St. Mary's By the Sea - First night experiment with my 4x5
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St. Mary's By the Sea - First night experiment with my 4x5

Focussing ground glass at night with no loupe is not easy... this was a 20 minute exposure and pushed 1 stop, it was very dim and I think for my first try I did all right, I was attempting to give a slice of focus to the sign and extend it back, I obviously tilted or shift or something the opposite way I should have, or meant to, but it still was an interesting image. I should practice more in the daytime.

I'm also partial to Acros100 which this is NOT, I don't seem to like FOMA much, it's better than EFKE but still has emulsion issues that bug me, it's also the same price as Ilford in 4x5 so I think I'll stick to Ilford once this batch is gone.
Location
Bridgeport, CT, USA
Equipment Used
Toyo 45a, Schneider 150mm f/5.6 Symmar-S, Sekonic 7xxDR light meter
Exposure
f/11 @ 20 minutes
Film & Developer
Foma100 in Rodinal 1:50 pushed 1 stop in MOD54 (YES it came! and is MUCH better than the FR, and I didn't have any issues with dislodgment of the film, this is the second gen version).
Paper & Developer
Epson Scan, basic edge cropping only
Is this print for sale?
  1. Yes
grahamp said:
Looks like a little swing to get the front right to rear left focus, and a little lens tilt to get the top of the sign in and push the foot of the plane of focus further away. Hard to be totally sure with so little illuminated in the frame. It is odd, but I feel it works.
What I need is to take a class haha, I was just messing around in the dark, I now have a loupe coming in the mail... that will help a LOT... as I've realized, my first model shoot with my 4x5 and I was totally out of focus... haha oops!
 

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