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by Maris
18 Mar 2024, 11:34
Forum: People
Topic: Nude with Hat
Replies: 1
Views: 20

Nude with Hat

https://live.staticflickr.com/1521/25341867663_b6d39db13b_c.jpg Nude with Hat Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.5cm X 19.6cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Nagaoka double extension field view camera fitted with a Commercial Congo 360mm f6...
by Maris
08 Mar 2024, 14:25
Forum: Things
Topic: Sapling and Shadow, Soft Focus.
Replies: 3
Views: 1120

Re: Sapling and Shadow, Soft Focus.

Thank you Barry Kirsten and Mick Fagan for your encouraging comments. My soft focus lens is a 2.5 dioptre spectacle blank grafted onto the back of a Copal #3 shutter. The red filter takes out the blue rays that I can't focus well but the film is very sensitive to. Light subjects against dark backgro...
by Maris
01 Mar 2024, 11:43
Forum: Things
Topic: Sapling and Shadow, Soft Focus.
Replies: 3
Views: 1120

Sapling and Shadow, Soft Focus.

https://live.staticflickr.com/5163/5284902868_c14cc50845_b.jpg Sapling and Shadow, Soft Focus Gelatin-silver photograph on Fomabrom Variant 111 VC FB, image area 24.7cm X 19.6cm, from a Fomapan 200 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD 8x10 triple extension field view camera fitted with a 400mm f11...
by Maris
24 Feb 2024, 12:46
Forum: Things
Topic: My Push Bike
Replies: 2
Views: 1721

Re: My Push Bike

Aha, the fabulous Fujinon f6.3 250mm strikes again! It's the right lens for this subject. Photographing the Road Chief at the same image size with, say, a 135mm lens would render the front wheel much bigger than the rear wheel through forced perspective; an uncomplimentary distortion. Mick , I'm gla...
by Maris
19 Feb 2024, 14:43
Forum: People
Topic: Moonrise Watchers, Sunshine Beach.
Replies: 3
Views: 5686

Re: Moonrise Watchers, Sunshine Beach.

Thanks Barry Kirsten and Mick Fagan for your encouraging words. This moonrise was supposed to be easy and predictable. As usual I set up the day before official full moon so that there is still light in the sky and on the landscape. The online Ephemeris gives me the moon's azimuth so the camera is p...
by Maris
14 Feb 2024, 11:00
Forum: People
Topic: Moonrise Watchers, Sunshine Beach.
Replies: 3
Views: 5686

Moonrise Watchers, Sunshine Beach.

https://live.staticflickr.com/8026/7476876554_961d790d02_c.jpg Moonrise Watchers, Sunshine Beach Gelatin-silver photograph on Kodak Fine Art VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.5cm X 19.6cm, from an 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fit...
by Maris
01 Feb 2024, 13:06
Forum: Places
Topic: Deck View Kilcunda
Replies: 4
Views: 4104

Re: Deck View Kilcunda

I have to agree with RoganJosh about the composition. It evokes memories of Paul Strand's pictures at the Gaspé Peninsula; everything in a still and luminous equilibrium. But Mick , you have a "kicker". Look at that little wave half way up the left side that broke at exactly the right time...
by Maris
28 Jan 2024, 10:24
Forum: Places
Topic: Deep Forest, number 3
Replies: 2
Views: 2816

Re: Deep Forest, number 3

Thanks Mick for your kind words. I got lucky with picture sharpness on this one. The deep forest is breeze-less so minimal leaf movement, Efke IR820 has less focus shift than good ol' Kodak HIE, and the wide lens at f22 swallows lots of focus ambiguity. The Efke IR820 I still have is 11X14 so it's a...
by Maris
20 Jan 2024, 09:45
Forum: Places
Topic: Deep Forest, number 3
Replies: 2
Views: 2816

Deep Forest, number 3

https://live.staticflickr.com/8012/7539375960_f29d51cf69_b.jpg Deep Forest, number 3 Gelatin-silver photograph on Freestyle Private Reserve VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.5cm X 24.5cm, from an 8x10 Efke IR820 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted w...
by Maris
10 Jan 2024, 09:52
Forum: Things
Topic: Swamp Sedge, Alexandria Bay
Replies: 2
Views: 3476

Re: Swamp Sedge, Alexandria Bay

Thanks Mick for your kind words. I got that 21cm Heliar lens for free from Eric Owen the camera repair guy. The compound shutter was bad and the repair quote was high so the original owner (fool?) abandoned it; much to my gain. I cleaned the shutter and it now runs with repeatable but ludicrously in...

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