Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

[RmFrase]

I had never heard of this before until recently. But after reading up on it, and seeing what it can do, will have to try it. May take (2) of the same images and develop them seperately. Normal and Stand and see the difference. Thank you for sharing.

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/missouri_state_pen_pano3.jpg

Jailhouse Art

Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City Missouri
Shen-Hoa PTB 6x17 Panoramic camera
Schneider 150mm f/5.6 lens
Kodak T-Max 100 film stand developed for one hour

[Corran]

That's awesome, it looks like CGI or something. Very neat. What ASA are you using for your TMX when stand developing?

[C4D]

I rated the one above at 80iso then stand developed with 5 ML of HC-110 in 500ML of water, agitated for the first 40 seconds then twice at the 30 minute mark and poured out the developer right at one hour.

[C4D]

oh I have also noticed lately especially with tmax is to pre-wash the film three to four times in a 5 to 8 minute span with the exact temperature as the developer has really helped prevent uneven development.

[Corran]

Good info, thanks.

[RmFrase]

Thanks for the info. Have you done a side-by-side comparison to see the differences in processing?

[Robert Langham]

Hard to beat poking around old textured places in good lighting. 5X7 and 120 Super Angulon with HP5 film in Xtol. Polarizer.

83984 Barn, Box Elder, Texas, 2012.

[dperez]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8067/8205442192_52118d37ea_b.jpg
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Gold Hill Post Office 1862-1943, Gold Hill, NV
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, Bronze toned in CS3 using Ken Lee's fill layer method (http://www.kenleegallery.com/html/tech/bronze.php).

[jp]

Hard to beat poking around old textured places in good lighting. 5X7 and 120 Super Angulon with HP5 film in Xtol. Polarizer.

83984 Barn, Box Elder, Texas, 2012.

That's a real nice composition and set of shapes and tones that really moves my eye about the photo.

[Robert Langham]

Thanks. Makes a nice image on 20X24. Of course, I was after the ROOF...came around the corner and saw the inside gate shining at me. Got a lot of height out of my tripod and backed up until I was climbing a metal gate to see though the camera. Most important equipment was an old pair of rubber boots I keep in the truck. Pretty mucky Spring mud underfoot. Still cows in and out of this barn, with all that that entails.

Here's an image of me working on the roof. Second try....it got away again! Might have one more crack at it this year.

84044

[Robert Langham]

Sometimes it helps, (others, not me. I'm beyond help.), to look at the whole sequence.

84045 I just thought this roof would go. I still do, I just can't quite get in on the ground glass.

84046 Crazy end of the roof. You can see from the light that it moved a bit before I got to the gate detail. This is the East end of the barn so the light was moving to the left and putting this end in shade. I could see it coming and set up and waited. Had to chop back some branches reaching in. Don't tell anyone.

[dperez]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8203/8207247152_73c06840b2_b.jpg
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Randsburg, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, Bronze toned in CS3.

This is an old auto garage that has been converted into an antique shop in Randsburg, CA. I was attracted to this scene by the decorative door columns that seem to stand out against the worn entrance and weathered corrugated sheet metal walls. Its a slight touch of elegance, roughly attached with exposed drywall screws and left unfinished to wither away with the rest of the building.

[johnmsanderson]

cranes, brooklyn navy yard

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/17_bny-cranes-stitch.jpg

[stradibarrius]

This was my first 4x5 shot and print.
84136

[dperez]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8211715803_d3318386de_b.jpg
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Bear Valley, Mariposa County, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, Bronze toned in CS3.

[jon.oman]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8203/8207247152_73c06840b2_b.jpg
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Randsburg, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, Bronze toned in CS3.

This is an old auto garage that has been converted into an antique shop in Randsburg, CA. I was attracted to this scene by the decorative door columns that seem to stand out against the worn entrance and weathered corrugated sheet metal walls. Its a slight touch of elegance, roughly attached with exposed drywall screws and left unfinished to wither away with the rest of the building.

I keep coming back to this image. Very nice!

[dperez]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8213072322_308d14a6b5_b.jpg
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Wells Fargo Express Safe Doors
Sierra City, CA. Busch-Heringlake Building (aka Wells Fargo Express) Built in 1871
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, slightly cropped, and bronze toned in CS3.

[dperez]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8226249541_fd196542dd_b.jpg
Paiute Wickiup - Bishop, CA
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8344/8225460641_a6cefe6c3b_b.jpg
Swazey Hotel - Bodie, CA
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8226529984_727cb4aae1_b.jpg
Conway House - Bodie, CA
[View Large (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8226529984_8d42517240_o.jpg)]

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

[dperez]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8225458369_7eaac8bf1a_b.jpg
Green Street - Bodie, CA
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8226527486_9814181f27_b.jpg
Old Truck - Bodie, CA
[View Large (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8226527486_ec55a210ca_o.jpg)]

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

[ImSoNegative]

Love the images

[Steve French]

Beautiful.. Love the tone and range

[jcoldslabs]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8344/8225460641_a6cefe6c3b_b.jpg
Swazey Hotel - Bodie, CA

Love this one!

Jonathan

[Ari]

cranes, brooklyn navy yard

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/17_bny-cranes-stitch.jpg

Excellent!

[rdenney]

An old pump like this was posted a couple of weeks ago, but well after I'd made these photos. I just now got them scanned.



http://www.rickdenney.com/Island/pump_windows_lores.jpg
Saltbox and Pump, 2012
Fuji 160C, Sinar F2, 90mm f/5.6 Super Angulon, f/22 at 1/15.

http://www.rickdenney.com/Island/pump_lores.jpg
Hand Pump, 2012
Fuji 160C, Sinar F2, 210mm f/5.6 Sinaron-W, f/16 at 1/60.


I used some left swing in the bottom one--it's amazing how little depth of field one has even at f/16 at this range. The top one got significant right shift--that's all. I didn't want my reflection in the window. I did want the flag reflected in the window, and I wanted to see into the opening on the pump just a bit. But I spent a while trying to align with those shingles, only to finally realize that no two rows are parallel and the windows are definitely not level and plumb. It's understandable--the house was built in the middle 1700's out of wood from shipwrecks.

Rick "not sure this pump is really that old, but its design sure is" Denney

[Harley Goldman]

Dashboard

This is the dashboard of a discarded pickup truck at an abandoned drilling site in the Mojave Preserve. I am doing a little series on steering wheels and dashboard from abandoned cars and trucks. Who the heck knows why, but I find it fun.

On this one, I was drawn the the dashboard detail, with the broken gauges and the eternally stuck odometer.



Chamonix 4x5, Verito 8-3/4" lens, Acros, Rollo Pyro

C&C welcome


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

[Corran]

Rick, love the second one. The delicate colors and soft but directional light is very nice.

[ImSoNegative]

very nice Harley!

[rdenney]

Rick, love the second one. The delicate colors and soft but directional light is very nice.

Thanks. It was right before sunset, with thin clouds diffusing the light just a bit.

Rick "still not happy with the way colors are appearing on random monitors" Denney

[Kav]

The stairs leading to the Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep temple in Thailand. Founded in 1383:

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/OverseasTravels/Thailand-2012/Large-Format-Film/i-HCZck7V/0/X3/Scan889-X3.jpg

Kodak E100G 4x5
Speed Graphic
Rodenstock 90mm f/6.8 Grandagon
And a friendly dog with mange

[David Lobato]

An old pump like this was posted a couple of weeks ago, but well after I'd made these photos. I just now got them scanned.



http://www.rickdenney.com/Island/pump_windows_lores.jpg
Saltbox and Pump, 2012
Fuji 160C, Sinar F2, 90mm f/5.6 Super Angulon, f/22 at 1/15.

http://www.rickdenney.com/Island/pump_lores.jpg
Hand Pump, 2012
Fuji 160C, Sinar F2, 210mm f/5.6 Sinaron-W, f/16 at 1/60.


