February 2013 portraits

[bracan]

Here we go!
For start myself on Polaroid 55, Sinar C4x5 and Rodenstock Sironar 240mm f5,6 at f8. Quick autotest:)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8434800167_44e598c961_b.jpg

[dizzzyg44]

Nice!

I'm so jealous that your polas have been giving you good spreads! I have some 55 in the fridge though I fear it may be suffering the same fate as all my 72 which are dried up. I'm a bit afraid to test them (need to get the stuff to clear it anyways)...

Keep them coming Bracan!

[bracan]

Thnx Dizzy!
Dont be afraid. Longer you wait, pods will be more dry:(

[jcoldslabs]

...need to get the stuff to clear it anyways...

You can just rinse the T55 negatives in water to clear them. It takes longer, but it works fine. Don't wait!

Jonathan

[benrains]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8436838038_991867e15a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8436838038/)
noelle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8436838038/)

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Raptar 11 7/8" / 4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

[benrains]

Here we go!
For start myself on Polaroid 55, Sinar C4x5 and Rodenstock Sironar 240mm f5,6 at f8. Quick autotest:)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8434800167_44e598c961_b.jpg

Great lighting and tonality on this. I don't think I'll ever truly recover from the death of the original Polaroid materials.

[eduardtoader]

Here comes Magrethe on 5x7" strips. TMAX film. 88447

[bracan]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8436838038_991867e15a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8436838038/)
noelle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8436838038/)

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Raptar 11 7/8" / 4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50


Here comes Magrethe on 5x7" strips. TMAX film. 88447

Thanks Ben! I enjoy your work.

Beautiful work Eduard.

[bracan]

Sorry for same image, but this time negative of above Polaroid 55, just to see difference:)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8438021522_7e3ccfe0e3_c.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

This time negative of above Polaroid 55, just to see difference.

How do you expose your expired Type 55? I ask because I am either able to get a properly exposed positive with a grossly underexposed negative, or a properly exposed negative with an overexposed positive. You manage to get both exposed well at the same time. Magic!

Jonathan

[eduardtoader]

bracan, thanks for your kind words. I love the Polaroid look and the expression of the guy.

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

[...]
Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Raptar 11 7/8" / 4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

Very nice work. I like a lot the b&w of this image.

[bracan]

How do you expose your expired Type 55? I ask because I am either able to get a properly exposed positive with a grossly underexposed negative, or a properly exposed negative with an overexposed positive. You manage to get both exposed well at the same time. Magic!

Jonathan

Jonathan, I was rate type 55 at 40 Iso and develop 20 sec. This batch was in perfect storage and date is Dec 2008. Almost fresh:)
Scanned with Epson V750Pro and SilverFast.

[benrains]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8434152878_94f6bbf6ea_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8434152878/)
noelle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8434152878/)

Century No.8 w/11x14 back
B&L 11x14 Tessar 1c (~400mm)/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

[cbk]

:]
Self portrait. Like Employee of the year ;]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8437664217_cfeb78f7c5_o.jpg

[Stephane]

Diva through a 24" landscape meniscus, uncorked.
Got to get back into the portrait game, been very busy with work...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8514/8440966825_6f703731fd_b.jpg
me on flickr (flickr.com/calceman)

[BrianShaw]

Here we go!
For start myself on Polaroid 55, Sinar C4x5 and Rodenstock Sironar 240mm f5,6 at f8. Quick autotest:)


Nice image, and even more interesting to me is how it totally negates my opinion that almost all of the remaining Polaroid stock is a waste of time due to age, reagent pod dryness, etc. Wonderful proof that there may still be life in some of that old stock!

[SergeiR]

was kicking off new project today, on male portraits, this is kinda spin off from it

8x10 Arista, 8x10 Radar + green filter

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8443866906_a5c3241f11_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8443866906/)
Juan Carlos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8443866906/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[life_in_sepia]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8076/8442944871_2e4c88bf78_c.jpg

Sabrina. Whole plate. Ross Cabinet #3. Wide open. 1 second.

[bracan]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8076/8442944871_2e4c88bf78_c.jpg

Sabrina. Whole plate. Ross Cabinet #3. Wide open. 1 second.

Awesome Ed. Fantastic portrait!

[Ramiro Elena]

Type 55 is an amazing product. I had to dump around 12 boxes of Polacolor due to dry pods. I understand instant film does not sell like it used to when it was a must in commercial photography but there is still a large market for it and there will be forever.

Great work by the way guys :)

[Tobias Key]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8076/8442944871_2e4c88bf78_c.jpg

Sabrina. Whole plate. Ross Cabinet #3. Wide open. 1 second.

I really like this. I particularly like the way you use old materials but the portrait has a modern sensibility. You're not simply re-enacting photographic styles of the past.

[life_in_sepia]

Awesome Ed. Fantastic portrait!

Thanks!

[David Aimone]

Dawn

Galli Meniscus lens in Polaroid shutter, wide open (f/5.5); Arista EDU 100 film in Pyrocat-MC

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s8/v84/p1413449698-6.jpg

[life_in_sepia]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8445886193_93567eff68_c.jpg

Ross #3 Cabinet. 1 second. I was trying to focus on the monocle. It got a minor blur, for whatever reason.

[Hugo Zhang]

Ed,

Terrific! You just keep making more and more beautifil plates!!! Anytime to shoot 16x20?:)

[ImSoNegative]

yes, awsome!!

[Ramiro Elena]

I posted a digital test of this in the safe heaven thread. I knew it would be difficult to photograph my kid, just not so much. She is difficult enough as it is.
Anyway...
Eastman View 8x10
Euryscope IV nº3 ƒ6
Efke100 in Finol

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8491/8446419509_824e082e07_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8446419509/)
Darío con mamá (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8446419509/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

[Miguel Coquis]

I posted a digital test of this in the safe heaven thread. I knew it would be difficult to photograph my kid, just not so much. She is difficult enough as it is.

wow...cómo pasa el tiempo !!!
I still remember, if not mistaken, this lady pregnant, expecting that same child !!!

[Ramiro Elena]

I know Miguel... he just turned 2!

[jcoldslabs]

Self-portrait in a beveled mirror.

Kodak 2D 8x10, 240mm f/4.8 Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-SO-277-Meyer-SP.jpg

Jonathan

[moizak]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8332/8425661651_4c8c233d8b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moiz/8425661651/)
Aliasgar (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moiz/8425661651/) by Moiz (http://www.flickr.com/people/moiz/), on Flickr
MPP MKVII, Harman Ilford Direct Positive Paper, Caffenol - f11 60secs

OK, I'm going to share this in here though I feel a little ashamed as the final product was in no way envisioned by me. When I first switched on the light after developing my initial reaction was "underexposed, underdeveloped but at least there was something on the paper"; it was the very first picture I had taken on my first 5x4.

Since then it has grown on me so I thought I'd share it.

Would be happy and honoured to receive criticism.

Moiz

[Michael Graves]

was kicking off new project today, on male portraits, this is kinda spin off from it

8x10 Arista, 8x10 Radar + green filter

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8443866906_a5c3241f11_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8443866906/)
Juan Carlos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8443866906/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

This one is very well executed. Nice lighting, good pose and excellent composition. Congratulation.

[SergeiR]

This one is very well executed. Nice lighting, good pose and excellent composition. Congratulation.
thank you :)

[David Lobato]

Self-portrait in a beveled mirror.

Kodak 2D 8x10, 240mm f/4.8 Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/8x10-SO-277-Meyer-SP.jpg

Jonathan

Jonathon, that is really cool.

[jcoldslabs]

Jonathon, that is really cool.

Thanks. I underexposed it a bit--not on purpose, but counting "one-one-thousand" a few times is not an exact science--and therefore it turned out a bit more 'spooky' than I intended, but I'm fine with that. One of my favorite things about shooting film is that it can still surprise me!

Jonathan

[benrains]

Dawn

Galli Meniscus lens in Polaroid shutter, wide open (f/5.5); Arista EDU 100 film in Pyrocat-MC

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s8/v84/p1413449698-6.jpg

Nicely done! The softness of the lens serves the softness of her robe very well.

