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Thanks, this has been a long-running project. I've got another garage visit set for Saturday, fresh developer mixed and waiting!

I'm getting desperate too. Today I tested composition and interior lighting for a shot that I really couldn't do with the 4x5 because of gusty winds. I wanted to figure out the balance between my...

Here's my last one from the MotoGuzzi shoot. 80mm lens with 8mm extension, TriX film, scanned from print.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50772661357_131ff64631_b.jpgR2N9 Flkr by John Olsen,...

Here's the other side of that fine '37 Moto Guzzi that I posted earlier. (You were waiting weren't you?) The old Guzzis had beautiful shift linkages, I think. 80mm lens, red filter, TriX film and...

Are you shooting this at f3.5? It looks like you're actually stopping drops in the air! Very interesting.

The vintage motorcycle scene has been pretty much shut done since March, but I got a private shooting opportunity just before Xmas. This is a 1937-48 Moto Guzzi 500 in running shape. 80 mm 'Blad lens...

I agree with Jim. The few mm's of filter can't have any effect on your focus as long as they're in front of your lens. It's just too many surfaces and too many chances for slight uncleanness to build...

Thanks for sharing your thought process. Every bit helps me get my best results out in the field.

The dunes image is wonderful, but since I don't know the scene, what movement did you use and for what effect? Who knows, maybe I'll learn something.

Door to the old power plant: 150 mm lens, f22 6s, yellow filter, scanned from print

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50720020711_f1b33d8f4e_b.jpgPowerplntN19B Flkr by John Olsen, on Flickr

Behind the Power Plant: 150 mm lens plus yellow filter, TriX in HC100 "B", scanned from Ilford print

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50719284848_9bc564617a_b.jpgPowerplntN10B Flkr by John...

This is one of your best in this series. Really like it.

Very nice - it really draws the eye into the frame.

Carhenge? Maybe Roadrunner can share something from the Cadillac Ranch down in Texas.
Anyway, here's my last try at the Stonehenge site - Vericolor III to Ilford MG print. I've loaded fresh TriX and...

Austin and h2oman: great finds there in Oregon.

Now a few time zones east of there we have a recent print from an old color neg:
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Orgraph: A very nice composition.

Here's something else that's old. I'm getting back to printing Kodak Vericolor III Type S negatives on Ilford MG paper. Some from Stonehenge were good for that....

[QUOTEDear John,

very nice picture. However, the name of the building is not "Casa Milo", but "Casa Milà" (see this wiki entry, or this one, if you prefer English over Catalan ;) ). It is better...

Went there too. Thanks for the reminder.

rrunnertexas: tres elegant

Here's a rooftop detail from Gaudi's "Casa Milo" in Barcelona. I think it's a chimney, but mostly it's scary. Every aspect of this building bears close scrutiny. (What...

Segovia in the afternoon. An old Vericolor III Type S negative printed last week on Ilford MG paper.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50595033837_b38cd0f956_b.jpgSegovia Flkr by John Olsen, on...

OK, I'll bite. How did you get the swirl one time, but not the other? Very long exposure? (I really like the images.)

Another in the series of Vericolor III negatives printed on Ilford MG paper. This is Cloister San Juan in Toledo. Must have been with the 90mm lens.
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Cloister San Juan, Toledo Spain. 90mm lens on my (now stolen) Toyo 45F, shot on Vericolor III, Type S color film and printed yesterday on Ilford MG paper (after resting in the to-do binder for 31...

I like this better. If you want to preserve the sense of foreboding that you had in the first version, you could darken the top inch. That would help confine the eye to the swamp. Very good stuff!

Thanks, yes, the old man really makes the composition. It was a rare opportunity, but I remember something of a scowl on his face as he hobbled away to the left.

Corran,
Keep working in this direction. The images are very strong.
J.O.

Antonio's recent photo from Spain made me rummage through my older color negatives. Here's one that actually prints well to B&W (since I don't do color printing anymore).

Turegamo in Spain. As I...

I'm using my venerable Nikon D90 for setting the lights. I have found an additional half stop of light is usually needed to get my best TriX exposure (after making whatever ISO and filter corrections...

This isn't what I expect in Texas at all. Great find. Where is it?

I think this has been discussed here before. Take a search through the older threads for more info.
In short, the digital camera can replace the Polaroid step in setting up lights, especially if you...

Five years ago an older LFer on our island asked me to buy a bunch of his stuff. A lot of it was covered with mold and the rest reflected unjustified expectations of value. I did buy a 16x20 plastic...

A view from the Whidbey Island bluff toward Seattle. This is late in the day with still winds - I had to wait a couple of weeks for that. 150mm lens in old Calumet field view camera, TriX film with...

Alan: Beautiful color.

Can't match the color, but we have unrivaled gloom down in the late October woods. The afternoon cloud cover was so thick I thought at first I had left the lens cap on....

Maybe, but it does have a voltage regulator so the light doesn't fluctuate when your neighbor turns on his microwave. Also, the lamp is an 82 volter, don't know what happens when 120 volts hit it....

Perfect for Halloween. Very nice.

You did a great job, but dang, that's an ugly pile. Let's see some others from your trip.

I agree. The darkening of the sky along the top helps to complete the image. I'd say, don't crop, it's very interesting as it is.

I got a photo of this tree-house a couple of months ago from over to the right. Now that they've cleared off some of the hillside I could come back for a better perspective. 150mm lens, yellow...

After reading this thread I saw the red LED at the hardware store, so I tried it. Even at 4.5W, aimed at the back wall and 9' away from the enlarger it's just too bright. I tested it for safeness...

With all the dark rocks your exposure was probably right, but perhaps just needed a little underdevelopment to hold back the water. As for the 90mm - a lot of times I can't get close enough to...