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Ed Richards
13-May-2010, 18:30
I have added a cemetery section to my site:

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b4c-cemeteries/

La Jarita Cemetery, Willacy County, Texas. South of the King Ranch. The land was donated for the cemetery more than 100 years ago, but the adjoining landowner is trying to take the land. Rodenstock 180mm, Tmy-2.

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b4c-cemeteries/photos/1721.jpg

Add your own to the thread.

Michael Graves
13-May-2010, 19:17
With my name, I just had to contribute.

Alan Curtis
14-May-2010, 04:53
40554
Monoa Valley, Oahu

Scott --
14-May-2010, 05:43
One from the late great Korona:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2884489825_8f829d2b8c_o.jpg

Korona 8x10, Koehlar Extra Rapid Anastigmat, Arista.EDU Ultra 100. First time I ran out of coverage with that lens...

And one from the old Magic Latnern lens I used to have. Same cemetery.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/3142173300_91f288a9ed_o.jpg

Flea77
15-May-2010, 09:02
Here is one I like, note the pattern in the doors behind the grate, really cool.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/flea77/photography/Scan-090825-0004.jpg

Allan

bgh
15-May-2010, 09:31
This was among my earliest LF attempts; the subject (Egyptian Revival monument) clearly is more interesting than my photography!

Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, Ilford Delta 100, Schneider 150.

Bruce

SamReeves
16-May-2010, 08:31
I'm glad this subject was posted. Here's the tiny cemetary at Pescadero, California back in February of 2000. Tachi 4x5, Tri-X.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45000226_2post.jpg

ImSoNegative
23-May-2010, 23:21
Here is one i stumbled upon in the mountains, newest grave i found here was from 1925. shot with a shen-hao ptb45, 65mm super angulon.

Eirik Berger
24-May-2010, 02:05
How are the rules?
Are images made with roll film holders on LF-cameras accepted? :)

This one is from the jewish cemetery in Prague. An amazing place and a must if you ever visit Prague. The graves date back to early 15th century. Note the gardener in the background.
Toyo 45CF, 90mm Sinaron W, Fuji Astia 6x6.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/366414141_aa73d942a1_o.jpg

Eirik Berger
24-May-2010, 02:10
I have always enjoyed photographing cemeteries, so here is another one.
The cemetery in Longyearbyen/Svalbard. Not in use anymore. The majority of the graves are miners who died of the "Spanish flu" in 1918. Note the old cableway stands in the hillside.

Toyo 45CF, APO Sironar N 135mm f/5,6, Fomapan 200 4x5"

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/531458711_ff556baa30_b.jpg

David Hedley
24-May-2010, 03:07
That's an extraordinary image, Eirik.

BarryS
24-May-2010, 04:49
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8043/memoryandforgettingange.jpg
Harper Cemetary, Harpers Ferry, WV
Projection Petzval, 4x5 TMX

drew.saunders
24-May-2010, 09:47
Historic Life Saving Service and "G" Ranch Cemetery, Point Reyes, CA:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3660/3301862332_b5159f5f86.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/3301862332/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/3301862124_cba756b55a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/3301862124/)

Every now and then, someone puts flowers on the gate of the mausoleum where the Stanfords are buried, Stanford University, CA.:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2956713712_5883678bab.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/2956713712/)

Mattk
24-May-2010, 12:42
Speed Graphic and Balopticon 7" E.F. projection lens. Not quite the coverage but dig the look. 1/500 @ f/4.5ish. 30yr of expired Tri-x. The film is only 5 yrs younger than me!

Heroique
24-May-2010, 12:58
Those frigid markers look ancient ... extremely weathered.

A winter-time cemetery in Minnesota? Brrr.

Glad you took your aging Tri-x there to be shot, not buried.

(Drew's second shot above looks like a tree awaiting burial.)

Drew Wiley
24-May-2010, 13:30
Drew - what a coincidence. Not only do we have the same name, but I wasn't aware
anyone else knew about the little cemetery at Pt Reyes- most people drive right past it. But frankly, it has driven me nuts trying to get a good angle, and I've typically ended up walking away with just some good detail shots of the trees.

drew.saunders
24-May-2010, 14:27
Drew - what a coincidence. Not only do we have the same name, but I wasn't aware
anyone else knew about the little cemetery at Pt Reyes- most people drive right past it. But frankly, it has driven me nuts trying to get a good angle, and I've typically ended up walking away with just some good detail shots of the trees.

Infrared and cemeteries just seem to go well together.

I guess I just do a better job of reading signs than most folks do. I didn't know it was there until I saw it on a sign while driving to another location, so I made a mental note to hit it on the way out.

AshenLight
30-May-2010, 11:50
Here's a shot at a nearby cemetery I like to photograph fairly often. This is the back of the chapel. There was some maintenance being done so the back door and bulkhead doors are open but it doesn't seem to be too distracting. The particulars:

Omega 4x5 - 1:5.6 210mm Fujinon
Ilford FP4+ in HC-110 Dil. B 9 min.

41141

rguinter
30-May-2010, 12:01
Harper Cemetary, Harpers Ferry, WV
Projection Petzval, 4x5 TMX

Barry: Nice.

I guess I'm going to have to get a Petzval someday.

Cheers. Bob G.

Steve M Hostetter
2-Jun-2010, 03:11
8x10 Hostilux @f22 115mm Grandagon N w/ center filter on paper neg, tripod

BarryS
2-Jun-2010, 04:16
Barry: Nice.

I guess I'm going to have to get a Petzval someday.

Cheers. Bob G.

Thanks Bob!

GSX4
2-Jun-2010, 07:02
Here are a few of mine:-

Forst two taken with a Chamonix 45 1N and a couple of darlot petzvals, while the one on the right was shot with a Bausch and Lomb 7" Cinephor II projection lens.

georg s
3-Jun-2010, 17:36
Here's one from today. I'm not really happy with the tones but at least I've managed to realize my initial framing-idea. Maybe I'll re-shoot this one on a cloudy day...

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8540/columbarium20100603a.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/columbarium20100603a.jpg/)

Columbarium

Fomapan100 4x5, ID-11 1+1, Fujinon W 125mm, yellow-orange-filter

h2oman
3-Jun-2010, 19:32
On the way home from a weekend trip I was able to convince my wife and a friend to let me stop to shoot a church in the Little Shasta Valley of northern California. After a bit they tired of reading magazines while I waited for the light, so they started walking and told me to pick them up. I found them wandering a country cemetery that was quite fascinating. I tried a couple shots, and here are the results.

The first headstone appears to have simply been carved onto a granite boulder. The main one in the second image is carved out of marble, and the dark lines are lichen. I had a bit of trouble separating all the elements in the second shot, as you can see. I'll definitely have to go back! All the stones face west, allowing them to catch the last light of the day.

Vladik
10-Jun-2010, 12:37
I really like shooting cemeteries. Specifically old jewish cemeteries, which are quite abundant in the Czech Republic.

This is my first attempt with X-ray film with emulsion on both sides - overexposed, overdeveloped, severely scratched and with development streaks.... In fact I quite like it :p Taken at not so old (17th century) but large jewish cemetery (more than 1000 gravestones) in a town few kilometers far from my home.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8092/dsc02497lff.jpg

The second picture could be considered more successful from technical point of view. Taken at smaller and little bit older cemetery also few kilometers far from my home. There used to be some beautiful wild cherry trees but they were removed during the last cemetery maintenance :(

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3854/dsc03437lff.jpg

Schneider convertible Symmar 180/5,6 Fomapan 100 13x18cm in Rodinal

Ed Richards
10-Jun-2010, 19:23
A couple from my Katrina series. Biloxi graveyard.

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b3-hk-ms/photos/1070.jpg

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b3-hk-ms/photos/449.jpg

yadong110
11-Jun-2010, 01:35
Speed Graphic and Balopticon 7" E.F. projection lens. Not quite the coverage but dig the look. 1/500 @ f/4.5ish. 30yr of expired Tri-x. The film is only 5 yrs younger than me!

