Shannon

100% crop.

just to show us how "really, really, really sharp" this is

nice photo, even if it is super sharp

Charles, it's more to show the detail available on an 8x10 neg. Not sure if you like sharp or don't like sharp...

Me? I like sharp.

that level of resolving power is just mind-blowing. I guess you didn't handhold! :)

And I second the motion for sharp! I absolutely loathe and hate artifice in all its nefarious forms--the cutesy frames around images, the calligraphic "signatures", the tilted baselines, the "artfully" unfocused or faux-finished "aged". They are visual sleight-of-hand, designed to mask the mediocrity of the images they adorn.

Contrast with what we have here. Simplicity itself, technique in the service of art. Proper technique is liberating; once that is learned, as obviously Robert has, creativity can flourish unchained.

End of rant. Heckuvan image, fabulous model.

Michael, thanks for your rant!

And no, no handholding...for those unfamiliar with the Cambo, it's solid steel and weighs in the neighborhood of 27 lbs/10 kg.

R.

Excellent photo, love the eyes.

incredible sharpness in that crop! WOW!

cg