Author Topic: weekend thread 10-11 June (Read 3626 times)

irv_b · « **on:** June 09, 2017, 11:53:47 AM »

As I am on a long weekend off I'll start the w/end thread with a couple of slide film shot from my last trip to Scotland
Provia 100f Linhof 4x5 lab developed. The first one is a colour version of as previous shot

MacArron · « **Reply #1 on:** June 09, 2017, 01:04:52 PM »

Good job irv_b. I like the second one, probably because of the out of focus area that makes it quite interesting to me. I see the first one out of focus or bad scanned. Provia 100F is, as you know, really sharp. Something is happening with first shot...

Mine is in black and white this time. It was shot on a weekend about one month ago and developed last Wednesday.

Kowa Six
FP4+ in Rodinal

02Pilot · « **Reply #2 on:** June 09, 2017, 01:21:14 PM »

Nice start folks. Mine is (predictably) from our recent Colorado trip. Hexar AF, Velvia 50.

cs1 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 09, 2017, 01:23:06 PM »

irv_b, I really like the second shot, the focus is spot on and the shallow depth of field is very nice. I also like your contribution, MacArron, the focus area is well chosen and the lighting is very nice.

My contribution was shot with an Agfa Synchro Box (I think with the yellow filter setting) on Rollei Superpan 200 (dev. in Rodinal).

astrobeck · « **Reply #4 on:** June 09, 2017, 01:37:06 PM »

nice start everyone!
Mine's from the Zenit TTL with a Helios 44M and some expired T-max 100
Sloshed in caffenol

cs1 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 09, 2017, 01:42:45 PM »

Becky, nice shot. I think that the Helios produces such a nice barrelly (is that even a word?!) blur in the out-of-focus areas. It fits your shot really well.

Bryan · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2017, 04:02:51 PM »

I have some spring flowers in color. These were shot with a Pentax K1000 using expired Kodak Gold 200 (metered at 100). The first two were shot with a Vivitar Macro Zoom lens and the last one was shot with a flipped SMC Pentax-A f/2 50mm lens.

Calla Lily by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Dogwood Flower by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Clematis by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

astrobeck · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2017, 05:25:45 PM »

Bryan, that Red Dogwood is spectacular.

I grew up in East Texas with White ones, this red one is sublime!

Bryan · « **Reply #8 on:** June 09, 2017, 06:05:41 PM »

Quote from: astrobeck on June 09, 2017, 05:25:45 PM

Bryan, that Red Dogwood is spectacular.
I grew up in East Texas with White ones, this red one is sublime!

Thanks Becky, I've only seen the red ones in the Pacific Northwest. The one I photographed was a shrub but I have a Dogwood tree in my yard that produces very similar flowers.

Kai-san · « **Reply #9 on:** June 09, 2017, 06:44:12 PM »

Love that shot, Becky!

Contax 645 / Zeiss Distagon 35mm f3.5 / Rollei RPX 400 in Xtol

Klaus · « **Reply #10 on:** June 09, 2017, 06:56:18 PM »

Good start everyone into the weekend.
My first pinhole ever, first time ever 4x5, Noon camera, FP4+ 125 ISO, 20 seconds exposure. Dev in Rodinal 1+50 for 15 minutes. Forgot the wide angle! So lots of empty road space but some indication of traffic moving to the left. Developing was a challenge (using Yankee tank). "Scan" using DSLR on light table, negative not entirely flat.

ManuelL · « **Reply #11 on:** June 09, 2017, 07:41:49 PM »

Great start into the weekend! Especially love Irv_b's second one and Becky's flowers.

Got a little snail this weekend; Rolleiflex 3.5f, Rolleinar 2, Ilford FP4

irv_b · « **Reply #12 on:** June 09, 2017, 07:50:24 PM »

Quote from: MacArron on June 09, 2017, 01:04:52 PM

Good job irv_b. I like the second one, probably because of the out of focus area that makes it quite interesting to me. I see the first one out of focus or bad scanned. Provia 100F is, as you know, really sharp. Something is happening with first shot...

The neg is good on the light box with the loupe-so it must be my lousy scanning technique

Blaxton · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2017, 02:04:27 AM »

I feel like I have to love a racing snail and I do like the picture of it--smooth.

