension coming from each side that provides the proper support for what is above it - which is where the marvel of this image resides. Well seen and well executed.

[Peter Lewin]

Peter, these are both interesting, and since you have invited comment, let me make a suggestion regarding Atalaya3. I would crop in on the right side and eliminate the distant background; also, a slight crop top and bottom of equal amounts leaving a slice of sky. The light is not a problem, and works well. In short, a tighter crop would strengthen the image overall. I like it. Also, the window on the right, with the play of light on the bricks, is fascinating as a stand-alone composition; severly cropped, or better yet, taken with a longer lens on your next visit. Thanks for sharing, these caught my eye.

First, the crop as suggested (at least my interpretation):
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4804/46013111151_c65c355f77_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d72dSB)atalaya3_mr2 (https://flic.kr/p/2d72dSB) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

And a second, tighter crop concentrating more on the two windows:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4877/46013111331_6cf72791a3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d72dVH)atalaya3_mr1 (https://flic.kr/p/2d72dVH) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

And again, thanks, Merg, for your suggestions, and any other comments on either the originals or the crops appreciated.

[scm]

Have you considered cropping the image horizontally just below the door frame? At this level you have marvelous visual tension coming from each side that provides the proper support for what is above it - which is where the marvel of this image resides. Well seen and well executed.

Thank you to everyone that took the time to leave a comment.

Michael: Yes, I made a lot of exposures of the building with a few different formats, films and cropping, and you are right, the lower section doesn't really belong (or at least doesn't add much) in this black and white version, in color it's a different story. Below is one version from the same negative.

I had considered this a work in progress, I made the 140 mile each way trip a dozen or so times (five times in two weeks at one point!) from about 1988 until 1993, when I turned the corner to where I should have seen the building and it was gone, burnered to the ground. I felt like there was something more to capture there, at least I was willing to try.



https://stevemidgleyphotography.com/2017-12-10-0005_B&W2.jpg

[Merg Ross]

First, the crop as suggested (at least my interpretation):
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4804/46013111151_c65c355f77_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d72dSB)atalaya3_mr2 (https://flic.kr/p/2d72dSB) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

And a second, tighter crop concentrating more on the two windows:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4877/46013111331_6cf72791a3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d72dVH)atalaya3_mr1 (https://flic.kr/p/2d72dVH) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

And again, thanks, Merg, for your suggestions, and any other comments on either the originals or the crops appreciated.

Thanks Peter for playing the crop game. The first (top) is close to what I had in mind; the second works well too. What do you think?

Best,
Merg

[Michael Kadillak]

Thank you to everyone that took the time to leave a comment.

Michael: Yes, I made a lot of exposures of the building with a few different formats, films and cropping, and you are right, the lower section doesn't really belong (or at least doesn't add much) in this black and white version, in color it's a different story. Below is one version from the same negative.

I had considered this a work in progress, I made the 140 mile each way trip a dozen or so times (five times in two weeks at one point!) from about 1988 until 1993, when I turned the corner to where I should have seen the building and it was gone, burnered to the ground. I felt like there was something more to capture there, at least I was willing to try.



https://stevemidgleyphotography.com/2017-12-10-0005_B&W2.jpg

Fortunately it sounds as though you have a number of quality negatives to remember this magnificent structure with. Many times the liability insurance for structural failure falls upon a local landowner as the business enterprise is long sense gone. The owners have to deal with this risk the best way they can and it can be a real challenge. Sometimes the wood gets repurposed which takes many fine not at risk structures out of play and sometimes someone steps up and brings the structures back to life. Other times they go up in smoke. Outside of FairPlay, Colorado up Nine Mile Creek I saw a family in the process of rebuilding a delapidated mine frame and side building and bringing it back to life but that is a rare thing these days. Enjoyed the image!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

https://stevemidgleyphotography.com/2017-12-10-0005_B&W.jpg

Super cool.

