Kodak Master View 4x5 Nikkor W 150/5.6 Fomapan 100
2020-04-19-0004 by Eliverto Scherer, on Flickr
Thanks, but I'm thinking any puns were unintentional. My intent was to show American items made in 1946; Graflex, Colt, Camillus, Kodak, and Hamilton. The future after WWII looked bright, and turned out to be for a generation or two, of our most prosperous times. Now, all those items are gone, except Colt, struggling hard. Every other product except a handful is now made overseas. Our manufacturing prowess is replaced by blind consumerism, always chasing the lowest cost, and throwaway items. Our skilled labor jobs are replaced by service roles, cooking food, driving garbage trucks, etc. If a picture is worth a thousand words, there are a couple dozen.
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Eliverto, this is delightful. Well done!
Philip Ulanowsky
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Hi, kiteboy. I think I'd be inclined to remove a bit from the top. The sweeping low-value area does have a relationship to that in the crystal's top, but I'm not sure it connects successfully. My feeling is that the composition would benefit from an implied diagonal, perhaps by raising the Archimedian (?) solid, and possibly also creating a counterpoint in the lower right.
Philip Ulanowsky
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Thank you Philip. I appreciate your suggestions - now I have to get to grips with the mysteries of font and back tilt!
One from yesterday: Lockdown Clematis
Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-W 300 f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
500mm bellows extension
Small amount of rear tilt forwards
Lee 23A light red filter
11 seconds @ f/5.6
Stearman SP810 tray, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 12’, 21ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, wash, Ilfotol rinse
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