Hello From Lancashire

[Denise Swanson]

Hello to everyone here and thank you for letting me join you - this seems like the place to be and I have already been enjoying reading some of your posts so wanted to join. I photograph artworks for paying work, which I really enjoy but my real love is in nature photography, especially close-ups. Having recently purchased an old Hasselblad 500c/m, I am re-learning a lot of skills and acquiring some new ones and enjoying every minute - I hope that will make me a real photographer.

 

[Dave Green]

'owdo from Wigan

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Welcome welcome welcome!!!!
Great to have new people of board. ........ So exciting!

Looking forward to seeing your images.... Especially with the Hazzy!

 

[Pete Askew]

Welcome to RPF Denise. I'm sure you are going to enjoy it here.

 

[Brian Moore]

Welcome, Denise!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Welcome Denise!

Only just go a Blad myself this year - and I love using it

Really looking forward to seeing you shots - and having you join the community

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Hi Denise, and welcome! Just by joining this community you automatically become a Real Photographer. It's that simple. See you around!

 

[Beth Carter]

hello from across the pond.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Hey there from Boston.

 

[Keith Hollister]

Welcome, Denise. Hope you enjoy your time here.

 

[Kev Pugh]

Hello Denise welcome to the house

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Hi Denise.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Hi Denise, I also have a 500cm, although mine is woefully underused! Will look forward to seeing some shots you take on yours!

 

[Denise Swanson]

Hello and thank you all so much for your welcome messages.

I am so sorry not to have returned or responded since joining - life just got a bit busy but it's all quietened down again now so promise to post some pics soon.

I have just bought an old 135mm Zeiss macro lens with manual bellows which I am about to try out with my 500cm, so I am really excited. At last I might be able to get really close up!

 

[Pete Askew]

That sounds exciting Denise. One of these you mean?

http://www.realphotographersforum.c...ng-macro-photography-using-a-copy-stand.4287/

 

[Paul Lange]

Hello Denise and good to see that you had camera acquiring tendencies before you joined (so it is not our fault).

 

[Denise Swanson]

Hi Pete. It is and yes, that is the same one although my bellows is the old manual type. I am still trying to get my head round the exposures - managed to suss out the sequence to be able to use it with strobes (had me fooled for a while as I don't have a double release) so now just need to work on my calculations!

That copy stand you have looks ideal - I'm using a ball head clamped onto a bench at the moment so can't get enough height. I have tripods in my studio but looks like I might need to rig up something else.

 

[Denise Swanson]

Hello Denise and good to see that you had camera acquiring tendencies before you joined (so it is not our fault).

No its not your fault - I think I may have a touch of hasselbladitis - I love this thing and keep finding new bits for it!

 

[Pete Askew]

Not sure of this is any use:

http://www.realphotographersforum.c...cal-imaging-effect-of-bellows-extension.4301/

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/forum/threads/large-format-macro-photography.9261/#post-77371

 

[Denise Swanson]

Those articles were extremely useful Pete, thank you for the links. Am fascinated with your extreme macro of the tropical seedpod as that is exactly what I am hoping to achieve - have been working on such a project for the past year or so but never before been able to close enough so am hoping I can now make it work!

Quick question - I am considering picking up an old Durst enlarger to convert into a copy stand. Have you or anyone else tried it and are there any models better suited to a 'Blad with bellows etc?