[MichaelPRyan]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4803/31102014757_fbd63221c0_c.jpg

Minnesota Zephyr, Stillwater, MN
Deardorff V10, 8X10 Ilford FP4
Pyrocat HD, Platinum

[Sfroza]

Wonderful tone and texture. Perfect.

[Peter Lewin]

Thanks Peter for playing the crop game. The first (top) is close to what I had in mind; the second works well too. What do you think?
Best, Merg
Merg, Thanks again for taking an interest. Unfortunately I still find the lighting too flat and dull for me to be satisfied with the image, regardless of cropping; the weather was uncooperative. I would love to go back, but it is either an 11-hour drive from home, or a fairly expensive flight. However, on to the crops. I actually prefer either the original, or the closest crop. The view is from the exterior back of the structure, I don't think most tourists go back there. What attracted me were the forms, the cylindrical portion (left of image) and the rectangular section (right of image). For me, including the sections you suggested cropping gives a better sense of the volumes. Alternatively, the closest crop accentuates the forms of the windows; the metalwork was designed by Anna Hyatt Huntingdon, who besides being married to the billionaire who built Atalaya for her, was a famous sculptor at the time. I resisted taking a picture of a single window because that image has been made by others, and I try not to duplicate. I think looking at the various croppings was a good exercise, because it made me think about the "why I made the image I did" in more detail, since my original process is more intuitive, simply looking at the ground glass and trying various angles and distances before exposing the sheet.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4803/31102014757_fbd63221c0_c.jpg

Minnesota Zephyr, Stillwater, MN
Deardorff V10, 8X10 Ilford FP4
Pyrocat HD, Platinum


This is really good!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Abandoned gas station along I-10 in California, west of the AZ border. Shot with Tmax100, 75mm Nikkor, f/4.5@f/16 (should have used like f/32), Chamonix 45H-1, Red25A and polarizer. I seriously underexposed this shot, by like 2 stops for sure. The negative was so thin it didn't really look like it had anything on it. Scanned with Epson V850, Vuescan, rgb brightness to .8 (scanned as 48bitrgb slide and output as 48bitrgb at 6000dpi) I used swing, but I missed it I think (depth of field was too shallow at f/16) I contrastwise bleached this negative then developed in 2-bath pyrocat. Since I didn't think there was much to this negative, I didn't bother using a clean optical mylar when I wet mounted it. Had plenty of scratches to remove and a lot of pinholes or something. Also some swirl marks and such (use sp445 and haven't had much luck lately with that thing) The sign is overexposed, but that is most likely from when I converted it. Not a wallhanger, but it shows there is potential for returning to this area once I get my developing technique refined. Scanned at 6000dpi. I like the detail, but not sure I like the grain detail as well in the sky. I may return to 4200 or 4500dpi as zero in on my final scan dpi.

Anyway, thought I would post up as it works to bleach and use pyrocat. Does it buy anything? Who knows? Definitely need to purchase a centerspot for this 75mm Nikkor, the vignetting really is apparent in a lot of the shots I take, like this one.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4860/46002849672_ae577ac1de_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2d67Cuy)20181016_0206_Working_201081125 (https://flic.kr/p/2d67Cuy) by Steven Ruttenberg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157376714@N08/), on Flickr

[Pali K]

Absolutely gorgeous images SCM, Michael, and Steven!

Pali

[Merg Ross]

Merg, Thanks again for taking an interest. Unfortunately I still find the lighting too flat and dull for me to be satisfied with the image, regardless of cropping; the weather was uncooperative. I would love to go back, but it is either an 11-hour drive from home, or a fairly expensive flight. However, on to the crops. I actually prefer either the original, or the closest crop. The view is from the exterior back of the structure, I don't think most tourists go back there. What attracted me were the forms, the cylindrical portion (left of image) and the rectangular section (right of image). For me, including the sections you suggested cropping gives a better sense of the volumes. Alternatively, the closest crop accentuates the forms of the windows; the metalwork was designed by Anna Hyatt Huntingdon, who besides being married to the billionaire who built Atalaya for her, was a famous sculptor at the time. I resisted taking a picture of a single window because that image has been made by others, and I try not to duplicate. I think looking at the various croppings was a good exercise, because it made me think about the "why I made the image I did" in more detail, since my original process is more intuitive, simply looking at the ground glass and trying various angles and distances before exposing the sheet.