I used some left swing in the bottom one--it's amazing how little depth of field one has even at f/16 at this range. The top one got significant right shift--that's all. I didn't want my reflection in the window. I did want the flag reflected in the window, and I wanted to see into the opening on the pump just a bit. But I spent a while trying to align with those shingles, only to finally realize that no two rows are parallel and the windows are definitely not level and plumb. It's understandable--the house was built in the middle 1700's out of wood from shipwrecks.

Rick "not sure this pump is really that old, but its design sure is" Denney

Rick, I love the coincidence of our pump shots, especially with the great distance between their locations. Yours are very nice.

[Randy]

Eastman 33A 5X7 - FP4 / HC-110 "H"

Caltar IIN 115mm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/farm1.jpg

Fuji 180mm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/farm2.jpg

[Ironage]

Great work Randy. Great camera too. I got one too. The clouds make the first one. Any filtration?

[David Lobato]

Eastman 33A 5X7 - FP4 / HC-110 "H"


Randy, that's excellent work. Very nice.

[Randy]

Thanks guys.

Ironage, is your camera in good condition? Mine is decent but missing the nut for rear swings. Have to find or fashion a replacement. I love the camera. Not much bellows draw but it is so light and sets up so fast. Yes, I used an orange filter for the clouds.

[Jim Cole]

Mountain Barn on 4x5 TMY-2, DD-X 1+4

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8246038366_c40383ed57_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8246038366/)
Mountain Barn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8246038366/) by JCole2008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jcole2008/), on Flickr

[Jim Cole]

Nothing artistic here, but this is one of those times when the tones just all seem to work together.

Another TMY-2 in DD-X.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8246479676_c86ca41a8f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8246479676/)
Mountain Cabin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8246479676/) by JCole2008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jcole2008/), on Flickr

[dperez]

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

From the plaque mounted on the front of the building:

"Sun Sun Wo. Est. 1851 Chinatown Grocery - Coulterville, CA.
One of the earlier gold rush buildings, and one of the last adobe structures left, this general store was established and operated by the Chinese from 1851 until 1926. Named after It's original owners Mow Da Sun and his son, Sun Kow, this store was a major business in the area eventually branching out to Red Cloud about ten miles north-east of here. The original shelves and counters are still in the store, and there is evidence that part of the office was used as an opium den. A dirt ceiling and the fireproof walls spared the building from the fires that razed this town."

-Daniel Perez

[bvaughn4]

Love that Daniel. I actually remember stopping to shoot a few (exclusive digital days) there while on the way to Yosemite once when 140 was closed. I knew it looked familiar! Crazy for a boy from Alabama to be familiar with that place. I LOVE your part of the world!

[Chuck P.]

Log Cabin Front Porch-----4x5 Horseman LE with a Nikon 120SW f/8; Tri-X 320 @ EI200, HC-110 (1:63); dev N-1, Combi-Plan tank; Ilford MGIV FB, dektol 1:2; Selenium 10% solution

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8243401841_c6ab6434f5.jpg

[RmFrase]

Old Rock Kirke "Church" Cranfills Gap, TX. Built 1886 and still used today.

Calumet C-1 8x10 "Green Monster"
Nikkor-W 300mm f5.6
Ilford 400 ISO
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8260569318_efff1cf9ae_b.jpg


-Robert

[ImSoNegative]

very nice

[ImSoNegative]

Nothing artistic here, but this is one of those times when the tones just all seem to work together.

Another TMY-2 in DD-X.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8246479676_c86ca41a8f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8246479676/)
Mountain Cabin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8246479676/) by JCole2008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jcole2008/), on Flickr

hey jim, is that a cabin in cades cove tenn.? nice shot

[Jim Cole]

hey jim, is that a cabin in cades cove tenn.? nice shot

Thanks. It's the Mountain Farm Cabin at the south entrance to the park.

[RmFrase]

2nd of (2) images taken. Old Rock Kirke "Church" Cranfills Gap, TX.
Nikkor-W 300mm f5.6
Ilford 400 ISO
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8259501187_abfc53c05b_b.jpg

-Robert

[Michael Kadillak]

2nd of (2) images taken. Old Rock Kirke "Church" Cranfills Gap, TX.
Nikkor-W 300mm f5.6
Ilford 400 ISO
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8259501187_abfc53c05b_b.jpg

-Robert

Great exercise in practical visual content. I will kick in my $0.02. I like the second image shot vertical taking out the unimportant side control panels on the left and the dead wall space on the right. I would place the edges of the image on each outside edge of the seating side medallion and use a slightly longer lens (maybe a 14") to take a step back and lower the upper edge to just above the cross member. The bail back on the Calumet should allow you to keep the camera from moving laterally when you insert a film holder and precisely frame your image. Excellent focus control and exposure to keep the highlights in check on the floor, the details on the pews from getting to dark and keeping your whites on the inside walls well balanced. Very well executed !

[RmFrase]

Thank you very much for your comments. Don't yet have a 14" lens (yet) I have recently acquired a 19" Red-Dot Artar. I got lucky on the highlights as this was a 23 second exposure.


Great exercise in practical visual content. I will kick in my $0.02. I like the second image shot vertical taking out the unimportant side control panels on the left and the dead wall space on the right. I would place the edges of the image on each outside edge of the seating side medallion and use a slightly longer lens (maybe a 14") to take a step back and lower the upper edge to just above the cross member. The bail back on the Calumet should allow you to keep the camera from moving laterally when you insert a film holder and precisely frame your image. Excellent focus control and exposure to keep the highlights in check on the floor, the details on the pews from getting to dark and keeping your whites on the inside walls well balanced. Very well executed !

[Dean]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8084/8257661544_7e9eefa788_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8257661544/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img093 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8257661544/)

[Michael Kadillak]

Thank you very much for your comments. Don't yet have a 14" lens (yet) I have recently acquired a 19" Red-Dot Artar. I got lucky on the highlights as this was a 23 second exposure.
Kudos to you for handling the reciprocity correction so well with such a long exposure. With images such as this there are a host of places where the wheels can come off of the bus and as an 8x10 photographer I am familiar with these risks first hand. Carry this experience for similar future challenges and continue to challenge yourself as you pursue your vision and there will be many marvelous images in your portfolio.

[ross]

A poor scan of my first darkroom print in 30+ years:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8265410173_072e93c93c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/8265410173/)
Old House, Oregon High Desert (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/8265410173/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

Chamonix 45N-2
TMax 100

[Jiri Vasina]

A poor scan of my first darkroom print in 30+ years:

Old House, Oregon High Desert (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/8265410173/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

Chamonix 45N-2
TMax 100

If you think this one poor (scanning), I can't wait to see the ones with your higher rating... It's very, very nice for me, on all accounts.

Jiri

[Leigh]

Ross,

You should be quite pleased with that. It looks great.

- Leigh

[Andrew Plume]

great work Robert

you can remove the 'LF beginner' title, it's well overdue

regards

andrew

[ross]

Thanks Jiri and Leigh!

[Chuck P.]

Log Cabin Front Porch-----another repost, I deleted the not so good first scan of this print in Flickr in favor of this much better scan.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8266764587_713a74785c_c.jpg

[MMELVIS]

[/url]
Flickr 上 [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/]多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8257661544/) 的 img093 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8257661544/)
Well done on this shot and composition. The light hitting the back of the handle gives it some pop.

[cpercy]

In the old Kansas City livestock exchange.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8360/8282506871_5970ae92e1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8282506871/)
stockyard 276 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8282506871/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

Clay,

Nice play of geometry in that. It zig-zags the eye all over the frame.

