What did you compose at Water’s Edge?

[Marv Thompson]

Mississippi River above Lock and Dam 13, Fulton IL.
Zone VI 8X10, Arista 200, Fuji 300mm, judicious back tilt.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Prince's
Rapid Hemispherical
901
L.M. Prince & Bro.
Cincinnati O

wide open f8.0
8x10" Tmax400

[Steve M Hostetter]

the above image was shot with a Galli shutter @ 1/60th. sec.
I believe the Prince lens to be around 24"
max tilt on sinar P
correction: I used an f8.0 waterhouse stop so it will open to maybe f6.0 wide open

Image below was shot w/ 12" Goerz goldring 6.8 @f32 -1/2 sec. on 8x10 Tmax400

[jnanian]

...

[Steve M Hostetter]

casualties of nature,, 12" Georz GR wide open @f6.8 on 8x10 Tmax400

[bobwysiwyg]

Driftwood on Lake Superior shore.
Olympus XA2
T-Max 100

[kathemwhite]

Steve,

Are you an amateur who just picked up this hobby? The pics you have posted are not very good. I don't mean to sound harsh, but maybe you would benefit from some photography courses.

GL, Kathe

[Preston]

Kathe,

If I may say so, respectfully; "...not very good" doesn't say a lot about why Steve's photographs above don't work for you.

Personally, I happen to like the two photographs. They tell a story about flood and rebirth to me. The expsosure and the composition of both images most definitely lend support for the subject matter.

-Preston

[PenGun]

Steve,

Are you an amateur who just picked up this hobby? The pics you have posted are not very good. I don't mean to sound harsh, but maybe you would benefit from some photography courses.

GL, Kathe

How would you know?

[Chuck Pere]

I don't think these are critique forums. The rule seems to be if you like something say so. If you don't be quiet. I would imagine that if people started critiquing everything the thread would soon be filled with the usual arguing.

[jnanian]

...

[mandoman7]

I don't think these are critique forums. The rule seems to be if you like something say so. If you don't be quiet. I would imagine that if people started critiquing everything the thread would soon be filled with the usual arguing.

This pretty much tells the whole story. I aqree.

[Preston]

I agree that these are not critique forums. I also agree regarding "...if you like something say so. If you don't be quiet.".

I do believe, however, that a comment such as the one made earlier by Kathe should be clarified. If someone says something I do is no good, I would like to know why they feel that way.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.

-Preston

[Gary Sommer]

Steve, it sure seems like you are getting picked on lately. I see that you have taken down your photos. Please don't let a troll (Kathe) run you off. I like your work and would much rather see your photos than not.

Gary

[Heroique]

I’ve often gone back to look at Steve’s photos in this thread. The more moody ones – every time I return to them – spur a slightly different response in me. Maybe that's why I remember them when I’m not online; and they’ve inspired some new ideas when I’m in the field. The shadowy Maine lake under the fog-diffused sun (post #21) is one of my favorites.

[Steve M Hostetter]

thank you guys,, I don't think Kathe mean't any harm. she was just being honest

I'm painfully aware that my photos don't come near many of the photographer's work here on this forum.

You guys are right though, I can't let negative feedback get to me. I guess in todays world with 50" LCD televisions and blue-wray players ppl must expect every image they see to jump out at them . Because after all the salesman told me that it's the ultra sharp clearity that defines a good set.

I will never let the negative feedback control my image making like I have in the (acutance) past.

Thanks again for the kind words.!

steve

[sun of sand]

I've liked some of your photos
I say some cause I cannot remember all I've seen but surely haven't liked em all so

I don't really understand the say something positive or nothing at all
If you say something positive about one thing and nothing of another
You're saying something
sooo
might as well just be real and say what you're thinking
There is no guarantee that you're "correct" regarding that other image you remarked on so it's all somewhat pointless
..If you cannot critique you cannot explain your approval so it's worth even less in a way
I'd like to know what someone sees in the image to be sure that approval is based on what I'm trying to accomplish
If it's completely off maybe I need to discount their approval or rethink art in general

I draw a pretty rainbow
someone loves it
says it reminds them of the bloody sickle they slashed their puppy with
well, that's worthless to me

Maybe SOMEONE out there just accepts all they can get from people but I ain't that needy myself
I'd rather what I receive mean something


If a negative comment -insult- a comment with nothing of value to anyone
makes "you" run and hide "you" have other more important things to work on
if art is for others -if your art is for others- and one person with a rusty, blunt nail makes you fearful
you fail


Anyway
lets bring the commentary in and quit the BSPC

[mandoman7]

It isn't a question of holding back honesty. Its more about which actions bring which results. If being honest makes someone stop posting then where's the benefit in that? Plus, a lot of times, criticism without a positive coating ends up making the critic the focus of attention.;)

I would think, too, that most people posting here are not necessarily looking for critical analysis. If you want to test your work, it gets hung in public, not just in front of family and people you know, ... or forums.

[Steve M Hostetter]

I've liked some of your photos
I say some cause I cannot remember all I've seen but surely haven't liked em all so

I don't really understand the say something positive or nothing at all
If you say something positive about one thing and nothing of another
You're saying something
sooo
might as well just be real and say what you're thinking
There is no guarantee that you're "correct" regarding that other image you remarked on so it's all somewhat pointless
..If you cannot critique you cannot explain your approval so it's worth even less in a way
I'd like to know what someone sees in the image to be sure that approval is based on what I'm trying to accomplish
If it's completely off maybe I need to discount their approval or rethink art in general

I draw a pretty rainbow
someone loves it
says it reminds them of the bloody sickle they slashed their puppy with
well, that's worthless to me

Maybe SOMEONE out there just accepts all they can get from people but I ain't that needy myself
I'd rather what I receive mean something


If a negative comment -insult- a comment with nothing of value to anyone
makes "you" run and hide "you" have other more important things to work on
if art is for others -if your art is for others- and one person with a rusty, blunt nail makes you fearful
you fail


Anyway
lets bring the commentary in and quit the BSPC
I agree with you and thank you for being so kind . As far as my photos are concerned I have just rearranged them sorry if it might of seemed childish:p maybe I really didn't think anyone would notice :eek:
I'm all for getting back to the program:eek: :rolleyes:

[Chris Strobel]

Steve,

Are you an amateur who just picked up this hobby? The pics you have posted are not very good. I don't mean to sound harsh, but maybe you would benefit from some photography courses.

GL, Kathe

Lol!Don't worry about it Steve.My wife says the same thing about Edward and Brett Weston's photos, and she was floored when we saw the Robert Adams exhibit at the Getty, couldn't believe the photos were being show in public let alone in the Getty museum.Keeps the photos flowing :)

[sly]

OK, time for some photos now that we've hashed that out. Let's see more of everybody's, including Steve's.

This is my first attempt at split toning. A bit heavy-handed perhaps. I've still got a steep learning curve ahead of me.

A local creek in the spring. Crown Graphic. Skunk Cabbage.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Lol!Don't worry about it Steve.My wife says the same thing about Edward and Brett Weston's photos, and she was floored when we saw the Robert Adams exhibit at the Getty, couldn't believe the photos were being show in public let alone in the Getty museum.Keeps the photos flowing :)

lmfao:D

[Vlad Steinberg]

This is my first post on the forum and one of my first large format photos.Taken last fall at Wrangell-St.Elias NP,Alaska;4X5,210 mm lens.

[rdenney]

Anyway
lets bring the commentary in and quit the BSPC

I personally never comment unless the photographer is asking for help. The reason is that so many of these decisions are subjective matters of taste. I see lots of photos others post that make me ask, "why did they think that subject worthy of a photo?", but then I have to admit that a lot of my own photos challenge me in the same way. Sometimes, as a viewer, I just don't get it, and that's not the photographer's fault. Many of those photos attract admiring comments from others whose work I admire.