Peter, thanks for the feedback and interesting history. The original wins for all good reasons. Intuition prevails; nothing wrong with that!

Cheers,
Merg

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Thank you Pali.

[scm]

https://stevemidgleyphotography.com/Scan-120130-0002b.jpg

[pozzello]

Very nice. Where is that?



https://stevemidgleyphotography.com/Scan-120130-0002b.jpg

[scm]

Very nice. Where is that?

Thanks! This is the Tintic Standard Reduction Mill (https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2017/04/ruins-tintic-standard-reduction-mill/) in Utah, pre-grafitti, it seems

[austin granger]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4918/31140576747_46476e6831_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PrMAxD)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/PrMAxD) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Steven Ruttenberg]

the old concrete and the covered truck are good!

[bill2424]

Somewhere in Montana
Zone VI 4x5 300mm lens

[Reinhold Schable]

Weathered white picket fence (with berry vine.).

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4867/32305588308_8c50919e9a_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RdJzTS). . Weathered Fence. (https://flic.kr/p/RdJzTS) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Neg# FENP 109. 4x5 Tachihara, 210mm, Yg filter, FP4 film. ± 2007

More worn-out stuff here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/albums/72157690651303644

Reinhold
www.classicBWphoto.com

[Peter De Smidt]

Love it, Reinhold!

[MultiFormat Shooter]

Somewhere in Montana
Zone VI 4x5 300mm lens

Interesting, the leaning of the top of the building in the center, and its dark color is an interesting contrast with symmetry of the rest of the image and the light sky.

[Cor]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4918/31140576747_46476e6831_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PrMAxD)Portland (https://flic.kr/p/PrMAxD) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Nice image, Austin, but what is the squarish, slightly darker shape, between the back of the car and the trees on the left ?


Best,

Cor

[Mrportr8]

185208

Abandoned Ironworks
Joliet, IL

[Eric Woodbury]

185259

Granddad's wagon in the Old Mill.

[rrunnertexas]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4859/46280663441_75fa688f8e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dvEuR8)Rochester Monitor Whiteflat School (https://flic.kr/p/2dvEuR8) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Shot with a Rochester Monitor 8x10 camera, Arista 100 EDU film - Texas ghost town, Whiteflat, Texas. Long abandoned school building.

[rrunnertexas]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4835/46279373821_5e94e2e333_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dvxTui)Seneca Plastigmat Tractor Old House (https://flic.kr/p/2dvxTui) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Shot with a Seneca no 9 5x7 with a Zeiss Plastigmat lens in a Volute shutter. Ilford FP4+ in HC-110.

[rrunnertexas]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4853/45368873315_29d92e7fa9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2c86kpH)Rochester Monitor Turkey Phillips Gas Station (https://flic.kr/p/2c86kpH) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Rochester Monitor 8x10, on Arista EDU, HC-110 - f/32 for 1/2 second with polarizer. 1st Phillips 66 in the great State of Texas around 1929.

[Jim Galli]

Shot with a Seneca no 9 5x7 with a Zeiss Plastigmat lens in a Volute shutter. Ilford FP4+ in HC-110.

A wee confusion. Plastigmat was a trade name of Bausch & Lomb and the lenses were of their own proprietary design. So nothing to do with Zeiss, in fact they were a cheaper lens to circumvent paying the license fees to Zeiss which they had to do with the similar but better Protar. Plastigmat was always two identical opposing symmetrical elements and while B&L claimed them to be 'convertible' they were poor when used alone. More like a Dagor than a Protar. Anyways, very cool photo. I would enjoy visiting those ghosts myself.