Jonathan

[Marvin d martian]

The lifeguard station at New Brighton on the Wirral UK. Built in the 1920's and still there, but not used so much.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8278006560_17ba2e4e33_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8278006560/) petval3-1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8278006560/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr

Adox chs100 developed in Xtol

Mart

[Dean]

Well done on this shot and composition. The light hitting the back of the handle gives it some pop.



Thank you!

[cpercy]

Clay,

Nice play of geometry in that. It zig-zags the eye all over the frame.

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan.

[ross]

Old Packard Six, oxidizing off a road in Willapa County, Washington:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8491/8301517359_f66bef8c39_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/8301517359/)
Packard Six, Oxidizing, Willapa County, Wa. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/8301517359/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr
Chamonix 45n-2
Fuji Velvia 100

[jp]

Nice; I could spend a whole afternoon photographing that packard!

[mikebarger]

It's hard to believe such a fine/rare automobile is left out to rust away....nice print

[Leigh]

In the old Kansas City livestock exchange.
Great eye, and excellent capture. Well done.

- Leigh

[RmFrase]

Kudos to you for handling the reciprocity correction so well with such a long exposure. With images such as this there are a host of places where the wheels can come off of the bus and as an 8x10 photographer I am familiar with these risks first hand. Carry this experience for similar future challenges and continue to challenge yourself as you pursue your vision and there will be many marvelous images in your portfolio.

Thank you very much Michael for the compliments!

[RmFrase]

great work Robert

you can remove the 'LF beginner' title, it's well overdue

regards

andrew


Thanks you for the encouragement. Others had also messaged me and stated that also. -Done!

[cpercy]

Great eye, and excellent capture. Well done.

- Leigh

Thank you Leigh.

[Ralph Weimer]

Dunns Falls Mill, MS
Crown Graphic 4X5, 90mm Optar
FP4+, Rodinal 1:100
Oriental Seagull VCFB, PF 13086013

[dizzzyg44]

The charleston market on old Agfa APX100, gonna be sad when I run out of it :(

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8215941390_c70b7f6931_c.jpg

[jon.oman]

The charleston market on old Agfa APX100, gonna be sad when I run out of it :(

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8215941390_c70b7f6931_c.jpg

I like the long exposure....

The market is about 20 miles from my home.

[dizzzyg44]

I like the long exposure....

The market is about 20 miles from my home.

Well Hi neighbor! :) I see from your blog you live in Summerville, I'm in N. Charleston

[Vaughn]

Dunns Falls Mill, MS
Crown Graphic 4X5, 90mm Optar
FP4+, Rodinal 1:100
Oriental Seagull VCFB, PF 130

Wonderfully strange image! Printed much darker it would be a classic horror movie scene, instead it has this great light all about it.

[Preston]

Wagon Shed and Picket Fence, Columbia, Ca.

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/553-1-lg-Web-1.jpg

Tachihara 4x5
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm
Astia 100F
January 2010

Ralph, I agree with Vaughn: It is wonderfully strange, in a good way.

Dizzy, that is a really nice building. Well done.

--P

[Ralph Weimer]

Thanks, Vaughn and Preston. I did print it darker, and it did have a more ominous look.

I like the texture and colors the low-incident sun gives your picture, Preston.

Ralph

[Ralph Weimer]

86067
Dunn Falls Mill Interior

First time using BT2B developer.

[Corran]

Old Packard Six, oxidizing off a road in Willapa County, Washington:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8491/8301517359_f66bef8c39_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/8301517359/)
Packard Six, Oxidizing, Willapa County, Wa. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/8301517359/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr
Chamonix 45n-2
Fuji Velvia 100

Wow! The contrast and subtle tonalities on this is really nice! Was this simply an overcast day, or...? The light just seems beautiful.

[ross]

Wow! The contrast and subtle tonalities on this is really nice! Was this simply an overcast day, or...? The light just seems beautiful.

Thanks Bryan. This was one of those Northwest overcast days, which we seem to have an abundance of. The light's nice for shooting if the rain and wind let up a bit.

[Bruce Osgood]

Sad Eyed Lady....

Scan lacks detail.
4X5 Delta 100; Xtol 1:2
Foma Velvet 123; LPD 1:3

Actually a decaying Hog Barn in Minn.

[DavyG]

An old calculator (is that the correct word for this?) in an abandoned hospital

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8221/8338666417_3a46a716fe.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8338666417/)
4x5 urbex 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8338666417/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

[Leigh]

It could be a calculator or an adding machine.
An adding machine can only add and subtract.
A calculator can multiply and divide as well as add and subtract.

Nice shot.

- Leigh

[Holdenrichards]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8352/8337789323_e023b16715_b.jpg

The Burwell School is a historic house museum located in Hillsborough, NC that preserves and interprets the history of its antebellum and Civil War era residents. Here looking a bit dishoveled as a recent windstorm knocked a shutter loose.

1903 Eastman View No. 1 - Agfa Repomaster 185mm - f/45 - Kodak B/RA X-Ray - 8x10 Film - HC 100 1+200 - Unaltered Negative Scan

[Jeffrey Sipress]

The kitchen at the La Purisima Mission in Lompoc, CA. Old stuff, new film.


http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/missionkitchen.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Jeffrey,

I love the light on this one. Couldn't have asked for better.

[Scott Schroeder]

Jeffrey,

I love the light on this one. Couldn't have asked for better.

Agreed. It's my favorite kind. It just has that comfy feel to it.

[Dean]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8510/8348350377_d8ccc48b89_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348350377/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img101 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348350377/)

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

I like it very much, Dean.

[stradibarrius]

Dean, this is an outstanding image!!! Excellent use of DOF and the detail in the subject of the motor and pump. How did you meter this scene to have the wonderful tones and not come out with a dark interior???


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8510/8348350377_d8ccc48b89_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348350377/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img101 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348350377/)

[Holdenrichards]

多啦73 的 img101 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348350377/)

Stellar Photograph!!

[Marek Warunkiewicz]

Here are a few of mine.
86883868848688586886

[lbenac]

Wista 45DX Angulon 90/6.8 HP5

Toulouse-Lautrec
http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s4/v63/p1374890470.jpg

[lineus]

Hermann Castle, Narva, Estonia
Wista 45, Nikkor 90/4.5 and 180/5.6

http://www.photolineus.com/Architecture/Narva-castle-Estonia/i-qvV7sTR/0/XL/13s-XL.jpg

http://www.photolineus.com/Architecture/Narva-castle-Estonia/i-m6KW7hw/0/XL/7s-XL.jpg

[Peter Lewin]

Shed or storage structure, Parrott Street, Chatham NJ (backyard of building dating to early 1800s):

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8373427474_4bf05e2932_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8373427474/)
img079 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8373427474/) by Pete Lewin (http://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr
Expired Tri-X (1995), HC-110, Canham 4x5

Comments always welcome.

[Ramiro Elena]

This is part of a "Masia" a name for country houses in Catalonia.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8386244191_6a484737da_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8386244191/)
BV-2112 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8386244191/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

Xenar 150mm at f16
Foma100 in Moersch Finol
Toyo 45A

[MMELVIS]

Here are a few of mine.
86883868848688586886

The 2nd image is very well composed, great work.

[Corran]

Old country store in White Springs, FL. Needed a slightly wider lens, this is the entire frame - I might have to come back with my 120mm instead another day. Taken with a Schneider APO 150mm, TMX100 + Rodinal:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Untitled-64cs.jpg

[jon.oman]

Old country store in White Springs, FL. Needed a slightly wider lens, this is the entire frame - I might have to come back with my 120mm instead another day. Taken with a Schneider APO 150mm, TMX100 + Rodinal:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Untitled-64cs.jpg

That is a cool looking building! You should go back, there is a lot in that image.....

[Corran]

You're right, I should. I had already hiked about 4 hours at this point and had to get on, but it's only an hour or so away so I should go and explore the possibilities a bit. I do have another vantage point that I shot with some Velvia hanging to dry so I'll post that in a few...

