"All things are photographable" thread

[Scott Schroeder]

That was Garry Winogrand. I'm sure you all have heard some variation of the quote (from the wiki):

"Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed."
"I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs."
"All things are photographable."
"I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph. I have no preconceptions."

So....post your photographs that you took of something/someone/etc that you just wanted to see photographed.
;-)
(I do this A LOT)

Here's just a couple....

http://schroederworks.com/Lith/ShirtLith.jpg

http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/Hose001.jpg

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8074/8297923105_90bf379cb2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8297923105/)
Free Tires, Los Angeles, CA; 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79873735@N03/8297923105/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/79873735@N03/), on Flickr

[Nathan Potter]

Good idea. I came upon this image in a gravel pit shooting area in suburban MA. about 1973. Someone had found a mannequin of a small boy and used it for target practice. Then possibly someone else had come along and arranged the broken head parts on the hood of an old truck that had also been blasted full of holes.

Something about the scene rather frightened me and begged for an image. I rushed home and returned with 35mm and 4X5 cameras. This with a speed graphic outfitted with a Leitz Summar macro lens about wide open as I recall. Panatonic X in Microdol; thin negative; with a V750 scan and PS revival.

This at trying times during the Vietnam war and was the first inspiration for a series on violence.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8218/8286742842_f1ce182ef4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8286742842/)
VIO-1-74-07{BWO[t1:W (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8286742842/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nate Potter

[vinny]

I like both of those, Scott.
Nice one chris.

Detroit, 2011.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5291/5529355923_92914928ce_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62218065@N00/5529355923/)
untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62218065@N00/5529355923/) by vinnywalsh.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/62218065@N00/), on Flickr

[Vaughn]

It is all relative, but I surprised my friend when setting up the 8x10 for this...a clearing on his property, instead of 'pure nature'

Scanned carbon print

[Jim collum]

I had been going to and from a beach over a 6 month period, shooting abstracts.

Ebony 4x5, Betterlight Super6K
http://www.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/bl124.jpg


a whale had beached itself, and was slowly being absorbed by beach and 'inhabitants'.
about 5 months into the decomposition, I set up the 4x5.. This shot is a little closer than 'life-size'

(took about a week for the smell to leave my nose)

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2011Workshop/weldersbokehS.jpg
welder's bouquet

[Scott Schroeder]

Goodie. Folks want to play..... :-)

I was curious how collodion "sees" eggs

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/Eggs001.jpg

[Ramiro Elena]

Just love your work Scott.

[Jody_S]

All things?

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[andreios]

This thread looks very promising! Very nice images already here, particularly Scott's, Vaughn's and Jim Galli's. I also quite often set up my Sinar for something not-so-obviously photogenic... One humble contribution - VanDyke print.

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[Scott Schroeder]

Thanks Ramiro!

I'll try not to inundate y'all with too many at a time but many of these I've posted before over the years and can say mainly I just wanted to see the resulting photograph. As Vaughn said it is relative but I think we can run with the premise and have fun.
I don't even look at any other parts of the forum any more.... Just this section and the thread for small format safe haven. A lot of great and inspiring photography compared to many other places on the Web.

Saying that here's two more. First is a lith print from an ambrotype and the second is a tintype(aluminum).

http://schroederworks.com/Lith/LithBroom001.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/Chair002.jpg

[stradibarrius]

I admit that this is how I approach most shots...I always have felt it was because I didn't really no what "to say" or "have anything in particular to say"
Jim your shot of the welding rods catches my eye for sure. I like it.

[Kav]

I'll share two
One of our helicopters:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/Category/Film/Large-Format/i-3nr4N7w/0/XL/Seats-XL.jpg

Setting up to do portraits of any one brave enough to try. I liked what I saw on the grand glass:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/StateSidePhotography/North-Carolina/New-Bern-Street-Portraits-Sept/i-ZrK5hkQ/0/X2/Portrait%200-X2.jpg
Illford positive paper.

[bob carnie]

Ongoing series of items that are basically consumed or used up.86834

[paulr]

I don't know if this counts more as cultural commentary or photography commentary, but every picture in this thread shows subject matter with a long history of being photographed, and every picture uses a pictorial style that we could date to sometime between 1850 and 1940.

[Jim Galli]

I don't know if this counts more as cultural commentary or photography commentary, but every picture in this thread shows subject matter with a long history of being photographed, and every picture uses a pictorial style that we could date to sometime between 1850 and 1940.

OK, new rule. Only photograph things that have never been photographed before in ways that were never done before.......

. . . . uhmmmm . ?? . . anybody wanta buy an 8X10 Eastman and a bunch of old lenses?

[bob carnie]

Every thing I do has been done before, I could even load up my version of the peppers.
I like simple objects I can get close to me ... Sobey's has been my food source and my photography source.. A crushing plant is within a stone throw of my darkroom studio so I collect the objects there as well.
I am doing a portrait series of big head pin head which features my clients that walk in my door. Solarized portraits that are not pleasing to the subjects.
If I ever get to the grand canyon, I promise I will not take out the camera, same goes for any sand dunes or aspen pines... I also will never do street photography.. promise, promise , promise.


It is interesting that you say something between 1850 and 1940 as all the equipment I use is that timeline... 100yr old studio camera and metal holders in a stainless 12 litre deep tank.





I don't know if this counts more as cultural commentary or photography commentary, but every picture in this thread shows subject matter with a long history of being photographed, and every picture uses a pictorial style that we could date to sometime between 1850 and 1940.

[paulr]

Jim, that's hyperbollic. I'm just finding it curious that in a thread about photographing things without the baggage of tradition and ideas about what/how to photograph, we get images that come from traditions firmly established a century ago. Winogrand was explaining his desire to unshackle himself from certain aspects of tradition in many of those famous lines of his. And of course he said those thing half a century ago. His style itself became a new tradition.

[Michael Clark]

OK, new rule. Only photograph things that have never been photographed before in ways that were never done before.......

. . . . uhmmmm . ?? . . anybody wanta buy an 8X10 Eastman and a bunch of old lenses?

Ya, whattha got ?
Mike

[Brian C. Miller]

OK, new rule. Only photograph things that have never been photographed before in ways that were never done before.......

So:
#1, that rules out using photosensitive material, since the chemicals react with light photons.
#2, we don't want light passing through a lens.

I'm guessing that we are left with computer-generated images based on scans of things under the ocean, under the crust, in space, and graphs of mathematical equations. But fractals are out, as those have been done before.

#3, the results must be viewed while tripping on acid.

[Scott Schroeder]

I knew this would happen...
It's why I put off creating the thread for weeks.
Let's don't go down the rabbit hole like the nudes thread...
How bout we just have some fun sharing photos of things we wondered what they looked like photographed?

[bob carnie]

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I agree , lets see some more photo's

I knew this would happen...
It's why I put off creating the thread for weeks.
Let's don't go down the rabbit hole like the nudes thread...
How bout we just have some fun sharing photos of things we wondered what they looked like photographed?

[Brian C. Miller]

Jim, that's hyperbollic. I'm just finding it curious that in a thread about photographing things without the baggage of tradition and ideas about what/how to photograph, we get images that come from traditions firmly established a century ago. Winogrand was explaining his desire to unshackle himself from certain aspects of tradition in many of those famous lines of his. And of course he said those thing half a century ago. His style itself became a new tradition.

What's that quote about everything has been photographed before?

First off, we are using cameras. You know, those boxes with a lens at one end and something light sensitive at the other. That is the biggest "limitation" and chain-and-ball to tradition right there. If you want to leave tradition and limitations behind, then don't use a camera!

As far as I am concerned, Winogrand was a big freaking failure. Arthur Fellig (Weegee the Famous) did more than him, and did it as his everyday job. The same with Henri Cartier-Bresson and the other many thousands of press photographers. Winogrand used a camera and film, so he never unshackled himself! He simply found his little niche of OCD baloney.

Photograph something strangely. Print it in a distorted manner. Mix and match negatives. Lift the emulsion off, move it around, fold it over. Print on lots of different stuff. Add color. Remove color.

