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Lubbyman wrote:
I wouldn't like to come across her on a dark night if she's in a bad mood....

Nice picture, though .

Pity that the building at the back isn't clear of her tail end, but you can't beat planners and architects.

Steve

I know, but I couldn't get an angle that cleared it that I liked. I was also being pestered by a drunk at the time so wanted to move on!

Cheers, Kris.

Comment by womble posted on Warsaw heros at 16/01/2023 - 16:26

petrochemist wrote:
I've no plans to try wet plates on my 5x4 cameras, but a few other alternative processes may creep in.
His images all seem to have considerable artifacts from the processing - much more than I've seen in other wet plate stuff.

The big lens I finally got mounted on a lens board over christmas might actually work reasonably well for cyanotypes, it's fast (5" wide & 150mm focal length makes ~f/1.2) yet still transmits UV better than most - managing 50% of it's peak transmission at 375nm.. In camera cyanotypes might just be practical

That'll be fun!

Comment by womble posted on A New Approach to Mirrorless for Pentax? at 15/01/2023 - 17:26

Warsaw heros par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Pentax K-3iii, SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Heroes_of_Warsaw

Comment by womble posted on Warsaw heros at 15/01/2023 - 17:19

If I had the time, money and a driver (I don't think that lot would bungee to the back of my motorcycle...) I'd love to try "alternative processes". I'm still waiting for the darkroom at work to be cleared for use... they have had the air filtering system sitting in boxes in there for a very long time.

Comment by womble posted on A New Approach to Mirrorless for Pentax? at 08/01/2023 - 20:55

Perhaps "new film products" could include impossible to get spares for repairs, like Pentax LX seal kits.... (he says, hopefully).

Comment by womble posted on New film camera anyone ? at 21/12/2022 - 08:08

Love the Sycamore gap photo and the windmill....

Comment by womble posted on FS: Infrared Converted GX20 (K20D) at 22/08/2022 - 18:22

cardiffgareth wrote:
If only the kids could mute themselves for a few hours it'd be ace!

Like many things in life the solution is duck tape...

Comment by womble posted on Another pointless thread at 08/08/2022 - 21:27

I'm so glad I that I bought my collection a while ago, and those cameras I'd like now are so expensive that even the idea of getting one is a non-starter. My only real regret is not getting a Pentax 67 a decade or more ago.

Comment by womble posted on Contax Compact Cameras at 08/08/2022 - 21:24

[This is a cross-posting of my Single in July challenge round-up on the US forum. This is the seventh month of using my K-series primes.]

I've been especially uninspired this month, which is a shame as the weather has been bright and sunny and the K85 is a lovely lens. It suffers a bit from green fringing on occasion, but usually Lightroom deals with that. I've had terrible trouble getting my purples purple but I think that is me not the lens! I've also used the extension tubes quite a bit. For portraits (after all, that is what the lens is designed for), the minimum focal length is fine, but for flower and object safety shots (far too many this month), it is a bit long. Here are the best of a dull bunch.