It seems to me that deciding not to comment without being asked is not the same thing as BSing or being PC. BS is when you say it's good when it isn't, and being PC is saying it's bad in words designed to sound like a compliment. Neither of those are the same as withholding comment. And neither is the same thing as critique that focuses on how and what might be improved, rather than negative comments that could easily prevent people from posting their work at all.

I don't think we need a cadre of self-appointed critics of each other's work, unless the person posting the image is asking for a critique. I personally would rather see the work than not see it.

Rick "whose posted images have in several cases received deafening silence" Denney

[venchka]

Vlad,

Welcome! Lovely photo.

Wayne
Who posts photos that meet his standards.

[sun of sand]

I personally never comment unless the photographer is asking for help.
It seems to me that deciding not to comment without being asked is not the same thing as BSing or being PC.
Rick "whose posted images have in several cases received deafening silence" Denney

______I'm not saying that at all. Nothing being said when critiques are not allowed is how it should be
The problem is commenting -even positively- when critiques aren't allowed
In effect you're giving one no matter how shallow the high five is
and what makes it worse is that those who -PERHAPS- need more attention don't receive any
That seems wrong to me ..and is BSPC ..with perhaps a pinch of "other"

[sun of sand]

If being honest makes someone stop posting then where's the benefit in that? Plus, a lot of times, criticism without a positive coating ends up making the critic the focus of attention.;)

I would think, too, that most people posting here are not necessarily looking for critical analysis. If you want to test your work, it gets hung in public, not just in front of family and people you know, ... or forums.

I see nothing wrong with honesty
If you take time to try to say something of benefit
No problems with that
I applaud the effort made and time taken
I see that as respect

I always work back to sports
You beat someone it's honest. It may not be proof that you're better than but it's a good indication that the loser can improve
If you beat someone 1 time and refuse a rematch
that's disrespectful of your opponent and the game
When someone cares enough about the game and other people to the point they'll offer limitless rematches no matter how unsophisticated the losers game
that's how the game grows that how people grow thats how the world grows
that's contructive criticism at its best
Or what some people call teaching

No need to sugarcoat anything if you give that person ample time and confidence to prove themselves
differing definitions/wording of sugarcoating perhaps but some sugarcoating technique has little real value

forums are public
the work here is hung in public
if it's in public its subject to scrutiny
if you ask me if your artwork isn't for the public -private- you don't post it or show it to anyone


should be its own thread but oh well

[mrladewig]

This is my first post on the forum and one of my first large format photos.Taken last fall at Wrangell-St.Elias NP,Alaska;4X5,210 mm lens.

Beautiful tones Vlad.

[Vlad Steinberg]

Wayne, mrladewig , thank you .
Vlad.

[Miguel Coquis]

Dilemma, compose or just find the right angle.... ?


http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/L%27Yvette/001.jpg

[BReal]

darr. nice shot of the everglades i had almost mistaken this for Upstate NY Swampland.

[ljsegil]

Miguel,
Lovely as always. It looks like you did both, and very successfully. Welcome back after your too long absence.
Larry

[SamReeves]

Feather River near Chester, California back in May of 2000.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45000527_2post.jpg

Tachihara 4x5 Field, Nikkor 90mm ƒ8 lens, Kodak Tri-X.

[Chuck Pere]

Feather River near Chester, California back in May of 2000.


Tachihara 4x5 Field, Nikkor 90mm ƒ8 lens, Kodak Tri-X.

Beautiful photo Sam.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Nice one Sam

[Heroique]

Starting where this creek flows into the Pacific, I walked upstream just for fun.

About ½ mile later, I found this old tree leaning over a bend in the creek.

Setting up, I looked in vain for a cloud to relieve the sun-dappled contrast. No luck. But a startled owl flew by in silence. (Olympic Nat’l Park, Washington).

Tachi 4x5
Fuji 125mm/5.6
Ilford fp4+ (Rodinal 1:50)
2.5 sec. @ f/22
Slight lens forward tilt
Refurbished Epson 4990

[sly]

Taken last winter at Incinerator Rock, on the west coast of the Island.
Crown Graphic
Rollei R3@25
f32, 1 sec,
red filter
printed on Ilford MGWT

[Gary Sommer]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t243/gary2881/S-Santiam-3.jpg

Korona 4x5 12" Dallon f7.7

[papageno]

Michigan, Rodenstock 135mm N, f=32.

[jnanian]

its not high, or low
if you close your eyes
you can hear the static
the mills are gone and the king abdicated his thrown

[h2oman]

I like that Papageno! Nice near/far comp.

[Heroique]

Here’s the same sea stack in post #112, if you look hard.

However, this shot is from five years ago. Just as lonely back then.

(N. Olympic Peninsula, Washington state. That's British Columbia in the distant haze.)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider 110mm/5.6 XL
½ sec. @ f22
Polaroid Type-55
2-stop GND filter on sky/forest
Refurbished Epson 4990

[Bruce M. Herman]

Here are a few more from the shore.

1. Sunset from a rock promontory in Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet (AK) named Patrick's Beach after a windsurfer who died near here.
2. Sunrise, Big Sur, CA
3. Evening clouds from Point Magu, CA
4. Traditional sunset from Point Magu, CA

[Preston]

Fall 2008 along Bishop Creek, Sierra Nevada...

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/480-1Web.jpg

I am ready for Fall in the Sierra!

Tachihara 4x5
180mm Fujinon
Astia 100f

-Preston

[AbsolutelyN]

http://www.absolutelynothing.co.uk/uploads/npmisc/47-a.jpg

Drawn by the motion
Ebony RSW45, 47mm, Fuji Pro 160

[venchka]

Stunning. Thanks for sharing.

[Steve Gledhill]

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/2010dunstanburghcastle.jpg

Bamburgh Castle

With the waves of the North Sea lapping at my heels, this one was certainly at the water's edge.

[kev curry]

Tristan, just spent some time on your web site... some really fantastic stuff there!

[Steve Gledhill]

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/2003bamburghbeach.jpg

Bamburgh Beach

And another from along the same beach soon after sunrise on the same winter's day.

[spiky247]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3861210215_9b3f69885b.jpg
guess where?!
Ebony SV45 Ti, Fujinon 250mm f6.3
f22 on Fuji 160c

[spiky247]

Awesome textures Steve!

[Robert Hughes]

One of my first LF photos, 2006. Maryland, Era 100, D-76

[Heroique]

Where mosquitoes buzz & feed happily at water's edge.

I'm still picking the critters out of my camera bellows.

(Pioneer Mountains, S.W. Montana Rockies)

Tachi 4x5
Fuji 240mm/9
Ilford FP4+ (in Rodinal)
1/30 sec. @ f/22
Slight front fall
Epson 4990

[jnanian]

...sodam mill
...cranston ironworks

[John Kasaian]

its not high, or low
if you close your eyes
you can hear the static
the mills are gone and the king abdicated his thrown

What an enchanting photo, john! Your comment hits the nail on the head. Beautiful!

[jnanian]

hi john
thanks! i am glad you like it :)
john

[jon.oman]

Michigan, Rodenstock 135mm N, f=32.

Nice! Where in Michigan? I'm from the U.P.

[jvuokko]

Here's my latests.


Acros 100 and Symmar 5.6/210mm:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/3859902091_a7eab62039_o_d.jpg


Acros 100 and Super-Angulon 8/90mm:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/3862102322_1bd5c5eced_o.jpg

[ScottM]

Avalanche Lake, Glacier National Park

Wista SP 4x5
Schnieder 135mm
HP5 in Xtol
Epson 4990

[spiky247]

Beautiful shots!