[rrunnertexas]

Well that was a big ooops and an education all in one. lol

Jim - thanks for the correction and help! Evidently my mind was thinking Zeiss Protar and was confused.

The long weekend trip in the Panhandle was very nice with so many cool things to make images of. The most difficult part was getting the room totally dark at night to unload and load the 8x10 film holders.

[Reinhold Schable]

Roadside fruit stand on US 99W. Dayton, Oregon.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4537/37751477415_11f6863601_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYbZD). . Fruit Stand. Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/ZvYbZD) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

#BUAB 186. 4x5 Tachihara, 135mm Nikkor, YG filter, Kodak PXP.

Quite a bit of old stuff here... #BUAB 186. 4x5 Tachihara camera, 135mm Nikkor lens, YG filter, Kodak PXP film (scanned).

Reinhold

[rrunnertexas]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4853/44476733630_af9210bff8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2aLfTn1)Rochester Monitor Whiteflat School Building (https://flic.kr/p/2aLfTn1) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Rochester Monitor 8x10 camera with Arista EDU film. Whiteflat, Texas old school building.

[Reinhold Schable]

"The Doghouse"
A weather -beaten "summer house", now used for building materials storage after the German Shepherd lost his lease.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7844/46479725231_fa5bfb5223_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dPfJYX). . The Doghouse. (https://flic.kr/p/2dPfJYX) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Neg# BUGE 420. 4x5" Tachihara. 135mm, Yg filter, FP4 film. 1993

More relics here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/albums/72157690079438365/with/46479725231/

Reinhold

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Nice shades and detail.

[Reinhold Schable]

Yaquina Boat Works.
Toledo, Oregon.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/973/41915398932_0f04371b4b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26RVnMW). . Toledo, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/26RVnMW) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Neg# BUCO 228, 5x7 Deardorff, 115mm Grandagon, YG filter. FP4. 1994

More old, abandoned & empty here... .https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/albums/72157690651303644

Reinhold

[Ed Vatza]

186429

Covered Bridge - Lehigh County, PA -- 1/8sec @ f/45
Speed Graphic
Rodenstock Sironar S 150mm f/5.6
Arista.EDU 200 film
Developed in Kodak D-76

[carbo73]

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=186983&d=1548707449
Castell de Perafita, Perafita, Catalonia.

[baronvonaaron]

187215

East Entrance Bastion of Knossos Palace, Crete.

Unclear how much of the palace complex has been recreated or restored, but in any case, these are some quite old steps.

Intrepid 4x5, 210mm, HC110 dil H, stand processed in tank (hence the holder marks on the left side....)

[dkonigs]

187425
Building in the "English Camp" section of the Almaden Quicksilver County Park, in San Jose, CA. The whole area used to be a mercury mine a long time ago.

Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5, 135mm Optar, (expired) Ilford HP5+ 400

[Steven Ruttenberg]

186429

Covered Bridge - Lehigh County, PA -- 1/8sec @ f/45
Speed Graphic
Rodenstock Sironar S 150mm f/5.6
Arista.EDU 200 film
Developed in Kodak D-76

Nice tonality

[Steven Ruttenberg]

187215

East Entrance Bastion of Knossos Palace, Crete.

Unclear how much of the palace complex has been recreated or restored, but in any case, these are some quite old steps.

Intrepid 4x5, 210mm, HC110 dil H, stand processed in tank (hence the holder marks on the left side....)

Old indeed. Nice, like looking into the past.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

187425
Building in the "English Camp" section of the Almaden Quicksilver County Park, in San Jose, CA. The whole area used to be a mercury mine a long time ago.

Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5, 135mm Optar, (expired) Ilford HP5+ 400

That is an old metal building. Nice detail.