Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

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Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

It's an effect then that is probably impossible to replicate, unless using the same process you did.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

It's an effect then that is probably impossible to replicate, unless using the same process you did.

That's what I like about film is the chance effect. I have some more old stock I will do some river scenes on Monday with the old stock and some fresh stock and I am doing clouds studies now. You mentioned some filter studies you would like to try will you post them. Remember to be creative and not just take shots like a tourist or like a post card but create an art piece.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

It's an effect then that is probably impossible to replicate, unless using the same process you did.

That's what I like about film is the chance effect. I have some more old stock I will do some river scenes on Monday with the old stock and some fresh stock and I am doing clouds studies now. You mentioned some filter studies you would like to try will you post them. Remember to be creative and not just take shots like a tourist or like a post card but create an art piece.

After almost a year with a DSLR I am still at the 'point and shoot' stage getting used to using a DSLR camera and trying out different settings to understand how it works. I would very much like to move into a more selective phase and capture something like the special photos that really are 'art'.

To be honest I only have a start of a filter selection. I have a UV filter which is on the lens at all times and acts to protect the lens, a graduated blue, a brown and a polarising. I think the brown is the only one that could be usefully used as a prelude to black and white image PC manipulation.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

It's an effect then that is probably impossible to replicate, unless using the same process you did.

That's what I like about film is the chance effect. I have some more old stock I will do some river scenes on Monday with the old stock and some fresh stock and I am doing clouds studies now. You mentioned some filter studies you would like to try will you post them. Remember to be creative and not just take shots like a tourist or like a post card but create an art piece.

After almost a year with a DSLR I am still at the 'point and shoot' stage getting used to using a DSLR camera and trying out different settings to understand how it works. I would very much like to move into a more selective phase and capture something like the special photos that really are 'art'.

To be honest I only have a start of a filter selection. I have a UV filter which is on the lens at all times and acts to protect the lens, a graduated blue, a brown and a polarising. I think the brown is the only one that could be usefully used as a prelude to black and white image PC manipulation.

For Black and white try orange and red and green and polarize filters. Try the red and polarizing and then try the orange and polarizing filters and try the green with people and try an infrared and red or orange filters. UV is good for color and lens protecting. I have been doing photography since 1967 with a Ricoh SLR. I use Pentax and Nikon for film now work and Olympus for digital all SLR’s. I also use 4x5 in copy film for special effects. I will buy a new film camera a complete manual model with k-mount lenses in the near future I hope.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

It's an effect then that is probably impossible to replicate, unless using the same process you did.

That's what I like about film is the chance effect. I have some more old stock I will do some river scenes on Monday with the old stock and some fresh stock and I am doing clouds studies now. You mentioned some filter studies you would like to try will you post them. Remember to be creative and not just take shots like a tourist or like a post card but create an art piece.

After almost a year with a DSLR I am still at the 'point and shoot' stage getting used to using a DSLR camera and trying out different settings to understand how it works. I would very much like to move into a more selective phase and capture something like the special photos that really are 'art'.

To be honest I only have a start of a filter selection. I have a UV filter which is on the lens at all times and acts to protect the lens, a graduated blue, a brown and a polarising. I think the brown is the only one that could be usefully used as a prelude to black and white image PC manipulation.

For Black and white try orange and red and green and polarize filters. Try the red and polarizing and then try the orange and polarizing filters and try the green with people and try an infrared and red or orange filters. UV is good for color and lens protecting. I have been doing photography since 1967 with a Ricoh SLR. I use Pentax and Nikon for film now work and Olympus for digital all SLR’s. I also use 4x5 in copy film for special effects. I will buy a new film camera a complete manual model with k-mount lenses in the near future I hope.

Thanks for the tips Paul, I shall get those filters on order with my favourite on-line supplier. When choosing my Canon EOS 40D I was very tempted to go for a Nikon instead, but my investment in lens ties me to Canon, which is the way it goes with cameras nowadays.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

It's an effect then that is probably impossible to replicate, unless using the same process you did.

That's what I like about film is the chance effect. I have some more old stock I will do some river scenes on Monday with the old stock and some fresh stock and I am doing clouds studies now. You mentioned some filter studies you would like to try will you post them. Remember to be creative and not just take shots like a tourist or like a post card but create an art piece.

After almost a year with a DSLR I am still at the 'point and shoot' stage getting used to using a DSLR camera and trying out different settings to understand how it works. I would very much like to move into a more selective phase and capture something like the special photos that really are 'art'.

To be honest I only have a start of a filter selection. I have a UV filter which is on the lens at all times and acts to protect the lens, a graduated blue, a brown and a polarising. I think the brown is the only one that could be usefully used as a prelude to black and white image PC manipulation.

For Black and white try orange and red and green and polarize filters. Try the red and polarizing and then try the orange and polarizing filters and try the green with people and try an infrared and red or orange filters. UV is good for color and lens protecting. I have been doing photography since 1967 with a Ricoh SLR. I use Pentax and Nikon for film now work and Olympus for digital all SLR’s. I also use 4x5 in copy film for special effects. I will buy a new film camera a complete manual model with k-mount lenses in the near future I hope.