[Ramiro Elena]

I tricked my girl into posing for one more with the same setup.
Eastman View 8x10
Euryscope IV Nº3 wide open at ƒ6
Efke100 in Moersch Finol

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8084/8448737694_9f40185e22_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8448737694/)
Sandra (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8448737694/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

I tricked my girl into posing for one more with the same setup.

"Tricked" how? I need to learn how to do that better! ;) And did you use and front tilt, or is that just the curvature of field of the Euryscope that gets her eyes, shoulder, wrist and fingertips all in focus?

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Well, the setup was impossible with the kid running around really excited first and refusing to pose later. She gets very nervous and bitchy so I have to bite my tongue. I have taken all down before taking a picture in the past out of frustration.

I had to do some movements in order to have Darío and her in focus at ƒ6. I didn't think they would come out in focus actually so I left the movements as before, front tilt and a bit of swing in the back standard.

[jon.oman]

I made this image on Monday, February 4th.

8x10 Pinhole Camera
120 mm
400 microns

X-Ray film - 80 ISO

D76 full strength
6 minutes, 50 seconds @ 65 degrees

#1 (15 minutes, 38 seconds)
http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/pinhole/medium_photos/SelfPortrait.jpg

[JoeV]

Well done, great tonal range and very sufficient sharpness.

~Joe

[petetsai]

Shot this last weekend while doing to some testing with some Rollei ATO2.1 Orthographic. I was trying to get some more experience with the Deardorff and this new film. I shot it metering for iso 6.

i
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8499/8448123126_7730270915_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/petetsai/8448123126/)
Natanael (http://www.flickr.com/photos/petetsai/8448123126/) by PeteTsai (http://www.flickr.com/people/petetsai/), on Flickr

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

Dawn

Galli Meniscus lens in Polaroid shutter, wide open (f/5.5); Arista EDU 100 film in Pyrocat-MC
[...]


beautiful! Is she a ghost or an angel?

[eduardtoader]

I tricked my girl into posing for one more with the same setup.
Eastman View 8x10
Euryscope IV Nº3

Beautifull and so perfect technicaly. Thanks for sharing so deep images.

[SergeiR]

I tricked my girl into posing for one more with the same setup.
with promises of sweeties and unicorns? :)

(nice calm portrait)

[jon.oman]

Well done, great tonal range and very sufficient sharpness.

~Joe

Thank you Joe!

[benrains]

Shot this last weekend while doing to some testing with some Rollei ATO2.1 Orthographic. I was trying to get some more experience with the Deardorff and this new film. I shot it metering for iso 6.

i
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8499/8448123126_7730270915_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/petetsai/8448123126/)
Natanael (http://www.flickr.com/photos/petetsai/8448123126/) by PeteTsai (http://www.flickr.com/people/petetsai/), on Flickr

A really fantastic portrait and spectacular results from an orthographic film. Nicely done!

[Too Many Cameras]

You can tell Jon's photo was made with x-ray film because we can see through the subject.

[John Conway]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8434152878_94f6bbf6ea_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8434152878/)
noelle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8434152878/)

Century No.8 w/11x14 back
B&L 11x14 Tessar 1c (~400mm)/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50
Wow... sometimes you get those very special people that have such a powerful presence in front of a lens. Beautiful. Such nice work.

[jon.oman]

You can tell Jon's photo was made with x-ray film because we can see through the subject.

That is true. What I should have said, was that I am the subject. It is a self-portrait.

[Miguel Curbelo]

My wife, and a fractured thumb.

88821

[Scott --]

I missed shooting the boy on his birthday this year (by a few weeks) so this one'll have to do. B&J Ajax #2 Petzval, 10x12" Ilford FP4+ in HC-110.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8451182347_9befbd58aa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/8451182347/)
img071 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/8451182347/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[petetsai]

Very nice Portrait Scott.

[Pfiltz]

Home run Scott

[Scott Walker]

Very nice Scott, one of the best I've seen you post of your boy.

[Ari]

Nice, Scott. We used to get both quality and quantity from you, now we only get quality.

[martinf5]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8445886193_93567eff68_c.jpg

Ross #3 Cabinet. 1 second. I was trying to focus on the monocle. It got a minor blur, for whatever reason.

this is so awsome, incredible

[Ramiro Elena]

Scott, the first portrait you posted here wasn't very good, this last one is the best I've seen in the forum until now.

[Raffay]

This one is very well executed. Nice lighting, good pose and excellent composition. Congratulation.

Really like the image, what is the green filter for?

[jcoldslabs]

My wife is much easier to photograph in her native habitat.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 178mm f/2.5 Aero-Ektar, Polaroid Type 54 (expired 2004).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T54---T-in-Bed-05.jpg

Jonathan

[jp]

Miguel; despite the broken thumb, the retro composition and background pleasantly remind me of Gilligan's island.

Scott; That's extremely nicely lit! I look forward to when my little girls can hold their place in a narrow plane of focus.

[SergeiR]

I missed shooting the boy on his birthday this year (by a few weeks) so this one'll have to do. B&J Ajax #2 Petzval, 10x12" Ilford FP4+ in HC-110.

well done

[life_in_sepia]

I missed shooting the boy on his birthday this year

Bravo!


this is so awsome, incredible

Thank you!

[benrains]

It's a fairly conventional portrait, but I was impressed by how well the negative and print turned out given I push processed this 2 stops. The light was very dim. Even with the lens close to wide open and a 2 sec exposure time, I still needed to rate the film faster.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8442552314_f687f62437_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8442552314/)
noelle in black (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8442552314/)

Century No.8 w/11x14 back
B&L 11x14 Tessar 1c (~400mm)/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50, push processed to EI 1600

[BrianShaw]

Polaroid Type 54 (expired 2004).


After this comment I'll stop saying this... but I'm amazed at the longevity of some Polaroid material. Unbelievable. (Nice image too!)

[jcoldslabs]

I'm amazed at the longevity of some Polaroid material.

You and me both! I've shot some Type 55 from 1981 that has produced some great looking images. Those show their age a bit, in a good way if you ask me, but that the chemical pods are still viable after all this time is astounding. Every time I shoot with long expired Polaroid films and get good results it just reminds me what a shame the whole Polaroid mismanagement debacle was. Add to that the irony of the Impossible Project making inferior films and selling them for more....sheesh.

Jonathan

[bracan]

You and me both! I've shot some Type 55 from 1981 that has produced some great looking images. Those show their age a bit, in a good way if you ask me, but that the chemical pods are still viable after all this time is astounding. Every time I shoot with long expired Polaroid films and get good results it just reminds me what a shame the whole Polaroid mismanagement debacle was. Add to that the irony of the Impossible Project making inferior films and selling them for more....sheesh.

Jonathan

Agree!

[D-tach]

It's a fairly conventional portrait, but I was impressed by how well the negative and print turned out given I push processed this 2 stops. The light was very dim. Even with the lens close to wide open and a 2 sec exposure time, I still needed to rate the film faster.


Century No.8 w/11x14 back
B&L 11x14 Tessar 1c (~400mm)/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50, push processed to EI 1600

Gorgeous!

[Tobias Key]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8454299300_9a56003621_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/8454299300/)
The Vintage News (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/8454299300/) by Tobias Key (http://www.flickr.com/people/tobykey/), on Flickr

Shot this last week in between downpours. It was a bit dark so I was down to 1/8 @f11. Lens is a 165mm Ilex-Caltar, which makes very nice picture for something you can buy for $70 on Ebay. I think it's a Commercial Ektar copy but there are others who know more about this than I do,

[Pfiltz]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8454299300_9a56003621_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/8454299300/)
The Vintage News (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/8454299300/) by Tobias Key (http://www.flickr.com/people/tobykey/), on Flickr



Now this, put a smile on my face today.

[SergeiR]

Shot this last week in between downpours. It was a bit dark so I was down to 1/8 @f11. Lens is a 165mm Ilex-Caltar, which makes very nice picture for something you can buy for $70 on Ebay. I think it's a Commercial Ektar copy but there are others who know more about this than I do,
great composition, superb choice of angle and very nice light/processing combination.

[benrains]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8454299300_9a56003621_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/8454299300/)
The Vintage News (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/8454299300/) by Tobias Key (http://www.flickr.com/people/tobykey/), on Flickr

Shot this last week in between downpours. It was a bit dark so I was down to 1/8 @f11. Lens is a 165mm Ilex-Caltar, which makes very nice picture for something you can buy for $70 on Ebay. I think it's a Commercial Ektar copy but there are others who know more about this than I do,

A great image, and I just like the whole concept of their vintage news crew. :)

[chassis]

Tobias, great shot.