Love the tones in jvuokko's first image, very calm.
ScottM, would love to see your image printed out large, the detail in the water must be amazing, did you use a polarizer for this shot?

here's mine from Uluru, aka Ayer's Rock
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3876988035_21f3c3acb0_b.jpg
Ebony SV45 Ti + Fujinon 400 T on Fuji Pro160c

[Miguel Coquis]

water's.... edge ?
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/RB%20converted/Water-edge.jpg

[Michael Wynd]

Spiky,
did you have any problems with anyone saying you had to pay because you're a professional. I have read that the traditional landowners regard anyone using a tripod as a professional and charge a large(ish) fee.
Great photo by the way.
Mike

[Heroique]

Miguel, C'est bien paisible! :)

[trans.: Miguel, so much tranquility in garden chairs & soft rain on b/w film!]


water's.... edge ?
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/RB%20converted/Water-edge.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

Miguel, C'est bien paisible! :)

[trans.: Miguel, so much tranquility in garden chairs & soft rain on b/w film!]

Thanks for your note Heroique !
In a certain way, to be or not to be... , those big and heavy summer rain drops always capture my attention. Not very simple to show them, but there they are and us as well.
Cheers,
Miguel

[spiky247]

Hi Michael

I applied for a permit about a month before the trip, hence there weren't any problems. But still there are many places which a for photographers to take photos even with a permit.

[jvuokko]

Morning mist at Lake Saimaa, Finland.
4x5 Fuji Neopan Acros, Symmar-S 5.6/150mm.

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2009-08-21-5%20ranta%20ja%20aamusumu%20-%20kyllolansaari.jpg

[jvuokko]

Sunrise
4x5 Acros 100 Quickload, Symmar-S 5.6/150mm @ f/16.

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2009-08-21-2%20auringonnousu%20saimaa%20iso.jpg

[darr]

--

Drawn by the motion
Ebony RSW45, 47mm, Fuji Pro 160

Very beautiful!

[rcjtapio]

kaunis

Rick Tapio

[Jan Pedersen]

My humble contribution to this fine collection of fabulous images.

Both taken last Thursday at Hug Point (OR Coast) 8x10 12" Golden Dagor, First TMY, second Acros. Azo/ Amidol.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

My humble contribution to this fine collection of fabulous images.

Both taken last Thursday at Hug Point (OR Coast) 8x10 12" Golden Dagor, First TMY, second Acros. Azo/ Amidol.

Jan, these are awesome. I need to take a trip up the coast. Northern California Redwoods and then the Oregon coast. What do you think 2-3 months?

Jim

[Jan Pedersen]

Jim, Thank you so much, appreciate it.

Don't get out to the coast enough to say when is the best time but fall and early winter should be good for low wind days. Last Thursday was very calm.
I will be going more often in the next few months, lots to explore.

jan

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, Thank you so much, appreciate it.

Don't get out to the coast enough to say when is the best time but fall and early winter should be good for low wind days. Last Thursday was very calm.
I will be going more often in the next few months, lots to explore.

jan

Jan, Matt Blaze wanted me to come up with him a while back but with my new job I did not have the time off available to me. Next year is a definite. Can't wait.

Jim

[jvuokko]

More morning photographs.

4x5 Neopan Acros, Symmar-S 5.6/150mm @f/22
http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2009-08-21-3%20aamusumua%20web%20iso.jpg

[jnanian]

it was a dead end
two ponds
one on either side
no noise but buzzing of bugs
and fish jumping

[venchka]

Steve, check the "link". That's your 'puter.

[csant]

Lomdammen in Adventdalen, on Svalbard - on an absolutely, almost unbearably still evening…

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2524/3912234230_5202303aec_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/3912234230/)

Charten 5x7, Goerz Dagor 1:6.8 6½ inch, Fomapan 100. R09 1:40, 8 min @ 20°C.

[jnanian]

i stand there sometimes
like today and yesterday
the sun was warm

[Bruce M. Herman]

Here's a fall image of a wetland along Turnagain Arm.

[h2oman]

Oh, Bruce, I like that!

[Jim Cole]

Here's a fall image of a wetland along Turnagain Arm.

Bruce,

Very nice! Very Brett Weston.

[h2oman]

Agreed, it does have that Brett Weston look.

[Ken Lee]

With deepest respect to Brett, I think Bruce's image... breathes.

Being a bit less abstract, Bruce's image retains a softness, and conveys a feeling of Nature.

[Jim Cole]

With deepest respect to Brett, I think Bruce's image... breathes.

Being a bit less abstract, Bruce's image retains a softness, and conveys a feeling of Nature.

Ken,

I agree with your comments as Westons compositions are very tight, but upon seeing the image it first reminded me of Potter Creek near Anchorage where I lived for a year, and then I immediately thought of "Swamp, Alaska" by Weston. I actually like Bruce's image better myself.

[sun of sand]

who decides when to shut the door because this door is open and I want to walk but being the nice guy I am and not the evil one I'd somehow be seen as if I were to proceed I'll stand still and hope this will have soon never happened

[mandoman7]

If you go to the water's edge and look down, you will see your self image. Then what happens won't matter.

[Jim Cole]

I guess I'll have to refrain from invoking Brett Weston's name into a discussion. This one went a bit wonky.

[h2oman]

I'm not entirely pleased with the exposure/development of these, and I think I'll go reshoot them if I can. Two compositions of the same subject - I am favoring one myself, but I'm curious which one others might prefer.

4x5, 240mm, HP5+

http://www.greggwaterman.com/wrr_2.jpg

http://www.greggwaterman.com/wrr_3.jpg

[Vaughn]

The upper one as presented, and the lower one re-photographed as a hort. with less water. Great possibilities there!

Vaughn

[Bruce M. Herman]

Thank you all for your generous comments.

[venchka]

I wouldn't kick either one off my wall.

[Ken Lee]

"I guess I'll have to refrain from invoking Brett Weston's name into a discussion. This one went a bit wonky."

Wonky indeed - but a little wonkiness now and then, is good for the soul.



http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/BrettWestonMendenhallGalcierAlaska1973.jpg

Brett's visual style is often rather bold. It's sensitive, but it's often bold. You might even say that he often juxtaposes very strong and very subtle qualities, and the interplay is... beautiful.

[Brian Sims]

I'm not entirely pleased with the exposure/development of these, and I think I'll go reshoot them if I can. Two compositions of the same subject - I am favoring one myself, but I'm curious which one others might prefer.

4x5, 240mm, HP5+

http://www.greggwaterman.com/wrr_2.jpg

http://www.greggwaterman.com/wrr_3.jpg

I like the first one best, but if you are goint back to reshoot, I'd include all of the large rock on the left edge. I think the composition would be "singular" with that rock at a position where the tree shadows and reflection of those shadows create an arrow pointing at that rock. I would then flit the image so the arrow is pointing to the right.

[dasBlute]

sooooo many nice images here, humbly adding a 'tourist' shot from that
place with all the rocks...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/3929076670_02d4eccd82.jpg

[deatojef]

So many awesome submissions!!!

- Rocky Mountain National Park. Dream Lake from August 2008.
- Wehman 8x10, Nikkor 150mm SW. Fuji Acros Neopan.

http://www.theluminousphoto.com/images/photos/dreamlake_2.jpg

[Jim Cole]

"I guess I'll have to refrain from invoking Brett Weston's name into a discussion. This one went a bit wonky."

