It's a very beautiful portrait. I like it a lot. Man's ey looks very very sharp. Do you scan it as color ?Quote:
Originally Posted by alex from holland
Tks,
Jardel.
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It's a very beautiful portrait. I like it a lot. Man's ey looks very very sharp. Do you scan it as color ?Quote:
Originally Posted by alex from holland
Tks,
Jardel.
these images are just fantastic,Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Schroeder
Hello,
A few days ago we had a summer party with tree ladies.
I had the opportunity to make an photography from Turid.
She is born in 1926 and is photographed with a Vogtlander Heliar 36 cm from 1929.
Paper negative.
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Thanks Jardel,
Yes i scan my plates as color. It's not really black and white, but it has a "coffe-cream" color.
And that i would like to keep in my scans'
Alex
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Originally Posted by jardel
Reminds me of the end of "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein. Taken yesterday at our neighborhood park.
Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Aero-Ektar, T-Max 400 (expired 1995).
http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/P-on-Stump-01.jpg
Jonathan
knowntk, that is the nicest portrait I have seen in a long time. Bravo!
Frank, I love yours as well. Excellent!
A Portrait of my neighbors son. shot with a shen hao ptb, lens from an autographic 3a, plus x film
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7123/7...9295baff_b.jpg
Ethen by J. Golden, on Flickr
nice portraitQuote:
Originally Posted by OMU
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...ialto_Arch.jpg
Vacation Girls, Rialto Beach
So f-ing sick of Wet Plates and fuzzy Aero-Ektars... ;-p
Sharp Glorious Color damnit... NSFW
Peter, I like yours, no pretenses.
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Looking good, Frank. I love the attitude that your photographs always possess, though this one has a TON of attitude to spare. Great!Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
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Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
Looks like someone is compensating ;-p
Thanks Frank. That's the only 4x5 image from the trip with the girls in it. I wish that I'd taken more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
Well, I apologize to all the wet plater Brassy lens fans I've offended tonight. Now would you please stop with the death threats? It's only photography, jeez....
Here is Cris and Rosie (Rosie is the dog).
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Good looking dog!Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
Wet plate and brass lens predilections are fetishes and everyone has their own...
I like the wet plates and old lens look AND Frank's stuff. I either have broad ranging tastes or I'm just not discriminating, maybe both. ;)
For sure, there is plenty to love about both styles and everything in between. I think Frank was just having fun anyways, maybe :P
Let's see if he really hates it, here is one from yesterday. Whole plate, Hyatt Petzval acquired here on the FS forum. Shot wide open @ f5.
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[QUOTE=bvaughn4;919041]Let's see if he really hates it, here is one from yesterday. Whole plate, Hyatt Petzval acquired here on the FS forum. Shot wide open @ f5.
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Lots of great images in this just discovered thread but absolutely love this one ...
It's so horrible that I spent five minutes studying it!Quote:
Originally Posted by bvaughn4
Seriously it is a really nice plate, I am not a wet plater but most can't get them that nice.
Hi Rudi!
I'm afraid this one has slipped down into the uncanny valley, for me. I had to look hard to see if I could tell if she was a real person, or a mannequin. It could go either way. It's either a mannequin doing a good job of imitating a person, or a person doing a good job of imitating a mannequin. And a nice plate, but that seems rather beside the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by bvaughn4
Thanks so much guys, I've only been doing this about 3 months so still trying to put all the pieces together for consistent results. She's definitely real. When I saw the plate, I thought she looked like one of the beautiful women sometimes used in the old horror movies. Like she was from Transylvania or such. Come to find out her grandmother is Romanian and I think that is reflected here. She was super pleased with the plate and just beside herself for being "allowed" to sit for me - looking forward to working with her much more in the future.
Struggling with the lighting for indoor plate making. This was a 30s exposure done with a panel of 6 - 4' black light bulbs, 4 - 300w equivalent CFL bulbs and 2 full power pops of a White Lightning 3200 - thus the freaky catchlights in her eyes. Home made headrest helped keep her still, but as sharp is it is, she could have held still for 5 minutes.