[SergeiR]

8x10 Arista, 8x10 Gundlach Radar with green filter (that i promptly broke right after the shoot, by dropping it casually on the cement floor)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8454156313_96ff755419_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8454156313/)
Ben (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8454156313/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[life_in_sepia]

It's a fairly conventional portrait, ....

Lovely portrait!

[Raffay]

8x10 Arista, 8x10 Gundlach Radar with green filter (that i promptly broke right after the shoot, by dropping it casually on the cement floor)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8454156313_96ff755419_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8454156313/)
Ben (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8454156313/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

Very nice portrait, can someone please tell me what green filters are used for? I am sorry for your loss (I mean the filter).

[Peter Gomena]

Green filters are used to enhance the ruddiness of male complexions with panchromatic film. They darken the skin by absorbing some of the reflected red light. It gives a healthy, suntanned look.

[Raffay]

Hello, I am relatively new to LF and hence do not understand a lot of lingo that goes on, and to top all that I have started photography a couple of years back digital only, and now I have ventured into film, as I like the final product, as it is more natural... All this background to tell you guys to criticise and educate me as much as possible as thats the only way to learn for me, as film photography is non-existant in Pakistan.

Here is a picture of my wife and son, Ilford FP4, developed in D-23 for 9 mins almost constant agitation (just 15 sec break/ min). Stop bath plain water three washes, fixed in plain hypo for 8 mins constant agitation (15 sec break per min). shot at f11 1/4 sec. I have a few questions:

1. Is it properly developed, how do you tell if it is over dev or under dev
2. What are the affects of over or under development on a picture
3. The faces don't look sharp looked smudged, is this because of over dev?
3. Detail on the sweater and hair is almost zero, considering i took the reading from a grey card

A few other mistakes i note is that cut of my wife's feet and second i wanted to run and hold the curtain as a backdrop all the way which I forgot in the end so you can see it hanging half way :)

Finally, how would you rate it on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 max). Happy to accept a minus score as well...for me it is more important to learn

88905

Cheers
Raffay

[Raffay]

Green filters are used to enhance the ruddiness of male complexions with panchromatic film. They darken the skin by absorbing some of the reflected red light. It gives a healthy, suntanned look.

Thank you Peter, I guess i wan't be needing that then, as we (Asians) generally are naturally tanned :)

Cheers
Raffay

[Raffay]

Hello

Same setup, but a different picture following are a few changes:

1. Film Kodax TMAX 400
2. Son sitting on the arm rest of the sofa so a little near to the light source (window)

I think that this has better detail then the previous one, maybe because he is closer to light, so better lit, as the negs were developed in the same tank at the same time.

He did not ruin the picture i did, as the first shot i took he gave a perfect pose and i thought we had a great picture then i realised that I did not take the dark slide out bummer...in the second shot he did a head movement as i told him to look in the camera as he was looking at me and he shook his head for a no...so all my fault.

88906

Cheers
Raffay

[Scott --]

Very nice Portrait Scott.


Home run Scott


Very nice Scott, one of the best I've seen you post of your boy.


Nice, Scott. We used to get both quality and quantity from you, now we only get quality.


Scott, the first portrait you posted here wasn't very good, this last one is the best I've seen in the forum until now.


Scott; That's extremely nicely lit! I look forward to when my little girls can hold their place in a narrow plane of focus.


well done


Bravo!


Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your kind words.

Scott

[jp]

Hello, I am relatively new to LF and hence do not understand a lot of lingo that goes on, and to top all that I have started photography a couple of years back digital only, and now I have ventured into film, as I like the final product, as it is more natural... All this background to tell you guys to criticise and educate me as much as possible as thats the only way to learn for me, as film photography is non-existant in Pakistan.

Here is a picture of my wife and son, Ilford FP4, developed in D-23 for 9 mins almost constant agitation (just 15 sec break/ min). Stop bath plain water three washes, fixed in plain hypo for 8 mins constant agitation (15 sec break per min). shot at f11 1/4 sec. I have a few questions:

1. Is it properly developed, how do you tell if it is over dev or under dev
2. What are the affects of over or under development on a picture
3. The faces don't look sharp looked smudged, is this because of over dev?
3. Detail on the sweater and hair is almost zero, considering i took the reading from a grey card

A few other mistakes i note is that cut of my wife's feet and second i wanted to run and hold the curtain as a backdrop all the way which I forgot in the end so you can see it hanging half way :)

Finally, how would you rate it on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 max). Happy to accept a minus score as well...for me it is more important to learn

88905

Cheers
Raffay

1. It's hard to tell from a scan; If you took a digital photo of the negative up to a window, development would be easier understood. If it is scanned accurately, it appears to be underexposed and too much agitation to compensate for it.
2. Overdevelopment will artificially increase contrast without properly compensating for lack of exposure.
3. Probably motion blur of the subject (or camera) or slightly out of focus. A person can lean forward or back and be out of focus as the depth of field is usually pretty thin.
4. This situation you'd have to see the negative, not a positive scan of the negative; typical of underexposure or bad scanning.

Figure out a good way to develop film using normal amounts of agitation (once or twice a minute) and your contrast will be much easier to deal with. Your darkroom procedure needs to be consistent and generic to eliminate variables. Fixing doesn't need much agitation either, just wasted effort with little/no affect as long as it's adequate.

[szadow]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img437101.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/437101)
Sinar F2 + Rodenstock 210/5.6
4x5 Efke 100 + Caffenol-C-H
1/30sec f11 ISO100

[Ari]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img437101.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/437101)
Sinar F2 + Rodenstock 210/5.6
4x5 Efke 100 + Caffenol-C-H
1/30sec f11 ISO100

Niiiiicccce...

[Alan Gales]

Niiiiicccce...+1!

[Raffay]

1. It's hard to tell from a scan; If you took a digital photo of the negative up to a window, development would be easier understood. If it is scanned accurately, it appears to be underexposed and too much agitation to compensate for it.
2. Overdevelopment will artificially increase contrast without properly compensating for lack of exposure.
3. Probably motion blur of the subject (or camera) or slightly out of focus. A person can lean forward or back and be out of focus as the depth of field is usually pretty thin.
4. This situation you'd have to see the negative, not a positive scan of the negative; typical of underexposure or bad scanning.

Figure out a good way to develop film using normal amounts of agitation (once or twice a minute) and your contrast will be much easier to deal with. Your darkroom procedure needs to be consistent and generic to eliminate variables. Fixing doesn't need much agitation either, just wasted effort with little/no affect as long as it's adequate.

Thank you for your feedback, I will post an image of the negative soon for you to see. Not many people replied except you, I guess my pics are that bad :) normally, I get a lot of responses in this forum or maybe everyone is too busy.

Cheers

[Raffay]

1. It's hard to tell from a scan; If you took a digital photo of the negative up to a window, development would be easier understood. If it is scanned accurately, it appears to be underexposed and too much agitation to compensate for it.
2. Overdevelopment will artificially increase contrast without properly compensating for lack of exposure.
3. Probably motion blur of the subject (or camera) or slightly out of focus. A person can lean forward or back and be out of focus as the depth of field is usually pretty thin.
4. This situation you'd have to see the negative, not a positive scan of the negative; typical of underexposure or bad scanning.

Figure out a good way to develop film using normal amounts of agitation (once or twice a minute) and your contrast will be much easier to deal with. Your darkroom procedure needs to be consistent and generic to eliminate variables. Fixing doesn't need much agitation either, just wasted effort with little/no affect as long as it's adequate.

Here are the negatives:

88938

88939

Cheers

[mdm]

Lovely natural pictures. The rule of thumb is expose for the shadows develop for the highlights. So I would say more exposure to get more shadow detail (the clear areas on the negative and the dark areas on the positive), but I am no expert.

[mathieu Bauwens]

Two months in advance ;

88948
Fuji 210mm

[Ken Lee]

Here are the negatives:

88938

88939

You might find this article helpful: Scanning Tips (with EPSON and VueScan Software) (http://www.kenleegallery.com/html/tech/scanning.php) Note the statement: "We have adjusted the Input settings so that the dark values on the left side, are just dark enough to render the clear film edge as black - but no darker."

