Autumn Gloom

Nowadays I frequently come up pensive people. I think autumn gloom is over whole city. I hate this cloudy mood. I am a spring child and I couldn't handle such a bad weather. May be I am just seeing people who are in same mood with me. May be I am exaggerating :). Life is full of "May be"s. Nevertheless, I am a sun boy.

Paper: Ilfrord Multigrade IV Fiber 1K Glossy
Paper Size: 17.8x24 cm (7x9.5in)
Image Size: 14.9x22.2 cm (5.9x8.7in)
Developer: Ilford Harman Warmtone Developer 1+9 (3 min.)
Toner: Untoned

Enlarger: Durst M800
Film: Rollei RPX 400 rated 250 135 mm

Don't Let Them Shoot the Balloons

I am living in a weird country. We have some bizarre habits. In this image you can see one of them. Whenever you go for a walk at any coast line at Istanbul, you can easily face with balloons stretched between two stick or swimming over the sea. You can pay and then shoot with an air rifle to these colorful balloons. I never understand why people shoot and how they can enjoy with it. Balloons always awake childhood dreams in my mind and I can't shoot to dreams. Actually I can't shoot any thing. Whenever I see these balloons I remember an old film "Uçurtmayı Vuramsınlar" (a.k.a. Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite).
Moreover, when the guns are seen at the stage, a cowboy hat have to be seen.

Here is the print details:

Paper: Ilfrord Multigrade IV Fiber Warmtone 24K Semi-Matt
Paper Size: 17.8x24 cm (7x9.5in)
Image Size: 12.3x22.8 cm (4.9x9in)
Developer: Ilford Multigrade Developer 1+9 (2 min.)
Toner: Untoned
Film: Rollei RPX 400 rated 250 135 mm

New Camera, New Format and a New Start

I know, I gave a huge break and I couldn't post for awhile, but I have an excuse. I bought a new camera which is 4x5 Linhof Kardan Color. It is a monorail large format camera. When I bought it, camera was in a very bad condition and I had to work on it. That is the reason of why I couldn't post. Finally I manage to get the first results. Today I want to share these.
I have 9x12 cm film holders for these camera and unfortunately I couldn't find film for these holders at my local store. For this reason I used Ilford MGIV Matt paper as negative.  I developed paper negative with Ilford Multigrade Developer (1+9). Here are the paper negatives and their digitally converted positives.

Actually I did contact print with one of these negatives but it was at the end of the session and I was exhausted. For this reason I couldn't take appropriate tests. I just took a contact print ad ended the session. 

That contact print is at below:

It was not a good print but unfortunately that is the only one. Sorry :)

Alpy

Let's continue with the my newest favorite paper.
My friends' boy, Alp.

Paper: Ilfrord Multigrade IV Fiber Warmtone 24K Semi-Matt

Paper Size: 17.8x24 cm (7x9.5in)

Image Size: 16.8x16.8 cm (6.6x6.6in)

Developer: Ilford Multigrade  Developer 1+9 (2 min.)

Toner: Untoned

Film: Rollei RPX 100 120 mm

Shadow behind me

I showed you man behind me at previous post. Here another photograph of the shadow man. It is at left side of the photograph as is before post. Is it just coincidence or ... ?

And print details:

Paper: Ilfrord Multigrade IV Fiber Warmtone 24K Semi-Matt

Paper Size: 17.8x24 cm (7x9.5in)

Image Size: 15.3x22.8 cm (6x9in)

Developer: Ilford Multigrade  Developer 1+9 (2 min.)

Toner: Untoned

Film: Rollei RPX 400 rated 250 135 mm

I am using Ilford papers for years and I tried almost every type of their paper range. I haven't used this semi mat paper before. Also Omar, who is great printer and blogger, suggest me to use warmtone paper with a normal developer. In this print as you see above I selected Ilford Multigrade developer instead of a warmtone developer. Results are impressive. I loved surface and tones I get. It has a "real" creamy whites and shadows between yellowish and brownish. I am getting angry myself for ignoring this paper for years. I am planning to use this paper as my matt choices.

Furthermore, I installed another enlarger which is Durst M800 and I print this photograph with Durst. Also a Rodenstock Rodagon 105mm f:5.6 was installed on it. I printed a medium format photograph before this print and I bother to change the lens and condenser for 35 mm :).

Someone watching us

I am in a bad mood nowadays. I feel tons of loads over my shoulders that I couldn't carry and I feel someone always watching me. Finally I managed to catch that man behind me. You can see the shadow of him at the left side of below photo.

Print Details:

Paper: Ilfrord Multigrade IV Fiber 1K Glossy

Paper Size: 17.8x24 cm (7x9.5in)

Image Size: 14.8x22.8 cm (5.8x9in)

Developer: Ilford Harman Warmtone Developer 1+9 (3 min.)

Toner: Untoned

Film: Rollei RPX 400 rated 250 135 mm

Summer Days

Summer days about to finish and this year summer was too busy for me. I couldn't swim even. For this reason I couldn't post for awhile. In this post let's smell a summer breeze.

Print Details:

Paper: Ilfrord Multigrade IV Fiber 1K Glossy
Paper Size: 17.8x24 cm (7x9.5in)
Image Size: 14.8x22.8 cm (5.8x9in)
Developer: Ilford Harman Warmtone Developer 1+9 (3 min.)
Toner: Untoned
Film: Rollei RPX 400 rated 250 135 mm

In this image I used a warmtone developer with a normal paper. It gives a little warmth to the paper which I liked. Also this developer is slower than Dektol. I think this enhance the shadow details a little in the print.