Planet Randy

A quick snap from Judiciary Square in Washingon, DC – the memorial honors those in law enforcement who gave their lives in the line of duty.

…soft focus that is. I plan on doing some collodion work next year and this Dallmeyer Petzval 3D soft focus lens became available from a trusted source. The “3D” is not for three dimensional, though it does impart a 3D look due to the awesome “bokeh”.

Here’s a couple of first – first soft focus image and first paper negative. I wanted to try this  lens out but was too lazy to develop film, I new people used paper negatives before so I gave that a go. I had some old 5×7 Arista EDU RC paper around; I scoured the  forums and the recommended sensitivity for this paper is ISO 3. Loaded some holders, dragged the Korona to the back yard, found a small bottle, plucked a flowering weed and viola! Cheap as chips.

I’ll prolly enlarge this if I get to enjoy it enough.

A nearing dusk shot of the US Capitol. Lot’s of digi-snappers and got harassed by a couple of Japanese tourist about film. I eased their concerns by inviting them to look at the Hassy’s finder.

Night shot of the US Monument. Cropped to 2.5 ratio from 6×6.