Thanks for the tips Paul, I shall get those filters on order with my favourite on-line supplier. When choosing my Canon EOS 40D I was very tempted to go for a Nikon instead, but my investment in lens ties me to Canon, which is the way it goes with cameras nowadays.

All of my lenses are Pentax K-mount's for my film cameras. Except for the Olympus and it is digital it is bayonet mount maybe my K-mount's will fit the Olympus? I had a polarize filter but I don't know where it is I should get another one it would help with my cloud studies I bet. All the major camera models are now digital they don't make film cameras any more but I found a Vivitar that is a complete manual model and has K-mount lenses I shall buy it soon. I find if I use a manual camera I can concentrate more on the composition and exposure more where as if it is fully automatic I am more in a point and shoot mode and the pictures are not as good in that point and shoot mode. The Nikon I bought for my wife but I usually wind up using it and it has bayonet mounts also maybe my K-mounts will fit it.

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Paul, this is wonderful! A photo thread for all. :)

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Paul, this is wonderful! A photo thread for all. :)

I hope so all take good use of it and post their creative works here if not then that's ok too heck they even can post their art works if they want too for all to appreciate. I went to my storage room and found some of my missing artwork but yet to find my paintings and my earlier camera and graphic work. It all got lost when I left home for the USAF and life got complicated. Now that I am retired I am getting my interest back into the art world since I no longer have to support my self by working. The art world did not keep me feed or housed very well but environmental work did from which I retired.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

It's an effect then that is probably impossible to replicate, unless using the same process you did.

That's what I like about film is the chance effect. I have some more old stock I will do some river scenes on Monday with the old stock and some fresh stock and I am doing clouds studies now. You mentioned some filter studies you would like to try will you post them. Remember to be creative and not just take shots like a tourist or like a post card but create an art piece.

After almost a year with a DSLR I am still at the 'point and shoot' stage getting used to using a DSLR camera and trying out different settings to understand how it works. I would very much like to move into a more selective phase and capture something like the special photos that really are 'art'.

To be honest I only have a start of a filter selection. I have a UV filter which is on the lens at all times and acts to protect the lens, a graduated blue, a brown and a polarising. I think the brown is the only one that could be usefully used as a prelude to black and white image PC manipulation.

For Black and white try orange and red and green and polarize filters. Try the red and polarizing and then try the orange and polarizing filters and try the green with people and try an infrared and red or orange filters. UV is good for color and lens protecting. I have been doing photography since 1967 with a Ricoh SLR. I use Pentax and Nikon for film now work and Olympus for digital all SLR’s. I also use 4x5 in copy film for special effects. I will buy a new film camera a complete manual model with k-mount lenses in the near future I hope.

Thanks for the tips Paul, I shall get those filters on order with my favourite on-line supplier. When choosing my Canon EOS 40D I was very tempted to go for a Nikon instead, but my investment in lens ties me to Canon, which is the way it goes with cameras nowadays.

All of my lenses are Pentax K-mount's for my film cameras. Except for the Olympus and it is digital it is bayonet mount maybe my K-mount's will fit the Olympus? I had a polarize filter but I don't know where it is I should get another one it would help with my cloud studies I bet. All the major camera models are now digital they don't make film cameras any more but I found a Vivitar that is a complete manual model and has K-mount lenses I shall buy it soon. I find if I use a manual camera I can concentrate more on the composition and exposure more where as if it is fully automatic I am more in a point and shoot mode and the pictures are not as good in that point and shoot mode. The Nikon I bought for my wife but I usually wind up using it and it has bayonet mounts also maybe my K-mounts will fit it.

Canon have a 35mm film camera, the Canon EOS 1V - it's the world's fastest 35mm AF SLR camera at 10 frames per second.

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[quote]Hi
Please feel free to add your creations here. Please feel free to make your comments I would like to hear what you have to say.

Here is a Photoshop print of a negative from Tri-X aged for 12 years and developed in Rodinal for effect and is a virtual print in Photoshop it does not exist on paper but only on film. It was exposed in 1996 and developed a few days ago. Notice the 6 tones - white, black and 4 gray tones.

I like this photo Paul. I have filters for my digital camera which are useful for subsequently turning photos into black and white with Photoshop/Paint Shop pro. It's something I would like to try out some time. This is certainly giving me some ideas. I particularly like the 'leopard skin' effect you seem to have got with the leaves.

It an effect of the ageing of the film 12 years and the developer Rodinal which is about 20 years old and had an indefinite shelf life when left un-opened.

It's an effect then that is probably impossible to replicate, unless using the same process you did.

That's what I like about film is the chance effect. I have some more old stock I will do some river scenes on Monday with the old stock and some fresh stock and I am doing clouds studies now. You mentioned some filter studies you would like to try will you post them. Remember to be creative and not just take shots like a tourist or like a post card but create an art piece.

After almost a year with a DSLR I am still at the 'point and shoot' stage getting used to using a DSLR camera and trying out different settings to understand how it works. I would very much like to move into a more selective phase and capture something like the special photos that really are 'art'.

