September 2011 Portraits

[csant]

Time for a new portrait thread…

M. N. Verito, 8x10.


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6102492635_376df2c8eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6102492635/)

Larger image and more info over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6102492635/).

[Scott --]

Bubba at 11.624772...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6103805599_7d774f7d24_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6103805599/)
Bubba at 11.624772... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6103805599/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Pseudo-meniscus half-Petzval, 8x10 crop from 10x12. TXP320 in HC-110 dil H.

[Kerik Kouklis]

A couple of 8x10 wet plates:

http://www.collodion.com/uploads/47/sam_2.JPG

http://www.collodion.com/uploads/47/lia_1.JPG

[dlin]

Marvelous, Kerik

Best,
Daniel

[Ari]

Bubba at 11.624772...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6103805599_7d774f7d24_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6103805599/)
Bubba at 11.624772... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6103805599/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Pseudo-meniscus half-Petzval, 8x10 crop from 10x12. TXP320 in HC-110 dil H.

Beautiful tones and transitions, Scott.

[Craig Tuffin]

I can't seem to see your plates Kerik...

'POWDER'
8X10 Black Glass Ambrotype shot with a Dallmeyer 3B @ f3 for 4 seconds. In the doorway of the studio with natural light.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6105292757_a086a76f63_b.jpg

[monkeymon]

Time for a new portrait thread…

M. N. Verito, 8x10.


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6102492635_376df2c8eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6102492635/)

Larger image and more info over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6102492635/).

I really like this style, these tones and the softer overall look seems to be a powerful combination

[ImSoNegative]

I can't seem to see your plates Kerik...

'POWDER'
8X10 Black Glass Ambrotype shot with a Dallmeyer 3B @ f3 for 4 seconds. In the doorway of the studio with natural light.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6105292757_a086a76f63_b.jpg

WOW! wicked

[gbogatko]

Practicing during Irene.
14.5 Verito, f/8
CSX green latitude xray film, cambo 8x10
P.S. jiggering to add the tone.

[gbogatko]

Pseudo-meniscus half-Petzval.

I.e. remove the rear set, then put the front lens in the back?
What's the original focal length?

George

[Harley Goldman]

A couple of 8x10 wet plates:

http://www.collodion.com/uploads/47/lia_1.JPG

Sweet image!

[bw@lover]

If I have time to process my negative, I'll join you guys. :D

[Dave Aharonian]

I love those images Kerik!!

[Miguel Coquis]

nice September, great month... !
do not ask me why,
WO, Delta 8x10
Dev N
Exposure N


http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Tamaki.jpg

Couple

[Scott --]

The boy and his dragon today. And some flare.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6106789027_5144d031e8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6106789027/)
Bubba and Thorn... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6106789027/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[Tom J McDonald]

nice September, great month... !
do not ask me why,
WO, Delta 8x10
Dev N
Exposure N


http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Tamaki.jpg

Couple

Great photo.
The breast seems to be imposing on the man.

[Randy]

Don't know if this qualifies as a portrait. Mr. George Hairston wondered up to inquire what I was taking pictures of (neighborhood watch?). He proceeded to tell me some history of the local farm lands. He was kind enough to put his beer down long enough to pose. Promised him I would get him a print. Will drop one by tomorrow.

"Hairston's" came to Virginia back in the 1730's. I believe any blacks with that name can be traced back to slaves on the Hairston plantations.

Lighting was bad, on top of that, I underexposed by at least a stop :(

http://rsphoto.fileave.com/371b.jpg
Arista EDU 100 5X7, Fuji W 180mm

[gsinico]

My september portrait, a girl of eight.
http://gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_people/bn_children/Martina_05.htm

sorry but I do not join flickr...

giovanni

[gsinico]

a series of pic of brother and sister:

http://gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_people/bn_children/anna_davide/content/anna_06_large.html

[gsinico]

and other pics of the same group...

you can find the gallery here:

http://gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_people/bn_children/anna_davide/index.html

[Bill Kelleher]

Practicing during Irene.
14.5 Verito, f/8
CSX green latitude xray film, cambo 8x10
P.S. jiggering to add the tone.

Nice .very nice.......Saw you were in westfield, I am south in ocean county. (exit 91) may I ask where you go for your 8x10 film? Right now i get all mine through the mail.
Thanks Bill

[cdholden]

Great photo.
The breast seems to be imposing on the man.

He doesn't appear to be offended by the imposition.
Miguel isn't the only one having a good month.

[gbogatko]

Nice .very nice.......Saw you were in westfield, I am south in ocean county. (exit 91) may I ask where you go for your 8x10 film? Right now i get all mine through the mail.
Thanks Bill
CSXonline.com and freestylephoto.biz. Occasionally I'll bop into NYC and visit B&H. I prefer X-ray for "proof" shooting because it's inexpensive.

George

[Jim Galli]

The boy and his dragon today. And some flare.

Both of these are gorgeous. Long live the Menisci.

[jp]

With a Meyer Gorlitz Trioplan 210/4.5 I obtained via a trade on the classifieds here. Can't seem to find much about it online; it's a nice triplet though, with a buttery smooth aperture made of lots of blade.

Not exactly breaking new ground for portraits, but I wanted to test the lens out and the light was nice, getting kinda low filtering through the trees. Bribed the kids with a late afternoon snack if they posed for the test shots.

