Postcard Exchange Round 49 Comments and Feedback

Lucid · Mar 7, 2020

MattKing said:
It is entirely up to you!
I do appreciate, however, if you include:
1) the Exchange it relates to (e.g. "Photrio Postcard Exchange #49");
2) Your Photrio screen name;
3) a Title or some other identifying information, to make it easier to respond to.
Anything else is a bonus!

Thanks MattKing. I included points 2 & 3, plus some extra information, but I've omitted the number of the Exchange! I'll be sure to include that information on the next Exchange.

Lucid

mike c · Mar 7, 2020

Louis-F-S " White Fence " I received in the mail yesterday . The wooden picket fence reminds me of a photograph by Paul Strand , picket fences make for good subject matter.

bedrof · Mar 7, 2020

The second card of this round received - cat-themed one from BSP.
Definitely a card with a portion of humour in it. Nice one. Thank you, Bill!

hwv · Mar 7, 2020

PCX 49 just printed. It was nice to be in the darkroom again.

BSP · Mar 7, 2020

Ohhhhh the suspense.....

drpsilver · Mar 7, 2020

07 Mar 2020

I just finished labeling and adding postage to my cards. I will rip them off t the post office on Monday. I ran out of proper "one stamp" postage, so most cards will have selection of old stamps that were waiting to be used.

I have received several very nice cards over the o past month. A photo from mfohl taken with a pinhole camera. It always amazes me how sharp and low distortion a pinhole camera con be. On had no doubt what the subject of the card from BSP is. I like how you used contrast (maybe too much) to make the dragon head "jump out" of the photo. The photo from Oxleyroad works when viewed in several orientations. The card from calphotography of his niece enjoying her scooter. She looks like a very happy child. Nice stop-action photo. The last card in the pile thus far is from MattiS of a train at a country station loading passengers. The deckle edges is a very nice touch. It adds to the "flower" of the print, and fits the subject perfectly. The paper looks like it is slightly fogged. Do you know what happened to fog the paper?

I look forward to more cards, and your reactions to the image I chose for my card.

Regards,
Darwin

mike c · Mar 7, 2020

MattiS card taken with a fisheye lens of the Zeiss Planetarium creates a large tortoise shell shape, making a most interesting building.

MattiS · Mar 8, 2020

drpsilver said:
The paper looks like it is slightly fogged. Do you know what happened to fog the paper?

I have a guess that it might be the safelight in one of the two darkrooms I use.
My bathroom darkroom has LED safelights turned down as low as possible, never had fogging issues there.
In the school darkroom (where I printed my cards) safelights are relatively bright, the ceiling is too high to switch off one or two lights without the caretakers help. It might be too bright for just this paper - other papers do not show fogging at all. So what happens? At school you say "well, it´s fogged. Shi*!" You take it home, give it another try and hey, everything is fine (checked with prints on the same paper made at home). So next time you take it back to school because it´s ok. ;-(

mfohl · Mar 8, 2020

Yesterday I received Drei Annen Hohne Station from MattiS. Nice postcard, thanks! It is an old steam locomotive (Dampflok!), in the station, with steam coming out. And what a nice postcard: glossy paper, deckled edge, and even a black border around the image. Very nice! Thanks again!

PS - Dresden is my favorite city outside of Columbus. Dresden and Columbus are sister cities, and I have several fine photo friends there. I don't get there as often as I would like. Not too far from Wernigerode.

bedrof · Mar 8, 2020

MattiS said:
I have a guess that it might be the safelight in one of the two darkrooms I use.
My bathroom darkroom has LED safelights turned down as low as possible, never had fogging issues there.
In the school darkroom (where I printed my cards) safelights are relatively bright, the ceiling is too high to switch off one or two lights without the caretakers help. It might be too bright for just this paper - other papers do not show fogging at all. So what happens? At school you say "well, it´s fogged. Shi*!" You take it home, give it another try and hey, everything is fine (checked with prints on the same paper made at home). So next time you take it back to school because it´s

Sometimes slight bleaching can help.

BSP · Mar 8, 2020

drpsilver said:
On had no doubt what the subject of the card from BSP is. I like how you used contrast (maybe too much) to make the dragon head "jump out" of the photo.

Thanks for your feedback on that one Darwin. I felt the same about the highish-contrast. I had a helluva time trying to get that negative to print well as I must have buggered up the exposure. Since then I have gotten a lot better in eyeballing exposures without a meter on my M2.

