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08/11/2009 02:35:21 PM · #201 |
Originally posted by Mephisto:
And one more cool thing I got there: A 6.5x9cm glass negative I was given for free by a guy that was selling some old slides and a projector after we had talked for a while at his stand. If anyone (bear?) knows anything about how these were made and developed it'd be sweet to know. The glass negative came together with another one in an old faded paper envelope with a letter inside that had some old german hand writing i can't read, so I'm guessing they were made around 1910-1920.
And yes, it's obviously a freaking mushroom groving out of a glass bottle, don't have a clue why in the world somebody would do that, but whoever the person was, he must have either been a weirdo or a biologist of some kind...lol
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As to the history of the 6.5x9 glass plate, I don't have a clue; anything I discovered would be by google searching, so you may's well see what you can find yourself. I have never encountered a camera that shot such small glass plates.
As for the actual subject of the picture, it is STILL a great mystery exactly how mushrooms grow and spread. They are very poorly understood. It seems that entire areas of mushrooms are actually a single organism, and that in fact certain fungal species may be the largest organisms on the planet, by far; their entire "real" life is underground, and the caps or whatever that pop up are just the visible manifestations of the organisms, not the organism itself. Underground fungi are indispensable in the chain that converts dead organic matter into fertilizer and back into life-forms again.
And, to cut to the chase, what your picture is of, is of an early attempt to study the fungus by growing it so its "roots" are visible... Scientific image, for sure. And a cool one, too :-)
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08/12/2009 07:52:05 PM · #202 |
A few more, shot at the local museum of electricity:
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08/12/2009 09:32:29 PM · #203 |
Robert, thanks for your insight on fungi science. ;-)
Today I got to do my first manunal developing with the help of a friend from university who has her own darkroom in a small broom chamber. lol
The Apx 100 came out beautiful, but the HP5 test roll from my "new" 6x9 cam turned out overprocessed (or overexposed?) and it lacks sharpness GOOD (but that's just the cam not the developing). Anyways, it was a lot of fun, looking forward to doing that on my own on a regular basis from now on!
Agfa Apx 100 from the 6x9 
Ilford Hp5+ from the Mamiya 645 
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08/12/2009 09:54:14 PM · #204 |
...and as  Bear_music suggested i did a little research on glass plate photography and came across this VERY interesting site: //www.glasnegativ.de/
Check out their gallery with a beautiful collection of b&w photographs from between 1910 to 1940. If you know some german you should also read the very insightful commentary to each gallery and image!
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08/12/2009 11:18:30 PM · #205 |
Fujicolor Pro 160S color film developed in Rodinal, 17 minutes. I heard this would work so had to give it a try... :-) |
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08/13/2009 12:49:27 PM · #206 |
One more.. color film in b&w chems.
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08/14/2009 05:50:45 PM · #207 |
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08/14/2009 06:06:25 PM · #208 |
Originally posted by Dan_Cottle:
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08/14/2009 07:42:37 PM · #209 |
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08/18/2009 01:26:57 AM · #210 |
Here are some pictures from my homemade matchbox pinhole camera and my 1950s lubitel tlr modified to fit 35mm so the sprockets show up.
//s14.photobucket.com/albums/a313/DanCottle/Color%20film/
The film is sensia 200 processed in c41
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08/18/2009 01:33:09 AM · #211 |
| i'm so excited i ordered a holga camera last week! it should come in the mail this week! i will definitely post my pictures here ;) cant wait! |
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08/18/2009 01:09:14 PM · #212 |
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Message edited by author 2009-08-18 19:29:02. |
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08/18/2009 01:09:51 PM · #213 |
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08/18/2009 01:10:56 PM · #214 |
Originally posted by Dan_Cottle:
Here are some pictures from my homemade matchbox pinhole camera and my 1950s lubitel tlr modified to fit 35mm so the sprockets show up.
//s14.photobucket.com/albums/a313/DanCottle/Color%20film/
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Dan- those are awesome images. Nice work.
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08/18/2009 01:28:21 PM · #215 |
Here is the link to my black and white gallery. They were taken with either my canon rebel 35mm or my bronica medium format. The film was mostly tri-x 400. I processed/printed all these in the darkroom and used my camera to "scan" them.
Black and White Gallery
I have a couple of rolls of 220 and 120 to develop when i get back to school. The photos are from my trip back to New Zealand so i cant wait to see them.
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08/19/2009 01:35:56 AM · #216 |
Some new pictures with my F3:
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08/19/2009 11:09:42 AM · #217 |
Originally posted by Dan_Cottle:
Here is the link to my black and white gallery. |
Very good work, dude!
Here's a shot from another test roll out of my 6x9 Bessa I.
It's actually the first shot that came out rather sharp. It seems like the folder has been bent quite a bit over the years so the focus is either on only one side of the frame or it's completely off, so that makes hitting a focus spot a lottery game...It's a lot of fun taking street and candid photos with this thing though, because nobody takes me serious...;-)
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08/19/2009 06:09:35 PM · #218 |
| For anyone interested in starting to experiment with film, you might be interested in this starter darkroom print kit from B&H. |
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08/22/2009 12:25:50 AM · #219 |
Nishica N9000
Kodak Plus X |
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08/22/2009 01:58:26 PM · #220 |
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08/25/2009 05:56:14 PM · #221 |
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08/29/2009 08:01:28 PM · #222 |
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08/30/2009 06:06:41 PM · #223 |
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08/31/2009 07:31:13 PM · #224 |
so my 40d broke a few days before my friend's wedding. it was a good chance to dust off the ol' ae-1 with the 50mm f/1.8. i managed to score some ISO800 film too, which helped a lot. here are my 2 favorite shots from the night. a lot of them came out like garbage, but i was a little (very) tipsy ;)
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09/05/2009 01:49:51 AM · #225 |
I was in Sioux Falls for work and brought my Bronica along 'just in case'. Happened upon a camera store with 24 hour 120 film developing. Serendipity, sort of. So I finished off the roll in the camera, which was color. I had planned to develop it in b&w chems at home, but decided to have them do it. So, this is my first color image from the used medium format camera I picked up about 6 months ago. |
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