One from the Shen Hao

[480sparky]

About the only one I was happy the way the scan came out from the day's shoot:

Shen Hao HZX45-IIA
Calumet 210mmf/5.6
13 seconds
f/16
Exposure determined with both incident and 1° spot meters using Gossen Starlite
Open garage door about 5' to left of subjects.
Fill flash from Nikon SB600 speedlight set at 1/8 power, fired 7-9 times from right side
Ilford Delta 100 shot @ N-1
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 68°F for 9:30, 60-sec agitations.

Comments welcome!

 

[limr]

LOVE this!

 

[tirediron]

I wish this had been the drill press or one of hte other images, but you did a GREAT job on the set-up and exposure.

 

[480sparky]

Shooting at N-1 and pulling the developing sure brought the dynamic range into a usable scale for scanning. I'll have to see if it wet prints just as nice.

 

[480sparky]

I wish this had been the drill press or one of hte other images, but you did a GREAT job on the set-up and exposure.

I shot two of the grinder & drill press. But given it takes forever and a day to scan them (I like to do so at full rez for maximum detail), it will be a while before I get to those. Work comes first, as it's what pays for my toys.

 

[timor]

Looks better than your digitals.

 

[480sparky]

Oh, OK, a quick-n-dirty scan:

 

[terri]

Love the bottle jacks! A gorgeous B&W, beautiful texture and tonal range. Terrific!

 

[480sparky]

........ beautiful texture.........

So far, no one seems to have noticed that cross-hatch pattern that sometimes shows up on downsized images. Look closely at the rusted bottoms of the jacks.

 

[limr]

........ beautiful texture.........

So far, no one seems to have noticed that cross-hatch pattern that sometimes shows up on downsized images. Look closely at the rusted bottoms of the jacks.

I see nothing.

 

[480sparky]

Look at the rusty bottom of the left jack... between the 'bump' and the hook in the background. There's a square pattern like you're looking through hardware cloth held right in front of your face.

 

[timor]

I see that only in the form of little white crosses in very strong magnification. It is it ?

 

[480sparky]

Yes. It shows up in the bases of both jacks. It must be an artifact of downsizing from the 15,000-pixel original to the posted 800 - pixel image in 1 step.

If I downsize in multiple steps, it doesn't appear.

 

[timor]

Yes. It shows up in the bases of both jacks. It must be an artifact of downsizing from the 15,000-pixel original to the posted 800 - pixel image in 1 step.

If I downsize in multiple steps, it doesn't appear.

Magic of digital.