And call all of it "art."

That wasn't Winogrand. He photographed everything straight, and printed it straight. Right into a straightjacket of that which had come before, and what would follow. In a lockstep like ants on the move. And people even buy Leica cameras because that's what Winogrand used. But will they die with over 2,500 rolls of film undeveloped? If they don't, then they have failed to emulate even the basic things that Winogrand did. And really, is there something unique about a photograph Winogrand made that you would look at it and say, "Now that's a Winogrand!"

And so here, in this thread, are the photographs that we've made to see what things look like when they are photographed. It's not about breaking with tradition. Never was, never will be. It's about a photographer's curiosity. (And at times you may get things like my avatar picture, too! Reflections of clouds in old glass, 8x10 Ilford Delta 100, Wollensak 6-1/4" lens.)

[Scott Schroeder]

It was shiny so I had to.....

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/moneyjar.jpg

[Jim Galli]

Jim, that's hyperbollic. I'm just finding it curious that in a thread about photographing things without the baggage of tradition and ideas about what/how to photograph, we get images that come from traditions firmly established a century ago. Winogrand was explaining his desire to unshackle himself from certain aspects of tradition in many of those famous lines of his. And of course he said those thing half a century ago. His style itself became a new tradition.

I don't like Winogrand's pictures. He was just copying Henri Cartier-Bresson who was copying Atget, who may have been a true original, I don't know.

Yesterday I posted a bunch of stuff (http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/GundlachKollmorgenPetzvals/GundlachKollmorgenPetzvals.html) different than anyone else I can think of is doing. Didn't get much play because it's digital stuff and had to go in the lounge. In my for sale ad (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?98662-2-Wee-Petzvals!-Gundlach-3-1-4-quot-and-Kollmorgen-3-3-4-quot) I was cheeky enough to say MOMA would be knocking at your door if you did these and printed them at 60X80 inches.

Truth is, they suck. Why is it so necessary to do something NEW in order to have value?

[Jim collum]

ok.. i'd bet that was the first time a 5 month old decomposed whale was photographed with a Betterlight scanning back and Ebony View.

And since it had fully 'gone' within the next 3 months.. no one else can photograph the same thing :)


OK, new rule. Only photograph things that have never been photographed before in ways that were never done before.......

. . . . uhmmmm . ?? . . anybody wanta buy an 8X10 Eastman and a bunch of old lenses?

[paulr]

I don't like Winogrand's pictures. He was just copying Henri Cartier-Bresson who was copying Atget, who may have been a true original, I don't know.

Not everyone likes Winogrand, but I can't imagine seeing him as a Cartier-Bresson copycat. I could write an essay on all the ways Winogrand's work went against the early modern formalism and family-of-man humanism of bresson, but fortunately many people have already done it, and done a better job than I would.

Winogrand certainly comes out of that tradition, but he extends it a long way into foreign territory. Not foreign to anyone now, of course. But it was a shock to a lot of people 50 years ago. Some people thought Szarkowski had gone off the deep end.

[paulr]

ok.. i'd bet that was the first time a 5 month old decomposed whale was photographed with a Betterlight scanning back and Ebony View.)

Ha. I think your picture fits my description less than the others. Although I'm talking about ways of putting a picture together, not the tools used. If I were writing in early 19th Century prose style right now, you'd probably notice. The fact that I'm typing at a computer wouldn't change this!

[Scott Schroeder]

These were shiny too.

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/spoonfork.jpg

[austin granger]

I've probably posted these before, but if so, it was a long time ago, and I think they might fit here. I've always been interested in how three dimensional objects translate into two dimensional photographs. While most photographs fit that description, I mean here things that are especially, 'stubbornly' three dimensional, like a sphere for instance. I like it when one becomes aware of what one's mind is doing when looking at a photograph like that: "It's a sphere/it's a representation of a sphere on a flat piece of paper/it's a sphere..." I enjoy that flickering back and forth. I'm also interested in how a thing becomes another thing while remaining perfectly itself, or how you can't help but make a thing into another thing, like turning a cloud into an elephant or a crumpled up piece of paper into a dancer or whatever. I think that all photographs are like that, in that we make them our own by bringing ourselves (our experiences, our thoughts, our desires, etc.) to them, but I enjoy pictures that make this relationship explicit. And that's probably more words than I've ever typed on this forum-ha!

Untitled
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6744571991_e32f82f452_z.jpg

Old Ball, Brentwood Street, Portland
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5189/5635099855_cc8bdafd61_z.jpg

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

[Ari]

Scott, you're doing a marvellous job; Austin, I always enjoy your photos.

[jcoldslabs]

Austin,

I love that crumpled paper shot. On a technical level the tones and tonal transitions are perfect, but I also like how you framed it. I would have been inclined to zoom in very close to the paper, maybe excluding the background altogether, but the extra negative space gives the composition room to breathe and makes the viewer focus on the paper as a tangible (and recognizable) object rather than turning it into an abstract texture study. ::jealous::

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Thank Ari. Jonathan, thanks. I do tend to back away from stuff, which can give things a lonely, dislocated, "Just what the hell IS that thing?" kind of quality that I enjoy. When I was a kid, I had this enormous collection of National Geographic magazines that I looked through a lot, and I think that influenced me as well. I'm thinking specifically of that sort of "Treasures of the Pharaohs" type stuff, where objects float mysteriously in a black void. Hey, I should be doing archaeological catalogs! :)

[Scott Schroeder]

where objects float mysteriously in a black void.

;)

I bet ALL of you have wondered what a chainsaw looks like on a pile of wood in your dining room? ;-) Ha!

http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/FarmBoss.jpg

[Peter Lewin]

Scott: I assume that since the brand markings are backwards, that is a chain saw for a left-handed user? Less tongue-in-cheek, are these all wet-plate collodion, or are using another technique to get your wonderfully antique look?

[Scott Schroeder]

Hi Peter. Yep Wet plate collodion. It sees stuff differently so I've been intrigued over the years at just how it sees. ;-)
So I have lots of boring plates of stuff like chainsaws, forks, money jars, antlers, etc.....

[austin granger]

I prefer the simplicity of an axe myself... :)
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5211/5476725653_9e001aecd1_z.jpg

Sorry, I didn't mean to turn this into another "Around the House" thread. I really just wanted to say that I'm enjoying your pictures Scott-great stuff!


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

[D-tach]

Nice how you controlled those highlights Austin

This thread is turning into a commercial for a certain brand I guess :rolleyes:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8225/8359908068_39a6835f09_c.jpg

crop from 4x5

[Tim Meisburger]

Good work guys!. Scott, this is a great thread. Austin, I agree with Jonathon, and love the way you shot the crumpled paper. It looks sculptural.

[drew.saunders]

Chainsaws? Axes? Hah!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8334/8360260188_6e53c34565_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/8360260188/)

And yes, this is from "around the house." No, it doesn't work.

[paulr]

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/50/124158802_ddcb8b0d4f_z.jpg


Jerry Spagnoli, untitled, september 11 2001, daguerreotype , 41/4 x 5 1/2 inches
scanned from the book :
Rexer Lyle, Photography’s antiquarian avant-garde : the new wave in old processes, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002, p. 46


This one raises some interesting questions, I think ...

[Pfiltz]

I haven't seen an insect thread, and didn't want to start one, only to find no one else had any ;)

Shot in Florida '12, Graphflex Graphic View, Arista Film / Developer, printed on Ilford MGIV Glossy.

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

[Brian C. Miller]

OK, so I composed this at 1am after finishing a batch. No, the coffee really isn't that dark.

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Graflex Super Graphic, 135mm Wollensak Optar at f/8, 1sec, full drop (should have tilted, too), Fuji Instant FP-100C45, full-spectrum flourescent lighting.

[Scott Schroeder]

Singing bowl

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/singingbowl.jpg

[Brian C. Miller]

A little bowl of coffee.
(Yes, the bowl is quite musical when struck. Scares my cat to no end.)

