May 2012 Portraits [Archive] - Large Format Photography Forum

jcoldslabs

1-May-2012, 16:05

Happy May Day! Here's a shot of my wife waking up in bed. (Yes, she is very patient.)

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, expired Polaroid type 51 film, negative scan.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T51---T.-in-Bed-LFPF.jpg

Jonathan

rpalm

2-May-2012, 10:31

Jonathan, so EXCELLENT!

Just a wonderful, timeless, heirloom capture.

r

sully75

2-May-2012, 14:43

Jonathan, so EXCELLENT!

Just a wonderful, timeless, heirloom capture.

r

Yes! Very nice.

sully75

2-May-2012, 14:44

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7136881535_df67ab7044_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7136881535/)
Bonnie - 2012 Boston Marathon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7136881535/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

jcoldslabs

2-May-2012, 19:50

My thanks to both of you for your comments above. I was quite happy with this one, too. Even the wife liked it!

Bonnie - 2012 Boston Marathon

Was this handheld? Either way, lovely shot. I like the off-center framing.

Jonathan

sully75

2-May-2012, 21:19

My thanks to both of you for your comments above. I was quite happy with this one, too. Even the wife liked it!

Was this handheld? Either way, lovely shot. I like the off-center framing.

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan, not handheld, just clunking along. I was thinking sometimes that I try to make my LF pictures look like 35mm pictures and my 35mm pictures look like LF pictures.

jcoldslabs

2-May-2012, 21:25

I think it's great to break the uber-formailty of LF sometimes. That portrait of the runner does not look LF to me, in a good way. Nice tonality and all that goes with it but there is a feeling of spontaneity that usually accompanies smaller formats.

J.

sully75

2-May-2012, 21:36

Thanks J. I'm trying to split the middle, I think. Part of that is that my desired method of working is walking around with the camera on my shoulder and taking pictures of strangers. I don't get a lot of time and that keeps things informal.

Unfortunately I forgot to tone the picture, so I just replaced it on flickr. So I have to replace it here:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7136881535_5233088904_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7136881535/)
Bonnie - 2012 Boston Marathon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7136881535/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

jcoldslabs

2-May-2012, 21:39

I'm a sucker for warm tone images myself. Even better!

Jonathan

Frank Petronio

3-May-2012, 07:14

Paul and Jonathan are rocking it.

Here's my most lively subject of recent:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/utah45_04282012_00211.jpg

Jim Galli

3-May-2012, 07:20

Out 'n my hood.........sort of.

Frank Petronio

3-May-2012, 07:30

I was going to barge in and shoot some nudes of you Jim!

Jim Galli

3-May-2012, 08:35

I was going to barge in and shoot some nudes of you Jim!

I look just like Wendover Will, so it's sort of a duplication of effort ;)

SergeiR

3-May-2012, 08:44

odd.. been to wendover quite a few times, never noticed it.. But then again - each time it was either foggy or snowing..

sully75

3-May-2012, 10:05

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8019/6981393716_e125508309_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6981393716/)
Ed Hoffman - 2012 Boston Marathon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6981393716/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

Pretty edgy, Frank.

davehyams

3-May-2012, 10:30

Nice shot Paul, god i miss that weather right now.

Michael E

3-May-2012, 12:08

Unfortunately I forgot to tone the picture, so I just replaced it on flickr.

I like the image better without the toning. I actually like it a lot.

Michael

SergeiR

3-May-2012, 21:44

And finally its here.. freshly mounted on duct tape on me Technikardan (anyone got flange for Compound 4 tube type 2, one that is 76.7mm they like to sell/exchange for something?)... First live test.

4x5 Ilford, 240mm Heliar in Compound shutter (which is apparently a weeeee bit off, but who cares).

Was result worth it? Hell yes.. Now i just need to work out all quirks of glass (i.e how to deal with its contrast rendition), but so far it looks pretty darn cool.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/7140980545_1b9c96d7b0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/7140980545/)
Anna and Heliar (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/7140980545/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

sully75

3-May-2012, 21:47

I like the image better without the toning. I actually like it a lot.

Michael

I'm a compulsive toner. Gotta do it. Glad you like it, anyway.

Jonathan, here's the toning recipe I stole:
http://technology.lenswork.com/2010/01/lenswork-duotones.html

cpercy

3-May-2012, 22:18

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/6994904354_41bb505e61_c.jpg

"the wild man david morris the early years"

One of the few images with a person as the subject I have done.
This may have been May but since it was made around 1982 I just don't remember for sure.
Dave and myself are slightly more weathered than we were back then, the rocks I suspect have notice the years little.

cpercy

3-May-2012, 22:31

Happy May Day! Here's a shot of my wife waking up in bed. (Yes, she is very patient.)

4x5 Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, expired Polaroid type 51 film, negative scan.

Jonathan

Jonathan this is really a nice shot, did you have to tickle her foot to get that smile?

jcoldslabs

3-May-2012, 23:05

Jonathan this is really a nice shot, did you have to tickle her foot to get that smile?

No tickling required. In fact I planned to take the shot with her eyes closed, but at the last second she opened them a tiny bit and smiled, too. She gets full credit for improving the shot. She's a reluctant model, but even she admits this is a good photo of her. Of course I think so but I've got no objectivity!

Jonathan

sully75

3-May-2012, 23:30

Armin Seeholzer

4-May-2012, 11:52

Anna and Heliar by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr
Hot Babes looking even better with a Heliar, also fits to Anna;--)))
Very nice shoot.

Cheers Armin

Ramiro Elena

4-May-2012, 15:14

One of your best Jonathan. Really really nice.

jcoldslabs

4-May-2012, 16:17

Ramiro,

Thank you so much. That means a lot coming from you since I really enjoy your work.

Jonathan

sdynes

4-May-2012, 18:07

Not a portrait I took any time recently, but I'm sharing it in May... does that count?

This is likely the very first 4x5 image I took - and still one of my best. The studio flash certainly helps.

73135
Crown Graphic, TMX, Oriental Seagull, digital cam 'scan'.

SergeiR

4-May-2012, 18:45

Anna and Heliar by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr
Hot Babes looking even better with a Heliar, also fits to Anna;--)))
Very nice shoot.

Cheers Armin

Aye :) They do.

Another one from same test. Heliar is wide open, and film is Arista EDU 100 (i ran out of ilford suddenly and all the rest of film was either colour or iso 25 and light was fading.. so i winged it on 1/15th..).. Wee tilt here.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/6997540624_e71416a12d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/6997540624/)
Anna and Heliar-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/6997540624/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

Bush

4-May-2012, 19:40

Excellence bokek from Heliar! Love it

Craig Tuffin

5-May-2012, 02:20

'Darrell'
I got bogged today...I mean my van and darkroom caravan I use to shoot on location got bogged for 3 hours. I had to be saved by a passing 4WD. I did get to shoot 2 plates though in between bursts of rain and digging out the caravan. A bit of a challenge but loads of fun.
Darrell is an aboriginal leader who travels to small outback communities.
10"x13" Black Glass Ambrotype...8 second exposure.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/6997912882_17635acc28_b.jpg

threefoot

5-May-2012, 04:35

Craig, that is a great plate. And your efforts to get it make it even more meaningful. Out WWPD is just starting here. Not sure if I will have any portraits today but if I do I hope it would turn out half as nice as this.

