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Another from a recent shoot with an opera singer. Horseman 5x4 monorail with Fujinon W 360 f6.3 Lit with Arri fresnels
T-Max 100, 1:100 Rodinal stand dev. ...

Sergei! Cracking work as usual!
Pfiltz! Lovely clean look here!

Polaroid T64 this time, (tungsten balanced) Same set up as above. Lit with Arri fresnels by the way :)

https://throughfujinoneyes.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/polat64_ingrid004.jpg

Fujinon 360 f6.3 wide open. Horseman monorail, Polaroid T55 neg scanned before degunking...

https://throughfujinoneyes.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/polat55_gunk_ingrid001.jpg

Thats how I get people to sit for LF.... if I have time at the end of a shoot I pull out one of my LF cameras... :)

Lovely job Pfiltz.

Frank, gorgeous, simple but gorgeous.. this works no matter the format, and that is what good photography is all about in my opinion. Good stuff.

Thanks, will remember that for next time,,. Got 75 sheets of 8x10 , 100 5x7 and 50 4x5 on its way from b&h right now.... Looking forward to portraits with this paper!

Great thread this, Bracans portraits are particularly inspiring , that being my main area of work... And being a sucker for high contrast back and white...

While on holiday in the UK I managed to...

The tired photographer... aka myself
Waiting for 145 hassy files to get spat out of lightroom ready for customer deadline tomorrow morning... well the horseman was sitting on the tripod with the...

Thanks for the feedback Sergei :) Yes she was feeling the seriousness when she saw me pull out the type55 :D I look forward to making more considered portraits with this lens :)

Another month with many great portraits, Serge yet again stands out for me at any rate!
I have been busy working in the studio with no time to play with LF at all... well until my new to me AT...

Brilliant!

Thanks for the tip... Different beast to 5x4 that is for sure! Loving it so far though!

Here is my first shot with my newly acquired 2-D... it seems like either I didnt seat the filmholder or the film holder has a light leak... also my first attempt at tube development , (my 5x4 stuff...

Glad to hear enthusiastic comments on my camera everyone :) I was pretty sure I got a sweet deal on this, and your remarks confirm it... icing on the cake for me was the 5x7 back! (although I will...

Thanks Jim :)
Got a fuji 360 f6.3 hanging off the end at the moment along with the 250 shown in the pics... but I have a hankering for some old brass and a packard for scratching my soft focus itch...

Thanks, burned off 4 sheets today.. Just need to develop them now :)

The seller said that the original owner was a photographer for Esquire magazine on the 50's , how true this is i have no idea,...

Took a chance on a Kodak 2-D from a non photographer seller on flea bay... Camera had the extra extension rail and looked like the sliding tripod block was there too... Also included was a blank...

Damn fine portraits again Bracan! The contrast is great.. I love high contrast!

Not sure why it might not be considered "alt" its not using "normal" developer, its open to so many "interpretations" of the same negative, the look can be manipulated with exposure and developer...

Thanks Jay. :) and no, the digital print is not as nice as this lith print... H4D-40 vs 1950s crown graphic... hehe...

Wow... finally got through all 154 pages of this über-thread! Some really amazing techniques and images here.. i see carbon dominating quite easily, but for me, the stand out images are Gandolfi's...

Thanks John :)
I have heard it is tight at infinity... but it certainly covers 8x10. At my normal working distances (people) I have more than enough room for movements if I so desire... Love...

Just made the leap from 5x4 to 8x10.. my 5x4 GG looks tiny now :D

first neg from new camera, fomatone 400 rated at 200 10 mins in rodinal 1+50 contact printed on agfa grade 2 paper.
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Thanks Alan, this lith lark is really quite addictive! :D

Finally got away from digital work and managed to get into the darkroom with a polaroid 4x5 T55 negative, fomatone multigrade and some lith chemicals... here is the result hanging in the darkroom.....

Nice!
Gonna have to give that paper a try at some point I can see.... :D

Wow, Those look really good! Love the contrast.

Damn! (as in damn fine portrait.)

The more I look at this, the more I like it! great job!

I hear you Sergei :)

Serge, thanks for the honest feedback :) anything particular that makes you feel that way? bring it on, I can take it :D
I enjoy both mediums, and for work obviously the digital MF is my mainstay.....

Very nice indeed!

More of Tori.... Last seen in the May thread,,, I nedd to get this girl in front of my "new" 8x10 when it arrives.... wooohoooo! finally 8x10!
Crown Graphic, ektar 203mm f7.7 expired T59...

English :) Been living in Norway for some 14 years now.. Surnadal the last 5, married to a lass from Surnadal :) Men kan du norsk altså?

i am very much a lover of black and white, but those...

With eyes like that Ben, I think I would have used up all my film supplies in one sitting. Enjoyable series this.

Nathan

Thanks Jay, here's another on very expired 59...
Http://www.lediardfoto.com/erik-blomstroem002a.jpg

Ok, I will start, Hot off the press today. I got a call from the church to book in a fotoshoot for a retiring priest, after the digital mf shots were safely in the can I pulled out the crown graphic...

One from a recent shoot where I put down the digital medium format and pulled out a real camera for a shot or two :)

Crown graphic with 203mm f7.7 ektar wide open. Polaroid 59, very expired.
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