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Graflex Super Graphic, Wollensak Optar 135mm, f/8, 12 seconds, Fuji Instant FP-100C45. Used Photoshop Elements for a little burn-down of the rim and background black plastic bag.

[jcoldslabs]

The ceiling fan in our living room.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, rear cemented doublet from an old projection lens, Polaroid type 669 pack film (expired 1994).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Living-Room-Study-No.-1.jpg

Jonathan

[Michael Graves]

;)

I bet ALL of you have wondered what a chainsaw looks like on a pile of wood in your dining room? ;-) Ha!

http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/FarmBoss.jpg

Nah. See it every day.

[Harold_4074]

Doesn't that belong in the "Stihl Life" thread?

[cosmicexplosion]

Can I post nudes here?

Flowers ?

[Bill Poole]

I am loving this thread.

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/i-VgBtPTh/0/O/201012_03_03.jpg

Children's concrete slippery slide. And yes I did say to myself: "I wonder if that would make a picture."
Dorff 5X7, 4X5 back, Fuji 150, Ilford FP 4, HC 110

[jcoldslabs]

I don't have a chainsaw, but I do keep piles of wood in my living room all winter. Here is what I do with them.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 178mm f/2.5 Aero-Ektar, Polaroid type 669 pack film (expired 1992).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/669-Fireplace.jpg

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Sconce, Brentwood Street, Portland
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6044/6361574437_c27f30858d_z.jpg

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

[austin granger]

Blue Wolf Motel, Oakridge, Oregon
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5054/5494798145_bcab6b672c_b.jpg

The interior light (purple) was from the TV. You can't tell here, but an impression of the parking lot is reflected in each of the tiny squares.

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

[jcoldslabs]

Austin, I didn't know you shot COLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

Jonathan

[rkmiec]

You bottom egg is giving a creepy smile. Very creepy.



Goodie. Folks want to play..... :-)

I was curious how collodion "sees" eggs

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/Eggs001.jpg

[austin granger]

Well, I dabble here and there. Eh-hem:
http://austingranger.com/astoria

[jcoldslabs]

I stand corrected! The images "Mini Van, East Mooring Basin" and "Ship" really stand out for me. Very nice body of work.

Jonathan

[Corran]

Wow, nice colors indeed Austin. Love the purple.

Here's a shot that I thought was appropriate for this thread...this is a gift shop right on the coast in Biloxi MS. Fuji 160S, Nikkor 90mm f/8:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Untitled-40ss.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Great combinations of colors in that one, Bryan. Was that home processed?

J.

[Corran]

No - my chemicals are toast after using them past capacity quite a bit, and I was on backorder for 2 months to get both C-41 and E-6 chems in 5L sizes from Freestyle (finally got them today, as it happens). So when I sent out a load of chromes I included a few C-41 things that I wasn't comfortable with developing here with the old chemicals.

And thanks :)

[Gary Tarbert]

Blue Wolf Motel, Oakridge, Oregon
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5054/5494798145_bcab6b672c_b.jpg

The interior light (purple) was from the TV. You can't tell here, but an impression of the parking lot is reflected in each of the tiny squares.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/Hey Austin , This is really good well seen . Cheers Gary

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/Backgammon.jpg

[Ray Heath]

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[Ray Heath]

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[jcoldslabs]

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Ray, I like the triple repetition of partial circles in this one. Very bold and geometric.

Jonathan

[Scott Schroeder]

I bet none of y'all had the urge to photograph Megatron ;-)
Very photogenic ;-)

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/megatron.jpg

[madmax12]

i knew this would happen...
It's why i put off creating the thread for weeks.
Let's don't go down the rabbit hole like the nudes thread...
How bout we just have some fun sharing photos of things we wondered what they looked like photographed?
like

[Ray Heath]

Ray, I like the triple repetition of partial circles in this one. Very bold and geometric.

Jonathan

Thank you Jonathan.

[Peter Lewin]

Since this is our thread for "Gee, I wonder what that will look like as a photograph..." here goes! I mounted an old slide projector lens (B&H 4" f3.5 Trionar) using a piece of cardboard as a lens board, and went outside to experiment. To make things as absolutely random as possible, I used my "expired in 1983 and never frozen" Tri-X (rated as ASA 25 as if that made a difference), used an old lens cap as a shutter, and developed it in HC-110. The meter reading for f3.5 was about 1/8th second, so clearly everything was grossly over-exposed (I couldn't get the lens cap off and on anywhere near that fast) and to top it off, I scratched one of the negatives in the tray, because I was being a bit too casual about this "experiment." And after adding a heck of a lot of contrast in Photoshop, sort of erasing the scratch as best I could, here are the results of today's playing:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8377541625_d9d87961b6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8377541625/)
img081 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8377541625/) by Pete Lewin (http://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr

url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8377549611/]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8377549611_3ace0f64cb.jpg[/url]
img082 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8377549611/) by Pete Lewin (http://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr

Comments welcome as usual, but please don't criticize the high-priced optics!

[David Lobato]

Trying the back tilt with my first 8x10, a beater. My wife's pedal steel guitar happened to be there for the cause. I think we learn from such mundane moments.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/MSA%20Steel%20Guitar%20810%2001%20750LFF.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8377549611_3ace0f64cb.jpg

I like this one, Peter. The circular image and dark corners really work in this case. Good to see your experiments. Viva old film and old lenses!

Jonathan

[Peter Lewin]

I like this one, Peter. The circular image and dark corners really work in this case. Good to see your experiments. Viva old film and old lenses! Jonathan
Jonathan: Thanks! You really are the catalyst, since I've been enjoying your soft focus images for quite a while, and the slide projector lens in the garage was my attempt at something like your much more effective Petzvals. I probably got the idea of actually using that old film from you as well. There is a sometimes-wordy thread over in "Feedback" on "Why Are We Here..." (i.e. why do we belong to this forum), and this is really my reason - getting ideas and inspiration from all of you, and perhaps passing that on by giving someone else an idea to try.

[jcoldslabs]

...this is really my reason - getting ideas and inspiration from all of you, and perhaps passing that on by giving someone else an idea to try.

I couldn't agree more. In turn, I have a good friend who, a number of years ago, really showed me what was possible with old film and equipment and sparked my interest in those things, so I am all in favor of sharing ideas and techniques. It doesn't always have to be about art or critique; sometimes just seeing what is possible is enough.

Jonathan

[Andy Eads]

I'm paraphrasing Ruth Bernhard from a workshop I attended, "If you think something needs to be photographed, take the photograph." And in a similar vein, "Never talk yourself out of taking a photograph you want to take."
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[Peter Lewin]

Andy: Lovely "riff" on Bernhard's tea-pot; it it wasn't for the caption you attached to your image, it would have been a wonderful, and totally mysterious, photo! With the caption, it is "merely" wonderful. I also think it is a first-cousin of Caponigro's "Universe in an Apple" (my title for one of his famous, untitled, prints).

[ImSoNegative]

standing on this rock by the river 4x5, 210mm fujinon

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/7555726524_26e4b8755c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/7555726524/)
rock series 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/7555726524/) by J. Golden (http://www.flickr.com/people/28713901@N04/), on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

one more 4x5 300mm fujinon w

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7135/7590659992_c4041daf56_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/7590659992/)
rock series 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/7590659992/) by J. Golden (http://www.flickr.com/people/28713901@N04/), on Flickr

[Bernice Loui]

Taken with an old Canon digital point & shoot during a trip to Napa, CA.
It's all that I can share until the film scanner arrives.


Bernice

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[Bernice Loui]

Like this image..

Bernice


I am loving this thread.

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/i-VgBtPTh/0/O/201012_03_03.jpg

Children's concrete slippery slide. And yes I did say to myself: "I wonder if that would make a picture."
Dorff 5X7, 4X5 back, Fuji 150, Ilford FP 4, HC 110

[welly]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8382356879_9f0399c8e0_b.jpg

Went out to make some photographs the other night. After wandering around the local area with no images shot and hardly any inspiration, I found this and it was as good as it got that night. So not very good but anyway - Fomapan 100 in D-76. Shot with Nikkor-W 150mm.

