The photograph presented here today, of a post-war DeHaviland Dove passenger aircraft, is one of the 4×5 frames I shot at Newark Air Museum last Friday.
The eagle-eyed amongst you might have noted that this is not a 4×5 aspect ratio picture. This is because it was affected by the light-leak and the loose tripod column I moaned about the other day. The light leak has been largely recovered using graduated masks in Lightroom. It’s still there, but you’ll prbably only spot it if you look very closely (or know where it is). The composition has been, well, not rcovered, so much as salvaged by way of a significant crop. The full frame has the aircraft nose off-centre by a significant margin and one of the propellers fully in-shot. In the end I decided that this panoramic format was the best option.
It isn’t the picture I envisioned, but it’s better than no picture at all.
Chroma 4Ć5. Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6 & Fomapan 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 12 mins @ 20Ā°
Taken 7 April 2023.
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Hello! I feel for you! It’s always a disappointment when there’s an issue and you first open up the tank! I’ve had more than my share of that. In my case though it’s usually “operators error” but I’d like to think I learned from my mistakes! I guess that’s the thing – I remember an expression that went something like: “No one ever learned anything from doing nothing!”. A while back I used to have a Toyo 45a, and so have a tiny amount of experience in 4×5, I found it all a massive learning curve, even though I’d been doing film photography for decades! As HCB once said the first 10,000 images are the worst!! š Keep at it! Cheers Andy
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Oh, I think there are plenty of “operator errors” inolved in this process. The issue I had with the tripod for these shots was my fault entirely for not checking it was properly tightened. The light leaks are disappointing though because I thought they were resolved. I’m hopeful that I’ve managed to engineer a fix, but until I get chance to use it in bright conditions again, there will be an element of doubt in my mind. Fingers crossed though!
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