Pre-anniversary speed graphic with focal plane shutter, TMY2 film in PMK.

At f8:
http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img427.jpg

Wide Open:
http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img428.jpg

Sharp face details, ears and some hair out of focus, wonderful background blur; the leaves and branches were only about 2' behind.

[stefan d]

http://www.stefandieterich.de/inhalt/images/Forenbilder/Matze.jpg

The Challenger
8x10" Ambrotype

[Keith Cocker]

Great photo.
The breast seems to be imposing on the man.

Lucky man is all I can say!

[Joe Smigiel]

Practicing during Irene.
14.5 Verito, f/8
CSX green latitude xray film, cambo 8x10
P.S. jiggering to add the tone.

That's a good use of that lens and a sweet effect. It looks circa 1910 to me. (Which is why I bought my Veritos.)

Joe

[unrealalex]

http://www.ambrotype.ru/photos/wet-plate/ambro-portrait050.jpg
ambrotype 8x10"

[Michael E]

With a Meyer Gorlitz Trioplan 210/4.5 I obtained via a trade on the classifieds here. Can't seem to find much about it online;

Camera eccentric has the 1936 Hugo Meyer catalog online. Check page 4:
http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/meyer_3.html
Michael

[dupont07]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6115455359_cba6a4cc9f_z.jpg

My daughter.
Shenhao 4x5
APO lanthar 150
Foma Pan 100

[gbogatko]

It looks circa 1910 to me.
Joe

Thanks! The pictorial guys might have made it even darker. :)

[OMU]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6115455359_cba6a4cc9f_z.jpg

My daughter.
Shenhao 4x5
APO lanthar 150
Foma Pan 100

Very, very beautiful eyes.

[goamules]

Giovanni, I love the action in your photos! Too often we think the model must hold still.

[gsinico]

Giovanni, I love the action in your photos! Too often we think the model must hold still.


Sure we are all alive people, and we cannot stand still for a while...

:)

[Scott --]

Testing the B&J Ajax Petzval again to see if I want to keep it. Yep.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6118004414_3a2b9d4704_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6118004414/)
img329 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6118004414/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[jp]

Camera eccentric has the 1936 Hugo Meyer catalog online. Check page 4:
http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/meyer_3.html
Michael

Thanks; That's real close with that link. A tiny bit newer styling, but uncoated and the 210/4.5 seemed to be discontinued in the 50's catalog on their site. Mine might be a tiny bit newer than the 1936.

[goamules]

5x7 Collodion black glass ambrotype. 14" Gasc & Charconnet petzval stopped down. My son approaching his 21st birthday.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6121458106_6b6c4deb24_o.jpg

[csant]

I really like this style, these tones and the softer overall look seems to be a powerful combination

Thank you kindly!

[Scott --]

The B&J Ajax Petzval, again, this time on 5x7 (first sheet I've burned in, like, a year)...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6121904568_3b44d725fc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6121904568/)
img001a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6121904568/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[northcarolinajack]

This is my Aunt Betty, the last of three sisters. Betty is a wonderful person in many ways, such as Wife, Mother, Sister, and Aunt.

Camera- Refurbished Kodak Full Plate
Film – HP4 processed in HC110 – B
Lens- Wollensak 11 ½ inch Verito at F4

Jack




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

www.jackharrisphotography.com

[cdholden]

The B&J Ajax Petzval, again, this time on 5x7 (first sheet I've burned in, like, a year)...


Scott,
Lighting (and lack thereof) definitely makes this one work.

[Ari]

Testing the B&J Ajax Petzval again to see if I want to keep it. Yep.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6118004414_3a2b9d4704_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6118004414/)
img329 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6118004414/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Looks like a keeper to me, too!

[Scott --]

Scott,
Lighting (and lack thereof) definitely makes this one work.


Looks like a keeper to me, too!

Chris and Ari, as always, thanks for your comments!

[dupont07]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6129720296_0ceeaf5c1b_z.jpg

[dupont07]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6129756760_bf3ccf4776_z.jpg

[szadow]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nwk30LnEXrA/TmnisCyMSzI/AAAAAAAAAjI/b10I8XFyN0c/s640/MarekTryptyk.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklesniak/6129018897/)

My first ever photos made on an X-ray film :)
Globica 13x18
Lens Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
KODAK Medical X-Ray Film , Rodinal 1+100 tray processing

[jumanji]

I'm learning how to control X ray film. It's so sensitive.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6129423529_43f8627eea_z.jpg

[Ari]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6129720296_0ceeaf5c1b_z.jpg

Good shot here.



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nwk30LnEXrA/TmnisCyMSzI/AAAAAAAAAjI/b10I8XFyN0c/s640/MarekTryptyk.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklesniak/6129018897/)

My first ever photos made on an X-ray film :)
Globica 13x18
Lens Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
KODAK Medical X-Ray Film , Rodinal 1+100 tray processing

I like the overall clean look of these X-ray shots, and the light streaks add rather than detract.

[luphot]

5x7 tintype
Derogy petzval bayonet 12" f:4

[MMELVIS]

5x7 tintype
Derogy petzval bayonet 12" f:4

Luphot great combination, the tintype has a very classic look. Well done

[jw918]

5x7 tintype
Derogy petzval bayonet 12" f:4

Looks great, outstanding.:)

[Craig Tuffin]

5x7 tintype
Derogy petzval bayonet 12" f:4

Fantastic plate....love it!!!

