My first 4x5 image

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  bill schwab

• Feb 19, 2009

Congtratulations! May there be many more. Good job.

 

• ricksplace

• Feb 19, 2009

Congrats! Now you can buy those cheap barrel lenses and use that focal plane shutter. Love that Kershlluunkk.

 

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  jmxphoto

• Feb 19, 2009

I was looking at this thinking "It looks a lot like the basement of my grandmother's building." She lived off 181st in Ft. Washington heights. Then I read it was in NYC, ha! Love the coincidence. Good first shot. I hope many more are to follow.

 

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  jaimeb82

• Feb 19, 2009

Hi ricksplace, nice park up there right by the Washington Bridge, I have friends in the area. I am in 13th Street, but now that I think about it all the basements I have been here in NY look very similar, gray and white seems to be standard colors, all concrete finish with little holes on the walls, and the pipes hanging from the top. Just had an idea form my next project, give me the building address and I will go there for my next 4x5 photos!

 

• optique

• Feb 19, 2009

From one beginner to another: Your first image looks a lot better than my first image!! But then, you were using a Speed Graphic. Obviously, must be better than my Crown Graphic. Keep up the good work. steve.

 

• eddie gunks

• Feb 19, 2009

awesome keep it up! welcome to large format.

 

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  papagene

• Feb 19, 2009

It's better than my first 4x5 attempts!! Good job and welcome to the land of LF.

gene

 

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  MVNelson

• Feb 19, 2009

great start ...

 

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  jmxphoto

• Feb 20, 2009

Yup you could see NJ from her apt. Nice area, I played in that park as a kid, on the giant rock. Later I walked with my fiance (now wife) over to the Cloister's. If you're serious the address was 116 Pinehurst Ave. She moved last year to be closer to my parents though. The grey on white, the piping, the old elevator, not straight walls, steps for no reason, all just took me back. Funny how something seemingly mundane can almost make you relive even the smells of something so long ago.

 

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  Shawn Dougherty

• Feb 21, 2009

Great start! Keep em coming.