- Charlie

Monty McCutchen

5-May-2012, 05:49

Great plate Craig

per usual I might add as to the quality of your work!

monty

Craig Tuffin

5-May-2012, 15:19

Thanks Charlie and Monty for the very kind comments.

rpalm

5-May-2012, 16:07

Oh very nice!

So you found a Heliar!
it was well worth the wait, especially in your hands.
Look forward to more images.

r

Another one from same test. Heliar is wide open, and film is Arista EDU 100 (i ran out of ilford suddenly and all the rest of film was either colour or iso 25 and light was fading.. so i winged it on 1/15th..).. Wee tilt here.

csant

5-May-2012, 23:05

8x10, Verito. Lith print. Melyndra, poet.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/6995995594_52d8d582b8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6995995594/)

More info and larger image over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6995995594/).

OMU

5-May-2012, 23:17

8x10, Verito. Lith print. Melyndra, poet.

Love your portrait. Love that it's unsharp, the lith and your cropping. :-)

jcoldslabs

6-May-2012, 04:21

Taken yesterday at a local park. Shot on Polaroid type 55 film that "expired" in 1981. The negative completely solarized and turned into a positive, except for the sky. The colors just scanned in that way so I left them. (Scanned as a positive.)

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Facing-the-Storm-I-LFPF.jpg

Jonathan

Steve French

6-May-2012, 04:52

Realy Neat image Jonathan !!! I like it.

photojeff3200

6-May-2012, 06:07

Beautiful portrait Craig!! This ambrotype doesn't have the orange/yellow cast to it. Did you fix it in PMK? Really amazing pics on your web site too!

Michael W

6-May-2012, 07:13

Frank Petronio

6-May-2012, 07:17

73213

It's a Polaroid so you know it has more integrity and coolness than regular old film, but it doesn't have as much integrity and coolness as wet plate would. Now if only I had done it with a cooler lens like a Verito or an Aero-Ektar, then it might approach the coolness of a wet plate... But then if I messed around with the emulsion on the Polaroid maybe I could make it better... maybe if I dunk it in coffee? Or do a lot of front tilt so that only her face is in focus? hmmm such problems....

Maybe I'll just go photographing instead?

jcoldslabs

6-May-2012, 13:12

"I’ve given up on perfection, I think you need to be shooting something all the time, trying new ideas and situations."

--Frank Petronio, from Tumblr

Emil Schildt

6-May-2012, 14:11

Tina.
PWL
pol
solarized
Universal Heliar

just a portrait.

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/tina-umer-_8_a.jpg

Emil Schildt

6-May-2012, 14:14

same story..

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/tina-umer-_3_a.jpg

Craig Tuffin

6-May-2012, 16:18

Beautiful portrait Craig!! This ambrotype doesn't have the orange/yellow cast to it. Did you fix it in PMK? Really amazing pics on your web site too!

Thank you for the kind compliment :)

The warm 'coffee and cream' cast to plates can vary according to the fix your using eg. Potassium Cyanide, Sodium Thiosulphate etc with the latter being more grey than the cyanide. I've also found that if my cyanide is becoming exhausted it can contain more silver cyanide which can stain plates an even darker honey colour.

I try to make sure the scans are exactly as the plates appear. Nothing worse than someone walking into an exhibition of my work and then saying 'hang on, it doesn't look like that on his website' :p

cpercy

6-May-2012, 21:13

Another of the few portraits I've done.
My wife some 12 years ago.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/7005108300_cf0933e477_c.jpg

cpercy

6-May-2012, 21:17

You should do more, that's pretty great.

Thanks Paul, I just added another of the few LF portraits I've done.

jcoldslabs

6-May-2012, 22:52

Realy Neat image Jonathan !!! I like it.

Thanks, Steve. I was pleasantly surprised by the unpredictable result.

Jonathan

sully75

7-May-2012, 05:40

Thanks Paul, I just added another of the few LF portraits I've done.

Also great. What lens were you using?

sully75

7-May-2012, 05:43

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/6993349904_416c1ccc68_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6993349904/)
Nick (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6993349904/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

sully75

7-May-2012, 05:44

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8152/7141053279_d79b96abd8_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7141053279/)
Steph (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7141053279/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

David Brunell

7-May-2012, 06:29

Another of the few portraits I've done.
My wife some 12 years ago.

Very nice Cpercy.

Frank Petronio

7-May-2012, 06:46

Sully's got some nice ones too, like he got inspired!

Shutter

7-May-2012, 10:29

http://artbase.jagatee.net/kundendaten/large%20format%20forum/img008b.jpg

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

cpercy

7-May-2012, 10:50

Christoph, Very nice use of selective focus and a beautiful subject as well, but isn't that a landscape not a portrait? lol

rpalm

7-May-2012, 10:53

Shutter,
Very nice!

r

http://artbase.jagatee.net/kundendaten/large%20format%20forum/img008b.jpg

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

Shutter

7-May-2012, 11:22

Shutter,
Very nice!

r

Thank you!

Christoph, Very nice use of selective focus and a beautiful subject as well, but isn't that a landscape not a portrait? lol

Hehe yeah, I'm guilty as charged... I also tend to take landscape photos in portrait format - silly me :-3

7-May-2012, 11:40

Steph (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7141053279/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

Excellent tones and texture on the feet!

If you ever re-do this, I'd think a triplet or older lens might render the pavement a little more gently. But as is, it's still a nice contrast between natural and artificial.

Frank Petronio

7-May-2012, 11:42

http://artbase.jagatee.net/kundendaten/large%20format%20forum/img008b.jpg

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

Very Nice!

7-May-2012, 11:43

Tina.
PWL
pol
solarized
Universal Heliar

just a portrait.

Both excellent and unique!

You could easily fill classrooms/workshops in the US if you ever wanted...

Jess C

7-May-2012, 12:20

Beautiful portrait and a beautiful model. Very nicely done!

SergeiR

7-May-2012, 13:38

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

Aye! Well done

Dr_Rocks

7-May-2012, 14:07

73265

First day out with the Zone VI, 210mm, T-Max 400, 2-3s exposure I think.

Emil Schildt

7-May-2012, 15:09

Both excellent and unique!

You could easily fill classrooms/workshops in the US if you ever wanted...

aah - you think too high of me. I'm highly doubtfull.... (but an interesting idea..)

jcoldslabs

7-May-2012, 18:17

Jan Pedersen

7-May-2012, 18:24

Jonathan, Funny and very well done.

cpercy

7-May-2012, 21:50

Also great. What lens were you using?

Thanks, Paul

It was a long time ago but since I only have three lenses I'm going to wager on the 203mm, f7.7 Ektar for the one of my wife, and a 135mm Symmar S for wild man dave.

cpercy

7-May-2012, 22:01

Very nice Cpercy.

