This just proves that a lens doesn't have to be spectacular to make a great image. Well done, Paul.Originally Posted by paulbarden
Evaluating an alternative developer: FA-1027, with Tri-X rated at 200 ASA.
Camera: Kodak Special Six-20, with f4.5 Anastigmat Special lens. Its not the best lens in the world, but it produces a usable 6x9 negative. Camera was produced from 1937-39.
Old image (1979) from Deere Isle, Maine. Rolleiflex 3.5F, 1/15th sec., Tri-X, D-76, no filter that I remember. Important image for me (an epiphany actually) that got my brain going on lots of ocean-specific work to follow:
About six months ago I posted a pristinely restored 1975 Ducati 750 GT and now I've found its neglected ugly sister (but a 1974) in Illinois. I owned one of these back in the good ol' days; shudder to think about restoring this one. 500c/m with 80mm lens, TriX, four small flash units in a very tight space.
[IMG]Duca II R2N5 LFF by John Olsen, on Flickr[/IMG]
Railroad Bridge, Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr
A heavy rain followed by a good cold snap at the Grady Tract: 500c/m, 80mm lens, TriX w. yellow filter, scanned from film.
[IMG]Grady N2 LFF by John Olsen, on Flickr[/IMG]
We were on our way to a different location early yesterday morning when we passed the iconic Nacoochee Indian Mound here in north GA near Helen. The morning was cold and windy, with massive gusts that were actually the cause of power outages all over the north GA area. Anyway, I've never gotten a great image of the mound and it's accompanying structure due to the light or conditions. It's always difficult. But I've had my eye on it for years, composed with rolling grasses and silhouetted on Yonah Mountain behind it. This morning though we had gotten out so early, the sun was just peaking over the mountains. I stood in the freezing wind until the sky opened up and presented me with one of the most spectacular sunrises I've ever seen.
Hasselblad 503cx, 80mm Planar, Delta 100, Pyrocat
My wife chastised me that I shot it in b&w, but I wanted that contrast and look. I probably should've had a roll of Portra 160 loaded too, but my other film back has IR film in it at the moment. I think I need another back...
PS: another instance where my tiny Leofoto tripod came in clutch. I splayed the legs and put them right on top of the fence and fence post bordering the fields. My normal tripod would be really difficult to get high enough to peak over the fence, and the barbed wire running between it all would have been tough to dodge if trying to get a shot between the planks.
Hasselblad 501CM, Sonnar 4/180 CF, Agfa Copex Rapid, SPUR Dokuspeed SL-N
--- by atomstitcher, on Flickr
Found a roll in my Pentax 67 that I forgot to develop.
Stars - Jekyll Island's Driftwood Beach
New Year's Eve 2021
Pentax 67ii, 35mm f/4.5 fisheye, ~1-hour exposure, Tri-X 400 dev'd in Pyrocat for 14 minutes
Bryan, your affinity for fairly extreme wide angle lenses leads to a lot of compositions that are far too exaggerated for my taste. (Note emphasis.) But that Indian Mound image is perfect with a normal lens - it really honors the subject, with no photographic contrivances. Beautiful image!
It sounds like you need to get your wife set up, running the second camera...
She came out with me for a hot second and then immediately retreated back to the car. The windchill made it feel like single-digits and even with base layer + shirt + sweater + jacket I was freezing. I've tried to get her to shoot with me a bit but mostly she likes to watch me do my thing.
Thanks. I'd be interested to chat with you about wide-angle comps sometime. Maybe in June.
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