James L Pearson
Hume Castle and the Sheep
Kit: Graflex Speed Graphic 5x4 • Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 150mm f/5.6 • Fomapan 100
Exp: Exposed 1/2 sec • f/16 • 100 ISO
Dev: R09 ONE SHOT (Rodinal) • 1+50 • 8 mins • 20 degrees C • Scanned with Epson V700
I've uploaded this at 2048px and I recommend looking at this version so you don't have to put up with the horrible compression and sharpening that Flickr adds. :-(
The sun was setting rapidly, but I was keen to expose a few more sheets of film as I learn my way through large format photography. Unfortunately that meant that I didn't have time to make any movements other than a maximum front rise to get the composition I wanted without pointing the camera upwards.
Focussing was much easier now that I've got an excellent dark cloth, unfortunately I hit another snag - when it's cold (it was pretty cold) breathing on the loupe kept misting it up. That made focussing a real challenge. I discovered that it was better to use the dark cloth open (rather than a tunnel) in order to prevent too much of my warm breath gathering on the loupe and ground glass. Another lesson learned.
As I was ready to take the shot the lovely sun that was spilling over the castle and sheep has gone. :-(
I wanted to use a scene to test a cheap orange filter I have (from Jessops, many years ago). I wanted to see what effect it would have on this scene. So I exposed both sides of the film holder one with the filter and one without, whilst compensating with 1.3 stops of light for the filter factor. The result? Not much difference at all, in fact the frame with the filter is softer (cheap filter) and has vignetted the corners in the sky slightly. I don't think I'll bother again, unless I'm shooting with a blue sky perhaps.
Hume Castle and the Sheep
Kit: Graflex Speed Graphic 5x4 • Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 150mm f/5.6 • Fomapan 100
Exp: Exposed 1/2 sec • f/16 • 100 ISO
Dev: R09 ONE SHOT (Rodinal) • 1+50 • 8 mins • 20 degrees C • Scanned with Epson V700
I've uploaded this at 2048px and I recommend looking at this version so you don't have to put up with the horrible compression and sharpening that Flickr adds. :-(
The sun was setting rapidly, but I was keen to expose a few more sheets of film as I learn my way through large format photography. Unfortunately that meant that I didn't have time to make any movements other than a maximum front rise to get the composition I wanted without pointing the camera upwards.
Focussing was much easier now that I've got an excellent dark cloth, unfortunately I hit another snag - when it's cold (it was pretty cold) breathing on the loupe kept misting it up. That made focussing a real challenge. I discovered that it was better to use the dark cloth open (rather than a tunnel) in order to prevent too much of my warm breath gathering on the loupe and ground glass. Another lesson learned.
As I was ready to take the shot the lovely sun that was spilling over the castle and sheep has gone. :-(
I wanted to use a scene to test a cheap orange filter I have (from Jessops, many years ago). I wanted to see what effect it would have on this scene. So I exposed both sides of the film holder one with the filter and one without, whilst compensating with 1.3 stops of light for the filter factor. The result? Not much difference at all, in fact the frame with the filter is softer (cheap filter) and has vignetted the corners in the sky slightly. I don't think I'll bother again, unless I'm shooting with a blue sky perhaps.