post your trees!

[Erik Larsen]

I like the comp stonenyc, well done

[DennisD]

While packing up shooting the barns in the distance I looked back to see this image, re-unpacked everything, setup AGAIN and grabbed this...

Saw the first shot of the barns, but this is much better.
Pleasing composition. Good Job !

[Peter Lewin]

IIRC, another of Fred Picker's "rules" was "when you find a scene you want to photograph, always turn around to see if there is a better one behind you." I think you just discovered that rule on your own! (Maybe not better, but at least as good.)

[StoneNYC]

IIRC, another of Fred Picker's "rules" was "when you find a scene you want to photograph, always turn around to see if there is a better one behind you." I think you just discovered that rule on your own! (Maybe not better, but at least as good.)

Thanks, it's true! I've discovered the better image by turning around on more than one occasion

[DG 3313]

My first successful 4x5 image taken in my backyard.

Speed Graphic f32 1/30th Illford HP5+
Attachment 111644

Much better than my 1st successful 4x5 shot and I like the backyard.

[jcoldslabs]

Some long-expired film ages well, some does not.

Century Universal 8x10, R.D. Gray No. 8 Periscope, Dupont Defender X-F Pan (expired 1949).




Jonathan

[StoneNYC]

Some long-expired film ages well, some does not.

Century Universal 8x10, R.D. Gray No. 8 Periscope, Dupont Defender X-F Pan (expired 1949).




Jonathan

Why is it crinkled?

[jcoldslabs]

It has something to do with the acetate base that DuPont used for this film at the time. I've heard the degradation described as "vinegar syndrome". The base has shriveled and shrunk dragging the emulsion with it. Parts of the emulsion have also flaked off as you can see in the above image. Sometimes the results are neat, sometimes not so much. I probably won't shoot too many more sheets since I can't control or tell where the emulsion will lift off. I can deal with the texture and the wrinkles, but chunks of missing emulsion are not what I'm looking for.

Using this film makes me appreciate the expired Kodak and Gevaert films I've shot with from the same period (late 40s / early 50s). Other than fogging I've not had these issues with any film but the Defender line.

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Jonathan, I was looking into those Periscopes a couple days ago. Yours seems to be 21''? Or is it maybe the wide angle #8 which is 10''? In both cases the coverage is brutal (up to 20x24).
I really like the effect of the film btw. The flaking is extreme though.

[Christo.Stankulov]

Great!

Some long-expired film ages well, some does not.

Century Universal 8x10, R.D. Gray No. 8 Periscope, Dupont Defender X-F Pan (expired 1949).




Jonathan