Around the house?

[Robert Opheim]

This is a very interesting thread - with wonderful images! Thank you everyone!

[Peter Lewin]

This is the view from my den/computer room after the recent snow storm. We "only" got about a foot in NJ, much of New England got at least twice as much. Actually the "inspiration" for this photo was a much more wonderful image Ken Lee posted in the darkroom thread on divided pyrocat. While I couldn't come close to Ken's image, I was intrigued by trying to balance indoors and outdoors (I liked the play of light on the wall near the window). But I cheated a bit, and burned in the outdoor scene in PS - this was one of those cases where it is easier to do that from the negative scan on a computer than it would have been in the darkroom.

img092 by Pete Lewin, on Flickr
HP5+, PMK, scanned negative

[Barry Kirsten]

Very nicely done, Peter. Did you use divided PMK - if so, can you explain how you did it? Also wondering what the metering values were. Thanks.

Barry.

[Ken Lee]

..around the house with an ulf vintage folding
best wishes for you all and each body !!!

Attachment 85772
from "les choses" series on B&W

Bravo !

[Peter Lewin]

Barry: I'm not sophisticated enough to do anything more complicated than use regular PMK, per Hutching's "Book of Pyro." I also keep metering simple. As I was taught by Fred Picker long ago, I meter for the highlights and pretty much let the low end fall where it may. So I spot-metered the sunlit snowy roof of the house across the street, and put it on zoneVIII, IIRC. I checked the street outside, and I think it fell around zoneV which seemed right, and I probably checked that the dark area in the lower corner of the room (bottom of the image, about a quarter way in from the left border) didn't fall below ZoneIII. If it did, I may have "cheated" that snowy roof up to zoneIX or so, trusting PMK to not blow out completely (and as I admitted above, I burned in the outside scene a little in PS, the negative held the detail well). As you can tell from my too-long description, my metering isn't a precise science, it's kind of "Fred Picker plus a fudge factor."

[Barry Kirsten]

Thanks Peter. I use PMK too, but never divided. I was just wondering how it might be done, that's all. It's a lovely photo and you handled the brightness range beautifully. As to metering, I don't think I'd have done it any differently myself, as that's how I usually work. Thanks for your reply.

Barry.

[moizak]

This is a great thread, has inspired me to take some pics myself this weekend. This is a test I did last week.


Kentmere Test 4 by Moiz, on Flickr

[northcarolinajack]

I had not idea to post this photo or what thread would be correct. The subject is a pewter model of the pewter Bluenose purchased several years ago on a trip to Nova Scotia. It sits on the dresser in the bedroom. It is only 3 ½ inches high, the subject is on the negative is just over 1 to 1.

Camera – Old Speed Graflex 4x5
Lens – No Name Petzval lens about F4 and 5 inches
Film – HP-4 in HC-110 at 50/1

Jack

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-H...09348465760954

[Ken Lee]

After a Snowfall
Sinar P, 210mm Macro Sironar
4x5 TMY, Divided Pyrocat HDC

[Peter Yeti]

Seeing the sun for the first time in weeks, I couldn't resist grabbing my camera and rushing out the door. When I came back the sun just hit my balcony and I snapped this one.



Can't wait till the plant comes back to life...