I like film...(open thread)

[Wayne]

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I did, in truth, notice the cat after I took previous shot and began to move along. Here is my intended portrait.

 

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CL, 35 Summilux, Arista 400

 

 

[Doc Henry]

I commented on the sudden increase in instances of being examined by cats. The dogs, of course, are there as well...........but do not appear nearly as aloof......This fellow appears to be almost jealous. " I would like to come out for a stroll, as well."

 

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CL, 35 Summilux, Arista 400

 

A typical front american house , nice framing

May be you'll  need some light for color

Best

Henry

[Doc Henry]

1. I have been commenting on increase of encounters with cats.

2. Folks sometimes comment on not noticing  things until they process the photograph.

 

Upper left.

 

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I prefer this picture in color Wayne in comparison with the same in b&w posted above

Henry

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[Doc Henry]

I did, in truth, notice the cat after I took previous shot and began to move along. Here is my intended portrait.

 

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CL, 35 Summilux, Arista 400

 

Yes Wayne , many cats or dogs these times in this thread

That's spring

Henry

[Doc Henry]

For GaryB , the camera I prefer the most

 

 

Leica MP-50 Summilux Asph-Kodak TMAX400

 

Cherry blosson in front of our cathedral and in "contre-jour"

 

Difficult light condition but it's fine for the MP and his lighmeter

Both Kodak TMAX 100 and 400 are nice too IMO

 

 

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Best

Henry

 

Gary, sorry, it's a Summicron 35 Asph mounted on the MP

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[Wayne]

His better profile

 

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[Doc Henry]

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...and the Northbound Bangkok-Chiangmai passing through Lampang...

000009(2) by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

 

000007(2) by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

 

000005(1) by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

 

Eoin I recognize this train ,  took it many years ago to go to NongKhai and Laos !

Thanks for these nice color pctures

Best

Henry

[Doc Henry]

I did, in truth, notice the cat after I took previous shot and began to move along. Here is my intended portrait.

 

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CL, 35 Summilux, Arista 400

 

 

His better profile

 

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CL, 35 Summilux, Arista 400

 

Wayne , the last cat picture has a nicer framing 

Thanks

Henry

[Doc Henry]

Wild Mullein , it's like silk

 

For Gary , this picture is taken with the Leicaflex SL + extension tube and 135 Elmarit

+ tripod

 

Kodak TMAX400

 

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Uncropped

 

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Henry

[Doc Henry]

so Gary is absent ... I continue with this picture

 

Reflection

April 2017

 

Kodak Portra 160-Leicaflex SL-Summicron 50

 

 

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[gsgary]

Someone mentioned dogs i don't post many dog shots M4-2 + 35F2.5 color scopar, HP5 in Rodinal

 

Come and have a go if you think you are hard enough,  my 2 waiting for a big dog to have a go at

 

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[gsgary]

HP5 on a very wet and dull day, M4-2

 

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[gsgary]

Priory to castle Holy Island (Lindisfarne) M4P ' Orwo UN54, you can just see the castle to the left of the cross

 

[Doc Henry]

"Long life film"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuacneD8EUA

H.

[Doc Henry]

"Long life film"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuacneD8EUA

H.

 

"Film is not dead"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCkxJAX5JaM

[chrism]

More darkroom fun today, using an XP2 negative from August 2014. This was exposed at 200ASA and developed in Rodinal 1+100 semi-stand. This is the adjusted Nikon 9000 scan:

 

Amy by chrism229, on Flickr

 

It took me eight sheets of paper to get to my final print!   I'll describe the process if anyone is interested (I shan't bore you with scans of all eight prints!)

First I took measurements at f8 of lightest and darkest parts of the negative with the spotmeter of the RH Analyser Pro, which informed me I needed a 54 second exposure at grade 0 to show all tones between my two measurements. First print made, and it was flat and pale (the XP2 purple base tends to fool the Analyser into underestimating both contrast and exposure), but it gave me a starting point. I divided the time equally into half grade 0 and half grade 5, and the second print was made. This had some contrast, but the lighter areas had no detail - they needed more exposure. So I increased the grade 0 exposure to 40 seconds, but print number three still didn't have any detail on the whiteboard to the right. The fourth print was the same 40secs grade 0 and 30 secs grade 5, with a 10 second burn at grade 0 over the whiteboard, but it still wasn't enough. Print number five was the same basic exposures with 20 seconds burn on the whiteboard and 10 seconds burn on the face. I still wasn't happy with the lighter areas, so for number six I did burns of 20s on the whiteboard, 15 s on her face, 15s on her shoulder, then a general grade 0 exposure of 50s, followed by 30s general grade 5 exposure, including 7-8 s dodging on the dark middle shelf. Number seven increased the burns on face and shoulder to 20s, but I forgot to do the dodging in the grade 5 exposure. Grrr! This final print had:

Grade 0 - 30s burn on whiteboard, 20s burn on face, 20s burn on shoulder, 54s general exposure