[mathieu Bauwens]

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Nagaoka, S Symar 180mm, Txp 320 in D76

[Mark Stahlke]

All things are photographable. It just depends on how you look at them.
A row of bicycle racks.
I may have posted this in another thread but it seems appropriate for this one.
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[ImSoNegative]

All things are photographable. It just depends on how you look at them.
A row of bicycle racks.
I may have posted this in another thread but it seems appropriate for this one.
87376

I like this!!

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/PrestonCastle/mailbox_1114WAanastUSSteel2s.jpg
mail at preston castle

Posted this image before, but it seems like it works in this thread.

[Mark MacKenzie]

Man, I love that one, Jim. Did you put the flags up or were they already that way?

[Jim Galli]

Man, I love that one, Jim. Did you put the flags up or were they already that way?

Thanks Mark. As found. That's not to say the last photog before me didn't put them all up though. Long time, no use.

[Andy Eads]

Peter, Sorry the file name spoiled it for you! I don't title my photos but to keep my sanity I give the digital files descriptive names. Thanks for the generous associations with the famous.


Andy: Lovely "riff" on Bernhard's tea-pot; it it wasn't for the caption you attached to your image, it would have been a wonderful, and totally mysterious, photo! With the caption, it is "merely" wonderful. I also think it is a first-cousin of Caponigro's "Universe in an Apple" (my title for one of his famous, untitled, prints).

[jcoldslabs]

The handle/towel hanger on the island in our kitchen.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 178mm f/2.5 Aero-Ektar, Fuji FP-100C pack film.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/FP100C---Stainless-Handle.jpg

Jonathan

[mdm]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fr-zmW_u_2M/UPojo1b06yI/AAAAAAAAByg/SmWX0IY5wYM/s1600/wateringcan-2.jpg
5x7 Wephota 15, R09, 450 Nikkor M

[jcoldslabs]

With this thread in mind I went for the uber-mundane. Not the best composition or lighting, but it fits the spirit of the thread. This is the first time I've shot LF at greater than 1:1. The lens is 9.5" but the bellows draw was 29". Exposure was 1 minute 40 seconds.

Kodak 2D 8x10 w/5x7 back, 240mm Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat @ f/32, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/5x7-SO-277-Q-Tips.jpg

Jonathan

[Peter Lewin]

Still playing around in experimental mode! There was a thread in the "Lens" forum about inexpensive ways to make a soft-focus lens. Earlier in this thread I posted two images taken with a slide projector lens mounted on my 4x5, which was soft-focus but didn't cover the format. This time, from an idea in the lenses thread, I tried the front and rear elements from my old (1970s) Congo 180/6.3 Tessar. The front element by itself didn't do anything, I couldn't even get an image on the ground glass. But the rear element functioned, it turned into something close to a 90/f3.8, based on my measurements of extension and lens diameter after I focused my living room on the gg. This was closer to what I was after, a lens which would be somewhat sharp in the center, and blurry around the edges, a very poor man's Petzval except that the out-of-focus areas didn't swirl, they seemed almost linear. Anyway, for those of you interested in experiments, here are two images, the first wide open, the second shut down to f16 (at least that was what the scale said):

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8190/8400577272_3060b4447f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8400577272/)
img085 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8400577272/) by Pete Lewin (http://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8400585866_44b600729a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8400585866/)
img086 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/8400585866/) by Pete Lewin (http://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr

As befits experiments, 1983 Tri-X rated at ASA 25, HC-110, negative scans Epson 4990

[Kav]

A gun run at work:

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/Category/Film/Large-Format/i-SCfZDxD/0/XL/_MPK9278-XL.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

I have no idea where else to put this. It isn't a still life, or a landscape, or texture, or architecture....just our front porch railing in the sun. Taken yesterday morning.

Kodak 2D 8x10, 15" B&L projection Petzval, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-Porch-Railing.jpg

Jonathan

[moizak]

My first post, learning how to use the camera, how to get a decent meter reading, visualise and finally expose a picture! It's early days.

Paper negative (Ilford Multigrade) MPP MKVII 135mm

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8438561845_486895a95c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moiz/8438561845/)
Toy cars - test (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moiz/8438561845/) by Moiz (http://www.flickr.com/people/moiz/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

I have no idea where else to put this. It isn't a still life, or a landscape, or texture, or architecture....just our front porch railing in the sun. Taken yesterday morning.

Kodak 2D 8x10, 15" B&L projection Petzval, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277).


Jonathan

Very impressed with this! Bravo! What speed did you settle on for the film. Nice to have enough inexpensive film on hand that you never restrain an image because of costs. I think we get many wonderful images that way that other folks would say, why would I wager 8 bucks on that? Here's why!

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks Jim. Just so you know, this is a different batch of aerial film than what I bought from you. This stuff I rate at EI 1.5 after much testing. I developed it in HC-110 1:59 @ 68°F for 5 minutes in a rotary drum. The brightest foreground highlight fell on Zone VII and the shadow of the post was placed on Zone IV. My development time amounted to N-1.

And you're right: this is a shot I probably would not have taken if I were using film that cost me $8 or even $4 per sheet. Not that it isn't worthy, but I'm not sure I would have deemed it worth eight bucks! And if you start bracketing your shots at those prices? Fuggedaboutit!

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

I felt like a kid taking this: playing with the box instead of what came inside of it. The front standard was practically in the box I was focused so close.

Kodak 2D w/5x7 back, 16.5cm Ica Doppel-Anastigmat 'Huttar,' Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/5x7-SO-277-Cardboard-Box.jpg

Jonathan

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/MisclMenisci/VW/vw_08.jpg
mama's new car

Made last weekend with a no-name achromatic meniscus 240mm that'll eventually find it's way into a nu. 4 shutter and show up in the classifieds.

[Scott Schroeder]

I did something similar ;-)

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/isuzu.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

USUZI? You don't see those every day.

Jonathan

[Scott Schroeder]

no, no no Jonathan
It's USU21
;-)

[Scott --]

Ch-ch-ch-chia!

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2345/2250807827_2064c58aed_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/2250807827/)
chia00 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/2250807827/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

5x12

[johnmsanderson]

Memorial on the site of Rainbow Diner, Ulster County, NY

http://24.media.tumblr.com/6bc3f8dcffc214675697d02733c0ca38/tumblr_mhto8tkBBc1r2hiibo1_1280.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

On the back porch this afternoon.

Kodak 2D 8x10, 178mm f/2.5 Aero-Ektar, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-Post-and-Thermometer.jpg

Jonathan

[Randy]

Just to lazy to remove all the scratches in PS...so...I just added an antique layer and let it go :(

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/img108b.jpg

B&L 1C 11X14, f/16 1/8 sec
8X10 CRT Green X-Ray film, HC-110 "H", 69f, 8 min. in trays

[jcoldslabs]

Just to lazy to remove all the scratches in PS...so...I just added an antique layer and let it go.

I like the somber mood of this shot, "antiqued" or not!

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Time to perk up an idle thread.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6.5" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Kodalith Ortho Type 3 (expired 1994).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Kodalith-Ortho-Nested-P.jpg




http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Kodalith-Ortho-Bucket.jpg

Jonathan

[andreios]

Nice work, Jonathan, especially the first one!

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks. I like the first one better, too. :)

J.

[Jim Noel]

Jim, that's hyperbollic. I'm just finding it curious that in a thread about photographing things without the baggage of tradition and ideas about what/how to photograph, we get images that come from traditions firmly established a century ago. Winogrand was explaining his desire to unshackle himself from certain aspects of tradition in many of those famous lines of his. And of course he said those thing half a century ago. His style itself became a new tradition.
Let us see one of your photographs of an object which has never been photographed.

[Roger Cole]

It's almost like a corollary of rule 34 of the internet. In this case, "if it exists, it has already been photographed."

[jcoldslabs]

Let us see one of your photographs of an object which has never been photographed.

