Topic: Its the weekend :) Friday the 24th counts as the start!

[calbisu]

yEP, they just look great.

Windy, those trucks on the second shot look powerful!

[jojonas~]

mark: I've actually been interested in trying out panning but I didn't think to go to sports. it'd beat photos of inner city cars in my book anyway. thanks for the idea!

andrea: I like this still life of yours. it's got some romantic feeling in the focus that really fits I think. and the set up to me looks borderline between prepared and a shot of just how it was. it'll make a fine shot to look at and remember for the couple, I bet

roman: I'm really into the blown highlights and desaturated colors in this set of cars. looks like the've been through many hot summers~

[LT]

mmmm ... Leffe.   

[Andrea.]

This morning I took to the town.

[jojonas~]

got these two rolls of agfa sumthin sumthin iso800 that I wasn't so pleased with, shooting as is.
so I said hello to my old friend (evil) redscale!

somewhat easier with an slr and prime lens than with some point and shoot or toycam 
still.. this was shot at (mostly) iso50. would've thunk that there'd be more color. but I guess you need straight on sunlight for that? still new to this.

[patois]

@CarlRadford intense portrait.

@Miller loves the stairs to nowhere.

@calbisu  the kid's look is priceless.

[gothamtomato]

The scanning as colour technique is discussed in this thread

http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=2917.0

I must admit that I have since that thread always scanned in colour.  I haven't done a comparison of it but like the results that I get.

I've been scanning in RGB as well. But the problem I'm having with that is, different films come up in different tones (and I've used a lot of different films over the years).

So far I haven't been able to figure out how to make them all the same tone (warm tone, but not sepia).  BTW, if you've ever seen the tone in the images on Electrolite's blog, that's what I'm looking to match (It's also about the same tone as Andrea's pic above). Some films I've used come out that tone 'naturally' when scanned, but others are cool (and one old one, green!) I want them all a consistent tone because I'm putting them in a Blurb book together, and right now they look bad together because the tones are so all over the place.

If anyone has any tips on how to get them all to match I'd appreciate it! (And if it would help for me to post pix of 2 images that don't match, let me know & I'll do that).

Thanks!

[CamerAsian]

Love those pinhole flowers. And love Leffe beer.

Old negative, new print. Nr. Kashgar, OM-1. Split filter and diffusion.

[jojonas~]

GTomato: if you're looking for consistent results, I'd work with totally grayscale shots and then slap some photoshop(or other) layer to get the effect you're after, even when using different films.
 I guess you can save macros of the stuff you do if you want to do it in batch(?)

[LT]

Old negative, new print. Nr. Kashgar, OM-1. Split filter and diffusion.

Nice bit of Darkroom Diffusion - I love that when it's well done.  It suits this picture well.

[Skorj]

Nice bit of Darkroom Diffusion - I love that when it's well done. 

Tell us more about this technique perhaps? I get a similar effect from my Type-665 sometimes, something I strive for... Skj.

[LT]

no problem Skorj.  It's a simple process of diffusing the image forming light from below the lens of the enlarger for a small amount of the exposure time.

I've used screwed up translucent plastic bags and bubblewrap before, which work ok, but you have to keep them moving to prevent texture from being printed. I've now got a zeiss diffusion filter that I use. The trick is getting the shadows to bleed slightly whilst maintaining contrast as the diffusion tends to muddy up the highlights somewhat.   

[CarlRadford]

@CamerAsian - wonderful portrait - the childs youth contrasts with the mans age that appears to add another level of context!

[CamerAsian]

Cheers Carl and Leon,

The way I do this is first do a test strip with an 00 filter. When you have a suitable time (say 10 secs), do another test strip with #5 filter with roughly the same time (10 secs), then, under safe light, switch back to the 00 filter. Diffuse for the same amount of time (10 secs). For the final print, tweak the times to suit, keeping the diffuser moving below the lens. The closer to the lens, the more diffusion.

For a diffuser, I use a clear piece of plastic, the type you'd find on binders or in cheap picture frames, sprayed with hairspray. Spray a layer, then leave to dry, and spray again until happy. It dries quickly and can be washed off easily. The trick is to get the times right so the blacks bleed nicely, creating halos if you want them. Contrasty images are best.

Here's one (shot in Kathmandu) that shows an extreme reaction to diffusion.

[moominsean]

Hey, it's like analog HDR! 

[Photo_Utopia]

Two great shots Camasian I especially like the old man.
regards
Mark

[Suzi Livingstone]

Really like that Kathmandu shot.

[Pete_R]

I've used screwed up translucent plastic bags and bubblewrap before,

Not something I've done for years but I used to use black stockings (I can hear the jokes already).

[LT]

Not something I've done for years but I used to use black stockings (I can hear the jokes already).

Wait for it .....

Here it comes ......


[drum roll]

I've often wondered what to do with my old ones ....

[Hi-Hat and snare hit]

Eye-Thang-Yoo

I'm here all week.

[Phil Bebbington]

Peter, I have always used mine for staining curds!

[LT]

Peter, I have always used mine for staining curds!

those poor curds.  As if they haven't got enough to worry about without a Bebbington going around with his old stockings.

[Phil Bebbington]

So much detail left out there, Leon.  I dare not protest too much 

[johann]

This time a portrait of my younger sister, with the same technic as the previous I posted, made around the same time.