A small lake near my home in Falls Church. I took this with one of several Sputniks I have, the only one that has had internal flocking & light seals added. Unfortunately, its lenses don’t seemed to be closely matched, or maybe they just need their relative focus and their shutters adjusted. This was taken after sunset with a ten second exposure (or maybe longer). Luckily there wasn’t much wind.
–Paul Gillis
This is just a small part of an amazing sculptural group in the National Memorial Park, a cemetery near my home in Falls Church, Virginia. It was made by the Swedish sculptor Carl Milles in the early 1950’s. Unfortunately the water works were out of commission when I took this picture.
I shot it in 1999 with two Mamiya C-330’s on a tripod. That was a massive rig! I can’t remember what lenses I used, but I think they were short telephotos, maybe 135’s. After a couple of outings with that setup, I basically gave up on medium format stereo, until my interest was rekindled last year.
–Paul Gillis
Jaguar
While walking into the center of town to visit the local museum my younger daughter and I came across this very nice Jaguar parked in the middle of the town square. Unfortunately it was not parked in a way that would allow me to get the town fountain and the museum in the background. Later, when we got out of the museum, the car was gone.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Fuji Provia 100F (aka RDP III). The film was developed and scanned by TheDarkroom.
Road into town
This is the road into Schiltach, Germany. We stayed at a nice little hotel in town during our vacation to Germany.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Fuji Provia 100F (aka RDP III). The film was developed and scanned by TheDarkroom.
University Housing
Based on Google translate, this building is apparently student housing for a fraternity associated with the university in Heidelberg. It is right next to Heidleberg Castle, where I was standing when I took this photo. I guess I went to the wrong university.
Taken with a Sputnik on Fujifilm Provia 100F (aka RPD III). The film was developed and scanned by TheDarkroom.
Schloss Schramberg Ruins
These are the ruins of the castle on the hill above the town of Schramberg, Germany. My wife’s maternal Grandfather was from Schramberg, and we have a photo of him from almost 100 years ago sitting on the edge of the ruins with the town down below in the background.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Fuji Provia 100F (aka RDP III). The film was developed and scanned by TheDarkroom.
These are Paul Talbot’s slides for loop d21. (Paul has been ill and didn’t have a chance to replace his images in the folio from round 20.)
BR 20-01
BR 20-03
BR 20-04
This is Bert McIlwain’s contribution for loop d21.
Road Angel, Bronze by Terry Allen, Austin, TX Mamiya C220’s RVP100.
Fireworks, Austin, TX Mamiya C220’s ~9″ RVP100.
Steel House, Near Lubbock, TX Mamiya C220’s RVP100.
Standing Cypress, Austin, TX Mamiya C220, slide bar RDP III.
This is Joel Alpers’ contribution for loop d21.
Steam Vents, Yellowstone
Sprague Lake outlet, RMNP
Jet Hyper
This is an area not far from Sydney Australia. When I visited Australia in 2002 the only medium format cameras I owned were two Sputniks. I shot a number of successful hypers with the two cameras, covering one lens on each and advancing the film one exposure at a time. I think I had the two cameras four feet apart on separate tripods here. Velvia 100F.
Photographed at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, I think in 2015. I used a TL-120, that camera can take amazing close-up portraits. Provia 100F pushed one stop. I used a Vivitar 285H fill-flash at half power with a plastic diffusor, the subject provided lots of nice reflective surfaces for the flash.
The only way to avoid the crowds around St. Peters is to get up at the crack of dawn. This was photographed shortly after sunrise with a Stereoflektoscop using Provia 100F pushed one stop. Vivitar 285H fill flash used. I was using the “Bulb” setting, probably a two second exposure based on incident metering.
This is a fountain at a Confucian temple in Tai Pei Tawain. Photographed May 2012 with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. Vivitar 285H fill flash used, although I don’t think it had much impact at this distance.
They say that ‘Guilin is the best scenery in Guangxi, and the best of Guilin is Yangshuo.’ There is no doubt that Yangshuo is a beautiful location in the world with it’s limestone Karst mountains and gorgeous waterways. I would highly recommend a visit. An added bonus is it’s little walkways and side streets such as this one at night. Mostly catered to tourists ( as most of this area is, for good reason), it’s an interesting area to visit. I enjoyed being able to safely take night shots throughout the town, and this shot being one of my favorites. Shot with my Sputnik MF3D camera on Fujifilm Provia 100f film.
Here’s another shot of Lijiang at night, of the famous waterwheels located in the south entrance of town. The water wheels were supposedly built roughly 800 years ago, around the time of the town’s origin. I wanted to capture the wheels in motion, so a nightshot it was to be! I enjoyed Lijiang immensely, despite the amount of tourists at any given time. The town has so much to see that it’s no wonder that it was so popular. Not to mention that I was there in the perfect time frame for weather. Shot on my Sputnik MF3D camera and shot on Fujifilm Provia 100f fim.