Alive and well?

Oh, and I retired six months ago.

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Retired ? What are you doing now with all that free time ? And I lost your email address awhile back.

I am getting things organized, selling off a lot of photography equipment, slowly printing images for a review to prepare for a possible show at a real gallery, things like that.

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Hi John

Good luck with the gallery :)

What kind of photography are you into ? Do you have a Flickr or Deviant account ?

I am just getting started. Got my 1st camera a couple of years ago, now I am building my own dark room !

Rich

Good to see you :)

Nothing new to report from my end, no VW's except the black convertible, now stored at my parents house. Still can't afford to ship it here. One day.... Maybe if I get enough money together I might talk you into selling that Raby paperweight of yours to me.... ;)

Jan

Make the right offer, then take a road trip to SE Minnesota and it is yours!

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Rich, my first career, other than military service, was as a daily newspaper photographer in Chicago, and then a photojournalist in the city. I still make photographs but have not shown any for over twenty-five years.

The most recent picture I took was at my Mother's funeral rites. She died on Mothers' day this year. Here is my favorite picture (reduced for web presentation)

I've a couple more hundred images buried away.

Good to hear from you!

It has been a long, long time since I last visited here.

Update: I sold the pristine '72 to a friend in need. I still have Micah's '58 and it is still looking good. Oh, and I still have the f*ucked up engine Jake Raby so9ld me eons ago - it is in storage along with the GTII-e. ____

Great to hear from you, John!!.... I dropped you an email awhile back and got no response... was a bit concerned with your absence ..... glad you are doing well...

Can't see your link ...

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Interesting 'tog' history you have there, would love to see some of the old shots !

So sad about your Mother, and Mothers day :(

Rich

And thank you for your kind words, Rich.

J

Nice image.

Strong and well composed. Very fitting for the subject,

Is there any HDR processing ? It looks a bit tonemapped, but that wouldn't work with the moving ashes ?

Rich

No HDR, but I did use photoshop-curves and a bit of masking. It was shot at 1/4000th of a second. Single image. :)

If I can help with information about the darkroom, just let me know. It is apt for us ACVW people to do wet processing. I use two enlargers: one for 35mm to 6x10cm film (Focomat IIa) and a hybrid for large format (to

4x5). Have an 8x10" film enlarger, too, but I have no place to put it - it is a Saltzman and stands 15' high! (Weighs about 1,1000 pounds). Whew!

BTW, I lived in Oxford, England for a few years, long ago. I miss it!

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Thanks for the offer to help .. I might take you up on that :)

I have a couple of 35mm enlargers. For 120 I have to use my scanner at the moment. I can scan upto about 7 x 9" . I've also had some success digitzing using my digital camera and a light box.

I'm making an 8x10 field camera from scratch.

I'd like to get at least a 4 x 5 enlarger, but definitely dont have room for a 8x10 15' monster !

My darkroom is set up enough to get prints done up to 12" x 16", but I dont have running water or drainage yet, so it's all buckets and containers for now.

I live in Coventry. About 60 miles north of Oxford.

Consider joining us at:

One member, Rafa, has done that, too.

Coventry is a great place. I used to go to a great jazz club there. And seeing the ruins of St. Michael¹s was just what I needed to experience as a young man. After that, I set off to see Verdun. Chilling stuff.

What was wrong with the Raby engine? First negative thing I have heard... is it specific to the size/configuration, a fluke QC issue that was not fixed to your satisfaction, or a general issue with his products? I had always wished for a type 4 souped up engine as an answer to the problem running through my head as a teenager: how to reenforce the cylinder studs so that they would not pull out. I was trying to think whether there might be a way to put a steel plate inside the case either along each side (running fore to aft in the engine as it sits in the car), a threaded band around the outside of the case into which the studs would thread, or as a loop around the case to hold the 2 sides together.... but one would almost have to slice into the webbing, etc. A beefier type 4 case seemed like a cool solution. KWW

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Probably a fluke or something having to do with the fact that it was his first Nicklesil cylinder engine. It also has roller-rockers. It has backfired badly from day-one. I've about given up on it.

oil fire if I remember right? My Raby motor is in storage as well. Water damage to the cylinders/valve seats from dew drips down the intake. In the last five years I just can't seem to set aside $2K for some nickies :/

No. It was bad from day-one. The oil fire caused no damage because I hit the kill switch immediately so no engine movement occurred, and the fire was contained to the offending oil line and put out quickly.

$2K is worth it if you spend lots more on other engine refinements. I've got $10,000 into that damned engine. :(

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