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    Just discovered "B&W" at Bookmans, what do you think?

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    Zoe,

     

    You are quite right, I do not get to a book store very often. I live two hours away from the nearest town that does have one. It is always a real treat for me when I get to visit a bookstore.

    I had never seen "B&W" on a newstand anywhere before...they just happened to have 2 used copies, I bought the special issue.

     

    Traditional black and white photography is old fashioned. It was invented in the 1800s and when was the last time you saw a mainstream magazine have a really good article about it...

     

    ...but that is why I like! Have you ever seen an 11x14 negative properly developed and properly contact printed with your own eyes? Even a little 5x7 platinum can bring a tear to the eye. It is sublime.

    I've always liked traditional black and white; I am kind of a contrarian, now I love it precisely because it is no longer mainstream and it is still a hand craft.

     

    Mr. Denton, Mr. Pool, I will check out the other magazines that you suggested. Thanks!

    Just discovered "B&W" at Bookmans, what do you think?

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    I have never seen this magazine before; I picked one up and lo-and-behold it

    seems to be about old fashioned B&W photography. Very Cool. I purchased

    the "2007 Single Images Contest Award" issue.

     

    I must say I am impressed with anyone who puts this kind of effort into

    supporting B&W..kudos to management, editors, etc. However, I was a little less

    impressed with content.

    Obviously superb prints, but the content seemed boring, typical, and

    unoriginal. Dancing Horse on P. 43, Foggy down p. 53, Marshall Woods p. 61,

    Movement p. 72, Nude Expression p. 81, Vertigo p. 114, River flow p. 142, and

    on....

     

    I have been into photography long enough to be quite tired of the classic

    trees in fog landscape, the blurred nude as art, and close-ups of running

    water. The ultimate cliches. I suspect the prints are dazzling.

     

    I have to pick up a regular issue B&W next time I am there and see what it

    is all about. I was tapped after I bought this issue. I suspect this is a

    pretty nifty magazine. What are your thoughts?

    Speaking of snakes...

    in Nature

    Posted

    Interesting thought, Mr. Knight,

     

    The snake exhibited no lethargy, and it also had a fineness to it's scale that did not indicate shedding. This was a large, mature snake, 1.3 meters or so, probably done growing, or at least slowing.

    Victorian Photography

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    It is so hard to replicate the amazing detail and tonality of a 8x10 camera coupled with that extremely shallow depth of field even at F/22.

     

    Maybe "Photoshop" could do it?

     

    Find a garage with roof sun-lights, a 8x10 view camera, expose something Ilford, a gorgeous petite french model, and learn how to print palladiums.

     

    You will then be there.

    Speaking of snakes...

    in Nature

    Posted

    Thanks.

     

    It is at 4300' elevation, Church Wells, Utah, August 12, Sunday, I think about 9 am., Nikon D50, (P)rogram, (A) or (*) WB I think. Yes, rattles, I could hear them. Unfortunately, I did not get a good, clear shot of the tail and rattle.

     

    I know, far east of typical Mohave country, however, we are now getting 110 degree days, less than a decade ago 104 was hot here. And Greens have been spotted here before, recently. Even quail are showing up here. First time ever.<div>00MEg7-37952584.thumb.jpg.d7d986e8ff7f382524fef5b4f270176a.jpg</div>

    SNAKES!

    in Nature

    Posted

    Good point. The monsoon is going full bloom here. Nice, cool afternoons; almost cold evenings. Snakes can neither warm or cool themselves biologically like we can, they definitely avoid a blazing sun. The clouds have made all the critters active during the day at my homestead.

     

    Here is a picture of a monsoon storm that moved through tonight...

     

    http://www.photo.net/bboard/nw-fetch-msg?msg_id=00MEcZ

    Speaking of snakes...

    in Nature

    Posted

    This fellow was hanging out in the rocks that I have on the north corner last

    Sunday morning...The yard is overrun with chipmunks and the coop has some

    chicks. I am sure it was looking into that. Can't blame it, I like chickens too.

     

    Usually, these rattlesnakes hole-up or crawl away, this one actually moved

    toward me. Not sure why. We chatted for a bit and then he realized I was much

    too big to eat. Move along. What a gorgeous animal.

     

    I have shared this picture with a few friends trying to get a ID, no one is

    really sure. This snake was light olive green in color not the brown, pink, or

    golden that I normally run into. (Note: the creature was in the shade of the

    early morning...the blue cast really does not help.)

     

    What kind of rattler is this?<div>00MEf5-37952384.jpg.fd711b84be1fb76aa58b6599a44fee85.jpg</div>

    SNAKES!

    in Nature

    Posted

    Had a Mohave? hanging out on the back 40 yesterday. Checking out the chipmunks and our chicks in the coop.

     

    Kind of aggressive, moved toward me when I walked toward it. Not sure why? I talked to him a bit and he soon realized I was much too big to eat. Move along.<div>00MEec-37951684.jpg.1abe95fd9d1c3cdd8081089675c312f2.jpg</div>

    Caught a meteor on sensor

    in Nature

    Posted

    That picture is full of digital artifacts I am afraid. I think any thing horizontal is an artifact. The diagonal one has the classic hallmarks of a meteor, but I could be wrong; it was very late and I was excited to see anything in the image!

     

    I am going to try again tonight.

    Caught a meteor on sensor

    in Nature

    Posted

    The sky is huge. My eyes were seeing one about every 10 minutes but the camera

    was missing all of them, or so I thought.

     

    I was reviewing the SD card and accidently viewed a NEF instead of a .JPEG. I

    saw a hint of a streak. I massaged, cropped, and upped the gamma enough to

    reveal the streak of a meteor. Perhaps tomorrow they will be more often and

    more spectacular.

     

    --- JDR<div>00MCa3-37902384.jpg.76a5fc6fe090ba2bb4a04850d483f537.jpg</div>

    Old cameras very fuzzy outside. Sharp center?

    in Classic Manual Film Cameras

    Posted

    Hello,

     

    I purchased a lot of 1890s to 1900s 5x7 glass negatives with the intent of

    producing Cyanotypes, palladiums, and Kallitypes from these old, fantastic

    images.

     

    I am surprised by how many images are tack sharp in the center and become

    increasingly out-of-focus at the edges. Not a real problem, the subject tends

    to be in the center and I can print masked ovals & 4x6 vignettes; they seem to

    be popular enough.

     

    What caused this, really cheap glass...the size of the format?

     

     

    --- JDR

    Not thinking. 220 in a 6x9 folder. How many twists?

    in Classic Manual Film Cameras

    Posted

    Hello,

     

    I wanted to try out a Zeiss Ikon 6x9 folder that fortune has allowed me to

    have. I absent mindedly grabbed some old Konica 400 and loaded it,

    unfortunately it is 220. No numbers or markers have come up in the red window.

    I am sure I have wound and wound to some active film...how many turns from

    there, frame to frame? Thanks.

     

    --- JDR

     

     

     

    Postscripture: I think this folder is put together pretty well. Nice snap when

    you open the folder, gorgeous pit free chrome, and very smooth advance. I hope

    the pictures are as good as the build. I have a feeling this was an expensive

    camera in it's day.

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