Wonky indeed - but a little wonkiness now and then, is good for the soul.



http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/BrettWestonMendenhallGalcierAlaska1973.jpg

Brett's visual style is often rather bold. It's sensitive, but it's often bold. You might even say that he often juxtaposes very strong and very subtle qualities, and the interplay is... beautiful.

I was fortunate last week while in Carmel to see one of Brett's 16x20 prints of Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska. Stunning!

Sorry, I apologize for hijacking this wonderful thread with talk of Brett Weston.

[h2oman]

So here is a question relating to both Bruce and Brett's images. Under what atmospheric conditions and photographic "management" does one get that "black water" look?

[Hugo Zhang]

Chamonix WP camera with Protar VII 13" lens. Tmax 400 film.

[sun of sand]

I'm not entirely pleased with the exposure/development of these, and I think I'll go reshoot them if I can. Two compositions of the same subject - I am favoring one myself, but I'm curious which one others might prefer.

4x5, 240mm, HP5+

http://www.greggwaterman.com/wrr_2.jpg

http://www.greggwaterman.com/wrr_3.jpg


I like the 2nd best. 2nd shot horizontally and with only a slice of water might be best imo
i think the first one is too much water ..just a pool of water that doesnt do anything for me. I think the shot is about trunks, foliage and nearness to water

[h2oman]

Thanks for the input everyone. I'm headed back there tomorrow morning to give it another try. I'll definitely try some horizontals. I'll take the waders and maybe get in the water to get closer (I used my longest lens, a 240, for the shots I took). I'll also probably take a folding chair to sit and watch things develop for an hour or so - I had a time constraint when there before. (My wife, sitting in the car waiting for me!)

[Chuck Pere]

From a local forest preserve. 9x12 Zeiss Maximar with 135 Tessar.

[Bruce M. Herman]

So here is a question relating to both Bruce and Brett's images. Under what atmospheric conditions and photographic "management" does one get that "black water" look?

In my case, the hillside behind the water was covered with a spruce forest.

[h2oman]

Thanks Bruce. Did you by chance use a polarizer to cut some reflection as well?

I've liked all your color stuff, but the shot in question is really appealing to me.

[Andrew ren]

Some new work.

57 tmax, fuji lens

The Marching Elephant

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/Summer_2009/The-Marching-Elephant.jpg
========
Campobello Island, NB. Study 2

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/Summer_2009/Campobello-Island,-NB.-Study-2.jpg
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The Sepration.

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/Summer_2009/The-Sepration.jpg
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Old Orchard Beach, Maine

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/Summer_2009/Old-Orchard-Beach,-Maine.jpg
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[Jim Cole]

Andrew,

Very nice series.

[Jan Pedersen]

Awesome work Andrew.

[h2oman]

yeah, great stuff!

[Andrew ren]

Thanks guys!
much appreciated.

Andrew

[Bruce M. Herman]

Thanks Bruce. Did you by chance use a polarizer to cut some reflection as well?

I've liked all your color stuff, but the shot in question is really appealing to me.

No, I didn't. I forgot to mention that the hillside was in the shade, which increased the effect.

[h2oman]

I'm headed out to some water early tomorrow morning. I think I'll try to replicate your conditions if I can - hopefully you won't mind!:) I doubt I'll find as pleasing an arrangement as you did though...

[Jiri Vasina]

Andrew, have to say, your work is excellent and inspiring as always...

Jiri

[Andrew ren]

Thanks Jiri.

Cheers

Andrew

[bobwysiwyg]

Downstream from Bond Falls in Michigan's U.P.
T-Max 100, f32, 1 sec., D-76
It really is a 4x5, but this Newbie seems to have a sporadic problem with inserting the holder all the way. :( Still working on that one. ;)

[jon.oman]

Downstream from Bond Falls in Michigan's U.P.
T-Max 100, f32, 1 sec., D-76
It really is a 4x5, but this Newbie seems to have a sporadic problem with inserting the holder all the way. :( Still working on that one. ;)

Nice image. Were you just traveling through the area, or do you live there? I grew up in Bessemer on the west end of the U.P.

Jon

[bobwysiwyg]

Thanks, Jon.

My wife and I have been vacationing in the western U.P. since I don't recall when. We go every summer for at least a week and stay at Lake Gogebic. Quite familiar with Bessemer and the area. There are lots of photo ops within easy reach, Black River, and Lake Superior is literally minutes away from were we stay. Very difficult up there economically speaking, always has been at least since mining and lumbering declined. Tourism is a big source of income for the folks and we do what we can. I would love to get up there some winter for some shooting, but it's a 10 hour trip for us. :(

[jon.oman]

Thanks, Jon.

My wife and I have been vacationing in the western U.P. since I don't recall when. We go every summer for at least a week and stay at Lake Gogebic. Quite familiar with Bessemer and the area. There are lots of photo ops within easy reach, Black River, and Lake Superior is literally minutes away from were we stay. Very difficult up there economically speaking, always has been at least since mining and lumbering declined. Tourism is a big source of income for the folks and we do what we can. I would love to get up there some winter for some shooting, but it's a 10 hour trip for us. :(

My folks had a rustic cottage on the east shore of Lake Gogebic. We used to stay for the whole summer. There was no running water, and we used an outhouse. To take a bath, we jumped in the lake with a bar of ivory soap!

I am well aware of the depressed nature of the economy in the U.P. The biggest reason why I left at age 21. My father worked in all of the iron ore mines in the area. Both the deep shaft, and the open pit mines. He was also a lumber jack in the days of horses, and a jack of all trades for his entire life. It is really a struggle for the people there.

I do try to visit, but being in South Carolina, that is an expensive trip!

Say hello to the Yooper's for me the next time you go there!

Jon

[Brian K]

Here's one my wife likes.....

[Matt Magruder]

http://www.matthewmagruder.com/12x20_DT_ptpd_RedBudisle1.jpg

Red Bud Isle Park - Austin, TX
12x20 Platinum/Palladium contact print on Rives BFK

[Jim Cole]

Here's one my wife likes.....

Brian,

Beautiful simplicity. I agree with your wife.

[ljsegil]

Forest preserve pond north of Chicago of all places. Canham 8x10 taken with 210mm Goerz Doppel Anastigmat Serie III f/6.8 on Fuji Pro 160S, wide open at about 1/100 s.
Larry

[Jan Pedersen]

Wonderful painterly soft colors Larry.

[ljsegil]

Credit to the lens is due, rather, I believe, than to me.
But thank you for your kind words. The print has a very painterly look to my eyes.
Larry

[bobwysiwyg]

My folks had a rustic cottage on the east shore of Lake Gogebic. We used to stay for the whole summer. There was no running water, and we used an outhouse. To take a bath, we jumped in the lake with a bar of ivory soap!

I am well aware of the depressed nature of the economy in the U.P. The biggest reason why I left at age 21. My father worked in all of the iron ore mines in the area. Both the deep shaft, and the open pit mines. He was also a lumber jack in the days of horses, and a jack of all trades for his entire life. It is really a struggle for the people there.

I do try to visit, but being in South Carolina, that is an expensive trip!

Say hello to the Yooper's for me the next time you go there!

Jon

We'll pass your greetings along to the Yoopers, if we can find any who will talk to trolls. :) I don't know how long it has been since you left, but the east shore is now quite populated with some very expensive summer homes. They must like looking west at the sunsets. We on the other hand, are west shore folks, we like the sunrises. ;)

[jim kitchen]

Dear Andrew,

Beautifully done, young man... :)

Excellent images.

jim k

[h2oman]

On Sunday I returned to the location of some previous shots I posted. Here is my favorite of the new shots, at least until I change my mind.

