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I like this - not easy to get an attractive image from such a mundane subject

Not sure if this 'urban landscape' or just 'landscape' but it's got buildings in it so I posted it here.

This is a composite of two exposures taken about 20mins apart as the good sky had...

No, it's nothing like 7kgs when empty. It only weighs about 9-10kgs when full of gear.

I carry the tripod in separate bag which goes over the other shoulder. Keeps me reasonably well balanced if a...

I've recently bought a Lowepro 650 AW shoulder bag to carry my arca about in. I decided against a backpack as I'll mainly be in cities and not walking all that far from the car. It's a big bag and is...

Thanks for the encouragement Thomas, it means a lot coming from you. These were my first photos and one of the main inspirations I had when I decided I wanted to have a go at this was your work. My...

Slight better version of the third image. I let some of the shadow detail go to preserve the contrast

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My first photos with my new Arca F-Line 4x5. All shot on Ektar and scanned on a canon 9950f. Comments and criticism welcome.

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I've seen the bag but I didn't have the camera with me to try it. The bag is large enough to stand the camera upright with the ground glass flat against one end and if I put both standards onto one...

I'm pretty much set on a shoulder bag at the moment as I only intend to go short distances - no wilderness hiking.

I'm thinking of buying one these to carry my Arca F Line and want to divide the bag into two side-by-side sections, ie, I'll need a divider than spans the 9.6" (bag depth according to the specs) from...

full marks -it is indeed Ashness Bridge, I've just checked on Google.

yes, don't ask me why though.

same story as the one above really except this time it's somewhere in Scotland (I think)

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I took this years ago and can't remember many details. It's somewhere in the English Lake District taken with an MPP 4x5 on Velvia

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One of my very first 4x5 shots taken with an old MPP technical camera.

Manchester Town Hall, UK.

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Yes, I'll have to get them professionally scanned as I haven't got my own scanner yet. I need to find somewhere in the UK that can do drum scans for reasonable money.

I plan to get a decent flat...

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll start with some Portra and see how it goes.

I did consider Astia and would like to give a try at some point but it's hard to find in the UK for some reason. Velvia and Provia, on the other hand, are both readily available and I think i'd opt...

I should be taking delivery of my first 4x5 camera tomorrow (Arca F Classic :D ) and now have to decide what film to start shooting with. My main interest is in photographing cityscapes / buildings...

Thanks for the tip about Peter Walnes, he's quite a bit cheaper than anywhere else I've seen

cheers, I think the message is.........get bag bellows.

Thanks Rick, there's one or two up for auction on US ebay at the moment but the shipping costs to the UK are very high. On the UK ebay site, they're all 'buy-it-now' for around £70/$100 - I can get a...

Thanks Francisco, that's pretty much what I suspected and I'm trying to find a camera that already has wide bellows fitted but there's not many for sale compared with those that come with standard...

I'm looking around for my first 4x5 camera at the moment and will probably get either a Sinar F1/F2 or a Horseman L. I've got a Caltar 90mm f6.8 on the way and I'm unsure whether wide angle bellows...

Thanks for that one, I'd not heard of his work. Looks broadly similar to the work of Michael Light who's 'Bingham Mine/Garfield Stack' book I got last week. Some stunning photos of huge quarries if...

Thanks for all the suggestions - there's some very nice work there that I hadn't come across before. Here's some more that haven't been mentioned yet;

Nadav Kander - no book yet but one due I...

Another two superb photographers I've come across are Alexander Gronsky and Scott Conarroe but, sadly, they haven't yet published any books.

Ah yes, I'd forgotten about Cape Light. I also have Aftermath on my wish list but I'm strangely reluctant to actually buy it because, to be honest, I think I'll find the content pretty depressing.
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Wow, yes - Delsaux, Garbasz, Lenkkeri are definitely the type of photographers I like. Todd Hido I forgot to mention in my list, I'm aware of him but 'Househunting' is one of those titles that's...

I've recently become interested in fine art photography and have been buying books over the past couple of months. I'm primarily drawn to works produced using large format cameras and featuring...