Nice pictures!
How did you develope them?

dcypher
11-Jun-2010, 05:41
http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000BtkoxXP7k74/s
http://guidovandamme.photoshelter.com/img-show/I0000BtkoxXP7k74
Muslim soldier's grave, World War 2
Not exactly Large format... Fuji 6x4,5 - Ilford XP2

tgtaylor
24-Jun-2010, 23:25
Cemetery, Mission San Juan Baptiste

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/4731878887_0daa0ea747.jpg

Scan of an 8x10 RC work print.

Steve Gledhill
25-Jun-2010, 12:29
This is taken in the German War Cemetary at Cannock Chase in England in a beautifully attractive and secluded setting. I make no particular claims for its photographic merit but it does belong in this thread. I came across it by accident a few years ago and revisited last year. It was an unusual and very moving experience to visit such a place. Mixed emotions surfaced in me but ultimately I felt proud that we can respect and preserve so lovingly the final resting place of those who at the time of their death were our enemy. The cemetry is maintained superbly by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission whose primary role it is to maintain the graves all over the world of the 1 million Commonwealth soldiers who lost their lives in the first and second world wars and who are buried in 150 countries. It also maintains and manages cemeteries for others - such as this one on behalf of the people and government of Germany. This image shows one small corner of the cemetry.

I was in doubt about whether photographing there was acceptable to the CWGC, indeed I did wonder whether it was what I wanted to do. I asked and was encouraged to do so by an senior offical of the CWGC.

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/2157cannockchasegermanwarcemetery.jpg

Heroique
25-Jun-2010, 16:02
A cemetery in Alaska, where blossoms wilt and crosses sink under winter snows.

Then resurrect.

Tachi 4x5
Fuji A 240mm/9
Velvia-100
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

Richard Rankin
26-Jun-2010, 06:19
Here's one I took with a Darlot-Jamin on 8x10 film and printed on Centennial POP (when it existed...) . It is near a fairly busy road running by the local university and isn't a cemetery as much as a memorial of the death of of young woman.
Richard


http://www.richardrankin.com/lfj/sunrisejulie.jpg

tgtaylor
26-Jun-2010, 10:10
Tombstones, Point Reyes Life Saving Station Cemetery

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4735536647_027828e196_b.jpg

My apologies for the large size but it make it easier to read the tombstones.

This was first light on my new 120mm Nikkor Apo Macro AM-ED lens. Although it's not designed for this type of picture, I couldn't wait to use it. Scan of an 8x10 RC work print.

David Woods
26-Jun-2010, 16:51
Tombstones, Point Reyes Life Saving Station Cemetery

My apologies for the large size but it make it easier to read the tombstones.

This was first light on my new 120mm Nikkor Apo Macro AM-ED lens. Although it's not designed for this type of picture, I couldn't wait to use it. Scan of an 8x10 RC work print.

Yes, I think we all do the same when we get new gear, just can't wait to use it, shoot anything and everything.
David

tgtaylor
26-Jun-2010, 20:22
Thanks David! The Lens did a fine job IMO.

Pat Kearns
28-Jun-2010, 20:49
This is the Church Street Cemetery in Mobile and the graves are of the many victims of the Yellow Fever Epidemics of the 18th & 19th centuries. The monument with the upside down torch is what caught my eye. Image taken with my 100 year old ROC 5x7Premo Pony #3 on TMY.

venchka
14-Sep-2010, 06:06
9-11-2010. Glenwood Cemetery. Houston, TX.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/232822-2/Kremers+Angle+2-4.jpg

Fujinon-W 250mm/6.3
Arista-EDU Ultra 200
Xtol 1:3

Scott --
14-Sep-2010, 06:50
Also posted in the Petzval thread:

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd359/smpsweeps/0040.jpg

Soldier's Graves, New Hope, PA.
Seneca Improved View 8x10, Ross Universal, Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H

mikebarger
15-Sep-2010, 03:17
Nice work Wayne.

Mike

venchka
15-Sep-2010, 05:23
Thank you Mike! I appreciate your kind words.

Scott --
16-Sep-2010, 09:32
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd359/smpsweeps/0048b.jpg

Playing with a rearranged half-a-Petzval.

Andrew O'Neill
16-Sep-2010, 09:44
Old Ukranian Orthodox church in Saskatchewan. 4x5 Hp5 and magnifying glass for a lens.

Scott --
16-Sep-2010, 09:54
One more with the half-Petzval/meniscus.

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd359/smpsweeps/0049.jpg

D. Bryant
16-Sep-2010, 11:07
Add your own to the thread.

Sounds pretty grave Ed. ;)

Don Bryant

numnutz
17-Sep-2010, 03:00
Nunhead Cemetery in Peckham SE London. Taken with my 5 x 4 Gandolfi Traditional, 150mm Xenar.

Incidentally the small factory where the camera was made (in 1951) is a couple of streets away almost in the direction the camera is looking. The factory is now a small house. Maybe a photo of it later...

Foma 100, exposure not recorded, developed in Retro Pyro. Quadtoned in Photoshop after scanning with Epson 4990, apart from spotting, no other Photoshop jiggery-pokery was undertaken.

nn :)

jvuokko
14-Nov-2010, 15:43
Cemetery, Fog.
4x5 Hp5+, Symmar 5.6/210 @ f/32.

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2010-11-02-0%20hautausmaa%20iso%20web.jpg

mikebarger
14-Nov-2010, 18:03
Jukka

This is excellent!!!!

Mike

Bob Kerner
14-Nov-2010, 19:05
Jukka

This is excellent!!!!

Mike

I second that! I feel like I could step into the scene and touch a headstone. Well done.

Jack Dahlgren
14-Nov-2010, 19:38
Here is one from Memorial Day...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4865429238_ee3200a951_b.jpg
Golden Gate National Cemetery

BetterSense
14-Nov-2010, 20:07
One of my first LF photos. Taken with speed graphic and no-name enlarger lens. Note fingerprint.

http://www.chazmiller.com/images/grave.jpg

Ed Richards
14-Nov-2010, 20:51
Biloxi Veterans Cemetery

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b4c-cemeteries/photos/1974.jpg

Mattk
16-Nov-2010, 18:51
Two images from an early snow last year. Speed Graphic with a B&L balopticon projection lens 7" and f/4.5 Expired Tri-x (80's vintage if I recall). I think its time to get it back on the camera.

sidmac
16-Nov-2010, 19:07
I think I may have posted this already. Smartville Cemetery. Kodak High Speed IR 4x5 from a long time ago.

tgtaylor
21-Nov-2010, 10:11
Cemetery, Mission San Juan Baptiste, California

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/4731878887_0daa0ea747.jpg

Toyo 45CF, 75mm Lens, Fuji Acros. This is a scan of an 8.5x11 RC print.

Gem Singer
21-Nov-2010, 10:53
This cemetery is located here in Texas, a few miles from my house.

The small gravestone at base of the oak tree marks where a one year old child was buried.

5x7 HP-5+ developed in Pyrocat-HD,

jvuokko
28-Nov-2010, 15:32
I second that! I feel like I could step into the scene and touch a headstone. Well done.

Thanks Mike and Bob :)

Brian C. Miller
9-Dec-2010, 23:19
Grandpa.

Eastern Oregon mining country, a memorial by the side of a winding road.
Graflex Super Graphic, 135mm, f16, TMax 100.

Donald Miller
10-Dec-2010, 19:44
Cimitero Monumentale - Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

bvaughn4
14-Dec-2010, 07:58
Zone VI 4x5, HP5, Galli Darlot


http://billvaughnphotography.com/lf/content/bin/images/large/grave_fence.jpg

Donald Miller
15-Dec-2010, 04:02
Cimitero Milano

4X5- 120 Apo Symmar

bgh
15-Dec-2010, 07:06
Cimitero Milano

4X5- 120 Apo Symmar

Oh, very nice indeed!

Donald Miller
15-Dec-2010, 09:32
Oh, very nice indeed!

Thank you

sly
17-Dec-2010, 23:04
Donald, your work is so consistently superb.
Sometimes it inspires me to keep on trying.
Sometimes I think I should just pack it in.

Donald Miller
18-Dec-2010, 13:11
Donald, your work is so consistently superb.
Sometimes it inspires me to keep on trying.
Sometimes I think I should just pack it in.