4x5, 240mm lens

http://greggwaterman.com/wood_river_6_6x12.jpg

[jim kitchen]

Dear Gregg,

Soft, peaceful, and balanced... :)

Well done.

jim k

[Jiri Vasina]

Gregg, some places need to be visited (and photographed) several times before you really capture the atmosphere you feel, before you can relate that feeling. In the last one, you have succeeded there... Great one, that I like very much...

Jiri

[ljsegil]

Greg,
Your handling of the light across your image somehow reminds me of Ansel's "Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain" in its effect. Most high praise for a beautiful shot. I too enjoy repeatedly (compulsively??) returning to favorite spots, always hoping for a new way of seeing (and more commonly not seeing anew, unfortunately, though good for the film companies) a familiar scene and achieving a successful image. Sometimes works (c.f. above, one image of many of a favorite pond), and your success with this image is most impressive.
Larry

[h2oman]

Thanks guys. I had actually thought about returning one more time this year, but I think I'll save it for next year and move on. Maybe a year of stewing on it will yield something better.

I had a bit of trouble figuring out how bright to make it for web presentation. The first one I posted looked great on the computer I do my photo work on, but was pretty blown out on our "house machine", so I darkened it a bit. Now I need to see if I can get a decent print.:)

[h2oman]

Here's one my wife likes.....

Honestly, this is nice but I don't care for it as much as most of your other work, Brian. (Just my opinion.) I'm responding mainly to say that when I am looking for inspiration, yours is one of my 3-5 favorite web pages to go to! I like the wider format, and you have a wonderful ability to find and present beautifully simple scenes.

Any of you who are not familiar with Brian's work, check it out:

www.kosoff.com

[jnanian]

...

[Heroique]

It’s the start of “larch season” in the Pacific Northwest.

Quite a strange but beautiful pine – whose needles turn yellow each autumn, then fall to the ground, just like leaves.

In winter, the trees remain naked, and they seem quite dead. But their greenery resurrects in the spring – and that’s a pretty sight, too. :)

In the Language of Flowers, “larch” represents “boldness” or “audacity.” Don’t know why, but it must be their hallucinogenic autumn yellows! I like larches when they’re half-yellow, half-green. I hope others here can share additional shots of this favorite tree at water's edge...

Tachi 4x5
Fuji A 240mm/9
Expired Fuji Pro 160s
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[mrladewig]

The image seems a little grainy but its a sweet shot.

[Brian K]

Honestly, this is nice but I don't care for it as much as most of your other work, Brian. (Just my opinion.) I'm responding mainly to say that when I am looking for inspiration, yours is one of my 3-5 favorite web pages to go to! I like the wider format, and you have a wonderful ability to find and present beautifully simple scenes.

Any of you who are not familiar with Brian's work, check it out:

www.kosoff.com

Thanks for the kind words. I know that even among people who enjoy my photographs there will be images that don't fully work for them. I am the same way with photographer's whose work I am a fan of.

This image took a while to grow on me, as much of my work does. I didn't really enjoy it until I finally produced a print of it that I was happy with. The composition is extremely sparse and the subject matter, boat on a lake, is not exactly revolutionary, but there's something about the tones on the print that adds an emotion to the image. At least to me. Unfortunately those fine details aren't reflected in a small jpeg on a screen. Much the way the play of light among the leaves in your photo doesn't fully register on a screen. I imagine it was that play of light and tone that caught your eye.

While it's wonderful the way the internet has enabled us all to greatly increase the exposure and distribution of our work, it simultaneously also denigrates the work to some extent.

Anyway, thanks again for the kind words.

[h2oman]

Maybe someday I'll get to see some of your prints - I'd love to. Given where I live, I don't get much of a chance to see that sort of thing, unfortunately! I can see where a subtle image like that one could be compromised by web presentation.

And again, I really love your work.

[domaz]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/3951787035_a83acd7a89.jpg

The way the Pyrocat renders the surf is just magical.

[joeyrsmith]

Hey everyone,
This is from the Florida Keys. My stomping ground.
I have now perfected some of my techniques and am looking forward to posting a few from around my area.
Thx for looking.
http://www.keyspanoramics.com/photos/picnic2_flat_90mm.jpg
Tachihara 90mm Angulon Red Filter
D-76 1-1

[joeyrsmith]

One more.
This is located at Bahia Honda Key.
http://www.keyspanoramics.com/photos/bahia_beach.jpg
Tachihara 90mm angulon red filter

[tmastran]

One more.
This is located at Bahia Honda Key.
http://www.keyspanoramics.com/photos/bahia_beach.jpg
Tachihara 90mm angulon red filter

Caught my eye. I'm looking forward to seeing more!

[theBDT]

Ocean Beach in San Diego

http://brianthedellphotography.com/June_12_OB/Untitled-4.jpg

[joeyrsmith]

Last one for tonight
Sombrero Beach, Middle Keys, FL
http://www.keyspanoramics.com/photos/beachpalm.jpg
Tachi 210mm Schneider symmar-s red filter
d-76 1-1

[jim kitchen]

Dear Joey,

Well done... :)

I look forward to seeing more of your work.

jim k

[joeyrsmith]

Ted and Jim thx for the kind words.
Joey

[maurits]

http://www.rexmundi.nl/photo/mont_saint_michel_small.jpg

9x12 cm Mont Saint-Michel and the isle of Tombelaine, Normandy, France.

Cheers, Maurits



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[Miguel Coquis]

quoted: 9x12 cm Mont Saint-Michel and the isle of Tombelaine, Normandy, France.

Cheers, Maurits

Excellent landscape, magic lands !

[Mike1234]

On trail #13 (I think) near Bonito Lake near Ruidoso, NM. Shot more than a quarter century ago on Agfapan 25 120 (6x7cm) through a Horseman 985 and processed in Rodinal 1:100 and film toned in selenium. Lens was the 105mm, I think. Image is much sharper but my scanner is not cooperating and no editing SW installed at the moment. A deep yellow-green filter was used to lighten the foliage. There's more shadow detail but this is a scan for web afterall.

[h2oman]

That has a really nice depth to it Mike. I lived in Ruidoso for a couple short stints, and I believe I probably hiked up this. I hiked several forks of Bonito Creek.

Again, nice image.

[Mike1234]

Thank you, h2oman. The slight bit of haze in the background does add to the depth but I can't take credit for that other than not using a red, orange, or yellow filter. It was a humid day. :) Had I opted for a blue filter rather than yellow-green the haze would have been more intense. But that would have darkended the foliage instead of lightening it ruining the contrast between the leaves and the background. A smidge of dodging helped to enhance the haze though.

[joeyrsmith]

Monkey Island in the "Outback" of the FL Keys
http://www.keyspanoramics.com/photos/monkey.jpg
Tachihara
210 mm red filter
F32 2x
D-76 1-1
Arista 100

[gari beet]

Ti simage was made on the north shore of the Isle of Mull, overlooking Ardnamurchan and Skye.
Linhof TK, 120 Symmar and Velvia50

[joeyrsmith]

Gari, very nice hues and contrast.

[csant]

Lomdammen in Adventdalen, Svalbard. Time stands still…

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3965920105_abaf8f49cb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/3965920105/)

Charten 5x7, Goerz Dagor 1:6.8 6½ inch.

[D. Bryant]

On trail #13 (I think) near Bonito Lake near Ruidoso, NM. Shot more than a quarter century ago on Agfapan 25 120 (6x7cm) through a Horseman 985 and processed in Rodinal 1:100 and film toned in selenium. Lens was the 105mm, I think. Image is much sharper but my scanner is not cooperating and no editing SW installed at the moment. A deep yellow-green filter was used to lighten the foliage. There's more shadow detail but this is a scan for web afterall.