[dcypher]

Shot in August, but scanned this week...
All Speed Graphic with standard Optar at f4.7, tMax 400 in 1+1 xtol

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah004.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah010.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah013.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah012.jpg

[Thomas Greutmann]

Shot in August, but scanned this week...
All Speed Graphic with standard Optar at f4.7, tMax 400 in 1+1 xtol

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah004.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah010.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah013.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah012.jpg

dcypher, all four images are very good. Two questions:
- Is it all natural lighting?
- On the last two images: did you tilt the lens to get the face and part of the background in focus and the body out of focus?

Greetings, Thomas

[dcypher]

Yes,Thomas. All natural light. I tilted the lens to put the focus on the face. It creates a more intimate image, imo. Less attention to the (covered) nudity.

[dupont07]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6139849872_67daf91715_z.jpg

[csant]

Maybe not a "portrait" in the traditional sense… but trying to emphasize how I see this friend of mine… 8x10, Verito. Lith print, iron blue toned.

P. O.


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6139149365_ec6dfeff9c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6139149365/)

Larger image and more info over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6139149365/).

[Craig Tuffin]

My father passed away some time ago. As a result, I took ownership of my wife's :rolleyes: He was just visiting from New Zealand and was very interested in the process of shooting wet plates.

What better way to demonstrate than to have him take part in the process.

8x10 Black Glass Ambrotype shot with a Cooke 18" Portrait for 8 seconds

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6132766094_0d819cb270_b.jpg

[Emil Schildt]

Craig. Perfect!

[Allen in Montreal]

........
What better way to demonstrate than to have him take part in the process.

8x10 Black Glass Ambrotype shot with a Cooke 18" Portrait for 8 seconds
[/IMG]

Yet another really nice one Craig. :) :)

[D-tach]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6141823607_53e56a94e1_z.jpg

Barbara

Chamonix 45N2 - PS945 - Efke 25

[Randy]

Barbara
Chamonix 45N2 - PS945 - Efke 25

D-tach, I really like it. I have now been inspired to get a tad closer than I normally do. Thanks....
...and she looks like she can read my mind...

[Randy]

Don't know if this qualifies as a portrait. Mr. George Hairston wondered up to inquire what I was taking pictures of (neighborhood watch?). He proceeded to tell me some history of the local farm lands. He was kind enough to put his beer down long enough to pose. Promised him I would get him a print. Will drop one by tomorrow.

"Hairston's" came to Virginia back in the 1730's. I believe any blacks with that name can be traced back to slaves on the Hairston plantations.

Lighting was bad, on top of that, I underexposed by at least a stop :(

http://rsphoto.fileave.com/371b.jpg
Arista EDU 100 5X7, Fuji W 180mm

Update - I took Mr. Hairston a copy of his picture. He invited me in to see his camera collection - a Polaroid One-Step, some sort of Brownie TLR with BOTH lenses missing, and the highlight - a Kodak Brownie 120 box camera mounted above his front porch light with a length of telephone wire coming from the back of it and running around the side of his house. That, he explained, was his fake surveillance/security camera.

[dupont07]

Impressive! My kudos to your pic. Could you pls share with us, how you set up the light?

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6141823607_53e56a94e1_z.jpg

Barbara

Chamonix 45N2 - PS945 - Efke 25

[ImSoNegative]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6141823607_53e56a94e1_z.jpg

Barbara

Chamonix 45N2 - PS945 - Efke 25

that lighting is very cool

[ImSoNegative]

Shot in August, but scanned this week...
All Speed Graphic with standard Optar at f4.7, tMax 400 in 1+1 xtol

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah004.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah010.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah013.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/3248198/Sarah012.jpg

Love the tones in the first two images, nice work in all of them though

[grahamcase]

I'm going to guess, and be corrected later, maybe.

I think it's two soft boxes, one above and one below the subject. If you look at the catch lights in her eyes, you can see the larger reflection in the bottom, and just slightly see the reflection on the top of the pupil. Two catch lights, two lights (not always true, but I think it is here...)

Beautiful lighting and image. Love it!


Impressive! My kudos to your pic. Could you pls share with us, how you set up the light?

[dupont07]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6142608871_3462e6b90b_z.jpg

[D-tach]

D-tach, I really like it. I have now been inspired to get a tad closer than I normally do. Thanks....
...and she looks like she can read my mind...


Impressive! My kudos to your pic. Could you pls share with us, how you set up the light?


that lighting is very cool


I'm going to guess, and be corrected later, maybe.

I think it's two soft boxes, one above and one below the subject. If you look at the catch lights in her eyes, you can see the larger reflection in the bottom, and just slightly see the reflection on the top of the pupil. Two catch lights, two lights (not always true, but I think it is here...)

Beautiful lighting and image. Love it!

Thx guys!

Correct Graham, big softbox under and small one above at -1EV. although there's not supposed to be a second catchlight :rolleyes: I couldn't get close enough with the upper softbox. I don't like more than one catchlight.

Tom

[Michael W]

Maybe not a "portrait" in the traditional sense… but trying to emphasize how I see this friend of mine… 8x10, Verito. Lith print, iron blue toned.

