Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

[DennisD]

Very nice shots all of your on this page, so which scanner did you use each of you?

Thanks for your comment -
Regarding the scanning question - Hasselblad / Imacon X5 for the Dairy Farm


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http://www.jackandbeans.com/pbd/WI_PortWashington_CedarburgDairy_45scan228_sharp1127x900.jpg

[Professional]

Thanks for your comment -
Regarding the scanning question - Hasselblad / Imacon X5 for the Dairy Farm

Really i wish to afford this scanner :-(

[DennisD]

You don't have to buy one if you find a company or individual photographer who has such a scanner and can do scans for you. Here in the US such service is available. In UAE you might have to look harder, but can probably find - or mail you negs for scanning.

Typically pricing for such scans is quite reasonable although the scans are not as high quality as drum scans. Print size of 24x30 is no problem with this type scan.

[Professional]

You don't have to buy one if you find a company or individual photographer who has such a scanner and can do scans for you. Here in the US such service is available. In UAE you might have to look harder, but can probably find - or mail you negs for scanning.

Typically pricing for such scans is quite reasonable although the scans are not as high quality as drum scans. Print size of 24x30 is no problem with this type scan.

We have one lab that can do scan, they have Imacon not sure which model, but i was wondering when i asked them if they can scan 8x10 then they said yes but with another scanner than the Imacon one, could be a drum scanner? It is the best lab and maybe the only lab in the whole country, i always use them for my color films and they did a great job, very few times for B&W as i do that at home myself but i tested them to check quality of their processing.

Still i would like to afford an Imacon or Flextight X5 or better a drum scanner, they charge about $8 for B&W and color neg, but they charge about $15 for one 4x5 sheet, more for one 8x10 sheet.

[Bill Koechling]

103800
our old falling-down greenhouse
Arca Swiss C with Schneider 150mm Symmar on Polaroid 55

[jcoldslabs]

Our old falling-down greenhouse.

That looks ripe with photographic possibilities. I like it. Wish I had one in my back yard!

Jonathan

[David Lobato]

Kleb Farm a week ago today.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Kleb%20Woods%20Oct2013%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, HP5+, 125mm Fujinon W, Xtol 1:1

[mitch.goddard]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/10888824133_ed32606574_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgoddard/10888824133)

Chamonix 045N-2, Fujinon 135mm 5.6, Fuji Acros

[Bazz8]

very nice the texture and tone is great

[Peter Mounier]

Cemetery gate at the San Miguel Mission in San Miguel, CA.
Acros/xtol, Rodenstock Sironar-n 150mm, 1/125 @ f16.5

http://www.ipaforme.com/CemeteryGate.jpg

[TheToadMen]

Beautiful, beautiful !!

Cemetery gate at the San Miguel Mission in San Miguel, CA.
Acros/xtol, Rodenstock Sironar-n 150mm, 1/125 @ f16.5

http://www.ipaforme.com/CemeteryGate.jpg

[Peter Mounier]

Thank you very much!

[Preston]

Lovely images, Mitch and Peter.

Hinged, Columbia--

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/npn/898-1-sqcr-lg-Web.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S, 210mm
Astia 100F
October 2013

Critiques appreciated.

--P

[Peter Mounier]

Thank you Preston.

... added before my editing time ran out ...
Your photos are always an inspiration to me. Being a couple hundred miles from the mts., I don't get there as often as I'd like. And when I do, I don't bring my 4x5 camera because I'm usually on a couple long day hikes over the weekend with a buddy of mine. Seeing your mountain pics reminds me of the spectacular views I see but don't get to shoot.
Next summer I'm going to make at least one solo trip just to try to get a good shot or two.
Thanks for posting.

[Ironage]

Here is an old cabin along the Flathead river in Monatana. This homestead seems almost unchanged from its original. If someone wants an expensive fixer upper the land has been subdivided and is up for sale!
105588
5 x 7 Tri-x 320 developed in DK-50 1:1. Printed on Fomabrom 8 x 10. Toned in Nelson Gold.

[Preston]

Thank you, Peter. That's very kind of you to say so. If you think you'll be coming up this way, give me a holler. I'm always up for going out.

--P

[Peter Mounier]

Thank you Preston, I may take you up on that someday.

This is something my wife got from her mother ...
Betterlight. No other info available.

http://www.ipaforme.com/Angel.jpg

[Christo.Stankulov]

LMT 2000/ Apo-Lanthar 150/4.5@f8 HP5+@200 asa@ Moersch Tanol
http://cjoint.com/data/0Lcljh4h3fH_scan0038.jpg

[Harley Goldman]

Lovely images, Mitch and Peter.

Hinged, Columbia--

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/npn/898-1-sqcr-lg-Web.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S, 210mm
Astia 100F
October 2013

Critiques appreciated.

--P

Preston, it is good to know that the rumors of you becoming unhinged are just rumors and this image proves it. I think........

Real nice detail image. I like the combo of the distressed wood, grain and the hinge. Works real well.

[lbenac]

Mutuelles Du Mans, Rabastens

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s10/v111/p499808229-5.jpg

ShenHao XPO45 Kodak Ektar 203/7.7 FP4+ Pyrocat MC Jobo

[jp]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/11428259765_7e05f14496_c.jpg


http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/11428259765/

It's kinda imposing and spooky. I've got this old cottage on my property that gets a little more decrepid every year. Winter is my favorite time to photograph it. Owls Head Maine. Kodak 305mm portrait lens, 8x10 FP4+ film in pyrocat-hd. See the distortion and curved "plane" of focus which is why this lens wasn't made for 8x10 but is still fun if you're expecting it.

I saw the snow speckles on the window and immediately thought of Jonathan's dirty moldy tri-x. Sounds good but just kidding. I was just out photographing snow and wanted a dark photo of the cottage to go along with my white photos of the snow, and the roof was not contrasting with the sky enough, and light on the side of the building was too flat, so I photographed the door like i have for years. It's black and it wide; wide enough to lug a casket through. I've hung wreaths on it in years past and waited for snow for a Christmas card photo. But I was feeling the mood for gloomy and less realism. I had run out of film. So I went up to my house, grabbed a holder with one piece in it from the darkroom and went back shooting before I ran out of afternoon light. Even at 5.6-ish, I was in the 1 second range.

[jcoldslabs]

It's black and it wide; wide enough to lug a casket through.

I like this a lot. The top half looks like a snow globe with a conical tree inside.

As for moldy Tri-X, I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about. :rolleyes:

Jonathan

[Nathan Potter]

A recent image from Harrisville NH. The 1800's mill village in very well preserved condition. A National Historic site. TK45 with a 210 Nikon W on 12/2/13, in the rain. Fuji Astia Quickload using 2 chromes then tone mapped for extended DR. PS tweaked.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/11808884845_880d2e9d54_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/11808884845/)
45-12-2-13[t3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/11808884845/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Ramiro Elena]

You matched two chromes in one? Would love to see the unprocessed image to see what tone mapping does ;-)

[TheToadMen]

Could you plese explain to me what this means?
"Fuji Astia Quickload using 2 chromes then tone mapped for extended DR"
I'm not familiar with these terms.
Thanks,
Bert from Holland

A recent image from Harrisville NH. The 1800's mill village in very well preserved condition. A National Historic site. TK45 with a 210 Nikon W on 12/2/13, in the rain. Fuji Astia Quickload using 2 chromes then tone mapped for extended DR. PS tweaked.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/11808884845_880d2e9d54_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/11808884845/)
45-12-2-13[t3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/11808884845/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[brucep]

Hdr is a means of capturing a wider dynamic range than the capture media can handle. You take over and under exposed images and blend them with special Hdr software such as easyhdr
This is a common technique in digital photography when you typically take 3 shots at -2; normal and+2 stops. It often ends up over done, but done correctly you shouldn't know

Bruce

[Nathan Potter]

brucep explained it exactly. Historically when I've done 4 X 5 chromes I would sometimes bracket the images with +1 stop and - 1 stop exposures just to make sure I would get a useful image. Sometimes I would take three chromes at +1, on and -1. Costly, but for a special scene, worth while. I blend using Photomatix or recently PTGui. The blending is called tone mapping among other terms. Can be a tricky process to not overdo, unless that is the objective.

Recently I've done a few 4 X 5 chromes at +2 - ON - -2, extending the dynamic range from the normal 4 or 5 stops to about 9 stops. I've always done this with 35mm chromes back to 1950 or so hoping some day there would be a good way to blend the set. The day has arrived, although I'm really not completely satisfied with the software I've used so far. I also do this of course with a digital camera.

I know, I should probably go to negative color film for greater dynamic range but I like the direct viewing of chromes and given the difficulty and expense in getting a great image the cost is worth it to me.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Ramiro Elena]

I know HDR and use it digital. My question was more aimed at how you register the transparencies accurately, specially when you have trees in the background. Seems like it would be really hard considering film shift in the holder and scanning.

[Jose Rodriguez]

A recent image from Harrisville NH. The 1800's mill village in very well preserved condition. A National Historic site. TK45 with a 210 Nikon W on 12/2/13, in the rain. Fuji Astia Quickload using 2 chromes then tone mapped for extended DR. PS tweaked.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/11808884845_880d2e9d54_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/11808884845/)
45-12-2-13[t3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/11808884845/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

Nice job... really a very powerful picture.
Well done!

