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(Shadows)

this picture has quite some meaning to me.

First a description of the equipment:
it was done with an old-style studio-camera that can be folded together like a field camera. Made of pure metal and 9x12cm plates (the old-style european format, a bit slimmer than 4x5"). It was the camera of my grandfather and thus I have a special attachment to it too. I cleaned it and restorated it to my best. Only a few plate-hodlers are left and they are in bad shape, so I use this camera very rarely.

This was done with a particular lens, a Superangulon made for a smaller image format, thus it has troubles to illuminate the whole image field, but tha effect is an extreme wide view angle. (the stones in the foreground are almost at my feet)

The scene is inside an old city gate, in Bergamo Alta, I was waiting in the dark (see, one can do street photorgraphy with such a beast, but hidden well behind the dark cloth).
The extreme depth of field is achieved using the Scheinpflug correction, that is by tilting the back of the camera in respect to the lens plane. Exposure was of course determined using a hand-held meter and carefully weighting the scene due to the extreme contrast

The film was the trusty AgfaPan 100, developed in 1+25 Rodinal.

I don't have an enlarger for such a negative, thus I had it professinally printed on fiber-based paper, with a white border and glossy treatment. Really an old-style phtograph that has stunning detail and contrast. I made it as a gift to my grandfather and he appreciated it.

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Given 2006-03-27

Ombre by *multix The tonality of this photo is just amazing. The composition is spot on and shows me everything I would want to see. Shadow play ... for me ... it's all there. That and the fact this was made with a very old camera ... with film ... and printed to a fibre-based paper. Well done, mate, well friggin' done! (Featured by `cweeks)

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Absolutely truly beautiful shot, and done with real skill... I envy you!

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:icondoorstopphotos:
Quality photography here :)
:iconmultix:
yes, thansk for noticing. Sometimes I really lvoe to take the time, the "real" equipment and take pcitures as they should always be taken...

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Thy life is short and thy art so long.
:iconzuuru:
Splendid show of great tonal and angular display... :+fav: :)
:iconsankaracharya:
trully an artist !

great work mate!

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:icontallerthanoursouls:
amazing! i hardly ever use film now that i've got a fancy digital camera, but i may have to switch back.
really stunning picture. well done.

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Holy contributing to the delinquency of minors Batman!
:iconeffervescentelephant:
I'm by no means a photography expert, but this is awesome! :clap:
:iconbassderek:
Wow, I don't usually comment on DDs, but this is an excellent photo. The exposure is spot on, exactly how i'd want it, and the scene is crisp and contrasty. Sounds like a beast of a camera, but you managed to work it to capture an excellent image.
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Now that's what I call a freakin' photo! Well done!

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"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist" - Ghandi
But you sure as hell can punch someone in the face!

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