Frank already gave his opinion. I love it - fantastic image!
actually... the first word out of my mouth was, "what the heck?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
Is your scanner broken, or is it just malfunctioning? Nice pic... although I still find tatooed ladies a bit off-putting. I'm such a prude... and such a bore. :)
In this case I prefer the black and white to the earlier color shot. The tones render really well and the quality of light seems more....I don't know...pronounced. I'm neutral on tattoos, though. Old enough to be unfamiliar with them (especially on young ladies) but young enough not to care.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
Jonathan
Frank, I like the little girl looking into the camera from the edge of the frame. All eyes on the viewer! Along with the teetering pose, the tattoos, and makeshift setting, it lends a circus-like feel to the image.
Yes, she's very exotic and beautiful, and I like the ambiguity of the image -- I hope I didn't come off as critical. Anything that makes me look long and hard at an image has got to be a good thing!Quote:
Originally Posted by bvaughn4
Alex,Quote:
Originally Posted by alex from holland
I've never experienced shooting with collodion plates, just shoot with common 4x5 film. Maybe in a near future. Who's the guy on the picture, a friend of yours ? He remember Christ.
Tks,
Jardel.
A couple more of my nephew.
Speed Graphic, 4x5 T-Max 400 (expired 1995)
http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-400...-P-at-Park.jpg
http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-400...--P-on-Bed.jpg
Jonathan
Bill, I've been watching you do some amazing plates. Keep it up they are stunning. Just promise me something....... no skulls please. The portraits are where it is at!Quote:
Originally Posted by bvaughn4
Thanks Jim. Funny, I was looking at that skull the other day and really strange you should mention it - this was our test plate and she had a goat skull!
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Jardel,
I met the guy in a shop.
I am always looking formwhat i call "collodion heads"
Alex
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Originally Posted by jardel
What is the wet platers fascination with sculls. Is it in the manual? Gives you certification? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bvaughn4
Tina.
Portrait, so even though it is bromoil, I'll post it here (sorry Frank)
pol 665
In the North Carolina Mountains you are able to find many places of interest. The Crossnore School founded many years ago for children in need is such a place. On my last trip to Crossnore I visited the weave room at the school. Since I spend my working life selling looms to textile mills in the USA, this was a very good place for me to visit. The young weaver was very nice to allow me to make her photograph.
Camera -- Speed Graflex
Lens – Heliar at F4.5 for 1/30 with rear shutter
Film – Ilford HP-4 pushed to ASA 400
Processed in HC-110 50/1 for 14 minutes in Beseler Drum
Jack
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-H...09348465760954
very nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by bvaughn4
It's like a happy Lewis Hine!Quote:
Originally Posted by northcarolinajack
Here's the best of the antenna.
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My thoughts exactly :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
And I just love that smile :)
Ok, how did she get up there?
r
"Here's the best of the antenna. "
stepladder
My Three Boys (15 yrs old)
Luffenholtz Beach, CA
Scanned 11x14 contact print. I believe the paper is Luminos Classic Charcoal R paper, selenium toned.
270mm lens
FP4+
About a two-second exposure (lens cap as shutter) -- Boys' heads are not too sharp due to longish exposure.
This is great, Frank. Her shadow in the dish really adds to the dynamic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
Please excuse my editing, I hope you don't mind. A little cropping changes the environment and gives it more of an action-oriented, sci-fi look.
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Hi Al, thanks... the future is all around us! This is a pumping station by Niagara Falls (old shot).
Attachment 78605Platinum portrait, 5X7 Foma, old 1870 lens, developed in Pyro. This is Becki, she's a single mom, and a great tatoo artist. I shot a total of 6 sheets of film, this is the first P/P, more to come.
Attachment 78609Attachment 78610Attachment 78611Attachment 78612Some more shots, this time of Kimberly, my favorite model. Three on 4X5, one on 8X10
How old, 1925? This shot might have looked futuristic in the 20s, but now it looks like........the 20s. Very nice, all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Petronio