[Jose Rodriguez]

Pedraza Castle (Spain).

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/9208911228_16562b53bf_o.jpg

Horseman 45FA 4X5 Camera
Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N 150mm f/5.6
1/30 sec. @ f/22+1/2
Fomapan 100

[Corran]

I know HDR and use it digital. My question was more aimed at how you register the transparencies accurately, specially when you have trees in the background. Seems like it would be really hard considering film shift in the holder and scanning.

If I may - Photoshop does it automatically. Assuming you don't shift your point of view, which you wouldn't being on a tripod, it's quite simple. Only problem would come with wind.
Personally, I've done this a couple of times and not blended the exposure, but instead used the brighter exposure to mask in detail in the shadows. Personally, for me almost any tone mapping is "too much," and causes halos and weird bright areas in the sky where it meets the land/foliage.

[Peter Mounier]

Very nice Nate!
And worth the extra effort. I thought I saw something different at first glance, and when I read that you combined two images, I knew that was it.

[Ramiro Elena]

Ah yes, that's right, the newer PS does that. I looked at the image up close and you can see some artifacts to the top right of the frame. The whole scene is a nightmare to register. All that brick and branches... PS must have had a hell of a time trying to match all those pixels :D

The result is great. You can't tell it's been edited and that's good. Beautiful image.

[Nathan Potter]

I know HDR and use it digital. My question was more aimed at how you register the transparencies accurately, specially when you have trees in the background. Seems like it would be really hard considering film shift in the holder and scanning.

I don't register the separate images - the software does that after the images are loaded for processing. Most HDR software has a ghosting reduction command which is pretty effective, although not infallible. Of course it helps greatly to keep the tripod in exactly the same position between shots.
If I hand hold a speed graphic or DSLR then I reframe the images using PS such that the framing around the periphery is identical. Actually the image pair above were out of perspective and registration since I tripped over the tripod so had to guess where the original position was for the second shot.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Nathan Potter]

Yes Corran, there are a lot of headaches trying to get a natural appearance from HDR kinds of software. Most of the images I'm dissatisfied with, including the one above where, under close inspection, some ghosting can be seen. And yes the transition from deep shadows to highlights often result in a frustrating "halo" effect. For me this is a work in progress and only a possible solution to the narrow DR inherent with chromes. Hey I am only using PS CS so am in the dark ages so to speak.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[captainscot]

107914 8x10 deardorff, 19" red dot Artar, f32... i think.

[northcarolinajack]

One of my favorite visits is to Clines Antiques about 30 miles from home. The items change quickly with a never ending items that always surprises.
You will always find an item you did not know you needed with a visit to Clines. Just pick one from this photo.

Camera – Old Speed Graflex
Lens – 180mm Heliar
Film – Ilford HP-4 processed in HC- 110




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

[Corran]

Nice sousaphone! I would buy that in a heartbeat to fix up (looks like at least 2 valves are frozen up).

[Corran]

I thought I would post this for those keeping up with my ongoing project and eventually my show in November of this year documenting a local cotton mill.

Here is one of my favorite images that I posted in this thread a few months ago, printed to about 18x22 and framed to 22x26. Excuse the crappy cell phone photo:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/mill22x26.jpg

[Bazz8]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5507/11884600653_1cd0d57fe6_b.jpg
What Farmers do in their spare time on Kangaroo Island ( it,s a letter Box)
print 8x10 neg 5x4 Arista 200
Pacemaker Speed graphic 90mm lens

[Roger Cole]

Chapel of Ease - this burned out chapel is located on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. My wife and I visited the area last year for our anniversary. I shot this photo and she wrote a poem about the chapel.

Linhof Technika III
90mm Angulon
1/4 Second, f/16
#8 light yellow filter

Developed in D76 1+1

I just sold my first print since high school with this image, an 11x14. (In high school I sold some 8x10 Type R and Cibas to my English teacher for ten bucks a pop, no mounting or frame, if that counts. Of course that was 1979-80.)

I had tried to flatten it over the previous week, since a friend was having a one night, all media art show this Saturday, and after it emerged from the press it had a wavy, corrugated appearance along the long edges. (I normally have my FB prints professionally mounted and matted, but I didn't have time and wasn't about to pay for custom framing for this show.) I need to post about that in the print flattening thread. Anyway, I did my best to flatten THAT but some remained with no time to work on it more so I slapped it in an 11x14 frame from Micheal's, stuck a low ball price on it, and took it to the show.

I'll be damned. It sold. It was the ONLY piece in the show that sold. (So the secret is low balling the price... but seriously, if I'd had it professionally mounted and matted to 16x20 board then put it in a 16x20 frame I could have asked the difference in cost and got that, a bit more. I don't think I could have got anywhere near enough to pay for a complete professional framing job yet. It paid for admission to the show plus dinner and drinks after for my wife and me, and promoted the local art scene. I'm happy about it.)

I haven't printed it small enough to scan a print yet since I only have an 8.5x11 scanner and I've only printed this 11x14. This is a scan of the negative with my best attempt in P.S. to match the print. It's close, but not exact. Once I get an 8x10 printed I'll scan and post that.

Those who were in this year's LF print exchange got a version of this, slightly darker with less toning. I continue to refine my printing of this negative as well as others.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/11920946084_01254491b0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/11920946084/)
ChapelOfEase1a_LR (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/11920946084/) by Roger Cole (http://www.flickr.com/people/rogercole/), on Flickr

[Nathan Potter]

A daft plan for improvement on an old shed in Ware MA. Image on 11/16/13, about 3 PM. TK45S with a 360 Nikon T ED tele. No tilt, f/32. Fuji Velvia 50 Quickload. Home developed, V 750 scan of chrome with PS tweaks.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3690/11921658735_ee08513a2e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/11921658735/)
45-11_16_13[t1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/11921658735/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Bazz8]

[QUOTE=Roger Cole;1097944]Chapel of Ease - this burned out chapel is located on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. My wife and I visited the area last year for our anniversary. I shot this photo and she wrote a poem about the chapel.

Nice shot well Done

[Jose Rodriguez]

Chapel of Ease - this burned out chapel is located on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. My wife and I visited the area last year for our anniversary. I shot this photo and she wrote a poem about the chapel.

Linhof Technika III
90mm Angulon
1/4 Second, f/16
#8 light yellow filter

Developed in D76 1+1

I just sold my first print since high school with this image, an 11x14. (In high school I sold some 8x10 Type R and Cibas to my English teacher for ten bucks a pop, no mounting or frame, if that counts. Of course that was 1979-80.)

I had tried to flatten it over the previous week, since a friend was having a one night, all media art show this Saturday, and after it emerged from the press it had a wavy, corrugated appearance along the long edges. (I normally have my FB prints professionally mounted and matted, but I didn't have time and wasn't about to pay for custom framing for this show.) I need to post about that in the print flattening thread. Anyway, I did my best to flatten THAT but some remained with no time to work on it more so I slapped it in an 11x14 frame from Micheal's, stuck a low ball price on it, and took it to the show.

I'll be damned. It sold. It was the ONLY piece in the show that sold. (So the secret is low balling the price... but seriously, if I'd had it professionally mounted and matted to 16x20 board then put it in a 16x20 frame I could have asked the difference in cost and got that, a bit more. I don't think I could have got anywhere near enough to pay for a complete professional framing job yet. It paid for admission to the show plus dinner and drinks after for my wife and me, and promoted the local art scene. I'm happy about it.)

I haven't printed it small enough to scan a print yet since I only have an 8.5x11 scanner and I've only printed this 11x14. This is a scan of the negative with my best attempt in P.S. to match the print. It's close, but not exact. Once I get an 8x10 printed I'll scan and post that.

Those who were in this year's LF print exchange got a version of this, slightly darker with less toning. I continue to refine my printing of this negative as well as others.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/11920946084_01254491b0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/11920946084/)
ChapelOfEase1a_LR (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/11920946084/) by Roger Cole (http://www.flickr.com/people/rogercole/), on Flickr

Very artistic, really a masterpiece!

[Roger Cole]

Thanks Jose!

Now that I see this version on a different monitor, it is NOT lighter than the one I sent to the exchange. The newest was a bit lighter and "airier" than what I see on this, probably more typical, monitor. The tone is closer to that print than to the ones I sent, though.

Here's a web site about this relic:

http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/beaufort-county/chapel-of-ease.html

[Jose Rodriguez]

Thanks Jose!

Now that I see this version on a different monitor, it is NOT lighter than the one I sent to the exchange. The newest was a bit lighter and "airier" than what I see on this, probably more typical, monitor. The tone is closer to that print than to the ones I sent, though.

Here's a web site about this relic:

http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/beaufort-county/chapel-of-ease.html
Thanks for the link, amazing place.
Regards!

[Iga]

108850

13x18 Fomapan 100, 240mm G-Claron
Igor.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Goldfield/01-18-14Goldfield31CoupeShell/Window-Tree19CMbauschLombTess_01s.jpg

Drove the Model A to Goldfield (http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Goldfield/01-18-14Goldfield31CoupeShell/01-18-14Goldfield31CoupeShell.html), NV. on Saturday and made a few images at a long abandoned Shell Service.

