Eastern Europe

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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...
 
jbielikowski said:
does anybody ever tried correcting perspective under the enlarger? looks pretty simple from what I found on the internet...
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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
 
jbielikowski said:
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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.
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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 :cool:
 
jbielikowski said:
does anybody ever tried correcting perspective under the enlarger?
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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.
 
Doug said:
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
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thank you Doug, I guess I'll just do it by trial and error, try to compensate by stopping down the lens.

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

Dogman said:
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.
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"good enough" sounds like a recommendation to me, thanks!
 
p.giannakis said:
Some photos from different farms on the western part of Poland.
Pictures taken between 2006 and 2009 with different cameras.
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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 ;)

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jbielikowski said:
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 ;)

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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 :cool:
 
p.giannakis said:
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 :cool:
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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?
 
santino said:
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?
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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
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p.giannakis said:
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 :cool:
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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!
 
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