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New York City Easter Parade 2018
The NYC Easter Parade is a great opportunity to do portraits of fabulously dressed people in the street.
Earlier today, sporting a handheld 1930's Graflex RB large format camera and a bunch of film holders I enjoyed myself and made some new friends...
Here's some of the results, just out of the darkroom….
Happy Easter to all !!
Tintype, 4x5
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4-fach Belichtung mit Toyo Super 45 Grossformat-Kamera auf Ilford FP4-Rollfilm (Rollfilmhalter)
Quadruple exposure with a Toyo Super 45 large format camera on Ilford FP4 roll-film (with Toyo rollfilm-holder).
DECIDUOUS BEECH or Fagus (Nothofagus gunnii),
WEST COAST RANGE, TASMANIA
Autumn colour typically comes early to the Deciduous Beech of the West Coast Range compared to other parts of Tasmania. Exposed to the full force of the weather from the west, many of the plants grow prostrate and are wind pruned.
Relicts - Exploring the Flora of Gondwana
18 March - 15 November 2020
Cradle Mountain Wildness Gallery
www.wildernessgallery.com.au/relicts-exploring-the-flora-...
Toho FC-45x, Nikkor 90mm SW, Fujichrome Veliva RVP 50 4x5 quickload
24x30” Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
The Beast.
I was very short of ideas and time today and this evening energy so went for what was in front of me for todays image
🔴 Normal Service will be resumed shortly
Contact print from 8’x10’ Foma film
printed on Bergger cot 320 paper with salt paper process
Gold toned, beeswax and lavender coated
I thought that I'd post a wintertime shot of Yosemite Valley in honor of today being the first day of winter, and to say that I'm looking forward to more winter scenes like this for me to capture and share with all my flickr friends.
The shot looks great on black...go ahead and click on it and find out for yourself!
Camera: Toyo Field 45CF
Lens: Rodenstock 150mm f/5.6 Sironar-N MC w/Copal #0 Shutter
Exposure: 1/8 Second @f/32
Tripod: Benro A-169 w/B-0 Ball Head
Film: Fuji Velvia 50
Scanner: Epson V750-M Pro
This image is © Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large or flashy graphics in the comments.
The first 4x5 sheet film scan from the 4x5 Intrepid camera shot wide open at f4.5..finally got chance to develop the film!
Intrepid 4x5 Blog - mrleica.com/intrepid-4x5-camera-review-large-format-film/
I think for non head shots I will start stopping the lens down so more of the subject is in focus. I like sharp photos.
Intrepid 4x5 large format camera + Symmar-S 180mm f4.5 lens + 4x5 Fomapan 100 sheet film
Developing - 1:3 Xtol + 1:300 Rodinal, 11min at 23 degrees, Epson v800 scan
Polish model Aneta
Sydney, NSW, Australia.
January 2021.
Kodak Portra 400.
Developed Cinestill C41 kit.
Chroma Camera Carbon Adventurer 4x5 + Nikkor W 135/5.6 + DAYI roll film back.
It feels good to finally finish this piece. This is a collodion image shot in camera on black glass, an ambrotype that I just set into my hand fabricated sterling silver setting. I added 2 little sterling moons, a blue flash, semi precious labradorite stone to the bottom and a very sturdy textured sterling silver chain.
Green Intrepid 8x10 camera with a Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar 1:5,6 300mm. Prontor professional shutter.
An afternoon shot from Tunnel View on the second day of my trip. Over El Capitan you can see the storm clouds as they are starting to roll back in. This shot is about the only one that I got that afternoon where you can see much of Half Dome as the clouds seemed to hang over it all day long.
Camera: Toyo Field 45CF
Lens: Rodenstock 150mm f/5.6 Sironar-N MC w/Copal #0 Shutter
Exposure: 1/8 Second @f/64
Tripod: Benro A-169 w/B-0 Ball Head
Film: Kodak Ektachrome 100G Professional
Scanner: Epson V750-M Pro
This image is © Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large or flashy graphics in the comments.
X-Ray film neg. of a silo at Avonmouth, Bristol taken with 1910 Sanderson Full Plate camera. Digitised with Fuji XH2.
Scan from a contact print on Ilford MG warmtone paper at grade 1.
More often than not, I make two identical exposures of any scene I deem worthy, so that I get a second chance if processing goes wrong on the first negative.