[Corran]

And here it is - taken with a Nikkor 90mm f/8 on Velvia 50 (very sad that I only have a few more sheets of this left :()

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Untitled-65ss.jpg

[stradibarrius]

I like this shot much better!!

[Corran]

Me too! I need to stop trying to shoot buildings head-on. I don't know why I do that, I think I have a natural want to see symmetry, but angled is almost always better. This is the most interesting building I've seen in Florida - reminds me of something more likely to be in the old west.

[bbuszard]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8404811963_d3583f4454_b.jpg

A closeup experiment in Colonial Williamsburg. I didn't have a ruler, but I racked the bellows out to get around a 1:2 ratio and used an aperture of 1:16 to keep the top of the fence as the central interest. The crack in the paint lit by the sunbeam was what originally caught my eye. I would have preferred to swing the front, but I was on my tiptoes just framing the shot. I needed an assistant to stand on.

[jon.oman]

And here it is - taken with a Nikkor 90mm f/8 on Velvia 50 (very sad that I only have a few more sheets of this left :()

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Untitled-65ss.jpg

Great image! But, I still like your B&W......

[DavyG]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8406235150_6b05ddc37d_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8406235150/)
Vonåen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8406235150/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

Taken on expired Kodak Portra - that's the reason for the funky colours. From Vonåen in Ringkøbing, Denmark

[cpercy]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8404811963_d3583f4454_b.jpg

A closeup experiment in Colonial Williamsburg. I didn't have a ruler, but I racked the bellows out to get around a 1:2 ratio and used an aperture of 1:16 to keep the top of the fence as the central interest. The crack in the paint lit by the sunbeam was what originally caught my eye. I would have preferred to swing the front, but I was on my tiptoes just framing the shot. I needed an assistant to stand on.

Very nice I like this one a lot.

[Dean]

Dean, this is an outstanding image!!! Excellent use of DOF and the detail in the subject of the motor and pump. How did you meter this scene to have the wonderful tones and not come out with a dark interior???

Thanks for your comments!

[Dean]

I like it very much, Dean.



Thank you Siliceo !

[Dean]

Stellar Photograph!!

Thank you !

[Dean]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8348351181_1646f95d9f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348351181/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img103 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348351181/)

[bbuszard]

Very nice I like this one a lot.

Thank-you. This one is from the same visit:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5348/8410951363_2ccb42a8e7_b.jpg

This was a memento mori moment for me: it's the grave of some eminent person on the grounds of the colonial Williamsburg church, which was the colonial capital at the time. The moss has eaten away half of the epitaph and the grave is reduced to scenery now. Another generation or two and the entire thing will be illegible. I wonder how much money the family of the deceased sank into the memorial.

I used front tilt and a pretty wide aperture to separate the upper surface from the background a bit.

[jon.oman]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8348351181_1646f95d9f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348351181/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img103 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348351181/)

Nice one Dean!

[Dean]

Nice one Dean!

Thank you jon!

[Dean]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8348350871_2c535fd4ab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348350871/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img097 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8348350871/)

[Dean]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8349408354_d311cc51e4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8349408354/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img100 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8349408354/)

[bbuszard]

I like several of your industrial shots, Dean, but the sunbeams in the first one are magical.

[bbuszard]

Williamsburg oldness continues:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8362/8420343417_703cfd9cc3_b.jpg

This one is an old well right in the middle of colonial Billyburg. I played around with the arrangement of the posts, pail, vents, background chimney, etc. for a while and settled on a pretty low angle with some front rise to hold the verticals. I presume there was once a pulley suspended from the iron hook.

[Peter Lewin]

Dean: Just curious, since I am enjoying your photographs a lot: Here in NJ where I live, access to unused, old, industrial sites, such as the one you seem to be photographing, is almost impossible. Can you tell us something about the site in your pictures, and how you get in?

[Dean]

Dean: Just curious, since I am enjoying your photographs a lot: Here in NJ where I live, access to unused, old, industrial sites, such as the one you seem to be photographing, is almost impossible. Can you tell us something about the site in your pictures, and how you get in?


I really appretiate for your enjoyment. I took these pictures in Mengkuang located in Xiangtan city,Hunan province. Mengkuang is named for rich manganese metal and its oxides, and it's really an industrical city. The cite was abandoned for many years, three months ago I heard that it was sold to some group, and it will be broken down soon. I realized that I should do something before it disppears, and I was lucky that I have some friends driving me to the cite. And there are some old guards who ever were the workers there.

we talked with them and tried to make them believe that we have feeling oupon the old junk, gave some cigarette, you know, for the permittion to enter into.
After I took 10 sheets, I really love the rejected machines covered with slag and even the moss.

Each weekend I go there for the shooting, (you know, the weather is not always good for the pictures), unfortunately my shutter speed cannot catch up with the speed of dismantling, yesterday I went there again, but nearly all of the blast furnaces had been completely flattened.It's a pity, anyway,I've done the best to record the forgotten time.

[Peter Lewin]

... unfortunately my shutter speed cannot catch up with the speed of dismantling, yesterday I went there again, but nearly all of the blast furnaces had been completely flattened.It's a pity, anyway,I've done the best to record the forgotten time.
Dean: Thank you for the information. While each of your images stands on its own, you have added an additional level in that they also work together to tell the story of one particular place and time.

[David Lobato]

Kleb Woods Nature Center

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Kleb%20Woods%20Discs%201%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45AR, 210mm Nikkor, Ilford Delta 400

[ImSoNegative]

Nice Shot David!!

[David Lobato]

Another from last Sunday. This is at an old homestead on the property.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Kleb%20Woods%20Window%20Lamp%20750LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, 210mm Nikkor, Delta 400

[David Lobato]

Farm Machinery in the Barn

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Kleb%20Woods%20Machine%20Gears%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, 210mm Nikkor, T-Max 400, 4 minute exposure at f32

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/fw_railroad_bldg1.jpg

The Texas and Pacific Building in downtown Fort Worth Texas.

Shen-Hoa PTB 6x17
Schneider 90mm f/8 lens
Kodak T-Max 400

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/warren_barn_4x5.jpg

Captured this a couple days ago during the large storm system that moved across Missouri displaying the parallels of light.

Shen-Hoa PTB 4x5
Schneider 150mm f/5.6 lens
3 stop hard grad filter
Kodak T-Max 100 (ex. 1994)

[andreios]

Nice to see you back, Mark, some great work again!

[Miguel Coquis]

[QUOTE=C4D;985055]http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/warren_barn_4x5.jpg
...beautiful !!!!

[mikebarger]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/warren_barn_4x5.jpg

Captured this a couple days ago during the large storm system that moved across Missouri displaying the parallels of light.

Shen-Hoa PTB 4x5
Schneider 150mm f/5.6 lens
3 stop hard grad filter
Kodak T-Max 100 (ex. 1994)

Outstanding!!!!!

[C4D]

Thanks everyone!!!

One more to share... I posted the black and white 4x5 version of this back in November but I also captured a frame with my 6x17 camera with some Velvia 50 and recently got it developed and scanned.

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/labanonhouse_pano1.jpg

Shen-Hoa PTB 6x17
Schneider 150mm f/5.6 lens
CPL and 3 stop hard grad
Velvia 50

[RHITMrB]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8436575679_aaaf101076_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8436575679/)
Fairbury Ready-Mix (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8436575679/) by Isaac Sachs (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

[northcarolinajack]

Returning from a trip to Pee Dee NWF and had to stop to photograph this abandon house. I am unable to pass the many abandon houses you see if you only look. At each house I wonder what happened. You know for sure the house was build with care and was a home to likely a happy family at one time. What happens?

