Anne and the M2

[Ronald_H]

As so many times before, I have been photographing my friend Anne this weekend. However, this time I used film exclusively. Mostly the M2. Hope you like 'em.

 

[totifoto]

These are good! Fantastic tones

What film and dev. did you use?

 

[DwF]

Ronald,

I like these! Nice the way she works with the space in each. My favorite is probably the 4th one. I like the contrast to OOF area and texture/light in the hair, the twist in torso adds some tension and her face engages too

Cheers,
David

 

[charjohncarter]

Lucky man a model with patiences and looks. I like your images, keep posting them.

 

[Bingley]

I like these! I agree w/ totifoto about the beautiful tones (the third one is really striking!). Compositions are very good, too.

 

[lubitel]

wonderful looking shots. what lens is this and what scanner?

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

heel mooi, ga zo door!
graag info over film en belichting

 

[Ronald_H]

Thanks guys!

1,2 and 4 were taken with the Summicron DR

3 is taken with the VC 25mm f4 Snapshot Skopar

5 is taken with the VC 35mm f1.7 Ultron

The indoor shots are taken with a tripod and a cable release. The last shot is a 3 second exposure.

Film was good 'ole Ilford FP4+ developed in Kodak HC-110, dil B. for 8 min.

It took quite a bit of digital dodging and burning to get them the way I like, and I tamed the grain a bit too. I'm quite pleased with the results, but the negs are quite dense, much denser than I'm used to with Diafine. Consequently I had to dial down the gain of my scanner (Nikon Coolscan V) a bit.

I have plenty more, and shot a bit of color too, those will be ready next week.

 

[ocean7]

Fantastic! They are all excellent and my favourite would be #4. Thanks a lot for sharing.

 

[steelydam]

I dig the wallpaper and architectural details too. Excellent location.

 

[LeicaTom]

Yes, I was going to say too......great wallpaper and nice location, cute gal, she makes for a interesting subject - she reminds me of 1970`s American actress Susan Saint James.....I`m sure folks here in the USA will remember the TV show "McMillan & Wife"

I like the Summicron pics the best, they have a 1970`s feel to them!

Tom

PS; Sounds like I have to break out my tripod and cable again soon too with my Leica`s......

 

[amateriat]

Awfully nice work. And I can't imagine her not liking these a lot.


- Barrett

 

[cmogi10]

I love these for so many reasons, the model's beautiful and the tonality/"printing" is great.

Very well done.

 

[Trius]

Overall I like these, but I do have two suggetions:

1. You noted the negs are quite dense. At 8 min in Dil. B, I think they're over-developed. Dil. H would probably have worked better, or something like XTol 1:1
2. She's a lovely young lady. I would love to see photos of her without the glasses!

 

[gavinlg]

She's a great model, really pretty and unique. I especially like the staircase shots.

 

[Nando]

Nice photographs. I like the boots.

 

[cmogi10]

Nice photographs. I like the boots.

Jeebus my mind is in the gutter. I had to read that one twice...

 

[ijohnnyz]

Sassy girl and pretty too. Love the smooth tonal transition. I like them all, but 3 and 4 really does it for me.

 

[oscroft]

Film was good 'ole Ilford FP4+ developed in Kodak HC-110, dil B. for 8 min.

That's about a minute longer than I give FP4 in HC-110 dil B (at 20C)

 

[Ronald_H]

That's about a minute longer than I give FP4 in HC-110 dil B (at 20C)

Ilford themselves give 9 minutes, Massive development chart gives 7-9 minutes.

I accidently gave FP4+ 6 min (recommended Delta 100 time) a while back, negs came out nice. So especially for scanning I think 7 minutes would be about right.

I don't know if it's me, but usually the recommended dev times for HC-110 I encountered so far are all a bit on the long side. It's not the M2, I see the same with my Nikons and FED5 as well. Maybe it's the difference between negs for wet printing (which I don't do yet) and scanning.