P. O.


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6139149365_ec6dfeff9c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6139149365/)

Larger image and more info over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6139149365/).
Superb. There is something quite primal about this.

[Michael E]

Update - I took Mr. Hairston a copy of his picture. He invited me in to see his camera collection - a Polaroid One-Step, some sort of Brownie TLR with BOTH lenses missing, and the highlight - a Kodak Brownie 120 box camera mounted above his front porch light with a length of telephone wire coming from the back of it and running around the side of his house. That, he explained, was his fake surveillance/security camera.

Get they guy and his collection into a contemporary art gallery and set them up as an installation. The art critics would drop dead from excitement!

Michael

[szadow]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img323191.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/323191)

Selfportrait.
My first wet plate made in my studio.
Camera: Globica 13x18
Lens: Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
14sec f4.5
wet plate collodion

[monkeymon]

Maybe not a "portrait" in the traditional sense… but trying to emphasize how I see this friend of mine… 8x10, Verito. Lith print, iron blue toned.

P. O.


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6139149365_ec6dfeff9c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6139149365/)

Larger image and more info over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6139149365/).

stunning!

[D-tach]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6146885727_ccf108e73a_z.jpg

Barbara

Chamonix 45N2 - PS945 - Efke 25

[-88-]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6109188094_76e6bb8440_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/74999203@N00/6109188094/)
285 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/74999203@N00/6109188094/) by Jalkanen (http://www.flickr.com/people/74999203@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/6109186792_e3c7d601b5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/74999203@N00/6109186792/)
278 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/74999203@N00/6109186792/) by Jalkanen (http://www.flickr.com/people/74999203@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6108637127_9a2b74f54d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/74999203@N00/6108637127/)
283 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/74999203@N00/6108637127/) by Jalkanen (http://www.flickr.com/people/74999203@N00/), on Flickr

Sinar norma + Sironar 240
Foma 100

[James Morris]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6148416197_dda3961c55_b.jpg


4x5 Crown Graphic, Goerz Dagor 8.25 in f/6.8 wide open, FP-100B instant film.

[atlcruiser]

deardorff 810
360 commercial
arista 400@200
ABC+ Pyro in jobo

I sort of missed focus on this. I think the DoF was too shallow, f22, and maybe I did not have the ft standard wonky....hands are perfect, focus on her face is a bit soft. I still like it though :)

She hates it!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6149215448_35f95aca92_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6149215448/)
0911 BW 810005.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6149215448/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

[bobpin]

16" Jamin "Objectif à cône centralisateur" on 11x14 Ilford HP5+, developed in 510-pyro 1:300 16mins.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/6150229286_e4de20374a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58933716@N00/6150229286/)
crown (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58933716@N00/6150229286/) by bobpin2007 (http://www.flickr.com/people/58933716@N00/), on Flickr

[Jay DeFehr]

Very nice, Bobby. I love the zip tie crown.

[Michael Wynd]

Bobpin, great shot. Ethereal. Also religious undertones.
Mike

[Jim Galli]

16" Jamin "Objectif à cône centralisateur" on 11x14 Ilford HP5+, developed in 510-pyro 1:300 16mins.


Crazy awesome. Wasn't there somebody else that wore a crown like this. Made out of thorns though, right?

[Scott Davis]

deardorff 810
360 commercial
arista 400@200
ABC+ Pyro in jobo

I sort of missed focus on this. I think the DoF was too shallow, f22, and maybe I did not have the ft standard wonky....hands are perfect, focus on her face is a bit soft. I still like it though :)

She hates it!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6149215448_35f95aca92_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6149215448/)
0911 BW 810005.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6149215448/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

That's a toss-up for me - I think the slightly-soft focus on the face is probably a good thing, but the hands being sharper is ultimately distracting. I always try to focus on the eye when shooting a portrait. Sometimes that's tough, depending on the lighting.

[atlcruiser]

Thanks Scott...I agree.

It was hot, she was pissed and I was hungry....perhaps not the best time to bring out the 810 :)

[dcypher]

16" Jamin "Objectif à cône centralisateur" on 11x14 Ilford HP5+, developed in 510-pyro 1:300 16mins.


Wow.... this is amazing!

[Roger Cole]

16" Jamin "Objectif à cône centralisateur" on 11x14 Ilford HP5+, developed in 510-pyro 1:300 16mins.



Very nice, Bobby. I love the zip tie crown.


Bobpin, great shot. Ethereal. Also religious undertones.
Mike


Crazy awesome. Wasn't there somebody else that wore a crown like this. Made out of thorns though, right?

Agree - great image, love it!


Thanks Scott...I agree.

It was hot, she was pissed and I was hungry....perhaps not the best time to bring out the 810 :)

Well we all have to suffer for our art, no? ;)

[r.e.]

That's a toss-up for me - I think the slightly-soft focus on the face is probably a good thing, but the hands being sharper is ultimately distracting. I always try to focus on the eye when shooting a portrait. Sometimes that's tough, depending on the lighting.

Regardless of whether the focus was deliberate or an accident, I find the photograph provocative. Not only is it not flawed, the approach could lead to an interesting series. I like Scott's photographs of his kids a lot, but focusing on the eyes is conventional, whereas this may open a door to something that goes beyond convention.

[cdholden]

Regardless of whether the focus was deliberate or an accident, I find the photograph provocative. Not only is it not flawed, the approach could lead to an interesting series. I like Scott's photographs of his kids a lot, but focusing on the eyes is conventional, whereas this may open a door to something that goes beyond convention.