Camera – Old Speed Graflex
Lens – Wide Angle 4x5 Danforth uncorked
Film – HP-4 in HC-110 at 50/1

Jack

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

[bobwysiwyg]

I'm also intrigued by such scenes, houses, farms, old equipment. There has to be a story behind each and every one of them. I suspect sad in most cases.

[Preston]

Morgan Chapel, Tuolumne County, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/04sp01-ad-1-bw-lg-Web.jpg

This is a conversion from a Velvia 100 Chrome. The orginal shot was made in 2004. I've been having fun going back in my archive and finding new things in old things.

Tachihara 4x5
Nikkor 90mm

There is truly a lot of very nice work in this thread!

--P

[deadhumpy]

Here is my first real post. I'm still fine tuning my scanner so don't mind all the dust. I'm been having a hard enough time just trying to get the betterscanner holder calibrated to the right height. Taken with an old crown graphic. Not sure about exposure settings, used my nikon for a light meter. I've shot this place a lot with digital mostly a canon 5d mark 2. The detail is close between them. I think with a better scan I'd get much sharper results, but over all i'm please with the film scan. The color seems much more natural. The picture is an old cannery from around the 1940's. It's amazing how many of these places were built in the most remote locations.
88685

[andreios]

Posted this in altprocess thread but I think it fits here as well:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8435061879_1dc9f64467_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreios/8435061879/)
Blatna Castle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreios/8435061879/) by andreios (http://www.flickr.com/people/andreios/), on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

One I shot yesturday, this is an old log cabin located at John C. Campbell Folk School in brasstown NC, shot with the 5x7, 90mm caltar W, no. 25 filter, fp4

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8452683126_36c1577b8a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/8452683126/)
Cabin at John C Campbell folkschool (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/8452683126/) by J. Golden (http://www.flickr.com/people/28713901@N04/), on Flickr

[vphill]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8461996119_3493632725_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8461996119/)

Ralls Elevator, Ralls Texas
February 10, 2010

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Rodenstock 90mm Grandagon-N f/6.8
Film: FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 1/60 @ f16

[JBelthoff]

The Farm: Allamuchy - New Jersey. Sinar P 4x5. Rodenstock 150mm Sironar. Delta 100 developed in Pyrocat-HD 1:1:100.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8462953233_48dabbbc42_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbelthoff/8462953233/)
The Farm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbelthoff/8462953233/) by JBelthoff (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbelthoff/), on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

nice shot

[mikebarger]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8461996119_3493632725_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8461996119/)

Ralls Elevator, Ralls Texas
February 10, 2010

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Rodenstock 90mm Grandagon-N f/6.8
Film: FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 1/60 @ f16




Very nice!!

[Preston]

John and VPhill--very nice work!

--P

[lbenac]

Wista 45DX Angulon 90/6.8 FP4 Pyrocat

Castle of Beynac in the Perigord Noir

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s8/v81/p1427831600.jpg

Luc Benac (our castle was a lot lot smaller :-) )

[jkcz]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8461996119_3493632725_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8461996119/)

Ralls Elevator, Ralls Texas
February 10, 2010

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Rodenstock 90mm Grandagon-N f/6.8
Film: FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 1/60 @ f16

Nice shot, remind me images from Bernd & Hilla Becher. :)

[saturnus]

Camera: Korona 5x7"
Lens: noname 210/4.5
Film: efke 100pl + ilfosol 3
Exposure: 1/15 @ f11
89286


Camera: Korona 5x7"
Lens: CZJ Tessar 165/4.5
Film: efke 100pl + ilfosol 3
Exposure: 1/15 @ f11
89287

[MMELVIS]

Fort in St Augustine Florida
Motley 8x10 camera
Berthiot Perigraphe 120mm f14 lens
Ilford 5 HP5 plus 400
Developed in Arista Developer

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8468760573_1acf03f6e8_b.jpg

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/lebanon_schoolhouse1.jpg

One room school house entrance.
I unscrewed the rear doublet of my TTH lens and shot his wide open with only the singlet front element... always gives a unique effect.

Shen-Hoa PTB 4x5 camera
TTH Triplet f/4.5 lens
Fomapan 100 film

[cpercy]

One I shot yesturday, this is an old log cabin located at John C. Campbell Folk School in brasstown NC, shot with the 5x7, 90mm caltar W, no. 25 filter, fp4

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8452683126_36c1577b8a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/8452683126/)
Cabin at John C Campbell folkschool (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/8452683126/) by J. Golden (http://www.flickr.com/people/28713901@N04/), on Flickr


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8461996119_3493632725_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8461996119/)

Ralls Elevator, Ralls Texas
February 10, 2010

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Rodenstock 90mm Grandagon-N f/6.8
Film: FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 1/60 @ f16


The Farm: Allamuchy - New Jersey. Sinar P 4x5. Rodenstock 150mm Sironar. Delta 100 developed in Pyrocat-HD 1:1:100.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8462953233_48dabbbc42_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbelthoff/8462953233/)
The Farm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbelthoff/8462953233/) by JBelthoff (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbelthoff/), on Flickr

Top notch stuff guys, really nice.

[vphill]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8501468429_9119fd3b84_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8501468429/)

Seven Hammers, Gainesville, TX

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Schneider 135mm Symmar-S f/5.6
Film: FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 45 sec @ f16

[austin granger]

Along Highway 97, Washington
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8507908942_5153eb6671_b.jpg

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

[Ramiro Elena]

Tim Burton's house? I wouldn't want to be there at night.

[vphill]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8505672490_7c083e7072_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8505672490/)
Moved To Weatherford (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8505672490/) by vphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/vphill/), on Flickr

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Schneider 135mm Symmar-S f/5.6
Film: Ilford FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 30 Sec @ f22
Date: February 20, 2013

[jkcz]

Along Highway 97, Washington
http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/
i like it!

[Maris Rusis]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8505672490_7c083e7072_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8505672490/)
Moved To Weatherford (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8505672490/) by vphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/vphill/), on Flickr

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Schneider 135mm Symmar-S f/5.6
Film: Ilford FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 30 Sec @ f22
Date: February 20, 2013

Yikes! Look at the interplay of negative and positive spaces, the visual metaphors for time and change, and the sky. What a fantastic sky.

[ShawnHoke]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8505672490_7c083e7072_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8505672490/)
Moved To Weatherford (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8505672490/) by vphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/vphill/), on Flickr


Fantastic shot. That light pole on the right really sets things up nicely.

[austin granger]

Abandoned Schoolhouse, Goodnoe Hills, Washington
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8235/8513868888_928eaec7ef_b.jpg

If you're interested, there is a mate to this in the tiny formats thread.

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

[laohesk]

i think the largeformat camera is best for old things.....
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8505915179_3bf88cb9e0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/laohesk/8505915179/)

[laohesk]

old building

url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/laohesk/8505915395/]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8505915395_a2e4b42230_c.jpg[/url]

[Roger Thoms]

Wow those clouds are something else.

Roger


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8505672490_7c083e7072_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8505672490/)
Moved To Weatherford (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vphill/8505672490/) by vphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/vphill/), on Flickr

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Schneider 135mm Symmar-S f/5.6
Film: Ilford FP4+ @ ISO 64
Exposure: 30 Sec @ f22
Date: February 20, 2013

[jkcz]

11x14, Meyer Doppel Anastigmat 300/6.8, printed on Fomatone 131, slightly toned in KRST.

[andreios]

Very nice image Jiri...

[Bob Mann]

The front room in the Olson House in Cushing, Maine. Taken during a workshop session given by Tillman Crane, July of 2012.

