Well hello there Mr. Cow, am I in your way?

Today I had some free time so I went on a short landscape excursion to see what I could see.  I soon came across this lovely field that had some quit astounding clouds above it, so I hopped the fence and set up my 4x5 camera.  Well as luck would have it the clouds were moving quickly and by the time I composed, focused, and metered my exposure the clouds were gone.

This is what I got anyway

As soon as I took the exposure in the corner of my eye I saw a cow approaching me, which I wasn't really worried about it until it started shaking it's head violently and trotting around in a circle.  I quickly packed up my gear just as this cow started heading towards me and I hightailed it out of there. I guess that is what I get for trespassing.

The Field

Well I just came home for the summer and picked up a 4x5 field camera, and today I treaded out into a field and took this, my first exposure.

Burke & James 4x5 Field Camera

Voigtlander 135mm f/4.5 lens
Fuji Acros 100 EI 160

f/10

1/50

Portrait of a Criminal

Portraits of criminals from the 1920's taken by police in Sydney Australia. 

Just felt like sharing, if you want to see the rest click here.

More Fun With Film

Went out last weekend and shot more film, but this time I shot a roll of Kodak BW400CN. Technically this is a C-41 film, but I crossed processed it with my regular B&W process. It came out alright, but I like Tmax way better than this stuff. Anyway here are some of the results.

I think this is my favorite of the batch.

...or maybe this one?

C&C welcome.

Film Film Film

Recently I have re-discovered how much I enjoy film. When I first started learning photography I only had an analog camera, and that is what I learned with for about a year. Once I had the cash I bought my DSLR and didn't touch my analog until recently when I discovered how to develop my own film.

After doing some research I discovered that, In my option, the best and easiest developed to use was Diafine. This stuff, first off, is super easy to use and is extremely forgiving in both developing time and temperature. As long as you develop it somewhere between 70 and 80 degrees and over 3 minutes you are golden.

After I had my chemicals and shot a roll of b&w film, the new Tmax 400 pushed to 800, it was time to developed it. Well living in a dorm i do not have access to a dark room, and i did not want to buy a dark bag, so i made my own dark room, under my desk...

Here she is in all her pride and glory.

The "darkroom" was cramped and uncomfortable, but it got the job done. Once I had the film in the development tank the total time of development was about 15 minuets not that bad at all.

I currently don't have a film scanner so for now I have been taking pictures of the negatives with my digital, I know it defeats the entire purpose, and working them into positives in photoshop. I also have some E-6 slide film and im looking for a development kit, so if you know any place that sells one please let me know. Anyway here are the results from this batch.