Very, very nice, Edd. I rather like the Tri-X grain in the sky. Do you like the characteristic curve produced by HC-110, as opposed to D-76 or Xtol? Or is it more a practical matter of having a liquid concentrate?
Photon wrote:
Ulan, my favorites are the frozen pond with "embedded octopus" and the dog with priceless expression.
Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately the dog isn't mine. As I was walking out of the wood, I saw this friendly pet running to greet me and get photographed.
Photon wrote:
Very, very nice, Edd. I rather like the Tri-X grain in the sky. Do you like the characteristic curve produced by HC-110, as opposed to D-76 or Xtol? Or is it more a practical matter of having a liquid concentrate?
Jess: Thank you and I'm glad you like it . I have been a fan of HC-110 since the late 60's, working with sheet film a lot back then, now not so much. The grain is there, but I find that I can tailor the C.I. through adjusting the dilution rates (anywhere between 1:31 and 1:64). Plus, it is used as a "one-shot", straight from the concentrate, which has a long shelf-life.
Jess: Thank you and I'm glad you like it . I have been a fan of HC-110 since the late 60's, working with sheet film a lot back then, now not so much. The grain is there, but I find that I can tailor the C.I. through adjusting the dilution rates (anywhere between 1:31 and 1:64). Plus, it is used as a "one-shot", straight from the concentrate, which has a long shelf-life.
Regards,
Edd
I tried HC-110 in the 80's, for just the reasons you like it. I had been using D-76, Acufine, some other soups...but in the 90's I discovered Xtol, and stuck with that for b&w film. Powder, but low toxicity and easy to work with for my purposes.
We have had a break in our cold snap (was around freezing overnights), and the weather was mid-70's F today. Lots of blustery winds the past few days though, to go along with our bright and warmer days.
I love that this gets to follow Snopchenko's dark wintery shot! Sorry.
5D Mark II, 28-135 IS @ 28mm, f/7.1, 3-shot panorama, PP in LR4 and PSE 10.
I've probably said before that the G10 is one of my "guilty pleasures" too. I love what it does when you want nearly unlimited DOF along with fast aperture and built-in IS, at low ISO (80). Great little camera!
Ed -- Great shots!
robinlee -- Nice! More please! (I have a friend in N. Yorkshire, who's told me about the cold and snow this week.)
We actually got a hint of a snowfall last night. My immediate area got about a centimeter, all in the middle of the night so there was no chance for me to shoot it falling. However, in the morning I allotted fifteen minutes to shoot before heading for rehearsal, and tried to make something of this pitiful remnant of precip. On the upside, some flowers have begun blooming in response to all the warm weather we've had. I wish I could have driven north just an hour, where there was a real carpet of snow, but if wishes were horses...
(...beggars would ride) Anyway, here are seven shots that are probably partly a result of my snow starvation and longing for the climate of my youth.
Here some from my collection. Most were taken recently with my Canon EOS 5D Mark III and either the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM or 16-35mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens.
Leonid, thank you for reminding me what real winter looks like. It seems you've traveled further north in search of snow. It has been a long time since Raleigh hit -15ºC, though I was here for a record day when we dropped past -22 (the official reading at RDU airport was -9ºF). That morning a pipe burst in our house, the result, it turned out, of improper insulation installation when the house was built. It was not fun.
Now you are qualified to answer questions like "how does the 5D III do in cold weather?"
Photon wrote:
Leonid, thank you for reminding me what real winter looks like. It seems you've traveled further north in search of snow. It has been a long time since Raleigh hit -15ºC, though I was here for a record day when we dropped past -22 (the official reading at RDU airport was -9ºF). That morning a pipe burst in our house, the result, it turned out, of improper insulation installation when the house was built. It was not fun.
Now you are qualified to answer questions like "how does the 5D III do in cold weather?"
Same here in NJ, no winter at all for two years
5D3 does well, but I don't shoot much in such temperature since mobility is limited with all this heavy jackets and hat/gloves.
. I have been a fan of HC-110 since the late 60's, working with sheet film a lot back then, now not so much. The grain is there, but I find that I can tailor the C.I. through adjusting the dilution rates (anywhere between 1:31 and 1:64). Plus, it is used as a "one-shot", straight from the concentrate, which has a long shelf-life.
