Post your still lifes here

[WilmarcoImaging]

Mihai and macfred, great still lifes!

 

[naeroscatu]

Thank you for your kind words, Wilmarco

 

[macfred]

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ropes by Andreas, on Flickr

Konica III - Hexanon 48mm f/2 - Kodak T-Max 400

 

[macfred]

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untitled (re-uploaded = for the sake of completeness) by Andreas, on Flickr

Konica III - Hexanon 48mm f/2 - Ilford XP2 (@ISO250)

 

[macfred]

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rairoad heritage - part of series - 13 by Andreas, on Flickr

FUJI GW670III - EBC Fujinon 90mm f/3.5 - Provia 100F

 

[awty]

8x10 contact print.
home grown yellow rose.

 

[WilmarcoImaging]

Well done photograph and home grown rose.

 

[awty]

Well done photograph and home grown rose.

Thanks. I wanted it to look almost like a hood ornament.
Feel free to post some more of your interesting still life's.

 

[removedacct1]

Wet Plate on glass (negative), 5 x 7 inches.
Lens: Voigtlander Petzval, approx 8", f3.2, no waterhouse stops.
Collodion: Old Workhorse w/ Coffer Negative developer.
Exposure was approximately 1.5 min.

For me, this is more than a simple still life, although it certainly functions on that level. But more than that, it fits into a category of image that I think of as Genius Loci: a piece that evokes the Spirit of Place - a concept that is important to my work and is often represented in the images I make. The combination of materials (wet plate collodion on glass), the choice of lens (the magnificent Voigtlander Petzval) and the compelling intersection of light and space - for me - evoke a true "Spirit of Place" in this instance, and I'm very pleased with the result.

This work is extremely challenging on a number of levels: not only is it difficult to learn to control the Collodion process (many variables that are constantly being affected by season, atmospheric conditions, state of chemistry, etc.), but at this time of year especially, the light is changing every minute, every few seconds. The plate I made immediately before this one, clouds almost completely obscured the sun, so the mood was completely different. During the minute and a half exposure time of the plate you see here, the sun burst out of the clouds about 10 seconds into the exposure, and varied in intensity for the rest of the exposure. I had to adjust the duration of the exposure several times as the light changed in quality and intensity! (I started out expecting an exposure of 2:20) So what you see here is the cumulative effect of 90 seconds recording of several different states of light, from full blazing sun, to near complete overcast! The effect is an impression of bright streaming sunlight tempered by some softness and openness of shadows - a property not easily accomplished with this tricky medium.

I find this a singularly successful image that conveys a special confluence of atmosphere, space, and subject.

 

[TheGreatGasMaskMan]

 

[awty]

The effect is an impression of bright streaming sunlight tempered by some softness and openness of shadows - a property not easily accomplished with this tricky medium.

I find this a singularly successful image that conveys a special confluence of atmosphere, space, and subject.
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Yes very tricky, you have it all, well done.

 

[awty]

8x10 contact print.
interrogation by Paul Fitz, on Flickr

 

[cuthbert]

Ocarine.

Not the perfect picture as the camera was hand held and the white ones came a little blurred. Perhaps in the near future I'll try to make a similar composition.

 

[rubbernglue]

Bronica S with Kodak Ektar

ektar_100at200-01 by Johan, on Flickr

 

[Cholentpot]

Minolta 16 II / Hp5+ expired @ 200 / HC110 DilB.

 

[markbau]

 

[Cholentpot]

View attachment 224269

Very nice, any details?

 

[markbau]

Very nice, any details?

Pentax 67, 165mm lens. FP4+ developed in pyro (probably my last time using pyro as I can't be bothered sourcing it anymore) Printed on Ilford MG classic FB and selenium toned. In the print, there is slight detail in the shadow which isn't showing on the screen.

 

[TheGreatGasMaskMan]

storefront

 

[Rick A]

Rajdorff
Had one shot left on a roll of Acros before processing,
Bronica SQ-Am, 2.8/80mm 1/30@2.8 (hand held) late afternoon sun through the dining room window
also, the last shot I took with that Bronica before selling it.

 

[Cholentpot]

Pentax 67, 165mm lens. FP4+ developed in pyro (probably my last time using pyro as I can't be bothered sourcing it anymore) Printed on Ilford MG classic FB and selenium toned. In the print, there is slight detail in the shadow which isn't showing on the screen.

Very nice. Thanks.

 

[markbau]

Developing tank lid. Pentax 67, FP4+ in pyro. Ilford MC warmtone developed in Ansco 130, selenium toned.

 

[Nokton48]

Darkroom Print 2 Hasselblad by Nokton48, on Flickr

Hasselblad 500C/M 100mm T* Planar

 

[macfred]

Darkroom Print 2 Hasselblad by Nokton48, on Flickr
Hasselblad 500C/M 100mm T* Planar

Beautiful!

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Nikon F2 Photomic - Nikkor - P Auto 105mm f/2.5 - Ilford XP2 @ ISO 200

 

[macfred]

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Bronica ETRSi - Zenzanon PE 75mm f/2.8 - Ektar