Bougainvillea bonsai
Shot on Fuji Provia 100F (RDP III) at EI 100
Color reversal (slide) film in 4×5 format
Kodak Aero Ektar 7″ (178mm) f/2.5 – Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic
Read the Fuji Provia 100F (RDP III) review here.
Fuji Provia 100F (RDP III) shot at EI 100.
Color reversal (slide) film in 4×5 format.
Kodak Aero Ektar 7″ (178mm) f/2.5 – Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic.
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6 responses to “Photography: Bougainvillea bonsai – Fuji Provia 100F – RDP III (4×5)”
Apart from aerial photography, you seem to have captured the purpose of earthbound photography with the Aero Ektar. It’s amazing whether in photography or the graphic arts, sometimes what is most in focus is not the most beautiful but it is beautified by the out of focus items around what your eye is immediately drawn to. You have been producing some wonderful work, and you’re using the umber discolouration of the rear cell. Your bougainvillaea shot is wonderful, it reminds me of a tree locally kept in an arboretum and when I was young what you captured is what I remember seeing – one or two florets with a cascade around but not in focus, thank you for that. I love this lens as well for all it can do, and frequently bring it out for its beauties, and have been trying to machine a shutter and mount to use it on a Hasselblad. If you have the abilities, try putting the lens on a 5×7 as the lens was meant for aerial work its maximum ideal focus would be around 500 ft. to 2000 ft. approx. so it’s maximum was not infinity (12.5km or using the moon) but closer therefore it’s image circle is larger and when your within 10m it would start hitting 5×7 image circle. If you wan’t something to laugh at, in almost all of my Lens Design/Optical Physics books they actually declare infinity as 100 x focal length appx. , although the differentials and the mtf equations, petzval curve equation, and opl equations later define infinity on a sliding scale, I only mention this because if you have invested in this lens you tend to like the nitty gritty details. I have use Hasselblad lenses on 4×5 for nearby work. The old voigtlander Heliar lens has similar properties, the one I bought was a 178/4.5, you lose some of that ‘fragility'(that you have captured so well) from having a smaller f/# but some of the images I got with the heliar (which is the size of your palm roughly) were similar in etherial life surrounding the focal point. Funny enough fp4 film from Illford has a nice image structure having a nice crystalline edge structure for the silver salts. If you see it around it’s worth a 25 sheet pack as having a bit of an edge even on the unfocused areas gives you a sign of definition, just keep it in mind as a film to play with.
Keep up the great work.
Love that #EKTAR lens
Still think it’s the most underrated pieces of glass out there
Ah ❤️ Bougainvilleas
This is the reason why I think Em & I will get along. All test shots are used on the nearest Bougainvillea shrub.
Love your work with this lens!!
Seems your lens does not “suffer” from the colour cast that much 🙂 Lovely picture and colours.