Owens Valley Girls

[Jim Galli]

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owens valley girls

Done on full plate film with a Pinkham Smith 15" Semi Achromatic

Oh quit complaining. Somebody had to do it!

[Mike Shimwell]

Jim

That looks like a genuinely old picture! The softness in the trees particularly.

Mike

[Asher Kelman]

Jim,

I know how you come by the lenses. You leave bundles of green notes for the little green men that come to your stable in Tonepah. But your plates? Tell me how just how do you get them!

Are each hand coated glass and what the learning curve?

Asher

[Jim Galli]

Jim

That looks like a genuinely old picture! The softness in the trees particularly.

Mike

That's because it was taken by a genuinely OLD photgrapher with a genny old camera and lens.

Jim,

I know how you come by the lenses. You leave bundles of green notes for the little green men that come to your stable in Tonepah. But your plates? Tell me how just how do you get them!

Are each hand coated glass and what the learning curve?

Asher

Full plate is shorthand for 6 1/2 X 8 1/2", but I just use film. Cut down Adox 100 in this case. Nothing special.

The softness is via the Pinkham & Smith lens.

[John Angulat]

Hi Jim,
I am always amazed at the scale to which you work.
The effort to pull these great images from the equipment you use is beyond my comprehension.
...and you end your reply to Asher with "...nothing special" ???
NOT!