Grade 5 - 30s, minus 10s dodging on left hand shelf

 

Scan of silver print 6 by chrism229, on Flickr

 

Scanning it with the V850 doesn't do it justice. There is more detail to be seen on the negative scan (see her eyes?) but some of that is lost on an inkjet print, so that evens out comparing an inkjet with the wet print. I think it's true that the lens that came with enlarger is rubbish so that might account for some of the lost detail (if you can be bothered, click on the link to the print on Flickr and click on the photo to see at 4096x3258 - there is more detail there than can be seen on this small JPG). The scan of the print looks rather plasticky here (after all, I scanned it, LR exported a JPG, Flickr ingested it, then processed it again to a smaller JPG to serve to this page), but with the print in my hand her face has a bit of a 3D depth with a pleasing glow to it. I'm beginning to see why people say the print is the thing, and it's frustrating that I can't share it.

 

Chris

[gsgary]

More darkroom fun today, using an XP2 negative from August 2014. This was exposed at 200ASA and developed in Rodinal 1+100 semi-stand. This is the adjusted Nikon 9000 scan:

 

Amy by chrism229, on Flickr

 

It took me eight sheets of paper to get to my final print!   I'll describe the process if anyone is interested (I shan't bore you with scans of all eight prints!)

First I took measurements at f8 of lightest and darkest parts of the negative with the spotmeter of the RH Analyser Pro, which informed me I needed a 54 second exposure at grade 0 to show all tones between my two measurements. First print made, and it was flat and pale (the XP2 purple base tends to fool the Analyser into underestimating both contrast and exposure), but it gave me a starting point. I divided the time equally into half grade 0 and half grade 5, and the second print was made. This had some contrast, but the lighter areas had no detail - they needed more exposure. So I increased the grade 0 exposure to 40 seconds, but print number three still didn't have any detail on the whiteboard to the right. The fourth print was the same 40secs grade 0 and 30 secs grade 5, with a 10 second burn at grade 0 over the whiteboard, but it still wasn't enough. Print number five was the same basic exposures with 20 seconds burn on the whiteboard and 10 seconds burn on the face. I still wasn't happy with the lighter areas, so for number six I did burns of 20s on the whiteboard, 15 s on her face, 15s on her shoulder, then a general grade 0 exposure of 50s, followed by 30s general grade 5 exposure, including 7-8 s dodging on the dark middle shelf. Number seven increased the burns on face and shoulder to 20s, but I forgot to do the dodging in the grade 5 exposure. Grrr! This final print had:

Grade 0 - 30s burn on whiteboard, 20s burn on face, 20s burn on shoulder, 54s general exposure

Grade 5 - 30s, minus 10s dodging on left hand shelf

 

Scan of silver print 6 by chrism229, on Flickr

 

Scanning it with the V850 doesn't do it justice. There is more detail to be seen on the negative scan (see her eyes?) but some of that is lost on an inkjet print, so that evens out comparing an inkjet with the wet print. I think it's true that the lens that came with enlarger is rubbish so that might account for some of the lost detail (if you can be bothered, click on the link to the print on Flickr and click on the photo to see at 4096x3258 - there is more detail there than can be seen on this small JPG). The scan of the print looks rather plasticky here (after all, I scanned it, LR exported a JPG, Flickr ingested it, then processed it again to a smaller JPG to serve to this page), but with the print in my hand her face has a bit of a 3D depth with a pleasing glow to it. I'm beginning to see why people say the print is the thing, and it's frustrating that I can't share it.

 

Chris

This may be helpful (i'm going to book one of his darkroom coarses) http://www.darkroomdave.com/tutorial/split-grade-printing/

[Doc Henry]

Chris , remind me grade number 0 is normal ? and grade 5 is hard ?

Normally when you have surexposed negative it's better you choose "soft" grade paper

and underexposed "hard" grade paper ?

Am I wrong ?

You print in ink jet ?  not with enlarger ?  may be I miss something

Henry

Edited April 9, 2017 by Doc Henry

[philipus]

Very, very nice portrait. Well done. Out of curiosity, which lens did you use?

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Philip

 

One of my favorite pictures. Captured a buddy on his trials motorcycle in deep concentration reading the next obstacle. Shot on the Leica M6TTL and Ilford HP5 film.

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[chrism]

Henry, grade 0 is lowest contrast, and 5 the highest. Grade 2 is considered 'normal'. I've been using the split-grade method where you use a grade 0 filter for highlight exposure and a grade 5 filter for shadow exposure - obviously with multigrade paper rather than with single-grade paper.

The inkjet print I referred to was from the scanned negative seen first in my post above, and yes, I am printing with an enlarger!

 

Two more from yesterday (M2, Lux 50, Pan F @25, Rodinal 1+50):

 

Fender by chrism229, on Flickr

 

Traps by chrism229, on Flickr

 

C.