Hi Sly, Thank you for your generous comment. I encourage you to continue in your own pursuit. I have been at this for almost thirty years now.

Donald Miller
19-Dec-2010, 17:41
Cimitero Monumentale - Milano, Italy

5X7 - 305 G Claron, Efke Pl 100 (old stock)- Pyrocat HD, Nuance (old stock) - MAS Amidol

Donald Miller
28-Dec-2010, 21:56
Cimitero Monumentale - Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S (Bronica #2 white soft focus lens filter)

Efke Pl 100 (old stock) Pyrocat HD - J and S Nuance (old stock) MAS Amidol

sanking
28-Dec-2010, 22:07
Cimitero Monumentale - Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S (Bronica #2 white soft focus lens filter)

Efke Pl 100 (old stock) Pyrocat HD - J and S Nuance (old stock) MAS Amidol

Donald,

Very beautiful work as always.

I guess cemeteries are as beautiful in Italy as in Spain? Over the years I have made some wonderful negatives of cemeteries in Spain, mostly in the autonomy of Galicia in northwestern Spain, but for some reason I have never printed them, in fact not a single one.

Your work is an inspiration to pull those negatives, most on 5X7 but quite a number on 7X17 and 12X20, and print them.

Thanks so much for sharing.

Sandy King

Donald Miller
28-Dec-2010, 22:59
Thanks Sandy, I look forward to seeing your images should you decide to print them.

Randy
29-Dec-2010, 04:55
I have been lurking here for a while but I don't know that I have ever posted.
I have been exploring cemeteries since I was a kid. Here are a few shots.
The first two were shot in a cemetery in Danville Virginia with my 4X5 Shen Hoa on Arista EDU 100 processed in HC-110. I used a 105mm Agfa Apotar off of an old Agfa Billy Record ll (6X9cm). The lens will not cover 4X5 at infinity but is fun for slightly closer shots.
The last one (in the snow), also in Danville, was with my Fulmer & Schwing 8X10, on some older Arista 100 (probably Ilford) shot at ISO 25, processed in HC-110 and shot with my 300mm Schneider Componon.

Paul H
31-Dec-2010, 03:54
Cimitero Milano

4X5- 120 Apo Symmar

Beautiful. Veramente bellissimo.

Donald Miller
31-Dec-2010, 09:55
Beautiful. Veramente bellissimo.

Grazie

Allen in Montreal
31-Dec-2010, 10:35
Cimitero Milano

4X5- 120 Apo Symmar

As always, lots of great pictures Donald.
I really like this one from the series of cemeteries.

Donald Miller
31-Dec-2010, 12:34
Thank you Allen

ajbirdboy
5-Jan-2011, 20:57
Trying to get out and use the cameras, and develop the film, rather than thinking about it and buying more stuff...

This is from a historic cemetery near Saugerties - Asbury Methodist Cemetery.

The camera is a Graflex Super D 3 1/4X 4 1/4 , f:4.5, 1/60 (I think).
Its been a while, and a little slow yet. I think a small notebook...

Al

ajbirdboy
5-Jan-2011, 21:23
Same cemetery, same camera.

The film is something I got from *bay some time ago; its Kodak, the seller said to rate it at 40 ASA, and its actually 3 1/4" X 4", a little bit short. I rated it at 25 and developed in HC110.

Have already cut down some FP4 for the near future...
Al

Michael Cienfuegos
7-Jan-2011, 21:28
Same cemetery, same camera.

The film is something I got from *bay some time ago; its Kodak, the seller said to rate it at 40 ASA, and its actually 3 1/4" X 4", a little bit short. I rated it at 25 and developed in HC110.

Have already cut down some FP4 for the near future...
Al

Freestyle has 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 film available, Efke PL100 and Efke PL25 Orthochromatic. It's pretty good film, not horribly expensive in 50 sheet boxes.

Sirius Glass
8-Jan-2011, 17:02
Freestyle has 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 film available, Efke PL100 and Efke PL25 Orthochromatic. It's pretty good film, not horribly expensive in 50 sheet boxes.

See the classified in this form at:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=69619


I special ordered 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" sheet film from Ilford in June 2010. The film just arrived. Unfortunately the camera was DOA and I returned it. Therefore I have

Two boxes of 25 sheets each of 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" Ilford HP5+ ISO 400 sheet film
One box of 25 sheets each of 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" Ilford FP4+ ISO 125 sheet film

For $54 per box [my cost] plus shipping. This film has been stored in the freezer since I received it in September.

Steve

austin granger
11-Jan-2011, 23:35
Some cemetery photos I like:

austin granger
11-Jan-2011, 23:37
A few more:

Donald Miller
17-Jan-2011, 14:58
Milano, Italy

5X7 - 180 Nikkor

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Donald Miller
17-Jan-2011, 18:17
Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC - MAS Amidol

rguinter
17-Jan-2011, 19:01
Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey.

Kodak High Speed Infrared 4x5-inch

Goerz 14" Artar; Schneider 135-mm SA

Bob G.

Donald Miller
17-Jan-2011, 21:05
Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke PL 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Jiri Vasina
17-Jan-2011, 23:08
Donald, those last 3 from Milano, they are great, but the first of them is fantastic...

Jiri

Donald Miller
18-Jan-2011, 09:02
Thank you Jiri

northcarolinajack
18-Jan-2011, 09:36
I am new and at this point unable to upload to the Forum. I have a shot of a grave marker that I made years ago at Christ Chruch, St. Simonds Island, Ga. The photo is on my facebook site, under photos of interest: www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=109348465760954
Sorry on this Forum, it is a Hasselblad shot, so it perhaps is not correct. However, only a few shots on this site are not LF and these few are old.
Jack

Donald Miller
18-Jan-2011, 19:26
Milano, Italy

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

santanhu007
18-Jan-2011, 20:34
Very nice.

tgtaylor
21-Jan-2011, 19:52
A long road... Rose Hill Cemetery (pioneer), Black Diamond Regional Preserve, Antioch, California.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5207/5376997096_6ca3aecf5f_b.jpg

Located at the confluence of three native American tribes: the Chupcan (Concord), Volvon (Clayton), and Ompin (Pittsburg) - all of which spoke spoke the Bay Miwok language - five coal mining towns thrived in the Black Diamond area from the 1860's thru the early 20th century: Nortonville, Somersville, Stewartville, West Hartley and Judsonville. This was the location of California's largest coal mining operation and nearly four million tons of coal ("black diamonds") were removed from the earth.

Photographed with Rollie Infrared film and shown printed at grade 2.5 on Ilford MGIV RC glossy toned in selenium.

ImSoNegative
21-Jan-2011, 21:32
A long road... Rose Hill Cemetery (pioneer), Black Diamond Regional Preserve, Antioch, California.

Located at the confluence of three native American tribes: the Chupcan (Concord), Volvon (Clayton), and Ompin (Pittsburg) - all of which spoke spoke the Bay Miwok language - five coal mining towns thrived in the Black Diamond area from the 1860's thru the early 20th century: Nortonville, Somersville, Stewartville, West Hartley and Judsonville. This was the location of California's largest coal mining operation and nearly four million tons of coal ("black diamonds") were removed from the earth.

Photographed with Rollie Infrared film and shown printed at grade 2.5 on Ilford MGIV RC glossy toned in selenium.

excellent image!

Donald Miller
22-Jan-2011, 10:34
Milano, Italy

5X7 - 450 Nikkor M

Efke PL100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

tgtaylor
22-Jan-2011, 12:44
excellent image!

Thank you ImSoNegative.

Great image Donald.

I also like your choice of a framed presentation. Did you do that with a software program or is it the real McCoy?

Thomas

Donald Miller
22-Jan-2011, 16:03
Thanks Thomas, That is the real McCoy.