David, thanks for the kind words.

Jess C

7-May-2012, 22:15

Decided to shave the beard today and thought up this double exposure just before (and after) I did.

Jess C., this one's for you.

Speed Graphic, Aero Ektar, Polaroid Sepia pack film.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Time-For-A-Shave.jpg

Jonathan

Jonathan, I'm glad you have a great sense of humor. I just hope you know I was teasing you about your do. Dang, you look so civilized now. I really like the photo. Great execution!

Regards,

Jess

jcoldslabs

7-May-2012, 23:16

Jess,

Of course I know you were teasing! That's the fun of it all. Thanks for your kind comments.

I think I'm most proud of being able to line up the double exposure without much of a seam showing. I used black construction paper taped over one half of the film holder for each exposure. I didn't have to Photoshop anything out, I swear! I suppose if this were digital it would be a no-brainer to stitch together two photos.

Jonathan

J Hoff

8-May-2012, 00:50

Another of the few portraits I've done.
My wife some 12 years ago.

Gorgeous, cpercy.

jcoldslabs

8-May-2012, 00:54

Jonathan, Funny and very well done.

Thanks, Jan. I rarely do "conceptual" pieces, but it was fun to think it up and then actually do it. It will be a while before I have that beard again!

Jonathan

ustas

8-May-2012, 03:07

http://s019.radikal.ru/i632/1205/ef/cdef3e3d12e3.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

Eliza
13x18 Delta 100
Portrait Euryscope III

Mark Barendt

8-May-2012, 03:14

Wish I'd done something like that when I cut my pony tail.

jcoldslabs

8-May-2012, 13:34

Mark,

I'm thinking of shaving my head next, so maybe I'll do a companion piece!

* * * * *

ustas,

Beautiful lighting and tonality!

Jonathan

Shutter

8-May-2012, 14:07

http://artbase.jagatee.net/kundendaten/large%20format%20forum/img007.jpg

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

Part II

Mark Sawyer

8-May-2012, 15:57

Very, very nice, Christoph.

Ari

8-May-2012, 18:07

Very, very nice, Christoph.

+1, though I am more partial to your firat portrait of the same model.
Great work!

Bush

8-May-2012, 20:07

From derogy

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/7144861837_112a93b43f_z.jpg

JosephBurke

8-May-2012, 20:49

http://artbase.jagatee.net/kundendaten/large%20format%20forum/img007.jpg

Very impressive!

sully75

9-May-2012, 02:11

Sully's got some nice ones too, like he got inspired!

Thanks Frank. I had a good run. Now I got nothing to develop...getting anxious.

Here's the last of the batch (I had about 40 negatives waiting for the arrival of my jobo)...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7111/7141050071_57c126b337_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7141050071/)
Gary Grobman - 2012 Boston Marathon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7141050071/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7139499479_3440c1f1ca_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7139499479/)
Jennie and Tommie II (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7139499479/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

Shutter

9-May-2012, 02:32

+1, though I am more partial to your firat portrait of the same model.
Great work!

Thank you!! I feel the same way, the first one is much better in my opinion... but as I only took 5 shots I like them all ^^ sort of...

sully75

9-May-2012, 03:20

Excellent tones and texture on the feet!

If you ever re-do this, I'd think a triplet or older lens might render the pavement a little more gently. But as is, it's still a nice contrast between natural and artificial.

JP,

Don't want to sound like a dope but here goes: what's a triplet? Or more importantly, is that old brass lens territory or is there something in a shutter for 4x5 I could use? I'm interested. I believe that was a FUJI 180 - W.

D-tach

9-May-2012, 06:04

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

Very nice indeed! Can I ask you what kind of background (and color) you used?

Regards

9-May-2012, 07:56

JP,

Don't want to sound like a dope but here goes: what's a triplet? Or more importantly, is that old brass lens territory or is there something in a shutter for 4x5 I could use? I'm interested. I believe that was a FUJI 180 - W.

No problem... A 3 element lens. brass is close as cooke made famous and expensive triplet lenses. Some projector lenses are triplet, but lack a iris, so are less useful. I use a 210mm meyer trioplan on my 4x5 speed graphic (which has a focal plane shutter). I really don't know what's available shuttered; some other people might know better. Old lenses in general did a nice job rendering backgrounds, but old lenses are often without shutters; their outdoor use might be on a speed graphic or 4x5 SLR or indoors might have been used with a packard shutter.

E. von Hoegh

9-May-2012, 09:40

JP,

Don't want to sound like a dope but here goes: what's a triplet? Or more importantly, is that old brass lens territory or is there something in a shutter for 4x5 I could use? I'm interested. I believe that was a FUJI 180 - W.

A modern version of the Cooke triplet, in a modern shutter with modern coatings.http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/43919-USA/Rodenstock_160204_210mm_F6_8_Geronar_Copal.html

Jim Galli

9-May-2012, 10:04

The most famous triplet in shutter........isn't a triplet. Modified triplet, the Voigtlaender Heliar.

E. von Hoegh

9-May-2012, 10:05

The most famous triplet in shutter........isn't a triplet. Modified triplet, the Voigtlaender Heliar.

I'd have thought the Tessar is better known.

Emil Schildt

9-May-2012, 13:07

I'd have thought the Tessar is better known.

better known, but not as famous... maybe that's possible?

Old-N-Feeble

9-May-2012, 13:38

Rather than "famous" maybe you mean "coveted". :)

Helen Bach

9-May-2012, 15:31

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/15690756-lg.jpg

Ann

It was just an exposure test, but it turned out to be my favourite of the session. Fuji FP-100C45, Cooke PS945 at f/4.5

Noeyedear

9-May-2012, 15:36

Beautiful

http://s019.radikal.ru/i632/1205/ef/cdef3e3d12e3.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

Eliza
13x18 Delta 100
Portrait Euryscope III

Pete Suttner

9-May-2012, 19:40

Helen,

Wow!

Shutter

9-May-2012, 23:22

Very nice indeed! Can I ask you what kind of background (and color) you used?

Regards

That was a background called 'thunder grey' :)

D-tach

10-May-2012, 03:34

That was a background called 'thunder grey' :)

:-) Thanks

unrealalex

10-May-2012, 05:58

http://www.ambrotype.ru/photos/wet-plate/ambrotype-v.jpg
Those eyes, ambrotype 8x10"

Made with B&L Sigmar 16"/4

Ari

10-May-2012, 06:05

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/15690756-lg.jpg

Ann

It was just an exposure test, but it turned out to be my favourite of the session. Fuji FP-100C45, Cooke PS945 at f/4.5

Isn't that always the case, that the Polaroid is the best shot of all?
Happened to me as well, many times.

Shutter

10-May-2012, 06:53

Those eyes, ambrotype 8x10"

Made with B&L Sigmar 16"/4

Great work!

cowanw

10-May-2012, 07:29

Marvelous, almost monochromatic portrait. As a struggling GAS addict you have rekindled a need for a Cooke PS945. (not that I can do anything with it like this; but if I owned one, I could if I could. Eh?)