[Iga]

108956

13x18 Fomapan 100, G-Claron
Igor.

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Wes-Tavern001.jpg
Wes' Tavern, Riverdale, NJ, early 1980s
Not a great image, but it has great sentimental value to me. I spent a great deal of time there from the late 1970s-early 1980s ;)
Omega 45D
Tri-X

[John Conway]

110930My friend restored this barn. It was a five year project. I wanted to make the image in b&w while the barn was still in bare wood. Calumet CC402 121 Super Angulon Delta 100 orange filter. The print , at 24X30 , looks beautiful and tack sharp... the scan is lousy. I am not totally satisfied with the results from the shoot. I used the front rise but I think a little tilt would have helped.

[Jose Rodriguez]

110930My friend restored this barn. It was a five year project. I wanted to make the image in b&w while the barn was still in bare wood. Calumet CC402 121 Super Angulon Delta 100 orange filter. The print , at 24X30 , looks beautiful and tack sharp... the scan is lousy. I am not totally satisfied with the results from the shoot. I used the front rise but I think a little tilt would have helped.
Hi John, nice shot, well done.
I don't think that tilting the lens panel can help in this picture, don't worry about it.
The image looks slightly blurred so maybe you have not closed the diaphragm enough or maybe the scanning is the answer.
I think that the horizontal format is best for this case and the aperture around f/22 - f/32.
Regards!
Jose

[John Conway]

Thank you very much Jose . I scanned the contact with my low end dell 810 printer . Soon I will get a decent scanner so I can do quality scans. I think I failed to do a final leveling of the camera before making my exposures. The camera may have been tilted back little and not level.I plan on doing another shoot of the barn. It is red and white now. I have a box of Ektar put aside just for the barn. I want to do the color shoot on a nice blue sky , puffy cloud day . This barn was once leaning over and ready to fall with giant holes in the roof. My friend Dick made huge steel plates and chained his bulldozer to the plates on the barn . He pulled the bulldozer back a few feet a month until the barn was back up. Then he rebuilt it from the inside out. The location is Delaware County NY. I love that place profoundly. I have a cottage there and I plan on photographing a lot in the years to come with my large format cameras . Thank you again Jose . I really appreciate your input.

[Nathan Potter]

From the archives, 1970. Fire at the Lee farm near Woodstock VT. My industrial Speed Graphic with a 120 mm Leitz Summar on a shaky tripod. E3 Ektachrome, home processed. Transferred to Kodak 4901 duplicating film then solarized in the developer under enlarger light - all as best as I can remember.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/12845066645_8d075c9f2c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/12845066645/)
35LeeFarm[F1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/12845066645/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Randy]

Near Madison NC - Graflex Series D 4X5

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52893762/img275a.jpg

[Gary Sommer]

My grandfather built this barn a little over 100 yrs. ago.

https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3701/12911788755_6ed9540a5e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/36419580@N06/12911788755/)
Barn-41 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/36419580@N06/12911788755/) by gary2881 (http://www.flickr.com/people/36419580@N06/), on Flickr

Korona 8x10, Arista EDU 100, WD2D+

[Nathan Potter]

Abandoned storefront, Cherryfield ME. July 10, 2009. TK45S with a 360 mm Nikon T ED. Fuji Astia 100, Praus developed. V 750 scanned. One of the few times I've run into another LF photographer. He screeched to a stop when he saw my setup beside the road. Very distracting conversation about how he should have had his 4X5 with him.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7299/12915076174_71f3aff80a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/12915076174/)
45NE09-37[t2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/12915076174/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[jcoldslabs]

Nate, that's like some kind of optical illusion that makes my head hurt. The bottom right verticals are true, but the upper right are not, while the upper left verticals are true, but the bottom left are not. Make it stop!

Jonathan

[Nathan Potter]

Yes, the middle floor is shifting to the left, and the left side is sagging. No PS corrections - I just scanned the chrome. In the wind there was an ominous creaking sound that could be heard from across the street. My friends tell me that the building still stands.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[D-tach]

https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7347/12936792843_ed904dd083_o.jpg

Deardorff - Imagon 250 - Fomapan 200 @50 in Pyrocat HD - 5x7

I never thought I would be able to scan this negative - looked overdeveloped with some almost clear spots but it scanned like butter. That Pyrocat HD in glycol is some great stuff, even when it's 2 years old

[DennisD]

Nate, that's like some kind of optical illusion that makes my head hurt. The bottom right verticals are true, but the upper right are not, while the upper left verticals are true, but the bottom left are not. Make it stop!

Jonathan

It not only makes my head hurt, I'm ready to run in the opposite direction.

Yes, the bottom right verticals are true, but if Nate made the first floor plumb level and squared off the image, we'd have a real disaster on our hands !

[jcoldslabs]

https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7347/12936792843_ed904dd083_o.jpg

Very nice feel to this, Tom. An atypical--but effective--use of soft focus.

Jonathan

[D-tach]

Very nice feel to this, Tom. An atypical--but effective--use of soft focus.

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan

[Christo.Stankulov]

LMT2000
Apo-Lanthar 150/4.5
Fuji Provia F100
http://cjoint.com/14ma/DCgskRQ5DxW_scan0003.jpg

[StoneNYC]

Toyo45a 90mm f/8 - FP4+@64 in DD-X shot at Dusk, mid way through the exposure a spotlight came on and lit up the waterfall, so I re-spotted and decided it was best to pull the aperture to wide open rather than burn out the waterfall. (which it would have at 6 minutes)... soo....

f/36@2min - f/8@30 seconds.

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Also, same camera, while driving to an interview I saw this, so on the way home I stopped to grab it.

Can't recall the exact exposure, but ... Fujinon 300mm f/8.5 FP4+@64 with Red filter, f/22ish

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[DennisD]

Old Barn / Fence - Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Polaroid 55 P/N - Linhof Master Technika, 150mm Symmar

http://www.jackandbeans.com/pbd/PA_BucksCty_Barn-Fence_GS_55pn.jpg

[bgh]

For those of you who like a bit of texture in your photographs, here's a detail view of one of the staircases in the former Kezar Falls Woolen Mill in Kezar Falls, ME.

Bruce

Details:
4x5, Shen Hao HZX
90mm Fujinon, f22, 1 sec
TMY-2
Scanned from negative
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[TheToadMen]

For those of you who like a bit of texture in your photographs, here's a detail view of one of the staircases in the former Kezar Falls Woolen Mill in Kezar Falls, ME.

Bruce

Details:
4x5, Shen Hao HZX
90mm Fujinon, f22, 1 sec
TMY-2
Scanned from negative
111688

Nice work!
BTW: Did you look at this image upside down? Just like an Esscher drawing...

[bgh]

Nice work!
BTW: Did you look at this image upside down? Just like an Esscher drawing...

Very cool! I hadn't tried that, but you're right! I took this one fairly late in a very long, very hot day of photography in this mill, and for all I know, I might have been standing on my head.

Thanks,
Bruce

[Harley Goldman]

For those of you who like a bit of texture in your photographs, here's a detail view of one of the staircases in the former Kezar Falls Woolen Mill in Kezar Falls, ME.

Bruce

Details:
4x5, Shen Hao HZX
90mm Fujinon, f22, 1 sec
TMY-2
Scanned from negative
111688

I like the combo of textures, lines and tones. It almost comes across as an abstract. Very well seen and executed.

[bgh]

Thanks, Harley. It was a tight spot, but it was the best place to see the nature of the framing in this 1890s portion of the mill--it had been covered over in other parts of the mill. The important thing was to show what I needed to about the building's construction, but I was happy with the way that it looks as well!

Bruce


I like the combo of textures, lines and tones. It almost comes across as an abstract. Very well seen and executed.

[dperez]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/13393049275_450a66cf48_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/13393049275_7a5e49d191_o.jpg)]

Darwin, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Kodak Ektascan B/RA CRT X-Ray film, Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in CS4

[StoneNYC]

Beautiful image but that Mannequin is creepy...

Looks like one of those pre-h-bomb test site images...


https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/13393049275_450a66cf48_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/13393049275_7a5e49d191_o.jpg)]

Darwin, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Kodak Ektascan B/RA CRT X-Ray film, Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in CS4

[Corran]

This is my "postcard" shot of Mingus Grist Mill in the Smoky Mountains. I love these old grist mills. Of course my angle is oh so typical but whatever, I liked it anyway.
It was taken late in the evening when the clouds were rolling in. I went here 3 times and never saw fog at the mill, just floating above. I tried to keep the detail in those highlights. I took this on T-Max, and developed it in Acufine, with my Chamonix 45n1 and Nikkor 90mm f/8 with a lot of drop and front tilt, at f/32 for about 15 seconds IIRC:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/sb14-mountains-0788ss.jpg

You can see a big version on my blog in a few minutes. I also took this on some chrome film but haven't developed it yet...

