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Hi there. I've created a small non commercial web calculator for bellows calculations. I know other copies of this exist already, my intention was to make something really concise for field use. It's...

Wow, what's the story with that last photo? Seen better days.

Thank you kindly!

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Rural Ontario pine. Wista 4x5, Foma 400.

Old textile mill ruins in Merrickville Ontario. I was testing something out with my camera, nice to get around to making a print.

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Thanks Jon! I live near this installation, always interested in trying to get photos of it when I can, with the changing sky and seasons there's a lot of opportunities.

I didn't realize this forum had a post for digital IR, good time to post this up.

"The Sinister Silo"
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IR converted Olympus EM5...

I took this at an old auto wrecker scrap yard. Didn't turn out how I thought it would, I do like the odd result. This is a tree that slowly is growing through a hole in the hood of a car. Wista VX,...

Test print from a 4x5 negative. "The Boneyard", Ontario, Canada

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I have acquired a nuArc N1500 xenon printer, I want to use for making cyanotypes and other UV processes. It's a great machine, but I have no manual to accompany it. I'm looking for guidance on the...

These are wonderful, I really like the last one!

I'm hoping to keep up a series of taking photos of this interesting tree. This negative is pretty flawed, but makes me want to go back for more tries.

Arista Ortho Litho, developed on some Foma...

Thanks for the kind words everyone, it's nice to get such feedback on the shot. The yashica is a nice camera, there's something about it that inspires me to take nice photos. I'd love to try one of...

My dog Finn, shot on a Yashica Mat 124, wet printed on Foma RC paper, tweaked in photoshop. It's a sadly dirty negative, I like the shot so I revisit from time to time.
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An interesting tree in the woods behind my house. Taken on a Wista on RC paper. Trying to get some LF momentum going, photographing things around the property, I need to visit this tree again!
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Thank you kindly John! I'm glad I finally enlarged that photo, the negative had been floating around my darkroom for 6 months, waiting it's turn. It is a much better negative than I thought it...

This is part of an old turbine I believe, in Merrickville, Ontario. Taken on a Wista.

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I like working with sheet metal. I'm going to make a panel for it from that. Black wood stove paint on the inside.

Cheers!

I was thinking of trying that to start, as it's easy with a few magnets. How warm does it get?

Thanks. :) I'm considering using sheet metal, radiates heat well and I can probably mount a PC fan or two to it pretty easily.

I stumbled upon a nuarch pulsed xeon printer (N1500), I want to use for large Cyanotypes and perhaps other processes. It didn't come with any cover on the front, and as such spills out an insane...

Haha, thanks Andrew. I was surprised how this photo turned out, when I was enlarging my first thought there was some dirt on the negative on the door, then was very pleased to see that interesting...

Yeah, I shot this on Ortho Litho 4x5 film on a Wista. Developed the film in paper developer. Then made a 8x10 print and toned it with Foma's sepia toner. It's interesting, this looks like some...

Trying out sepia toning with some ilford FB paper. I need to do a better job of split printing this photo. Arista Ortho Litho film.
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Couldn't quite find another thread to post this up in. Wista VX slight crop. This is a great statue in Little Italy, in Ottawa. Taken around March 11th, before social isolation was a...

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Radar domes in Smith Falls, Ontario
Arista Ortho Litho film

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I've been trying light painting with Arista ortho litho film. These are two test prints from last night. I'd really like to enlarge both, I think I can do better with both, especially the glass net...

Andrewsville Ontario. Was out shooting with smaller cameras in the dark with a friend, the sun came up and I managed to get a photo of the bridge with my Wista.
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Hiking a stream bed in Kawartha Highlands provincial park.

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Thank you! I'll have to take some measurements. I am a little skeptical a flat board will work with this shutter, on my camera, I think it might hit the standards if I try to do front movements.

Thanks! I've shot with it a bit, on my bender 4x5. It does produce very nice images, and is super fun to use. The bender doesn't get out much any more, too bulky to hike, and it has an annoying...

Looking around online, I have yet to find anyone that sells this. Ilex #3 is just under 2 inches in diameter, worst case I'll get something with a smaller opening, and take a 2" hole saw to it with...

I did a bit of an internet search, and couldn't find one for an Ilex #3 yet. Will have to keep searching. I like the idea of getting an extension, I think with a flat board the shutter will be...

I have a nice Commercial Ektar 8 1/2 inch lens in a No 3 Acme Ilex shutter. I'd love to use it with my Wista VX for detail shots of architecture... The front standard of the VX is pretty compact, I...

I was using RC paper. There's some extensive notes in my journey with this print here:
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Thanks! I found it quite striking, been playing with burning in the sky. I don't have a lot of experience doing this, it's been a learning experience.

Grain operation near me, roasting corn.

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I used eco pro film developer, 1+4. Would dilute more in the future, but my main problem is I left it in a wee bit too long.

This is great, love the reflections!