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/15690756-lg.jpg

Ann

It was just an exposure test, but it turned out to be my favourite of the session. Fuji FP-100C45, Cooke PS945 at f/4.5

szadow

10-May-2012, 13:31

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img385560.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/385560)
Katarzyna
13x18 Tintype on Dibond
Globica + Zeiss 250/4.5
14sec f4.5

szadow

11-May-2012, 00:33

73437 (http://macieklesniak.portfolio.artlimited.net/image/en/385667)

Globica + Zeiss 250/4.5
1sek f5.6 ISO100
13x18cm Kodak Medical Xray Green + Rodinalu 1+100

Mark MacKenzie

11-May-2012, 06:32

Szadow --- that is a beautiful portrait!

Not to overlook anyone else --- they are all great!

Stephane

11-May-2012, 08:19

Annchen & Catherine through a Kalosat
Botanical garden, Grahamstown, South Africa

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7176756394_c12337e569_b.jpg

Stephane

11-May-2012, 10:23

And another one just outside the art department at Rhodes University.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7083/7176753054_bbe5d41b4f_b.jpg

Jim Galli

11-May-2012, 10:28

And another one just outside the art department at Rhodes University.

Oh my!!!

RPippin

11-May-2012, 13:37

73446Mother and daughter portrait done with my Kodak 2D 8X10. Developed in PMK Pyro, FP4, scanned for now, will contact print when I'm finished developing all the rest of the film.

Scott Walker

11-May-2012, 13:38

And another one just outside the art department at Rhodes University.

Wow!

alex from holland

11-May-2012, 13:58

"Indian Beauty....."

20 x 20" BGA Ambrotype
Voigtlander 24" 4.5
Exposure time 6 secs
KCN Fixer

http://upload.pbase.com/image/143244267/original.jpg

goamules

11-May-2012, 14:08

Alex, that's about the best wetplate I've seen from you. Fantastic.

photojeff3200

11-May-2012, 14:10

This photo really irks me!!! It's technically/aesthetically flawless!!! How do you do that Alex from Holland? You should see my ambrotypes, they're crap. I covet thee.

goamules

11-May-2012, 14:41

Yeah, and when you get wetplate collodion right, who needs film?

photojeff3200

11-May-2012, 15:36

I was thinking of kicking film to the curb once I started with the wet plate. Now, maybe more like 60/40, I'm not THAT much of a masochist.

alex from holland

11-May-2012, 15:44

It's not that difficult. Make sure you keep your chemicals and plateholder CLEAN.
Thats the trick.

Jim Fitzgerald

11-May-2012, 17:19

Send me you film! I'll stick with my jello prints! :-)

bvaughn4

11-May-2012, 18:05

Beautiful ambrotype Alex! Having only done two wet plate photos, I love seeing how it's supposed to be done!

D-tach

12-May-2012, 05:51

"Indian Beauty....."

20 x 20" BGA Ambrotype
Voigtlander 24" 4.5
Exposure time 6 secs
KCN Fixer

Super Alex!

Fred Heming

12-May-2012, 06:34

Stunning! Stuning Beauty plate!

Hugo Zhang

12-May-2012, 12:14

Alex,

Stunning!!!

Well, I don't know when I will learn wet plate stuff. Here are two "found" 14x17 negatives I thought I accidentally destroyed. My Epsom 3490 scanner is way too small so I scanned the heads. They are half body portraits taken during the Oceano Dunes trip a few weeks ago. HP5 film with front element of Hermagis Eidoscope #2 lens.

Hugo

Harley Goldman

12-May-2012, 12:16

"Indian Beauty....."

20 x 20" BGA Ambrotype
Voigtlander 24" 4.5
Exposure time 6 secs
KCN Fixer

A really sweet image, Alex!!

Jim Galli

12-May-2012, 13:16

Hugo Zhang

12-May-2012, 13:20

Jim,

Yes, Mr. Jim Fitzgerald as we all know him here and the other one is Kodiak, a LF photographer from the Big Sur.

Hugo

jardel

12-May-2012, 20:49

Dear Sir or Madam,

I let here a few portraits so you can appreciate and criticize it. These are executed with a Pentax 67, Acros 100@100 and 135mm f4 and developed with Parodinal.

Best regards,

Jardel.

1.
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1636/val4s.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/val4s.jpg/)

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2.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6076/val2fu.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/val2fu.jpg/)

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3.

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4.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/658/paij.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/403/paij.jpg/)

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sully75

12-May-2012, 21:28

To bring back this subject from page 9, are all Geronars triplets? Any other modern triplets, in shutters? Or other excellent modern bokeh lenses for 4x5?

Thanks
Paul

A modern version of the Cooke triplet, in a modern shutter with modern coatings.http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/43919-USA/Rodenstock_160204_210mm_F6_8_Geronar_Copal.html

polyglot

12-May-2012, 22:48

I like your portraits jardel (first in particular) but 6x7 is not large format; you might find your post deleted shortly.

alex from holland

12-May-2012, 23:47

Huh? 6x7 isn't large enough?
Anyway, for me nr 1.
Very nice

z84

13-May-2012, 04:26

Linhof Technika, Ilford FP4+

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7187229386_492b79c407_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christoph_z/7187229386/)

sully75

13-May-2012, 04:41

Linhof Technika, Ilford FP4+

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7187229386_492b79c407_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christoph_z/7187229386/)

nice one! really nice.

cjbroadbent

13-May-2012, 05:33

I managed to get some unblemished original 8x10 polaroids back from the client's agency. I had only the faulty ones. Here's the english bank manager.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ui8ZxkJR0RE/T6-nuuHW7YI/AAAAAAAAK-w/sZd6POT2q-4/s800/banker1.jpg

Mark Barendt

13-May-2012, 05:41

Old-N-Feeble

13-May-2012, 06:07

I managed to get some unblemished original 8x10 polaroids back from the client's agency. I had only the faulty ones. Here's the english bank manager.

Heh, heh... He needs one of those huge calculators and his personal check register... the latter of which he's trying to hide. ;)

cjbroadbent

13-May-2012, 06:28

Mark Barendt

13-May-2012, 06:38

Wow, what a morning.

K. Praslowicz

13-May-2012, 07:19

http://img0.kpraslowicz.com/f/the_printmaster.jpg

Printmaster - 8x10/360

Ramiro Elena

13-May-2012, 08:08

My friends before they start working on the second floor of their new appartment.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/7188836172_4c4d412474_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7188836172/)
Saida i Jordi (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/7188836172/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

Ken Lee

13-May-2012, 09:31

Bravo !

Annchen & Catherine through a Kalosat
Botanical garden, Grahamstown, South Africa

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7176756394_c12337e569_b.jpg

13-May-2012, 09:57

To bring back this subject from page 9, are all Geronars triplets? Any other modern triplets, in shutters? Or other excellent modern bokeh lenses for 4x5?

Thanks
Paul

I just got a fuji SF lens which is a triplet. If you stop down a little bit, it's not particularly soft. It comes in a copal-3 for less than the price of a copal-3.