In order to meet this challenge I was going to make a joke about taking some photos of parts of my body that have never seen a camera, but then I realized that there are plenty of naked pictures of me as an infant (both front and back), my dentist has photos of all my teeth, and one doctor who-shall-not-be-named has video of the inside of my colon.

So, yeah, everything has been photographed. It's not what you photograph that matters but how.

Jonathan

[SergeiR]

4x5, 250mm SF Fujinon

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/8859898614_5556e51a75_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8859898614/)
Flowers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8859898614/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Corran]

Maybe this should go here. I was particularly drawn to these boards and opposing lines in the mill I'm documenting. An interesting backstory - this is in the same room I photographed (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?71352-Old-Things-Farms-Barns-Buildings-Plus&p=1020146&viewfull=1#post1020146)before they started demolition. Curiously, the entire room had been cleared out of all the interesting items seen in that other photo, except two long boards propped against the opposite wall. As the sun faded from view through the windows, I turned and shot this. I guess I should redo it though to get the top of the board in, if possible. I thought I had seen it on the GG but it was so dark I couldn't tell.

Nikkor 90mm f/8, lots of front rise, f/22, 8-second exposure, T-Max 400 in Pyrocat HD, 1:1:100 for 9 minutes:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/stricklandmill-0721ss.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Rocky Butte at dusk.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 210mm Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat, Delta 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Delta100-Lamp-and-Beaco.jpg

Jonathan

[SergeiR]

4x5 foma 100, 210mm Caltar-NII


http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5339/8937461476_83f81f029f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8937461476/)
Simple things: toolbox (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8937461476/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[dperez]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/8943370429_904b94c0bc_b.jpg
[View Large (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/8943370429_023ddfcaa5_o.jpg)]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/8943986834_8f62514a68_b.jpg
[View Large (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/8943986834_7cfa39811e_o.jpg)]

Both pictures were made in Keeler, CA.
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, Bronze toned in CS4

-Daniel Perez

[ghostcount]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/8943370429_904b94c0bc_b.jpg
[View Large (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/8943370429_023ddfcaa5_o.jpg)]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/8943986834_8f62514a68_b.jpg
[View Large (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/8943986834_7cfa39811e_o.jpg)]

Both pictures were made in Keeler, CA.
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, Bronze toned in CS4

-Daniel Perez

This place is so awesome. I suspect when we go back he'll change things up a bit. I still want to see that train he is building. Mr. Marshall is indeed an interesting fella'.

[dperez]

Yea, I'm looking forward to returning. I'd like to hand deliver some prints to him.

-DP


This place is so awesome. I suspect when we go back he'll change things up a bit. I still want to see that train he is building. Mr. Marshall is indeed an interesting fella'.

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZDJ-kghCOU/Ua5OfSd9iDI/AAAAAAAAB5c/hgT1K5pf6Pw/s1600/Scan-130605-0003-Edit.jpg
5x7 Delta 100 in R09. 210. Love the sense of light

[dperez]

What are those fuzzy things? Are those mushrooms?

-DP


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZDJ-kghCOU/Ua5OfSd9iDI/AAAAAAAAB5c/hgT1K5pf6Pw/s1600/Scan-130605-0003-Edit.jpg
5x7 Delta 100 in R09. 210. Love the sense of light

[mdm]

I should have titled it 'moss on disturbed peat'

[jcoldslabs]

Morell (http://www.abelardomorell.net/photography/home_01/home_19.html) and Klett (http://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/mark-klett-the-headlands) (and probably others) have done better versions of this shot, but I still had to try.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6.5" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Delta 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Delta100%2899%29-2D.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

And yet another camera....

Century 10A w/5x7 back, 15" B&L projection Petzval, Gevaert Ultra Panchro (expired 1944).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/5x7-Gevaert44-Rolleiflex.jpg

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Jonathan you should sell that film with a nice hip campaign for lots of money.

"Authentic Vintage look! No, but really! only $399 a sheet."

[jcoldslabs]

All I have to do is sell it as "Petzval film" and I'll make a fortune!

J.

[Pfiltz]

Wooden door in an old feed mill. 2sec @ f16

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

[mandoman7]

Excellent shot, Pflitz.

[MrJim]

I really wonder why the door handle is so ornate considering it's in a feed mill. Like the pic all the way around, makes me seriously curious.

[Pfiltz]

I really wonder why the door handle is so ornate considering it's in a feed mill. Like the pic all the way around, makes me seriously curious.

Good question Mr.J. Never gave it any thought along those lines. I might actually be able to find out why it's there. It's 1 block from my shop. I'll ask if I can find the right person...

[jcoldslabs]

My pillow after I woke up this morning.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6.5" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Delta 100 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Delta100%2899%29-Pillow.jpg

Jonathan

[RHITMrB]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/9736114083_aa0ec77257_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/9736114083/)
Thank You Come Again (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/9736114083/) by Isaac Sachs (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

Portra is pretty fantastic.

[Pfiltz]

No clue where to post this.

Early a.m. on the way to the shop.

5x4 graphic view, arista b/w, D-76

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

[Eliverto]

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3601/apb0.jpg


Shanghai 8x10
Fujinon 210/5.6

[jcoldslabs]

I can't even do the dishes without pausing for a photograph. Or maybe I'm just procrastinating....

Toyo 45A, 16.5cm Ica Doppel Anastigmat 'Huttar', Kodak Aerographic Duplicating Film (2421).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-2421-Pyrex.jpg

Jonathan

[Taija71A]

No clue where to post this. Early a.m. on the way to the shop...
5x4 graphic view, arista b/w, D-76.

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

____

WOW!

There are so many things that I like about this image... That I don't even know where to begin! :D
--
The... Quality of Light. Exposure. Composition. Square Crop. Balance of Tones. Timing. Subject... And the list just goes 'On and on'...

You get the idea! :)
Regards,

-Tim.
________

[Pfiltz]

Thank you Tim. For the most part, the stuff I shoot with my LF gear, I just pass it off as so-so. Having said that, I'm very quite pleased with this image, as it came out, exactly like I saw it and/or wanted it to.. ;) I haven't done a lot of printing in the DR, but hope to get back in it this winter. This will be one I'll give a go at. I still may have it printed via Digi so I can have it on my wall with some of my other LF prints.

Warmest,

[chuck461]

Jonathans comments in the "Pets" thread have pushed me to post this. I took in my sisters dog a few years back. This is where she slept. She left us earlier this year.

[chuck461]

I also find dog toys very interesting.

[HoodedOne]

The Shower
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7545656938_60287ec555_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoodedone-photos/7545656938/)
8x10-002C.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoodedone-photos/7545656938/) by HoodedOne (http://www.flickr.com/people/hoodedone-photos/), on Flickr
Homemade 8x10 pinhole (152mm / f434) on Impossible 8x10 test film.


Pinhole Lightning
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8003/7415564072_2ef6824986_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoodedone-photos/7415564072/)
Pinhole Lightning (HT043) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoodedone-photos/7415564072/) by HoodedOne (http://www.flickr.com/people/hoodedone-photos/), on Flickr
Harman Titan 4x5 Pinhole w. expired Polaroid T53 (e.i. 800)

[jcoldslabs]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7545656938_60287ec555_c.jpg

This one is great! How did you manage to get the image framed so precisely? The falloff isn't too bad, either. Very well done.

Jonathan

[HoodedOne]

Thnx
Just a little bit off luck, and using the tiles as guides. :)

[Scott Schroeder]

Oh wow. I tried to figure it all out without a title. I was thinking some crazy European vacuum system.
Damn. Nicely done.
Something simple.
Yet, you see it and go...hmmm....yes...yes.ok...that's a photograph.
Bam...you take it.
That's what the thread is all about.
;-)

[Pfiltz]

Wasn't sure where to post this. My first macro with LF. Metered 2sec @ f16, shot it at 2sec at f11. Bellows was pretty much racked out far as it would go.
Arista BW, D-76

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

[SergeiR]

8x10 tintype

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3830/10046441314_df9df58803_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/10046441314/)
Lillies for Ecclesiastes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/10046441314/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

I posted these just before the crash and they got eaten by the server. So here we go again.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 5x7 (8 3/4") Wollensak Versar 'Portrait & View', Kodak Aerographic Duplicating Film (2421).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-2421-EI6-Sheet-01a.jpg



http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-2421-EI6-Vines-and-Lattice.jpg

Jonathan

[Scott Schroeder]

Ah yes, the crash of 2013
;-)
I love the folds in the curtains.