[StoneNYC]

This is my "postcard" shot of Mingus Grist Mill in the Smoky Mountains. I love these old grist mills. Of course my angle is oh so typical but whatever, I liked it anyway.
It was taken late in the evening when the clouds were rolling in. I went here 3 times and never saw fog at the mill, just floating above. I tried to keep the detail in those highlights. I took this on T-Max, and developed it in Acufine, with my Chamonix 45n1 and Nikkor 90mm f/8 with a lot of drop and front tilt, at f/32 for about 15 seconds IIRC:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/sb14-mountains-0788ss.jpg

You can see a big version on my blog in a few minutes. I also took this on some chrome film but haven't developed it yet...

Chrome film?

[Corran]

E6? Transparency? Chrome? I thought that was a pretty universal nickname but maybe not.

[StoneNYC]

E6? Transparency? Chrome? I thought that was a pretty universal nickname but maybe not.

OMG hahaha for some reason when I see "Chromes" with an S I think E6 but chrome singular I always think of a chrome printing or something haha, wow I'm slow...

[dperez]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/13438974834_8270d79dd6_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/13438974834_f6dac943d6_o.jpg)]

Wood House. Darwin, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Kodak Ektascan B/RA CRT X-Ray film, Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in CS4

-Daniel

[Peter Mounier]

Nice one Daniel. Makes me want to go out there on my next trip to the east side of the Sierra.

Here's one I shot of some old things (my model may take exception to that)...

http://www.ipaforme.com/OldThings.jpg

[austin granger]

Texaco, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/13456004235_5866ae6c34_b.jpg

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

[StoneNYC]

Texaco, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/13456004235_5866ae6c34_b.jpg

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

That's really cool

[Jim Galli]

Texaco, Portland

Bravo! Well seen and nicely lit. I love stuff like this.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/RhyoliteQuadtychS.jpg
wall, cook bank, rhyolite nv.

a 4 panel done some years ago.

[Peter Lewin]

Austin, Jim: Both wonderful images! In Austin's, I love the subtle tonality & detail. Probably a similar comment for Mr. Galli's as well, although what first grabbed me was the panorama, and then the perfect match-up of the panels. Really nice, both of you!

[Richard M. Coda]

LOVE this Austin!

[austin granger]

Thanks Stone, Jim, Peter, Richard. I appreciate it. That sign is almost invisible in person, with absolutely no color whatsoever. I drove past the wall dozens of times before I spotted it. Sometimes the camera can see things more clearly than the eye!

I like your four panel Jim. Can I ask you how you go about making this sort of thing? I mean, do you use rear shift, pan the camera, or actually move the camera from spot to spot? I'd like to try that sometime.

[jcoldslabs]

Texaco, Portland

Excellent, Austin. Lots of textural detail to feast on in a rather subtle image.


Sometimes the camera can see things more clearly than the eye!

Very true, and a good lesson to keep in mind when hunting for photographs.


Jonathan

[austin granger]

For your amusement, a straight scan of the Texaco negative:

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The neg's actually not that dense, but this gives you a rough idea as to how the sign looks in person.

[jcoldslabs]

What kind of devilry is this? This looks nothing like the final version. :rolleyes:

J.

[austin granger]

There be no devilry here, just a little of what Ansel and I used to call, back in thee old days, pre-visualization. ;-)

[mathieu Bauwens]

I'm intersted too in your technique for panorama, Jim.

Nice pictures Jim and Austin.

[Jim Galli]

Austin, Jim: Both wonderful images! In Austin's, I love the subtle tonality & detail. Probably a similar comment for Mr. Galli's as well, although what first grabbed me was the panorama, and then the perfect match-up of the panels. Really nice, both of you!


Thanks Stone, Jim, Peter, Richard. I appreciate it. That sign is almost invisible in person, with absolutely no color whatsoever. I drove past the wall dozens of times before I spotted it. Sometimes the camera can see things more clearly than the eye!

I like your four panel Jim. Can I ask you how you go about making this sort of thing? I mean, do you use rear shift, pan the camera, or actually move the camera from spot to spot? I'd like to try that sometime.


I'm intersted too in your technique for panorama, Jim.

Nice pictures Jim and Austin.

Thanks Peter, Austin, Mathieu. Not much technique. When I decide to do a 3 or 4 panel I simply do a better job of leveling my platform so that when I rotate on the tripod it stays level. Then I just pull the film holder out and swing it around to the next spot watching something at far left going to far right with just a bit of overlap.

This 4 panel would be much different with a Cirkut camera. The line of the slots where floor joists used to be in the 2 right panels would be a gentle curve with that camera instead of a distinct angle from one panel to the next.

[tgtaylor]

Bravo! Well seen and nicely lit. I love stuff like this.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/RhyoliteQuadtychS.jpg
wall, cook bank, rhyolite nv.

a 4 panel done some years ago.

Ha, when I first looked at it it appeared like the panel was rolled out on 35mm film because of the "sprockets" on both edges.

Thomas

[Harley Goldman]

"My New Ride"

I found this old abandoned truck at a mining site in the Mojave Preserve.

Chamonix 4x5, Velvia 50


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

[StoneNYC]

"My New Ride"

I found this old abandoned truck at a mining site in the Mojave Preserve.

Chamonix 4x5, Velvia 50


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

Interesting, the subdued brown tones in the background with lavender tones in the mountain almost make me think that this was slightly underexposed, it could also be the development? Did you process this yourself or send it out to a lab? The foreground colors are brilliant, and none of this is a criticism at all, this is my favorite film and I love how you can use it both in adjusting development and in exposure to get some really interesting tones. I really like this image.

[Harley Goldman]

Interesting, the subdued brown tones in the background with lavender tones in the mountain almost make me think that this was slightly underexposed, it could also be the development? Did you process this yourself or send it out to a lab? The foreground colors are brilliant, and none of this is a criticism at all, this is my favorite film and I love how you can use it both in adjusting development and in exposure to get some really interesting tones. I really like this image.

Hi Stone. Thanks for the comment. This was just a bit under-exposed and was very blue (no warming filter used). As I warmed it up in PS, the background headed toward the lavender and I went with it, as the other colors got to where they should be. The colors on the truck are actually quite bold. I have seen a lot of vehicles in the desert with vibrant colored paint. I find it strange, but maybe that was the thing to do back then.

[StoneNYC]

Hi Stone. Thanks for the comment. This was just a bit under-exposed and was very blue (no warming filter used). As I warmed it up in PS, the background headed toward the lavender and I went with it, as the other colors got to where they should be. The colors on the truck are actually quite bold. I have seen a lot of vehicles in the desert with vibrant colored paint. I find it strange, but maybe that was the thing to do back then.

Cool! Thanks for sharing the details, always interesting and helpful :)

[tgtaylor]

Haven't posted a photo in a long time. Here's one that I shor late last year in Bodie:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2811/13515287504_4d1e5f3432_z.jpg

Gold and Platinum toned Salt print on Cot 320.

Thomas

[Harley Goldman]

La Purisima Mission

This is another one from numerous years ago that I rescanned yesterday. La Purisima is a fun place to wander around and look for images.

Arca Swiss 4x5, Nikkor 150mm, Velvia 50

Comments or suggestions are always welcome on my posts.



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

[tomtomadv]

Cemetery gate at the San Miguel Mission in San Miguel, CA.
Acros/xtol, Rodenstock Sironar-n 150mm, 1/125 @ f16.5

http://www.ipaforme.com/CemeteryGate.jpg

I love this one, great shot!.
Old gate, barns (http://wallpaperlist.com/tag/barn-wallpapers-211.html) ... make me miss my hometown :D

[Sibben]

Barns...in the city.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/13392310075_7b38e371fe_c.jpg

Södermalm, Stockholm, 2014
Sinar Norma, Fujinon W 150mm
4x5 Ilford FP4+, Rodinal 1:50

[Peter Mounier]

I love this one, great shot!.
Old gate, barns (http://wallpaperlist.com/tag/barn-wallpapers-211.html) ... make me miss my hometown :D

Thanks for the kind words Tomtomadv!

[tgtaylor]

Another salt print from Bodie:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/13675611363_b64cb20f26_z.jpg

Painted white in the past as seen just below the roof, this is the J. S. McCain residence on the corner of Green and...I forget but about a block from the Methodists Church. McCain was Bodie's wealthiest resident. It presently serves as a park ranger residence.

Toned with Gold and Platinum on Cot 320.

Thomas

[Leigh]

Another salt print from Bodie:
[IM G]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/13675611363_b64cb20f26_z.jpg[/IMG]
Painted white in the past as seen just below the roof, this is the J. S. McCain residence on the corner of Green and...I forget but about a block from the Methodists Church. McCain was Bodie's wealthiest resident. It presently serves as a park ranger residence.
Toned with Gold and Platinum on Cot 320.
Hi Thomas,

Great shot and a lovely print. I'm quite impressed by salt prints.

- Leigh

[tgtaylor]

Thanks Leigh!. Practice and RH greater than 50% is the key.

Thomas

[dperez]

Harley,

Thanks for posting this location, I visited La Purisma this past Saturday as a result of viewing your picture. I was able to make some 8x10 pictures inside some of the rooms. I only spent about three hours there because I got a late start, but I definitely plan to return for a longer visit.

Regards,

-DP


La Purisima Mission

This is another one from numerous years ago that I rescanned yesterday. La Purisima is a fun place to wander around and look for images.