In this case, the first one came out ok (way back when), so the duplicate was kept aside to be used for testing.
The negative that made this print was developed last week, more than two years after exposure, which speaks volumes for the stability of the latent image on exposed xray films (or at the very least on this particular film, Agfa CPG+).
18x24cm negative (double sided, green sensitive), developed in Ilford MG paper developer (1+50) in a Jobo 2830 drum for 8'min.
Some success now with the Agfa 100 X-Ray film (8.5x6.5") in my "New Countess" field camera - with its new bellows. (Camera made in late 1800s by London & Paris Optic & Clock Company). F22 1/30s using Thornton Pickard roller shutter. - Clevedon Pier North Somerset. Yellow and GND filters to keep the sky under control. Negative photographed with Canon G15 and inverted in Photoshop.
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Toyo 45CF. The reviews seem to be pretty firmly in two camps on this one... Cheap plastic with no rear movements on one hand to super lightweight, great for backpacking and good quality at a pretty low price on the other. I had a Shen Hao HZX IIA that I loved. Not sure why I sold it. Always worried about dings though. This one weighs under 3.5# and folds up into its protective clamshell case- like a Crown Graphic of old. Plastic? I'll call it carbon fiber. Seems pretty solid with smooth focusing and it locks down firmly. Hope to get it out this weekend. (This is actually a Toyo 45CF-L. The L indicating that it takes Linhof lens boards.)
Tulip season! Made using photographic paper as film in 1890 10x8 New Countess Field camera. F11 40s, ISO 3 - lens Dalmeyer Pentac f2.9.
Digitised and toned in Photoshop
View out the window, captured with my Travelwide 4x5, a Schneider Angulon 90mm ƒ/6.8 lens and my new 4x5 scanner digital back. The warping was created by moving the camera as it scanned the lens's image circle. Click here to see how I made the digital back: youtu.be/sbNW4IHiXxU
Excuse the strange crop, I expected the whole of her head to be in! (see below) (*v2 edit with smaller border)
If you follow me on Instagram you will know I have a new film camera.. I will write full details in a blog post but it is a UK made 4x5 wooden large format camera.
This was the first Intrepid 4x5 photoshoot so I shot 6 sheets of 4x5 film and then a roll of 6x7 in a roll film back. The film back was not a tight fit so I missed a few shots (and the crop was tighter than expected (I thought I had marked it exactly but no).
Intrepid 4x5 large format camera + Symmar-S 180mm f4.5 lens + Horseman 6x7 120 roll film back + 120 Fomapan 100 film
Developing - 1:3 Xtol + 1:300 Rodinal, 10min at 23 degrees, Epson v800 scan
Polish model Aneta
See my Instagram story for all the film cameras I was using :) www.instagram.com/mrleicacom/
In honor of the San Francisco Giants winning the National League Championship and playing in the World Series, many buildings in San Francisco including City Hall are illuminated in orange. A couple of photos previous in my photostream is a shot that I did with my Canon 40D. What you see here was done with my large format film camera.
If you look at the two images, you will see a difference between them. I shot this image with Fuji Velvia, which, other than Kodak Ektachrome VS (which stands for vivid saturation), is probably the slide film with the highest saturation on the market today. I actually had to decrease the saturation in this image to keep the oranges from being blown out. You will also notice a difference in how the two reproduce the light in the foreground coming from the street lights. The digital sensor gives the light a more pronounced green tint, while the film gives a more natural reproduction. The digital image has more detail in the shadows, which I helped bring out with the slip of a slider in photoshop, while the slide film has darker shadows and higher contrast than the digital. While the digital image is closer to what the eye sees and I can appreciate a well done HDR image, I actually prefer the feeling that the slide film evokes.
Also, there is no digital sensor out there that can touch the resolution that I get with large format film. I usually do not scan anything above 4,000dpi as the film grain is visible at the resolution. I've had to greatly reduce the image resolution of this shot as the 2,400dpi TIFF came in at 665Mb in size!
In the next day or two I'll scan and post one that I took with my medium format camera and Fuji Velvia 50, so check back!
It looks best on black, so go ahead and click on it!
