Picture of the Day (November 2007)

[nando2323]

 

[pdxflint]

perfect exposure! Man, look at that tonal range. Digital has a long way to go.

Wow. Great photograph. What film was this?

I'm with Seenew, digital has a long way to go before it even starts to catch up to film...thats why I almost always grab my Nikon F3 and some Tri-x over my D80.

Thanks to both of you... I believe the film was Illford Hp5+ 400, although I also used Tri-x for a while. The only way I can be sure is to dig through my negative archives and find the actual negative used for the print.

I was hesitant to post this at first because of the "blown" highlights, but since I was going for the "sidelit" effect with no fill flash I knew the light source would be overexposed, and liked the look. Much of my film shooting ventured into serious backlighting and strong sidelighting, creating some interesting specular highlights and difficult contrast situations - which made the photographs more interesting, at least in my mind... I do like the look of b/w film, including the variations of the grain from changing film. Tri-x looks a lot like HP5, T-Max 400 looks more glassy, and Ilford Delta 400 has it's own look... I also played around with overexposing Plus-x 125, or doing shots into harsh backlighting, and doing a very diluted, longer development (with very gentle agitation) using the old classic German developer, Rodinal, to capture more shadow detail, and tone down the highlights. Usually the tonal range of the film was pretty extensive, and the contrast had to be bumped while printing to find the right balance....

Anyway, I babble on... but film is fun, and demanding - digital is fast. Some parallels to music. Analog vs. digital. I love them both.

Seenew: Really nice work with the polaroids - very artistic and beautiful results...

 

[pdxflint]

Another from the archives...

Taken on campus at Portland State University near the end of the 1995 Pacific Rim Economic Conference which was held there for two days in June, 1995. In this shot Clinton addresses a large crowd which had waited hours to hear him speak. The lighting was tricky (extreme contrast,) since it was severe sidelighting with the sun at a low angle, yet in the shade of the elm trees of the South Park Blocks. The SS gave me about 1 minute from this spot. Scanned from a work print (print done on RC paper meant to be scanned, not displayed...) Please: No politics, pro or con, on the subject. This was strictly non-partisan journalism

Canon EOS A2
Canon 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 USM
Scanned from workprint

 

[M@lew]

Something different?

 

[srf4real]

surf's up

Sunday was pretty epic - hurricane Noel swell.

L1+ZD 40-150mm
1/2000 sec
f/5
ISO 250
150mm

 

[baby duck monge]

Something different?

If this is going to be your new style, it's a wonderful evolution from your older work.

 

[miranda.danny]

Sign Post

Mine for the day

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50mm f1.8 II
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/80 @ f/1.8

 

[seenew]

polaroid emulsion lift. 2007.

(conjuring up old memories of flying toasters, anyone?)

("Afterdark")

 

[nateDEEZY]

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.8 II
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/60 @ f/1.8

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 17-40mm f/4L @ 17mm
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/4 @ f/8

 

[Lovesong]

Leopard is here... (and looks he just licked his butt)

Canon 5D
70-200L f/2.8 @ 200mm
f/5.6
1/800

 

[MacNoobie]

Camera: Canon EOS 1D-Mark II N
Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L | 1/60th @ f/4.5
Focal Length: 38mm
EV: -1/3
Flash: 580 EX w/small diffuser pointed at ceiling.

Shot in RAW mode, No Photoshop used.

 

[jayb2000]

Thinking of summer...

Given that it is 48 and rainy right now

D200 with 18-200vr @ 70mm
f/8
ISO 200
1/180s

I really need to use a tripod and/or jack the ISO for shots like that, but I was trying to keep noise down. Instead it came out just a tiny bit blurred.

 

[M@lew]

If this is going to be your new style, it's a wonderful evolution from your older work.

Thanks. It was kind of a mistake gone good. I was mis-focusing bad it gave it a nice old style look.

 

[redrabbit]

 

[srf4real]

offshores and overhead, Sunday dawn patrol.

click for larger image​

 

[mpr131]

Almalfi Coast at Night

First time posting in this thread. No special camera nor do I know any of the settings.

Town of Sorrento, Italy at night.

 

[srf4real]

No special camera nor do I know any of the settings...

And a beautiful view none the less!

 

[fett]

Hi, I have enjoyed all your photos for a couple of months now and finally decided to join. I'm new to photography, I just bought my first dslr in July.

Here is one of mine from Saturday.



ISO 100
Shutter 1/125
Aperture f/11
Focal lenght 33mm
Rebel XTi with EF-S 17-85mm lense.

 

[sthpark7791]

 

[RoadieJodie]

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 18.5 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date / Time: 2007:11:04 12:24:26

 

[gamerz]

Heres mine, I can barely compete here

If the picture didnt work then linky:

http://img479.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01020tv5.jpg

 

[seenew]

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Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 18.5 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date / Time: 2007:11:04 12:24:26

aha! dried up foundtain. so cool looking, almost like a desert with old machinery lying around.

 

[redrabbit]

Inner Mongolian field..who wouldn't want to take a nap there?

 

[pdxflint]

Resting...

On a quiet afternoon on the Willamette River at West Linn. Scanned from workprint.

Canon EOS 630
Canon 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 USM
Tri-X 400 film - scanned from print

 

[fett]

Taken in Waterton Glacier National Park.


Exposure: 1/2 sec at f/25
ISO 100
Canon Rebel XTi EF-S 17-85mm