I'm sure both would appreciate compliments, but I think you might have your Scotts mixed up. The photo was posted by atlcruiser, which I don't think is a Scott.
Either way, it makes for interesting reading!

[Roger Cole]

I'm sure both would appreciate compliments, but I think you might have your Scotts mixed up. The photo was posted by atlcruiser, which I don't think is a Scott.
Either way, it makes for interesting reading!

I don't think he thought this was posted by Scott, he was comparing David (atlcruiser) and Scott's photos.

[johnielvis]

I sort of missed focus on this. I think the DoF was too shallow, f22, and maybe I did not have the ft standard wonky....hands are perfect, focus on her face is a bit soft. I still like it though :)

She hates it!




DUDE...THAT's the pic to use the olde lens tilt you were using before--you could have got them both tack sharp....with f16 or less----I guess you were not thinking..."under stress" and didn't have time to figure it out......next time next time......

oh--yeah---she's right---it's not flattering--get her from a different angle---underneath is not the look for most people I've found unless you get them with their face from the side...not srraight on---you end up looking up their nose straight on...unless you wanted the "looking down her nose at you" effect, that is.....even then, I'd get it from more of her head turned, you know...so you get a little shape in the nose....

or use me for a model--I'm good from any angle---I'm just that hawt...

[atlcruiser]

RE thanks...I am gald you saw it that way, roger...you are right and Johnelvis......are you drinkin again?

Scott, I do like your photos but that is just not my style.

I am well aware of how I could have done it correctly...i have that tilt thingy figured out :)

So the backstory...this is about 1 minute after I gave her the ring and got her to agree to marry me. She was a little wacked out and the last thing on my mind was actually taking a picture :)

[johnielvis]

HA....yeah...the BOTH of you were probably not into the pics at that time then....

no...no boozing tonite---just light headed from moving/assembling the big olde studio camera---hey did you get yours yet???? I remember you were gonna buy one from some cat that lived around by me.

[alex best]

My father passed away some time ago. As a result, I took ownership of my wife's :rolleyes: He was just visiting from New Zealand and was very interested in the process of shooting wet plates.

What better way to demonstrate than to have him take part in the process.

8x10 Black Glass Ambrotype shot with a Cooke 18" Portrait for 8 seconds

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6132766094_0d819cb270_b.jpg

Wow, brilliant.

[alex best]

Shot on Kodak Ektachrome.

61301

61300

61302

[Michael E]

So the backstory...this is about 1 minute after I gave her the ring and got her to agree to marry me.

Congratulations! So the image is all about the ring... In that case the focus is just perfect.

Michael

[Tony Evans]

Craig,
A beautiful portrait. Made all the more meaningful today by the fact that at that time he was wearing the National Jersey.

[Michael W]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/6152708461_37276ab857.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/18278811@N00/6152708461/)

Deardorff 8x10
300 mm f/8 at 1/4 second
HP5 in Xtol 1:1 13 mins at 20.5 deg C
rolling in a Jobo 2830
neg scanned on an Epson V700, placed directly on the glass emulsion side down - no Newton rings which is pleasing as it means I don't have to bother about getting ANR glass.

[Roger Cole]

So the backstory...this is about 1 minute after I gave her the ring and got her to agree to marry me. She was a little wacked out and the last thing on my mind was actually taking a picture :)


Congratulations! So the image is all about the ring... In that case the focus is just perfect.

Michael

Somehow I missed that part - congratulations David!

You said she was pissed, really, right after accepting your proposal? Or was she pissed that the next thing you did was drag out the 8x10 Deardorf? ;)

My fiance and I were both too giddy to photograph even if I had the Linhof, which I didn't. Shot a photo of the ring on her hand with the iPhone to share later and that was about the extent of my photo thinking ability for a while. A friend who does digital pretty seriously shot a few when we made the announcement to friends, but this does give me an idea that should have occurred to me but didn't until now. They make a self timer thing that attaches to an LF lens release socket, don't they?

[atlcruiser]

Somehow I missed that part - congratulations David!

You said she was pissed, really, right after accepting your proposal? Or was she pissed that the next thing you did was drag out the 8x10 Deardorf? ;)

My fiance and I were both too giddy to photograph even if I had the Linhof, which I didn't. Shot a photo of the ring on her hand with the iPhone to share later and that was about the extent of my photo thinking ability for a while. A friend who does digital pretty seriously shot a few when we made the announcement to friends, but this does give me an idea that should have occurred to me but didn't until now. They make a self timer thing that attaches to an LF lens release socket, don't they?

Thank you both. As you may have seen I use Lori as a very reluctant model. She hates all things camera; especially the big cameras!

I lured her to the trainyard under the pretex of another semi-nude photo shoot then I kept posing and reposing here saying we are missing somthing...then out with the ring :)

She was shocked.

About a week and a 1/2 from now we will have some more PICs up that are really for the engagement. They involve VERY large format, Lori and I, NYC and a well know forum member :)

[Roger Cole]

Thank you both. As you may have seen I use Lori as a very reluctant model. She hates all things camera; especially the big cameras!

I lured her to the trainyard under the pretex of another semi-nude photo shoot then I kept posing and reposing here saying we are missing somthing...then out with the ring :)

She was shocked.