Donald Miller
24-Jan-2011, 22:39
Lombardia, Italy

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Donald Miller
29-Jan-2011, 16:21
Lombardia Italy

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Jukka75
1-Feb-2011, 17:22
This is one of my favorite pic, don't know why but it just is.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5329952196_0fdcdb0ab8_b.jpg

Bill Poole
1-Feb-2011, 21:06
The cemetery is in Half Moon Bay, California. This arrangement caught my eye. Someone has written the deceased's name on the top of the figure, apparently to prevent theft.

http://poolephotography.smugmug.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/201101015/1175122962_j65YH-O.jpg

Deardorff 5X7 View with a 4X5 back, 14.5 inch Artar, Tri-X 320 rated 200, Rodinal 1:25

SocalAstro
1-Feb-2011, 21:13
Donald,

great series of images - This one is my favorite :-)

-Leon


Lombardia Italy

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Donald Miller
1-Feb-2011, 22:17
Donald,

great series of images - This one is my favorite :-)

-Leon

Thank you Leon

msk2193
5-Feb-2011, 03:35
Anyone ever visited the Circus Graves at the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma?

Bob Kerner
6-Feb-2011, 12:33
Lafayette Cemetery #1 in New Orleans. The colors caught my eye
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5422639234_7c14e7d931_b.jpg


And at some point I realized I was being watched!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5422533540_1e2cabba0e_b.jpg

Sergio
6-Feb-2011, 14:05
Pederobba North Italy; French Soldiers World War I cemetery, near Piave river.
1000 soldiers here lies.

Toyo 45CF, Fujinon SW 90mm f/8
exposure 35 seconds, Tmax 400, Xtol 1+2

C&C, welcome

bvaughn4
6-Feb-2011, 21:06
Bob, loved your kitty observer. He kept us company back in October when we were there shooting. I'm amazed someone hasn't taken him home.

austin granger
24-Feb-2011, 11:35
Blue Grave, Chloride, Arizona

www.austingranger.com

austin granger
26-Feb-2011, 23:07
Sand Dollar, Bolinas Cemetery

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/5476306287_91ef06fd24_b.jpg

www.austingranger.com

rjbuzzclick
1-Apr-2011, 19:34
4x5 Speed Graphic, 135mm Optar, Fomapan 100, HC-110. Scan from a contact print. Please excuse the dust:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5013/5575448261_24bd4a0e29.jpg

Donald Miller
1-Apr-2011, 20:16
[QUOTE=austin granger;693344]Sand Dollar, Bolinas Cemetery

Very nice. I like the composition.

msk2193
29-May-2011, 21:42
Those boots are made for walking.

http://kan.com/forum/Paris-3.jpg

4x5 Ebony SV45 Ti
Nikkor 150mm
T-Max 100

RmFrase
30-May-2011, 18:52
Those boots are made for walking.

http://kan.com/forum/Paris-3.jpg

4x5 Ebony SV45 Ti
Nikkor 150mm
T-Max 100



Very Nice!!

-Robert

Richard Mahoney
30-May-2011, 21:10
Anglican Cemetery, Cust, New Zealand

http://camera-antipodea.indica-et-buddhica.com/portfolios/portfolio-one/cust-anglican-cemetary/cust-anglican-cemetery.jpg

4" x 5" Astia 100F, Schneider Super-Symmar HM 150/5.6, 1/15 s @ f/22


Best,

Richard

Donald Miller
30-Jun-2011, 14:44
Il Monumentale - Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

kevin4x5
30-Jun-2011, 15:32
Agfa Ansco 5x7 Ilford HP-5 Pyro ABC
Vermont

Jim collum
30-Jun-2011, 16:07
Pet Cemetery, Santa Cruz
Overgrown from disuse, there are graves here from WWII timeframe.

Ebony 4x5, Betterlight

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20100705_petcemetery_013a.jpg


http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20100705_petcemetery_010-edit.jpg



http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20100705_petcemetery_023.jpg


http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20100819_petcemetery_001a-edit.jpg

bvaughn4
30-Jun-2011, 16:15
Donald, that print is amazing! No question I'd purchase it in a gallery (assuming the bank account agreed). It is captivating!

Dave Hally
30-Jun-2011, 23:01
Il Monumentale - Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Now that's really nice, Donald
Dave Hally

Donald Miller
1-Jul-2011, 12:39
Now that's really nice, Donald
Dave Hally

Thank you Dave

Donald Miller
1-Jul-2011, 13:25
Donald, that print is amazing! No question I'd purchase it in a gallery (assuming the bank account agreed). It is captivating!


Thank you, I received your email and will get back with you in a couple of days...Thanks for your understanding.

Donald Miller

Marvin d martian
13-Jul-2011, 11:27
MPP Mk IV first couple of films through it..

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5934534950_a5434a78be_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/5934534950/) Near this place (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/5934534950/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr

Mart

Frank Bunnik
10-Nov-2011, 13:50
In remembrance

The title for this photo are the words on the wooden cross at the front. This photo was made at Tyne Cot cemetery near Zonnebeke in Belgium where 12,000 soldiers who died in the battles for Passendale (Paschendale) in 1917/1918 are buried.

November 11 2011 marks the spot of the 93th anniversary of the end of WW1.

I used a Cambo Wide with a super-symmar hm 120mm lens, Fuji Velvia 50.

Frank Bunnik
16-Nov-2011, 09:10
In remembrance version 2.

This version is better I think than the straight image I posted last week.

Tony Evans
16-Nov-2011, 09:24
Yes it is. Nice emotional image Frank.

pound
29-Nov-2011, 20:33
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6038/6386067295_2fce1cfa32_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26920982@N02/6386067295/)


Velvia 50. Home processed using Tetenal 3 bath kit.

D. Bryant
29-Nov-2011, 21:10
An iconic funerary statue in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah, GA.

4x5 TMAX 400 developed in PMK. Wisner Traditional with Caltar 210m f/5.6 @ f/22, 1/8s.

http://bellsouthpwp2.net/d/o/donsbryant/content/LarelGrove_large.html

austin granger
13-Dec-2011, 11:47
James and Elizabeth Stephens, Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6506425085_d1229b2e56_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

KJ Smith
14-Dec-2011, 21:48
Great thread!

Glenwood, Houston

PTB45
135mm
yel/org
TMX/Tmax dev.


65372

C&C always appreciated.

Kevin

Brian Ellis
15-Dec-2011, 00:13
Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Florida, with some of the earliest tombs dating from the middle of the 19th century. Cigar factories dominated the Tampa economy back then and for many years thereafter. Most of the factory workers were Cuban immigrants so there has always been a strong Latin culture in Tampa and that culture is reflected in the Woodlawn burials. There was - maybe still is - a custom in that community of including a photograph of the deceased in the tombstone. Some of these photographs survive in remarkable condition, others have disappeared but you can still see the place where the photograph used to be.

I photographed the cemetery off and on for several years, usually with an 8x10 Deardorff but occasionally with other cameras as well. These are scans of prints and so some of the technical quality of the original prints has been lost.

KJ Smith
15-Dec-2011, 21:38
Just getting to look through this thread.

There are many fine images.

But I really like the series that Donald Miller has been sharing.

KJ Smith
15-Dec-2011, 22:01
Old Waverly, Tx

Mary Elizabeth
Consort



65390



C&C always appreciated.

Kevin

mikebarger
16-Dec-2011, 12:43
KJ

Look through any of these picture threads and you'll see Donald Miller's contributions are top notch.

Doesn't hurt he's a native Kansan. :)

Mike

KJ Smith
16-Dec-2011, 14:07
KJ

Look through any of these picture threads and you'll see Donald Miller's contributions are top notch.

Doesn't hurt he's a native Kansan. :)

Mike

I have just started reading this site more. I usually just hit the B/S and leave.

There are lots of very good/great Photographers on this site.

But with this thread being fairly small, it is easy to go through it at one time.

Just noticed how this particular series of photographs stood out.

( esp. post 95)

Looking forward to seeing more.

Kevin

Heroique
16-Dec-2011, 14:54
This gigantic tulip tree embraces the faithfully departed w/ its subterranean roots.

I suspect these departed nourish the tree to some extent.

A reciprocal gesture.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Fuji Quickload Tungsten-64 (w/ 85b filter)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

ross
5-Jan-2012, 16:30
Killed in Coal Mine

Taken on a cloudy day in a little cemetery in the woods outside of the former coal mining town of Carbonado, Washington.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6643866065_5ae0978197_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/6643866065/)

Corran
6-Jan-2012, 20:29
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm @ f/8, 1/60, T-Max 100 shot @50 and developed N-1. Toned in PS.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/152.jpg

Ed Richards
18-Jan-2012, 18:18
Another shot from my ongoing work on the Lone Oak Cemetery, a cemetery for prisoners who die behind bars and have no one to claim the body.