If you are unsure you have exposed properly, you may need to learn a bit more about using a light meter. If you explain your metering technique, perhaps other forum members can give you some helpful suggestions.

[Raffay]

I took the reading from my wife's face (side facing the window) and then increased the time by two stops to put it in zone VII

[mathieu Bauwens]

88952
Fuji 210mm

[jp]

The Tmax one looks better exposed. The first one is too thin in the shadows to have good detail in the shadows. Detail is made with the silver, and if it's not there, it's not there. Some careful scanning could help with the 2nd one as has been already described.


Here are the negatives:

88938

88939

Cheers

[szadow]

Finally I've bought a SG! Big thanks to EdSawyer for selling me such a nice camera. Here's the first test shot :)

"Aerohead"
Graflex Speed Graphic + Kodak AeroEktar 178/2.5
Polaroid Sepia Type 100
1/50sec f2.5 ISO1500

88987

[Raffay]

The Tmax one looks better exposed. The first one is too thin in the shadows to have good detail in the shadows. Detail is made with the silver, and if it's not there, it's not there. Some careful scanning could help with the 2nd one as has been already described.

Sorry for this stupid question, but how do you know if silver is there?

[cowanw]

If the negative is not totally see through, there is silver.
The image of the negative does not show ant real dark areas, therefor more exposure. Your metering idea is ok, but maybe zone vi would be better;The setup looks like a high contrast scene; try for more fill and less intense light to start with maybe

[mike rosenlof]

1. It's hard to tell from a scan; If you took a digital photo of the negative up to a window, development would be easier understood. If it is scanned accurately, it appears to be underexposed and too much agitation to compensate for it.
2. Overdevelopment will artificially increase contrast without properly compensating for lack of exposure.
3. Probably motion blur of the subject (or camera) or slightly out of focus. A person can lean forward or back and be out of focus as the depth of field is usually pretty thin.
4. This situation you'd have to see the negative, not a positive scan of the negative; typical of underexposure or bad scanning.

Figure out a good way to develop film using normal amounts of agitation (once or twice a minute) and your contrast will be much easier to deal with. Your darkroom procedure needs to be consistent and generic to eliminate variables. Fixing doesn't need much agitation either, just wasted effort with little/no affect as long as it's adequate.

I've looked at the negative "scans" also. It does appear that this photo is a bit underexposed, and possibly over-developed. You seem to have a lot of contrast despite the under exposure. All of that said, there is a lot of feeling in this photo, and I think it works. It would be worth spending some time to get a nice print, or digital version, but I think there is good potential here.

[Raffay]

Lovely natural pictures. The rule of thumb is expose for the shadows develop for the highlights. So I would say more exposure to get more shadow detail (the clear areas on the negative and the dark areas on the positive), but I am no expert.

"Exposé for the shadows and develop for the highlights" How does this work? Can you or someone explain this?

[mdm]

If a negative is under exposed, it does not matter how much you develop it, the shadows will never have any detail. So the amount of detail you want in the shadows determines exposure. If you overdevelop the highlights can become so thick with silver that no scanner will ever see any detail in them, even though its there, so you develop short enough to retain as much highlight detail within the range of the scanner or print process as you can manage or want. Most people seem to settle on over exposing their films by half to one stop, so tmax 400 may be exposed at 300 or 200, and fp4 at 60 or 80. Too much exposure is seldom a problem with either of those films. You may then use development to control the highlights. Scanners do not like dense negatives but otherwise are very forgiving, so minor underdevelopment will not often be a problem.

[Tri Tran]

Randy,thanks for taking the time to show me the process procedure. Here's the 5x7 portrait plate for your. Let me know what you think.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1809/randyf.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/89/randyf.jpg/)

[bracan]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img437101.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/437101)
Sinar F2 + Rodenstock 210/5.6
4x5 Efke 100 + Caffenol-C-H
1/30sec f11 ISO100

Beautiful!!!

[RPippin]

89102It's the hat. Saw this girl at a church service and loved her style, so I asked her to come to the studio and bring her hat for a portrait. She agreed and here we are. Shot on my Burk & James 5X7 with an old unknown lens from 1870 wide open at f8 and a makeshift packard shutter with around 1 or 2 second exposure. Shot on HP5 and developed in WD2D+ for 10 min.

[Michael Clark]

Very nice Tri,looks like the real Randy we know and love. Watching Randy taking and developing collodion plates is very intense but interesting process.

Mike
Randy,thanks for taking the time to show me the process procedure. Here's the 5x7 portrait plate for your. Let me know what you think.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1809/randyf.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/89/randyf.jpg/)

[Tri Tran]

Very nice Tri,looks like the real Randy we know and love. Watching Randy taking and developing collodion plates is very intense but interesting process.

Mike

Thanks Mike, the process is very enjoyable and very addictive. Here's another one with Hugo that I didn't have time to scan it yet . Great Fun.

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1377/img3335mv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/img3335mv.jpg/)

[Craig Tuffin]

Awesome Tri...great to see you're working on your addiction to wet-plate :) Ridiculously good first plates by the way.

Well it was a busy coupla days for me testing various developer formulas and fix concentrations to get exactly what I want, so I decided to spend all that time with my cheapest model......me.
Freezing movement on wet plate ain't period correct but it's a lot of fun when your drumstick explodes and you manage to stop the head of the stick at 1/1400th of a second as it flies over your shoulder.
Damn I bet Matthew Brady or Roger Fenton would have loved the technology...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8464972912_ff77146ca9_b.jpg

[hoffy]

Awesome Tri...great to see you're working on your addiction to wet-plate :) Ridiculously good first plates by the way.

Well it was a busy coupla days for me testing various developer formulas and fix concentrations to get exactly what I want, so I decided to spend all that time with my cheapest model......me.
Freezing movement on wet plate ain't period correct but it's a lot of fun when your drumstick explodes and you manage to stop the head of the stick at 1/1400th of a second as it flies over your shoulder.
Damn I bet Matthew Brady or Roger Fenton would have loved the technology...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8464972912_ff77146ca9_b.jpg
I don't know how you did it - I don't care, but that is awesome. I really like this

(actually, I do care a lot how you did it!)

[David Aimone]

Lovely tones and portrait!!!


It's a fairly conventional portrait, but I was impressed by how well the negative and print turned out given I push processed this 2 stops. The light was very dim. Even with the lens close to wide open and a 2 sec exposure time, I still needed to rate the film faster.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8442552314_f687f62437_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8442552314/)
noelle in black (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8442552314/)

Century No.8 w/11x14 back
B&L 11x14 Tessar 1c (~400mm)/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50, push processed to EI 1600

[Tri Tran]

[QUOTE=Craig Tuffin;989110]Awesome Tri...great to see you're working on your addiction to wet-plate :) Ridiculously good first plates by the way.

Well it was a busy coupla days for me testing various developer formulas and fix concentrations to get exactly what I want, so I decided to spend all that time with my cheapest model......me.
Freezing movement on wet plate ain't period correct but it's a lot of fun when your drumstick explodes and you manage to stop the head of the stick at 1/1400th of a second as it flies over your shoulder.
Damn I bet Matthew Brady or Roger Fenton would have loved the technology...


...Pure luck, thanks Craig. This one is really cool.

[Pfiltz]

4x5 Graphic View
Arista EDU 100
Arista Developer

Missed the focus somewhat. Windy out, and couldn't quite keep my dark cloth over the camera ;(

Anyhoo...

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

[t0aster]

Awesome Tri...great to see you're working on your addiction to wet-plate :) Ridiculously good first plates by the way.

Well it was a busy coupla days for me testing various developer formulas and fix concentrations to get exactly what I want, so I decided to spend all that time with my cheapest model......me.
Freezing movement on wet plate ain't period correct but it's a lot of fun when your drumstick explodes and you manage to stop the head of the stick at 1/1400th of a second as it flies over your shoulder.
Damn I bet Matthew Brady or Roger Fenton would have loved the technology...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8464972912_ff77146ca9_b.jpg

Simply amazing, Craig. Everything here works for me; the tonality, lighting, posture of the subject, framing. To hell with keeping up "period correct" wet-plate work, there are plenty of people satisfied with keeping that work up. It's refreshing to see that someone has taken the initiative and conquered the inherently slow speed of wet-plate. Especially since I'm currently looking to get into tintypes myself and I've been wondering how to escape the all too well known tropes of wet-plate.