I've got a fujinar tessar 210mm which is very good modern bokeh. Look for the 4.5 aperture for a clue something is a tessar.

BrianShaw

13-May-2012, 10:32

I just got a fuji SF lens which is a triplet. If you stop down a little bit, it's not particularly soft. It comes in a copal-3 for less than the price of a copal-3.

If you are concerned about details... I believe it is a Copal 3S, which is slightly different from a Copal 3.

anyway... I have one too and quite like it when I need soft focus.

JosephBurke

13-May-2012, 10:58

"Indian Beauty....."

What a fabulous image!

J Hoff

13-May-2012, 11:24

73437 (http://macieklesniak.portfolio.artlimited.net/image/en/385667)

Globica + Zeiss 250/4.5
1sek f5.6 ISO100
13x18cm Kodak Medical Xray Green + Rodinalu 1+100

Love this, Maciek. This looks so 1940s, and as an American, let me say that I don't think any American would ever take a portrait that would look like this. Very nice.

Emil Schildt

13-May-2012, 14:19

New soft focus lens has arrived.. (DUPLOUICH anachromatique 270mm F4)

Image taken on 13x18cm neg but I have cropped to 13x13 to show the softness..

Tina was model.

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/5a.jpg

Emil Schildt

13-May-2012, 14:21

Mark Sawyer

13-May-2012, 14:42

Lovely, Emil. Such an unusual composition, yet it works perfectly. I think you and that lens will get along just fine...

jardel

13-May-2012, 17:56

I like your portraits jardel (first in particular) but 6x7 is not large format; you might find your post deleted shortly.

Dear Polyglot,

You're correct. It's not large format. I am sorry for this mess. I will try shoot same few portraits in LF and so post here.

I am so happy you like it. First is my preferred too.

Tks a ton,

Jardel.

jardel

13-May-2012, 17:59

Huh? 6x7 isn't large enough?
Anyway, for me nr 1.
Very nice

Dear Alex,

In fact it is, but it's about the forum philosophy and objectives.

Yes. I like the first too. I am happy you like it. Tks commenting anyway.

I will be back with actual LF portraits.

Bye,

Jardel.

lbenac

13-May-2012, 21:09

Not sure about the rules regarding the portrait thread.
She is part of my family so for me it is a portrait but of course...

Chamonix Saber HP5+ 510-Pyro semi-stand 20 min

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v40/p481987934-4.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

ustas

14-May-2012, 00:42

http://s019.radikal.ru/i633/1205/29/ae6270542ab3.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

13x18 Svema
Portrait Euryscope III

jcoldslabs

14-May-2012, 00:44

I posted the negative (and very solarized) half of this Polaroid type 55 image last week. Here is the much more murky positive half. It looks completely different despite being the same exact shot. Usually when exposing for the negative the positive is useless, but not in this case, maybe because of the age of the film (expired in 1981).

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Facing-the-Storm-II.jpg

Jonathan

Christo.Stankulov

14-May-2012, 03:10

Very beautiful, Ustas! Очень нравится! :)

ustas

14-May-2012, 08:03

Thanks to everyone for the kind words! really appriciate it!
Спасибо Кристо!)

Luke79

14-May-2012, 11:02

jonathan, thats a great positive youve got there , top! ;)

SergeiR

14-May-2012, 11:02

Stephane

14-May-2012, 11:44

Both with a plasticca.
Family Reunion, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5036/7176726238_c6dd32c59b_b.jpg

Divers at Cape Recife, South Africa.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5231/7176737306_989ef7d7f2_b.jpg

Peter Mounier

14-May-2012, 12:23

Both of those are really cool Stephane, but the 1st one really sings!

Peter

Peter van Rychvald

14-May-2012, 13:28

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/135/c/a/mia_un_by_hypnogen-d4zvdbj.jpg
wpc, globica 13x18 ambro

cjbroadbent

14-May-2012, 15:40

Stephane, Both are terrific. I wish I could analyse just what make the first shot so strong despite the simple situation. The second shot is easier, with the surprising shallow focus and shadows that defy belief. Congrats - it can't be just the plasticca.

Ari

14-May-2012, 16:51

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/135/c/a/mia_un_by_hypnogen-d4zvdbj.jpg
wpc, globica 13x18 ambro

Very strong, and kind of scary. :)

jcoldslabs

14-May-2012, 19:19

jonathan, thats a great positive youve got there , top! ;)

Thanks. It worked out better than I had planned. How often does THAT happen?

Jonathan

cpercy

14-May-2012, 19:48

I posted the negative (and very solarized) half of this Polaroid type 55 image last week. Here is the much more murky positive half. It looks completely different despite being the same exact shot. Usually when exposing for the negative the positive is useless, but not in this case, maybe because of the age of the film (expired in 1981).

Jonathan

Jonathan, I really like that, but how will you protect it from degrading over time? Did you coat it or will you just scan it and use it that way?

jcoldslabs

14-May-2012, 21:31

Jonathan, I really like that, but how will you protect it from degrading over time? Did you coat it or will you just scan it and use it that way?

Thanks. The coaters that came with the film were all dried up, so I don't have a way to coat it. I'll keep it in the same quasi-archival conditions I keep all of my other prints and see how it fares. I have a few other prints from this box of film shot over a year ago and they seem fine so far, but when shooting film this expired I have to accept the consequences both good and bad. I may end up with a shiny, pale brown print in ten years. Who knows?

I will say that the permanence of Polaroid materials overall has surprised me. In going through my family photos there are some early Polaroid prints from the late 50s that still look really good, as well as some early 1970s SX-70 shots that still look vibrant. I had always assumed that one of the trade offs of instant film was a lack of permanence, but so far, so good.

Jonathan

Stephane

14-May-2012, 23:50

I think the lens represents the biggest part of the resulting image. Otherwise I dont see what I do that is different, except over-exposing the sheet, since I stopped using shutter. I believe that, as long as more than enough light hit the film, the picture will be just fine. And because of this over-exposure, I (have to) develop in rodinal 1:100 in cold water (16degC).
Your compliments, which are much appreciated, mean that something is actually working...

ustas

15-May-2012, 03:30

http://s019.radikal.ru/i632/1205/8c/89701f00efa3.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

13x18 Svema
Kalosat

northcarolinajack

15-May-2012, 07:56

I am pleased to say these two ladies are friends of mine. They are sisters ages 95 and 97, don’t ask which is the older.

