A cooper (barrel maker) takes a break: Taken about 30 years ago with a Mamiya C220.

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Taken about 30 years ago with a Mamiya C220.

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pfrancke Loc: cold Maine

an awesome shot. This is why I don't normally photograph people, if he looked at me like that we would have significant motion blur issues. Good job. Love the way the windows work here, only change I would make if I were lucky enough to have this image is perhaps darken that beam/rail he resting his foot on.

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pfrancke wrote:

an awesome shot. This is why I don't normally photograph people, if he looked at me like that we would have significant motion blur issues. Good job. Love the way the windows work here, only change I would make if I were lucky enough to have this image is perhaps darken that beam/rail he resting his foot on.

Thanks.

It was taken at Fort Langley National Historic Site at Langley B.C. He was an employee of the Site and was used to posing for paying customers.

Chuck_893 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Magnificent! The tonal values are all there, full scale. Did you scan the neg or a print? If it was a print then the original print was marvelous. Detail simply everywhere. I like to think I used to print like that. I had a C220, too, and later a C330. I loved twin lenses but when I started shooting weddings they were simply too klutzy, trying to do ring shots with parallax (I did have an eye level prism but the parallax was always gonna be a problem). I sold them and eventually bought three used Hasselblads but I still miss those big clunky twin lens cameras.

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Chuck_893 wrote:

b Magnificent! /b The tonal values are all there... (show quote)

Thanks.

I scanned the negative (Epson Perfection 4990). I still have the camera but no darkroom.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

dsturr wrote:

Taken about 30 years ago with a Mamiya C220.

Very nice image with excellent detail and plenty of impact due to the intensity of that Look. Great capture of a difficult dynamic range and what looks like challenging lighting. He takes up the right amount of space in the frame, and the beam serves a compositional purpose to take us to that boot and onwards/upwards. I might be tempted to try to get a little more definition between the hat and the background, but it might not work.

Thank you for sharing an interesting image that is more than a portrait.

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minniev wrote:

Very nice image with excellent detail and plenty o... (show quote)

Thanks.

You're probably right about the hat. I never even considered that. And the same for pfranke's suggestion about the beam. As for the exposure it was simpler than it looks. There's a good book on the zone system (The New Zone System Manual - still available from Amazon) which was almost like using a cookbook. It's still kicking around here somewhere. As for the look, the guy was actually quite friendly.

Your picture of the bird flying across the face of the dam was was well done and different. My wife found it "calming and peaceful, excellent photo."

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

dsturr wrote:

Thanks. br br You're probably right about the hat... (show quote)

Thanks for the kind words about my dam bird. There will be more! I can seem to leave them alone, and I have a backlog of them to edit. Dam birds are definitely not the typical photo subject.

Frank2013 Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.

One great capture dsturr. I agree with what has been said. I’ll add that I see haloing around his hat, shirt, and pants but is really not a deal breaker.

magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK

I love b&w and this is a super example. Nice tones, nice composition. I have many negs from back in the '60's that I'm slowly scanning in the hope of finding time to do something with them digitally - just another project that may or may not come to fruition. Your example is most encouraging!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Captivating! He seems so into his role. Many details to enjoy in this image. The tonal range is beautiful.

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Frank2013 wrote:

One great capture dsturr. I agree with what has been said. Iâll add that I see haloing around his hat, shirt, and pants but is really not a deal breaker.

Thank you.

What looks like haloing is actually light shining through the edge of the material.
The attached image shown here is part of 100% screen capture of a 10,100 x 14000 scan which is part of a 11" x 14" print (larger than the scanner bed).

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minniev Loc: MIssissippi

dsturr wrote:

Thank you.

What looks like haloing is actually light shining through the edge of the material.
The attached image shown here is part of 100% screen capture of a 10,100 x 14000 scan which is part of a 11" x 14" print (larger than the scanner bed).

That is what I suspected, the halo is a part of the image. We are more accustomed to seeing it as a result of processing these days but it is a natural consequence of certain kinds of backlighting as well.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice work.

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magnetoman wrote:

I love b&w and this is a super example. Nice tones, nice composition. I have many negs from back in the '60's that I'm slowly scanning in the hope of finding time to do something with them digitally - just another project that may or may not come to fruition. Your example is most encouraging!

Thanks.

If you're looking for another scanner project (and haven't done this) try scanning objects directly from the scanner bed. This one was finished in Photoshop.

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