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[Wayne]

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

 

I love the hoof marks in the turf. It makes me wonder what one of these magnificent beasts could do to a finely manicured putting green?.....I am not a golfer.

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[gsgary]

I love the hoof marks in the turf. It makes me wonder what one of these magnificent beasts could do to a finely manicured putting green?.....I am not a golfer.

One of them trod on my foot the other week, there was a few choice words good job i had some good boots on

[gsgary]

Kodalith Ortho, M4-2

 

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M6, Voigtlander 28mm f2 VM, Kodak Ektar 100

[gbealnz]

Wild Mullein , it's like silk

 

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

+ tripod

 

Kodak TMAX400

 

Your comment ?

 

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Uncropped

 

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Henry

Henry,

"absent", due to time difference, sleeping.

Beautiful would be my comment.

In my case, I don't have anything longer than the 50 Summicron R. (although I am considering  the 135 Elmarit, they are not overly expensive).

But the Elpro on the 50 Summicron works exceptionally well, so give that a go too.

Gary

 

 

[Bateleur]

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

 

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As a 'printer', Chris, I share your frustration in not being able to share the original print. Your progress though in making the eventual print makes for interesting reading and I admire your patience.

 

Regards

Charles

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[EoinC]

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

Thanks for these nice color pctures

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Henry

Hi, Henry. Nearly, but not quite. The train to Nong Khai is the North-Eastern, running up through the Isaan region. My wife and I spent our honeymoon in NK, many years ago.

This train is the Northern, running up through Lampang to Chiangmai.

I love the sleeper trains in Thailand, and used to regularly take the twinset of Sungai Golok / Bangkok, followed by Bangkok / Lampang on my way home from working in Terengganu, Malaysia.

[EoinC]

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

Thank you for the excellent reporting, Chris. I'm very pleased to see that you are managing to pull all the vision together into methodical steps. Inspiring!

[Wayne]

CL, 40mm Summicron C, Svema 400

 

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Long exposure with Portra 160, R6, 28mm Elmarit-R II, NDx10

 

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Apple blossom after dark.

 

CL, 40mm Summicron C, Svema 400 shot at ISO 1600.

 

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Killing last shot on roll as I left my favorite tap. Also Svema 400 shot at 1600

 

[sblitz]

a few shots, downstairs jazz venue at pizza express on dean st in soho .. 90mm elmarit m ilford hp5 leica m4 .... the drummer (sean rickman) and the sax player (steve coleman)

 

 

 

 

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and lisa conlon the new booking agent for the club

 

 

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Two from the vault. These were both taken the same day, 37 years ago, the first time I went to London. I headed down to Hyde Park on the first Sunday I was there and remember the wonderful day I spent like it was yesterday:

 

 

Firebrand!

Canon F1, FD 100mm f2.8 SC, Kodachrome 64

 

 

Attentive!

Canon F1, FD 100mm f2.8 SC, Kodachrome 64

 

Phil,

 

I photographed this very same man at Speakers Corner in 1984 when I first landed in London! I was staying at a Backpackers of sorts in nearby Paddington and rushed to Hyde Park with my newly acquired (tax free!) Pentax ME Super. He was a philosopher of sorts who attracted large crowds and had us enthralled and laughing the whole time he stood on his milk crate.

 

I'll have a rummage for mine.

 

Hartmut from (H)essen

[Doc Henry]

Henry,

"absent", due to time difference, sleeping.

Beautiful would be my comment.

In my case, I don't have anything longer than the 50 Summicron R. (although I am considering  the 135 Elmarit, they are not overly expensive).

But the Elpro on the 50 Summicron works exceptionally well, so give that a go too.

Gary

 

Gary thanks for your advice.

The extension tube permits easier focus for macro.

...but I'll try the Elpro to see the difference

 

Kodak Portra 400

Scan Epson V700+ ANR Glass -SL-ET and 135 Elmarit-tripod

and a little patience because of the wind

 

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Henry

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[Doc Henry]

and lisa conlon the new booking agent for the club

 

Very well done Steve

Thanks for posting

H

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[Doc Henry]

Long exposure with Portra 160, R6, 28mm Elmarit-R II, NDx10

 

 

Cooge very nice and original presentation

Superb color

Henry 

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[Doc Henry]

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

 

 

It's nice Gary . Glad see the great family picture back

Thanks Gary

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Henry

[Doc Henry]

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.

 

Chris thanks for your reply.

 

The reason I forget is :  I use now multigrade silver paper Ilford

when I enlarge with the Focomat. Before I had 3 types of texture paper 

Normally Grade 0 for lower contrast is used when negative is over-exposed

is't right ? . I wish to have a nice print like you.

Good work Chris

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Henry

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Phil,

 

I photographed this very same man at Speakers Corner in 1984 when I first landed in London! I was staying at a Backpackers of sorts in nearby Paddington and rushed to Hyde Park with my newly acquired (tax free!) Pentax ME Super. He was a philosopher of sorts who attracted large crowds and had us enthralled and laughing the whole time he stood on his milk crate.

 

I'll have a rummage for mine.

 

Hartmut from (H)essen

Hey Hartmut!

 

It was such a pleasure for Sue and I to meet you and speak with you on Saturday! It was such a nice thing to feel so welcomed by such great people, and to share such a nice meal at Rococo. And now we have quite this coincidence of photographing the same man on our first few days in London in the '80s! I was staying in a backpackers on Cromwell Road in Bayswater I think. Please shift heaven and earth in an effort to find your pictures from then - I'd love to see them and I'm certain they'll be of interest to everyone who frequents this wonderful thread. I'll see, too, if I can track down some more.