Camera – Kodak Full Plate --Lens-- Emil Busch Euryscope 270mm at F8

Jack

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

jardel

15-May-2012, 08:39

Cool Jack. Almos two hundred years of history very weel registered by your lens. Tks for sharing,

Jardel.

szadow

15-May-2012, 22:13

Love this, Maciek. This looks so 1940s, and as an American, let me say that I don't think any American would ever take a portrait that would look like this. Very nice.
Thanks J :)

Neal Chaves

16-May-2012, 11:42

This portrait of photographer Dan Yeats was made several years ago. It will be in a show at our local museum in connection with a Warhol exhibition.
http://www.virginiamoca.org/fifteen-square-inches-fame
I used a 4X5 TRF Crown Graphic set up for "Big Shot", hand-held with a 250mm 6.7 Fujinon lens and Polaroid 4X5 55PN film. Lighting from studio strobes. Print on Ilford MGFB glossy.73724

Roman Putintsev

17-May-2012, 05:48

Our uncle, the most honest robbed
http://putincev.com/files/07/51/4d/01/ed_25342451_putincev_BW190.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25342451)

Gary Tarbert

17-May-2012, 06:23

Great character portrait ,I have to admit the tied just above the midriff look i have allways found alluring, But thankfully not in this case .:)Cheers Gary

merelyok

17-May-2012, 06:27

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5276/7215304532_17a1a22786_c.jpg

Dad.

Toyo 45CFL
7 1/2 " wollensak velostigmat 4.5
Fuji FP-3000B

Dr_Rocks

17-May-2012, 11:36

73775

Zone VI
210 5.6 Caltar II
TMax 400

gth

18-May-2012, 05:12

http://s019.radikal.ru/i632/1205/8c/89701f00efa3.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

13x18 Svema
Kalosat

:cool:

z84

19-May-2012, 03:09

Linhof Technika, Ilford FP4+ (PMK)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5449/7226127556_74122d8e4f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christoph_z/7226127556/)

mathieu Bauwens

19-May-2012, 03:30

Well done

Steve French

19-May-2012, 03:40

Very Nice!!

Old-N-Feeble

19-May-2012, 07:23

http://s019.radikal.ru/i632/1205/8c/89701f00efa3.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

13x18 Svema
Kalosat

Something about this one feels..... naughty. ;)

Emil Schildt

19-May-2012, 07:38

Soft portrait of Monika.

Kodak 305mm 4.5. 9x12 cm neg. Sinar Norma.

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/kodak-305mm-_1.jpg

Peter De Smidt

19-May-2012, 07:49

Linhof Technika, Ilford FP4+ (PMK)

Terrific!

Luke79

19-May-2012, 11:11

light leak on top sometimes looks ok :rolleyes::)

http://s14.directupload.net/images/120519/en27trj8.jpg

Serge S

19-May-2012, 11:58

Something about this one feels..... naughty. ;)

I agree. Also it has a 1920's era feel to it

slackercruster

19-May-2012, 16:06

Nice shots... Thanks for all the submissions!!

slackercruster

19-May-2012, 16:11

jcoldslabs

20-May-2012, 00:54

Thank you very much!

Jonathan

merelyok

20-May-2012, 07:22

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5159/7228957260_0fd126b230_c.jpg

Shen Hao
7 1/2" Velostigmat
HP5+, Ilfosol 3

dlin

20-May-2012, 13:09

Grace, May 2012

73942

12" Wollensak Velostigmat
4x5 Fortepan 200 in Pyrocat HD

Jim Fitzgerald

20-May-2012, 13:17

Grace, May 2012

73942

12" Wollensak Velostigmat
4x5 Fortepan 200 in Pyrocat HD

Daniel, very nice. You are lucky to have such a cute model to work with.

cjbroadbent

20-May-2012, 13:29

Daniel, A great photograph and a beautiful subject. Great for geometry and tones.

Mark Sawyer

20-May-2012, 15:13

A very sweet and lovely photograph, Daniel. I rather like Merelyok's image too. It's good to see those old Velostigmats still working away! :)

D-tach

20-May-2012, 15:47

Man recovering from cancer

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7237160060_8a1e7d9e96_b.jpg

Chamonix 45N2 - SA XL90 - Acros

Luke79

21-May-2012, 00:48

Very good image dtach

cjbecker

21-May-2012, 14:03

Agreed, it says a lot. Wish him well.

D-tach

21-May-2012, 16:42

Very good image dtach

Agreed, it says a lot. Wish him well.

Thanks

Jess C

21-May-2012, 18:05

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5159/7228957260_0fd126b230_c.jpg

Shen Hao
7 1/2" Velostigmat
HP5+, Ilfosol 3

A very nice portrait that exhibits a mood that seems to work very nicely with your choice of model.

eddy pula

21-May-2012, 19:09

74017
man with amazing eyebrows, crown graphic, 150mm something or other (calumet brand) 2 second exposure with metz hammerhead flash and diy diffuser on hp5

JosephBurke

21-May-2012, 19:19

RE: 13x18 Svema
Kalosat

and "Something about this one feels..... naughty."

--I have to agree. I find it very,hmm, provocative. Very sexy!

James Hughes

21-May-2012, 20:53

I wish I could contribute to the pretty lady side of the thread, but alas... Here's a scan of a print from one of my first paper negatives.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8151/7246623568_5e5a9ee33e_c.jpg

cpercy

21-May-2012, 21:14

I wish I could contribute to the pretty lady side of the thread, but alas... Here's a scan of a print from one of my first paper negatives.

Fantastic James, I love the tonal scale of this image.

I have never done any paper negs, but seeing a number of very nice ones here has peaked my interest.

James Hughes

21-May-2012, 21:36

Fantastic James, I love the tonal scale of this image.

I have never done any paper negs, but seeing a number of very nice ones here has peaked my interest.

Thanks! I wish I had tried it sooner. I was worried about the low iso, alleged low contrast, and something new. For the iso, I didn't even meter; the sunny 16 rule was good enough. (And I'd recommend bright, sunny light for this. My exposure was f/8 at 1/8 second.)

In terms of contrast, I'm still printing on Ilford's multigrade RC paper. After a test or two, I bumped the contrast to grade 4 or so. This print wasn't selenium toned, but the ones that I did tone... they were nice. (I did bump the contrast on the scan, so it's probably actually a wash.)

So yeah, give paper negatives a spin. Especially since film is getting spendy;)

Tony Karnezis

21-May-2012, 22:23

Our uncle, the most honest robbed
http://putincev.com/files/07/51/4d/01/ed_25342451_putincev_BW190.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25342451)

Love it.

Luke79

22-May-2012, 07:21

weekend in the park

http://s14.directupload.net/images/120522/kt5b3opy.jpg

Frank Petronio

22-May-2012, 10:03

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/olivia_45_052212_pola.jpg

She just shot that Fujiaroid with the same camera.

rpalm

22-May-2012, 14:49

ooooooooo, very nice!

r

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/olivia_45_052212_pola.jpg

She just shot that Fujiaroid with the same camera.

jcoldslabs

22-May-2012, 15:11

weekend in the park

I like the framing and especially the hint of out of focus bushes on the bottom left.

Jonathan

D-tach

22-May-2012, 16:00

Jeanne

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7088/7252117668_236ca9dfb4_b.jpg

Chamonix 45N2 - PS945 - Efke25

Jay DeFehr

22-May-2012, 16:54

Beautiful. I love the bruised legs. Soon she'll be a young woman, but for now, she's a kid.

