What did you compose at Waters Edge?

[jnantz]

self coated dry plate
graflex D
caffenol
sun print/kodak FB
caffenol
colors not added by me
they are in the print ..

[jnantz]

Mary's Creek
7 second impression
black and white photo paper (kodak polymax fiber SW )
developed in room light with Sumatra based Caffenol

[Franswa]

Lost Creek - nice, tranquil greenbelt in town. Delta 100 - my first time shooting with it and it is fantastic!

[Ulophot]

Bein fait, Franswa. Yes, Delta can be stunning.

[FrancisR]

Nice one Franswa !

[Franswa]

Thank you, Philip and Francis!

[Daniel Unkefer]

Rocky Mountain National Park Waterfall 1992 by Nokton48, on Flickr

I remember it was a bit of a balancing act. 4x5 Sinar Norma, 90mm F8 Norma Super Angulon, HP5 (not +) D76 1:1 dev, Yellow filter. 8x10 fiber print on silk surface paper (what I had a lot of back then) Dektol developer. Omega DII with Omegalite, 180mm black Rodagon

[paulbarden]

The North Beach trees.

Photographed on Ilford HP5+, exposed at 250 ASA, film developed in PMK (Pyro) for 12 minutes (1:2:100 at 21C).
Exposure was 50 seconds at f32.

Camera: 8x10 Intrepid with the 300 Industar-37 lens (barrel, no shutter)

[Franswa]

The North Beach trees.

Photographed on Ilford HP5+, exposed at 250 ASA, film developed in PMK (Pyro) for 12 minutes (1:2:100 at 21C).
Exposure was 50 seconds at f32.

Camera: 8x10 Intrepid with the 300 Industar-37 lens (barrel, no shutter)

A really lovely shot, Paul. What is your technique for the "shutter" on barrel lenses?

[paulbarden]

A really lovely shot, Paul. What is your technique for the "shutter" on barrel lenses?

Thank you Franswa. (François?)
Well, the truth is that I use my non-shuttered lenses only when the conditions allow for ease of use. Meaning, they are best used in low light conditions where I can make looong exposures (more than 5 seconds) and that allows me to just pull the lens cap off, count to X and pop it back on. In this case, the exposure was 50 seconds, so it was dead easy to make an exposure that way. The f4.5 Industar-37 lens is a USSR-made Tessar design, and I believe mine was made by KMZ (Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant). These are very inexpensive lenses (approximately $150 USD for a good copy) and surprisingly capable — very sharp and good contrast. I once compared it with my 300mm f4.5 Ektar and the Industar-37 was only very slightly prone to flare, but otherwise performed similarly.
I do have a large Packard shutter I can use on some of the lenses if I really need to, but I tend to avoid using shutterless lenses in bright light because it gets tricky.