Post Your Photos Made At Close Distance

[kenj8246]

Hi, Kenny. I used my spot meter. Light was late-ish afternoon sunlight.The illuminance range was extra-long. I initially placed the camera leatherette on Zone II rating the film, at 200. for this negative, i had boosted the light a bit with a small reflector card in direct sun to the right of the notebook, picking up the texture with some tiny highlights, giving a reading of II 1/2 but with those diffuse highlights of course above that. The brightest patch of direct sun read about Zone XI, and the indirectly illuminated chip board base read about VII. A direct glare from the sun formed on the closer contact sheet, and I had to finagle an opaque plastic squeeze bottle sitting on the corner of the light box to block it.

The film received N-2 development using SLIMT, which supports low values and mid-tone contrast while taming the high values. In printing on Gr 2, I dodged the camera and rear contact sheet slightly and burned in on bottom and left edges.

More than you asked for, but that's the story.

Much more, to be sure, but you answered my query. Thanks and I very much enjoyed seeing your image.
Kenny.

[Bernice Loui]

Images made mid-1980's, Agfa RS100, 6" Goerz APO artar, Sinar F, Elinchrom strobe.



Bernice

[Tin Can]

Thank you

Images made mid-1980's, Agfa RS100, 6" Goerz APO artar, Sinar F, Elinchrom strobe.



Bernice

[Merg Ross]

Ice, Echo Pass, CA 1954

4x5, 250mm Zeiss Tessar

[Rick A]

Ice, Echo Pass, CA 1954

4x5, 250mm Zeiss Tessar

Oh Em Gee !!!

[Pat Kearns]

Ice, Echo Pass, CA 1954

4x5, 250mm Zeiss Tessar[/QUOTE]

Stunning Merg!

Best regards,
Pat

[Alan Curtis]

Terrific as usual Merg. Was this taken on one of your excursions with your father and Brett?

[Merg Ross]

Terrific as usual Merg. Was this taken on one of your excursions with your father and Brett?

Hi Alan. Good guess! This is the story.

It was taken on a 1954 photo trip with my father, Brett Weston, and Brett's wife Dody. I was thirteen. We were starting a week-long winter trip heading to the eastern side of the Sierra via Echo Pass. The ice formations along the American River were magnificent as we headed up the canyon. We stopped, my father and Brett with their 8x10 cameras, Dody with her 5x7, and I with the 4x5.

There we were, no doubt a curious site, spread along the bank of the river creating our masterpieces. And then, a car stopped on the highway shoulder and a family with young children descended to the river. They, adults and children, began a rock attack, taking glee in smashing the ice, in particular that closest to our tripods. Mission accomplished, they departed as quickly as they had appeared. To this day, I have no answer for that bizarre display of human behavior.

However, I worked fast, and a 4x5 contact print from that morning is at MOMA.

Thank you Alan, also Rick and Pat.

[mitch.goddard]

Hasselblad 500C/M & A12 back leaving nothing to the imagination
Chamonix 45H1, Symmar-S 135/5.6, Ilford FP4+

[Ulophot]

Mitch, for some reason your photograph reminded me of the ad(s?) Hasselblad ran in magazines long ago, show the special products they used in making their cameras, one of which was rice. I don't recall the others. The ad copy below the image explained the use of each in polishing or whatever.