To be honest I only have a start of a filter selection. I have a UV filter which is on the lens at all times and acts to protect the lens, a graduated blue, a brown and a polarising. I think the brown is the only one that could be usefully used as a prelude to black and white image PC manipulation.

For Black and white try orange and red and green and polarize filters. Try the red and polarizing and then try the orange and polarizing filters and try the green with people and try an infrared and red or orange filters. UV is good for color and lens protecting. I have been doing photography since 1967 with a Ricoh SLR. I use Pentax and Nikon for film now work and Olympus for digital all SLR’s. I also use 4x5 in copy film for special effects. I will buy a new film camera a complete manual model with k-mount lenses in the near future I hope.

Thanks for the tips Paul, I shall get those filters on order with my favourite on-line supplier. When choosing my Canon EOS 40D I was very tempted to go for a Nikon instead, but my investment in lens ties me to Canon, which is the way it goes with cameras nowadays.

All of my lenses are Pentax K-mount's for my film cameras. Except for the Olympus and it is digital it is bayonet mount maybe my K-mount's will fit the Olympus? I had a polarize filter but I don't know where it is I should get another one it would help with my cloud studies I bet. All the major camera models are now digital they don't make film cameras any more but I found a Vivitar that is a complete manual model and has K-mount lenses I shall buy it soon. I find if I use a manual camera I can concentrate more on the composition and exposure more where as if it is fully automatic I am more in a point and shoot mode and the pictures are not as good in that point and shoot mode. The Nikon I bought for my wife but I usually wind up using it and it has bayonet mounts also maybe my K-mounts will fit it.

Canon have a 35mm film camera, the Canon EOS 1V - it's the world's fastest 35mm AF SLR camera at 10 frames per second.

Thanks for the tip on the Canon. You own a Canon don't you?
I have never owned a Canon though I am partial to their scanners and printers. I want an old school manual style camera that needs no batteries to operate I do not need a light meter I want a manual focus and manual shutter and manual aperture controls no automatic functions so I can concentrate on the photography so I can slow down and take my time with the shot and concentrate on the composition and exposure and the lighting and shadows instead of zipping through the shot like with automatic cameras like I now have. My first camera was a Ricoh and it was much like a Pentax K-1000, which they don't make any more. My Pentax is a Program Plus and it is auto exposure and needs batteries for the meter and electronics. The Nikon is a battery hog because it is fully automatic everything some for the Olympus. I want an old school camera like my first one the Ricoh. The Vivitar is a copy of the Pentax K-1000 complete manual model.

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I want an old school camera like my first one the Ricoh. The Vivitar is a copy of the Pentax K-1000 complete manual model.

Nice Camera. I have 2 as well as a Vivitar & a Practica, the only problem is that I cannot interchange the lens as the Vivitar & Practica are M42 Screw mounts. Used to enjoy using B/W & slide film.

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Thanks for the tip on the Canon. You own a Canon don't you?

Yes, I have a Canon EOS 40D and a Canon EOS 400D. I must warn you though - the Canon EOS 1V will set you back at least £1,500 for the body only.

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Thanks for the tip on the Canon. You own a Canon don't you?

Yes, I have a Canon EOS 40D and a Canon EOS 400D. I must warn you though - the Canon EOS 1V will set you back at least £1,500 for the body only.

That Canon certainly is expensive and out of my price range I would like to own a nice 4x5 inch view camera talk about expensive they cost as much as a small car some of them do any way some as much as 2000 or 3000 USD which is way to expensive for me. I can get some old manual style cameras that are used but the focus screen might be damaged on the used cameras and I could not find new screens for the used cameras. So I will get a new Vivitar camera for about 150 USD. I don't care about the lens I will not be using it all I want is a manual camera with no electronic shutter or electric focus or electronic aperture.

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'Tis not so much the equipment, as the soul that uses it, methinks.

For example, some of the most thought provoking images that I have ever seen were taken by local citizens using disposable cameras.

Hope in Shadows, 2007

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

I want an old school camera like my first one the Ricoh. The Vivitar is a copy of the Pentax K-1000 complete manual model.

Nice Camera. I have 2 as well as a Vivitar & a Practica, the only problem is that I cannot interchange the lens as the Vivitar & Practica are M42 Screw mounts. Used to enjoy using B/W & slide film.

The Vivitar is new and has K-mount lenses and it is copy of the Pentax K-1000 and it is in expensive and I have had good experiences with Vivitar products.

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'Tis not so much the equipment, as the soul that uses it, methinks.

For example, some of the most thought provoking images that I have ever seen were taken by local citizens using disposable cameras.

Hope in Shadows, 2007

My wife prefers that type of camera. I have seen some remarkable work done with a homemade pinhole camera and a piece of photo paper for film.

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'Tis not so much the equipment, as the soul that uses it, methinks.

For example, some of the most thought provoking images that I have ever seen were taken by local citizens using disposable cameras.

Hope in Shadows, 2007

I've seen some fantastic results with disposable cameras. They had a competition at my camera club and handed out 30 of them. Some of the photos you would have thought were taken by top of the range cameras. Some had particularly good depth of field results.

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