How about a New Portrait thread?

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Originally Posted by Frank Petronio

lovely and perfect focus, not easy to do

did you use it wide open?

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Hi Frank,

You use a aero ektar too, don't you?
Yep, wide open, I love this combination,
the model needs to concentrate to the max,
and the lens has a magical quality,
I'll post some more if you like

regards

stefan

Sheldon, That is a beautiful portrait, i love that soft light and have no problems with the pola frame.

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Originally Posted by Frank Petronio

sort of portraits....

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I like the way the second image is designed. The texture of the grass and angle is interesting. Of course the first image has many merits all on it's own starting with the subject.

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Originally Posted by Ken Lee

I think the portrait is more effective without the Polaroid artifacts. I don't object to the idea of them, it's just that in this case, the image works even better with a different... frame. I feel that what the photographer composed in the ground glass, is already quite good, and the artifacts work against it. That's my humble opinion, of course.

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Agreed.

I was just excited because it was my first sheet of Type 55. I haven't yet had a chance to get burned out on the cliche Polaroid border.

:)

I am joining everybody else in commenting this portrait.
Absolutely beautiful.
1/2 Diane Arbus, 1/3 Sally Mann with just a sprinkle of Kertesz' sweetness.

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Originally Posted by speanburgarts

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g5...cspeanburg.jpg


Alicia
Century 8x10
Wollensak lense
Ilford FP4

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This is Amber, this woman's face has always inspired me, but I feel I still haven't done her justice.

http://i23.tinypic.com/od8iu.jpg

May I say that I really love the portraits on this thread?
I finally feel I found some people on the net who search for the
same holy grail as I am.

Some more Aero Ektar Graflex portraits, comments welcome,

regards

stefan

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/70/22...0234799531.jpg

Grandma J.
Hudson, Wisconsin
August 2006


Rodenstock 1:6.3/210mm Ysarex
Kodak 320TXP, HC-110 dilution D
under heavily o'cast / cloudy sky
f/16

You know, Brad...it was your portraits and other LF shots on Flickr that got me started in LF in the first place.

Great shot of Grandma...

domenico,

Is that portrait part of the women portrait project you mentioned to me a few months ago?

Very nice. It does not look like natural light. But I don't know you use studio.