Well done, Sir, well done.

[life_in_sepia]

Freezing movement on wet plate ain't period correct but it's a lot of fun when your drumstick explodes and you manage to stop the head of the stick at 1/1400th of a second as it flies over your shoulder.
Damn I bet Matthew Brady or Roger Fenton would have loved the technology...

Bravo!!

[Craig Tuffin]

Cheers Hoffy, Tri and Ed...very much appreciated.

Hoffy...specs were:

2000ws key with large reflector bounce and 1000ws low fill with a small reflector on the opposite side to light the drum etc. The drum is a deep dark red (not a good colour for wet plate). Background is the garage door because I'm following Ed's example of using parts of the house as effective backgrounds:) and wanted the horizontal lines to break it up a bit. It's lit by 2 x 1500ws strobes. I wanted a bit more fill but ran out of light after 6000ws (I need some profoto 4800 packs). I was balancing with ambient light but picked up too much movement from the drumming arm so I waited a couple of hours until the light dropped.

[szadow]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8248/8465040185_1cc617f618_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklesniak/8465040185/)
First negative made with my new camera :)

"Sleepy Dancing"

Model: Nicole
MUA, Stylist: Katarzyna Koperkiewicz
Graflex Speed Graphic + Kodak AeroEktar 178/2.5
Adox 25 4x5 + Caffenol-C-M

[Ramiro Elena]

Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker with my new Lupagon 102mm f3.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8466617678_bb5311ab24_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8466617678/)
Lupagon 102mm ƒ3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8466617678/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

[D-tach]

Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker with my new Lupagon 102mm f3.



Beautiful! I like the pose and expression very much

[Ari]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8248/8465040185_1cc617f618_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklesniak/8465040185/)
First negative made with my new camera :)

"Sleepy Dancing"

Model: Nicole
MUA, Stylist: Katarzyna Koperkiewicz
Graflex Speed Graphic + Kodak AeroEktar 178/2.5
Adox 25 4x5 + Caffenol-C-M

Very beautiful image, Szadow.
How do you like caffenol so far?

[SergeiR]

First negative made with my new camera :)

"Sleepy Dancing"

Model: Nicole
MUA, Stylist: Katarzyna Koperkiewicz
Graflex Speed Graphic + Kodak AeroEktar 178/2.5
Adox 25 4x5 + Caffenol-C-M

Well done

[jkcz]

Well it was a busy coupla days for me testing various developer formulas and fix concentrations to get exactly what I want, so I decided to spend all that time with my cheapest model......me.
Freezing movement on wet plate ain't period correct but it's a lot of fun when your drumstick explodes and you manage to stop the head of the stick at 1/1400th of a second as it flies over your shoulder.
Damn I bet Matthew Brady or Roger Fenton would have loved the technology...



Unbelievable. Wonderful !!!

[szadow]

How do you like caffenol so far?
I am using it for about two years & I love it so much that it has became my #1 developer. It's cheap, non toxic, easy to brew, and give amazing results. And I always liked to make things by myself. And my favourite part is telling others that I use coffee to develop film and than watching their chin droping :)

[Craig Tuffin]

Simply amazing, Craig. Everything here works for me; the tonality, lighting, posture of the subject, framing. To hell with keeping up "period correct" wet-plate work, there are plenty of people satisfied with keeping that work up. It's refreshing to see that someone has taken the initiative and conquered the inherently slow speed of wet-plate. Especially since I'm currently looking to get into tintypes myself and I've been wondering how to escape the all too well known tropes of wet-plate.

Well done, Sir, well done.

Why thank YOU sir :) ...and thank you jkcz

[leighmarrin]

89102It's the hat. Saw this girl at a church service and loved her style, so I asked her to come to the studio and bring her hat for a portrait. She agreed and here we are. Shot on my Burk & James 5X7 with an old unknown lens from 1870 wide open at f8 and a makeshift packard shutter with around 1 or 2 second exposure. Shot on HP5 and developed in WD2D+ for 10 min.

I like this very much. Relaxed, unaffected subject and simple lighting.

[Mirek Kania]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img437101.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/437101)
Sinar F2 + Rodenstock 210/5.6
4x5 Efke 100 + Caffenol-C-H
1/30sec f11 ISO100Maciek, this pic looks much better here then when you showed it on FB.
It is very good.

[hoffy]

Cheers Hoffy, Tri and Ed...very much appreciated.

Hoffy...specs were:

2000ws key with large reflector bounce and 1000ws low fill with a small reflector on the opposite side to light the drum etc. The drum is a deep dark red (not a good colour for wet plate). Background is the garage door because I'm following Ed's example of using parts of the house as effective backgrounds:) and wanted the horizontal lines to break it up a bit. It's lit by 2 x 1500ws strobes. I wanted a bit more fill but ran out of light after 6000ws (I need some profoto 4800 packs). I was balancing with ambient light but picked up too much movement from the drumming arm so I waited a couple of hours until the light dropped.

Thanks for spilling the beans - I have always been curious about how much light you would need to shoot these processes in a Studio. Hmmm, I think my 300WS elcheapo ebay lights wouldn't cut the mustard!

[jb7]

Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker with my new Lupagon 102mm f3.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8466617678_bb5311ab24_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8466617678/)
Lupagon 102mm ƒ3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8466617678/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

This one needs to be on more than one page-

And Maciek's one too-

[bracan]

This one needs to be on more than one page-

And Maciek's one too-

Love it!!!

[Ramiro Elena]

Thanks! My girl hates it (as usual). This lens (magnifying glass) is better suited for landscapes I think... too wide. But thanks, thanks!

[RPippin]

Thank you Leigh, just window lighting and a small daylight ballance spot I bought for a few bucks.

[Randy]

Our local camera club meet on the 11th. We decided to do a group shot. I am the tall fellow, back row, far right.

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

Technical Details
Three exposures were made:
#1 - I forgot to remove the dark slide, so we called it "practice"
#2 - Image above, with flash bounced off the wall/ceiling behind the camera
#3 - Fell way out of focus and is pretty much worthless

Photographer: a couple of unknown child volunteers at the library tripped the shutter for us, then left the room giggling

Camera: 1916 Folmer & Schwing 8X10

Lens: 240mm Caltar II-N

Light: Sunpak 120J

Film: 8X10 X-Ray blue sensitive rated @ ISO 100, 1/30th sec, f/5.6

Development: Kodak HC-110 "H" (1:63) in trays, 69/f for 8 minutes

[David R Munson]

My grandmother, in her 90s and can still tell you about things that happened when she was eight years old (with amazing clarity to boot).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8471714067_b7a20c23df_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8471714067/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8471714067/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

Chamonix 4x5, 210mm Symmar•EX, HP5, HC-110. I believe the exposure was about 1/4 at f/8.

[C. D. Keth]

That's excellent, David. It's clear, simple, and I feel like I get a great sense of her personality.

[Michael W]

Superb photo, David. I think it's hard to get a photo to work with the subject dead centre, but this one does.

[jp]

David; the sharp "all business" portrait with her nice smile works very nice! The people of this generation that I've met have great memories and respect for the situation of using an "old" camera to do a portrait, whether it be a LF camera or an old TLR.

[Peter Mounier]

My grandmother, in her 90s and can still tell you about things that happened when she was eight years old (with amazing clarity to boot).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8471714067_b7a20c23df_c.jpg
Chamonix 4x5, 210mm Symmar•EX, HP5, HC-110. I believe the exposure was about 1/4 at f/8.

That's really nice David. I get a sense of her personality in that portrait also ... and some pride in her grandson as well.

[Terry Hull]

what a lovely portrait!

[Miguel Coquis]

[QUOTE=David R Munson;990434]My grandmother, in her 90s and can still tell you about things that happened when she was eight years old (with amazing clarity to boot).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8471714067_b7a20c23df_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8471714067/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8471714067/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

Wow, this Lady is looking all of us !!!!
After her 90thies Saint Valentins !!!!
Great portrait, bravo !

