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Yarra Bend Quartet
Four images from Yarra Bend Park in Melbourne.
Silver gelatin prints, toned in selenium from 4×5 camera negatives.
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Hello Ian, what lens did you use?
The aesthetics It looks like an old lens.
Hi Andrea, I used a 135mm, f 5.6 lens, Caltar II Symmetrical. It’s over 40 years old, and my favourite lens. I usally use f 22 or f35 when making images to maximize the depth of field, as well as camera movements. The prints were made on Foma Matte paper, which might explain the “look” you see. The image titled “Scar” was exposed at f 5.6 at 1/8 of a second, on Catlab 80 film, to isolate the tree from the background.
cheers, Ian