[DavyG]

I've just returned from a short trip to southern France - Hautes Pyrenees, to be precise. Surprisingly, I found the region to be bristling with abandoned houses and ruins.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8519089216_6808d4c778_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8519089216/)
Abandoned Madonna (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8519089216/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8517977695_bc4d392bfd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8517977695/)
Umbrellas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8517977695/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8519090706_f6fcd3e882_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8519090706/)
Farm Ruin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8519090706/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

Finally found a buyer for our 1965 Thunderbird. I hate to see it go, but it hasn't been driven in ten years and I'm not the guy to fix it. I figured I should take a few more photos of it before it's gone for good.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 4.25" B&L projection Petzval, 4x5 T-Max 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMX100-T-Bird-Taillligh.jpg

Jonathan

[cpercy]

Finally found a buyer for our 1965 Thunderbird. I hate to see it go, but it hasn't been driven in ten years and I'm not the guy to fix it. I figured I should take a few more photos of it before it's gone for good.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 4.25" B&L projection Petzval, 4x5 T-Max 100 (expired 1999).

Jonathan, I'm not usually interested in bird photography but this one is quite nice.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMX100-T-Bird-Taillligh.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Clay.

Here's the other vehicle we have mouldering on the property, a 1972 Saab wagon. It belongs to my brother. (We have a driveway; he doesn't.) It's starting to go downhill, but there are some interesting photo possibilities hiding in and around it. If you look closely you can see my reflection in the bumper on the right.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 18cm f/4.5 Xenar, 4x5 T-Max 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMX-100-Saab-Tailllight.jpg

Jonathan

[Raffay]

The front room in the Olson House in Cushing, Maine. Taken during a workshop session given by Tillman Crane, July of 2012.

Amazing shot, how did you meter this, everything is as it should be...

[DavyG]

I was out exploring today in an abandoned (and huge) slaughterhouse, when I came across this:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8527759545_18610c254d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8527759545/)
Creepy doll 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8527759545/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

This was simply a scene too good to miss, so I took another:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8085/8528874138_2b16171fff_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8528874138/)
Creepy doll 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8528874138/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

film: TMax 400 @ 320
lens: Schneider 150mm 5.6 @ 11
exposure: 10 seconds or so...
developed in HC-110

It's rather fitting for an old slaughterhouse, I think...

[Corran]

...creepy!

[Pfiltz]

Not sure if this fit's this catagory.

4x5 Graphic View
FomaPan film
Arista Developer

30th @ f22'sh

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/GrainBins.jpg
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http://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/GrainBins2.jpg
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[Bob Mann]

Amazing shot, how did you meter this, everything is as it should be...

Used a spot meter and the zone system, it was a great day - bright overcast light with enough sun to make a shadow on the floor.

[Raffay]

Used a spot meter and the zone system, it was a great day - bright overcast light with enough sun to make a shadow on the floor.

Thank you, I am also trying to learn the ZS, and it would be really helpful if you could share your readings and how you put them in different zones, it will be much easier, for me to put things together, if I could get a sense of how you used it in getting this picture.

Cheers
Raffay

[Bob Mann]

Thank you, I am also trying to learn the ZS, and it would be really helpful if you could share your readings and how you put them in different zones, it will be much easier, for me to put things together, if I could get a sense of how you used it in getting this picture.

Cheers
Raffay

It was a while ago and I don't keep detailed records - As I recall, the shadow was a Zone III and the sunlight on the floor was an VIII or IX - I didn't meter the sky. I will usually look at the spot readings to place a Zone III value and look at how the rest of the scene will fall into place, then base my exposure on the Zone III reading.

Hope that helps -

Bob

[Bob Mann]

Here is another from the Olson House in Cushing, Maine. This is the back window in the kitchen area. ( 5x7 - HP5 in Pyrocat )

[Raffay]

It was a while ago and I don't keep detailed records - As I recall, the shadow was a Zone III and the sunlight on the floor was an VIII or IX - I didn't meter the sky. I will usually look at the spot readings to place a Zone III value and look at how the rest of the scene will fall into place, then base my exposure on the Zone III reading.

Hope that helps -

Bob

Sorry for bothering you with this, but I see this as a perfect opportunity to learn, when you say the shadow was zone III, which exact area are you referring to, this will help me visualise also. Secondly, did you visualise that area as zone three or was it falling in that luminous range. Then I guess you took the reading with a spot meter and it gave you aperture and shutter for a middle grey, right. Then you adjusted the shutter or aperture to expose for zone three, right? Say for instance when you set the exposure to make the shadows zone three you also bring the highlight area down from say VII to V then while developing do you develop for N+ whatever is required, correct?

Cheers
Raffay

[Bob Mann]

Sorry for bothering you with this, but I see this as a perfect opportunity to learn, when you say the shadow was zone III, which exact area are you referring to, this will help me visualise also.

Left side of window, where baseboard meets floor.

Secondly, did you visualise that area as zone three or was it falling in that luminous range.

Visualise


Then I guess you took the reading with a spot meter and it gave you aperture and shutter for a middle grey, right. Then you adjusted the shutter or aperture to expose for zone three, right?

Yes

Say for instance when you set the exposure to make the shadows zone three you also bring the highlight area down from say VII to V then while developing do you develop for N+ whatever is required, correct?

Normal development as I recall

[Raffay]

Thank you Bob, I really appreciate it.

Cheers
Raffay

[jcoldslabs]

Austin pointed out this defunct sign to me while we were out photographing at the train yard yesterday, so I need to give him spotter's credit.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 4.25" B&L projection Petzval, T-Max 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMX100-Motel-Sign-01.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

I like that one a lot Jonathan. Personally, regardless of original orientation, I think I'd flip it sideways so it read top to bottom correctly, and then the graffiti was sideways - but that's probably just personal taste.

[jcoldslabs]

Bryan,

I tried that at first and it looked a little weird to me, but now that you mention it, what's the verdict?


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMX100-Motel-Sign-01b.jpg

I may have to go back and shoot it some more. It's a pretty cool sign. The motel must have been called Excalibur or some such because there is a big sword sticking through at an angle (you can see part of the "blade" above at center right).

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

And one more, a close-up of the same sign between the "M" and the "O".

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 15cm f/4.5 Zeiss Tessar @ f/16, 4x5 T-Max 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMX100-Motel-Sign-02a.jpg

Jonathan

[Peter Lewin]

Jonathan, sorry to repeat myself, but you have a great eye for images, once again you have found fascinating images where others (which means I) might have just walked past!

[austin granger]

I like the first one, because it tells you that the sign is lying on the ground somewhere. Although, now that I look at it, the second one is interesting too, as if you've climbed up to the top of a motel sign. It makes me kind of dizzy. I think I'm going to have to go back and make a photo of this myself. There's a part of it (not shown in your pic) with an arrow that reads "enter," and the "enter" arrow is pointed straight at the ground. I like that sort of thing. I didn't even consider a close up. And that's the sort of thing that I'll always find fascinating, the way that two different people will see the same thing so differently. There are infinite possibilities everywhere!

[Ramiro Elena]

I like the second one. Benefits of not having been there and see the correct orientation.
Question is, why in the hell have you not taken the sign with you???

[Corran]

I like it sideways! It does give one a sense of vertigo. Personally, I might've changed perspective slightly by taking one step right and maybe back one too - that might alleviate the vertigo, though maybe that's the coolest part of the photo!

For the life of me I can't see the blade.

[jcoldslabs]

Once again you have found fascinating images where others (which means I) might have just walked past!

I'm not so sure about that, Peter. I think if any of us walked past a 20 foot long rotting motel sign lying on its side we would stop to photograph it. You don't see these every day. (Plus, as I mentioned, Austin had to point it out to me to begin with!)



I think I'm going to have to go back and make a photo of this myself. There's a part of it (not shown in your pic) with an arrow that reads "enter," and the "enter" arrow is pointed straight at the ground. I like that sort of thing. I didn't even consider a close up. And that's the sort of thing that I'll always find fascinating, the way that two different people will see the same thing so differently. There are infinite possibilities everywhere!