[tiggert]

A quick portrait I shot for a friend for a present for his. Simple single strobe lighting setup, shot with Wisner 8x10, on Efke 100 film. This is a scan of the Platinum print I pulled from the negative.

89461

[John Conway]

My grandmother, in her 90s and can still tell you about things that happened when she was eight years old (with amazing clarity to boot).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8471714067_b7a20c23df_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8471714067/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8471714067/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

Chamonix 4x5, 210mm Symmar•EX, HP5, HC-110. I believe the exposure was about 1/4 at f/8.

Very,very nice.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Limena (PD) Italy - Valentina.

- Camera: TOYO-FIELD 45 AII L (Linhof)
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 210 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: f 8
- Film: HARMAN FB Direct Positive Paper - 3 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL 1+15 - 4 minutes at 20° C
- Stop: ILFORD ILFO STOP
- Fixer: ILFORD RAPID FIXER
- Lightmeter: Gossen Lunasix 3 reading the incident light.
- Lightning: Ambient light only.

- Scanner: EPSON V700 and EPSON Scan 3.81
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8250/8461150488_0b9b6d2402_b.jpg

[David R Munson]

That's a really nice portrait. Great sense of light, nailed focus, honest expression.

Thanks, too, to everyone for all the kind words about the photo of my grandmother.

[moizak]

You've got great control of that direct positive paper. Lovely portrait.

[Mark Barendt]

Awesome Tri...great to see you're working on your addiction to wet-plate :) Ridiculously good first plates by the way.

Well it was a busy coupla days for me testing various developer formulas and fix concentrations to get exactly what I want, so I decided to spend all that time with my cheapest model......me.
Freezing movement on wet plate ain't period correct but it's a lot of fun when your drumstick explodes and you manage to stop the head of the stick at 1/1400th of a second as it flies over your shoulder.
Damn I bet Matthew Brady or Roger Fenton would have loved the technology...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8464972912_ff77146ca9_b.jpg

Truly special Craig.

[fenderbja]

89489

[Miguel Coquis]

...wow !
self-portrait ?

[life_in_sepia]

89489

Excellent!

[northcarolinajack]

This is Martha, my beautiful wife of 57 years, made on Valentine’s Day.
I have called her “Red” since we met in high school because of her natural bright copper red hair; it has changed now to beautiful natural white hair.
However, she hates to have any photo made of her, sorry to say.

Camera – Full Plate Kodak with Full Plate to 4x5 Back (Homemade)
Lens – Kodak Portrait 304mm at F-8
Film – HP-4 in HC-110 at 50/1

Jack

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

[life_in_sepia]

Devin Willow. 5x7 tintype. Dallmeyer 3B f8. 1 second.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8476670381_9b6cca3c29_c.jpg

[bracan]

Devin Willow. 5x7 tintype. Dallmeyer 3B f8. 1 second.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8476670381_9b6cca3c29_c.jpg

Dont have any words to say...

[Noeyedear]

89489

Wow that must of been some party in the studio.

[thomasfallon]

Devin Willow. 5x7 tintype. Dallmeyer 3B f8. 1 second.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8476670381_9b6cca3c29_c.jpg


Nice one!

[life_in_sepia]

Thanks! Here is another plate of her that I like. While it has 3/4ths of a nipple in it, I think of it as a portrait and not a nude. But if I'm violating a rule I'd be fine moving it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8476726473_9a39bc4810_c.jpg

[Tri Tran]

Thanks! Here is another plate of her that I like. While it has 3/4ths of a nipple in it, I think of it as a portrait and not a nude. But if I'm violating a rule I'd be fine moving it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8476726473_9a39bc4810_c.jpg

I consider is a portrait. Great plate.

[kbrede]

Thanks! Here is another plate of her that I like. While it has 3/4ths of a nipple in it, I think of it as a portrait and not a nude. But if I'm violating a rule I'd be fine moving it.


Love the freckles. Nice print.

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks! Here is another plate of her that I like. While it has 3/4ths of a nipple in it, I think of it as a portrait and not a nude. But if I'm violating a rule I'd be fine moving it.

One partial breast/nipple does not a nude make, at least not in my book. Fine portrait, Ed.

Jonathan

[D-tach]

Thanks! Here is another plate of her that I like. While it has 3/4ths of a nipple in it, I think of it as a portrait and not a nude. But if I'm violating a rule I'd be fine moving it.



Beautiful portrait Ed - do you remember the exposure time? It seems like she kept still very well, you can almost count her eyelashes

[life_in_sepia]

Beautiful portrait Ed - do you remember the exposure time? It seems like she kept still very well, you can almost count her eyelashes

Thank you! The exposure was one second. I use a headbrace when the pose allows it. It helps tremendously. Here's one from yesterday...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8484773925_0f7da1a2ac_c.jpg

[mathieu Bauwens]

This one is simply marvellous !

Congratulations

[ghostcount]

Thank you! The exposure was one second. I use a headbrace when the pose allows it. It helps tremendously. Here's one from yesterday...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8484773925_0f7da1a2ac_c.jpg

Very good!

[life_in_sepia]

Thank you!

[ShawnHoke]

Ed, this wet plate series is simply fantastic. Well done.

[Peter Lewin]

Ed. I think your two in the "clown hat," both this one and it's counterpart in "Nudes" are among the best you've posted. Obviously this is a personal response, but in many others the center of interest seems to be the tattoos or the bodies, in both of these I'm drawn to their faces and eyes. Really special!

[life_in_sepia]

Thank you, both! I appreciate the support and comments. Ed

[ghostcount]

Ed,

I was wondering, how does the 3B compare to the Ross cab 3? I don't have a 3B and just wondering if they perform similarly (or in what aspect they perform differently).

Thanks man, wonderful work as usual.

[life_in_sepia]

Sure. The Ross is a longer FL. I think it is 12 inches to the 3B's 11. It is a noticeable difference. The Ross is quite a bit heavier, which I attribute to the huge volume of brass they used. Optically I'd say they are equal. I had two 3Bs and I sold one to a friend, which did not have the internal iris, and kept the one with the internal iris. I really enjoy the use of the internal iris. I've stopped it down even to take landscapes. In sum, optically similar (bokeh, etc), Ross is longer, and Ross is heavier (better built?). My 3B has the internal iris, which is a big plus to me.

[ghostcount]

Thanks Ed!

[DavyG]

@Ed Ross: tose are some amazingly beautiful pictures!

I have a portrait as well of my sister:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8486174885_b09f00949d_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8486174885/)
Anna (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagen_er_hvid/8486174885/) by DagenErHvid (http://www.flickr.com/people/dagen_er_hvid/), on Flickr
Kodak TMax 400, Schneider-Kreuznach 210mm @ 5,6 - 1/125. Developed in HC110

[Joe Forks]

Not what I was going for on the lighting at all , but I almost liked the split lighting effect.
I'll try again tonight or tomorrow.

My Boy Paul. Agfa Ansco 8x10, 18" Cooke at Soft 5 and F16, HP5 6:30 at 70F, D76, contact print.

[Ramiro Elena]

I went to photograph a field of almond trees I had seen the week before and found the owner with his kid burning leaves. They let me walk around their property a bit and the kid finally asked me if I'd take their picture.
I only had with me one lens that I had tampered with the night before making it so fuzzy I could hardly focus it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8085/8489257915_d0f2b559d7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8489257915/)
Joan i Tim (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8489257915/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

Toyo 45A
Modified Wollensak Velostigmat 7½ at ƒ4,5
Foma100 in Moersch Finol

[Jim Galli]

I went to photograph a field of almond trees I had seen the week before and found the owner with his kid burning leaves. They let me walk around their property a bit and the kid finally asked me if I'd take their picture.
I only had with me one lens that I had tampered with the night before making it so fuzzy I could hardly focus it.
Toyo 45A
Modified Wollensak Velostigmat 7½ at ƒ4,5
Foma100 in Moersch Finol

Perfect! Lucky them.

[life_in_sepia]

I went to photograph a field of almond trees I had seen the week before and found the owner with his kid burning leaves. They let me walk around their property a bit and the kid finally asked me if I'd take their picture.
I only had with me one lens that I had tampered with the night before making it so fuzzy I could hardly focus it.
Toyo 45A
Modified Wollensak Velostigmat 7½ at ƒ4,5
Foma100 in Moersch Finol

Nicely done -- looks great.