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/a1-new/photos/2306.jpg

I think this was with the 110mm XL, Tmax 400, 4x5.

austin granger
3-Apr-2012, 09:47
Air Museum, Tillamook, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/7042361827_b729b0bc2b_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/
www.austingranger.com

largeformatguy
3-Apr-2012, 14:52
Pioneer Cemetery , Hillsboro, OR.


7134771348

David Brunell
5-Apr-2012, 15:56
Local Cemetery
Imagon 250, FP4+

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s96/mildotdave/crux1of1-1.jpg

stradibarrius
7-Apr-2012, 17:20
Here is a shot in a historic cemetery in Roswell, GA

[img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5319/7055142877_e2b3f01e23.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stradibarrius/7055142877/)
Roswell, GA Cemtery (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stradibarrius/7055142877/) by Stradibarrius (http://www.flickr.com/people/stradibarrius/), on Flickr[IMG]

SamReeves
7-Apr-2012, 18:00
Air Museum, Tillamook, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/7042361827_b729b0bc2b_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/
www.austingranger.com

Hard to miss it! Nice!

alanbutler57
6-Jun-2012, 06:12
Il Monumentale - Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Great image, great series. Thank you very much for sharing!

Old-N-Feeble
6-Jun-2012, 07:24
Il Monumentale - Milano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

(referenced image is an attachment in post #111 of this thread)

I didn't find this thread until today... interesting topic.

I don't usually care for stand-developed Pyro HD negs because of the way this developming method renders what I "see" as very light gray areas as middle gray. However... it REALLY WORKS with this image. What a powerful and appropriate feel this image has, IMHO. Wow...

mandoman7
6-Jun-2012, 08:08
Mr. Miller posted quite a few of his tightly composed and tonally rich compositions, but left after a conflict with the management, IIRC.

Brian K
6-Jun-2012, 08:18
Here's one,

vitality
10-Aug-2012, 16:29
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55245071/photo/riensberg.jpg
Sinar 4x5, Derogy petzval

(rose painted during post processing)

Kirk Gittings
10-Aug-2012, 16:51
Nice I've shot that too-but not at night.


Here's one,

northcarolinajack
21-Aug-2012, 07:29
[Here is the old Union Church and Cemetery located on Hwy # 9
in South Carolina.


Camera – Kodak Full Plate with Goerz 12 inch Celor Series 1b lens

Film – Ilford HP-4 process in HC110 at 50 to 1

Jack

Pfiltz
21-Aug-2012, 07:42
4x5 Graphic View w/Arista 100

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/Graveyard-4x5.jpg

Marvin d martian
21-Aug-2012, 12:53
Cemetery with church.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7833272532_8f427ee6d7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/7833272532/) Church Yard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/7833272532/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr

Mart

northcarolinajack
21-Aug-2012, 13:50
Very Nice Shot!!

Jack

Rick A
28-Aug-2012, 08:32
Not in a cemetary, just out in the middle of no-where
Ilford HP-5 @200/ Rodinal 1+50
Printed on Forte

79601

David Schaller
2-Sep-2012, 19:36
79814 79815

Arlington, VT church cemetery. Wisner Tech. FP4 in Pyrocat. 210 Rodenstock 5.6.
C&C welcome. I guess I missed the focus in the first one. I haven't looked closely at the negative.
Dave

Corran
6-Sep-2012, 11:26
A few snaps from a big local cemetery as a storm cleared and the sun was setting. Taken with a new Horseman 6x12 back (thanks Herb!). Perhaps it will be more pleasing to those wanting perfect focus and framing compared to my last post.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/912c1.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/912c2.jpg

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/912c3.jpg

As an aside, I don't think I have been at a single cemetery where the gravestones faced the sun as it set. They all face east towards the sunrise. Was this a tradition? I like photographing cemeteries and it seems like every single one of the historic ones I've been to here in the south are like that.

jcoldslabs
6-Sep-2012, 19:10
Bryan,

I really like those, particularly the second one. Nice open shadow tones. To a west coaster like myself they look very exotic--very southern--with the hanging moss and all.

The cemetery nearest my house, now that you mention it, also has the non-flush headstones facing east. Hmmm.

Jonathan

Corran
6-Sep-2012, 20:21
Thanks, yeah that second one was the best, exposure/development-wise. I re-took the first, which was my favorite compositionally, earlier today to try a really severe contrast reduction (I metered EV6 in the shadows and EV17 in the clouds, which is something like an N+5 scenario I guess??). Going out to the darkroom to develop right now...

C. D. Keth
6-Sep-2012, 22:10
Thanks, yeah that second one was the best, exposure/development-wise. I re-took the first, which was my favorite compositionally, earlier today to try a really severe contrast reduction (I metered EV6 in the shadows and EV17 in the clouds, which is something like an N+5 scenario I guess??). Going out to the darkroom to develop right now...

I actually was just going to post that I like the first image a lot in great part because of that contrast.

Zaitz
7-Sep-2012, 04:25
I really like that first one Bryan, great photo.

Corran
7-Sep-2012, 04:55
Thanks Christopher and Zaitz. I do like the image, I just am experimenting to see if I could retain some more shadow detail...more of a theoretical exercise you know? I developed the negatives last night and they look good, will report back with scans in a few hours...

Jim Shanesy
7-Sep-2012, 07:22
80032

Corran
7-Sep-2012, 08:02
And here is the scan of that same image, shot the next day. I used FP4+ 120 film in the Horseman 6x12 back. The best shot ended up being one I shot at EI 32, developed in Rodinal 1:50 @68F for 6:30. I metered and placed the shadows at Z3. I guess technically I shot it at EI 64, with the darkest shadows at Z2, at least that's how it looks. I need to print it in the darkroom to see how the tones place naturally, scanning doesn't really tell me the whole story, what with digital manipulation.

Anyway, here it is:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/cemeteryreshoot1.jpg

And here's another shot from this location, shot at EI 80 and metered to place the shadows at Z4. I think this'll be my N-2 "backlit" scene standard. The SBR was like 12 zones. Excuse my rambling, I'm trying to codify my developing strategy and make notes:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/cemetery2002.jpg

Scott --
7-Sep-2012, 08:25
I really like the 6x12s, Bryan. Nicely done.

Regarding 'perfect' focus and framing (and this may not be the place for it): Criteria for judging success in a photograph is subjective at best. To me, and I'm not a purist by any means, there's a balance between technical detail and creative inspiration that work in concert to make an image successful, whatever that success may be. But there's a language to be spoken in photography, and for most people, composition and focus are two primary aspects in learning the art. I think you may have confused "expecting" perfect focus and framing with a lack of understanding of your motives, especially when they seemed counter (or by your words, lacking in general) to a skillset many of us aspire to. I only bring this up as your comment above seems derisive, as perhaps the comments made about your previous work seemed to you.

Scott

Corran
7-Sep-2012, 08:36
Thanks.

I think that the whole discussion would be an interesting discourse that I would love to read in, say, the Style/Technique sub-forum.

As you can see by my ramblings, I'm obviously highly interested and pursue technical perfection in my craft. I have studied the Zone System, read all of Ansel's books, and work/shoot vigorously to perfect my shooting and development techniques/recipes to further my artistic vision, whatever that my be. Landscapes, as these, are of course the #1 type of photo that might benefit that, and I intend to print one or two of these in my darkroom, hopefully as a 10x20, bringing my pre-visualization of this scene to the final print.

You'll have to excuse my snap posting of post #152 regarding perfect framing/focus, I was merely being facetious. The Polaroids are a completely different medium and different intended output. I think the technical qualities of the photos are at a sufficient level to convey the real message and purpose of the photos as vignettes of the convention and geek culture (which in fact the Polaroid camera/film reflects in and of itself within the subcultures of steampunk/hipster/what have you). Of course I understand that some (many?) on this forum may regard them as useless because I cut off the tip of someone's elbow or whatever, but that's okay. I am sure many of my generation would honestly rather look at the Polaroids than these landscapes!

