Guest imported_stefan_r Posted July 8, 2006 Share #1 Posted July 8, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica MP, 35mm/2asph, scan from print, agfa mcc111, kodak trix 400 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 Hi Guest imported_stefan_r, Take a look here a portrait. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stuny Posted July 8, 2006 Share #2 Posted July 8, 2006 Stefan - The directness of this strong and almost startling protrait is hypnotic. And of course, all the technical aspects are first rate. There is no doubt that you used your normal method -- engage the subject before shooting. Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted July 8, 2006 Share #3 Posted July 8, 2006 Stefan, the unusual composition works very well here. The cental line formed by the angle of the wall, the broken symmetry of the air vent and the cigarette; it all works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted July 8, 2006 Share #4 Posted July 8, 2006 Stuart, old friend, you think it is startling? I was chuckling! "How dare you enter my space with that funny-looking Lack-a!", he says! Does not look like the kind of guy you go share a pedicure with! Great picture, again, Stefan. You mention this is scanned from a print, rather than neg or slide. Can you tell me more about the method and hardware involved? Thanks. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackart Posted July 8, 2006 Share #5 Posted July 8, 2006 Pretty strong stuff -jaak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gverdon Posted July 8, 2006 Share #6 Posted July 8, 2006 The central line and the right window strong and poetic at the same time: it goes very well with the contrastive feelings the man is expressing. Beautiful. Gérald Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest user10847 Posted July 8, 2006 Share #7 Posted July 8, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Stefan, your prints always look very sharp. I'm also interested in the hardware, maybe I have to buy a better lens... I don't know Christian personally. For me your composition suggests he is a guy who has two hearts in his breast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted July 8, 2006 Share #8 Posted July 8, 2006 This is a very strong portrait which leaves a viewer feeling slightly uneasy. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted July 8, 2006 Share #9 Posted July 8, 2006 It works very well with the crop and the wall. It actually works better - makes a more interesting portrait - than if it was only the face. Besides the sharpness and contrast, the feeling that 'he looks down at you but up' is interesting. The 35mm is a really intersting lens in many ways. This is one more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham_mitchell Posted July 8, 2006 Share #10 Posted July 8, 2006 I love the tones and detail on the face. Lots of character there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbesz Posted July 9, 2006 Share #11 Posted July 9, 2006 Most interesting shot with character, although the corner brick wall appears to bi-sect the head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_stefan_r Posted July 9, 2006 Share #12 Posted July 9, 2006 Allan, Dirk, I searched the print, the print is sharp, the image here is a little too sharp, I used too much usm. you also can see it at his hair, the hair just starts up building "steps" from usm. tones and contrast are the same then in the print. I try to present my work like I would do it in my exhibitions, all pictures are framed in museums glass, this wonderful glass reinforces contrast and sharpness (not so much like in the one above ;-), every pictures has a spot, so the picture is radiating. scanning prints is much better than scanning negatives, the tones/textures from a scanned print are more dense. but my first reason is: I want to hold my pictures in my hand, I want to touch them, "feel" them. I print all the good ones on fiberpaper 18x24cm, only a little part is shown on the net. I scan them "RAW" with Silverscan & Epson Perfection 3200, with 300DPI and 20cm wide, I clean them from dust, then I save the big file on a extern hard drive. sometimes magazines ask for pictures, when this is the case I only have to take them from the hard drive, I am not in stress to find the print and scan again. for the net I take the big file and reduce it to the size I show here. since I scan in "RAW" I have to adjust tonal range and give a little sharpness with usm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest user10847 Posted July 9, 2006 Share #13 Posted July 9, 2006 Thanks, Stefan. I Remeber your prints IRL, they look really great. I'm quite a beginner, did roundabout 50 prints. So my question was more about your darkroom equipment, especially the lens. If I remember right, the thing you had there didn't look like a condensor. I've got a Focomat 1c, no multigrade, but still yours are sharper, which should not be ;-) So, what's your trick? Regards, Dirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_stefan_r Posted July 9, 2006 Share #14 Posted July 9, 2006 Dirk, maybe I was lucky since the first day ive started printing, I got my dunco 67II with "difusor" as present, Loeliger said the other day " these black tones and "der schmelz" from your prints must come from the enlager or the leica lens, I dont have these strong black tones" I use a rodenstock rodagon apo 50mm/2,8 regards Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael h Posted July 9, 2006 Share #15 Posted July 9, 2006 Dirk. Ich benutze auch das Apo objektiv. Als ich den ersten print damit gemacht habe konnte ich das kaum glauben. Ein wirklich deutlicher Unterschied. Kann das leider nicht zeigen habe nur einen Diascanner dirk you have to use this apo staff. Its a big difference Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron110n Posted July 9, 2006 Share #16 Posted July 9, 2006 Sehr scharf, Ich mag es! Gute Arbeit Stefan! Grüße -Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest user10847 Posted July 9, 2006 Share #17 Posted July 9, 2006 Ok. I've got an old Elmar. Must be the lens. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_dufour Posted July 9, 2006 Share #18 Posted July 9, 2006 I couldn't add much more to the wroten above. Impressive face, impressive picture. A+ Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd K Posted July 9, 2006 Share #19 Posted July 9, 2006 Warum dieses Bild aus dem alten Forum noch einmal hier? LG Gerd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_stefan_r Posted July 10, 2006 Share #20 Posted July 10, 2006 Warum dieses Bild aus dem alten Forum noch einmal hier? gracias a todos. warum diese frage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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