[Monty McCutchen]

Ramiro that is really nice.

Monty

[goamules]

5x6 wetplate collodion with 1853 Ross Petzval.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8491114880_186a73b9d5_z.jpg

[goamules]

My mistake, it's an 1843 Ross...

[Michael Graves]

89489

Outstanding.

[Michael Graves]

My mistake, it's an 1843 Ross...

Now see...I would have thought it was a really great photograph until you told me that!

Seriously, nice job. I like that.

[imagedowser]

Garret, Very nice.... you brought out the cloth in the top she is wearing, which is stunning by the way... almost missed the transplanted tail light.... Chrysler? Dodge? late 50's?

[Ramiro Elena]

It is really cool to see your girls grow up. I love the younger one's style.

[goamules]

Thanks all! I'll tell her. She's finally getting where she's ok with me taking her portraits. She'll have quite a few wetplates of her from age 8 on, when she grows up. The tail light is attached to our new 1958 Cardinal camper. I'm not sure what it was originally on, but it's cool!

[Jim Galli]

Garret, Very nice.... almost missed the transplanted tail light.... Chrysler? Dodge? late 50's?

'59 Canoe

[Michael Jones]

... almost missed the transplanted tail light.... Chrysler? Dodge? late 50's?

Probably from a Cadillac of the same vintage.

mike

[goamules]

Jim, Imagedows, Mike - We need to start a new thread/project; Post your classic Taillight pics!

[mathieu Bauwens]

once again, some portraits from young students dressed up for the Monte Christo theatre represantation;

89903 89904 89905

Nagaoka, Fujion 210mm
Fomapan 200 @ 800, R09 1+50
1/30 f8

[Vaughn]

Certainly not taken this month..probably closer to 6 years ago. And not printed recently either...but the print is freshly scanned this evening.

My Boys at Shipwreak Beach
Scanned Carbon Print
4x10 negative, 300mm lens

The bit sticking out of the water on the far right is what is left of the wreck of the USS Milwaukee (C-21), hence the name the boys and I call this beach. The USS Milwaukee was trying to free a stranded sub when it got itself grounded, The sub was eventually hauled over the sand spit into Humboldt Bay and refloated, but the Milwaukee was doomed.

This was a morning photo, the sun in my boys faces as it burned off the fog. The beach is the closest one to our house, about 5 or so minutes away by car. The piece of driftwood the boys are on is still around...it moves a little up and down the beach and varies how much is above the sand -- depending on the seasons and the storms. The fact that we can see the bit of the wreckage means that it was probably around a -2 foot tide, give or take a half foot.

[benrains]

once again, some portraits from young students dressed up for the Monte Christo theatre represantation;

89903 89904 89905

Nagaoka, Fujion 210mm
Fomapan 200 @ 800, R09 1+50
1/30 f8

I adore these. Really well done.

[mathieu Bauwens]

Well, thank you.

[life_in_sepia]

once again, some portraits from young students dressed up for the Monte Christo theatre represantation;


Nicely done!

[adamc]

I'm not much of a portrait photographer, but I liked this photo of my niece from last weekend and thought I'd share.
She's always goofing around - wearing a huge smile, so I thought I'd try for a 'serious' portrait. I can still see a glimpse of that fun personality here. She was really interested in my cameras, and even mentioned joining me while I photographed in the woods.

Scanned neg, Pacemaker Speed Graphic, brass barrel lens, Tri-x 320:


89969

[mathieu Bauwens]

Really smooth, like it.

[John Conway]

I'm not much of a portrait photographer, but I liked this photo of my niece from last weekend and thought I'd share.
She's always goofing around - wearing a huge smile, so I thought I'd try for a 'serious' portrait. I can still see a glimpse of that fun personality here. She was really interested in my cameras, and even mentioned joining me while I photographed in the woods.

Scanned neg, Pacemaker Speed Graphic, brass barrel lens, Tri-x 320:


89969

Nice image.

[Alan Gales]

I'm not much of a portrait photographer, but I liked this photo of my niece from last weekend and thought I'd share.
She's always goofing around - wearing a huge smile, so I thought I'd try for a 'serious' portrait. I can still see a glimpse of that fun personality here. She was really interested in my cameras, and even mentioned joining me while I photographed in the woods.

Scanned neg, Pacemaker Speed Graphic, brass barrel lens, Tri-x 320:


89969

The expression on her face is priceless. Great job!

[adamc]

Thanks, guys.

[C. D. Keth]

I don't tend to shoot a lot of people (which I should change) but some friends of mine just got engaged and I spoke to them and we agreed to do an "American Gothic" engagement portrait. It was a lot of fun. I have some portra from this being processed, too.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8504631305_df8370b0b3_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/8504631305/)
Ben & Roo 6; 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/8504631305/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/cdketh/), on Flickr


We also did some other stuff:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8379/8505740834_9f8ee380fc_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/8505740834/)
Ben & Roo 1; 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/8505740834/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/cdketh/), on Flickr

[jumanji]

Two friends of mine in the Vietnamese national costume "Ao dai"

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8498425560_ca98287fcb_z.jpg

[Laurent L]

Nice one Jumanji, I just love the way the sharpness of your models contrasts with the blurred moving background, there is a great sense of asian philosophy in this photo.

[jumanji]

Thank you Laurent :D

[goamules]

Chris, I like these couple portraits. Is that a bird on his shoulder?!

[C. D. Keth]

Chris, I like these couple portraits. Is that a bird on his shoulder?!

Yup, they "put a bird on it." They're pretty tongue-in-cheek about being hipsterish in LA.


http://youtu.be/0XM3vWJmpfo

[life_in_sepia]

I don't tend to shoot a lot of people (which I should change) but some friends of mine just got engaged and I spoke to them and we agreed to do an "American Gothic" engagement portrait. It was a lot of fun. I have some portra from this being processed, too.


Well done!

[ShawnHoke]

Two friends of mine in the Vietnamese national costume "Ao dai"

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8498425560_ca98287fcb_z.jpg

Really lovely. Interesting blur from the bikes going by as well.

And Chris, that first portrait is fantastic. Looks like you guys probably had a lot of fun.

[ShawnHoke]

Earlier in the thread someone mentioned the hazards of photographing wives. Mine is very particular about photos of her. Rather than risk a "you can't show that to anyone!" decision after all the work of shooting and developing LF, we have identified less risky poses where her face is not featured.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8506458293_429b7306ec_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnhoke/8506458293/)
Kate and Chambray Shirt, 8x10 Ilford HP5+ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnhoke/8506458293/) by Shawn Hoke (http://www.flickr.com/people/shawnhoke/), on Flickr
Eastman View Camera No2D
Schneider 300mm f5.6
Ilford HP5+ developed in HC-110

[SergeiR]

Two friends of mine in the Vietnamese national costume "Ao dai"
very cute street portrait

[C. D. Keth]

Chris, I like these couple portraits. Is that a bird on his shoulder?!


Well done!


And Chris, that first portrait is fantastic. Looks like you guys probably had a lot of fun.


Thank you guys! We did have a lot of fun doing it. I'm looking forward to seeing the color film I shot!

Shawn, that's a downright beguiling portrait of your wife. I'd love to see another similarly done where there is just a tiny edge of her face. Just enough to suggest features.

[jumanji]

Thank you Shawn and Sergei.

[Craig Tuffin]

An 8x10 black glass ambrotype.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8510052320_6de81fe4fa_b.jpg

[Hugo Zhang]

Craig,

This is a great plate!

Hugo

[Craig Tuffin]

Thanks Hugo!

Older collodion so I should've subbed the edges to prevent the peel...oh well...

[Michael Cienfuegos]

Earlier in the thread someone mentioned the hazards of photographing wives. Mine is very particular about photos of her. Rather than risk a "you can't show that to anyone!" decision after all the work of shooting and developing LF, we have identified less risky poses where her face is not featured.



You are lucky to get any shots at all. My beautiful dear late wife HATED to have her picture taken, in 35 years of marriage I have very few pictures of her. The only really good photo is a portrait taken for a church directory a few months before she died. Women are funny that way. Some love to frolic before the camera, others just don't want any part of it. I'll never understand them.

