Flowers Anyone?

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...I was not sure whether it works or if the background is too plain (toned) "grey". ...Jiri

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LF really does flatten a background, so anything goes to shade it off. But your shot is so clean and simple that it needs no help from behind.
Thanks Steve & Allen for your appreciation. The Sironar at f5.6 is 'nicer' than the old Suter portrait lens. I think the Suter comes into it's own at about f16 because it stays soft.

Master Technika 4x5 Kodak E100VS shot with Heliar 210mm at f/4.5.
LJS

From a tree that i bought a few months ago. This is a Dogwood Kousa, the little tree paid me back with lot's of white flowers.
4x5 on PN55 150 SSXL Orientals new WT

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Peony Blossom
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
5x 7 Kodak TMY, Pyrocat HD

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Originally Posted by Ken Lee

Peony Blossom
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
5x 7 Kodak TMY, Pyrocat HD

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Great shot
Ken, Is that shot cropped or does the 135mm Tessar really cover 5X7"? Will the 135mm Heliar?
Best regards

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Originally Posted by Sven Schroder

...here are a couple

Regards
Sven

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great thread, truly inspiring!

sven, what technique did you use here, truly love your tonal values.

cheers, roger

Is that shot cropped or does the 135mm Tessar really cover 5X7"? Will the 135mm Heliar?

The shot is cropped, but only along the sides. I mask my camera to a more narrow format, closer to 4x7.

As you may recall, a 135mm lens will require 135mm bellows draw at infinity, but as we focus closer, more bellows draw is required. To reach 1:1, a 135mm lens will require 270mm of bellows draw. Any normal lens will require 2x the infinity extension, at 1:1.

At twice the extension, the image circle is 2x the size of the circle at infinity. So any lens which can cover 4x5 at infinity, can cover 8x10 at 1:1.

(Just remember that at 1:1, the area of the circle is 4x the normal size. We need to adjust the exposure by a factor of 4, because the same amount of light, has been distributed over a circle of 4x the area).

The same principle is true with all lenses - other than special designs like telephoto or retrofocus.

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Originally Posted by Ken Lee

Is that shot cropped or does the 135mm Tessar really cover 5X7"? Will the 135mm Heliar?

The shot is cropped, but only along the sides. I mask my camera to a more narrow format, closer to 4x7.

As you may recall, a 135mm lens will require 135mm bellows draw at infinity, but as we focus closer, more bellows draw is required. To reach 1:1, a 135mm lens will require 270mm of bellows draw. Any normal lens will require 2x the infinity extension, at 1:1.

At twice the extension, the image circle is 2x the size of the circle at infinity. So any lens which can cover 4x5 at infinity, can cover 8x10 at 1:1.

(Just remember that at 1:1, the area of the circle is 4x the normal size. We need to adjust the exposure by a factor of 4, because the same amount of light, has been distributed over a circle of 4x the area).

The same principle is true with all lenses - other than special designs like telephoto or retrofocus.

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:mad: (at myself) DOOH Offcource it will cover at 1:1. Should have figured that :D Funny though that at 5X7" it doesn't look so much like a close up, remedy from my 35mm days :) hmm gotta dig up my Sinar and start shooting.
Best regards

Roger

Its a combination of things including

My Studio set up.

The film was 4x5 Berger 200, dev in ilford LC29 with a time reduced by a third and then a Borax bath for the time taken off (I think it came from a Barry Thornton artical).

Contact printed on forte polywarmtone in agfa neutol WA

Regards
Sven

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Peony
Sinar P, 180mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
5x7 TMY, Pyrocat HD