Black & White Spathiphyllum

**Peter Rockstroh** · 04-04-2021, 02:53 PM - **2 Likes**

Spathiphyllum
Pentax 67 II 135 mm
HP5 in HC-110
Brilliant G3 Selenium toned

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ecuador04 · 04-16-2021, 05:40 AM

wow - that contrast is amazing. May I ask how you go about rendering a pic (which I'm assuming you shot in color) B/W? Lightroom?

**Peter Rockstroh** · 04-16-2021, 06:46 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by ecuador04

wow - that contrast is amazing. May I ask how you go about rendering a pic (which I'm assuming you shot in color) B/W? Lightroom?

Thanks. This is a print scan. The image was taken with B&W medium format film and enlarged on good photographic silver gelatin paper.
The contrast is the result of matching paper with the negative density range. No Lightroom, just darkroom

DBiancosino · 04-20-2021, 08:31 AM

Very nice

**just_life_photograph** · 04-20-2021, 08:35 AM

lovely

**PenPusher** · 04-21-2021, 06:01 AM - **1 Like**

A great traditional B & W job again, put it into a competition and I wouldn't be surprised if it was thrown out because it sits right in the middle and that's an automatic no, no for judges who have heard about the rule of thirds and never noticed that the best artists of all time frequently consigned the rule of thirds to the bin.

**Tonytee** · 04-28-2021, 02:36 PM

Beautiful beyond words. Thank you very much for posting.

tt

**Peter Rockstroh** · 04-28-2021, 06:21 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

Beautiful beyond words. Thank you very much for posting.

tt

Thank you Tony. I sent you some articles on this subject but I think they might have ended up in your guestbook ?

**Tonytee** · 04-28-2021, 10:08 PM

Originally posted by Peter Rockstroh

Thank you Tony. I sent you some articles on this subject but I think they might have ended up in your guestbook ?

Just checked and found nothing there.

tt

**carlb** · 04-29-2021, 03:55 PM

I love this, it's got a Robert Mapplethorpe look about it

Sprky1285 · 04-30-2021, 05:33 AM

Originally posted by Peter Rockstroh

Spathiphyllum
Pentax 67 II 135 mm
HP5 in HC-110
Brilliant G3 Selenium toned

Man, the Pentax 67 II and HP5 compliment each well here.

**dneira29** · 07-02-2021, 05:20 PM

Originally posted by Peter Rockstroh

Spathiphyllum
Pentax 67 II 135 mm
HP5 in HC-110
Brilliant G3 Selenium toned

Nice to look at !

**Fdooch** · 07-03-2021, 12:40 AM - **1 Like**

Not so long ago I became an active participant in the forum and your work became a discovery for me. They are fundamentally different from the general flow. Thank you.

**Peter Rockstroh** · 07-03-2021, 04:56 AM

Originally posted by Fdooch

Not so long ago I became an active participant in the forum and your work became a discovery for me. They are fundamentally different from the general flow. Thank you.

Thank you. I suppose the limitations of traditional B&W define a “style ?” By themselves. It becomes more difficult to produce something different every day, since we are bombarded with so much graphic information.

chessov · 07-06-2021, 08:07 AM

Good light, good composition. Nicely executed overall. Perhaps worth trying to challenge yourself (since technically the picture is already great) and experiment with unconventional compositions?

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Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,509	Beautiful beyond words. Thank you very much for posting. tt

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Sprky1285 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Florida Photos: Albums Posts: 272	Originally posted by Peter Rockstroh Spathiphyllum Pentax 67 II 135 mm HP5 in HC-110 Brilliant G3 Selenium toned Man, the Pentax 67 II and HP5 compliment each well here.

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