[ghostcount]

An 8x10 black glass ambrotype.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8510052320_6de81fe4fa_b.jpg

Wondeful portrait Craig.

[bracan]

Sinar P8x10, Schneider 300mm f5,6 wide open, expired Polaroid 809.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8510905796_01e13eaa34_b.jpg

[Craig Tuffin]

Wondeful portrait Craig.

Thank you!

[geoawelch]

Stunning, Craig.

[ShawnHoke]

Sinar P8x10, Schneider 300mm f5,6 wide open, expired Polaroid 809.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8510905796_01e13eaa34_b.jpg

This is gorgeous and I'm amazed at how much of her hair is in focus wide open.

Chris, I will try to get some face in the next shot. :)

Michael, I can't imagine how much you appreciate those few pictures of your wife now. That's a sobering thought. Kate's okay with me taking DSLR pics of her, b/c we both see those pics as easy and almost disposable. She knows how much work goes into LF and hates to apply the veto. But she will without hesitatation. ;)

And Craig, that's a killer ambrotype. Well done.

[C. D. Keth]

Chris, I will try to get some face in the next shot. :)

It might be a good challenge of posing and of lighting to strike that balance.

[life_in_sepia]

An 8x10 black glass ambrotype.

Nice one, Craig!

[Craig Tuffin]

Cheers again guys!

Ed it's been your beautiful plates that's got me looking at some similar tones on my plates. I love the gentle separation you get from the background to the sitter. Love em!

[C_Remington]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8434152878_94f6bbf6ea_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8434152878/)
noelle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/8434152878/)

Century No.8 w/11x14 back
B&L 11x14 Tessar 1c (~400mm)/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

Is she kneeling on a chair?

[C_Remington]

I missed shooting the boy on his birthday this year (by a few weeks) so this one'll have to do. B&J Ajax #2 Petzval, 10x12" Ilford FP4+ in HC-110.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8451182347_9befbd58aa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/8451182347/)
img071 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/8451182347/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Got it. Familiar with the boy by now.

[C. D. Keth]

I promised a color version and a color version I have. Unfortunately, my ancient scanner has real trouble with color negatives. I had only scanned B&W up to now. My apologies for making 4x5 look like a noisy digital camera photo; the negative really does look lovely.:mad:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8512336268_aaa08cc65e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/8512336268/)
Ben Roo 9; 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/8512336268/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/cdketh/), on Flickr

[Steve M Hostetter]

Cheryl90288 4x5" Chamonix w/ 180mm barrel petzval and Galli shutter 320 txp soft window light directly behind me

[Steve M Hostetter]

Cheryl 2 90289 11x14" expansion back on 8x10" Korona w 405mm barrel Kodak portrait lens on 11x14" paper neg.. In studio used dark room and lights as shutter.. 5 sec.@ f4.5

[Steve M Hostetter]

Cheryl and Wes90290 4x5" 180mm petzval 320 txp f4 ish

[Jody_S]

I promised a color version and a color version I have. Unfortunately, my ancient scanner has real trouble with color negatives. I had only scanned B&W up to now. My apologies for making 4x5 look like a noisy digital camera photo; the negative really does look lovely.:mad:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8512336268_aaa08cc65e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/8512336268/)
Ben Roo 9; 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/8512336268/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/cdketh/), on Flickr

I like this one for some reason. I like the lighting, even the unfortunate effect on the man's ears.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Mariah90292 My grand daughter at 1 month old ,, 4x5" 180mm f4 Petzval

[Steve M Hostetter]

Wes90293 4x5" 180mm Petzval f4 320 txp

[dperez]

I like this portrait. Thanks for sharing.

-DP


Cheryl and Wes90290 4x5" 180mm petzval 320 txp f4 ish

[dperez]

Cool


Certainly not taken this month..probably closer to 6 years ago. And not printed recently either...but the print is freshly scanned this evening.

My Boys at Shipwreak Beach
Scanned Carbon Print
4x10 negative, 300mm lens

The bit sticking out of the water on the far right is what is left of the wreck of the USS Milwaukee (C-21), hence the name the boys and I call this beach. The USS Milwaukee was trying to free a stranded sub when it got itself grounded, The sub was eventually hauled over the sand spit into Humboldt Bay and refloated, but the Milwaukee was doomed.

This was a morning photo, the sun in my boys faces as it burned off the fog. The beach is the closest one to our house, about 5 or so minutes away by car. The piece of driftwood the boys are on is still around...it moves a little up and down the beach and varies how much is above the sand -- depending on the seasons and the storms. The fact that we can see the bit of the wreckage means that it was probably around a -2 foot tide, give or take a half foot.

[chassis]

Cheryl and Wes90290 4x5" 180mm petzval 320 txp f4 ish

Great feeling in this.

[Ramiro Elena]

An oldie.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8512839981_7a8fd570e3_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8512839981/)
Sandra (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8512839981/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

180mm Petzval f4
Polaroid Type 55
Toyo 45A

[jp]

Cheryl 2 90289 11x14" expansion back on 8x10" Korona w 405mm barrel Kodak portrait lens on 11x14" paper neg.. In studio used dark room and lights as shutter.. 5 sec.@ f4.5

Very nicely done Steve!

[benrains]

Is she kneeling on a chair?

No. She's quite tall and slender and was wearing heels in this. Her dress almost reached the floor.

[Andrew]

An oldie.
but a goodie...

[Peter Lewin]

Ramiro: very nice, definitely a portrait that drew me back to it several times.

[life_in_sepia]

Porcelain (model)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8513627203_ece8f7b706_c.jpg

whole plate, Dallmeyer 3B, f3.5, 1 sec

[Randy]

Shot this a couple days ago on 8X10 X-ray, Caltar II-S 300mm.
My son Matt. He's a struggling musician and I'm a struggling photographer :(

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/113a.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8513627203_ece8f7b706_c.jpg

I really like this one, Ed, especially the way the hair frames her face, plus the hair and body curves playing off each other. Very nice.

Jonathan

[Maris Rusis]

Shot this a couple days ago on 8X10 X-ray, Caltar II-S 300mm.
My son Matt. He's a struggling musician and I'm a struggling photographer :(

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/113a.jpg

Oh, look! The light patch in the background trees fitts Matt's head like a saint's nimbus. And everything else balances just so. There is nothing by chance in this picture.

[Jim Galli]

Shot this a couple days ago on 8X10 X-ray, Caltar II-S 300mm.
My son Matt. He's a struggling musician and I'm a struggling photographer :(

What a great shot. Watch out Matt. That tractor is looking intently at you.

[Randy]

Oh, look! The light patch in the background trees fitts Matt's head like a saint's nimbus. And everything else balances just so. There is nothing by chance in this picture.

Actually, if I posted the head and shoulder shot taken minutes before this shot you would see a large blurry branch going right through his skull...both by chance (read - poor planning).

[Randy]

Oh, what the hell...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/112a.jpg

[life_in_sepia]

Shot this a couple days ago on 8X10 X-ray, Caltar II-S 300mm.
My son Matt. He's a struggling musician and I'm a struggling photographer :(

Excellent shot!

[Gekko18]

An oldie.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8512839981_7a8fd570e3_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8512839981/)
Sandra (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8512839981/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

180mm Petzval f4
Polaroid Type 55
Toyo 45A

Very nice shot.

Gekko18

[John Conway]

Gekko18[/QUOTE]

Cool.... I like it. Nice work.

[John Conway]

An oldie.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8512839981_7a8fd570e3_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8512839981/)
Sandra (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8512839981/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

180mm Petzval f4
Polaroid Type 55
Toyo 45A

Cool....I like it.Nice work.

[Peter van Rychvald]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b86160493ad388d2397a31a9dc510ac/tumblr_miud301P1x1s557d7o1_500.jpg

90414 90415

globica 13x18, tessar 4.5/250 (wide open)
exposure 120s each ;]

[life_in_sepia]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b86160493ad388d2397a31a9dc510ac/tumblr_miud301P1x1s557d7o1_500.jpg

Beautiful!

[Craig Tuffin]

I agree...incredible eyes!

[GSX4]

Love the Martin DX series... By the look of it... Love the portraits.


Oh, what the hell...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/112a.jpg