Studying Jamin Darlot

Close your eyes, Mr.3/3s. This is the trial to study how our ancestors were taking photos in mid 19th century.

Slightly cropped from 4x5. Focal distance is 130mm approx. and F4. As the effective image circle is very small but sharp at the center, you see, this may be for "Carte de visit" photo.

Please imagine how great they were that they took good photos by such an incomplete lenses and slow collodion plates.

Very, very interesting. Aside from a time-machine experiment (which I find fascinating, personally) this photo has wonderful, surreal quality about it that I think can be used as a creative tool - and this photo is a great example of how! I think its a lovely image, optical anomalies et al!

Though I failed to upload the center only image, it's not bad and you may remind many fine examples of vintage portrait of your grand grand fathers.

Congratulations! You have been able to shut the 3/3 with a single image and what a great image it is. Further this photograph confirms that is neither the camera nor the equipment overall that make the image, but the artist that takes sees it.

 

My Compliments.

Different from many other IR photos. There is a person sitting there, and he is not making a pose as a model, like we normaly se if there is a person in ir-shots.. he just there, sitting like a normal person. Relaxing=)

This lens is worth to try more but it is not mine, that is the question.

a beautiful image but one thing I would change if I had the chance to shoot it again.....forgive me, there is a need in my mind to shift the camera a small amount to the right, this would change the angle at which the tree branch drops down behind the gentleman....as it is the branch "grows" through his head

 

the effect of the lens is beautiful and timeless, the setting and subject are so very well chosen

Yes, WJ, I was aware of it at that time. Another trial would be inevitable to study and dig up the possibility of this lens. Thank you.

Wonderful photo. Unsharpness around the centre is amazing.