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Getting close but not quite there......
I usually don't post my also-rans but figured I'm amongst friends here. Having a hard time getting clear of the gate with a new 2 me 5X12 camera. These are close enough that you can at least see where I'm trying to go. This series is about dreams. The image is there but it's in the mist of dreams. If you ever played with one of these as a 4 and 5 year old you might ask yourself later in the day, did I see that image or was it a dream I'm trying to remember.
Finding the combination with a new camera, new size, new film et al. sometimes doesn't happen as quick as we like. I've had more than my share of good luck with this so figure this time I'm dues paying.
The lens is a 12" Darlot Landscape Meniscus. Used with no stops it is not so different from any of the later portait menisci that followed. It has a wonderful diffused glow. The film is what bit me this time. And the developer. I love the Pyrochatecol because it helps me out in the high end of the curve when I can't chop exposures close enough. The problem I'm having here is that this film had perforations for a tractor drive and the stain tends to run into the film extra where the perfs are. So I got the lines you see. I like the pictures enough to do them over exactly as you see but with different film and perhaps even switching to Rodinal. I'll get the combination and then, look out.
Jim Galli
in 5x12 format camera, Darlot Landscape Meniscus, Jim Galli, monochrome
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That's a wicked and magnificent looking grille. Looking at that grille makes me pine for my old Triumph TR-6.