pbraymond wrote:
Just after the sun rose above the horizon. The fun thing about wading in the water is that one needs to stay fairly motionless from the knees down after positioning for the water to settle down for still reflections. 24mm f2.8 AIS.
Been shooting expired bulk loaded Tri-X on two FM bodies, but haven't souped the film yet. Looking for film worthy subjects, and not finding anything. Probably all for naught as the film is likely fogged, and my "touch" has seemed to have vanished. Got out an old Sunpak flash - this should be interesting, because I was pretty good at bouncing light. Here are some watches I shot in 1992 in the studio for a local jeweler, who has since gone out of business, with the Nikon FM, and an old beat up Nikkor-P f2.5 105mm on Plus-X.
Edit: I scanned this with a dslr on a copy stand using the EFH, a Raleno light panel, and NLP in LR - finished in Photoshop.
In the midst of my recent onset of extreme busy-ness, I can only drop in for a moment. So here are a few more air museum photos from the Winnipeg area in 2017, courtesy of the Fuji X-E2 and the 16 f/3.5 Ai fisheye.
At my son Angus's house I noticed their well seasoned, and clean kitchen tools. It is a family addiction to cook, and collect kitchen pans, tools, & stuff. I just loved the light gradient of the cast iron, and even the flat finish to the newer colored pan. 35mm f1.4 ais
GroWeb wrote:
In the midst of my recent onset of extreme busy-ness, I can only drop in for a moment. So here are a few more air museum photos from the Winnipeg area in 2017, courtesy of the Fuji X-E2 and the 16 f/3.5 Ai fisheye.
The CRT shines in your hands Rafael. The shot look amazingly sharp where they are in focus.
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GroWeb wrote:
In the midst of my recent onset of extreme busy-ness, I can only drop in for a moment. So here are a few more air museum photos from the Winnipeg area in 2017, courtesy of the Fuji X-E2 and the 16 f/3.5 Ai fisheye.
Whatever B&W sauce you're using on these museum shots work great. Plenty of detail but with just the right contrast and tone.
Dropping another 180mm f2.8 AIS to move things along. There was a slight fog to the morning.
George, congrats and thanks for removing the temptation. Though I guess it turned out to be a win-win.
Ray, love that wading one towards the end of the last page. Have some processing to catch up on, a couple from the 35mm f/1.4 AIS last week. Both probably at f/2 or f/2.8.
Apparently there are three versions of the Nikon FM - plus silver or black finish. I have version #2, and version #3 in black finish, and other than a screw in the mirror box, and knurled knob they look identical. I finally finished shooting my test rolls of expired, and tortured Tri-X.
I souped my first Df96 monobath bulk loaded Tri-X rolls today. The film was from approximately 2000, and got buried in the glove box of my car. Well over 100 degrees many days, and freezing cold far as many days for about a third of those 24 years. Then it got forgotten on my desk. I actually got confused which camera was loaded, and opened one half way through the roll. (messed up about 5 frames) While loading the reel - one roll's leader shattered - it was so brittle. There is a base fog, and they are grainy - but it worked.
The most grainy roll - FM version #3 with the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 ais wide open on the tea cup
FM version #2 with the Nikkor-H.C 50mm f2.0 & 125mm f2.5 ais on the ivy
And my first person with film in ages - the last grandchild this year
The Nikkor-H.C 50mm f2 has a dreamy way of rendering that I must try out on a digital body. I guess Colin and any one else who has one of these lenses already knew this.
