August 2012 Portraits

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Originally Posted by Frank Petronio

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7...4c740ac7_c.jpg

4x5, 150 Apo Symmar, Portra 400

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Frank, gorgeous, simple but gorgeous.. this works no matter the format, and that is what good photography is all about in my opinion. Good stuff.

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Originally Posted by Pfiltz

4x5 Graphic View / Arista 100

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/Brooke4x5.jpg

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Lovely job Pfiltz.

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Originally Posted by Nathan67

Lovely job Pfiltz.

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Thanks. This was shot after some of her senior pics. She let me play.

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Originally Posted by Pfiltz

Thanks. This was shot after some of her senior pics. She let me play.

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Thats how I get people to sit for LF.... if I have time at the end of a shoot I pull out one of my LF cameras... :)

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Originally Posted by Frank Petronio

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7...4c740ac7_c.jpg

4x5, 150 Apo Symmar, Portra 400

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I like the placement of the model on the right side of the frame. This gives space on the left for her eyes to look into.

I like the horizontal lines in the soft background which "mimic" her line of sight.

I like the contrast of her dark hair and clothes which separate her from the lighter non distracting background.

This is a very well designed portrait. I like!

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Originally Posted by Frank Petronio

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7...4c740ac7_c.jpg

4x5, 150 Apo Symmar, Portra 400

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My back hurts just *looking* at that pose.

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Originally Posted by Jiri Vasina

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gal...18-438_web.jpg

Tiger's smile

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Symmar 300mm 1:5.6 and Zeiss Softar II filter, 13×18cm, Metz 45CL-4 flash, Fomapan 100 @ EI 64, Agfa Rodinal

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What a great smile! Thanks for sharing this. I've used the Softar with digital and the Tiffen softe FX with medium format but this is the first time I've seen it used in large format. With APC sized digital, the facets of the filter are very distracting resulting in the need for a fair bit of noise reduction. But large format appears to work great!

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Originally Posted by alanbutler57

What a great smile! Thanks for sharing this. I've used the Softar with digital and the Tiffen softe FX with medium format but this is the first time I've seen it used in large format. With APC sized digital, the facets of the filter are very distracting resulting in the need for a fair bit of noise reduction. But large format appears to work great!

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Thanks Alan.

For me the Softar filter is practicaly unusable for APC sized digital precisely because it's too distracting, too obvious. It occasionally works well with my medium format camera (Fuji GW690 with a 90mm lens). The best results I have achieved with LF, be it with the Symmar 300mm, Xenar 210mm or even with Apo-Ronar 480mm (all shot on 13×18cm film)...

Jiri

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2..._img404829.jpg
Marek
Globica 13x18 + Zeiss Tessar 210/3.5
10sec f3.5
13x18cm Black Glass Ambrotype

Crown Graphic/FP4/HC110C B

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8297/7...f4b2c743_c.jpg