I saw the "ENTER" arrow, but the fact that it points at the ground (and the potential irony and/or symbolism) didn't occur to me at all. Ten photographers would all have very different takes on this sign, I am sure. I will definitely be going back, not just for the sign but for the whole industrial area. Thanks again for the impetus to the me out of the house.



Question is, why in the hell have you not taken the sign with you???

Because it's HUGE! While photographing it I thought, "I wonder why it's just lying here like this." But when you see the size and scale, it would take an awfully big truck and a crane to move it.



Personally, I might've changed perspective slightly by taking one step right and maybe back one too - that might alleviate the vertigo, though maybe that's the coolest part of the photo!

I moved the tripod all over the place trying to get what seemed like the best perspective, and I still wasn't completely satisfied with the result. There was also a big pile of old railroad ties right behind me, so getting the camera further back was difficult. That little Petzval was the widest lens I had with me, but it may not have been the best choice. I agree the image is a bit vertiginous, and not entirely in a good way. But like I said, I'll be going back. I hope Austin does, too, so we can compare versions. I'd also like to shoot it in color.

Jonathan

[Corran]

Cool - color sounds interesting as well. Looking forward to it.

[DavyG]

I've been out exploring again. This time at an old and now abandoned market garden (I'm not quite sure that is the correct english word for this)

In the middle of a mostly empty field stands this tall chimney

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8098/8537951120_7e942071da_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8537951120/)
Chimney (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8537951120/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

And in between some trees nearby there is a ruin of an old house
(10 points to the one that first spots the naked lady!)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8537973200_660e51878c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8537973200/)
Ruin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8537973200/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr

[bobwysiwyg]

Is it my eyesight going, or is that chimney not straight? :)

[Chuck P.]

It has a slight curve to the left as far as I can see.................

[welly]

Eveleigh Railway Workshop, NSW, Australia

I feel like I've got my developing almost figured out. Of course, in this shot the window at the back has blown out. But anyway..

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pwWX-tqappA/UTm-qWEwVHI/AAAAAAAAAUM/ICJ_1-zyF3Q/s990/2013-Mar-08--21-19-48.jpg

Here's another that you may have seen in a recent thread of mine.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GDphnua4kCQ/UTm-rHbBZAI/AAAAAAAAAUU/74qUw6RRw8U/s990/2013-Mar-08--21-25-54.jpg

[Leigh]

I feel like I've got my developing almost figured out. Of course, in this shot the window at the back has blown out.
I don't understand this obsession about blown highlights.

If a bright area has no detail, blow it. Let the viewer understand and appreciate the fact that it's bright.
The details and tonality of the equipment in the building are much more interesting than a pure white featureless expanse of sky that's been dumbed down to ZVII.

Sheesh... Anybody'd think blown highlights equate to kiddie porn.

BTW Welly, I really like those old factory interiors. Very nice.

- Leigh

[Corran]

welly - I agree with Leigh in a general sense. However, in the first one, I personally would've lowered the camera a bit and taken a step left to simply eliminate the window entirely. Even if you had detail there it is just a distracting white blob in an otherwise homogeneous photo.

The second one seems a tad dark to me.

[bobwysiwyg]

I guess we all see and interpret scenes differently, which is good. To me the window is important to the scene. It's a clue to size of the space.

[mandoman7]

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-v7LvRkJ/0/L/scan862b-L.jpg
Petaluma Feed Mill


http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-D9w67Mf/0/L/scan909-L.jpg
Railroad Crossing Nr. Memorial Bridge, Healdsburg
Deardorff 8x; 10" Dagor, HP5

[David Schaller]

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-v7LvRkJ/0/L/scan862b-L.jpg
Petaluma Feed Mill


http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-D9w67Mf/0/L/scan909-L.jpg
Railroad Crossing Nr. Memorial Bridge, Healdsburg
Deardorff 8x; 10" Dagor, HP5


Both of these are just great. The Petaluma Feed Mill photo blows me away.
Thanks for sharing,
Dave

[jp]

WOW! The mix of rich tones and texture and the bright glow of the rails is something special here.



http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-D9w67Mf/0/L/scan909-L.jpg
Railroad Crossing Nr. Memorial Bridge, Healdsburg
Deardorff 8x; 10" Dagor, HP5
[/CENTER]

[mandoman7]

Thanks Dave and JP. Those came from a recent effort to catalog/scan old work, where I seemed to be into old metal things. Here's another from the mid 90's.

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-h6mLpbb/0/L/scan900a-L.jpg
Refrigerator Truck
Deardorff 8x; 12" Ektar, HP5

[jcoldslabs]

At the backyard fence yesterday afternoon.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 210mm f/5.5 Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat, T-Max 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMX100%2899%29-Fence-01.jpg

Jonathan

[Pfiltz]

Sitting off the highway to the studio.

Graphic View, Arista EDU, Arista developer

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/Barnhwy22.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

91013 This church has been here for 100 years now .. shot with a 58mm on 4x5 320 txp Chamonix

[jcoldslabs]

Paper negatives from today. The Saab is in our driveway; the Ford is in our neighbors'.

Kodak 2D 8x10, 15" B&L projection Petzval, RC paper negatives.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-PNRC-Saab.jpg




http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-PNRC-Ford.jpg

Jonathan

[Dean]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8527372210_2ce0df668c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8527372210/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img129 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8527372210/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8526258893_40e92c51c9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8526258893/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (http://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 img132 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8526258893/)

[bobwysiwyg]

Dean, great handling of the lighting.

[DavyG]

Dean, those are some awesome pictures! Very good job :)

[Nathan Potter]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8558215416_2757561a09_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8558215416/)
45AU-2-20-13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8558215416/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

My favorite watering hole west of Austin. Grand old general store, post office with drinking spot in the back. Cloudy, somber day a few weeks ago. Astia 100 Quickload, TK45, Leitz Summar (macro), v750 scanned with PS fixes.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Corran]

Nate, I really like that one!

[John Olsen]

Barn on Rte 260 in the Palouse (WA). TriX in Toyo 4x5., 150 mm lens.
91289

[northcarolinajack]

The sun rays are very good touch.

Jack

[largeformatguy]

91319

I have no Idea what this USED to be but it is now a junkyard.

Palladium ptint on COT 320 in Potassium Oxalate @ 135F

B&J 5x7 w/16.5cm Angulon. I had to use the dark slide to shield the lens. From the shadows, one can see that the sun is at about 2 oclock.

[largeformatguy]

91322

Blackberry vines and window of vacent house.

[Larry H-L]

http://www.eyelement.com/photos/three_sheds.jpg

Calumet 8 x 10, 420mm, Ilford Delta 400, HC-110

[RHITMrB]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8520/8564088026_ae0035cf07_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8564088026/)
For Sale (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/8564088026/) by Isaac Sachs (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

[austin granger]

Abandoned Farmhouse, Forest Grove
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8392/8571253020_3f914ff2f6_z.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

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


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMY%2898%29-Saab-Warning6.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

And another, slightly less abstract angle.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 18c, f/4.5 Xenar, TMY (expired 1998).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMY%2898%29-Saab-Mirror-1a.jpg

Jonathan

[Leigh]

Abandoned Farmhouse, Forest Grove
Neat shot Austin... but you failed to correct the verticals.

An oversight, I'm sure. :D

- Leigh

[Peter Lewin]

Neat shot Austin... but you failed to correct the verticals.

An oversight, I'm sure. :D

- Leigh
Darn ... you beat me to it! I was going to suggest to Austin that he level the camera before taking the photo!

[austin granger]

Oh, that house is perfectly fine-all the leaning's in your head.

Actually, I think it's going to go at any minute. I stayed away from the right side, just in case. Just imagine the headline: "Photographer Flattened by Subject!" I'd never live it down.