Arca Swiss 4x5, Nikkor 150mm, Velvia 50

Comments or suggestions are always welcome on my posts.



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

[RHITMrB]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/13927682162_471a33225e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ndK1F5)
New Bryce Motel (https://flic.kr/p/ndK1F5) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people/40786724@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5176/13951245444_d17811369d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nfPMdy)
New Bryce Inn (https://flic.kr/p/nfPMdy) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people/40786724@N00/), on Flickr

[jbrianfoto]

Is this old enough? Tumacácori Mission, Arizona. Made during a photo field trip with my Large Format Photography class from Scottsdale Community College (Rod Klukas taught it). Probably around 2002. Deardorff 8X10, Schneider APO 240mm, Ekfe 25 in Pyro.

http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o568/jbrianfoto/BMW%20S14%20engine%20parts/Clause/Spouse/Photography%20Forum/TuccamacariMissionsmall_zps350a240f.jpg (http://s1148.photobucket.com/user/jbrianfoto/media/BMW%20S14%20engine%20parts/Clause/Spouse/Photography%20Forum/TuccamacariMissionsmall_zps350a240f.jpg.html)

[Rick A]

Heat source for explosives plant that self destructed from a fire around 100 years ago
this plant was one of many in the county where all the explosives were manufactured for the excavation of the Panama Canal

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B&J press ysarex 127 on arista edu ultra 100
scan of print

[djdister]

Heat source for explosives plant that self destructed from a fire around 100 years ago
this plant was one of many in the county where all the explosives were manufactured for the excavation of the Panama Canal

B&J press ysarex 127 on arista edu ultra 100
scan of print

Nice! Is that a toned print or a Van Dyke print?

[Rick A]

Selenium on Ilford MGWT

[StoneNYC]

Heat source for explosives plant that self destructed from a fire around 100 years ago
this plant was one of many in the county where all the explosives were manufactured for the excavation of the Panama Canal

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B&J press ysarex 127 on arista edu ultra 100
scan of print

Interesting, great tone color.

[Rick A]

Remnants of the plant where explosives for the Panama Canal were made

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B&J Press Ysarex 127/4.5 on Arista EDU Ultra
scan of print 8x10 Ilford MGWT selenium toned

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2014-04-06c.jpg
Massachusetts, 2014
Tachihara Field Camera, 240mm Fujinon A
4x5 TMY, D-23

[Harley Goldman]

Harley,

Thanks for posting this location, I visited La Purisma this past Saturday as a result of viewing your picture. I was able to make some 8x10 pictures inside some of the rooms. I only spent about three hours there because I got a late start, but I definitely plan to return for a longer visit.

Regards,

-DP

I hope you enjoyed it. It is a cool place and very low key.

[dperez]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14057444685_9f1ecaa3bd_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14057444685_d2e98253d5_o.jpg)]

Berdoo Camp, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Kodak Ektascan B/RA CRT X-Ray film, Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in CS4

Berdoo Camp, located near Joshua Tree National Park, was a company town set up for employees of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California during the construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct from 1932 until 1939. The site was abandoned following the completion of the aqueduct.

-DP

[dperez]

jbrianfoto, very nice!

[jp]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/2014-04-06c.jpg
Massachusetts, 2014
Tachihara Field Camera, 240mm Fujinon A
4x5 TMY, D-23

That super black "window" is so mysterious and draws me right in. The textured white and gray lintel above it make it even more stand-out. Great photo.

[jbrianfoto]

jbrianfoto, very nice!

Thank you, looks like we both enjoy old buildings in the desert.

[Ken Lee]

That super black "window" is so mysterious and draws me right in. The textured white and gray lintel above it make it even more stand-out. Great photo.

Thanks Jason !

This is one of the few photos I've made in mid-day sun. Trying new things: gettin' wild and crazy in my old age.

[Harley Goldman]

This is one of the few photos I've made in mid-day sun. Trying new things: gettin' wild and crazy in my old age.

You wild and crazy guy!!! This works quite well. I like the abstract nature of the comp, with really nice shapes and lines. Very well seen. You will have to experiment more often, taking that walk on the wild side.

[johnmsanderson]

Allegheny Highlands, last week

8x10 Portra 400 / Fujinon 300A
http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/28_churchyard.jpg

[peter k.]

Ok first time posting a picture.. lets see if I do it right.. ;-)

Arista EDU 400 shot at 200.. Pacemaker 4x5 with Carl Zeiss, Protarlinse Vll f 35cm lens with both of them on.
f16@10 Orange Filter Processing: Scanned, Sepia and sharpening.
This is the telegraph office, from the 1947 film, Angel and the Badman " ... where Gail Russell helps the wounded John Wayne send a telegram."
More info http://sedonamuseum.org/telegraphoffice/

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[al olson]

Allegheny Highlands, last week

8x10 Portra 400 / Fujinon 300A

John, this is a wonderful composition. It will look great on any wall.

[johnmsanderson]

John, this is a wonderful composition. It will look great on any wall.

Thank you, Al. That's very welcome!

John

[DannL]

114789 114790
Sands & Hunter Exhibition 5x4
R. J. Beck 5x4 Rect. 7 inch
Dry-Plate, ISO 1, f/30, 8 second exp., Dektol

[kevin4x5]

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5x7 ilford

[Peter_Jones]

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MPP Mk6, Super Angulon 90/8, Red filter, Delta 100 4x5, Rodinal. No movements applied as I have the dimmest ground glass possible :)

Arnside Tower, once a defensive Peel Tower, still standing guard over the valley.

[dukeku]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7339/13940797419_03c6bc8b13_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/neUeoc)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/neUeoc) by lucas.deshazer (https://www.flickr.com/people/9980652@N05/), on Flickr

The "natural history museum" portion of the Malheur Field Station in southeast Oregon.

[drgoose]

The Fence
Radford Va
Calumet Cadet
Ektar 4.7 127mm lens
Arista Edu 400 Ultra rated at 200
D76 8 min at 20 degrees
Epson 4990 with Vuescan

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/14135848931_d6204a3481_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nx8Vpi)Trip 5-2-14 frame 10-1 (https://flic.kr/p/nx8Vpi) by drgoose68 (https://www.flickr.com/people/97401946@N07/), on Flickr

[Harley Goldman]

The Fence
Radford Va
Calumet Cadet
Ektar 4.7 127mm lens
Arista Edu 400 Ultra rated at 200
D76 8 min at 20 degrees
Epson 4990 with Vuescan

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/14135848931_d6204a3481_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nx8Vpi)Trip 5-2-14 frame 10-1 (https://flic.kr/p/nx8Vpi) by drgoose68 (https://www.flickr.com/people/97401946@N07/), on Flickr

This works great. I really like your use of DofF and great perspective. I like this a lot.

[StoneNYC]

The Fence
Radford Va
Calumet Cadet
Ektar 4.7 127mm lens
Arista Edu 400 Ultra rated at 200
D76 8 min at 20 degrees
Epson 4990 with Vuescan

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/14135848931_d6204a3481_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nx8Vpi)Trip 5-2-14 frame 10-1 (https://flic.kr/p/nx8Vpi) by drgoose68 (https://www.flickr.com/people/97401946@N07/), on Flickr

Nice ... Swing?...

[drgoose]

Thanks, still learning how to use the view camera . :)

[StoneNYC]

Thanks, still learning how to use the view camera . :)

The best are always "still learning"

[drgoose]

Lots of swing. I actually got some vignetting on the R lower corner.

[StoneNYC]

Lots of swing. I actually got some vignetting on the R lower corner.

See it now, hadn't noticed before. Nice job ;)

[drgoose]

Old Country Store
Pembroke, Va
Calumet Cadet
Ektar 4.7 127mm lens
Arista Edu 400 Ultra rated at 200
D76 8 min at 20 degrees
Epson 4990 with Vuescan
PP in LR/Sharpened in PS CC


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5459/14162137473_41861a6006_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nzsE52)Old Country Store (https://flic.kr/p/nzsE52)

[Deval]

Old Country Store
Pembroke, Va
Calumet Cadet
Ektar 4.7 127mm lens
Arista Edu 400 Ultra rated at 200
D76 8 min at 20 degrees
Epson 4990 with Vuescan
PP in LR/Sharpened in PS CC


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5459/14162137473_41861a6006_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nzsE52)Old Country Store (https://flic.kr/p/nzsE52)


very nice

[dasBlute]

114789
Sands & Hunter Exhibition 5x4
R. J. Beck 5x4 Rect. 7 inch
Dry-Plate, ISO 1, f/30, 8 second exp., Dektol
I really enjoy the luminous quality to this, nice work

[dasBlute]

Another salt print from Bodie:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/13675611363_b64cb20f26_z.jpg

Painted white in the past as seen just below the roof, this is the J. S. McCain residence on the corner of Green and...I forget but about a block from the Methodists Church. McCain was Bodie's wealthiest resident. It presently serves as a park ranger residence.

Toned with Gold and Platinum on Cot 320.

