Flowers, Anyone? The smaller formats edition…

[Daniel Unkefer]

180mm f5.6 GX680 Peco Jr Makina 6.5x9cm PanF+ D23 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Testing long rail Plaubel Peco Junior with Fuji GX680 180mm f5.6 Yellow Filter Ilford PanF+ Plaubel Makina Film Back. D23 1:1 JOBO Multitank 6 Etone Tank Roller, Omega DII Omegalite 180mm black Rodagon laser aligned. Arista #2 RC paper Dektol 1:2. I like this new Plaubel Mini-Me View Camera. It is FUN to use; the homemade Makina rotating Viewfinder works great; I can see the camera movements, focus or not focus, on the tiny screen. This lens passes it's initial test

[Iga]

Lilium Rialto
Rolleiflex SL66 HP5 HC110 B

[Iga]

35mm HP5+ cropped to 5x7 aspect. HC110 B.
Hand made meniscus lens

[sanking]

I exposed a few roles of film but did not come up with anything in B&W to rival Darr's use of selective focus.

I also experimented with a soft-focus lens with a Fuji GFX 50S, with the subject being what was left of a lily after it dried up and partially disintegrated. For this shot I used a Pentax 67 soft focus lens and a short extension tube. The soft focus lens that I used (120mm f/3.5) is an old design apparently similar to an early 19th century lens. The lens is very sharp at f/11, but has nice soft focus from f/3.5 to f/8. I made the attached shot at f/5.6, and then enhanced the image in PS.

Sandy

[Iga]

[Greg Y]

Rolleiflex FP4+ Print on Ilford Classic

[Greg Y]

Leica M4 / Voigtlander 35mm 1.4 series ll./ FP4+. print on Ilford Classic

[tomwilliams]

X-Ray of a night blooming cereus cactus blossom. Second is another X-Ray of a daffodil on Polaroid 55PN. Scanned from the negative. The third is callas using HP-5.

Very interesting ... how do you manage to get an x-ray image of a flower? My little brain thinks only of the big - and presumably inaccessible - medical or NDT machines.

[Iga]

[Daniel Unkefer]

Makiflex 4x5 Shanghai Octobox 150 F16 D23 by Nokton48, on Flickr

9x9cm image 9x12cm film Plaubel Makiflex F16. Shanghai 100 film with YG filter D23 1:1 Unidrum Uniroller Omega DII laser aligned 150mm black Rodagon at F16 Arista RC #2 8x10 Dektol 1:2 Testing the new to me Broncolor Octobox 150, beautiful light like movable window lighting. Supplemental Octobox 150 Diffuser added. Notice the attractive catchlight in the glass vase.