Camera: Toyo Field 45CF
Lens: Fujinon 90mm f/8.0 SW w/Seiko #0 Shutter
Exposure: 25 Seconds @f/22
Tripod: Benro A-169 w/B-0 Ball Head
Film: Fuji Velvia 100
Scanner: Epson V750-M Pro
This image is (c) Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large or flashy graphics in the comments.
I met Carlo a few months ago as I was looking for some honey and I discovered this passionate beekeeper lived only half a mile from my home.
As we got to know each other over time, I found out that this amazing 84 years old was a true genius in building anything out of wood and metal in his well-equipped workshops.
I asked him to help me tame the biggest and heaviest lens I own, so that I could finally mount it onto a 4x5 camera and give it some use.
A few years ago I actually devised a way to mount this beastly lens, but I was never entirely satisfied with the results, as they lacked the solidity such a heavy piece of glass demands.
Carlo was able to quickly solder together a metal cone, permanently attached to a clone of a Plaubel lens board (which he cut and carved by hand !) where the heavy 12 Inch Aero Ektar f2.5lens would snugly fit.
The lens was to be further supported by a metal bracket that Carlo created, inspired by a plastic telescope lens bracket I had showed him earlier, but much, much sturdier than the original one.
Now came the shutter: we opted to drill a hole in a pine wooden board the size of the large packard shutter we were going to use (1/10th of a second maximum speed !!!).
To attach the “shutter board” to the lens Carlo hand-carved a slot of exactly the same diameter of the lens front element rim on the back. Once the rim slid into this groove, a couple of elastic bands were sufficient to stabilize and firmly attach the entire contraption to the camera body.
The heavy 12Inch Aero Ektar Lens can be a wonderful tool, giving you a very Shallow Depth Of Field and a Creamy Bokeh at a great Focal Length for portraiture (at 12 Inch FL this lens does cover 8x10 although I prefer using it on 4x5 and even 6x9, something I am able to do on the old Plaubel Supra camera by just changing the back).
It’s just that the lens is freakin’ big and heavy to mount anywhere but on a military aircraft!
Carlo was able to find a really good and elegant solution (in a retro-post-industrial style) that I truly love !!
My heartfelt THANK YOU to this wonderful, genial, inventor friend of mine!
During the fall and winter months Yosemite Falls can slow down to a barely visible trickle. However, once springtime hits and the snow starts to melt, Yosemite Falls hits it's stride. If you look at the granite wall and notice the dark area surrounding the water that is currently there, you will see just how large it is when going full force.
Camera: Toyo Field 45CF
Lens: Rodenstock 150mm f/5.6 Sironar-N MC w/Copal #0 Shutter
Exposure: 1/8 Second @f/64
Tripod: Benro A-169 w/B-0 Ball Head
Film: Kodak Ektachrome 100G Professional
Scanner: Epson V750-M Pro
This image is © Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large or flashy graphics in the comments.
I thought for a second of calling this shot, "This is Why I Shoot Chrome!" but opted not to as many of you would be wondering what the heck I'm talking about. Those of you old enough to have some grey in your hair as I do will know what I am talking about. Those of you that grew up shooting digital and calling film "Analogue" are probably scratching your head. Chrome is another term used for slide film...Ektachrome, Kodachrome (RIP), Fujichrome, etc. There is a certain quality of film, especially slide film, that digital just cannot match. The color and contrast and the subtle nuances of chrome just cannot be duplicated with a CMOS or CCD sensor or any software known to man. This shot is as straight out of the camera as one can get with film scanning. I made a slight exposure adjustment and added a bit of recovery slider to knock down the highlights. I also added a bit of sharpening as that is needed when scanning and has nothing to do with the amazing detail that one gets in shooting large format film. There was no color temperature adjustment, no saturation adjustment, no other adjustments were made as none were needed. My original scan was done at 2,400 dpi with 24 bit color and came in at 300Mb in size. From there, I downsized the image to get it acceptable to Flickr's file size limits, but that was all that was done.
For those of you wondering what the white spots are in the upper right corner of the frame, that is where the clip was holding the film during the dunk tank processing.
Camera: Toyo Field 45CF
Lens: Fujinon 90mm f/8.0 SW w/Seiko #0 Shutter
Exposure: 1/8 Second @f/64
Tripod: Benro A-169 w/B-0 Ball Head
Film: Kodak Ektachrome 100G Professional
Scanner: Epson V750-M Pro
This image is © Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large or flashy graphics in the comments.