Thomas

The tonality to this is quite rich, pleasing to the eye,
nice work Thomas!
-Tim

[DannL]

114789 114790
Sands & Hunter Exhibition 5x4
R. J. Beck 5x4 Rect. 7 inch
Dry-Plate, ISO 1, f/30, 8 second exp., Dektol

I really enjoy the luminous quality to this, nice work

Thanks! I'm glad to see that that artifact got noticed. You must have a good eye. Generally web images are "not" very revealing. But nevertheless, this is exactly why I started producing and using dry plates. And these days that has been exclusively. This is surely a result of the sun reflecting off the lamp for the 8 second exposure, the properties of the brass lens and stop, and the lack of a modern anti-halation backing. Eduard Steichen I'm not, but his mastery of the craft has had a major influence on the path I'm taking today. Grab a copy of the book "Steichen The Master Prints 1885-1914", and all will be revealed. The reason for my madness, that is. ;-)

[JimBarbour]

Barn and Tree - Hiram, GA.
Bender 4x5 Fujinon 150 f6.3
Epson 2450 - Vuescan

Taken in 1999. It's now an apartment complex.

Critique always welcome.

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[johnmsanderson]

The best are always "still learning"

"Tradition holds that seven years learning, seven years practising and seven years playing is required before a piper could be said to have mastered his instrument."

[StoneNYC]

"Tradition holds that seven years learning, seven years practising and seven years playing is required before a piper could be said to have mastered his instrument."

I've been playing with my piper for at least that long! LOL

[TheToadMen]

Barn and Tree - Hiram, GA.
Bender 4x5 Fujinon 150 f6.3
Epson 2450 - Vuescan

Taken in 1999. It's now an apartment complex.

Critique always welcome.

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Nice image. I would love to see a real print instead of a scan on my monitor.
Critique I don't have. Only a suggestion: maybe getting a bit closer or putting the camera higher. There is a bit too much grass on the foreground for my tast. Maybe also try this shot in landscape format as well? Or a square format?
Here are two Photoshop doodles to illustrate what I mean:
115197 (original image) 115380 (cropped, less grass) 115381 (stitched into square format)

Greetings,
Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

[JimBarbour]

Thanks Bert! Good suggestions.

[Robert Langham]

Kitchen at Hubbell residence at Hubbell Trading Post NHS. Two exposures, one for the scene and one to put the lightbulb in.

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[Robert Langham]

Corral Gate at Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site.

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[Peter Lewin]

Kitchen at Hubbell residence at Hubbell Trading Post NHS. Two exposures, one for the scene and one to put the lightbulb in.

Robert: Could you explain? I assume one exposure with the light turned off, based either on the shadows beyond the door, or the highlight on the wall (traditional method would be the former, Fred Picker's approach would be the latter), and then a second much shorter exposure based entirely on spot metering the lit light bulb? If you had made a single exposure with the bulb turned on, but metered for the scene, would the bulb have been burned out in the negative and/or print? Thanks for the education!

[Robert Langham]

Just the simple approach: The lightbulbs weren't adding anything to the scene which is lit by a large window and would burn out in the exposure for that scene. Found the switch and turned them off, shot the main scene, turned them back on and shot an exposure for the bulbs which was so short in comparison with the exposure for the overall scene that it didn't affect it.

Main scene- F 32@ 8 seconds. Light bulbs- F32 @ 1/10th. Something like that. Same solution on both scenes.

Since I was Artist-in-Residence I felt free to open windows, move furniture, open cabinets, re-arrange props. The guide knew me and had seen me work and didn't say a word. I doubt the normal tourist could get away with this kind of stuff.

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These are scans from the 5X7 contact proofs. Hope to make MUCH better prints when I get them into enlarger.

[Robert Langham]

Loved those hanging lightbulbs at Hubbell. This one worked into overall exposure.

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[gbogatko]

A house at Long Pond Iron Works, NJ
Schneider 135, FOMA 100.

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[peter k.]

Clarkdale Az on way to old train depo.
Wolensack Rapax 90mm in 3x4 ~ '46' Anniversary Speed
Arista 400 shot @ 200

115848

any thoughts, suggestions.. thanks p.

[TXFZ1]

Is that the last train to Clarkdale? :cool:

David

[peter k.]

Nah... the scenic Verde Canyon Railroad leaves and returns I believe, once a day...

[Preston]

Knots and Bolts, Columbia, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/npn/933-1-lg-Web-1.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider-Xenar, 210mm
Astia 100F

Your thoughts, or suggestions are always appreciated.

--P

[StoneNYC]

Knots and Bolts, Columbia, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/npn/933-1-lg-Web-1.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider-Xenar, 210mm
Astia 100F

Your thoughts, or suggestions are always appreciated.

--P

If sap were dripping out of one of them, that would make the shot more... Something... I dunno, but you have to be from an area where they do this or it doesn't really translate I think. But the colors and texture is quite nice.

[johnmsanderson]

couldnt believe this tree

http://37.media.tumblr.com/e927947b70e707a25c91c06f8b89a079/tumblr_n629q93ITr1r2hiibo2_r1_1280.jpg

[Jim Becia]

Here are a couple of images taken last year in Bodie. (I don't think I have posted them.) Both were taken with 5x7 film. The coffee grinder was in a storefront. I really did not think I would be able to get a decent image as I had to photograph through the window that was extremely dusty and dirty. I placed (very gently) my lens right up against the glass to take the shot. I really could not move either way or reflections would enter the shot. That it turned out was a pleasant surprise. The second one was of some other building with a window with the reflection of the sun.

[Preston]

Very Nice, Jim! I particularly like the window. Well done!

--P

[Harley Goldman]

Very Nice, Jim! I particularly like the window. Well done!

--P

I second Preston's comments. I really like the second one!

[Erik Larsen]

Yep, that window photo is nice. Good eye Jim

[rcmartins]

The grinder is a nice image, but the window is in a class of its own. Like it a lot!
rauli


Here are a couple of images taken last year in Bodie. (....)

[Preston]

Incarcerated Fruit, Murphys, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/npn/394-1-lg-Web.jpg

This is an old image from 2007 I found today that was lurking in a film box I almost delegated to the round file--imagine that.
Tachihara 4x5
Fujinon 180mm
Astia 100F

Comments/critiques are always appreciated.

--P

[Harley Goldman]

This is nice, Preston. I might rotate the image CW about 0.5 or 0.6 ? Nice lines and textures throughout.

[finarphin]

116245

Memorial Church.

This was with a Bender 8x10 camera, and a Fuji Fujinon-W 210mm lens. Orange filter. Kodak TMAX Y. I shot it at ASA 300 -- I was guessing (I didn't test it).

It's a pretty interesting image to me. It was the first picture I took with this lens on this camera. And I notice the exposure is to my liking: I put the larger sunlit areas of the facade on Zone VII, and that left room for the more direct light on the round columns. I don't think it's blocked, but I'm not sure. I didn't make this print; it's a proof from the lab. I might go back and take it again, and use a yellow filter for a lighter sky and less harshness overall.

I've got vignetting at the top. The lens will cover 8x10, but without much movement. It was pretty hard to tell just by casually looking at the ground glass whether those corners were vignetted. I should have been more suspicious and careful. There is also vignetting at the bottom. I'm not sure but I think that is from the barn doors on the filter holder. A lot of potential pitfalls.

I got there about 7:30am, and there was a Chinese tour group enjoying the scene. Then they left; I took a picture from a different angle, and then moved to set this one up. Then another Chinese tour group arrived, and they were there for about 20 minutes. I waited and they left. Just as I was ready to take the picture a jet flew over and left a contrail. I waited. Then another jet flew over and left another contrail. They dissipated somewhat but not completely. This picture was probably taken around 9am. I wasn't taking good field notes.

[Dean]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2901/14366702245_a81983f3cd_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/14366702245/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (https://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 QQ图片20140607165930 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/14366702245/)

[StoneNYC]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2901/14366702245_a81983f3cd_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/14366702245/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (https://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 QQ图片20140607165930 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/14366702245/)

Wow the lack of contrast in this image is amazing! Really beautiful!

[Randy]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52893762/car1.jpg
8X10 CSX Green X-ray cropped / 213mm Repromaster

[StoneNYC]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52893762/car1.jpg
8X10 CSX Green X-ray cropped / 213mm Repromaster

I like that.

[Pfiltz]

5x4 foma, 1 hour stand in Rodinol

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

[NancyP]

Pfiltz, what a lovely image of a rather sad bus, complete with a "tear", the piece of headlight glass (?) in the foreground grass. Such rich tonality. Rodinal, hmm.

[dperez]

John,

That tree is reminiscent of some of Pentti Sammallahti's tree pictures. I like the overall color palette too. Thanks for sharing.

-Daniel


couldnt believe this tree

[Pfiltz]

Pfiltz, what a lovely image of a rather sad bus, complete with a "tear", the piece of headlight glass (?) in the foreground grass. Such rich tonality. Rodinal, hmm.

Thanks Nancy... It's an old ford school bus. I drive by it everyday. The path around it is from cattle walking around it over time.

I just wished I could have gotten better clouds to shoot with that day. I've just started with stand development. I like it ;)

[Dean]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3894/14366702325_9c46a6fa6b_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/14366702325/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (https://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 QQ图片20140607224553 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/14366702325/)

[Dean]

Wow the lack of contrast in this image is amazing! Really beautiful!