About a week and a 1/2 from now we will have some more PICs up that are really for the engagement. They involve VERY large format, Lori and I, NYC and a well know forum member :)

Sounds cool!

My fiance likes my photography, in fact it was she who spurred and reignited my interest when we got together as she's a big fan of art. Sometimes our house looks like more of a gallery and she only has a fraction of her collection hanging (and two of my old ones, I just printed a few and had mounted so they may end up on the walls too.) She likes my photos of her too, but I don't have any LF to share yet, only shot one. I have several good ones in MF that I haven't printed yet except on a contact sheet. I'll get to them soon and they may turn up in the safe haven for tiny formats thread.

I have some of the night we announced the engagement to our friends, but they were even smaller format, shot by a friend on digital (pretty serious digital photog though, definitely not a digisnapper - I forget what his new camera is, he lost his Canon DSLR to a mugger as he was going in to a cemetery to shoot!)

[dperez]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6156374665_6c814bed4e_b.jpg
[View Large (http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6156374665_5b6f2236c6_o.jpg)]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6156373111_23dc66f761_b.jpg
[View Large (http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6156373111_7f08a68f92_o.jpg)]

Both were taken in Pomona, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 210mm 5.6 Symmar-S Schneider lens, Kodak Portra 400 (New).

This is a portrait I made of a former undergrad professor of mine while I visited him at his home. He is Professor Emeritus, Political Science at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He grew up in "El Barrio" in New York, was involved in the civil rights movement as a young man, and marched with MLK. He earned a scholarship to The City University if New York, where he completed his undergraduate studies. He then went on to earn a PhD in Political Science from The University of Wisconsin, Madison, focusing on Latin American politics. He's had a major influence on my life.

[Craig Tuffin]

16" Jamin "Objectif à cône centralisateur" on 11x14 Ilford HP5+, developed in 510-pyro 1:300 16mins.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/6150229286_e4de20374a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58933716@N00/6150229286/)
crown (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58933716@N00/6150229286/) by bobpin2007 (http://www.flickr.com/people/58933716@N00/), on Flickr

This is absolutely brilliant...one of my all-time favourites!!!

[szadow]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img324294.jpg
(http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/324294)
Ambrotype of my wife and daughter :) Still having some problems with pouring the colodion, but it's better than last time

Camera: 13x18 East German Globica
Lens" Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
22 seconds f4.5

[Mark Sawyer]

Ambrotype of my wife and daughter :) Still having some problems with pouring the colodion, but it's better than last time...

A lovely plate! Pouring expertise is something that just comes with experience. And when you can pour a perfect plate every time, you may find you miss the little imperfections.

[Scott --]

16" Jamin "Objectif à cône centralisateur" on 11x14 Ilford HP5+, developed in 510-pyro 1:300 16mins.


One of the best photos I've ever seen anywhere, ever. Awesome.

[cuypers1807]

My first attempt at a 4x5 portrait. It wasn't planned so I had to only use available light.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6162392919_8e9edff0b7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24021575@N02/6162392919/)
Jose

Chamonix 045N-02
Schneider 150mm
HP5
D76 1:1

[uphereinmytree]

15" gundlach achromatic meniscus ilford film and my buddy john louis

[Stephane]

Natalia through a Kodak 405 @ f/5.6
This is from before I left...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/6170144952_e5143b4017_b.jpg

[cowanw]

You might get her to check her thyroid

[Doug Webb]

Wista 4x5 Fujinon 250 5.6 SF Polaroid 55 P/N

[Hugo Zhang]

Chamonix WP Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality No. 3 Tmax 400
Gowlandflex 45 with 180mm Symmar Taking Lens

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Hugo, very nice. We need to talk!

[Steve M Hostetter]

I agree :)

[mike rosenlof]

Wista 45SP, G-Claron 150mm f/9, FP4+, about 1 sec f/16

https://sites.google.com/site/mikerosenlof/home/kdr-qtr-2.jpg

[Michael W]

http://whystoptime.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/8x10-adam-hedge-blog.jpg

Deardorff 8x10 with Rodenstock 300mm at 5.6/8 on HP5
Xtol 1:1 processed rolling in a Jobo 2830.

[gsinico]

Fujinon SF 250 with yellow disk at f/9

Eyes wide shut!!

[gsinico]

Eyes wide shut.

[Craig Tuffin]

Craig,
A beautiful portrait. Made all the more meaningful today by the fact that at that time he was wearing the National Jersey.

Well done for noticing Tony! :)

He's a very proud New Zealand All-Blacks supporter so I had to sneak it into the frame to 'complete' the image.

[alex from holland]

http://upload.pbase.com/image/138331514/original.jpg

ambrotype 18x24 cm
Dallmeyer 3b open
KCN fixer
Poorboy collodion
exposure time 4 secs

[Dave Wooten]

Great Portrait Alex...

[Randy]

Deardorff 8x10 with Rodenstock 300mm at 5.6/8 on HP5
Xtol 1:1 processed rolling in a Jobo 2830.
I really like it Michael W. Questions - about how far was your subject from the lens? About how much bellows extension?

[JosephBurke]

Originally Posted by Michael W
Deardorff 8x10 with Rodenstock 300mm at 5.6/8 on HP5
Xtol 1:1 processed rolling in a Jobo 2830.


