Traveling negative anyone?

[antmar]

I want to add something...
Thank you Darko for your wonderful idea, I really enjoyed it VERY MUCH, and I can't wait to see the next prints.

 

[darkosaric]

welcome . i am enjoying as well, without all of us this would not work.

 

[Loren Sattler]

I can print up to 6 x 9, so include me on the list for the second negative.

 

[MartinP]

My print is ready and when it will be dry I will scan and upload an image for you. I needed to do a second print cause, stupid me, the first one wasn't small enough to be scanned.
Till the end of the day the first negative (the original one from Darko) will be on it's way to Ned. Also the second negative (the one that I will add to the thread) will be ready to leave tomorrow morning.
More details in a few hours.

Perhaps you could find an evenly lit place and simply use a digital point-and-shoot, or mobile-phone, to make a picture of the print? Include whatever is necessary, the little weights holding the corners down, the cat about to jump on the print etc! It is an illustration of the print you have made, not an image to be reproduced as a museum piece. I did some masking on a print to demonstrate the method, in another forum, and was foolishly surprised to discover that any old happy-snaps camera can make a 'good-enough' image of the prints on the floor for a few hundred pixels wide on a web page.

 

[antmar]

Perhaps you could find an evenly lit place and simply use a digital point-and-shoot, or mobile-phone, to make a picture of the print? Include whatever is necessary, the little weights holding the corners down, the cat about to jump on the print etc! It is an illustration of the print you have made, not an image to be reproduced as a museum piece. I did some masking on a print to demonstrate the method, in another forum, and was foolishly surprised to discover that any old happy-snaps camera can make a 'good-enough' image of the prints on the floor for a few hundred pixels wide on a web page.

Dear Martin,
Thanks for your advice.
I did that already and I got a lot of reflections and a mediocre contrast. It was a lot easier and safer to do a new smaller print and now, after all, I feel a lot better about that.
I am finished and the negatives have already gone.
Kind regards
Antonis

 

[MartinP]

Ahhh, fair enough! When I tried this idea, I was lucky enough to have a large window with indirect sky-lighting and that worked well enough. I am watching the thread with interest, to see what everyone comes up with

 

[Colin DeWolfe]

I can print up to 4x5.

 

[walbergb]

Let's see, currently APUG members have a travelling negative and a travelling camera, each making its way around the world. I guess the only thing left is to have a travelling photographer. Following the protocol established by the other travelling objects, a participating APUG member would host the "travelling photographer" before shipping him or her off to the next destination-at the hosts expense of course. Countless miles, many dollars (euros, pesos, yens, etc.), and years later, the travelling photographer would return home. Any takers?

 

[jeffreythree]

antmar's negative made it here today in great shape. Hope to find some time this weekend to make some prints, but may need to wait on delivery of some chemicals next week if I decide it would look good as a lith print. The next on the list for this negative would be Colin DeWolfe, correct?

 

[darkosaric]

Let's see, currently APUG members have a travelling negative and a travelling camera, each making its way around the world. I guess the only thing left is to have a travelling photographer. Following the protocol established by the other travelling objects, a participating APUG member would host the "travelling photographer" before shipping him or her off to the next destination-at the hosts expense of course. Countless miles, many dollars (euros, pesos, yens, etc.), and years later, the travelling photographer would return home. Any takers?

I know you mean it as a joke - but... I am planing to visit the States soon, and already many APUGers offered me free overnight stay on my planned route !
So maybe it is not so bad idea to make a thread about traveling to xyz - is there a APUGER there to offer a bed/sofa, or at least lunch and local guide?

 

[MattKing]

Let's see, currently APUG members have a travelling negative and a travelling camera, each making its way around the world. I guess the only thing left is to have a travelling photographer. Following the protocol established by the other travelling objects, a participating APUG member would host the "travelling photographer" before shipping him or her off to the next destination-at the hosts expense of course. Countless miles, many dollars (euros, pesos, yens, etc.), and years later, the travelling photographer would return home. Any takers?

Only if the travelling photographer fits in one of those USPS fixed rate postal cartons

 

[fdonadio]

Only if the travelling photographer fits in one of those USPS fixed rate postal cartons

I've just enrolled in a contortionism class!


Flavio

 

[antmar]

I am glad that my negative arrived in Jeff's hands in good shape and I can't wait to see the first print.

 

[480sparky]

..........How many of you in the list can handle a panoramic negative of 24x58mm or a medium format 6x6 negative?.........

I can go to 4x5.

 

[Molli]

Let's see, currently APUG members have a travelling negative and a travelling camera, each making its way around the world. I guess the only thing left is to have a travelling photographer. Following the protocol established by the other travelling objects, a participating APUG member would host the "travelling photographer" before shipping him or her off to the next destination-at the hosts expense of course. Countless miles, many dollars (euros, pesos, yens, etc.), and years later, the travelling photographer would return home. Any takers?

All ready, self-packaged and all! Where to first?

 

[480sparky]

The negative arrived in todays mail!!!!!!


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[rpavich]

The negative arrived in todays mail!!!!!!


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Excellent!
Looking forward to what you do with it.

 

[480sparky]

I PM's LarsAC for the next leg of the journey. I should be able to crank out a print in very short order as I will start tonight.

 

[NedL]

Darko's original negative has traveled 17,902 miles or 28,810 km.

Antmar's negative has traveled 10,023 km or 6228 miles.

 

[darkosaric]

thanks for the update Ned !

 

[jeffreythree]

Well, here is my print of antmar's reverse negative on 5"x7" Multitone Glossy RC. My cheap V500 scanner refuses to make the left/right edges of the sky look like the print with RC paper(washed out reflections or something).

 

[ValoPeikko]

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Well, here is my print of antmar's reverse negative on 5"x7" Multitone Glossy RC. My cheap V500 scanner refuses to make the left/right edges of the sky look like the print with RC paper(washed out reflections or something).

Athens, o how I miss that city. Spent many summers there as a kid. Should revisit at some point, perhaps for prolonged duration if possible

 

[antmar]

Athens, o how I miss that city. Spent many summers there as a kid. Should revisit at some point, perhaps for prolonged duration if possible

You are very welcome

 

[jeffreythree]

antmar's negative is on its way to Colin DeWolfe today.

 

[480sparky]

Well, just pulled the print off the drying stand:

As I have an enlarger with the ability to tilt the negative carrier stage, I was able to use that and spread the focus across a tilted easel. This allowed me to correct the slight keystoning of the image.

Details:
Beseler 45MX, Nikkor EL-50/2.8
Overall exposure @ f/16 for 25 seconds, sky burned in at f/11 for an additional 40 seconds
Ilford MGIV Multigrade paper, Multigrade developer, stop bath & fixer.