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[Steve Boykin]

I stopped to get coffee on my way back from shooting some Acros this AM and took this. My photography instructor is meeting me tomorrow to spend some time in the darkroom. We are on Xmas break so I better have some film.......

The first one was what I saw when I got out of the car. #2 is called Detour on the Road to Greener Pastures.

For anyone shooting Acros. It makes great negatives when rated at ISO 200 and developed for 12 minutes in D76.

 

[Pete Askew]

The colour is everything in the second Steve and I like it a lot. But the first is just brilliant. Love the composition, tones and sense of abandonment it invokes. Do you have some on film too?

 

[Steve Boykin]

The colour is everything in the second Steve and I lil it a lot. But the first is just brilliant. Love the composition, tones and sense of abandonment it invokes. Do you have some on film too?

I had one shot left on the roll and took the first one on film also. It's with a 45mm so the field of view should be the same. I still haven't gotten a scanner yet. I'm hoping to get one soon. I spent some of the money for it on a 35mm F3.5 lens for that Mamiya which should be here this week. It's wide.....really wide.

I just want a scanner to scan the prints I make. I love working in the darkroom. It's very time consuming but it makes you slow down. I far prefer it to working on the computer with digital. I'm not saying one is better than the other, but for me there is something really fun/inspiring about making the test strips/prints and making a final print on an enlarger. Sure it's time consuming but I like the physicality of it, if that makes sense. I guess I'm not much of a computer person. I get bored really fast with Lightroom. I think that's why I like the VSCO presets. I can get done very quickly and go back to doing something I actually enjoy.

No doubt about it, I'm definitely a photography Neo-Luddite.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Agree with Pete on #1 - the random arrow on the wall adds to the quirkiness

If you get a scanner with a film hood, you'll be able to scan your negs as well - very handy

Just invested (finally) myself - Epson V700

Based on the amount of scanning I paid for this year - it'll pay for itself rather quickly!

 

[Steve Boykin]

Agree with Pete on #1 - the random arrow on the wall adds to the quirkiness

If you get a scanner with a film hood, you'll be able to scan your negs as well - very handy

Just invested (finally) myself - Epson V700

Based on the amount of scanning I paid for this year - it'll pay for itself rather quickly!

I'm really looking at it. I need to figure out why I would scan them though. I'm pretty happy just making a print right now so it may be later this year. I'm trying to save up to buy a Hasselblad or a 4 X 5 after this term so it might have to wait a bit. I like the 645 1000s but I do think down the road I'm going to want a bit better lenses. I tried out the 45mm and wasn't overly thrilled with it. I needed something wider than 55mm, so I went with the 35mm which is about a 20mm equivalent. I categorically want to stick with MF or a larger format. We have a full set up to do 4 X 5 negatives but if I go that route I need to pick one focal length and learn to like using a tripod......

 

[Brian Moore]

I need to figure out why I would scan them though.

One reason Steve may simply be to see your images better before you decide which ones to print. I suppose you could do a contact sheet and use a loupe and all that, but scanning negs on a film scanner gives you other options. (For example, uploading to image hosting sites, sharing them easily with family/friends/RPF, etc.).

 

[Steve Boykin]

One reason Steve may simply be to see your images better before you decide which ones to print. I suppose you could do a contact sheet and use a loupe and all that, but scanning negs on a film scanner gives you other options. (For example, uploading to image hosting sites, sharing them easily with family/friends/RPF, etc.).

I actually like making the contact sheets, ect. I get lost in that darkroom and before I know 3 hours has passed. Something about the tactile nature of it, it's hard to explain. I think it's really sad that film is dying off. When I was looking at what film I wanted to use there were so few to choose from. I'm doing some portraits for my sister of my niece next week. I bought some Kodak Porta, the 400 and the 160, but there weren't that many color choices left. That I will have to send off to be processed. I will probably shoot one roll of B/W time permitting.

All that said, I would like to be able to scan the prints I make. I would like to post them here to get some feedback. I'm not very good at B/W so I need all the help I can get. Right now I'm still working with 8 X 10 but I hope to graduate to a larger size later this year.

I'll probably get a scanner in early Spring. If I see a good deal on one after Xmas I might jump on it though. Both you and Chris recommended the Epson so I'm looking at those.

 

[Pete Askew]

The Epson is nice and has the bonus of allowing negatives to be scanned but is limited to A4. I have a Microtek ScanMaker 1000XL which I use for prints up to A3 (and LF negs). Anything bigger, I use a copy stand.

Happy Christmas by the way.

 

[Steve Boykin]

The Epson is nice and has the bonus of allowing negatives to be scanned but is limited to A4. I have a Microtek ScanMaker 1000XL which I use for prints up to A3 (and LF negs). Anything bigger, I use a copy stand.

Happy Christmas by the way.

Same to you Pete!! I can't tell you how much I have appreciated your kindness.

A4 is what I am printing on right now. I did some research on it a bit earlier this year. A lot of people online were complaining that they couldn't get the negatives to lay flat. I'm not sure if that is accurate or not. In any event, I enjoy the printing process so much more than using the computer, I would more than likely just be scanning the prints.

I am hoping to graduate to A3+ sometime this Spring. I'm going to stick with Pearl because it just takes so long to rinse/dry that fiber based paper (but it sure looks nice). I ended up liking the Pearl more than the Glossy.

Again, hope you have a great Christmas and Santa brings you something nice. He brought me a 35mm F3.5 lens for the Mamiya camera.

 

[Beth Carter]

I get lost in that darkroom and before I know 3 hours has passed.

that's what happens when i play skyrim. glad you're enjoying the darkroom, but i'm a bit too addicted to my computer to give up digital processing.

 

[Keith Hollister]

The color one is just a punchy color photo of a dumpster, but the first one is outstanding. The power poles all akimbo, the tilted dumpster and the arrows on the curb all contribute to a great image. I love the scale too - it's a scene with a dumpster, not a photo of a dumpster. It just conveys a sense of everything falling apart.

Fantastic photograph