Shhh... She's Sleeping

[Steaphany]

Mamiya RB67 Pro SD + Mamiya K/L 65mm f/4.0, Film = Kodak Ektar 100, Shutter = 1/125th Second, Aperture = f/8

[Wavelength]

..she would wake up only for the next rain, suppose ...nice image

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, do you develop your film or send it to a lab? Were you trying to control the shadows with your use of f/8 aperture?

[Steaphany]

Nicely captured, do you develop your film or send it to a lab?

I do not do my own film processing at present but I hope to get my wet darkroom set up soon. The lab I send my film to is Praus Productions in Rochester, NY

Were you trying to control the shadows with your use of f/8 aperture?

Ektar is a bit more tolerant of higher exposures than it is with low light, I know I could have shot this at Sunny 16, but the f/8 brought the exposure into a range where most of the dark textures of the tree bark were preserved.

[Shadowman]

I do not do my own film processing at present but I hope to get my wet darkroom set up soon. The lab I send my film to is Praus Productions in Rochester, NY



Ektar is a bit more tolerant of higher exposures than it is with low light, I know I could have shot this at Sunny 16, but the f/8 brought the exposure into a range where most of the dark textures of the tree bark were preserved.

Hi Steaphany,

Do you/can you give the lab special instructions on how to process the film?

It looked like a midday shot and I assumed you didn't want the shadows to go completely black, your choice of settings still gave the scene a scorching feel, nicely done.

[Dave Humphries]

Anyone seeing a thumbnail sized image in this thread should transfer to this one before commenting on that topic.

Some people see thumbnails

Thanks in advance, Dave

[Steaphany]

Do you/can you give the lab special instructions on how to process the film?

Definitely !

What I also like about Praus is their online ordering. Unlike many other labs that only offer a form that needs to be printed and by hand filled out with the processing order, Praus handles everything through their web site. All I do to ship off film is note the order number in and on the flat rate shipping box that are provided by the USPS.

They can handle 35mm to 11x14 film for Kodak Q-Lab Certified E-6 and B&W, they can handle 35mm to 8x10 for C-41 color negative film, they can do push and pull processing, B&W and RA-4 Color Prints, as well as Proof prints, and they also have scanning services.

Just check out their Services and Pricing pages.

My 120 roll film is returned un-cut and I do my own scanning with a Canon CanoScan 9000F Mark II, typically at 4800 PPI 48 Bit/Pixel.

[Shadowman]

Definitely !

What I also like about Praus is their online ordering. Unlike many other labs that only offer a form that needs to be printed and by hand filled out with the processing order, Praus handles everything through their web site. All I do to ship off film is note the order number in and on the flat rate shipping box that are provided by the USPS.

They can handle 35mm to 11x14 film for Kodak Q-Lab Certified E-6 and B&W, they can handle 35mm to 8x10 for C-41 color negative film, they can do push and pull processing, B&W and RA-4 Color Prints, as well as Proof prints, and they also have scanning services.

Just check out their Services and Pricing pages.

My 120 roll film is returned un-cut and I do my own scanning with a Canon CanoScan 9000F Mark II, typically at 4800 PPI 48 Bit/Pixel.

Nice to have those options available, I checked their website and it looked like they took a more direct approach (made it sound like they contact you by phone) to special processing, however you stated that they do it all online; is that how it's done?

[Steaphany]

When you go to the Ordering Services page, scroll down to the specific process, I often do C41, followed by selecting the film format, 120, C-41 Film Processing for example, you have the option to choose Process Specifications as shown here:

Additionally, when completing the order submission, you have a text field for Special Instructions so you can request some craziness.

[IzzieK]

Interesting topic about films...but I've gone digital so I can't comment on this what I am ignorant of. But I like your image and the title is catching.

[Sergio M.]

Steaphany,

She does give the impression of sleeping. I like how the branches form a diagonal from bottom left to top right.
I wonder if she's waiting for your garage to finish migrating.

Sergio

[Steaphany]

This tree and the migrating garage are, at present, about 30 miles from each other. So, I'm suspecting this tree is just dreaming of Spring when the Sun will start to warm things up.

[Steaphany]

Interesting topic about films...but I've gone digital

I shoot digital too, but you can easily find incredible bargains on used film camera gear. My mint condition Mamiya RB67 ProSD came complete with a 6x8 power advance film holder and 150mm lens with shipping from Japan all under $300.

[IzzieK]

I shoot digital too, but you can easily find incredible bargains on used film camera gear. My mint condition Mamiya RB67 ProSD came complete with a 6x8 power advance film holder and 150mm lens with shipping from Japan all under $300.

I've done with films when the cost of having to wait for results and price and time became too much for me. I used to have some of my film images developed in a newspaper lab but not all...I still have my Nikon F801 though and all my accessories.

[Steaphany]

For me, I never lost the latency of film photography. When I shoot digital, I don't post process the images for at least a week or two. So, this has never been an issue for me.