Eastern Europe

[jbielikowski]

Part of abandoned PGR (state-owned farm, Sovkhoz in FSU), those grain elevators have all shades of rust, I must go back there with slide film.
Contax IIa, Sonnar 50/1.5, Adox CHS II 100.

does anybody ever tried correcting perspective under the enlarger? looks pretty simple from what I found on the internet...

 

[Doug]

does anybody ever tried correcting perspective under the enlarger? looks pretty simple from what I found on the internet...

Yes, it's possible by tilting the paper easel... but then that throws parts of the image out of focus. So, fortunately I had an enlarger that featured a tiltable film stage to allow proper focus. Beseler 23C

 

[p.giannakis]

Part of abandoned PGR (state-owned farm, Sovkhoz in FSU), those grain elevators have all shades of rust, I must go back there with slide film.

There are some PGR farms -abandoned now- close to the village where my wife grew up. I have been many times tempted to go and photograph them but always postponed it. I do have pictures somewhere though from old abandoned polish farms on the west of Poland. Finding and scanning them is my Saturday night project it seems 😎

 

[Dogman]

does anybody ever tried correcting perspective under the enlarger?

Back in "the day" I used a down and dirty solution. I would tilt the easel and use a big folded bandana under it at just the right height to hold it in position. I didn't have a tilting lens stage on my enlargers so I would just stop down to minimum aperture on the enlarging lens and it was usually good enough.

 

[jbielikowski]

Yes, it's possible by tilting the paper easel... but then that throws parts of the image out of focus. So, fortunately I had an enlarger that featured a tiltable film stage to allow proper focus. Beseler 23C

thank you Doug, I guess I'll just do it by trial and error, try to compensate by stopping down the lens.

There are some PGR farms -abandoned now- close to the village where my wife grew up. I have been many times tempted to go and photograph them but always postponed it. I do have pictures somewhere though from old abandoned polish farms on the west of Poland. Finding and scanning them is my Saturday night project it seems 😎

if you find one thats not vandalized you're in for a treat, as they will all vanish soon.

Back in "the day" I used a down and dirty solution. I would tilt the easel and use a big folded bandana under it at just the right height to hold it in position. I didn't have a tilting lens stage on my enlargers so I would just stop down to minimum aperture on the enlarging lens and it was usually good enough.

"good enough" sounds like a recommendation to me, thanks!

 

[p.giannakis]

Some photos from different farms on the western part of Poland.
Pictures taken between 2006 and 2009 with different cameras.

 

[jbielikowski]

Some photos from different farms on the western part of Poland.
Pictures taken between 2006 and 2009 with different cameras.

Saturday night scanning was productive I see, looking forward for more Pan!
Also I hereby grant you with a sack of potatoes, becuase I heard that's what they like most in the west 😉

 

[Out to Lunch]

Chisinau, Moldova. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/24-70.

 

[p.giannakis]

Saturday night scanning was productive I see, looking forward for more Pan!
Also I hereby grant you with a sack of potatoes, becuase I heard that's what they like most in the west 😉

Although there is quite a bit of debate as to whether Greece is East or West; I will take the sack of potatoes. It is always useful 😎

 

[p.giannakis]

Poland - April 2023
Ilford HP5 in HC110
Pentax ME / Pentax-m 35f2.8

 

[santino]

Although there is quite a bit of debate as to whether Greece is East or West; I will take the sack of potatoes. It is always useful 😎

Greece is the origin of „western“ democracy abd culture but lies in the east, let’s put it this way 😉😁

You certainly got shots from Greece, why not post them in this thread?

 

[p.giannakis]

Greece is the origin of „western“ democracy abd culture but lies in the east, let’s put it this way 😉😁

You certainly got shots from Greece, why not post them in this thread?

I don't have that many actually, I have posted some on the "Let's see some of the earliest photos you've made" thread and I wouldn't want to repeat them here. When I go to Greece to visit family, I don't usually bring a camera with me.

I will try to see if I have any lurking around. I'll post this one here.

Greece - August 2017
Nikon F801
Kodak TMax400 in HC110

 

[santino]

Poland, around 2018.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Entrance to a collective farm. Moldova. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/24-70.

 

[p.giannakis]

Entrance to a collective farm. Moldova. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/24-70.

I love those soviet-realism murals. Like seeing statues from Mesopotamia - a world long gone.

 

[p.giannakis]

Greece -August 2017
Nikon F-801 / Kodak TMax400

 

[Out to Lunch]

I love those soviet-realism murals. Like seeing statues from Mesopotamia - a world long gone.

I made this photo in 2007, and even then most of the basreliefs had disappeared. I think the local population was happy to see them gone.

 

[Karlovak]

Tallinn, Estonia

Shot these on various cameras and films.
Ilford FP4+, Cinestill Redrum, Cinestill 800T, Svema 64, Fuji 64T, Portra 400

 

[jbielikowski]

Although there is quite a bit of debate as to whether Greece is East or West; I will take the sack of potatoes. It is always useful 😎

I was thinking about western Poland, the famous "pyrlandia" 😉

Greece, as a part of Mediterrean Culture doesn't belong in Eastern Europe, it's too nice, too sunny... actually this gives me an idea for a new ongoing thread!

 

[p.giannakis]

Greece, August 2017
Kodak Tmax 400 in HC-110
Nikon F801