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Maria
A good friend from my wife's aikido class. Her nickname is "Joy" because she is an ambulent antidepressent. However, I was going for a "power" look/pose, thus the expression (she had to work at it). This with the trusty Verito at f/8. I love this lens.
George
George Bogatko
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Hey George
Gorgeous!!! The lady and the image.
Have a good one
Well done George. The tones are really working well. Can I ask the film developer you use and are you favouring any particular combo for the Verito?
Steve
Hi Steve,
I souped this in Diafine, using a Uniroler gizmo (basically a poor man's Jobo). Diafine is a 2-bath 'compensating' developer. I forgot to mention that this is on a 8x10 neg.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'combo,' however I am leaning towards f/8 to f/11 for portraits. f/4 to f/6 is too 'in your face' -- too obvious -- f/4 to f/6 is better with landscapes when there is high contrast and you want the intense halo effect.
The Verito definitely has a curved focus field, and I relied on that. I focused on the eyes and assumed that other things of interest would be in focus as well. There is a "coming towards you" look to the result -- really pronounced when it's rendered on photo paper. I have another shot using a Heliar that shows this effect (if anyone's interested).
Cheers,
George