Just my 2 cents, or 2 dollars with inflation. :cool:

jcoldslabs
7-Sep-2012, 14:11
And here is the scan of that same image, shot the next day. I used FP4+ 120 film in the Horseman 6x12 back. The best shot ended up being one I shot at EI 32, developed in Rodinal 1:50 @68F for 6:30. I metered and placed the shadows at Z3. I guess technically I shot it at EI 64, with the darkest shadows at Z2, at least that's how it looks. I need to print it in the darkroom to see how the tones place naturally, scanning doesn't really tell me the whole story, what with digital manipulation.

Anyway, here it is:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/cemeteryreshoot1.jpg

And here's another shot from this location, shot at EI 80 and metered to place the shadows at Z4. I think this'll be my N-2 "backlit" scene standard. The SBR was like 12 zones. Excuse my rambling, I'm trying to codify my developing strategy and make notes:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/cemetery2002.jpg

Bryan,

Wonderful quality to the shadows in these 6x12s. I'd say your metering and processing are working well, and the compositions are well done. Having said that, I still think I like the first version of the first photo. The deepest values seem a bit dark, but the contrast on the foreground headstones and their shadows adds more drama. And I like the sun being blocked by the tree branch in the first one instead of peeking through. There, now you have my $.02. (I miss using my old typewriters because they have a "cent" symbol!)

Jonathan

C. D. Keth
7-Sep-2012, 14:24
Having said that, I still think I like the first version of the first photo. The deepest values seem a bit dark, but the contrast on the foreground headstones and their shadows adds more drama. And I like the sun being blocked by the tree branch in the first one instead of peeking through.

I have to agree. Shadow detail isn't everything and the feeling of the glowing backlit foliage when the sun isn't visible is just breathtaking.

Corran
7-Sep-2012, 18:45
Thanks for the thoughts. I will have to think about which one I would like to print. My main contention with v.1 is that I massaged it with PS to be a usable image, and I don't think my darkroom technique is good enough yet to salvage that negative.

Looking at them again my position was further to the right on shot #2, which I think was less strong. As for the sun, what I wanted was a radiant point/star, but it's still not quite right. However, in the first, the glowing foliage was really due to all the water that was still in the branches of the tree, so that was a lucky break...

Perhaps I need to shoot it again :). Learning experiences and all.

Thanks, I need to think about it!

threefoot
7-Sep-2012, 18:49
Middle Village Cemetery, Good Hart, Michigan

Made during Photostock, June, 2012 - Northern Michigan

Wet plate collodion - 4x10 inch black glass ambrotype

80063

Corran
7-Sep-2012, 18:53
Wow!!! Speaking of shadow detail being not everything...

THAT's what I call "radiant!" Great shot threefoot.

threefoot
7-Sep-2012, 18:58
Wow!!! Speaking of shadow detail being not everything...

THAT's what I call "radiant!" Great shot threefoot.

Thank you very much Corran!!

- Charlie

jcoldslabs
7-Sep-2012, 19:14
My main contention with v.1 is that I massaged it with PS to be a usable image, and I don't think my darkroom technique is good enough yet to salvage that negative.

This is what I worry about much of the time. I'm not all that good with PS and don't make drastic corrections to my photos, but my darkroom skills are rusty and when I finally get my darkroom built I wonder how my prints will look via a vis my scans. In general I think they will look better, but there are some instances where the computer makes things incomparably easier (dust removal vs. spotting, for instance). I hope I don't get in the darkroom and find that the subtle fine tuning I have gotten used to will not be replicable in the analog world. We'll see.

All that's to say I can see what you mean about your scan of v.1 being adjusted in a way that would be difficult to duplicate under darkroom conditions. Just today I shot an expired type 55 shot that could NEVER be printed the way I intend to scan it, partly because as a negative it kind of sucks but as a sort of hybrid solarized print it looks neat. We'll see. The learning process continues....

Jonathan

jcoldslabs
7-Sep-2012, 19:18
Wet plate collodion - 4x10 inch black glass ambrotype

That looks great, Charlie! Are the halos around the highlights because of halation (even with black glass I would guess some light bounces back through) or because of the lens you used? I've never seen a wet plate image with that look before. Very nice.

Jonathan

threefoot
7-Sep-2012, 19:34
That looks great, Charlie! Are the halos around the highlights because of halation (even with black glass I would guess some light bounces back through) or because of the lens you used? I've never seen a wet plate image with that look before. Very nice.

Jonathan

Thank you Jonathan!

Actually that morning it looked like the crosses were really glowing like that. We got there fairly early in the morning and the cemetery is bordered by trees, the sun just got up over the trees and the light was hitting the crosses and really making them pop! I knew what shot I wanted and was able to make two plates before the light changed.

Needless to say I was extremely happy that the plate captured what it did...

C. D. Keth
8-Sep-2012, 00:19
Perhaps I need to shoot it again :). Learning experiences and all.

Thanks, I need to think about it!

I don't know how often you get it in Georgia, but that scene very early in the morning with frost would be really great looking.

Corran
8-Sep-2012, 07:13
frost

It's funny you say that, as I was taking it I was thinking how cool it would be with snow. I'm about 20 miles from Florida, and it's HOT, almost year-round. The last snow I think was 20 years ago. Anyway, I'll look out for frost...but we'll have to get lucky, probably sometime in January, ha.

C. D. Keth
8-Sep-2012, 10:22
It's funny you say that, as I was taking it I was thinking how cool it would be with snow. I'm about 20 miles from Florida, and it's HOT, almost year-round. The last snow I think was 20 years ago. Anyway, I'll look out for frost...but we'll have to get lucky, probably sometime in January, ha.

Yeah, I know frost is a rare beast there but I know it happens. Patience. :)

Bill Burk
8-Sep-2012, 10:44
A few snaps from a big local cemetery as a storm cleared and the sun was setting. Taken with a new Horseman 6x12 back (thanks Herb!). Perhaps it will be more pleasing to those wanting perfect focus and framing compared to my last post.

As an aside, I don't think I have been at a single cemetery where the gravestones faced the sun as it set. They all face east towards the sunrise. Was this a tradition? I like photographing cemeteries and it seems like every single one of the historic ones I've been to here in the south are like that.

Corran,

I really like this series, especially the first two. Mossy trees are so difficult to photograph and print. But the results are spectacular. I think you should keep at it.

I have a moss/trees/ferns shot that draws a lot of comments from my family and friends, but I'm not 100% happy with. I think my moss is too dark and the light behind is too light.

But I think because it is difficult to capture, it should be something that you work on with Zone System previsualization and processing. Your shots already look great, so if you think they can be better - dig into it.

Corran
8-Sep-2012, 11:29
Thank you!!
I was really inspired simply by shooting 6x12 images rather than 4x5. The format is more suited for the compositions I was thinking/seeing. I am going to continue working this cemetery which is conveniently located across the street from the university I work at and do a series or something.

Rick A
11-Sep-2012, 14:52
80394

Shot this this morning just as the fog was lifting.
Calumet cc-400/Wistar 210
TX@160 souped in Rodinal and printed on Ilford MGIV mat 8x10 then selenium toned

Rick A
13-Sep-2012, 10:29
80440
Slightly later, different section of the cemetary(actually much later, after I was done explaining to the caretaker what I was doing)
Calumet/210 Wistar on TXP@160 Printed 8x10 on Ilford MGIV

Rick A
15-Sep-2012, 08:52
80529






one of these days I'll figure out how to attach larger photos on here.

Ramiro Elena
26-Sep-2012, 10:05
Same place with two different lenses.
Petzval 180mm and Xenar 150mm
Both with an orange filter on Foma100

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/8027053219_4ebe6aa009_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027053219/)
Cementeri de Sitges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027053219/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/8027048938_3cc4229684_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027048938/)
Cementeri de Sitges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027048938/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

jcoldslabs
26-Sep-2012, 12:30
Ramiro,

How do people place flowers at the top? They obviously do, but unless my perspective is off, it looks too high to reach!

They are both nice, but I am partial to the first one.

Jonathan

Ramiro Elena
26-Sep-2012, 13:20
Hahaha... right. There are ladders around for people to use. Most of the visitors are old fragile ladies that hand the flowers to the cemetery keeper. The top nitches are 8 meters high or so.

