Your favourite photo(s) you took with a TLR

This photo is nothing extraordinary, but it has a special meaning to me. It is a picture of my piano teacher on one of the last lesson I had with him before finishing my music interpretation PhD. He is a great musician, probably one of the top 10 piano teachers in America, and a great human being.

Rolleicord V, HP5+ in Xtol (1+1)

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This was taken while testing a recently acquired Rolleiflex 3.5E3

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Rolleiflex 3.5E3
Schneider Kreuznach Xenotar 75/3.5
Kodak Portra 400NC​
 
Dan,

It is to bad you do not approve. My adjustments are minimal. The streaks are due the hard water where I live. I even mentioned it in original post. I am now coming to grips with it using photoflo. I ain't no pro just a seasoned amateur who likes to take photos and post. My attention is drawn to other things. I constantly have a 2-year and 4-year old hanging off my neck begging for attention. I think giving them attention is more important than giving attention to my scans.

Mike
 
Maiku said:
Dan,

It is to bad you do not approve. My adjustments are minimal. The streaks are due the hard water where I live. I even mentioned it in original post. I am now coming to grips with it using photoflo. I ain't no pro just a seasoned amateur who likes to take photos and post. My attention is drawn to other things. I constantly have a 2-year and 4-year old hanging off my neck begging for attention. I think giving them attention is more important than giving attention to my scans.

Mike
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"I ain't no pro" Did you really write that? :)

Mike, I'm only pointing out the obvious. Everyone has obligations -- children -- work -- etc -- if one knows the presentation is flawed, then fix it. Many people use distilled water for their Photo-flo solution. To me, the streaks look more like uneven development, and a scanning issue on the right side -- almost identical in all photos. Either way, if one carries the ball to the 5-yard line, why not make the extra effort to carry the ball the remaining 5-yards and score a touchdown?

Lavioloette's photo of the piano teacher above has zero technical issues -- excellent contrast and no dust spots. As such, it is easier to appreciate the photo. I'm not a fan of white borders on forum posts -- I find them distracting -- but that's just me.
 
Maiku said:
I do not invert the film. I find inversion to harsh. I use a Paterson reel. I spin my film. I gently spin the film for 30 seconds every minute until last 2-minutes then let stand.
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"Spinning" agitation with the twirly stick is inadvisable. Google "bromide drag" to learn why.

At least some of the unpleasant streaking in these photos could be attributable to such technique.
 
Laviolette said:
This photo is nothing extraordinary, but it has a special meaning to me. It is a picture of my piano teacher on one of the last lesson I had with him before finishing my music interpretation PhD. He is a great musician, probably one of the top 10 piano teachers in America, and a great human being.

Rolleicord V, HP5+ in Xtol (1+1)

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great photo.
 
Vitaly,

I never have found this. Until I moved Canada from Japan I never encountered streaks in my film. Where I now live has hard water. I attribute the streaks to the hard water and not using photo-flo before.

Dan,

The knife that you dug in was saying that I post photos to get members to write something complementary about my photos and my photos are not properly exposed. I get about 2-hours a week to myself week to take photos. I sneak away from family on Saturday mornings (6AM to 8AM) to snap some photos. The rest of my life is working, trying to find a new job, studying at night, and trying make time for my family. Those two-hours are my free time to escape and see the world. I like to share what see through my camera.

As for exposure.... exposure is what I think is correct. There is no correct exposure.


Colton, I love the colors your produce whether with you Bronica or Rolliflex.

Mike
 
The negatives may be properly exposed, but the images made from the scans are overexposed -- too light. There's no knife -- you yourself stated you like to post photos :) People who view photos are not concerned with the difficulties the photographer had in life or in making the photos, all they have is what's in front of them. I am sympathetic -- but that is separate from the end product - the photo. I like your compositions -- but the streaks and scan adjustments/presentation are hurting the final result. And it's 3 or more photos in a single post that all have the same issue. So for a viewer, at least for me, it's a lot. I hope you solve the streaking issue.
 
Just traded my 500c/m kit for a full Mamiya c2 kit. Friends say I'm crazy for it but I couldn't be happier. The Hasselblad was easily one of the best cameras I've ever come across but we just never became friends.
 

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Great images, Colton. I especially like your rendering of the falls.

Midwinter, I can relate to your move to the Mamiya TLR.
A cousin borrowed my C330f and it was damaged in an accident. He traded me his RB67, which is a camera that has always fascinated me. Even so, I never bonded with the RB67, missing the vibrationless simplicity of the TLR. (I think Mamiya did a brilliant job in the design of their TLR system.) I'm happy to have the C330f back, with damaged parts replaced.

- Murray
 
NY_Dan said:
The negatives may be properly exposed, but the images made from the scans are overexposed -- too light. There's no knife -- you yourself stated you like to post photos :) People who view photos are not concerned with the difficulties the photographer had in life or in making the photos, all they have is what's in front of them. I am sympathetic -- but that is separate from the end product - the photo. I like your compositions -- but the streaks and scan adjustments/presentation are hurting the final result. And it's 3 or more photos in a single post that all have the same issue. So for a viewer, at least for me, it's a lot. I hope you solve the streaking issue.
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Hi Dan,
I have seen your work here on RFF and it is exceptional. However, I have to disagree with your argument here that if the images have faults in them, they shouldn't be posted for critique or review. If I post my best image here I am sure you are going to find faults with it (and that's ok), but that should not discourage me from posting more images. I think a forum is a perfect place for posting bad images (I think Mike's photos are very good from compositional standpoint) and getting an honest critique, where else would you learn how to be better? As far as commitment and time to spend for photography, we all are different and I would rather post an imperfect image and learn from it from other members than sit on it for months (or sometimes years) to make it acceptable for posting.
Thanks.
 
DanP -- 1) The thread is titled "favorite photos" -- not by me but by OP I would think one's favorites wouldn't all have streaks, scanning issues, and dust. Images with these issues would make more sense posted on a different thread. I'm not really arguing, just making a few obvious observations.

2) I'm not a moderator, I just wrote an opinion. And I waited until many posts with streaked photos were made. Seems obvious. Some people don't bother removing numerous dust spots before posting images -- I don't get it. If they don't care more why should the viewer?

3) If it takes you "months (or sometimes years)" to remove dust spots or choose an image that isn't badly streaked, then I'm at a loss of what to say -- clearly this indicates one's priorities. What sort of comment should one expect?

Anyone of course can post images with any technical issues to any thread -- but if they do, then they shouldn't be surprised, especially when they can easily guess what the comments might be. "Oh I knew some fussy person was going to post about those streaks and dust -- so many meanies!" :)

Forgot to mention -- pointing out that multiple images in multiple posts have lots of development marks, and that this reminds me of photos with lots of dust -- is not a critique - a critique is subjective, whereas streaks and dust is merely factual.
 
When posting in this thread I think it is just to post a photo(s). I could careless about a critique. I just want to post. If you want to critique go the gallery and post your opinion there about the photo. I look photos in this thread and any other similiar thread not thinking to critique, but just to look to see what others have seen and seen fit to photograph. I am more interested in what others see than the technical merits of the photos.
 
This is made from 3 separate exposures taken with my Rolleiflex 3.5F and a Rolleiflex pano head.

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Rolleiflex 3.5F (Type 1)
Schneider Kreuznach Xenotar 75/3.5
Fujichrome Velvia RVP
Epson V500​
 
Swift1 -- Kudos to using the pano head with such good result. I got a pano head 4 years ago, and totally forgot I had it -- never used it. Maybe I will try it out in NYC.

Here's a shot I took at the Harlem Street Fair on 135th Street, NYC on 8/17/2014.

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