Amane

After being born nearly 10 weeks early and finally after 12 weeks in ICU our daughter finally came home a few weeks ago.

I decided to try a natural light shot with a Fuji 180mm Soft Focus Portrait lens, Ilford Delta 3200 & full strength Perceptol.

Honestly, never tried a shot like this before(rocks and other things that dont move are my usual target) so any commments or advice would be great.

Thanks for looking.

Gary
Location
The window by the garden
Equipment Used
Arca Swiss 4x5 Camera, Fujinon 180mm Soft Focus Lens, and Horseman 6x9 back
Exposure
1/125@f/10
Film & Developer
Ilford Delta 3200 at ei1600 in Perceptol
Paper & Developer
Scan for now
Lens Filter
No filter but Yellow disc
This should be an ordinary "Baby Shot"; it is not. There is a texture and emotional content that sets it FAR above "the usual". Beautifully done.
 
Congratulations on the beautiful addition to your family!

I think the softness works well, the photograph communicates very nicely. She seems very calm and content, which is important to me as a viewer.

That Delta 3200 is very nice film, especially in medium format.

Well done!
 
Absolutely gorgeous! And the picture is nice, too!

Mike
 
Well, if you get tired of clambering up mountains, you now have a beautiful subject just waiting to pose. Congratulations on your addition, and the quality of the image.

George
 
Wow!! Thank you all for the kind words, she is our first child so we are pretty excited. George, I wont be giving up trudging up all those mountains but at least for a while I will have to stay closer to home. And you right, I have something new to shoot!

I will get into the darkroom sometime in the next week and try to print this one.

Thanks again for all the kind and wonderful comments, they mean alot.

Gary
 
Beautiful picture of your very cute new addition. Take lots of pics as this will be over so quick at the stage she is at. I cannot believe my daughter is 5 already and seems like yesterday when I could hold her like this.
 
Congrats. A very peaceful pose. You daughter looks like she is doing great. Thanks for sharing your photography.
 

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