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MAMIYA PRESS SUPER23, sekor 100, avifot 400 as 200, exposed October 2021


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MAMIYA PRESS SUPER23, sekor 100, avifot 400 as 200, exposed 2021

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MAMIYA PRESS SUPER23, sekor 65, avifot 400 as 200, red filter 4x, exposed October 2021
 
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oldhaven said:
Kiev 2A, Sonnar 50/2 collapsible, Woods and waters 250

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For the first time while watching, I became interested - how is this done? This blurring of the highlights is very, very appropriate here.
wonderful shot!
If this is the merit of the lens, it must be protected!
If this is the merit of a photographer, the photographer must be doubly protected!
I'm sure this is a great option for hanging a picture on the wall.
 
Well, this thought came to me - why do we take pictures?
What is the future of these photographs?
At least in the long term?
What does everyone think about this?
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Brambling: Thank you for your kind words. It is certainly not the photographer. I never know what I will get back from the lab. I think I got lucky with the spill of light down the ridge through the trees. I took this with a Kiev 2A that was CLA'd by Oleg a couple of years before I bought it. It is the best of my Kievs. The lens is CZJ collapsible Sonnar 2399351 bought recently from Ukraine and is not perfect by any means, with cleaning marks and scratches. This was its test roll. The film is called Woods and Waters 250 and is a cinema film repackaged by my local lab here in Bath Maine, Northeast Photographic. I am quite pleased with them and the lab is only a 5 minute back roads drive away from me. They seem to be having success online too. I shot it and had it processed at 400 rather than 250, and that may account for the highlight glow (though some might call it blown highlights). It is a very grainy film to begin with and if you zoom in on the jpg here you can see it is quite coarse, though this is hidden by the busyness of the background. Here a couple of shots right out of camera and scanner that show the same highlight emphasis.

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As for your next question, I am not sure what will become in the long term of the pictures I have taken over my 76 years. They are not worth much to anyone but me and people I know. I think I may soon put some of the ones I like best and those that tell a story about me and my wife on thumb drives and send them to my relatives, since the photos and slide scans will not likely survive longer than the hard drives they are stored on. There is some family historical value there. The best result for me now is that I can look back at them and it helps to put my life in perspective.
 
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I like this effect a lot. It may be a combination of the cinema film and the less-than-perfect lens. I would treasure that lens if it's responsible. Anyone can buy an optically perfect lens these days but it's a lucky man who owns a magic art-maker.
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Even luckier is someone who is a magic art-maker, regardless of the lens!
 
oldhaven said:
As for your next question, I am not sure what will become in the long term of the pictures I have taken over my 76 years. They are not worth much to anyone but me and people I know. I think I may soon put some of the ones I like best and those that tell a story about me and my wife on thumb drives and send them to my relatives, since the photos and slide scans will not likely survive longer than the hard drives they are stored on. There is some family historical value there. The best result for me now is that I can look back at them and it helps to put my life in perspective.
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I'm 54 and a little sick) and envy your years) - my dad would be that old now.
But I'm glad I caught the last wagon of classic photography.
And I'm also glad to have gotten to know many fine images (and people photographers)) on this site.
Yes, of course, the whole array of data, photos, scans and such will disappear into the turbulent waters of time.
What I meant was that always when shooting I planned on the wall, not in a monitor, not on my phone, not in a magazine. A brick wall is my ideal).
Let it be at home or with friends, not in a gallery or museum, but on the wall - and this is a different approach and attitude, I think.

I achieved a similar effect in the last century when printing photographs through a light diffuser - a green translucent nylon scarf - I spent a long time choosing diffusers - different materials, different colors - different number of layers - nylon, chiffon, glass with Vaseline).
 
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Brambling: these pictures are wonderful. I want to be there in the warm dawn sun launching a canoe. Worthy of a place on your wall for sure. I can see the same effect when zoomed in. Almost like black and white pointillism but the points are irregularly shaped. Do you think this may be a scanning effect, though you do mention printing? I came to this concentration on photography and different gear and cameras too late to get into equipping a darkroom. I have a few pictures I have had printed and framed and hung, but the house we built has a lot of windows so wall space is at a premium. I am looking out at the ridge in the first picture right now as the sun comes up. Nice to be able to see that, but my brain is a train that doesn’t make stops so taking a picture is the only way to catch that exact moment for further examination.
Be well,
Ron
 
Brambling said:
I'm 54 and a little sick) and envy your years) - my dad would be that old now.
But I'm glad I caught the last wagon of classic photography.
And I'm also glad to have gotten to know many fine images (and people photographers)) on this site.
Yes, of course, the whole array of data, photos, scans and such will disappear into the turbulent waters of time.
What I meant was that always when shooting I planned on the wall, not in a monitor, not on my phone, not in a magazine. A brick wall is my ideal).
Let it be at home or with friends, not in a gallery or museum, but on the wall - and this is a different approach and attitude, I think.

I achieved a similar effect in the last century when printing photographs through a light diffuser - a green translucent nylon scarf - I spent a long time choosing diffusers - different materials, different colors - different number of layers - nylon, chiffon, glass with Vaseline).
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My favorite diffuser was white nylon stockings. You could stretch it tight for slight diffusion or wad it up in shapes to modify the effect. My mother was a nurse and she wore white stockings for her work. I got her rejects.

I printed in the dark, I printed with an Epson. When the second Epson died, I began shooting for viewing online. I'm the same age as oldhaven and, unfortunately, almost all the relatives and friends I had who were interested in my pictures are now deceased. That happens as you get older. Since my only photo friends are here on RFF or Flickr, that is how I share my pictures.

The world is inundated with photographs today. I'm not sure what happens with all these photos. Mine are less than a mist flowing through with the river. If they touch someone, that's enough for me. Placing a memory in someone else's mind is as much as I can ever hope for.
 
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