[jcoldslabs]

My scanner is still acting up so this is the best I could get out of it.

Century Universal 8x10, 18cm f/4 Liesegang "Aristograph" projection Petzval, fiber paper negative.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-PNFB-Liesegang-Sink-r2.jpg

Jonathan

[Scott Schroeder]

Wow. I thought that was a flame at first. Interesting how that happens. Then there is the further investigation as to what it really is. Then you discover just what it is. Then you get to look around and see the rest.

[jcoldslabs]

Wow. I thought that was a flame at first. Interesting how that happens. Then there is the further investigation as to what it really is. Then you discover just what it is. Then you get to look around and see the rest.

Scott, I'm glad to hear you had that reaction. Thanks for taking the time to mention it. (I like there to be a little mystery in my photos when possible.) This one turned out surprisingly underexposed, unfortunately. The light source was an open window above the sink, and I rated the paper at EI 20 as I usually do for natural light. I spot metered the wall behind the faucet and placed it on Zone III, but it looks more like Zone II. But truth be told I kind of like the murky atmosphere. I just wish my scanner were cooperating. It's producing varying bands of light and dark across the scanning bed because the light source is somehow compromised (dying maybe?). I had to crop this down significantly to edit out the really bad blotchy parts.

Jonathan

[Scott Schroeder]

I just went back over the whole thread and it was a joy to see all those photographs again.
I'm sure I posted this in the leaf thread but I took it to see what this particular clump of leaves would look like as a photograph.
I remember having my camera pointing straight down....challenging my tripod to stay still ;-)

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/45_Leaves.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Here's one I took for no reason at all! Just a combination of textures I wanted to see on a plate...

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/12_sombrero_baseball.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Here's one I took for no reason at all! Just a combination of textures I wanted to see on a plate.

I can totally relate. My "reasons" for taking pictures most often have to do with the notion of, "Hey, that might look neat on film."

Jonathan

[Ari]

Wow. I thought that was a flame at first. Interesting how that happens. Then there is the further investigation as to what it really is. Then you discover just what it is. Then you get to look around and see the rest.

Which is exactly the spirit of this thread; nice one, Jonathan!

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Ari. I'd say 90% of my photography is covered by either this one or the "Around the House" thread.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

A little color for a change.

Toyo 45A, 210mm Sironar-N, Provia 100F.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-PROVIA-Yellow-Spool.jpg

Jonathan

[Christo.Stankulov]

Sinar F2/Emil Busch 120 petzval lens/APX100
http://cjoint.com/data3/3Kxs0ffSnDP_scan0035.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

A sterling silver water pitcher that belonged to my grandmother.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6.5" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Kodak Aerographic Duplicating Film (2421).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-2421-Pitcher-Lip.jpg

Jonathan

[sly]

JC, I am in awe of your creative drive, and ability to find unique beauty in your immediate environment. Seeing your name on a recent post means I click there first. Thanks for the inspiration.
Gorgeous jug.

[Jan Pedersen]

JC, I am in awe of your creative drive, and ability to find unique beauty in your immediate environment. Seeing your name on a recent post means I click there first. Thanks for the inspiration.
Gorgeous jug

Agree with you Sly. Not sure how Jonathan made it but he seems to always have the time and the vision to create images from within 50 feet of his wife's naked body, he probably never get out of his PJ but I bet he is having a good time :)

[jcoldslabs]

JC, I am in awe of your creative drive, and ability to find unique beauty in your immediate environment. Seeing your name on a recent post means I click there first. Thanks for the inspiration. Gorgeous jug.

You're very kind to say this, thank you. I have to confess that much of my "drive" stems from laziness. The desire to photograph is always there, but the impetus to leave the house is not!

Speaking of inspiration, my photo of the pitcher was partly inspired by this image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32065742@N06/5596804507/).

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

....he probably never get out of his PJ but I bet he is having a good time :)

Jan, this statement is frighteningly close to the truth.

J.

[jcoldslabs]

Inspired by Ken Lee's recent photos of a vintage phone. Deep toning added in PS for fun.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6.5" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Tri-X Ortho (expired 1970).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TXO-Phone-%2830s%29-r5.jpg

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Very nice, love the toning. Is this using Ken's technique?

[jcoldslabs]

Very nice, love the toning. Is this using Ken's technique?

I think it's similar to how Ken does it. In my case I add a fill layer with a solid color. If I want a subtle effect (which is my normal approach) I use the "soft light" layer blending option at around 5-8% opacity, but if I want a more dramatic look I use the "hard light" blending option and raise the layer opacity to around 50%. That's what I did with the image of the phone.

Keep in mind I am still using a ten year old version of Photoshop (PS 7); there may be better ways to achieve this effect with the latest versions.

J.

[Steve French]

However you are doing it, it's a great photo !!

[jcoldslabs]

Thank you, Steve.

J.

[RHITMrB]

Keep in mind I am still using a ten year old version of Photoshop (PS 7); there may be better ways to achieve this effect with the latest versions.

J.

CS2 is free if you're willing to make an Adobe account: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?pid=4485850&e=cs2_downloads

[jcoldslabs]

CS2 is free if you're willing to make an Adobe account: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?pid=4485850&e=cs2_downloads

That's good to know, thanks. But I should have also mentioned that I am running PS7 because it is the latest version that will run on my ancient WinXP machine. (2GB RAM, Athlon 1.7 GHz processor). Someday when I migrate from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age I might be able to install CS2.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

It makes you feel old when you start looking around and seeing objects you've owned for over 25 years. The upside is that old things take on a nice, well worn patina (see wabi-sabi ("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi)) that you don't get with the new stuff.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 210mm f/5.5 Hugo Meyer Doppel Anastigmat, Kodak Electron Image Film (SO-163).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/3x4-SO163-Pan-02a-8B.jpg

Jonathan

[austin granger]

I've probably posted these before, but I think they make a nice compliment to Jonathan's picture. My mom has been using this baking pan for my entire life (that'd be 43 years).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8083720623_ec2f26600d_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8083720636_0c62cd77f5_b.jpg



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

[jcoldslabs]

Austin, such is the nature of influence that I had these photos of yours in mind when making my own. Seeing yours again makes me think I should have left more negative space around the pan, but I will admit to having it all set up as high as my tripod would go and not wanting to go to the trouble of changing lenses and refocusing. Now THAT'S dedication to the craft!

J.

[Ari]

It makes you feel old when you start looking around and seeing objects you've owned for over 25 years. The upside is that old things take on a nice, well worn patina (see wabi-sabi ("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi)) that you don't get with the new stuff.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 210mm f/5.5 Hugo Meyer Doppel Anastigmat, Kodak Electron Image Film (SO-163).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/3x4-SO163-Pan-02a-8B.jpg

Jonathan


I've probably posted these before, but I think they make a nice compliment to Jonathan's picture. My mom has been using this baking pan for my entire life (that'd be 43 years).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8083720623_ec2f26600d_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8083720636_0c62cd77f5_b.jpg

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

Holy smokes, guys, you make me want to beat up my cookware and spend a week photographing everything.
These are beautiful, not to mention I love the black space and lovely lighting.
Jeez, I leave you alone for one week... :)

[jcoldslabs]

These are beautiful, not to mention I love the black space and lovely lighting.

The "lovely" lighting in my case was achieved by setting the pot on the back porch on an overcast afternoon with my dark cloth underneath. Like your recent kitchen portraits I had to take the light as it was, but it worked just fine. Have you seen Austin's crumpled paper photos done in this fashion? They're really good. Talk about "all things are photographable"!