Ding Gerrous
26-Sep-2012, 14:38
Hello,
I think i better introduce myself first. I'm Ding, a Filipinophotographer based in Paris and been comfortably lurking and enjoying post for quite some time. I guess this amazing thread got me digging through some images i've taken with my crown graphic. Finally something to share! Montmarte Cemetery, Crown graphic with Xenar 135mm. Handheld with a non working rangefinder :-(
81044

Rick A
27-Sep-2012, 13:48
81106

cpercy
27-Sep-2012, 19:10
some old some newer all ageless now.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/8031548232_27f47de87f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8031548232/)
grave stones (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8031548232/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

lajacks
30-Sep-2012, 17:28
Greetings,
I just introduced myself with a posting on the Sept portrait thread.

Tried my hand at 4x5 C-41 for the first time this summer with a couple of images from the Memorial Day flag plantings by the local scouts in the Memphis Veterans Cemetery. The scouts put out 18,000 flags in about 30 min. Cool thing to see.

Shot with a Deardorff 4x5 Special and a 110mm Super Symmar XL on Portra 160. Developed by hand in trays - which was wild...

Best regards,

Scott

81269

81270

Marvin d martian
8-Oct-2012, 01:07
I spent a couple of hours in Overleigh cemetery yesterday. Its a facinating place as its a Victorian cemetery started in 1850. Need to go back with better conditions.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8179/8063086295_a316ba8718_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8063086295/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/8063090441_b9ea3a9974_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8063090441/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/8063082349_e8ba955715_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/8063082349/)

Mart

Jody_S
12-Oct-2012, 07:43
Local cemetery with a significant veterans' area, using the Adlake Special 4x5 box camera with a simple meniscus lens (on Fuji HR-T x-ray), in the rain:

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rariola77
14-Oct-2012, 08:13
http://www.pbase.com/ralyza/image/142563076.jpg
from Calvary Cemetery Queens NY looking at the Manhattan skyline
Kodak Box Brownie

Pat Kearns
1-Dec-2012, 11:19
Mary has gone home. The town of Merrill is long gone all that remains is the Merrill Cemetery.
Tachihara 4x5
TMY
Caltar-IIn 150mm
Slight cropping

mikebarger
1-Dec-2012, 11:57
Nice Pat.

wallrat
1-Dec-2012, 13:26
St. Catherines church & cemetery, Hornitos, CA. Darlot Rapid Hemispherique #1 on Efke 25, Tachihara 4x5.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8078519121_c9ae3fdbae_b.jpg

wallrat
1-Dec-2012, 13:29
Coulterville Cemetery, Coulterville California. Tachihara 4x5, Efke 100, 90mm Caltar II-N MC.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/6831457734_8d49c9cf7e_b.jpg

Randy
2-Dec-2012, 13:02
I have had a fondness for shooting in old cemeteries for many years, since I first got into photography back in the early 70's. These are from two different family cemeteries near my home. All shot on 5X7 FP4 tray processed in HC-110 "H".

Fuji 180mm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/cem1.jpg

Caltar IIN 115mm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/cem2.jpg

Congo 180mm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52893762/cem3.jpg

Corran
28-Dec-2012, 09:27
A statue in the historic Christ Church Cemetery on St. Simon's Island, GA. Schneider 210mm f/5.6 @f/11, TMX100, Rodinal, N+1 development:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Untitled-24s.jpg

MMELVIS
28-Dec-2012, 21:01
A statue in the historic Christ Church Cemetery on St. Simon's Island, GA. Schneider 210mm f/5.6 @f/11, TMX100, Rodinal, N+1 development:


Very nice work with this shot. Your blog has some very interesting shots, the mill shots are very nice. Good to see you were able to get in and get the photos before the place is torn down

Corran
28-Dec-2012, 21:59
Thank you!!

Stephane
30-Dec-2012, 15:21
In Torshavn, Faroe Islands on a rainy day last July (4x5).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8337/8265618154_fa24e38dc7_b.jpg

emh
31-Dec-2012, 09:04
Wellfleet, Cape Cod. From a long time ago...

86305

austin granger
15-Jan-2013, 14:49
Jesus in the Snow, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8383987191_4a97e7653e_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

austin granger
15-Jan-2013, 14:51
A statue in the historic Christ Church Cemetery on St. Simon's Island, GA. Schneider 210mm f/5.6 @f/11, TMX100, Rodinal, N+1 development

Really well done Bryan.

Corran
15-Jan-2013, 16:08
Really well done Bryan.

Thank you! That means a lot coming from someone's work I greatly admire :)

jcoldslabs
15-Jan-2013, 18:32
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8383987191_4a97e7653e_b.jpg

OK, first you post a color photo, and now a cool-toned image. You're rocking my world! ;)

Jonathan

Corran
15-Jan-2013, 19:30
But it suits the subject! Perfect choice of DOF btw Austin.

Jiri Vasina
15-Jan-2013, 23:53
Jesus in the Snow, Portland

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Yeah, Austin, that's very good. Very very good...

Jiri

austin granger
16-Jan-2013, 19:57
OK, first you post a color photo, and now a cool-toned image. You're rocking my world! ;)

Jonathan

Yeah, I'm going off script. Next thing you know it'll be babies in flowerpots, or weimaraners on bicycles.

C. D. Keth
16-Jan-2013, 20:07
Yeah, I'm going off script. Next thing you know it'll be babies in flowerpots, or weimaraners on bicycles.

*sniff sniff* I think I smell baby powder. I do smell baby powder. Are you going to post a pregnant woman with her hands on her stomach in the shape of a heart? Tell the truth...:)

austin granger
16-Jan-2013, 20:10
But it suits the subject! Perfect choice of DOF btw Austin.

Thanks Bryan. I wanted to have the focus fall off at the curve shape halfway up the picture (at the top of the stairs) so that it would have a kind of 'stage-set' feeling. To be honest, I'm not the most scientific of photographers-basically, to achieve this effect I just avoid movements, focus on something very near the front, and then stop down to f32 or f45 and hope for the best.


Yeah, Austin, that's very good. Very very good...

Jiri

Thank you Jiri. You know I admire your own work very much.

austin granger
16-Jan-2013, 20:11
*sniff sniff* I think I smell baby powder. I do smell baby powder. Are you going to post a pregnant woman with her hands on her stomach in the shape of a heart? Tell the truth...:)

I see that somehow you've gotten ahold of my secret archives.

C. D. Keth
16-Jan-2013, 20:19
I see that somehow you've gotten ahold of my secret archives.

I'll never tell.

jcoldslabs
16-Jan-2013, 21:47
....babies in flowerpots, or weimaraners on bicycles.

It is a testament to the "branding" of those photographers because I know just who you mean from the mere description of their usual subjects.

Kind of like how when you mention "a guy who shoots all kinds of vintage cameras, vintage lenses, old films and different subjects without regard to technical perfection" and people immediately think of.....Jim Galli!

Jonathan

lenser
22-Jan-2013, 11:08
Taken in 1967 with my high school's crown graphic. One heck of a windy night which produced those ghostly trails from far away street lights during about a 20 minute exposure.

austin granger
26-Jan-2013, 18:16
Headstones and Shrubs, West Union, Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8417654461_cdd0e25be2_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8417647939_f4a9bdb670_c.jpg

This is the oldest cemetery in Oregon, and is adjacent to the oldest Protestant church still standing west of the Rockies.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Ramiro Elena
27-Jan-2013, 01:43
You and Oregon, it never stops Austin...

Fantastic as usual!

austin granger
27-Jan-2013, 21:14
Thanks Ramiro.

Peter Mounier
5-Feb-2013, 11:18
Santa Margarita Cemetery ...
Sinar P, Schneider Apo Symmar 120mm lens, Acros, Xtol 1:1

http://www.morrobaygiclee.com/SMCemetery_02032013.jpg

Comments or criticism welcome.
Peter

Ed Richards
6-Feb-2013, 07:59
Grand Tete, Louisiana. 90mm, Tmax 100 4x5, breaking storm.
http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b4c-cemeteries/photos/987a.jpg

Peter Mounier
6-Feb-2013, 09:03
That's awesome Ed! Such drama!
That cloud looks familiar though. It's so unusual. I've seen it before. I think someone else must have been out shooting on the same day.

