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the scans from the last shots (to date) from Pennsylvania's coal country are in. I need to make more time to get back up there. Although, as you may see in the near future, aspects of PA's history with coal are ubiquitous throughout our region, not necessarily specific only to the mining towns. To this day, many folks still heat with coal.

 

Orthodox Church, Frackville PA

Hasselblad 500cm

80mm Planar lens

I believe this was shot on HP5 (but may be wrong)

 

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Postcards from Australia

Saw this thread on passing and thought I would liven things up a bit with scenes from a far away, but still well-known place — Downunder!

 

Evening light over Devil's Marbles/Karlu Karlu

Northern Territory, Australia

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Homemade 6x17 pano camera with 90mm Komuranon and Fuji Provia 100F, scanned on Heidelberg Tango, RA-4 hybridised print.

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Evening twilight at the Taoist Tree (I -- early Spring),

Lake Bonney Riverland, South Australia

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Pentax 67 + 90mm on Velvia 50 (EI40),

multispot duplex metered. Cropped 6x6, scanned on Heidelberg Tango. RA-4 hybridised print.

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Evening twilight at the Taoist Tree (II -- 1 year later, late Spring),

Lake Bonney Riverland, South Australia

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Pentax 67 + 90mm on Velvia 50 (EI40),

multispot duplex metered. Cropped 6x6, scanned on Heidelberg Tango. RA-4 hybridised print.

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Twilight reflections of drowned river redgums,

Lake Bonney Riverland, South Australia

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Pentax 67 + 55mm on Velvia 50, scanned on Heidelberg Tango. RA-4 hybridised print.

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Garyh | AUS

Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1

Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977.

Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans

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Wow man those are lovely indeed! Thanks and please do post more photos for us.

 

Meanwhile I have some more shots from Coney Island- not QUITE as exotic as the above shots, but hey.

 

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from the Hasselblad 500cm and 80mm Planar lens on Fuji Provia 100f film. I love this film- GOT to get some more, what a scream it is.

 

I got my negatives and transparencies back today. I kinda thought the Provia would be in more like a "slide" format- cardboard encased. Not sure why I thought that but it came in as plain. Got 4 or 5 rolls of exposed film sitting so I'll send it out for processing in the next day or two. One of these rolls is Portra 160, also shot at Coney Island.

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Slide film today is processed "stripped", and rarely mounted. I masked individual images in polytex masks for 6x6 or 6x7 and sleeve these. Much easier task for scanning than to fiddle dismantling slides and reassembly (always a risk of damage to the actual film during this process). Gepe glass mounts are still available, but these too are fiddly to disassemble. And if the glass should break and penetrate the film... :eek: Edited by Silent Street
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Garyh | AUS

Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1

Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977.

Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans

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One more, before I head out to explore in the winter gloom...

 

A rainforest scene:

Upper tier of OREN Falls, Mousetrap Complex

Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

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Pentax 67 + 75mm f2.8AL, full polarisation on Velvia 50, scanned on Heidelberg Tango. RA-4 hybridised print.

 

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Garyh | AUS

Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1

Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977.

Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans

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Slide film today is processed "stripped", and rarely mounted. I masked individual images in polytex masks for 6x6 or 6x7 and sleeve these. Much easier task for scanning than to fiddle dismantling slides and reassembly (always a risk of damage to the actual film during this process). Gepe glass mounts are still available, but these too are fiddly to disassemble. And if the glass should break and penetrate the film... :eek:

 

Got it, thanks. I have to say that looking at the transparencies (is that the proper term?) was a special kind of magic- a glowing, full color, positive image in my hand.... very different from viewing a black and white negative!

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...I got my negatives and transparencies back today. I kinda thought the Provia would be in more like a "slide" format- cardboard encased. Not sure why I thought that but it came in as plain....

Slide film today is processed "stripped", and rarely mounted....

I shot 120 transparencies back in the 80's and they were never returned mounted from the processor - unless you asked and paid for it. That was pretty standard, you mounted your own if you planned to project - there were not many projectors for MF, especially if you went bigger than 6x6. Most professionals shot transparencies for print, such that the art director could view them on a light table.

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Got it, thanks. I have to say that looking at the transparencies (is that the proper term?) was a special kind of magic- a glowing, full color, positive image in my hand.... very different from viewing a black and white negative!

If you're shooting transparency film regularly it's worth getting a decent color corrected small lightbox and a good loupe to really see what is there on the film.

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I have to say that looking at the transparencies (is that the proper term?) was a special kind of magic- a glowing, full color, positive image in my hand.... very different from viewing a black and white negative!

For medium-format slides, I have a little folding COIL magnifying viewer, made in England, probably dates from the early '60s. It works quite well. I also like Matin-brand plastic snap-together mounts, available in 6x6, 6x4.5, and 6x7 sizes. Very easy to use.

 

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Got it, thanks. I have to say that looking at the transparencies (is that the proper term?) was a special kind of magic- a glowing, full color, positive image in my hand.... very different from viewing a black and white negative!

 

Slides, reversals, transparencies or, Heaven forbid, Trannies... are all ready-rolled names for chrome film. I have never heard my print lab or any of the techs refer to it as "slide film" or "prints from a slide". Probably just a natural progression of terminology in the modern era, IDK.

 

I agree that once you've eyeballed trannies up close and personal you'll never quite feel the same way again about looking at negatives. What you see is the finished product.

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Garyh | AUS

Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1

Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977.

Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans

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