SergeiR

22-May-2012, 18:57

Jeanne
Chamonix 45N2 - PS945 - Efke25

love it

D-tach

23-May-2012, 13:25

Beautiful. I love the bruised legs. Soon she'll be a young woman, but for now, she's a kid.

love it

Thanks guys

Scott --

23-May-2012, 17:53

This is amazing.

From derogy

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/7144861837_112a93b43f_z.jpg

jcoldslabs

23-May-2012, 18:18

Man recovering from cancer

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7237160060_8a1e7d9e96_b.jpg

Chamonix 45N2 - SA XL90 - Acros

I find this very moving, and would still find it so even if I did not know the story. Nicely done.

Jonathan

BetterSense

23-May-2012, 20:17

especially the hint of out of focus bushes on the bottom left.

I thought the same thing, and in a totally good way.

jardel

23-May-2012, 20:42

D-texh,

That's just nice, actually ver beautiful portrait. Tks for sharing.

Jardel.

D-tach

23-May-2012, 23:22

I find this very moving, and would still find it so even if I did not know the story. Nicely done.

Jonathan

D-texh,

That's just nice, actually ver beautiful portrait. Tks for sharing.

Jardel.

Thanks!

Nathan67

25-May-2012, 04:07

Something about this one feels..... naughty. ;)

Very nice indeed.,, yes I agree.. reminds me of 20's naughty postcards...

Nathan67

25-May-2012, 04:08

http://s019.radikal.ru/i632/1205/8c/89701f00efa3.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

13x18 Svema
Kalosat

Love this shot, very 20's looking!

Nathan67

25-May-2012, 04:23

Alberto Casiraghi, the great poet and printer. 4x5 Polaroid positive in a Gandolfi with a 135mm Sironar.
I just let the blacks go. You can't have your cake and eat it with coater-less polaroid.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mM-Jval63z8/T6-0GWEglGI/AAAAAAAAK-8/yW3O2CuHHZQ/s800/casiraghi.jpg
Brilliant portrait, who cares about the blacks? I often let whites go white or blacks go black... since the digital age people get obsessed with the numbers... I really like this image as it is

Nathan67

25-May-2012, 04:25

Nathan67

25-May-2012, 07:09

http://artbase.jagatee.net/kundendaten/large%20format%20forum/img007.jpg

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

Part II

Just wonderful , really lik eyour placement of the focus plane here!

Nathan67

25-May-2012, 07:16

One from a recent shoot where I put down the digital medium format and pulled out a real camera for a shot or two :)

Crown graphic with 203mm f7.7 ektar wide open. Polaroid 59, very expired.

http://www.lediardfoto.com/tori-pola-001-Edit.jpg

BrianShaw

25-May-2012, 07:19

Man recovering from cancer

A very emotional -- and , unfortunately, very familiar -- image. I'm near tears with memories I'd rather forget.

Tim Meisburger

25-May-2012, 10:28

Nathan, give up the digital. Your media is film....

D-tach

25-May-2012, 13:43

A very emotional -- and , unfortunately, very familiar -- image. I'm near tears with memories I'd rather forget.

Sorry to hear Brian - didn't mean to upset anybody

John Conway

25-May-2012, 14:59

Just wonderful , really lik eyour placement of the focus plane here!

Very nice. I have been considering trying some Fomapan film.

Jay DeFehr

25-May-2012, 15:58

http://artbase.jagatee.net/kundendaten/large%20format%20forum/img007.jpg

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

Part II

I just bought a Symmar, inspired by this image, though a malinky one for 4x5.

John Conway

25-May-2012, 17:15

http://artbase.jagatee.net/kundendaten/large%20format%20forum/img007.jpg

Sinar 8x10
Fomapan 400 / 360mm Symmar-S

Part II

Beautiful....I have been considering trying Fomapan. I think I'll try the 8X10

sensy

26-May-2012, 07:40

Graflex Super Speed Graphic, 135mm Rodenstock, Fomapan 100

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7273392918_dcdf9479de_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/7273392918/)
nåva grimaserar (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/7273392918/) by like okay cool dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/sensy/), on Flickr

Luke79

27-May-2012, 05:01

sensy this one is funny and great, nice shot!

here is another one frome me, speed graphic 4x5 efke25

http://s14.directupload.net/images/120527/z8z3iyqv.jpg

benrains

27-May-2012, 18:47

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/7283444168_45fc59ba48_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/7283444168/)
Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Vesta 14"/5 @ f/11
Ilford HP5+ / Rodinal 1+50

dlin

27-May-2012, 18:58

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Vesta 14"/5 @ f/11
Ilford HP5+ / Rodinal 1+50

Lovely portrait

GSX4

27-May-2012, 19:46

Stunning!!!!

Tim Meisburger

28-May-2012, 06:55

Girls Big Night!

My daughter Sofia (third from right) and her friends on the way to the big end of year middle school dance. They asked me to shoot them, but took them a while to get ready and the light was failing when I made this. The negative is thin, and the highlights are blown in the scan, but I think I can fix it in the print when I get my enlarger set up again (I don't know how to do that on a computer).

Shot with my new (to me) 135mm f5.6 Fujinon W, which I bought to replace my old 127mm Raptar. I've only shot about ten sheets with it, but so far am loving it (it has so much more contrast than the Raptar). On Shanghai, developed in D-23.
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l496/Tim_Meisburger/May2012016.jpg

Peter Mounier

28-May-2012, 08:13

That's a great shot Tim! Most surprising is that your daughter wanted you to shoot it.

Peter

Jay DeFehr

28-May-2012, 08:48

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Vesta 14"/5 @ f/11
Ilford HP5+ / Rodinal 1+50

Very well done!

Ken Lee

28-May-2012, 09:40

Zaitz

28-May-2012, 10:14

Wow a lot of fantastic portraits lately. CJ, Shutter, benrains some terrific work.

Well I managed to develop my first c-41 negatives! Went really well. Used the Rollei Digibase kit and everything came out great. Just used my HP-Combiplan. Nothing good from the set but an in focus image with the Aero Ektar might as well be success. Kind of a portrait. Not sure why I thought the the arm rest in the way would be good....

4x5 Portra 400 - self developed :D
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7105/7287422132_efdae38bc6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/7287422132/in/photostream)

Speed Graphic
178mm Aero Ektar @f2.5
1/1000

alex from holland

28-May-2012, 11:03

Old-N-Feeble

28-May-2012, 11:59

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Vesta 14"/5 @ f/11
Ilford HP5+ / Rodinal 1+50

This girl makes me want to hug her and buy her flowers.

Ed Bray

28-May-2012, 15:34

I persuaded my wife to pose for me in a similar way to Julia Margeret Cameron's image 'Mary Mother'. The hood and cowl is some old black material I once had made up to skirt the base of my model railway, and the background is one of my old coloured popup BGs from when I was a proper photographer.

Nik was lit just by the light coming through the front room bay window and using Adox 25 gave me an exposure of 4 seconds at f11 with a Schneider Symmar-S 240mm f5.6 lens on my Horseman LX, I had to allow an extra stop for the bellows factor.