Jonathan

[Ari]

If you can't use the light you love, love the light you got (sorry, Stephen Stills).
Austin's crumpled paper photos are the first examples of his work that I'd ever seen, a couple of years back.
They are really good, original.

[jcoldslabs]

"Love the light you're with." That should be my mantra for the new year.

J.

[jp]

Kinda related to Paul Caponigro's tin foil images too. A great mix of "around the house" and "all things are photographable" by both of you.

[austin granger]

Thanks guys! Speaking of loving the light you're with, for those interested the pan (and the crumpled paper come to think of it) was lit with my patented Desk Lamp™ and the background was my wife's blackest dress. Any perceived originality in my photos is directly related to the fact that I don't really know what I'm doing.

[andreios]

Thanks guys! Speaking of loving the light you're with, for those interested the pan (and the crumpled paper come to think of it) was lit with my patented Desk Lamp™ and the background was my wife's blackest dress. Any perceived originality in my photos is directly related to the fact that I don't really know what I'm doing.

I was just going to ask about what you use as background. Now I know. And will have to roam im my wife's part of out closet.. :)

[Darin Boville]

Seeing yours again makes me think I should have left more negative space around the pan

But the closeness works in your image, I think. Gives it the feel that your face it sort on almost in the pan, too close. Sort of interesting and dangerous rather than viewed at a safer remove...

--Darin

[jcoldslabs]

But the closeness works in your image, I think. Gives it the feel that your face it sort on almost in the pan, too close. Sort of interesting and dangerous rather than viewed at a safer remove...

Thanks for that, Darin. I'm always second guessing my own work. One of the many hazards of always thinking one could have done better.

Jonathan

[Darin Boville]

Thanks for that, Darin. I'm always second guessing my own work. One of the many hazards of always thinking one could have done better.

Jonathan

You can *always* do better, even when you do better. :)

--Darin

[Ari]

You can *always* do better, even when you do better. :)

--Darin

Now there's a motto for the new year!

[Harold_4074]

You can *always* do better, even when you do better.

I really like that too.

A while back I ran across the question of whether or not it was possible to make a picture that couldn't be improved on. The general consensus seemed to be that only the "greats" had ever achieved this, but it occurred to me that I have made all too many pictures that I personally couldn't imagine improving. Not that the pictures were all that good; my own imagination is just too limited! Hence my appreciation for the work shown here by our own "greats".

[jcoldslabs]

Hindsight being what it is, I always see ways my photos could have been made better after the fact. As frustrating as this can be, if I learn from my mistakes and realize what dissatisfies me about my own work (that last part is sometimes difficult to suss out), I hope to improve with each new exposure.

What puzzles me is that each time I click the shutter I do so because I believe I am making a good photograph, yet more often than not when I behold the final result I think, "Why in the world did I take this? This isn't good at all." In other words, my intention every time is to make a great image, but in reality this is infrequently the case. Lucky for me I love the process so much or I would have given up long ago.

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Hindsight being what it is, I always see ways my photos could have been made better after the fact. As frustrating as this can be, if I learn from my mistakes and realize what dissatisfies me about my own work (that last part is sometimes difficult to suss out), I hope to improve with each new exposure.
Jonathan

That's the exciting part for me. I am glad I get that feeling because it makes me think my passion is alive. The desire to improve is still there, a feeling of moving forward. Sometimes I feel an image can only be improved if I make a completely different approach, or better yet if I have somebody else take the picture. I am sure the "greats" are not entirely happy with what they produce either.

[jp]

Tracks and debris in the snow...
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3791/11864503443_b9a970f5ac_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/11864503443/

4x5 speed graphic, reinhold wollaston meniscus 190mm f8. fp4+ in pyrocat hd.

[giuliosteva]

..not an object, but a everyday companion
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23797849/Pinolo/20130515_018.jpg

Harman DPP and Ilford developer.

[jcoldslabs]

I continue to be amazed at the resilience of film that was manufactured 40+ years ago.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 13.5cm f/4.8 Steinheil Doppelanastigmat Unofokal, 4x5 Tri-X Ortho (expired 1970).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Tri-X-Ortho-1970-Unofokal-CROP.jpg

Jonathan

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Lizard001.jpg
Lizard
Scottsdale, AZ, 2013
4x5 TMax 400
Arca-Swiss 45F
Fuji 210W

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Rattler001.jpg
Rattlesnake
Scottsdale, AZ, 2013
4x5 TMax 400
Arca-Swiss 45F
Fuji 210W

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Rattler002.jpg
Baby Rattlesnake
Scottsdale, AZ, 2013
4x5 TMax 400
Arca-Swiss 45F
Fuji 210W

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Snake001.jpg
Snake
Scottsdale, AZ, 2013
4x5 TMax 400
Arca-Swiss 45F
Fuji 210W

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Rabbit001.jpg
Rabbit
Scottsdale, AZ, 2013
4x5 TMax 400
Arca-Swiss 45F
Fuji 210W

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Bird001.jpg
Baby Bird
Scottsdale, AZ, 2013
4x5 TMax 400
Arca-Swiss 45F
Fuji 210W

[Richard M. Coda]

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Grandmas-Curtains001.jpg
Grandma's Curtains, Maplewood, NJ, 1983
Plus-X
Omega 45D
Schneider 150mm

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/test/Tempe-Mill001.jpg
Tempe Mill, Tempe, AZ, 2013
TMax 100
Arca-Swiss 45F
Fuji 300A

[sanking]

In the spirit of images of dead snakes, if you look carefully in the middle of the road, foreground, you will see a dead snake!

Sandy

[Ari]

Gorgeous image, Sandy.

[Jody_S]

Lizard
Scottsdale, AZ, 2013
4x5 TMax 400
Arca-Swiss 45F
Fuji 210W

I like this one.

[jon.oman]

In the spirit of images of dead snakes, if you look carefully in the middle of the road, foreground, you will see a dead snake!

Sandy

Nice one Sandy! Where is this located?

[sanking]

Nice one Sandy! Where is this located?

Small town in Galicia, in northwestern Spain, known for its oreos, or granaries. Notice how they are rat-proofed with the large circular stones on top of the pillars.

I was attracted to this spot because there was a cat playing with something in the middle of the road. Turns out it was a dead or wounded snake. The cat eventually left and I made the shot.

Sandy

[Ramiro Elena]

Not to be confused with the cookie "Oreo" :D
Actually spelled "Hórreo"

Nice Sandy.

[Richard M. Coda]

thank you... see this link for more info on the "why" http://rcodaphotography.blogspot.com/2014/01/inspirations-31-frederick-sommer.html?spref=fb

[Jody_S]

thank you... see this link for more info on the "why" http://rcodaphotography.blogspot.com/2014/01/inspirations-31-frederick-sommer.html?spref=fb

If I may be so bold as to comment, from the perspective of a fellow photographer (vs. a conservationist, or someone who watches 'True Blood' or 'Duck Dynasty'*): what matters, to me, is the juxtaposition of textures combined with form. Yes, the fact that we're looking at something that once used to be alive does create an emotional setting, a 'mood', and that does matter. But it's not nearly enough to carry a photograph. The form and texture, the composition, must stand on it's own, before the emotional subtext can do it's thing.

* Please don't take these examples seriously

[austin granger]

I continue to be amazed at the resilience of film that was manufactured 40+ years ago.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 13.5cm f/4.8 Steinheil Doppelanastigmat Unofokal, 4x5 Tri-X Ortho (expired 1970).

Jonathan

Never mind the film, I'm amazed by this picture! Mysterious and beautiful.

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Austin. I hesitated to even take this shot because it felt like I was repeating myself. Close-in shots of backlit glassware have become a theme of mine. Can't help it, though. I'm a sucker for light and glass.

J.

[austin granger]

Thanks, Austin. I hesitated to even take this shot because it felt like I was repeating myself. Close-in shots of backlit glassware have become a theme of mine. Can't help it, though. I'm a sucker for light and glass.