Thank you！

[Peter Lewin]

The restored Apple Cider Mill, in the Ralston Historic District, NJ. Sometimes the simple lines of a structure are appealing, even if the shot is simply "architecture."
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2928/14574100013_e4873ac383_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/14574100013/)
img143 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/14574100013/) by Pete Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr
HP5+, PMK, Canham DLC, Rodenstock 150mm

[Peter Lewin]

"Panorama" of historic home in Convent Station, NJ. Photoshop merge of two 4x5 negatives:
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2906/14530911766_fe5e7e5ac5_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/14530911766/)
Panorama3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/14530911766/) by Pete Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr
HP5+, PMK, Canham DLC, Rodenstock 150mm times two.

[johnmsanderson]

House, central NY State, Provia 100F

http://john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/40_house-horizon.jpg

[Ralph Weimer]

117956117955Took the Crown Graphic to the Cahaba Archeological Park in Alabama.117954

[RPippin]

Here are some more shots from the shoot I did with one of my students, Mellissa Jones. The shot of the cabin is mine, the porch scene with all the shadows is mine, the other ones on the porch are hers. Really proud of this gal, she's a real trooper and a great photographer.118063118064118065118066Forgot to mention, all shot with 4X5 Foma and FP4+. Scanned negatives, but have printed all of these as well. Prints are on 11X14 Adox MC110 glossy and to large to scan on my scanner.

[johnmsanderson]

Stonewall Jackson School, NC

http://37.media.tumblr.com/34024b985dd726742a5ea0a40a4342ac/tumblr_n8tnk9xmz61r2hiibo2_r1_1280.jpg

http://38.media.tumblr.com/598f7347c9ce4b45b3a3510005744b46/tumblr_n8tlmoEA931r2hiibo1_1280.jpg

110XL, 4x5

[StoneNYC]

Stonewall Jackson School, NC

http://37.media.tumblr.com/34024b985dd726742a5ea0a40a4342ac/tumblr_n8tnk9xmz61r2hiibo2_r1_1280.jpg

http://38.media.tumblr.com/598f7347c9ce4b45b3a3510005744b46/tumblr_n8tlmoEA931r2hiibo1_1280.jpg

110XL, 4x5

Great exposures, film?

[johnmsanderson]

Portra 160/400, IIRC. Yes, great range.

[ImSoNegative]

an old mil

[ImSoNegative]

I mean an old mill and I will see if I can upload the image

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2911/14692981621_bb7d0602c1_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oonnxk)old mill 2 (https://flic.kr/p/oonnxk) by goldenmageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

[Peter Lewin]

A farm stand, rather than a farm. Originally I tried to balance the directional arrow on the left with a speed limit sign on the right, but when I looked at the image in Photoshop, I decided it worked better with the right-hand sign cropped out.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/14736795025_1131d67733_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/14736795025/)
img150 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/14736795025/) by Pete Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr

HP5+, PMK, Schneider Symmar-S 210, scanned negative, cropped

[saturnus]

118954

delta 100, rodinal 1+25, CZJ tessar 175/4.5, ShenHao 5x7

[jesse]

119264Ebony SV45TE, 105mm f12.5 Collinear, Fomapan 100

[alexn]

119292
045N-2 + 90mm f/8 - Fomapan 100

119293
045N-2 + 210 f/5.6 - Fomapan 100

[Jim Cole]

I really like the simplicity of this one, Jesse. Great textures too!

[captainscot]

119348 5x7 Wisner, Dagor 8.25 @ f22

[Maris Rusis]

119293
045N-2 + 210 f/5.6 - Fomapan 100

This has so many things working right. The corrugated iron wall in sunlight is even better because it is assembled out of mis-matched sheets. And the wreck in front of it punctuates the scene like the dot on an exclamation mark. Interesting artifact in the sky above the shadowed wall of the barn: bromide drag?

[kintatsu]

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Loch gate on the Brietenbrunn Laaber.
FP4+, 125, in HC-110 Dil h 9 minutes.
4x5 with 210mm lens.

The whole setting where this shot was made is reminiscent of Psalms 23. That's probably why I shoot there so much!

[ImSoNegative]

I really like that a lot I can see why that would remind you of psalm 23

[Andrew Plume]

I really like the simplicity of this one, Jesse. Great textures too!

definitely +1 from me

andrew

[jesse]

I really like the simplicity of this one, Jesse. Great textures too!

Thanks Jim.

[jesse]

definitely +1 from me

andrew

Thanks Andrew.

[Andrew Plume]

grateful

[Colorado CJ]

Just a quick snap to test out some expired film I just received (TMAX 400). Shot at 250ISO through a 25A filter and developed in HC-110(h) for 8.5 minutes.

This is the old Loveland Feed and Grain building in my town. Constructed in 1891, it has been continuously in use one way or the other since it was built. This is the back of the building, the front has more character.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14817598826_dd87a72037_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ozo4TQ)Loveland-Feed-and-Grain-1891 (https://flic.kr/p/ozo4TQ) by Colorado CJ (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

[kintatsu]

I really like that a lot I can see why that would remind you of psalm 23

Thank you. This place is really peaceful. People will even stop for a quick picnic and a little sunbathing on a nice day. In the morning and the early afternoon the light is beautiful.

[Jim Galli]

Just a quick snap to test out some expired film I just received (TMAX 400). Shot at 250ISO through a 25A filter and developed in HC-110(h) for 8.5 minutes.

This is the old Loveland Feed and Grain building in my town. Constructed in 1891, it has been continuously in use one way or the other since it was built. This is the back of the building, the front has more character.



Beautiful and complex sky. Very believable, and difficult to achieve.

[polyglot]

The Gap
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3880/14835344346_22cd84cc4f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oAX225)
4x5 CHS100, Toyo 45A, 240/5.6 Symmar-S, Xtol N+1ish, Jobo.

well, 4x4" once I cropped it square...

[jesse]

Just a quick snap to test out some expired film I just received (TMAX 400). Shot at 250ISO through a 25A filter and developed in HC-110(h) for 8.5 minutes.

This is the old Loveland Feed and Grain building in my town. Constructed in 1891, it has been continuously in use one way or the other since it was built. This is the back of the building, the front has more character.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14817598826_dd87a72037_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ozo4TQ)Loveland-Feed-and-Grain-1891 (https://flic.kr/p/ozo4TQ) by Colorado CJ (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Really nice !

[Bob Mann]

Barns - Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, PA - 4x10 Ilford HP5/Diafine - Negative Scan

[bgh]

This is the back of the building, the front has more character.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14817598826_dd87a72037_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ozo4TQ)Loveland-Feed-and-Grain-1891 (https://flic.kr/p/ozo4TQ) by Colorado CJ (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Perhaps so, but this shows the relationship to the railroad, which is key. Well done!

[Peter Mounier]

Loveland Feed and Grain bldg., 1891

I like this one a lot too. Really nice.

[RHITMrB]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/14868458074_c2b4361c28_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oDSJzq)
Pete French Round Barn (https://flic.kr/p/oDSJzq) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people/40786724@N00/), on Flickr

[johnmsanderson]

Beautiful Isaac

[johnmsanderson]

Perfectly executed. This belongs in the pantheon of American railroad photography! I could spend hours photographing this environment.


Just a quick snap to test out some expired film I just received (TMAX 400). Shot at 250ISO through a 25A filter and developed in HC-110(h) for 8.5 minutes.

This is the old Loveland Feed and Grain building in my town. Constructed in 1891, it has been continuously in use one way or the other since it was built. This is the back of the building, the front has more character.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14817598826_dd87a72037_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ozo4TQ)Loveland-Feed-and-Grain-1891 (https://flic.kr/p/ozo4TQ) by Colorado CJ (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

[Colorado CJ]

Thank you everyone.

We have many interesting buildings around here with a lot of character and history.

Maybe I should make it a project to photograph these wonderful old structures.

I am mostly a landscape and wildlife photographer and I'm completely new to large format photography, but this seems like it would be a worthwhile and fun project. It would help me expand my horizons as well. There's more to life out there than landscapes and wildlife :)

[jp]

Packard door handles at Owls Head Transportation Museum.
4x5 speed graphic preanniversary, 7.25" verito, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3899/14698703460_e35467d0c9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ooSGrJ)
img324 (https://flic.kr/p/ooSGrJ) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3899/14698703460_e35467d0c9_c.jpg

Bravo !

[Harley Goldman]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3899/14698703460_e35467d0c9_c.jpg

Bravo !


+1

[jp]

Thanks Ken, Harley

Here's some more of the old American Lafrance fire truck.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3922/14715401279_ea2c4219d0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oqmh8a)
img328 (https://flic.kr/p/oqmh8a) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[John Olsen]

JP: On the Packard door handles, is the lens making the beautiful glow or did you print with diffusion? It's wonderful - and bravo for daring to be symmetrical.

[jp]

Thanks John, the lens makes the glow.
If it were done in the darkroom, I fear the diffusion would be diffused black not white.

[jp]

Tub. "up to camp" as we say, on Alford Lake in Hope ME.
tmy2 in pyrocat hd
4x5 preanniversary speed graphic, 7.25" verito

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5561/14975552301_3547976d01_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oPkBXB)
img339 (https://flic.kr/p/oPkBXB) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jp]

More "upta camp"...