Mike,

IMO, most waterfall shots are a dime a dozen and fail to interest me. However your shot here rises way above the mass of 'me to, ho-hum' small waterfall photos.

Very nice!

Don Bryant

[Mike1234]

Don, you're far too kind. It is a very nice little spot on the trail though. I didn't want the waterfall to dominate the scene but rather simply be a part of it. I tried to find a balance for whatever that's worth.

[D. Bryant]

Don, you're far too kind. It is a very nice little spot on the trail though. I didn't want the waterfall to dominate the scene but rather simply be a part of it. I tried to find a balance for whatever that's worth.

Well the out of focus rock in the lower corner didn't disturb me, but if I had to pick knits that would be it. The composition, tonality, and detail works, IMO. Also what is important to this shot is what is not included, which in many cases of water shots is the inclusion of irrelevant and distracting sections of bright sky areas. Granted that's hard to do with a lot of scenes of this type but I prefer to crop tightly to strengthen the tonal composition.

Don

[Mike1234]

Well the out of focus rock in the lower corner didn't disturb me, but if I had to pick knits that would be it. The composition, tonality, and detail works, IMO. Also what is important to this shot is what is not included, which in many cases of water shots is the inclusion of irrelevant and distracting sections of bright sky areas. Granted that's hard to do with a lot of scenes of this type but I prefer to crop tightly to strengthen the tonal composition.

Don

Yeah, that rock bothers me too but I couldn't move over enough to eliminate it. It was a conscious choice to allow it to lose focus so I could concentrate on getting the rest of the image right. If I still had the neg I would have a drum scan done and use PS to eliminate it. Speaking of distracting elements, I removed a few sticks and twigs from the water and a couple of branches from the rocky area near the waterfall just before clicking the shutter. I agree that there is always a happy balance between including too much and too little.

[Philippe Grunchec]

Less is more!

[Gary L. Quay]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3517/3963948561_644c9241ca.jpg

Camera: Sinar Alpina.
Lens: 180mm Caltar II.
Film: Kodak Portra 160 VC

[jim kitchen]

Dear csant,

Nicely done... :)

The colours are very subdued, and I would kill to skip a stone on that water.

jim k

[Mark Sampson]

csant, that photograph is hauntingly beautiful. How big have you printed it?

[jnanian]

...

[csant]

Jim, Mark - thank you very much. I have a few contact prints of that one, and made a ~30x21cm print. The online picture is actually a scan from the negative.

jnanian - what a mysterious beauty…

[csant]

Mjøsa laske, a full moon evening - next morning it was heavily snowing…

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/3985340168_64b7634efe_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/3985340168/)

Charten 5x7, Voigtländer Euryscop IV, paper negative.

(This is one of my first attempts at shooting paper negatives. I guess I need to learn to tame the bulging of the paper in the middle… Also, sensitivity of paper is significantly different than film - there's a full moon in this shot, mirrored in the water… Who'd have guessed that it would be *completely* gone from the shot! But I guess that's what you get when you shoot with blue-sensitive paper in blue light…)

[jnanian]

hi csant

thanks for the nice comment!

nice view of yours as well ( i like the composition ) ..
there are a few ways to fiddle around with paper to change
the way it is exposed ..
you can flash it ( as you would before you print on it ) ..
or use a yellowish filter ...
as it is being processed, just when the image is coming out, put it into
a water bath ... using USED/spent/tired/old developer helps control the contrast as well ..

oh the bulging paper in the middle ... trim a long edge a tiny bit!
paper is bigger than film :)

john

[csant]

John, thanks for those suggestions, they certainly make sense! I developed another sheet by placing it into a water bath as soon as the image was coming out, and it definetly helped - need to practice that better… The filter is a good suggestion. As for bulging - I am already using 13x18 holders for 5x7 sheet, it fits very well - but still, film reacts to air humidity much stronger than film, and seems to bulge nevertheless (that blurry part in the centre of the image is because of that, isn't it?)

[venchka]

A small patch of double stick tape centered on the paper? Perhaps rub some of the stick off of the tape so that doesn't harm the paper.

[Jim Michael]

Driftwood, Bandon Oregon
135mm Apo Sironar-S
http://10squaredcorp.com/photos/driftwood_small.jpg

[Vlad Steinberg]

Too well known place at Yellowstone Lake...Last week of September this year there were several fires in the Park,so the lake was covered with mist and smoke in the morning- quite magical view .Velvia 100,Sironar 135mm.

[ljsegil]

Des Plaines River bank, Canham 8x10, 210mm SSXL, Fuji Pro 160S, converted and cropped in PS. No masterpiece, but maybe someday I'll get this right.
Larry

[jim kitchen]

Dear Larry,

I see that you are putting that nice piece of glass to work... :)

Well done.

jim k

[h2oman]

Larry,

I like it pretty well as is, at least from what I can tell on my monitor. I'd like to see it printed. Your crop is befitting the subject.

Gregg

[jvuokko]

Clear water and sand formations... Symmar-S 5.6/150mm @f/22, 2s, Adox CHS 100 Art

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2009-08-19-6%20järven%20pohjaa%20areaguide%20web.jpg

[Bruce M. Herman]

Mono Lake, CA.

[ljsegil]

Thank you Gregg and Jim. I think the crop prints reasonably nicely at 3x10", but does not stand further enlargement as it is a very small piece of the original 8x10. I may try rescanning the original neg again at a higher resolution (current is 800 dpi, Vuescan frequently just vomits and dies when I try to go higher) and see what that might accomplish.
But thanks again for looking, and your kind comments are appreciated.
Larry

[Jim Cole]

Shot today, the first neg from the newly acquired Deardorff V8 (heck, my first 8x10 period). Also, this is the first time I have used exposure and development calculations from the BTZS ExpoDev program calculated for use with Lodima Grade 2 contact printing paper. This is a straight scan with no adjustments.

Does this look like it would print well on Lodima Grade 2?
I'm trying to get a handle on what a good negative looks like as I prepare for my foray into contact printing. The last two years, my negs were shot and developed for scanning and digital printing.

Image made using T-Max 400 film. Development in DD-X 1:6 for 10min 10sec.

A yellow/green filter along with a polarizer were used on the Nikkor 450mm lens. Exposure f/90 for 3 seconds.

Kachina Wetlands near Flagstaff, Arizona

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/4005973573_38b841fd44_o.jpg

[jnanian]

Des Plaines River bank, Canham 8x10, 210mm SSXL, Fuji Pro 160S, converted and cropped in PS. No masterpiece, but maybe someday I'll get this right.
Larry

GREAT CROP!

john

[rdenney]

Thank you Gregg and Jim. I think the crop prints reasonably nicely at 3x10", but does not stand further enlargement as it is a very small piece of the original 8x10. I may try rescanning the original neg again at a higher resolution (current is 800 dpi, Vuescan frequently just vomits and dies when I try to go higher) and see what that might accomplish.
But thanks again for looking, and your kind comments are appreciated.
Larry

Set the preview scan at a low resolution, draw the border around the bit you want to enlarge, and then scan at full resolution. Vuescan won't attempt to deal with all the information if you draw your crop lines after preview and before scan. That will help.

I would also check your system for adequate RAM memory. I have a very old system (perhaps 2000 or 2001 vintage) that I have upgraded to 2-GB of RAM and very large hard disks. I routinely scan 4x5 negatives at 2400 pixels/inch and 16-bit grayscale using Vuescan with no issue except the time required.

If you can find those excellent images within the images you make in the field, then it's a small matter to look for those images on the ground glass rather than from within Photoshop. Then, you just need the lens that will pull the scene in. Did I make that sound easy? Silly me.