J.
Funny, it didn't even strike me that it was glass. To me it looks like a series of metal racks, with empty space in-between. In any case, it has a very three dimensional quality to it.

[jcoldslabs]

Funny, it didn't even strike me that it was glass. To me it looks like a series of metal racks, with empty space in-between. In any case, it has a very three dimensional quality to it.

All the more reason to repeat myself if it isn't apparent that I'm doing so!

J.

[jcoldslabs]

While cleaning up in the dining room I picked this thing up, went to put it away, couldn't find a place for it, and decided to photograph it instead. Procrastination? I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about.

A new genre, perhaps: procrastinography.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 4.25" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Kodak Electron Image Film (SO-163).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/3x4-Smoke-Ring-Gun.jpg

Jonathan

[Robert Brazile]

"Procrastinography" -- I love it. Pretty well sums up the condition of my office/studio at the best of times.

Robert

[jcoldslabs]

This one's a little less mysterious than the last.

Ica Universal Palmos 275, 15cm f/4.5 Zeiss Tessar, 9x12 Efke PL100.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/9x12-Efke-Dish-Drainer.jpg

Jonathan

[Steve M Hostetter]

111856 4x5 58mm point & shoot (Hostilux)

[sly]

Ooooh, a big Mack! I like the vantage point. For 17 years my husband was the guy with the gray-hair-inducing job in the passenger seat.d

[Steve M Hostetter]

I will go for my CDL soon.. Nothing like the vantage point from a big rig

[jp]

111856 4x5 58mm point & shoot (Hostilux)

Nice! Looks like fun except the necessary part about backing up and maneuvering in tight downtowns.

[jp]

While cleaning up in the dining room I picked this thing up, went to put it away, couldn't find a place for it, and decided to photograph it instead. Procrastination? I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about.

A new genre, perhaps: procrastinography.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 4.25" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Kodak Electron Image Film (SO-163).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/3x4-Smoke-Ring-Gun.jpg

Jonathan

Looks like a 18v rechargable space gun; prepare to be vaporized earthling!

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/CornerBench001.jpg

[Smith469]

Great work !

[Tri-X]

A sterling silver water pitcher that belonged to my grandmother.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6.5" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Kodak Aerographic Duplicating Film (2421).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-2421-Pitcher-Lip.jpg

Jonathan

Nice image, Johnathan - I like this one alot (even if you posted it way back in December of 2013)

[jcoldslabs]

Nice image, Johnathan - I like this one alot (even if you posted it way back in December of 2013)

Thanks. Images might get old but compliments don't. :)

J.

[Scott --]

Bee Bear - very loved.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3764/14266631266_73636b2a48_z.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/14266631266/)
Bee Bear (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/14266631266/) by Scott -- (https://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Really, a test of reciprocity on Ektascan BR/A.

[jcoldslabs]

Pacemaker Speed Graphic w/Horseman 6x7 back, B&L Zeiss Anastigmat Series II, T-Max 100 (expired 2005).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/120-TMX100-Horseman67Back-02-r2.jpg

Jonathan

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/CoolLamp001.jpg
I couldn't resist the shiny metal.

[Pfiltz]

5x4 Velvia 100.

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

[jcoldslabs]

More door.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6 1/2" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Tri-X Ortho (expired 1970).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TriXOrtho1970-Peeling-Door-8B-RGB.jpg

Jonathan

[Maris Rusis]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3839/14788442334_914456d29f_b.jpg
Bookcase and Photographs

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.6cm X 24.4cm, from a 8x10 Fomapan 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 lens.

This negative was exposed as a test for an old batch of Fomapan 100. The bookcase and photographs were handy as a subject featuring a variety of tones and fine details.

The framed photographs are from an American photographer who passed away some years ago.

[Marvin d martian]

A couple of photos of now little used equipment, both 4x5 Tmax100

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2938/14748943595_50dcbf339a_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/otjc5X)climb cam (https://flic.kr/p/otjc5X) by Marvin d martian100 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5570/14562493927_f985448cbd_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/obQA6v)climb axe (https://flic.kr/p/obQA6v) by Marvin d martian100 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Mart

[Jim Noel]

More door.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6 1/2" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Tri-X Ortho (expired 1970).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TriXOrtho1970-Peeling-Door-8B-RGB.jpg

Nice image, and boy do I miss that film.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

Nice image, and boy do I miss that film.

Thanks, Jim. I've got about 50 sheets left. Even though it is long-expired it still works well with only a small amount of fog.

J.

[kintatsu]

119420
Rustic Christmas.
3 Kronig bier, Gouda, olive bread.
4x5, FP4+, 15 seconds
12 minutes Tetenal UltrafinPlus

Christmastime 2012. Spur of the moment idea for a seasonal shot. The milk and cookies shot is better!

[ericmaquiling]

119435

Testing out my Wolly 159mm and Epson V700. Been a while. Wasn't even sure this Betax shutter was working. But I had it CLA'd from Flutot a bunch of years ago and then all my LF gear and darkroom been put away and sold off. Now I just have LF processing gear and a v700.
Apartment complex being painted, needed to store things in middle and painters covered it.
Kodak 8x10 Master View
Old Tri-X Professional
Rated 200
D76 formula from Unblinking eye 1:1
Welding tube in the bathtub processing

Wish I didn't sell my roll film processing stuff. <sigh>

[stradibarrius]

Very Nice! I really like these.
A couple of photos of now little used equipment, both 4x5 Tmax100

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2938/14748943595_50dcbf339a_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/otjc5X)climb cam (https://flic.kr/p/otjc5X) by Marvin d martian100 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5570/14562493927_f985448cbd_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/obQA6v)climb axe (https://flic.kr/p/obQA6v) by Marvin d martian100 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Mart

[Marvin d martian]

Thanks for the comment, planning to do more climbing equipment soon.

Thanks,
Mart

[Marvin d martian]

A couple more of climbing equipment,
all Tmax 100 5x4
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3900/14885708414_14bd6639eb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oFp9v5)climb5-1 (https://flic.kr/p/oFp9v5) by Marvin d martian100 (https://www.flickr.com/people/28683615@N06/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3874/14887794122_a6e3952823_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oFzQvy)climb4-1 (https://flic.kr/p/oFzQvy) by Marvin d martian100 (https://www.flickr.com/people/28683615@N06/), on Flickr

Mart

[austin granger]

Trap, Lake Wallowa, Oregon
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/15085873745_848fb46cea_c.jpg

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

[austin granger]

Outside Shower, Cabin, Lake Wallowa, Oregon
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5594/14908427660_e8ab851f1c_c.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

I was taking some digital snaps of these to list them on Eb@y, but I figured I'd give them a go in large format before they're gone for good.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 210mm Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat, Tri-X (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-210Meyer-Tri-X1999-12minDev-Chain-Rings.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

!! That's some great tonality !!

[Peter Lewin]

Jon, the first and third chain rings don't even show any wear on the teeth! You do understand that you have to get out of the house to ride a bike? ;)

[jcoldslabs]

These chain rings belonged to my father who is an avid cyclist. They've been in my garage for twenty years but were only recently unearthed after some deep decluttering. Me, I'm more of a walker. In fact I walk from my office to the kitchen and back again multiple times a day. After all, a man's gotta eat. ;)

J.

[Scott Schroeder]

Love the sprockets Jonathan. It has that great feeling of metal. Comes right through.

[jcoldslabs]

Love the sprockets Jonathan. It has that great feeling of metal. Comes right through.

That was the idea going in. Glad to know the final image succeeded in that regard. :)

J.

[jcoldslabs]

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Paper-Bag-02.jpg

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52364091751_f006e6c04e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nMeE98)Large Tires, Fairfield, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2nMeE98) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Robert Opheim]

231139

230CE under plastic. 4 3/8 inch WA Dagor f/32 Tri-X film with D-76 developer. Kenmore Washington

[Pieter]

I have not looked at all the photos in this thread, but what strikes me as ironic is that it was based on a number of quotes by Winogrand, yet nothing looks remotely like anything he would have shot.