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I hear them all the time....oh wait that's tinnitus.

Actually cicadas are in abundance here, sometimes drown out the tinnitus, but they are not as noisy as the bloody Lorikeets.

Thanks for the comments, Winter has come early.

Darkroom print on Ilford FB, dodge and burn, selenium, bleach and sepia.
Linhof Technika 4x5, 150mm lens, g/y filter. f22.
Hp5 in pyro hd

Thanks for the comments. Needs a little more work, but I think I could make a nice large print out of it.

Darkroom print on Ilford FB, dodge and burn, selenium, bleach and sepia.
Linhof Technika 4x5, 90mm lens, g/y filter. f22.
Foma 200 in pyro hd

If you're failing your not trying hard enough. There is no distinction in being a conformist.

Ensign Popular 1/4 plate. Brass magic lantern lens, ilford Ortho, Foma FB, sepia

4x5 wetplate.

Darkroom print on ilford RC IV dodge and burn, selenium, bleach, sepia.
FP4 4x5 in d76
Linhof Technika iii, super angulon 90mm, F22

Darkroom print on ilford rc iv. dodge and burn, sepia
Linhof Technika iii, linhof 150mm lens.
YG filter
FP4 4x5 in D76

Ambrotype / wetplate 5x7
3 sec @f9 & 3/4 exposure,
2 x uv LEDs light.
180mm lens, 5x7 kodak specialist 2 view camera

My 111 version 5 has the Fresnel closest to the lens with the ribbed glass touching the ground glass.
So when installing the Fresnel first with ribs up, then ground glass down with non grounded side...

Standard girls doing standard poses in standard light. This is what Playboy was based on, wasnt it.

Ambrotype. 5x7

Very cool. Same principle used on movie film to make sound using Photosensitive tubes in projectors.

Nice work, very impressive set up.

A bit over exposed, this one is at 3 secs.

I might get a 365nm type to compare

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One light @f8 6secs.
My other lights were more than double the time.

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We can have a dance party!

395 apparently
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/394647043123

3 secs @ F9 using 2x 100watt uv LED spot lights that cost $60 each (same as the types they use in night clubs etc ). Have lights connected to a enlarger timer triggered by my tow. No lag, open...

Darkroom print on ilford cooltone.
Leica iiiF, Voigtlander color skopa f4 25mm
Delta 3200 d76 straight.

Darkroom print on ilford iv rc, grade 3.5 filter, dodge and burn, bleach agfa brown, selenium
Linhof Technica iii 4x5, 150mm lens f32
4x5 HP5 in Pyro HD.

Darkroom print on ilford iv rc, grade 3.5 filter, dodge and burn, selective bleach selenium.
Linhof Technica iii 4x5, 150mm lens f32
4x5 HP5 in Pyro HD.

Great work, I like the softness in tones on the first one, but prefer the second, has a nice two tone effect.

Thanks Martin.

Are we there yet.

Ambrotype/ wetplate collodion.
5x7 glass plate.
1/2 plate Kodak D2 View camera
Hockin & Co 1860 magic lantern lens.

Only in your imagination.

It's nothing like a spray can fix a flat.
The shutter is simply and robust.
There is nothing to adjust, only clean.
Service person might take some of it apart to clean more thoroughly....or not....

Ambrotype/ wetplate collodion.
5x7 glass plate.
1/2 plate Kodak D2 View camera
Hockin & Co 1860 magic lantern lens

https://flic.kr/p/2ojL1bS

Here's one I prepared earlier.

Remove the elements, unscrew the crown, remove the front plate, douse with lighter fluid. Fire. You'll need to reinstall the plate to get it to fire at all speeds.
They gum up over time and just...

Neds Shed

Vandyke brown on Berger cot160 11x14
Home made VDB emulation
Sun exposure.
10x12 xray film in PyroHD.
250mm Fuji Lens at F11
1890's 10x12 View camera

Thanks Ray, Negative was a bit on the thin side, got the print as best as I could

Disused Carriage
Darkroom print on ilford rc iv glossy, grade 5 filter. Dodge and burn.
Linhof Technica iii, 4x5, 150mm lens, f32.
FP4 in Pyro hd

Sure, but the picture at hand is so very well balanced in square format youd have to do it just because. Although Id make the house more centered, but thats just me.

It works better in portrait or square, but apart from that it's a very nice composition.

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https://flic.kr/p/2nPmQ3E
Darkroom print on ilford rc iv, grade 3 filter, bleach and sepia.
RZ67, 90mm lens
FP4 in d76

Generally with papers that stain well, I dip in selenium first, then a weak bleach and short sepia, but its really needs some trial and error to get it right. I like to keep the blacks as black...