January 2013 Portraits

[Miguel Coquis]

opus in b&w
play it as you wish,
surréaliste ?
welcome to lff portraits symphony 2013,

[Denis Pleic]

All dressed up, and nowhere to go... (no white Christmas this year)

Taken and developed yesterday, Dec. 31, scanned this morning. Nice way to start a new year
Caltar W-II 65/8, Horseman Woodman, Efke PL 100, Xtol
(not sure this exactly qualifies as a portrait, but still...)

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Padua (PD) Italy - Chiara ready to go out. One of the very first shot with the large format camera and also with the Harman Direct Positive paper.

- Camera: TOYO-FIELD 45 AII L (Linhof)
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 210 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: 2 minutes and 15 seconds at f 5.6
- Film: HARMAN FB Direct Positive Paper - 3 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL 1+14 - 4 minutes at 20° C
- Stop: ILFORD ILFO STOP
- Fixer: ILFORD RAPID FIXER
- Lightmeter: Gossen Lunasix 3 reading the incident light.
- Lightning: Ambient light only

- Scanner: EPSON V700 and EPSON Scan 3.81
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

[jcoldslabs]

A photo of my wife taken in the back yard a couple of months ago before it got too cold to sit outside wrapped only in a sheet.

Kodak 2D with 5x7 back, 21 1/4" Copying Ektanon @ f/11, 5x7 Gevaert Ultra Panchro (expired 1944).




Jonathan

[ImSoNegative]

opus in b&w
play it as you wish,
surréaliste ?
welcome to lff portraits symphony 2013,

very creative

[John Conway]

I like it. Nice work. That old expired film has a quality all it's own.

[jcoldslabs]

I like it. Nice work. That old expired film has a quality all it's own.

Thanks. I am enjoying the old film for that reason. It gives a sort of 'alt process' look right out of the box.

Jonathan

[John Conway]

Thanks. I am enjoying the old film for that reason. It gives a sort of 'alt process' look right out of the box.

Jonathan

Yes.... that is a great way to describe it, alt process right out of the box. I have a bunch of old polaroid 4x5 b&w in unopened boxes, some as old as the early 1970's that has a very unique look that I like.

[Vincepad]

I'd love to hear thoughts!

[searover]

I'd love to hear thoughts!

Vince,
I love it, what lens gave you that oof result? It's wonderful, could you have stopped down to sharpen those arms a bit? Not that it's needed, just wondering...

Sergei,
Now that's Retro, and a good use of your Dorf.


John