Pictorial photography

Taken late in the day using only the natural light through the window.

Pentax MX (1976-85) with the Pentax F series 85mm f/2.8 SOFT lens.

Ilford Ortho+ developed in home brewed Crawley's FX-37, 1:5, 6 minutes at 71F in a JOBO.

I'm a long-time champion of Adox FX-39 and have wondered for years whether the earlier FX-37 would compare. It does but produces more acute (and therefore noticable) grain. And when used 1:5, as Crawley noted, it boosts the effective film speed. Using my eye rather than a densitometer, I'd guess the gain is as much as +1/2 stop, making an ISO 80 film a bit more versatile.

Digitized on a copy stand and light table. If I can avoid the plustek scanner, I shall!

View On Black

Pentax K-5 + Pentax 67soft 120mm F3.5

Taken with my other Russian Monocle/Monolens (26mm), which is very different from the 50mm.

Love how it rendered this scene, but I only had a few seconds before people walked in and ruined it, so I didn't have time to get the exposure right and burnt out the light from the window.

Best to try and embrace the imperfections. :-)

Trondheim, Norway.

Processed with MOLDIV

dancing the tide

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For Crazy Tuesday

theme: Orange

Inspired by

www.flickr.com/photos/nataliefrench/4989556495/in/set-721...

and

www.flickr.com/photos/debster0209/5119592576/

If you have a chance to visit their photostreams I highly suggest to do so! Thanks to the both of you in advance - always a fan.

I bought this lantern a couple of years ago, but now I'm actually making some use of it. :)

Dew-laden organic and web threads with that early morning blurred vision feeling

Processed in Darktable and LR Mobile

Ice fishing Lake Simcoe, Barrie Ontario

family photo

View On Black

L oo K in L

eucalyptus trees shed their bark during the summer creating swathes of bark cascade

Pentax k-1+ Pentax 67soft 120mm F3.5

A soft focus for a spiky plant.

Another from my light box session

Glen Sannox at a shipyard in Port Glasgow, Scotland. Taken on 03 December 2021.

Scan of paper negative using Ilford PQ developer, Ilford MG RC film 8x10.

Equipment: Deardorff V8 8x10 ; Wollensak Verito 8 3/4" lens

HMM- “holiday lights” is the theme for 12/21 on Macro Mondays, so here’s an abstract possibility.

to lose your focus.

Soft focus filter.

This is a side channel of the Llano River.

Llano County, Texas

morning after the fire

Helios 44m

Song by Amorphis