... a terrific image, great expression...

[alex from holland]

Great Portrait Alex...

Thanks Dave :)

[Stephane]

Maria

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6180321563_271d0ac460_b.jpg

[gsinico]

Very beautiful, how you did the soft image?
Giovanni

[gsinico]

Fujinon SF 250 with yellow disk at f/9

Eyes wide shut!!

I'll try to flickr here..
http://flic.kr/p/aqb9ho

[Stephane]

Using a soft focus lens...

[gsinico]

Using a soft focus lens...


I started yesterday shooting wit my "new" fujinon 250SF, did you know this lens?

[gsinico]

16" Jamin "Objectif à cône centralisateur" on 11x14 Ilford HP5+, developed in 510-pyro 1:300 16mins.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/6150229286_e4de20374a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58933716@N00/6150229286/)
crown (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58933716@N00/6150229286/) by bobpin2007 (http://www.flickr.com/people/58933716@N00/), on Flickr

This is really marvellous!
thanks for sharing us.

[Stephane]

No, I do not.
If it is coated, the only way for me to like it is to remove the coating...

[gsinico]

someone can me explain what to do with flickr images?
I post the link with the option icon "photo"
the link appear in typing this, but it will not appear on the thread in "public mode"


Another try with the fujoinon SF 250


http://www.flickr.com/photos/4x5gelatina/6180259453/

[gsinico]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4x5gelatina/6180259453/sizes/in/photostream/

[eddie]

this is for gsinico. it is his/her photo. just helping to have it show in the post.


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6180259453_c156fdf621_b.jpg

[eddie]

I post the link with the option icon "photo"
the link appear in typing this, but it will not appear on the thread in "public mode"


look at the above post i posted. click on the "quote" at the bottom of the thread. you will see how i did it then.

basically there is a small "mountain" icon in the tool bar on top of the text box. to teh right of the "B" "I" "U" etc. it is yellow in color. click that. then when the box opens put in your URL. this will make it show in the thread.

hope this helps.

eddie

[gsinico]

look at the above post i posted. click on the "quote" at the bottom of the thread. you will see how i did it then.

basically there is a small "mountain" icon in the tool bar on top of the text box. to teh right of the "B" "I" "U" etc. it is yellow in color. click that. then when the box opens put in your URL. this will make it show in the thread.

hope this helps.

eddie

Eddie, you can!
I did it and it wasn't working. I'm thinking I'm dumb.
I apologize for that, but I found and used the mountain icon and paste the url flickr gave me.
thanks,

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6180259453_c156fdf621_b.jpg

finally!!

fujinon 250 SF , yellow disk f/9, delta 100 on 4x5'

[Michael W]

I really like it Michael W. Questions - about how far was your subject from the lens? About how much bellows extension?
The bellows was 450mm with the 300mm lens. I remember measuring and adding one stop of light to compensate. I didn't think to measure how far away the sitter was - approx 2 feet I'd guess.

[Stephane]

gsinico

This is the url of your picture (right click on the picture, just not copy the navigation address).

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6180259453_c156fdf621_b.jpg

and not what you have done:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4x5gelatina/6180259453/sizes/l/in/photostream/

[gsinico]

gsinico

This is the url of your picture (right click on the picture, just not copy the navigation address).

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6180259453_c156fdf621_b.jpg

and not what you have done:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4x5gelatina/6180259453/sizes/l/in/photostream/

It was not the filckr way of how do it, btw now it works!
thanks a lot!

[eddie]

It was not the filckr way of how do it, btw now it works!
thanks a lot!

Awesome!

Now post more of what u got. Ready or not let's see em.

Btw. Great image above. What is the fruit on the tree Oranges or lemons?

Stepahane great sf shot. Was this the troublesome model?

[Stephane]

Eddie, yes.

[gsinico]

Awesome!

Now post more of what u got. Ready or not let's see em.

Btw. Great image above. What is the fruit on the tree Oranges or lemons?

is a kinda of appletree, called quince tree.
From those fruits I did a sweet: the quince.

Stepahane great sf shot. Was this the troublesome model?

[gsinico]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4x5gelatina/6180257723/in/photostream/

I've alredy show this, but now I can show here wider, thanks to all of you that explain how to flickr in here!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6154/6180257723_85a9f79e82_b.jpg

[Armin Seeholzer]

This are apples you see it if you look;--)))

[eddie]

This are apples you see it if you look;--)))


A bit different than our apples.

NY apples are in season now. I have been picking my own all week. I love ny apple season!

Eddie

[Jay DeFehr]

Look like pears to me.

[renes]

Maria

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6180321563_271d0ac460_b.jpg


Stephane, which lens did you use? Lancaster?

[Stephane]

Yes, a meniscus lens...
Kalosat 18"

[Steven Tribe]

I guessed as much - but it was not for me to say/suggest!
The 600mm Plasticca is on it's way to Oslo via personal courier - but the results will turn up in next month's portraits I guess. A comparison with the Kalosat would be interesting!