The sheets of film were processed semi-stand in my Paterson Orbital Processor (without the base) in Caffenol CL developer.

I'm quite pleased with this image, and there has been no sharpening done (want to give Nik a fighting chance) although I have carried out some other PP such as a bit of softening and vignetting around the edges and toned in Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.

This was my first real attempt at portraiture using the monorail and I doubt it will be my last.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/7290282858_b8ff10b8bf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edbray/7290282858/)
Nikki Mother (in the style of JMC) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edbray/7290282858/) by Ed Bray (http://www.flickr.com/people/edbray/), on Flickr

Old-N-Feeble

28-May-2012, 16:14

Very, very nice, Ed. I liked your comment about sharpening and it's a smart move if you want Nik to pose for you again. Ladies are funny that way.

Jay DeFehr

28-May-2012, 16:19

I persuaded my wife to pose for me in a similar way to Julia Margeret Cameron's image 'Mary Mother'. The hood and cowl is some old black material I once had made up to skirt the base of my model railway, and the background is one of my old coloured popup BGs from when I was a proper photographer.

Nik was lit just by the light coming through the front room bay window and using Adox 25 gave me an exposure of 4 seconds at f11 with a Schneider Symmar-S 240mm f5.6 lens on my Horseman LX, I had to allow an extra stop for the bellows factor.

The sheets of film were processed semi-stand in my Paterson Orbital Processor (without the base) in Caffenol CL developer.

I'm quite pleased with this image, and there has been no sharpening done (want to give Nik a fighting chance) although I have carried out some other PP such as a bit of softening and vignetting around the edges and toned in Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.

This was my first real attempt at portraiture using the monorail and I doubt it will be my last.

Very nice, Ed. Your lovely wife looks appropriately solemn, but the tone adds a little warmth.

Steve French

28-May-2012, 16:32

Excellent Composition Ed !!

benrains

28-May-2012, 18:20

Lovely portrait

Very well done!

Bravo, Maestro !

Bravo!

This girl makes me want to hug her and buy her flowers.

Thanks for the compliments! They're much appreciated. :)

benrains

28-May-2012, 18:23

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7231/7286521200_4e8ce19fb9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/7286521200/)
Century Studio 10A w/5x7 back
Wollensak Vesta 14"/5 @ f/11
Ilford HP5+ / Rodinal 1+50

benrains

28-May-2012, 18:38

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/7290282858_b8ff10b8bf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edbray/7290282858/)
Nikki Mother (in the style of JMC) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edbray/7290282858/) by Ed Bray (http://www.flickr.com/people/edbray/), on Flickr

Nicely done! I really love Julia Margeret Cameron's work, and you definitely captured the feel of her work with this.

jardel

28-May-2012, 19:39

I persuaded my wife to pose for me in a similar way to Julia Margeret Cameron's image 'Mary Mother'. The hood and cowl is some old black material I once had made up to skirt the base of my model railway, and the background is one of my old coloured popup BGs from when I was a proper photographer.

Nik was lit just by the light coming through the front room bay window and using Adox 25 gave me an exposure of 4 seconds at f11 with a Schneider Symmar-S 240mm f5.6 lens on my Horseman LX, I had to allow an extra stop for the bellows factor.

The sheets of film were processed semi-stand in my Paterson Orbital Processor (without the base) in Caffenol CL developer.

I'm quite pleased with this image, and there has been no sharpening done (want to give Nik a fighting chance) although I have carried out some other PP such as a bit of softening and vignetting around the edges and toned in Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.

This was my first real attempt at portraiture using the monorail and I doubt it will be my last.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/7290282858_b8ff10b8bf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edbray/7290282858/)

Nice image ed. Has your wife been stopped for 4 seconds ? She is a very good model.

Tks,

Jardel.

Ed Bray

28-May-2012, 23:09

Very, very nice, Ed. I liked your comment about sharpening and it's a smart move if you want Nik to pose for you again. Ladies are funny that way.

Very nice, Ed. Your lovely wife looks appropriately solemn, but the tone adds a little warmth.

Excellent Composition Ed !!

Not mine I'm afraid, JMC's, I just copied it.

Nicely done! I really love Julia Margeret Cameron's work, and you definitely captured the feel of her work with this.

Nice image ed. Has your wife been stopped for 4 seconds ? She is a very good model. Tks, Jardel.

Yes she managed to stay very still for the exposure time, this was helped as she was in a comfortable position and not having to smile also made it easier.

Thanks for the comments folks.

Craig Tuffin

29-May-2012, 01:09

Tobias Key

29-May-2012, 04:55

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/7294158254_63fdc667c3_s.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/7294158254/)
cor006 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/7294158254/) by Tobias Key (http://www.flickr.com/people/tobykey/), on Flickr

Experimenting with new lighting set ups in my studio.
Shot with a 210mm APO symmar, FP4

Serge S

29-May-2012, 11:29

Ed Bray

29-May-2012, 11:58

Ever had one of those sittings that really tests everything you've got?!
I recently had the opportunity recently to photograph Arj Barker, an internationally renowned comedian made famous by appearances in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the hit New Zealand comedy 'The Flight of the Conchords'.
Everything was working against me...the 2.5hr drive to the location, terrible light, chemistry, a collapsing camera and tripod with the heavy 18" Cooke Knuckler on it. Thankfully Arj is a super guy and he's used to making people laugh :p
This one's called 'Arj Barker - My Life in Television'
11"x14" Wet Plate Collodion Ambrotype on black glass

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/7272127884_6dab16a090_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/7294158254_63fdc667c3_s.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/7294158254/)
cor006 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/7294158254/) by Tobias Key (http://www.flickr.com/people/tobykey/), on Flickr

Experimenting with new lighting set ups in my studio.
Shot with a 210mm APO symmar, FP4

I like both of these.

sully75

29-May-2012, 14:20

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7297540210_bdd053c50b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7297540210/)
Jackie in my yard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7297540210/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

Arista.edu 400 120 film in a Graflex back, 90mm F8 Super Angulon. This was much harder to focus than I was anticipating, I was hoping this would be a cool portrait setup. Might try a faster lens or just stick to my Mamiya C330 for 120. I was thinking the roll film back would be cool for shooting color LF though. Her eyes are a little soft up close. Still not a bad picture I don't think.

David Hedley

30-May-2012, 00:13

A portrait of a restorer at work, at the church of Madonna del Sasso at Orselina, Ticino;
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7233/7296448594_607c1e68ca_b.jpg
Wide open at f/4.5 with a 75mm lense, on Delta 100.

sully75

30-May-2012, 03:08

Arista.edu 400 120 film in a Graflex back, 90mm F8 Super Angulon. This was much harder to focus than I was anticipating, I was hoping this would be a cool portrait setup. Might try a faster lens or just stick to my Mamiya C330 for 120. I was thinking the roll film back would be cool for shooting color LF though. Her eyes are a little soft up close. Still not a bad picture I don't think.

Whoops. Somehow managed to screw this up. Round 2:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7297540210_e985b4519f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7297540210/)
Jackie in my yard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/7297540210/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr