New new picture thread

[Ken Lee]

The current thread is getting quite long, and takes a while to load.
210mm Heliar 4x5 TMX in PyroCat

[dominikus bw]

The current thread is getting quite long, and takes a while to load.
210mm Heliar 4x5 TMX in PyroCat

nice picture Ken, but I felt so strange about tonality especially on the skin tone, I have no idea...

[Ken Lee]

You're right. Part of this is because the image shows against a white background.

Against a dark background (http://www.kenleegallery.com/html/portraits/sns.htm), things look a little different. I will modify the image when I can.

[John Brady]

Here is a recent shot I made in the tenthousand islands in Florida.
58 mm sa xl with a #25 red filter. t-max 100 rated at 64. t-max rs dev 1-9 8 min. 1/4 f22.
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[dominikus bw]

Here's from my last trip to Singkawang, West Kalimantan.
Sinar F1, Symmar-S 150, TMX 100.

[Jrewt]

Here is one I've been reworking the past week..
Burke and James Commercial View
Efke PL100 in pyrocat- HD 2:2:100
AZO Gr3, Amidol

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1431/800227176_eefc06a23d_o.jpg

[GhoSStrider]

Wow, Jrewt...that one has a crazy three dimensional feel to it. The rock on the right just jumps out of the picture!

[Jrewt]

Thanks, this is one of my best prints and one of the reasons I'm trying to get my stuff ready to show to people for the first time. I've been trying to learn how to mount/matte, and in the next few days I'm going to try spotting prints for the first time. This one in particular needs quite a bit of spotting unfortunately =(

[cobalt]

Here is a recent shot I made in the tenthousand islands in Florida.
58 mm sa xl with a #25 red filter. t-max 100 rated at 64. t-max rs dev 1-9 8 min. 1/4 f22.
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splendid...

[vinny]

Olympic National Park, Skokomish River.
Wehman 8x10, 450mm nikkor, efke 25

[davidb]

really nice vinny

[domenico Foschi]

Stop making sense.
Dyptich
Toned silver prints 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 ca both.

http://i10.tinypic.com/4opf5ut.jpg

[cobalt]

Very nice, Domenico.

[domenico Foschi]

Very nice, Domenico.

And I thank you, Percy.
It actually came out very soft on the net.
I think it's because I have my PS color settings in Adobe 1998.

[Marko]

It actually came out very soft on the net.
I think it's because I have my PS color settings in Adobe 1998.

Yes, that'll do it. Simply convert to sRGB before Saving for Web. Those two steps should give you the best web representation of what you see on your screen.

[Brian K]

Domenico, very nice, i really like the selective focus and the tones.


Here's one I did recently, not yet printed

[Hugo Zhang]

Brian, Nice picture! Where is this?

[Brian K]

Hugo, thanks, it's Tuscany.

[John Brady]

Brian, nice shot! I spent about a week in Pienza not far from where you made that image. The day I was at that location the clouds were non-existant.

This shot is the Capela Viteleta, just around the corner from your cedars. Sorry about the halo around the left cedar, this one still needs some work.
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[Christopher Breitenstein]

Hello,

I am new to the LFP forum and thought Id say hi.

Here is my most recent photgraph.

Yours;

[Eric Biggerstaff]

Here is one from a couple of weeks ago, it is up on Mt. Evans in Colorado.

Zone VI, Nikon 300M, FP4+, Rondinal 1+50, Ilford MG Warmtone

[davidb]

Very nice eric !

[John Brady]

Eric, very sweet!!!!

[Hugo Zhang]

Eric,

Did you use a red filter? Very nice!

[GhoSStrider]

Doh! Now I'm really sorry that I couldn't make that outing! Excellent shot, Eric!

[katie cooke]

Hope there's no objection to pinhole photographs... these are my latest two.

(and is it just me, or do the thumbnails come up really contrasty?)

[Michael Graves]

Birch Roots, Eastman #2, Ilex Paragon 8.5", Arista 200, Pyrocat HD.

[davidb]

I told you guys Katie is awesome. (and the contrast looks fine to me)

[Sylvester Graham]

Katie is also the first female on LFforums EVER. (sarcasm?)

[Rick Moore]

Fantastic, Eric. It really resonates with me.

[Kevin Klazek]

Smoke Creek, Algonquin Park...foggy spring morning.
FP4, Symmar-s 210, 5x7 Deardorff

[Brian K]

Brian, nice shot! I spent about a week in Pienza not far from where you made that image. The day I was at that location the clouds were non-existant.

This shot is the Capela Viteleta, just around the corner from your cedars. Sorry about the halo around the left cedar, this one still needs some work.
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John, nicely done, I may have to stop by this spot next time I'm there....

[SAShruby]

This one is located on the top of third peak of Stawamus Chief. It is often claimed to be the "second largest granite monolith in the world". The picture is called "Pine #008"

Details:
Deardorff 8x10 with 4x5 reducing back, Nikkor 450M
Exposure: 1/125s @ f16
HP5 in Xtol 1+1 15min constant ag.

The other picture shows the tree(on the left side) and my dog, she actually climbed ladder, it was so funny.

[Eric Biggerstaff]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the feedback.

Hugo - I used a #15 yellow/orange on the image.

Chris - We can go up there again soon.

Have a great one and thanks again everyone.

Eric

[GhoSStrider]

So I'm still definately in the learning phases of everything LF, but here's my first photo contribution to the forum.

http://www.pbase.com/image/82455132.jpg

Shot on a B&J Watson 5x7 w/ 4x5 reducing back, Schneider 150mm Symmar Convertible. Efke 25 developed in Rodinal 1:100. Scanned with HP Scanjet 4890...still working on a good print, though! :rolleyes:

Getting there...ever so slowly! :p

[SAShruby]

One more,

I did this one last weekend...

[adrian tyler]

burning building, madrid, 2005.

[Ken Lee]

I did this one last weekend...

This image seems to have a different effect, depending on the size. May I ask, what size is the final image - or is it not "final" yet ?

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Chris, I love that Rio Grande Southern image. Long live the narrow gauge!

[Jeffrey Sipress]

The side of a corrugated shed high in the White Mountains of eastern California. Ebony SV45U, Rodenstock 90mm, Delta 100.

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/cctank1.jpg

[Jeffrey Sipress]

A corrugated shed high in the White Mountains of eastern California.

Ebony SV45U, Rodenstock 90mm, Delta 100.

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/cctank.jpg

[jnantz]

burning building, madrid, 2005.

wow, adrian i LOVE that :)

-john

[Chris Strobel]

This is an experiment.Shot with 10mp Canon Powershot A640 point n shoot, Nodal Ninja pano head (weighs 1lb), and a 14oz tripod.12 exposures combined in Panoview software.File size reduced to print at 16x20 at 360dpi.Original is just under 300mb in size,Our tap water has been too warm to process my usual fp4+

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/82410969/original.jpg

[GhoSStrider]

Chris, I love that Rio Grande Southern image. Long live the narrow gauge!

Hi Jeffrey,

Thanks for the kind words. Of all the railroads that are no more, I think the RGS is the one I would have liked to see in person the most. I guess I'll just have to absorb as much of it still as still exists, and imagine the rest...

[SAShruby]

This image seems to have a different effect, depending on the size. May I ask, what size is the final image - or is it not "final" yet ?

Ken,

This one is full size negative (4x5). It's a first draft so far jus to get a feel how it looks overall. I'm chewing my senses through it.

I might try to print it as 16x20 or 20x24. I feel big print will have a "look".

[Chris Strobel]

Bravo!


A corrugated shed high in the White Mountains of eastern California.

Ebony SV45U, Rodenstock 90mm, Delta 100.

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/cctank.jpg

[Andrew O'Neill]

This is an experiment.Shot with 10mp Canon Powershot A640 point n shoot, Nodal Ninja pano head (weighs 1lb), and a 14oz tripod.12 exposures combined in Panoview software.File size reduced to print at 16x20 at 360dpi.Original is just under 300mb in size,Our tap water has been too warm to process my usual fp4+

At what point did you use a LF camera for this image? Just curious...

[Ed Richards]

Fort Morgan, on the coast south of Mobile. The white is carbonate leached from the morter. The contrast range is pretty high, so this is a -2 development in Xtol 1:3, Tmax 100.

[Ash]

This is an experiment.Shot with 10mp Canon Powershot A640 point n shoot, Nodal Ninja pano head (weighs 1lb), and a 14oz tripod.12 exposures combined in Panoview software.File size reduced to print at 16x20 at 360dpi.Original is just under 300mb in size,Our tap water has been too warm to process my usual fp4+

At what point did you use a LF camera for this image? Just curious...

I think the poster believes that stitching digital images counts. 12 x 10mp images?

[Marko]

At what point did you use a LF camera for this image? Just curious...


I think the poster believes that stitching digital images counts. 12 x 10mp images?

The thread is about posting images. At least he's posted one, instead of playing film police. ;)

[Andrew O'Neill]

The thread is about posting images. At least he's posted one, instead of playing film police.

Film police?? Did I say this is a film site?? As far as I know it's large format site as in large format camera. I just asked at what point was a large format camera used? Film police, that's funny.

[Chris Strobel]

Ha Ha I knew this would come up.Is this not beating a dead horse?I was one of the ones complaining here last year about all the dslr stitching discussions, and the owner of this site stated it was ok as long as the file sizes were at LF equivalents.I was disappointed as to me LF is the use of a view camera.So from that point on this site stopped being the Large Format Photography site, and instead became the Large File Size Photography site.So to answer the question at no point did I use what I personally consider to be a LF camera, well I did use my Calumet C-1 case to set my coke on during the the shot, does that count :D

.
At what point did you use a LF camera for this image? Just curious...

[Andrew O'Neill]

the Large File Size Photography site

Ha ha ha...or the Large Anything As Long As It's Large site.:D

[Marko]

[QUOTE=Andrew O'Neill;258373Film police, that's funny.[/QUOTE]

There was a smiley at the end, wasn't it? Ok, maybe more of a wink than a smile, but I thought it went well with the overal spirit of the exchange. :D

[naturephoto1]

Here is one of the photos that I took May 9 of Toketeet Falls during my recent trip to Oregon. Photo taken with Toho Shimo FC45X, Rodenstock Apo Ronar f9 240mm MC lens on Fujichrome Velvia 100 at approximately 2 sec at f32.

Rich

[Matt Magruder]

I dont post a whole lot here ... just the occasional. But I have been admiring the work in here and thought I would share some of my recent work.

I started working on a series of night shots of my home town of Austin, Texas (insomnia inspired).
Under IH35 in downtown Austin.
Shot with a 12x20 Folmer & Schwing and a Kodak 405mm Soft Focus Portrait lens (thanks clay for the loan).
Exposure was 12 secs (roughly) at F6.3/8 - Efke PL100 film dev in PyroHD1:1:100 print as a pt/pd on fabriano Artistico Extra White

http://www.scootermagruder.com/temp/12x20_nocturstin4.jpg

[PViapiano]

Matt...

Great to see you here!

I've admired your work via your site for a long time...thanks for the inspiration!

Paul

[Bill L.]

Here is one of the photos that I took May 9 of Toketeet Falls during my recent trip to Oregon. Photo taken with Toho Shimo FC45X, Rodenstock Apo Ronar f9 240mm MC lens on Fujichrome Velvia 100 at approximately 2 sec at f32.

Rich

Welcome Back! I was beginning to wonder when we would see the results of your Oregon trip. Now why can't they have waterfalls like that out East?

Cheers!
Bill

[Frank Petronio]

Here's a new scan

[Chris Strobel]

Nice work Frank!


Here's a new scan

[Duane Polcou]

Pine Creek Drainage, Zion National Park, Utah.
Wista VX 4x5, 90mm f8 Nikkor lens. T-Max 400 rotary processed in HC-110.

[Frank Petronio]

nother

[Frank Petronio]

And finally, just to show you all that I really am a family sort of guy...

[Jim Rice]

She's growing like a weed Frank.

[PMahoney]

A new pic from my trip to Chi-town to visit family. Had a few chances to get out and shoot.

Buckingham Fountain
Shen-hao 4x5 w/Schneider 65mm f/8
FP4+, 40s at f/22

[cobalt]

Domenico, very nice, i really like the selective focus and the tones.


Here's one I did recently, not yet printed

Now THAT is a cool photograph!
May I ask...what are the dimensions?

[Brian Sims]

Recent work in the Olympics.

4827 4828

[dominikus bw]

nother

Frank, I like number 2,3 & 4, but no 1 I like it very much, it's strong composition...
great shots Frank...

[cobalt]

ogg....hakka phlu...dwa!!
(couldn't really think of anything to say...)

[Frank Petronio]

squint hard fellas

[Ben Chase]

Recent work in the Olympics.

4827 4828

I think this certainly qualifies as "fine art".

Fantastic work.

[ageorge]

China Basin, San Francisco

http://alan-george.com/tmp/XI9Q5435-39.jpg

[Lucas M]

Here is a personal favourite taken a couple months ago by okotoks.

[Chris Strobel]

Me Likes!

[QUOTE=ageorge;259579]China Basin, San Francisco

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[Daniel_Buck]

here are 4 from last weekend! I'm still getting used to the double flipped view on the glass, but I'm enjoying it very much! Tri-X320 developed in HC110, scanned with Epson 4990 and a bit of curves on the images after the scan.

3-stop red filter on the first two images, wish I would have used it on the last image

http://404photography.net/wip/4x5/4x5_05.jpg

http://404photography.net/wip/4x5/4x5_06.jpg

http://404photography.net/wip/4x5/4x5_07.jpg

http://404photography.net/wip/4x5/4x5_08.jpg

[Marko]

Bellagio, Las Vegas

http://studiothreesixty.com/marko/bellagio_bw.jpg

[Frank Petronio]

nice one Marko!

[PViapiano]

Marko...

They let you set up a tripod and LF camera at the Bellagio???

Whoa, even Robert Polidori said that LV was the worst place in the world to take photographs with a tripod due to the mini-mafia of security guards everywhere!

[domenico Foschi]

Bellagio, Las Vegas

http://studiothreesixty.com/marko/bellagio_bw.jpg

Fantastic image, Marko!

[Marko]

Thanks for nice words, Frank and Domenico! These are great compliments. :)

Paul, I didn't use the tripod, it was hand-held. ;) Although you gave me an idea - next time I go there, I might try to do just that.

[Brian K]

Now THAT is a cool photograph!
May I ask...what are the dimensions?

Cobalt, thnks for the kind words. pPrints are available in 14" 20" and 24", mounted on 15x20", 20x30" and 22x34" mats.

[dominikus bw]

Bellagio, Las Vegas

http://studiothreesixty.com/marko/bellagio_bw.jpg

Marko, it;s fantastic...

[jerome deppe]

Hello,I'm new here.This is something recent that I've been playing with.JD

8x10 contact print-cyanotype with tannin
8x10 folmer graphic 10A-PL100

[Mike Boden]

This image was shot with a Toyo 810M and Nikkor M 450mm lens on Provia 100F. The location is the Salton Sea, CA.

http://www.zoeticlight.com/images/EmanantGrace_Web.jpg
"Emanant Grace (http://www.zoeticlight.com/product_info.php/products_id/172)"

[Chris Strobel]

[QUOTE=Mike Boden;260162]This image was shot with a Toyo 810M and Nikkor M 450mm lens on Provia 100F. The location is the Salton Sea, CA.

Sweet!

[jnantz]

...

[PViapiano]

Thanks for nice words, Frank and Domenico! These are great compliments. :)

Paul, I didn't use the tripod, it was hand-held. ;) Although you gave me an idea - next time I go there, I might try to do just that.

So, Marko...what camera did you use for that photo? It's so sharp for hand-held...I mean, focus and then load film holder and all the while hand-holding? Yikes...

[Marko]

So, Marko...what camera did you use for that photo? It's so sharp for hand-held...I mean, focus and then load film holder and all the while hand-holding? Yikes...

Film? Did I mention film? ;)

[PViapiano]

Oh, OK...I just assumed you used a large format camera with film, seeing that you're posting in the LF forum...

[Marko]

Oh, OK...I just assumed you used a large format camera with film, seeing that you're posting in the LF forum...

Oh, I see... You assumed. You are, of course, entitled to do as you please.

But, why?

[Miguel Coquis]

Is there any light thirsty sindrome in making pictures ?

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

Long exposure rocks and water, anyone done this before? :D

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1027/943581467_f275c42a05_b.jpg

Wehman 8x10, 16 1/2 inch R.D Artar, TXP, Pyrocat HD

[Daniel_Buck]

One from yesterday. I accidentally read my meter as 1/8 of a second instead of a full 8 seconds, I only realized this after I developed the negative and saw an almost clear negative! Grrrr! However, out of curiosity I scanned it in anyway, and after I cranked on the input adjustment it turned out pretty creepy looking! Although I'm going back to re-shoot this scene tonight, I think I may print out this grainy one as well :D

http://404photography.net/wip/4x5/4x5_09.jpg

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

One from yesterday. I accidentally read my meter as 1/8 of a second instead of a full 8 seconds, I only realized this after I developed the negative! Grrrr! However, after I scanned it in and cranked on the input adjustment, it turned out pretty creepy looking! Although I'm going back to re-shoot this scene tonight, I think I may print out this grainy one as well :D

http://404photography.net/wip/4x5/4x5_09.jpg

I love it as you show it, I`m not convinced any more shadow detail will make it better.
:)

[Chris Strobel]

I agree, looks great as is!


I love it as you show it, I`m not convinced any more shadow detail will make it better.
:)

[Chris Strobel]

[QUOTE=Amund BLix Aaeng;260678]Long exposure rocks and water, anyone done this before? :D

Nice Tonality!

[Daniel_Buck]

I love it as you show it, I`m not convinced any more shadow detail will make it better.
:)
it's really grainy though, an 11x14 would look like a stipple drawing :D I'm going to print it anyway though, just because I really like the mood.

[Ken Lee]

anyone done this before ?


Very nice. I'll bet it looks quite good when printed large ! This makes me want to try some Tri-X again.

[Brian Bullen]

Amund, I agree with the others, looks wonderful with excellent tonality.
Daniel creepy is great for that scene.

[Ken Lee]

anyone done this before ?

There are people who complain when something has been done before. That is an old complaint.

Let them find something new to complain about !

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

anyone done this before ?

There are people who complain when something has been done before. That is an old complaint.

Let them find something new to complain about !

:) :p

[Mike Boden]

Here is another image from the Salton Sea, CA. This was taken with a Toyo 45AII & Nikkor M 300mm on Velvia 50.

http://www.zoeticlight.com/images/SaltonSaffron_Web.jpg
"Salton Saffron" (http://www.zoeticlight.com/product_info.php/products_id/174)

[domenico Foschi]

Beautiful image, Mike.
I commend you to take long exposures in that area, my nose couldn't handle that.:)

[dominikus bw]

Another picture from Singkawang.
Sinar F1, Symmar-S 210, TMX 100.

[Ken Lee]

Very nice arrangement. The positioning of the rocks, just beneath the horizon is very effective. The lower 1/2 of the image can stand by itself, as a brilliant composition.

[Miguel Coquis]

Sometimes one needs to know where one is, to find where can one go.
Les Vaux de Cernay
Parc Régional de l'Haute Vallée de Chevreuse-Ile de France,
Lorillon Field Camera 5x7
Som Berthiot WA 135mm 5x7 Ilford HP5

[dominikus bw]

Long exposure rocks and water, anyone done this before? :D

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1027/943581467_f275c42a05_b.jpg

Wehman 8x10, 16 1/2 inch R.D Artar, TXP, Pyrocat HD

:eek:
Amund, I can't say anything...
It's a SSXL = Super Stunning Xtra Lovely... :D

[Andrew O'Neill]

He is one I took under the Port Mann Bridge (Trans Canada Highway bridge over the Fraser River), New Westminster, BC. The bridge in the distance is the Skytrain bridge. I shot it on 8x10 HP5+ and developed it in Pyrocat-HD.

[Ken Lee]

I like it a lot. Even though the structures are modern, they somehow look ancient, older than the pyramids. Is the image vertical ?

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

:eek:
Amund, I can't say anything...
It's a SSXL = Super Stunning Xtra Lovely... :D

Thank you Dominikus :)

I`d love a SSXL lens, here I used a regular ol`Artar :)

[Andrew O'Neill]

I like it a lot. Even though the structures are modern, they somehow look ancient, older than the pyramids. Is the image vertical ?

Yes, the image is vertical. It's an 8x10 contact and slightly cropped in the computer (and on the easel). Thanks Ken for commenting on it. I also feel its ancient qualities.

[Andrew O'Neill]

I'm looking at my image on a crappy computer at school (gads, I am teaching summer school) and it looks really dark. Yuk.

[Kirk Gittings]

Superb Andrew!

[Ken Lee]

It looks a bit crooked to me. I'm tempted to straighten it out.

...But I'm not compulsive.:)

[Brian Sims]

It looks a bit crooked to me. I'm tempted to straighten it out.


It's a great composition of lines (about 50 of them). There are fat lines and fine lines. And I like that not a single one of them is parallel to the frame or to each other.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Damnit! I didn't think anyone would notice!:)

I knew I should have swung the back a bit. I was right next to a train track and very very paranoid that a locomotive would come. Everytime I heard a hooooooonk! I nearly went right through the dark cloth!

Thanks for the input, Ken...compulsive or not!
Thanks, Kirk. That means a lot.

[fenderbja]

Cherry Orchard
Shen Hao 4x5 with ART 617 back
T-Max100, Xtol

http://www.brandonallenphotography.com

[william linne]

Tree

[Mattg]

Andrew,
fantastic image, no need for any perspective adjustments here, what you've got looks right and is very interesting.

Amund,
I haven't seen it done this well before and given how many times it's been done that must mean this is pretty good. Transcends the stereotype.

What I like about both these pictures is that they demand my attention for more than 5 seconds, this is my litmus test for great photographs. There is a degree of complexity and refinement in the compositions that is very rare.

[Sheldon N]

Elowah Falls, Oregon. Nikkor-M 300mm f/9, Wista DX.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/1112613064_d149b5f802_o.jpg

[Rory_5244]

The last sugarcane trail, Trinidad. Arca-Swiss 8x10. Kodak E100VS. Tetenal E6 developer.

http://www.trinidaddreamscape.net/pichost/trailhead.jpg

[Daniel_Buck]

Wow, wonderful Colors Rory!


Inspired partly by Ansel Adams "Sunrise Oak" I did one with a flare, and one with out. this is the one without:

http://404photography.net/wip/4x5/mulholland_tree_02.jpg

[Rory_5244]

Wow! What film, Daniel?

[Daniel_Buck]

Tri-X 320 in HC110, this shot in particular had an orange filter (to bring out the golden grass, and darken the sky a bit) I also under developed to try and bring the sky down a bit. Not sure if the filter, or the under development did it. I metered the brightest horizon value nudging against zone 9 (through the filter), I'm not quite sure how far it got brought down after the shorter development, but I think it turned out well. It's all easily in usable range!

[Rory_5244]

You got it absolutely perfect.

[naturephoto1]

Below is a recent image from my trip to Oregon. The image was cropped from 4 X 5 to as presented due to the extreme darkness in the lower right of the image. Image taken with Toho Shimo FC-45X, Congo WA 90mm f6.3 MC lens. Lens purchased from Jim Galli and yes Jim the lens is sharp out to or about the edges. Exposure approximately 1/2 sec at about f22 on Fujichrome Velvia 100.

Rich