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Main Forum / Re: Weekend - October 18, 19 & 20, 2024

« Last post by Phil Snaps on October 19, 2024, 10:59:05 AM »

Stunning perspective on the first one Bryan!

A couple from Vaison-la-Romaine, in the South of France, taken in August. Shot with new-to-me Lomo LC-A 120 and Ektar 100. Dev/scan/invert by the lab, because I didn't know what to expect from Ektar. I will eventually rescan and invert myself.

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Main Forum / Weekend - October 18, 19 & 20, 2024

« Last post by Bryan on October 19, 2024, 01:00:08 AM »

A few more from the pulp mill in Cosmopolis, Washington.  Leica IIIf with Adox HR-50 developed in beer. 

The power plant on the right runs on biomass, hog fuel and pulp liquor.  Hog fuel is wood waste byproduct and pulp liquor is a byproduct of the pulp making process, lignin and other stuff from the process.  15mm Voigtlander Heliar lens.
Cosmo Power Plant by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

The old pulp mill that has been abandoned for a long time.  Summitar 5cm f/2 lens.
Old Cosmo Mill by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

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Photo Essays / Re: From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

« Last post by Bryan on October 17, 2024, 02:21:52 AM »

Leica IIIf with Summitar 5cm f/2 on Adox HR-50 developed in beer.

Kurt Cobain Guitar Statue by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Muddy banks at low tide.
Muddy Banks by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Shopping cart in the mud exposed at low tide.
Shopping Cart in the Mud by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Breakwater Seafoods by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

More to come.

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Main Forum / Re: Weekend 11th -13th October 2024

« Last post by Francois on October 14, 2024, 10:19:09 PM »

I wouldn't recommend HP on that front. The ink is laid pretty thin and the registration is so good that feeding the image twice doesn't really do anything.
When you look closely, you can see the individual dots.

I also tried with a laser printer and while you do get a lot of density, there is no gradation of tones per say. So the dithering is quite visible.

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Main Forum / Re: Weekend 11th -13th October 2024

« Last post by ManuelL on October 14, 2024, 08:18:43 PM »

These prints look great, Irv. What kind of printer are you using? I have an Epson, which works fine with most types od acetate. I only have to put a white sheet of paper behind the acetate, so the printer knows there is something there to print on.
I can confirm that the printer lays down a lot of ink. I actually ran into trouble with some cheap acetate that didn't have enough capacity to take up the ink.

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Photo Essays / Re: From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

« Last post by Indofunk on October 12, 2024, 07:20:46 PM »

I have (more appropriately, "had") an all-brass Nirvana cover band, so this is all fascinating to me! 😁

I thought you'd like it.  One thing that I have taken from this is that Curt didn't have a very good upbringing.  Poor mill town going through rough times and not a great family life.  Obviously that greatly influenced his music.

Yeah, most people only know about his rockstar period, but that only lasted 5 years, and he didn't even have a great time then. The rest of his life objectively sucked 😕

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Main Forum / Re: Weekend 11th -13th October 2024

« Last post by Francois on October 12, 2024, 03:52:58 PM »

I finally got to sort out my salt print problem  ~(bought a different brand out of the supermarket) and it seemed to have worked. Now I just have to refine the process of timing the exposure and sorting out the printer which still will not print on acetate, i may have to buy another one (any reliable suggestions ) then I can make A4 size prints

Glad that you fixed the salt problem. I guess I was right on that one.
I have an old HP printer that doesn't have a transparency setting. So I just set it to matte photo paper and best printing. That's what puts the most ink on the paper.
You can also feed the sheet twice to increase density (sometimes works).

I know that most alt process printers use Epson printers as they have the reputation of laying a ton of ink on the paper. Their ecotank models are probably a good choice since you can refill them with just about anything that comes from China. That Chinese ink is a lot cheaper than the brand name stuff (that's what I use in my 16$ HP from 15 years ago)

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Main Forum / Re: Weekend 11th -13th October 2024

« Last post by irv_b on October 12, 2024, 02:51:47 PM »

Finally some fog! We rarely get any fog here, and when it happens it's usually gone by the time you get the camera loaded with film and get your shoes on. This one lasted for a whole roll of film!

Contax N1 / Zeiss Planar 2.0/80 / Adox CHS 100 II in Adox XT-3

I'm glad you got out into the fog Kai, I love those type of shot very atmospheric.

Plenty of fog in the Pacific Northwest, sometimes it takes until the afternoon to burn off.  Nice shots Kai!  I have a few from the muddy banks of the Wishkah river, more in my photo essay

You get to go to some very interesting places Bryan

I finally got to sort out my salt print problem  ~(bought a different brand out of the supermarket) and it seemed to have worked. Now I just have to refine the process of timing the exposure and sorting out the printer which still will not print on acetate, i may have to buy another one (any reliable suggestions ) then I can make A4 size prints

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Photo Essays / Re: From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

« Last post by Bryan on October 11, 2024, 10:04:22 PM »

I have (more appropriately, "had") an all-brass Nirvana cover band, so this is all fascinating to me! 😁

I thought you'd like it.  One thing that I have taken from this is that Curt didn't have a very good upbringing.  Poor mill town going through rough times and not a great family life.  Obviously that greatly influenced his music. 

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Main Forum / Re: Weekend 11th -13th October 2024

« Last post by Bryan on October 11, 2024, 10:00:35 PM »

Plenty of fog in the Pacific Northwest, sometimes it takes until the afternoon to burn off.  Nice shots Kai!  I have a few from the muddy banks of the Wishkah river, more in my photo essay https://filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=10698.0.  Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 531/2 with Kodak Tri-X 400 Developed in Rodinal 1:50.

Old Northern Pacific Railroad Swing Bridge by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Old Pier on the Wishkah by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr