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Jim:a couple more from the Gladding McBean pottery factory
Aptus 75s, Mamiya 645AFDII, Zeiss 40mm Distagon
Aptus 75s, Mamiya 645AFDII, Mamiya 50mm shift (stitch)
if you look at this imageJim:
This looks like some sort of control with levers and foot pedals. What did it do?
nope..no HDR. light's a bit weird.. most were 10-30 second exposures.. and a mix of distant sodium, mercury, tungsten, and daylightCool shots Jim, are they HDR, or is that just the naturally high dynamic range of the MFDB? They sort of have the shadow/highlight filter look to them...
yea.. even with film, i'm a color negative sort of guy.. one of the reasons i like the MF backs as well as the Betterlight scanning back.. they have that extended range that you don't see with either slide film or DSLR's. One of the reason I chose the Aptus 75 was the similarity in tone, color and contrast to some of the color negative filmsThanks for the answer Jim. It must be the dust or something. It gives the image that flatness that certain HDR images have in their midtones -- it is sort of a "this is not your slide film with a 4 stop range" type of look.
I agree, I also like this type of shooting. Very emotional and special."From a portrait session yesterday. Not exactly my genre but it pays the bills."
There is something to be said for providing people with nice photos that will keep them happy for a long time. I do freelance portraits from time to time too, and while doing it rarely allows you to reinvent the wheel, it does allow you to make a family happy and give them some memories, so it is fine. You get bills paid, and they get some memories. Everyone wins.
Nice capture too.