Peppers-1

[davidaj]

Here is something I recently redid from the old film days. Hope you like it .



Here is what I wrote over @ Flickr :

This is a reproduction of and old photograph I had originally shot on Kodak Ektar 25.Arguably the best color negative film Kodak ever made.It was slow ,color reproduction was dead on and had virtually no grain. It was a darkroom enthusiasts dream , you could push it 2 1/2 stops and pull it 2 stops in processing alone , plus the 7 stops of film latitude, you could do wonders with this film.

A little history .

Originally this was shot using a travel studio lighting setup using a Speedotron D402 kit 400 watts of very clean light.. That much hasn't changed. The main light was a Chimera medium softbox AS the background.The foreground light came from 2 large fill cards. I shot the scene with a Bronica ETRS with a 150 mm lens . Worked out pretty well back then . It was a straight on shot with no liquid then. I sold hundreds of the photograph.

Digital changed all of that , with the original setup , I was constantly getting way to much flair , maybe a real testament to Ektar 25. So out of necessity I had to change things up a bit.

Here is what I did and what I used :

Nikon D90
Nikkor 18-105 zoom kit lens. Yeah I know but I like the versatility of the lens.
Lighting: Speedotron brownline D402 with 2 M90 heads set at half power asymmetrically.
Background (main light) Bare bulb with reflector. 100 watt seconds
Fill: 2 foam core flags with 2 sheets of printer paper to control the specular highlights. 50 watt seconds.
( I was lighting close in my very small living room) I didn't need high watts per second.
2 sheets of white foam core , 1 sheet of plexiglass , 4 sheets of printer paper to blend the background/foreground ,and the Peppers.
Triggered by an old Quantum Radio Slave 4
Trengove Studios aqua gel.
POST was done minimally in Adobe Lightroom 2.5.Mostly for the graduation in the bottom .The border comes from Paint Shop Pro X2.

[Enrique]

Very creative and beatifull picture, I like it

Film still alive. I have LF camera, and I use from time to time, (I have to send films to lab far away) but textures coming from films are great,

[sparda79]

Hi...

That is and amazing shot... Very complex set-up, at least for me.
How long have you been a photographing?

Sparda
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