Figure Study 01

Terrible scan. Lots of dust on the scan bed.

This would be wonderful if you cleaned up the dust

I'm not familiar with the Toyo 810G but I'm assuming that it is an 8X10 and the negative you scanned in was therefor an 8X10. I believe you were using a Rodenstock Ronar lens and you really had it focused sharp. I really like your lighting and placement of the highlights. I like the feel of the image and think this is a very excellent composition and photo. Thanks for including in your gallery.

Thank you, ansaldo49, for contributing a comment. Yes, the Toyo 810G is an 8x10 monorail (studio) view camera. And, of course, the negative was an 8x10 negative. I actually scanned the 8x10 contact print (vs. scanning in the neg).

I really love this, the lighting, silhouette with a hint of dimension. At first I thought her wrists were tied, but realized it was her knuckles gripping, though I thjbk the tied wrist would envoke a completely different emotion and reaction, interesting how a subtle detail can change a photo. Anyway, well done!

I'll clean it up later........it's too good of an image to let that dust clutter it up