Rick "easier said than done" Denney

[sunway_ray]

shooting moutains reflecting in the water

[mrladewig]

Fall in North Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado Springs

4X5 Portra 160VC
http://ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2287-1/45_P1VC_20091013_011_sml.jpg

[ljsegil]

Des Plaines River bank Redux: I had made a second image of the riverbank, done with a 19" Red Dot Artar, but ignored it as I thought it spoiled by a light leak. However, when I went back and checked the neg, the area of the tree was unaffected, so with the additional reach of the 19" over the 210mm SSXL I went back and redid the crop and was able to scan the tree and river bank to the same final image sizes as with the 210mm but of course at much higher resolutions than previously possible. The picture now prints to a 24 inch panorama with excellent preservation of detail (though the foreground is outside the depth of field of the Artar). So that leaves the more important question of why anybody would ever want a 24" print of this image...?

Original, 210mm SSXL:

19" Artar version:


Looks pretty much the same here, I guess that's why we can get away with showing almost anything on the web without feeling completely foolish. But thanks to all for looking and the kind comments.
Larry

[sanking]

Des Plaines River bank, Canham 8x10, 210mm SSXL, Fuji Pro 160S, converted and cropped in PS. No masterpiece, but maybe someday I'll get this right.
Larry

That is a lovely composition.

Sandy King

[rdenney]

The picture now prints to a 24 inch panorama with excellent preservation of detail (though the foreground is outside the depth of field of the Artar).

I'm sure you know that a bit of back tilt on the camera back or forward tilt on the lens (or both) would have brought that foreground into focus with the 19" lens.

Rick "thinking this image worthy of an additional attempt if possible" Denney

[ljsegil]

Yes Rick, I knew I could bring the foreground into focus but felt that the tree would be better emphasized by a defocused foreground (as opposed to my more frequent defocused everything images).
Larry

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

An image from this past September.

One of three major visible beaver ponds, near the edge of Kananaskis Provincial Park, along the Sibbald Creek Trail. A memorable spot for me, because a young grizzly chased me into this pond as I tore down my equipment, but immediately left me alone once I fired a bear banger at his oncoming body. I did not realize, until that moment, how fast a grizzly bear could run, as the young bear ran crashing through the underbrush, up and onto a mountain side trail, located about one hundred metres above the pond.

My shorts were more damp than the water...

jim k



Late Afternoon, Sibbald Creek Pond, Sibbald Creek Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2009

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/09092704.jpg

[ljsegil]

As usual Jim, very nice image, but even better story. Did you frame the print or the shorts?
Larry

[jim kitchen]

Dear Larry,

Merci...

Neither yet, but the ride home was uncomfortable... :)

jim k

[ljsegil]

And now for something completely different...from the tree anyway, but an awful lot like a lot of other sunrise shots. Shores of Lake Michigan, Canham 5x7, Portra 160NC, 150mm SSXL. I do like the extra dynamic range that color negs bring to the party.
Larry

[Rakesh Malik]

Here's my first offering on this thread :)

Prusik Peak and Lake Viviane, in the Enchantment Lakes Basin. Toho Shimo, 135mm Rodenstock Sironar-S, Acros.

http://www.whitecranephotography.com/photos/681452649_DAL5P-M.jpg

[Colin Graham]

Beach 3, Kalaloch, WA

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4023069761_31d0fa86d1_b.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Colin,

Nice and dreamy. I like it very much.

[Monty McCutchen]

Colin,

Nice and dreamy. I like it very much.



I ALWAYS like it when Colin posts! I have determined he is either the worlds best editor of his pictures or he doesn't take bad pictures. I'm banking on the latter.

Very nice indeed.

Monty

[dss1234]

Beach 3, Kalaloch, WA



Colin, Well done, I love the tone in the image.

[h2oman]

Very nice, as usual, Colin!

The first was better about one minute before I took it, but I was fumbling...

The second is a bit cliche, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway.

[Jiri Vasina]

Colin, I also always enjoy it when you post an image. This time it took longer... but was worth it again...

Jiri

[Colin Graham]

Thanks guys!

[mrladewig]

The first was better about one minute before I took it, but I was fumbling...

The second is a bit cliche, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway.

Might be cliche, but you've done a fine job. Both are really very nice scenes.

And I've also got to mention that last shot from Colin is quite nice. Wonderful atmospheric depth.

Mel-

[Rakesh Malik]

I love it! :)

I have a long way to go ;)


Beach 3, Kalaloch, WA

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4023069761_31d0fa86d1_b.jpg

[Heroique]

Here's my first offering on this thread :)
Prusik Peak and Lake Viviane, in the Enchantment Lakes Basin. Toho Shimo, 135mm Rodenstock Sironar-S, Acros.


Beach 3, Kalaloch, WA


Very nice, as usual, Colin!
The first was better about one minute before I took it, but I was fumbling...
The second is a bit cliche, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway.

Even if I weren’t already prejudiced to enjoy all the Pacific NW scenery, I’d still think the images above were beautiful and entertaining!

:rolleyes:

[Marko]

Malibu Beach, 4x5 crop

http://48pixels.com/images/malibu_rocks.jpg

[vinny]

Very cool, Marko.

[Rakesh Malik]

Even if I weren’t already prejudiced to enjoy all the Pacific NW scenery, I’d still think the images above were beautiful and entertaining!

:rolleyes:

Thanks! :)

[jim kitchen]

Dear Marko,

Nicely done... :)

jim k

[Marko]

Very cool, Marko.

Thanks Vinny.

[Marko]

Dear Marko,

Nicely done... :)

jim k

Dear Jim,

Coming from you, this is quite a compliment!

Thank you. :)

[jim kitchen]

Dear Marko,

When you witness excellent imaging, you should compliment the author... :)

Using Colin's work for instance, I always find his images to be beautifully intoxicating and well balanced, because Colin implements a strong consistent technique with an exquisite style that always shines through to the viewer. Your last image surely reflects that effort too.

Several image makers within this forum continuously exhibit their excellent darkroom skill sets, their raw natural talent, and their eye for balanced composition and beauty, and although they may not have the backyard imagery that a few of us have, their images eloquently reflect their immediate surroundings and, or their collective subject material.

As for your compliment, merci.

jim k

[jnanian]

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[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

Another break in a long drive home from Invermere last week, where I managed to pause for this image opportunity, while cruising through the snow storm within Kootenay National Park.

jim k



First Frost, Galleon Pool, Crest of Numa Falls, Vermilion River, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada, 2009

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/09101203.jpg

[venchka]

Jim,

A tribute to yout skill. You can make the most awful places look beautiful. How do you survive living in such a terrible place?

Back to reality Wayne.

Lovely Jim. And everyone else. Very well done. I don't know which thread I like best. I like them all. Water's Edge is special. And landscape. And trees. Grinning.

[jon.oman]

Jim,

Wonderful image!

Jon

[Rakesh Malik]

Sweet!

Shots like that make me look forward to winter :)


Great images everyone... :)

Another break in a long drive home from Invermere last week, where I managed to pause for this image opportunity, while cruising through the snow storm within Kootenay National Park.

jim k



First Frost, Galleon Pool, Crest of Numa Falls, Vermilion River, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada, 2009

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/09101203.jpg

[jim kitchen]

Jim,

How do you survive living in such a terrible place?

Dear Wayne,

Bear spray, bangers, and water... :)

Merci, Jon and Rakesh too.

jim k

[Jiri Vasina]

Malibu Beach, 4x5 crop



Marko, that's an excellent image, so well balanced...


Dear Marko,

When you witness excellent imaging, you should compliment the author... :)

Using Colin's work for instance, I always find his images to be beautifully intoxicating and well balanced, because Colin implements a strong consistent technique with an exquisite style that always shines through to the viewer. Your last image surely reflects that effort too.