[jon.oman]

And another, slightly less abstract angle.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 18c, f/4.5 Xenar, TMY (expired 1998).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMY%2898%29-Saab-Mirror-1a.jpg

Jonathan

I really like this, and the one before it!

[jcoldslabs]

Just imagine the headline: "Photographer Flattened by Subject!" I'd never live it down.

This made me think about the fact that every time we photograph three dimensional space and display a two dimensional representation of it, the headline always reads: "Photographer Flattens Subject." ;)

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

I really like this, and the one before it!

Thanks, Jon. I'm convinced I can still squeeze more photos out the the old Saab. Since it's parked in the driveway and not going anywhere without a tow truck, I have plenty of time to keep trying.

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Yes, "Subject Flattens Photographer!" should be the headline.

While I'm here, I'd like to say that I really like the Saab picture above, as well as the picture of the 3 a.m. bus stop. I think they're my new favorites of yours. There's a great sort of wash of light in both that is appealing and unique.

[mandoman7]

Thanks, Jon. I'm convinced I can still squeeze more photos out the the old Saab. Since it's parked in the driveway and not going anywhere without a tow truck, I have plenty of time to keep trying.

Jonathan
Great shot, Jonathan. Ironic to find good imagery in the driveway.

[mandoman7]

Continuing the bank door theme.

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-D425rZ9/0/L/Bodie%20Bank%20a-L.jpg
Bank at Bodie
Chamonix 45n1; 75mm SA, FP4, K12

[jcoldslabs]

Great shot, Jonathan. Ironic to find good imagery in the driveway.

Thanks. There's no irony for me, however, in finding images close to home. It's my standard operating procedure!

Jonathan

[Peter Lewin]

Mandoman: very nice, definitely one of the nicest images I've seen come out of Bodie. As an Easterner I've never made it there, but most of the images I've seen published before have been of the sun bleached wooden buildings, usually with a kind of "sameness" to them. Yours is both different and dramatic.

[mandoman7]

Thanks Peter. I was lucky and would have to credit some dramatic skies for getting a couple of good images that day.


http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-GkR6XvV/0/L/Bodie%2020x24c-L.jpg
Bodie House No. 1
Chamonix 45n1; 90mm F8 Nikkor, FP4, K12

[jon.oman]

Continuing the bank door theme.

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-D425rZ9/0/L/Bodie%20Bank%20a-L.jpg
Bank at Bodie
Chamonix 45n1; 75mm SA, FP4, K12

This is a wonderful image! Very dramatic......

[Steve M Hostetter]

elevator switchboard in the old Saint Francis Hospital 4x5" 320 txp Chamonix 58mm lens

[dperez]

Dean,

Excellent pictures.

-DP

[jp]

Very Very Nice! Keep it up!

Reminds me of a medium format of a similar subject.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/7987228881/in/photostream
The circles don' t have to exist in isolation/contrast either as you also showed in your link between the steering wheel and mirror.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8104225517/in/set-72157631531261637


And another, slightly less abstract angle.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 18c, f/4.5 Xenar, TMY (expired 1998).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMY%2898%29-Saab-Mirror-1a.jpg

Jonathan

[andreios]

Thanks Peter. I was lucky and would have to credit some dramatic skies for getting a couple of good images that day.


http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-GkR6XvV/0/L/Bodie%2020x24c-L.jpg
Bodie House No. 1
Chamonix 45n1; 90mm F8 Nikkor, FP4, K12

Wonderful image, John! Sometimes I really envy the vastness of the landscape on the other side of the herring pond..Whenever I find a nice subject and want to show it in the surroundings it's just wires, fences and roads...

[jcoldslabs]

Very Very Nice! Keep it up!

Thanks. And here's what I love about the image sharing that goes on here: I actually had that second image of yours in mind when I was making this one. Not that I was copying your work intentionally, but I really liked that shot and it was present in my thoughts as I was composing.

Jonathan

[Jim Cole]

continuing the bank door theme.

http://theblood.smugmug.com/other/lf-forum-photos/i-d425rz9/0/l/bodie%20bank%20a-l.jpg
bank at bodie
chamonix 45n1; 75mm sa, fp4, k12

pow!

[jp]

Thanks. And here's what I love about the image sharing that goes on here: I actually had that second image of yours in mind when I was making this one. Not that I was copying your work intentionally, but I really liked that shot and it was present in my thoughts as I was composing.

Jonathan

You might like a copy of this: Sort of post pictorialism, pre-contemporary: I had a taste for lots of styles I didn't even know were popular at one time.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393041115/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My medium format mirror photo (first one linked) is based on a combination of the second photo linked and John Paul Caponigro's sounding photos http://www.xritephoto.com/images/coloratti/John-Paul_Caponigro/Web-Large/Pic_08.jpg which I have a small print of on my wall. John's dad's I prefer as a photographer, but they are both creative.

[mandoman7]

pow!
Thanks Jim. That's what I thought when I clicked the shutter!

Wonderful image, John! Sometimes I really envy the vastness of the landscape on the other side of the herring pond..Whenever I find a nice subject and want to show it in the surroundings it's just wires, fences and roads...
Thanks Andreios. Wires and fences are what I find for the most part in my own immediate vicinity. This place takes some driving to get to

[largeformatguy]

Well, that didn't work. It refers to an attachment. Lets do it again.

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[jcoldslabs]

Back when we used to drive this beast and park it on the street, someone tired to pry off the "Thunderbird" logo from the side panel, but only managed to get "derbird," leaving us with a truncated "Thun."

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Hoya +4 close-up filter (~10" meniscus), TMY (expired 1998).


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

Jonathan

[jon.oman]

Jonathan, I really had a laugh about your 'Thun'!

[largeformatguy]

Well, that didn't work. It refers to an attachment. Lets do it again.

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Babblings aside:rolleyes:, this photograph was made in the ghost town of Ryolite, Nevada some years ago. I was on my way to Death Valley.
Made with the 120mm Super Angulon on the 4x5 Zone Vi.

Alan

[John Olsen]

This is from Drayton Harbor, near Blaine WA.
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[John Olsen]

Pleasant Valley, OR from last month's trip.91812

[cobbu2]

This farm was in Gaithersburg, MD, taken in 2011 and now is the site of condos, townhouses and shopping venues, still under construction. There is only one more farm left in Gaithersburg, and it too is destined for redevelopment.

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Burke and James 8x10 Grover, 305/4.5 Carl Meyer Anastigmat on Arista.edu 100, my very first attempt at LF.

[Pfiltz]

Thanks Peter. I was lucky and would have to credit some dramatic skies for getting a couple of good images that day.


http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-GkR6XvV/0/L/Bodie%2020x24c-L.jpg
Bodie House No. 1
Chamonix 45n1; 90mm F8 Nikkor, FP4, K12

Holy crap !

[mandoman7]

Holy crap !
Thanks Mr. Pfiltz. I feel lucky for this capture. I really had to talk myself into taking this side trip (at the end of a long journey).

[cpercy]

Back when we used to drive this beast and park it on the street, someone tired to pry off the "Thunderbird" logo from the side panel, but only managed to get "derbird," leaving us with a truncated "Thun."

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Hoya +4 close-up filter (~10" meniscus), TMY (expired 1998).




Jonathan

I Thun-k this ones pretty nice Jonathan.

[jcoldslabs]

I Thun-k this ones pretty nice Jonathan.

Thun-k you very much!

J.

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/square%20barn1.jpg

The Square Barn

Shen-Hoa PTB
Schneider 90mm f/8 + 3 stop hard grad
Fomapan 100

[Peter Lewin]

C4D: Very nice, I love the drama! I guess I'm going to have to learn how to use grad filters!

[C4D]

Thanks Peter!
Yeah grad filters are a definite must with isolated subjects and open sky :)