Peter

Ed Richards
6-Feb-2013, 11:24
There are not many people where I was, much less LF folks. But it is a typical Gulf Coast thunderstorm front.

jon.oman
6-Feb-2013, 13:11
Grand Tete, Louisiana. 90mm, Tmax 100 4x5, breaking storm.
http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b4c-cemeteries/photos/987a.jpg

Very nice! The clouds work well with this subject.....

Gekko18
10-Feb-2013, 07:58
Very nice! The clouds work well with this subject.....

I'm agree with you

Gekko18

drew.saunders
20-Feb-2013, 10:24
Mt. Hope Cemetery, Pescadero, CA. Same shot, same lens (new-to-me 1976 Schneider 135/5.6 Symmar-S), Delta 100 vs. Efke IR820C Aura (with a Lee IR filter).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8491663756_ec4ee3609c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/8491663756/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8491663546_6017f71649_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/8491663546/)

austin granger
27-Feb-2013, 11:35
Jesus, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8511045556_0b6601ec5b_c.jpg

I think of this as more of a portrait than a cemetery shot, but I'm not sure if it's worth arguing the point so here it is.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Andrew O'Neill
1-Mar-2013, 10:29
Drew, the IR version kicks ass.

Sbode
2-Mar-2013, 15:51
Photos taken in Council Bluffs IA and Omaha NE and Charleston SC.

Ed Richards
21-Mar-2013, 18:52
Biloxi National Cemetery, Ebony 45SU, Sironar 150mm W, Tmy-2

http://www.epr-art.com/working/2692.jpg

Corran
21-Mar-2013, 20:19
Very nice Ed...is the location significant for you?
My grandfather, and one of my biggest influences in my younger years, is buried at Biloxi National.

Ed Richards
22-Mar-2013, 05:36
I do not have a personal tie to the Biloxi cemetery, but I am in Biloxi occasionally and always try to go by and shoot. I am generally interested in the national cemeteries. I find them moving, but have yet to get shots that I am really happy with. Biloxi is challenging because a lot of it is white sand and the marble stones are very light and have subtle toning. The overcast sky helped, but I am still learning how to best deal with flat light.

PennineT
29-Apr-2013, 00:15
MPP mkVll Angulon 90mm f22 @1/15th sec / FP5 in D76

I have found the right place for this now

Enjoying using my MPP mkVll Angulon 90mm f22 @1/15th sec / FP5 in D76; when filling my developing tank I got the quantities of developer wrong and started the first few minutes with 500ml in rather than 1000ml but its all part of the relearning about film and I'm liking it a lot

Tony94234

ndg
2-May-2013, 18:59
Shot on Arista-Edu RC 8x10 paper, Fuji 250mm f6.7 lens at f32, 2s

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pics/img683b.jpg

The Cemetery at Pisgah Presbyterian Church, Jessamine County, KY

welly
26-May-2013, 05:07
Not exactly a graveyard or cemetery but they looked like tombstones to me so I thought I'd post it here.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24681282/images/2013-May-26--21-43-11.jpg

Acros 100 in DD-X, Nikkor-W 150mm, Toyo 45AX

alanbutler57
26-May-2013, 06:28
Scottsville, TX
Speed Graphic, Gundlach Portrait Petzval 9", wide open <5, Ilford Ortho
95783

austin granger
21-Nov-2013, 11:20
Autumn, West Union, Oregon
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/10981630616_7ca15e72ba_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Peter Mounier
21-Nov-2013, 11:28
No dead leaves permitted in the cemetery. They will be cremated.

Nice shot.

djdister
21-Nov-2013, 20:26
I've got a few in this category:

105118
The Adams Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Stanford White, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.
360mm Apo-Ronar, wide open

105119
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
305mm Kodak Portrait lens

105120
St Mary's Church, Newport, MD
9" Verito lens

105121
Riverside Cemetery, Champlain Canal, NY
9" Verito lens

djdister
17-Feb-2014, 19:19
Not a new shot, but seasonally appropriate nonetheless.

Snow Angel, Denver, CO, 1986
5x7 Tri-X
Ansco 5x7 w/240mm Schneider Xenar lens

110660

Andrew O'Neill
17-Feb-2014, 20:26
St. Nicholas Cemetery, Sasktachewan. HP5 4x5.


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stradibarrius
9-Mar-2014, 14:23
111878111879The "Old Baptist Cemetery" Monroe, GA
Sinar F2, Nikon 300mm, Tmax 400 Pyrocat HP

Ray Heath
9-Mar-2014, 15:35
G'day all

Great images, my kind of subject matter.

111884

111885

111886

111887

Paper neg scans of images captured on very outdated Ilford FB grade 3 in a home made simple lens sliding box 8x10 camera.

PETR SVORADA
2-May-2014, 06:12
Angel who lost his head Horseman 6x9, lens SCHNEIDER 135mm, fim Kodak t-max 100asa114724

Peter Spangenberg
2-May-2014, 07:25
These are 4x5 platinum prints mounted on handmade paper(s). Photos are all from Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland:
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djdister
2-May-2014, 07:30
These are 4x5 platinum prints mounted on handmade paper(s). Photos are all from Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland:


Very nice and beautiful presentation!

Peter Spangenberg
2-May-2014, 08:15
Thanks Dan. Glad you like them.

PETR SVORADA
2-May-2014, 11:46
Angel who lost his head Horseman 6x9, lens SCHNEIDER 150mm, film Kodak t-max 100 ASA
114724

gene LaFord
3-May-2014, 10:18
A cemetery on Block Island, RI taken this past autumn.
Raji 5x7
Goerz 240mm f9 RD Apo Artar
Ilford HP5+ in PMK Pyro

Peter Spangenberg
3-Jun-2014, 18:21
Here's another from Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland. This is a bronze sculpture by Herman Matzen c. 1924:
116239
4x5 Deardorff
240 G Claron
Tri-X in HC-110
Pt/Pd Print

Alessandro Bocchi
1-Sep-2014, 04:58
London - England - Highgate East Cemetery

- Camera: CHAMONIX 45-N2
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 135 1:5.6 Convertible
- Filter: N/A
- Exposure: N/A
- Film: ILFORD FP4 - 125 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: KODAK HC-110 - Dilution H (1+63) - 8 minutes at 23° C
- Stop: ILFORD ILFO STOP
- Fixer: ILFORD RAPID FIXER
- Lightmeter: Gossen Lunasix 3 reading the incident light
- Lightning: Ambient light only

- Scanner: EPSON V700 and EPSON Scan 3.81
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3835/14912102920_3185c15277_b.jpg

Pete Watkins
1-Sep-2014, 06:04
Alessandro,
How the heck did you manage to get a tripod into Highgate cemetery? I've always understood that for some stupid reason (they're hardly lightly to disturb the inmates) that tripods are banned in a big way.
Well done.
Pete

stradibarrius
1-Sep-2014, 06:30
Beautiful composition!

Here's another from Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland. This is a bronze sculpture by Herman Matzen c. 1924:
116239
4x5 Deardorff
240 G Claron
Tri-X in HC-110
Pt/Pd Print

pierre506
1-Sep-2014, 08:06
Terracotta models of soldiers and cavalry buried in the tomb of the Emperor Qin dynasty (B.C. 200)

FUJI 100C45
121028

Alessandro Bocchi
1-Sep-2014, 12:22
Hello Pete. Thank you for your comment. I really appreciate comments on my pictures. Comments and also critique to improve my taste for photography and to lear from mistake. Anyway i was really welcome to Highgate Cemetery. I mean all the person that take care of that place saw me with my camera and comes to talk with my while i was trying to setup the camera and compose the picture. Everyone of them ask me about the camera but with curiosity and passion. I had no problem there. But i had more problems in the "More London" area, where the security stop me from taking a picture two times.


Alessandro,
How the heck did you manage to get a tripod into Highgate cemetery? I've always understood that for some stupid reason (they're hardly lightly to disturb the inmates) that tripods are banned in a big way.
Well done.
Pete