KevinAllan · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2017, 07:35:16 AM »

The Louvre - Fujifilm GA645Zi and Tri-X

The Louvre by Kevin Allan, on Flickr

cs1 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 10, 2017, 01:04:11 PM »

Very nice contributions everyone. Kevin, the exposure time is spot on. ManuelL, your racing snail is excellent and the focus area is nice.

MiguelCampano · « **Reply #16 on:** June 10, 2017, 01:49:48 PM »

Well... Last night, after a few Kalimotxos (Basque drink, coca-cola and red wine, with ice), I decided to use the C-41 kit that I had mixed the night before and test it on a couple of rolls.

I set my Datatainer bottles in some hot water and after 5 minutes or so I checked the temperature and began developing. The Blix, however, was around 5 degrees cooler than the Developer but the Unicolor manual said it was OK.

Here are the results of my first C-41 rolls ever!

Test by Miguel Campano, on Flickr
Kodak Gold 200, straight from the scanner.

Nico River by Miguel Campano, on Flickr
Fuji Superia 400, adjusted levels on PS.

cs1 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2017, 02:10:03 PM »

Nice results, Miguel. I still haven't dared to try it myself. Maybe I should.

MiguelCampano · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2017, 02:45:35 PM »

Seems to be pretty easy. I still have about 4 more rolls that I'll develop tonight but since I only have one 35mm reel for the Patterson tank, it'll be one at a time. The whole set up (not including the tank and whatnot since I already had it), was probably $40 including the C-41 kit.

My local lab charges $12 per roll for negatives only....

cs1 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 10, 2017, 02:50:31 PM »

12 $ is a steep price. I only pay 0,99 € for a C-41 negative roll development which is quite reasonable so I haven't had the economic motivation to try it myself.

Indofunk · « **Reply #20 on:** June 10, 2017, 03:03:34 PM »

Quote from: cs1 on June 10, 2017, 02:50:31 PM

12 $ is a steep price. I only pay 0,99 € for a C-41 negative roll development which is quite reasonable so I haven't had the economic motivation to try it myself.

That's a great price! Even if I manage to squeeze out 20 rolls out of a Unicolor kit (I'm averaging around 12 these days $:-\$ ), that's still more than $1/roll...

cs1 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 10, 2017, 03:08:18 PM »

It's a German chain of home electronics stores. They don't do their own development but send it to the large scale Fuji lab. The results are always good. The only "complaint" that I have is that they cut the 135 negatives into strips of four which is a little short but I really don't want to complain.

MiguelCampano · « **Reply #22 on:** June 10, 2017, 03:32:02 PM »

That's a fantastic price for it! I'd send my negatives for that price range too. Do they do E-6 at a buck each too?

cs1 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 10, 2017, 03:34:15 PM »

Yes, indeed. I only tried it once but the Fuji Velvia 50 looked fine.

Indofunk · « **Reply #24 on:** June 10, 2017, 05:02:02 PM »

Here's mine. Sensia 100 @50, xpro'd in C41. Shot on an XA with a 3x closeup filter handheld in front of the lens, at a wacky angle because of the clamshell case

So of course the focus is off, and I had no idea what I was framing, but it's actually not too bad all considered

I'm starting to warm up to Sensia's magenta shifted xpro look. Good thing, because I have 5 more rolls of it left!

EarlJam · « **Reply #25 on:** June 10, 2017, 07:24:42 PM »

Nothing particularly suitable to post from this week's film, primarily snapshots from my grandson's birthday party. So, one from the archive: Mamiya C3, 80mm, and (probably) Tri-X.

chris667 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 10, 2017, 11:03:09 PM »

I live at the top of a big hill. Pigeons fly around by day, and bats by night.

I tried to capture the movement of the pigeons. I zone focused and used a slowish shutter speed, pressing the trigger as they passed into focus.

All guesswork, but I like the way it came out.