Kind regards,

Bill
BSP

Howard Earl · Mar 8, 2020

Comments on 2 cards recently received. From Mattie, Drew Annen Hohne Station . Looks like a scene from the early 1900’s. Beautiful. Second card from BSP. Storm damage on what looks like a waterfront. God documentary shot.

Thanks for both.

Howard Earl

hwv · Mar 9, 2020

Last week I received a very nice photo from calphotography. Sunny weather but very pleasant smooth tones. Beautiful blur. The crop is perfect. Everything that is shown contributes to the message of the picture. Nothing is missing. A photo in which the pictured good mood is contagious.

tezzasmall · Mar 9, 2020

BSP said:
BAM! And another great postcard hits my doormat. @MattiS composed a view from his walk in the park and pulled out a rich combination of detail and contrast on this darkoom print. I love the wide ratio. It perfectly fits the scene. Many thanks for your excellent piece of work.

Bill
BSP

And I too have received this print as a second card from MattiS for this round. Many thanks for that effort Matti!

I too love the use of the wider negative given by the Horizon cameras. I have only just started using mine and can't wait for some sunnier weather, so that I can take mine out again to experiment and learn, as my first film through it showed me where my compositions were lacking, in that more foreground interested is required when composing. Hopefully I will now know what type of composition works with this panoramic styled camera. Roll on spring and summer.

Terry S

MattiS · Mar 9, 2020

Remember the card has an aspect ratio of about 1:2, the full Horizon 202 negative is about 1:2.4. I cropped quite a bit of the path (horizont is in the middle of the full frame).

BSP · Mar 10, 2020

Selenium toning of RC paper! What will they think of next?

Today a fine example of @Lucid 's finishing touch found it's way into my letterbox today.
A little postcard depicting a little scene that evokes a little nostagia.

Nice one @Lucid !

Re,
Bill

mfohl · Mar 10, 2020

I received Luis' nice picket fence today. The subject fit very nicely into the 3 1/2 x 6 format of his card. A little longer than the standard postcard.

Thanks!

-- Mark

Lucid · Mar 11, 2020

BSP said:
Selenium toning of RC paper! What will they think of next?

Today a fine example of @Lucid 's finishing touch found it's way into my letterbox today.
A little postcard depicting a little scene that evokes a little nostagia.

Nice one @Lucid !

Re,
Bill

Thanks Bill, I'm glad you like it! This was the first occasion where I attempted to tone a print. Still plenty of practice ahead of me! I heard the new MG V is more receptive to toning, so I thought I'd give it a go. I can't say that I found the effect dramatic even after 10 minutes in the toner, but that may be due to the general density of the image prior to toning. Still, it gave a subtle improvement over the extra prints which I did not tone.

hwv · Mar 11, 2020

Yesterday I found another postcard in my mailbox. Lucid's "To Osa's Island", the picture of a river that almost seems to disappear under a bridge... Thanks a lot! The first time I see an Ilford MG V knowingly. Seems to be a good paper. And it is even toned with selenium. I haven't tried selenium toning yet. Maybe I should try it.

BSP · Mar 11, 2020

The PCX49 by @hwv has landed.

The strong contrast plays very well off the even stronger composition.
This image reminds me of my trip to Berlin last year.
There is so much great stuff to photograph there that I rrally want to return soon.

@hwv : Thanks for both your card and your "groeten"

Bill
BSP

Luis-F-S · Mar 11, 2020

So far I've received 4 cards:

Imfohl's Neighbor's Tree
Bill's On the Beach
Calphotography's Niece Riding Scooter and
a very niceoversized card Moss from Oxleyroad

Hopefully, a few more will come in. L

3/12 A nice postcard steamed in today all the way from Deutschland. A steam engine from MassiS!
Two of my cards were returned, I'll have to check the address.

mike c · Mar 11, 2020

DRPSILVER's card,super waterfalls and a fine print, very nice.

Black Dog · Mar 12, 2020

mike c said:
RSI's print of a close up of a flower, did not know a Mamiya C330 could focus that close.

They're pretty good, as the bellows extend a fair bit -I love my C330.

mike c · Mar 12, 2020

Black Dog said:
They're pretty good, as the bellows extend a fair bit -I love my C330.

I like my Rollieflex, but it has limited close focusing.

Black Dog · Mar 14, 2020

My Rolleicord's the same-about 3 ft is its limit.

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