Ned's photos with the keyword: B&L RR

This is a contact print made from a paper negative. The photo was taken with a 90 year old Kodak No. 1A Autographic Jr. The light leaks were sorted out just by throwing a black tee shirt over the camera. The tee has printed on it: "What is the speed of dark?" -- isn't that just perfect? The contrast is starting to get under control by pre-flashing the paper and using a yellow filter. It was windy and there is some motion blur, but this contact print looks a bit softer than the negative. The barbed wire is sharp on the negative, and the contact print really looks better than this scan suggests. This was mostly a test of the exposure and I'm pretty happy that it's getting close at about ISO 3 with the yellow filter. What didn't go right is that the photographer forgot that the viewfinder on this camera reverses the image! The copse of trees was supposed to be on the left, so we missed Mt. St. Helena and the hills across the valley! But I've always liked those little rolls in the hills to the left of the trees too, so I'll pretend this is where I meant to point the camera!

Paper negative from my Kodak No. 1A Autographic Jr. Okay, I'm getting carried away with it but I'm having too much fun making these! The camera has rather shallow DOF even at F22-- the closest foreground is simply out of focus-- not motion blur. This scene had about 5 stops variation. The haze is real. Both my contact prints of this one have a funny out of focus blotch near the middle... not sure why. ( edit: Turned out to be just a smudge on the glass I was using. )

Spring Lake park near Santa Rosa. Another paper negative in my 90 year old Kodak Autographic. 3 second exposure at f45.

Taken with 90 year old Kodak No. 1A Autographic Jr. and paper negative. F45 about 1.5 seconds with yellow filter. Developed after we came home about 3 weeks later. I'm still learning how to do this but it is a lot of fun.

In the Idaho Panhandle. Contact print from a paper negative, 90 year old Kodak 1A Autographic Jr. F45, 1.5s. I got eaten alive by mosquitoes to get this one. Taken near the fire lookout on Lunch Peak.