With homemade lens at serving stop 1: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?115003-homemade-lens-Pipe-amp-Spaghetti-series-I-schedule-40

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3865/14992054805_67e815558b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oQNczx)
img341 (https://flic.kr/p/oQNczx) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

With 7.25" verito.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3857/14991700452_c125040b5b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oQLof1)
img340 (https://flic.kr/p/oQLof1) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[kintatsu]

120385
The Lodge
HP5+, box, HC-110 Dilution H, 10 minutes Tray development
Exposure was 45 seconds at f/45. Shot early morning, about 5:30.

Negative was photographed with my digital camera and edited to get it on here. I'm hoping to get a nice print when I have the time to do some printing.
I had to make a second one, as housekeeping moved through the area. The second wasn't needed and is awaiting development today.

[Robert Langham]

Chicken house at the Hubbell Trading Post. 120mm Super Angulon on 5X7. No filter. iphone note from contact. Probably have to pre-fog the door side in the print though it is just barely off the slope.

120606

[Robert Langham]

Side of an old barn North of Hearne, Texas. No filter. 210mm on 5X7.

120607

[austin granger]

Joseph, Oregon
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3902/15116431061_183afa4e17_c.jpg

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

[RPippin]

121154121155Couple of shots on 4X5 FP4 developed in Pyro. Scans for now, prints to follow after the new darkroom is set up in Staunton VA.

[RSalles]

Hi,

First to the thread - Train garage (a neighbothood told me that trains were fixed at this facility years ago).

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3924/14677711081_ab571d224d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/on279a)6x9_2014-4836+37 (https://flic.kr/p/on279a) by Renato__ Salles (https://www.flickr.com/people/57844819@N03/), on Flickr

Remains of a train garage - Dilermando de Aguiar - RS - Brazil
Sinar F2, Tominon 4/105mm, Fuji Across 100 ISO, Graflex RH-8 back 6x9, Agfa Rodinal 1:100 in stand 1hr 20ºC.

Renato

[austin granger]

Abandoned Farmhouse, Goodnoe Hills, Washington
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3897/15157543992_cb69f564d6_b.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

Austin,

One of the things I admire about your work is your use of negative space. I guarantee if I'd taken this photo I would have moved closer to the dwelling, but your willingness to leave so much empty space all around really anchors it and gives it context. The symmetry between the open sky and road is remarkable.

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Thanks Jonathan. I had this idea of trying to show here (in my typically heavy-handed way) the past and present simultaneously, and also to suggest how progress often leaves the past by the wayside (sometimes literally). But yeah, the shapes worked out pretty well too. It's kind of hard to tell, but I'm actually set up right in the middle of an intersection here, which I wouldn't normally recommend, but this part of Washington is one of the least traveled places I've been to (baring the wilderness). Seriously, You could spread out a blanket in the middle of the road here and have a picnic without worrying about being run over.

You can't really see them here, but there is a line of futuristic windmills in the far right that echoes the fence posts nicely. Synchronicity man! :-)

[Corran]

There's a lot of tension in that image due to the lines and crookedness of it (unless that's just an optical illusion), as well as the triangle composition in the center third. I like it. Jonathan makes an interesting point regarding the differing ways of "seeing." Personally I am seeing a 6x12 panoramic crop but maybe that's just because I've been shooting so many panoramas lately! :)

[austin granger]

Thanks Bryan. My camera was level-it's the world that's crooked! :-) I could see a panoramic crop but I like all the space. It makes the house feel more vulnerable. After all, it'll be gone in the blink of an eye.

[DennisD]

Hi Austin,

That's a marvelously powerful image considering it's mostly sky and asphalt !
The triangle wedge thru the center accented by the white line of the road is great.

What was the focal length ?

[austin granger]

Hi Austin,

That's a marvelously powerful image considering it's mostly sky and asphalt !
The triangle wedge thru the center accented by the white line of the road is great.

What was the focal length ?

Thanks Dennis. As for tech info, this was made with a Chamonix 4x5. The lens was not as wide as it looks; it was a Fujinon 125. Film was some expired and abused HP5 I've been trying to use up.

[Alan Curtis]

After all, it'll be gone in the blink of an eye.
Austin you are absolutely correct about disappearing. Several years ago I took this photograph of an old fish house in Sebastian, FL. Just as I removed the film holder a county crew arrived to "restore" the building. They put up a 6' chain link fence, put plywood on the windows and doors spray painted everything white and left. End of restoration.
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[austin granger]

Austin you are absolutely correct about disappearing. Several years ago I took this photograph of an old fish house in Sebastian, FL. Just as I removed the film holder a county crew arrived to "restore" the building. They put up a 6' chain link fence, put plywood on the windows and doors spray painted everything white and left. End of restoration.
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That photo has a nice feel to it Alan. It has a sense of place. You were lucky to catch the building before the "restoration." I can't count how many times I've gone back to something to try and photograph it and find that it's gone or completely different. I think I'm finally getting better at not telling myself that I'll get it at a different time, in a a better light, or whatever. Better that you photograph it NOW, and then come back and try and do it better if you must.

[Robert Langham]

Chicken House at the Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado Arizona. I was AIR there in April and just missed this shot. Second go at it. Fairly tight quarters and...it smells a lot like chickens.

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[Robert Langham]

Second run at this wall and it's tin patches. To get open shade you have to shoot in the afternoon and the light glares over the top, the glare fades as the light fades so it's a balancing act. Might get need more shot at it but it's one of those things that will be disappear overnight. Or the vines will swallow it next Spring. 180 miles away from my house. 210 Symar. Shot it with an Ektar 190 Wide Field but that lens didn't have enough contrast.

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[Robert Langham]

Gate at the Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, during an afternoon snow-storm.

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[Robert Langham]

Upstairs room in a building originally built as a brothel. Since demolished...20 years ago. I was using 4X5. Most of the upstairs windows were out and shutters open. I think this might make a real print.

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[Robert Langham]

Proofing old negs. Got several shots of old signs around town. 4X5.

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[StoneNYC]

Upstairs room in a building originally built as a brothel. Since demolished...20 years ago. I was using 4X5. Most of the upstairs windows were out and shutters open. I think this might make a real print.

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I agree should make a nice print, question, what does the building being demolished have to do with using 4x5?

[Jim Cole]

Robert,

Nice series from your AIR stay. I agree that the brothel room shot is very nice.

Thought I would add one from The Hubbell Trading Post. I only had a short time to shoot. This one is a cropped 4x5 on Acros. I had an issue with uneven development, thus the cropping, although it works better this way anyway.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3876/14992164308_3274ac54d6_b.jpg

[Neal Chaves]

These old fire engines from Concord, N.H. somehow ended up retired in Berwick, Me. where I found them on the side of Rt.9 in 1988. Last week I pulled the negative from my files to make a print for a friend who has a first responder themed restaurant. 8X10 Deardorff with 250mm 6.7 Fujinon W lens and Kodak Tri-X film developed in HC110B. This is a scan of the negative.122059

[Steve M Hostetter]

1222154x5 cropped RIP11

[StoneNYC]

1222154x5 cropped RIP11

Oh I like this!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Thank you Stone, That is a barber shop in the oldest strip mall ( Plaza as it was called) in Indianapolis east side. Irvington Plaza

The exposure was something like 1/2 hour @f22 on Provia f100 quick load

[StoneNYC]

Thank you Stone, That is a barber shop in the oldest strip mall ( Plaza as it was called) in Indianapolis east side. Irvington Plaza

The exposure was something like 1/2 hour @f22 on Provia f100 quick load

Wow, that's quite an exposure!

[Thomas Greutmann]

Abandoned clinic, Harastolen, Norway

http://blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Sognefjord/001007-fi-harastolen.jpg?m=1412016336

This huge complex is located in the forests high above the Lustrafjord (Sognefjord), far from any town, with a spectacular panoramic view over the Fjord and mountains. It used to be a clinic for tuberculosis patients, later it was a mental Hospital until the 80's. Abandoned since then.

Linhof Master Technika with Schneider Super Angulon 47mm, TMAX 400 developed in XTOL

Greetings, Thomas

[jp]

At Wild Bill's in Middletown CT. 4x5 speed graphic with 7.25" verito soft focus lens, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2948/15236559958_b6cf00985d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pdpmrC)
img441 (https://flic.kr/p/pdpmrC) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[czbrutiron]

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it is na antique negative taken by 1910S

[Peter Lewin]

A return trip to the Cider Mill Museum near Chester, NJ. Straight negative scans with no manipulation at all, since the final prints will be made in the darkroom. HP5+ and PMK. The first was a geometric pattern that caught my eye, the second is an oblique rear view of the cider mill itself. I had a previous image of the mill from more or less the same spot, but it was a vertical of the building, and I decided the building needed more space around it "to breathe."

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3950/15341435987_0516637779_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pnESr2)cider_museum_geometric (https://flic.kr/p/pnESr2) by Pete Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/people/90970144@N06/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3953/15528062635_7fa9286bb7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pEao2R)cider_museum_bldg (https://flic.kr/p/pEao2R) by Pete Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/people/90970144@N06/), on Flickr

[johnmsanderson]

http://www.john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/40_kinzua-810.jpg