Several image makers within this forum continuously exhibit their excellent darkroom skill sets, their raw natural talent, and their eye for balanced composition and beauty, and although they may not have the backyard imagery that a few of us have, their images eloquently reflect their immediate surroundings and, or their collective subject material.

As for your compliment, merci.

jim k

How well said, jim k. Not only are you skillful with your camera (as you repeatedly show :) ), but also with your words and the ideas to fill them...

Jiri

[bobwysiwyg]

Great images everyone... :)

Another break in a long drive home from Invermere last week, where I managed to pause for this image opportunity, while cruising through the snow storm within Kootenay National Park.

jim k



First Frost, Galleon Pool, Crest of Numa Falls, Vermilion River, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada, 2009

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/09101203.jpg

Very nice! Makes me almost wish for cold and snow so I can go spend some time along the "mighty":) Huron River here.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Well, with all of the great images that have been posted I'm not sure about posting this one. This is a subtle image done at the Salmon creek falls area off of Highway 1. The falls were really low but the reflections were nice. Printed on Azo/Amidol, untoned.

Jim

[Marko]

Marko, that's an excellent image, so well balanced...

Thanks for the compliment Jiri.

Having people whose images and style I hold as examples say things like this really makes my day. :)

[Andrew ren]

[CENTER]First Frost, Galleon Pool, Crest of Numa Falls, Vermilion River, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada, 2009


Jim, did you use spikes on your tripod?

Andrew

[Andrew ren]

fuji lens, 57 tmx.
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The last Coast Guard. 2009

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/Summer_2009/The-last-Coast-Guard.jpg
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Geneva, New York. 2009

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/Summer_2009/Geneva,New-York.jpg
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Perce, Quebec. 2009

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/Summer_2009/Perce,-Quebec.jpg
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Wells, Maine. 2009

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/Summer_2009/Wells,-Maine.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Timeless, Andrew.

[jim kitchen]

Dear Andrew,

Damn, I am a land locked envious fellow surrounded by two exceptional coastal image makers, one from the West Coast, and one near the East Coast. All I can show is a pool or a pond... :)

Excellent images Andrew.

jim k

[Joel Truckenbrod]

That first image is amazing, Andrew.

Here's a recent experiment...getting a touch of banding when converting to 8bit jpeg though (Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 250mm): Dusk, Artist's Point, Grand Marais, Minnesota


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/ArtistsPoint2-07.jpg

[Marko]

Great images, Andrew!

Especially the first and third.

Marko

[Marko]

All I can show is a pool or a pond... :)


But what a showing it is! :)

[Jiri Vasina]

fuji lens, 57 tmx.

Andrew, the first and third are really special...



Here's a recent experiment...getting a touch of banding when converting to 8bit jpeg though (Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 250mm): Dusk, Artist's Point, Grand Marais, Minnesota



Joel, that's also one to catch the eye (and hold for long :) )...

Jiri

[rdenney]

I look at these images and come to the only possible conclusion: I suck.

Rick "amazed by these simple but profound statements" Denney

[jim kitchen]

Jim, did you use spikes on your tripod?

Andrew

Dear Andrew,

Yes, I have CST/berger (Stanley) wooden surveyor's transit tripod for out door work, complete with huge foot spikes, and a "softer touch on the floor" Gitzo G1548 tripod for indoor work... :)

jim k

[Andrew ren]

Thanks ALL!

Jim, you sure you got everything you need? :-0

Andrew

[h2oman]

Well, Rick, you're not alone!

[Aender Brepsom]

That first image is amazing, Andrew.

Here's a recent experiment...getting a touch of banding when converting to 8bit jpeg though (Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 250mm): Dusk, Artist's Point, Grand Marais, Minnesota


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/ArtistsPoint2-07.jpg

Absolutely fabulous!

[robertmgray]

Amazing photo Joel!

[venchka]

I look at these images and come to the only possible conclusion: I suck.

Rick "amazed by these simple but profound statements" Denney

Welcome to the Club! :D :cool:

[Robert Hughes]

Perhaps we should start a thread of our suck-iest photos. I got a ton of 'em.

[venchka]

Perhaps we should start a thread of our suck-iest photos. I got a ton of 'em.

Quoting Kevin Costner,

"I got that shot." :D

[Steve Gledhill]

This thread's a real gold mine for images - works to inspire.

[Andrew ren]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/ArtistsPoint2-07.jpg

Joel,

just saw this image, donot know why, sever or browser?

nice!

and some Quality stuff on your site!

are they all drum-scanned files?

again, neat!

Andrew

[jnanian]

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[Ken Lee]

Do you use your camera while dreaming - or do you dream while using your camera ?

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Some beautiful images everyone. Here are a couple of recent images from my recent trip to the Eastern Sierra. First one is up at Lundy Lake and the second is at Siesta Lake in Yosemite. Both are crops of 11x14 prints ( scanner not big enough and no digital camera) done on Azo/Amidol.I apologize for the scans. It is not my thing.

Jim

[jnanian]

Do you use your camera while dreaming - or do you dream while using your camera ?

exactly! ;)

[Marko]

Yesterday evening at El Pescador beach:

http://48pixels.com/images/elpescador.jpg

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Thanks for the feedback folks.


..are they all drum-scanned files?
Unfortunately not. One of the downsides of being a young photographer is being on a very tight budget. Thus, no drum scans at the moment. Virtually all of them are flatbed scans off of a Microtek M1. Hopefully in time I'll begin getting some once I have a body of work that I'm willing to present for sales purposes.

Thanks for the encouragement, Andrew.

[curtis roberts]

A verry smelly log / duck pond
Speed Graphic Schneider 90mm
efke 100 @ 50
HC 110 Del.B (1to31 )

[Sascha Welter]

http://betabug.ch/ouzo/water/arca/coast/coastline_sailors_m.jpg

People are more used to sunny pictures from around here, but during autumn and winter we got some clouds too sometimes. So what else to do than drive down the coast with a friend and the Arca?

Arca-Swiss 6x9, Symmar f=100, f:22, 1/4sec, Polarizing filter (responsible for still having some color in the water, not just a reflection of the sky).
Fuji Pro 160 S, really cheap scan (on a minilab? EXIF said "Noritsu Koku QSS-32_33").

Click for a flash viewer where you can zoom in (http://betabug.ch/ouzo/water/arca/coast/) (sorry to Linux/*BSD users, does not seem to work with gnash). There is some compression even on the largest size of that zoom, to bring download size a bit down.

[ljsegil]

Curtis,
A simply lovely image, simply and beautifully done. Much craft and art here to offer to some of the rest of us in need of more for our own work.
thank you
Larry

[J Ney]

Eastern Sierras Aspendell...

[jvuokko]

The river and cathedral of my home town...

Toyo view camera, 4x5 Acros, Symmar-S 5.6/150mm.

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2009-11-03-3%20aurajoki%20kirkko%20ilta%20web.jpg

[curtis roberts]

Larry
Thankyou for your kind words.Every once and awile We all get lucky
Curtis

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Eastern Sierras Aspendell...

Nice to see that log still there. Great tones in your image.


Jim

[Marko]

El Matador beach, 4x5 crop:

http://48pixels.com/images/elmat_089.jpg

[J Ney]

Nice to see that log still there. Great tones in your image.


Jim

Thank you for your kind words regarding the tones... I had a feeling that other photographers had seen that same image. And when I make it up there again, I'll probably try to shoot the same stump from a different angle.:)

[Jim Michael]

Tracks - Yachats OR

http://10squaredcorp.com/photos/JM_OR-20_tracks_800_600.jpg