Sean Esopenko

Old Bridge, New City

January 6, 2011

View a 1000 pixel wide version here.  I finally got an “ok” image of one of these bridges. I’ve walked under them with a camera probably 20 times and I’ve taken about 6 photographs in all. Finally I have something I feel is worth sharing.

For a while I thought my 6×7 film images weren’t sharp because of my scanner.  I’m starting to believe that that’s not the problem, but instead I have to use the mirror lockup on my Mamiya RB67 if I want sharp images.  Unfortunately my jpegs still look like garbage when viewed in the browser.  I have to figure out what’s going wrong with the exporter because Photoshop’s “Export to Web” is showing a drastically different gamma from what’s shown in Chrome.

Shot on HP5+ 400 and souped in Ilfosol S (Film photography). If I remember correctly, F16, 1/4 sec. Yellow filter.

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