August 2012 Portraits

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Originally Posted by alex from holland

27x27cm Clear glass ambrotype
Hermagis 450mm 4.5 petzval wide open
Exposuretime 6 secs.
KCN Fixer

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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 ?

Tks,

Jardel.

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Originally Posted by Scott Schroeder

I told them to just get up there and be however they want to be.
Then we did solo plates. One of them couldn't decide whether she wanted to smile and changed her mind in the middle of the exposure....a mere 2s ;)
It came out all wonky so I rubbed it off the glass and remade the plate.
It's always weird doing that....

http://schroederworks.com/Wetplate/G...Phoenix001.jpg

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these images are just fantastic,

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

It's a very beautiful portrait. I like it a lot. Man's ey looks very very sharp. Do you scan it as color ?

Tks,

Jardel.

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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

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Originally Posted by OMU

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
Attachment 78462

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nice portrait

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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