Expired Agfa Vista 200, Pentax Spotmatic, Mir-1B 37mm.

hookstrapped · « **Reply #27 on:** June 11, 2017, 04:44:48 PM »

irv's first shot looks very 3-dimensional... nice

beautiful strong flowers

these are a couple FP100C positive negs from last week

AJShepherd · « **Reply #28 on:** June 11, 2017, 05:38:04 PM »

Well this weekend I figured i had enough colour film shot and plans to shoot more in the next month that it was worth breaking open the Rollei Colorchem C41 kit, and developing the two rolls of Portra 160 which were the only colour film I shot last year.

More fresh fish by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

Shelter and Pier by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

with old fashioned satellite dish by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

The middle one's Worthing, the other two are Hastings, and I *think* I was using the Kodak Retina IIc but I forgot to note that down at the time.

Blaxton · « **Reply #29 on:** June 11, 2017, 10:50:30 PM »

In Cantanhede, Portugal, where I am spending these first two months of summer, I don't have access to a film scanner. With a bit of effort, I have been able to put together enough gear and supplies to develop film but I'm down to taking snaps of the negatives with my iPhone and reversing the negatives with an app called Film Scanner Lite. (This town does have a small store that sells and processes color film, including scanning. I have a roll being processed now.) My first attempt yielded mixed results. The processing went very well. It's hard to go wrong with ID-11 for a developer, although I hope to get back to Caffenol when I track down the supplies. Unfortunately, the iPhone scans are all pretty weak, at least in focusing.

Public launderette, Ança
Century Graphic 23, 105mm Tominon lens, Tri-X, ID-11
Scanned using FilmScanner Lite on an iPhone 6s.

jharr · « **Reply #30 on:** June 12, 2017, 03:13:02 AM »

Irv - tree, Andrej - Trucks, Becky - flower... outstanding!

Mine is from my 30's model Agfa PD16 Clipper loaded with expired 70mm Vericolor III loaded onto a 616 spool. I guess that makes the effective speed I shot it at around iso 200-ish (1/30-ish @ f/6-ish). This is just out the back door where I work. Apologies for the dust.

Reflected by James Harr, on Flickr

Indofunk · « **Reply #31 on:** June 12, 2017, 05:22:39 AM »

"-ish"

I live by "ish"

In fact, my name is Sat-ish

MiguelCampano · « **Reply #32 on:** June 12, 2017, 05:07:05 PM »

I know that the thread is "over" since the weekend ended, however, I shot a roll of Portra 160 on Friday and after I developed it I noticed that the colors were very pale. I knew they'd be more "natural" and less saturated than other films, however, the skin tone of my friend came out extremely pale. I'm no Photoshop expert but you can see the result:

retrato by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

That is after a warming filter on PS and adjusting levels. He has tan skin. I know that light plays an important factor here but... Pretty pale, still. Tomorrow I'll be going to NJ (Jersey shore) and my girlfriend has very pale skin and I'm just afraid she'll look like Casper if I shoot her on Portra 160, and like a boiled lobster if I use Ektar 100. I'm thinking about Provia 100 for the beach+her

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

imagesfrugales · « **Reply #33 on:** June 12, 2017, 08:18:59 PM »

Hi Miguel, I like the portraits very much, congrats to your first color developings. Your "problem" is not a Portra thing, it's imho simply the best color film available, be it 160 or 400. It's a scan and/or edit problem. Try increasing the saturation and you should be there where you want to be. Negatives have to be interpreted, they aren't done with the development.

To get an impression have a look here, so many fantastic shots:
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=kodak%20portra%20160

MiguelCampano · « **Reply #34 on:** June 12, 2017, 08:43:06 PM »

Quote from: imagesfrugales on June 12, 2017, 08:18:59 PM

Hi Miguel, I like the portraits very much, congrats to your first color developings. Your "problem" is not a Portra thing, it's imho simply the best color film available, be it 160 or 400. It's a scan and/or edit problem. Try increasing the saturation and you should be there where you want to be. Negatives have to be interpreted, they aren't done with the development.

To get an impression have a look here, so many fantastic shots:
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=kodak%20portra%20160

Thanks... I'll give it one more shot and play with the saturation on PS and see how it goes.

Alan · « **Reply #35 on:** June 13, 2017, 02:31:43 PM »

Hi all, long time no text!

Its great to see the weekend threads still alive!
some lovely results by the usual suspects and nice to see new names also.