[Stephane]

Hehehe! Some great toys are coming my way! Next month for sure :)

[taulen]

Beautiful Stephane =)
Looking forward to next month :P

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6180784264_8b067e694f_b.jpg

[Lukadesign]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6152/6172592287_c6f686f3db_b.jpg
Horseman VH, 90mm

[pipoca]

These are scans of prints from a Beseler. Both are with flash. I can't tell you any shot settings as I don't remember. Film was Kodak TRX 320 however as I still have some in my fridge. :rolleyes:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6152/6186586376_0e219ba614_z.jpg

This is a lot more diffused in person, ha.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6186587820_0e06b8d992_z.jpg

[Ramiro Elena]

A reject from a recent session.
Aero-Ektar on Speed Graphic.
http://djlhggipcyllo.cloudfront.net/2174825/d8840ac4ea8f882a3e309ed1a679bb38e30b6369/4.jpg

[Steven Tribe]

What an incredible jump from sharp to blurr! Spooky.

[Jim Galli]

A reject from a recent session.
Aero-Ektar on Speed Graphic.


I don't know that I'm fully at ease with that bokeh with all the discs. Only my .02 cents of course.

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

A reject from a recent session.
Aero-Ektar on Speed Graphic.
[...]


great modeling, great picture, IMO. May I ask why it was rejected?

[Ramiro Elena]

Thanks, Steven.
Jim, I am okay with them now but I fear I might not be in a near future.
Thanks Domingo, the client didn't like the acting.

Here's the same take with a Petzval.
http://djlhggipcyllo.cloudfront.net/2179384/a8826e4b7303ec319cde2144bec43d68dbda344c/4.jpg

[Michael E]

Here's the same take with a Petzval.

I prefer the Aero Ektar. Those blurry legs are not my cup of tea. Thanks for the direct comparison!

[bobpin]

I prefer the Aero Ektar. Those blurry legs are not my cup of tea. Thanks for the direct comparison!

x2 :)

[Mark Sawyer]

As much as I love Petzvals, x3.

[Ramiro Elena]

Yeah, I don't know what is going on there. I expected more coverage although I suspect there's some kind of light leak or irregular exposure. The Speed Graphic bellow 1/125 is worthless.
I've got some 8x10s with a B&L Tessar that came out nice.

[alex from holland]

Ok,

one for the petzval than.

[DanK]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6152/6172592287_c6f686f3db_b.jpg
Horseman VH, 90mm

Exceptional Image !!!

Cheers,
Dan

[K. Praslowicz]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6179/6193104559_558cf224fd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjixxxy/6193104559/)
Karen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjixxxy/6193104559/) by K. Praslowicz (Sjixxxy) (http://www.flickr.com/people/sjixxxy/), on Flickr

[p_markowski]

Karl,
4x5
229mm Cooke
Pyrocat-HD Stand-Dev

[Jay DeFehr]

Very nice, Peter.

[Brian Bullen]

Exceptional Image !!!

Cheers,
Dan

I agree, exceptional!!

[Lukadesign]

I agree, exceptional!!
Thank colleagues! I appreciate your opinion!

[bobpin]

Very nice, Peter.

x2 :)

[Frank Petronio]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/tuscany_mercedes_02.jpg

2003 image I just scanned for the first time. Funny how an outake becomes more valuable with age? This is my better half, lost in Tuscany and not too worried about it.

[bvaughn4]

One to finish up Sept portraits. This was an attempt to recreate the old Hollywood look a'la Hurrell. 3 hotlights, Efke 100 8x10 Korona, 10" Galli Darlot, scan of contact print on Ilford MG IV.

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

[johnielvis]

HEY...I like that hollywood look...perfect with the girl, clothes, pose, etc...JUST ...a BI:T more makeup to keep the hot spots on the skin down...otherise it would have worked perfect....not saying it don't work...but, hey...it can be better..get the grrrls used to being covered in powder

[Greg_Thomas]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6176945689_b019a8bc7a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/6176945689/)
Amboy White Stallion (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/6176945689/) by G.E.T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/getphotos/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6176945535_a5c8e7206d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/6176945535/)
As Nicole Floats Meditating She Unknowingly Conjures Up Yes We Know Nothing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/6176945535/) by G.E.T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/getphotos/), on Flickr

[Michael E]

Amboy White Stallion

Brings back memories. In 1997, I stopped in Amboy at Roy's gas station and decided to have a meal. I chatted with another patron who seemed vaguely familiar. It took me a while to realize it was Harrison Ford. I had my 4x5 with me and considered asking for a photo, but then figured the poor man probably gets too many such requests. And what use would I have for a Harrison Ford portrait, after all? So we just finished our hot dog/burger respectively and went our ways.

Michael

[Monty McCutchen]

Brings back memories. In 1997, I stopped in Amboy at Roy's gas station and decided to have a meal. I chatted with another patron who seemed vaguely familiar. It took me a while to realize it was Harrison Ford. I had my 4x5 with me and considered asking for a photo, but then figured the poor man probably gets too many such requests. And what use would I have for a Harrison Ford portrait, after all? So we just finished our hot dog/burger respectively and went our ways.

Michael


cool story, cool approach. kudos on both

monty

[Dave Wooten]

Coming back to Nevada from one of Per's Joshua Tree workshops I stopped in and traded a box of Costco muffins for a Roy's T shirt.

[life_in_sepia]

Better late than never?

Whole plate. Ross Cabinet #3...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6182948339_72315e32eb_b.jpg

[Craig Tuffin]

This is outstanding Ed!
One of the finest modern wet plate portraits I've seen.

[life_in_sepia]

Thank you, Craig!

[Joe Smigiel]

Very cool Ed.