Really nice stuff! I really like how the detail is shown in garments. I've been shooting some 6x7 stuff with my RB67 as well. I find that aspect ratio pretty hard to frame since I'm used to 2:3.
I think a crop of the last image would eliminate most of the light leak and still leave you with a lovely portrait. I'd crop a bit off the left side and to balance it out, a bit off the bottom.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to look and leave a comment! I sincerely appreciate your feedback. I am looking forward to working with her again, she was a wonderful model!
Very nice images, well composed, good contrast and excellent details.
May I know what developer are you using? I shot mostly T-Max 100 and Tri-X. I used Rodinal for TMax-100 and HC-110 solution B for Tri-X, obviously with modified development times to fit my taste.
Are we loosing the art of negative b&w photography?
pontmercy wrote:
beautiful all around! Makes me want to shoot film again. I've got some TMax 100 loaded to my Nikon FE2, I should take it out next time.
Again, love the shots!
Thank you pontmercy!! I would defnitely encourage you to take that FE2 out and shoot some film. It really does do things for your photography that digital can't. I'd encourage you to make a point of occasionally just taking the film camera and leaving digital at home. it's too hard to switch your brain back and forth...
Best of luck, and please share some film pics when you have some!
Mescalamba wrote:
Amazing, including that light-leak.
Thank you! I agree, the light leak seems to add something, rather than ruin the image... if you look closely, you can actually see the numbers and patterns from the backing paper on the image. I'd still rather have had the image without the light leak, but it does add an interesting element to the image. The kind of interesting serendipity that happens when shooting film
camerapapi wrote:
Very nice images, well composed, good contrast and excellent details.
May I know what developer are you using? I shot mostly T-Max 100 and Tri-X. I used Rodinal for TMax-100 and HC-110 solution B for Tri-X, obviously with modified development times to fit my taste.
Are we loosing the art of negative b&w photography?
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.
Hi William,
thanks for taking the time to leave your thoughts and questions. These were shot with HP5+ (as seen in the film rebate) and developed in D76 1+1 I would have to disagree with you William, I think the art of B&W film photography is alive and well! I've never shot more film in my life, in more formats. I'm shooting 35mm, 6x6, 6x7 and will soon be shooting 5x7. I do not think this group provides an accurate depiction of how much film is being shot these days, since the site is largely geared towards digital equipment. I'm quite confident in saying that I think the state of film in photography is the best it has been since the mid 2000's.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'd love to see some of your film work.
"Thanks for taking the time to leave your thoughts and questions. These were shot with HP5+ (as seen in the film rebate) and developed in D76 1+1 I would have to disagree with you William, I think the art of B&W film photography is alive and well! I've never shot more film in my life, in more formats. I'm shooting 35mm, 6x6, 6x7 and will soon be shooting 5x7. I do not think this group provides an accurate depiction of how much film is being shot these days, since the site is largely geared towards digital equipment. I'm quite confident in saying that I think the state of film in photography is the best it has been since the mid 2000's.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'd love to see some of your film work."
I was asking if we have lost the art of negative film b&w photography, I did not mean to say film is no longer used. I ask at the professional lab where I take my digital files to be printed if they are still developing film and the answer has been yes. How much film they are working with I do not really know. More popular places like Walgreen, just to give you an example, stopped developing film and now they send it out and takes over a week to get it back.
I have given away all of my optical darkroom gear and for the past 8-10 years I have only worked digital conversions using Topaz B&W Effects 2. I am sure you know that it is impossible to do in the optical darkroom what we do today with software. Agfa fiber base paper and Rodinal were my favorites for T-Max 100. I have not looked lately for those products but I know Agfa is no longer in business. I do not know if Ilford is still in business but I do know that Clyde Butcher, a local now living in Fort Myer here in Florida, has used most of his life 8x10 cameras and Ilford paper for his murals of the Everglades and other scenic parts of Florida. I have not seen him in some time but he keeps a gallery, "Wildlife Gallery" on Hway 41 W aproximately 25 miles off Miami heading toward the beautiful town of Naples in the west coast of Florida.
I still have negatives from the past and if I want to show you some shots I would have to scan them and digitalize them to send them to you. I did portraits and sceneries of the Florida landscape with many urban shots around the city. I used a Pentax 645 with lenses and my Nikon gear mainly a D-100 or my old Nikon F.
I am glad to hear that film is alive and well. We do not hear much these days about people shooting film and I cannot remember the last time I saw someone shooting film.
I have a roll of Plus-X in my freezer. I am going to take it out and use it in my D-100. I will have to scan it and work digitally because I no longer have my darkroom and as you know, b&w is at its best when we photographers work with it from development to printing.
Thank you very much for taking the time to reply and for your interesting comments.
William.
Addendum: send me your email and I will make my best to send you some of my work.
r_o_b_s_o_n wrote:
Thank you! I agree, the light leak seems to add something, rather than ruin the image... if you look closely, you can actually see the numbers and patterns from the backing paper on the image. I'd still rather have had the image without the light leak, but it does add an interesting element to the image. The kind of interesting serendipity that happens when shooting film
thanks again!
If the light leak is from your camera, you can fix it using masking or gaffers tape as a short term fix'.
DaveOls wrote:
If the light leak is from your camera, you can fix it using masking or gaffers tape as a short term fix'.
I'm fairly certain it was from the finished roll not being wound on the spool tight enough, and some light being able to enter the spool... It's not something that has any sort of consistency... just a one-off occurrence...
