Brittany, rose gardens

Mamiya 6, Fuji acros 100 @ 200, 1/125, f/5.6 processed in diafine 5+5

Lighting info:
single 580exII bare, camera right, about 4' angled down. 1/16 IIRC. used my G9 as a polaroid to double check the exposure :-)

(yeah I know I cut off the fingers. Rangefinder framing is not an exact science :-)

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yoshiisland says:

nice portrait! love the lighting too
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Meester Steve says:

Lighting and contrast are nice. And I wasn't looking at the fingers (until you mentioned it).
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

DigitalDabbles says:

Bah! who needs fingers...amazing photo!
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Marc Hathaway says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Woman - A Photographic Definition, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Wizwow says:

I am really drawn to this portrait. very very nice, Ed
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Casting Shadows says:

Nice Ed, I like it. You are really drawn into the picture. What part of Old City was this?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

R_W_D says:

Very nice. I like the contrast in this shot.
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Ed_Z says:

Thanks all,

it was in the little dog park on the corner of 2nd and market. There are a couple of rose bushes growing along the fence on the south side, and I knew I wanted to shoot her in there - the idea was to evoke a kind of dreamy, faraway feel...

I did 2 setups, one facing east and one facing west, 12 shots (1 roll) for each. very simple and quick. there we about 5 "good" shots, this was my favorite of the bunch.
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chris ( in awe of analogue ) says:

WOW!!! That's awesome!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

chris ( in awe of analogue ) says:

In fact, if I may ask... How the blazes did you manage to get such amazing tonality???
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Ed_Z says:

Chris - basically just good exposure and a bit of post. I metered my ambient at f/5.6 which I knew would be about 1/16 power on my strobe at asa200. Developed in diafine, which gives a fairly "flat" neg, which I then scanned, bumped the contrast and threw into lightroom. In LR, it was just a matter of adding a simple S-curve and a bit of vignetting to draw the eye to the center and that was about it. One of the things I really like about film over digital, is it just doesn't need as much tweaking in post to bring out those great tones. it just kind of "happens"
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chris ( in awe of analogue ) says:

Wow, thanks for the detailed reply! Looks even better on my monitor now I'm home. . Well done!
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MissKris19 says:

Wow this is beautiful.
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Dilip Muralidaran says:

Lovely
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Michael J Ross says:

Another reason why I can't shoot with Brittany any more. I can't compare. Nice job. I really like the use of the foreground flowers to frame her.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

film noir anti-hero says:

I remember seeing this awhile back. Great shot.
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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