Westward Ho

2018


A simple place to see what the current state of the nation is....analogue or some rare digital....

Trouble In The Fields

25 Mar 2018 2 364
Silver gelatin paper negative process. 8 x 10 neg. Dark Arts 14 x 14 Camera. Tetenal vario 5 matt paper. Vintage 1860-80 Berthiot lens. Scanned and gently kissed gently in NIk Silver FX. Unfortunately this was the day I discovered some light leak issues still to be sorted.

And So Its Back To Work....

12 Jan 2018 1 2 346
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Sinar P 8 x 10 Cam. Tetenal vario 5 matt paper. Vintage 1898 Ross CZ Convertible Anastigmat lens. Shot at f8. Developed in over diluted Ilford Multigrade. .Scanned at 1200 dpi, colour and Epson V800 Kissed gently in NIk FX

Te Whenua/The Land

12 Jan 2018 1 418
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Sinar P 8 x 10 Cam. Tetenal vario 5 matt paper. Vintage 1898 Ross CZ Convertible Anastigmat lens. Shot at f11. Developed in over diluted Ilford Multigrade. Straight scan and inverted only. I love how straight inverts have this bluish hue. Being an uncoated lens the contrast is less to. Scanned at 1200 dpi, colour and Epson V800

Te Whenua/The Land

12 Jan 2018 1 1 349
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Sinar P 8 x 10 Cam. Tetenal vario 5 matt paper. Vintage 1898 Ross CZ Convertible Anastigmat lens. Shot at f8. Developed in over diluted Ilford Multigrade. Straight scan and inverted only. I love how straight inverts have this bluish hue. Being an uncoated lens the contrast is less to. Scanned at 1200 dpi, colour and Epson V800

Te Whenua/The Land

12 Jan 2018 362
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Sinar P 8 x 10 Cam. Tetenal vario 5 matt paper. Industar 37 Russian lens. Shot at f11ish. Developed in over diluted Ilford Multigrade. Straight scan and inverted only. I love how straight inverts have this bluish hue but as this is a coated lens so the hue is less. Scanned at 1200 dpi, colour and Epson V800

From A Distance

12 Jan 2018 1 382
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Sinar P 8 x 10 Cam. Tetenal vario 5 matt paper. Sironar N 135mm lens. Developed in over diluted Ilford Multigrade.

Good Morning World

10 Jan 2018 4 354
Silver gelatin paper negative process. 8 x 10 tetenal vario 5 paper, Vintage 8 x 10 studio camera. Fujinon 300mm W F5.6 Lense. Straight paper neg developed in Multigrade, scanned, inverted and some dust removal. Cannot remember exact details but shot F8 ish @ 1/8th of 1/15th of a sec exposure. Metered at Iso 4. Day 2 of study. A bit over exposed...but I like it. the pursuit of the perfect negative to contact print from.

Midnight On The Water

10 Jan 2018 1 332
Silver gelatin paper negative process. 8 x 10 tetenal vario 5 paper, Vintage 8 x 10 studio camera. Fujinon 300mm W F5.6 Lense. Straight paper neg developed in Multigrade, scanned, inverted and some dust removal. Cannot remember exact details but shot F5.6ish @ 1/8th of 1/15th of a sec exposure. Metered at Iso 4. Day 2 of study.

A Naked Truth

10 Jan 2018 2 374
Silver gelatin paper negative process. 8 x 10 tetenal vario 5 paper, Vintage 8 x 10 studio camera. Fujinon 300mm W F5.6 Lense. Straight paper neg developed in Multigrade, scanned, inverted and some minor dust removal. Cannot remmeber exact details but shot F8 ish @ 1/8th of 1/15th of a sec exposure. Metered at Iso 4. Day 2 of study. I left the plate holder open and the light leak created the light gradient. Left the negative rather naked....real analogue fingerprints and artifacts...:-)

Desert Dreams

10 Jan 2018 3 482
Silver gelatin paper negative process. 8 x 10 tetenal vario 5 paper, Vintage 8 x 10 studio camera. Fujinon 300mm W F5.6 Lense. Straight paper neg developed in Multigrade, scanned, inverted and some dust removal. Location: Our kitchen bench...morning light. Cannot remmeber exact details but shot F8ish @ 1/8th of 1/15th of a sec exposure. Metered at Iso 4.

Some Time Soon

03 Jan 2018 2 3 366
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Vintage Ernmann 5 x 7 LF Camera. Kodak Aero Ektar, Expired Ilford glossy paper. I tried to make a quick lense hood for the Ektar but ended up creating a vignette. 6 seconds @ f8ish

Across The Great Divide

03 Jan 2018 5 440
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Vintage Ernmann 5 x 7 LF Camera. Kodak Aero Ektar, Expired Ilford glossy paper. I tried to make a quick lense hood for the Ektar but ended up creating a vignette. 5 seconds at f6ish

The Maize Field

03 Jan 2018 356
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Vintage Ernmann 5 x 7 LF Camera. Kodak Aero Ektar, Expired Ilford glossy paper. I tried to make a quick lense hood for the Ektar but ended up creating a vignette. I unintentionally over exposed this also in the moring light. 3 seconds at f6.

Day One Ends 2018 No.2

01 Jan 2018 4 3 423
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Vintage Ernmann 5 x 7 LF Camera. Kodak Aero Ektar, Exposure 3 seconds at f4. Expired Ilford glossy paper. Was gonna call this...the Gondalas, or Dreaming of Queenstown....or The Zepplins Arrive....to much imagination...but love the image and the lens...

Day One Ends 2018 No.2

01 Jan 2018 1 385
Silver gelatin paper negative process. Vintage Ernmann 5 x 7 LF Camera. Kodak Aero Ektar, Exposure 3 seconds at f4. Expired Ilford glossy paper.

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