Flowers

4x5 for 365 project (341/365)

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A section of a floral bouquet we had purchased back in January when I first kicked off this 365 project.  This image was mixed in with other negatives I just developed in a long waiting color batch.  

Technical details:
Calumet CC-401 4x5 large format monorail camera.
Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
No exposure information was recorded for this one but judging by the depth of field I would guess F16 at 1/60th of a second(ish).   
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

4x5 for 365 project (319/365)

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Water droplets languish on the lilypads in our backyard pond after a day of storms.  See day # 186 of the project for a version shot on Ilford Delta 100 B&W film.  Finally getting caught up with this Summer and Fall's color processing.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Circular Polarizer on lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F32.
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.  
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

4x5 for 365 project (261/365)

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A simple Hibiscus flower, it's petals still wet with rain drops from the night before and pollen clinging to its center.  Found next to our backyard pond.

Technical details:
Calumet 45NX large format 4x5 monorail camera.
210mm Komura Commercial F6.3 lens in Copal 1 shutter.
Circular polarizer on the lens to control exposure a bit.
30" white diffusion panel held over the flower and camera to soften and diffuse the direct sun coming from above.
Ilford Delta 100 B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/15th second at F22.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

Setting up the camera for the shot...

4x5 for 365 project (220/365)

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Sunflower childhood (pre-bloom) in Elverson, Pennsylvania.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Green filter on lens to lighten foliage.
Ilford Delta 100+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/4 at F32.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight development tank. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600. Cropped to desired size in post.

4x5 for 365 project (219/365)

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A bug crawls on the back leaves of a sunflower in Elverson, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  It was a bumper crop for this particular sunflower field.  I also shot four slices of Kodak Ektar 100 color film in this sunflower field and I'll be developing those soon.  

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Ilford Delta 100+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/30 at F22.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight development tank. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600. Cropped to about half the original negative size in post.

4x5 for 365 project (9/365)

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Reminiscing of Summers gone by.  It was -3.5 degrees with a wind chill of -24 on Tuesday morning and I miss the flowers. I broke off this dried up branch in our backyard from what is usually a very nicely flowered plant in the Spring and Summer months. 

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera. 

Lens: Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter.  

Film: Fuji Super HR-T 30 medium speed green sensitive X-Ray film.  Purchased as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5" using a rotary trimmer under 11w red bulb safelight. 

Exposure: The original metered exposure was for 1/2 second @ F64 but after adding compensation time for bellows extension and reciprocity, the final exposure was 6 seconds @ F64.  Lots more exposure experimenting to be done with this X-Ray film. 

Lighting: Alien Bees B800 studio strobe using only the modeling light as a constant light source @ full power in 22" soft white beauty dish with diffusion sock, positioned above and slightly in front of camera position.   A 30" silver reflector on reflector stand positioned to camera left to bounce some light back onto the subject.  
 
Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  6 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung on shower curtain to dry on film clips. 

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.

4x5 for 365 project (6/365)

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A simple flower bouquet my Wife purchased from the local Giant supermarket.  

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera. 

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  Carl-Zeiss Softar-1 filter on lens to add some edge softness.

Film: Arista EDU 100 Ultra 100 ISO Negative sheet Film (re-branded Fomapan), shot at 64 ISO.

Exposure: 1/60th second @ F16. 

Lighting: Single Alien Bees B800 studio strobe @ 3/4 power in 60" Photek Softlighter, positioned to camera right.  White bounce card placed to camera left to reflect light back onto subject.  Strobe triggered with PocketWizard Plus II radio triggers.  Metered with Sekonic L358 meter. 

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.