I took this picture last Sunday in an abandoned factory.

I quite like it, but I'd like to know what you think of it.

Thanks.

-- Stephane Bosman (stephane.bosman@2ci.net), March 06, 2002

Answers

Probably the syndrome of the first try that never works :-)

Sorry. I hope this works better..

-- Stephane Bosman (stephane.bosman@2ci.net), March 06, 2002.

Great tonal range, nice light. What was the film, lens, f stop??

-- Patrick (pg@patrickgarner.com), March 06, 2002.

Film is Neopan 400, exposed at IE 200 (first door intended for zone V). Developped in Ilfotec HC 3'30" 20°C.

Lens is Summicron 28. Aperture f11.

-- Stephane Bosman (stephane.bosman@2ci.net), March 06, 2002.

Very nice shot. I'm a big fan of wide-angle lenses shot at portrait orientation.

-- Preston Merchant (merchant@speakeasy.org), March 06, 2002.

Very nice. Q: did you develop N-1 since you shot it at 200?

-- Tse-Sung (tsesung@yahoo.com), March 06, 2002.

Hi, Stephane:

Thanks for sharing. Excelent technique. It clearly shows that you do know your craft.

Keep posting, please. It will be interesting, no doubt.

Thanks, again

-Iván

-- Iván Barrientos M (ingenieria@simltda.tie.cl), March 06, 2002.

Stephane, Cool pattern and lovely tones.

Do you have more pics from the factory??

-- William Westergren (westergren@skynet.be), March 06, 2002.

Thanks for all your very encouraging comments.

Tse-Sung, I did not develop N-1 per se. IE 200 seems to be the normal speed I get from Neopan 400 with Ilfotec HC. And 3'30" development time is what I need to get Zone IX just dark enough but not too much :)

I stick to that for the moment, because I find it impossible in 35mm to fully apply the zone system, where you're supposed to taylor the development to each shot.

-- Stephane Bosman (stephane.bosman@2ci.net), March 06, 2002.

Excellent! so who need all those stoopid upside down.reversed images of large format.You saw,you shot,you conquered.Great technical technique.

-- jason gold (leeu72@hotmail.com), March 06, 2002.

Jason, in this case, for this particular shot, the geometry would not have been helped with a view camera. In landscape, I still think it is a different matter. Resolution-wise, a larger format negative would most probably give a better rendition of textures. On the other hand I would not fancy to explore an old factory with a view camera...

While we are talking technical things, we can observe the great distorsion control in this lens. The frame of the first door runs absolutely straight and parallel to the borber of the picture.

One regret I have is the not too good control of the highlights. They smudge the dark door on the left. I don't know what to do to avoid such things as it seems that it is happening because of light diffusion in the film.

But that picture was not intended as a technical demo :-)

-- Stephane Bosman (stephane.bosman@2ci.net), March 06, 2002.

Good shot, I like the marginally overexposed window in the back. It creates more depth

-- ReinierV (rvlaam@xs4all.nl), March 07, 2002.