WW11 Lancaster bomber and re-enactors
Oct 14, 2017 15:18:09 #
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Oct 14, 2017 16:31:44 #
Outstanding images, Wonky!! Beautiful as well as very interesting, and I love the sepia effect.
Oct 14, 2017 17:16:36 #
Oct 14, 2017 17:19:34 #
wonkytripod wrote:
Have posted in colour now trying B&W and Sepia effect
I like that last image most.
Oct 14, 2017 20:14:26 #
Another great set Wonky, I like the sepia color as it really gives a look/feel of the past which seems appropriate with the WWII aircraft and the clothes of the re-enactors!!!!!
Oct 15, 2017 06:23:39 #
Oct 15, 2017 07:51:57 #
The pleasing contrast of these shots & the great blacks was due to the larger amounts of Silver Contact & Enlarging Paper had in those days & back in the 1800's. At one time Kodak had a huge amount of Silver inventory. When Poly Contrast Enlarging Paper came out, it was faster (dimmer safe light needed to prevent paper exposure) to reduce enlarger exposure times (negative buckling), the use of multiple Poly Contrast Filters & One Contrast Paper (rather than stocking multiple grades of paper). It worked but there was less silver in it & the Contact Print Paper Look of better blacks was absent never to return. I can spot a contact paper print immediately. These pictures were illuminated with a multiple bright flood light I believe. Even a slow flash bulb would have stopped the propellers somewhat. Does anyone know the approximate speed of a flash bulb then compared to a modern strobe?
Oct 15, 2017 09:34:33 #
Excellent set, with the last two being outstanding! Too bad there are only two of these birds still in the air, and we don't have one of them.
Oct 15, 2017 11:19:07 #
Oct 15, 2017 11:36:35 #
A superb series, and the shot of the crew with "Just Jane" at night has a wonderful historical look to it, a winner for sure.
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Brian in Whitby
Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Thank you so much. My father was a flight engineer on Lancasters.
Great photos too!
Great photos too!
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