LF Gathering: Alabama Hills, CA May 15-17

[seabee1999]

Wow Dave nice photos..sorry I don't have more to say lol...how did you maintain a very nice detail in the sky? Did you use a grad filter at all?

Thank you. Sorry, no grad filter was used. I can share with you what all I did and hopefully that will help. The film I used was Ilford FP4 shot at ISO 50. I metered the highlights and shadows to find a middle exposure. I then used a stacked yellow/polarizing filter and used the Reciprocity Timer to find the correct exposure for the adjustment. When I returned home, I found the developing times for Ilford in Rodinal 1:25 and lowered the time from 9:00 min to 7:45 min. I think the thing that helped me most was that I kind of remember the shadow and highlights in the scenes being within a 5 stop range.

I hope this is a help to you.

R/
Dave

[Andre Noble]

Nice shot. Including the road gives the eye something to follow and provides scale for the huge mtns in background.

[ScottPhotoCo]

First six sheets of film processed and drying. The good news is that there is an image on the film. Whether it's worth keeping is yet to be seen...

[Paul Cunningham]

I ended up shooting just one frame here, in which I believe I neglected to compensate for my red filter. I did shoot quite a bit at Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, which I'll probably put in the "post your trees " thread.

[ScottPhotoCo]

Well, it's official. I am still NOT a landscape photographer. Learning with each effort but still nothing that I find satisfactory.

These two images are the only ones to survive the cut from the 4x5 images made.

Alabama Hills, CA by Tim Scott, on Flickr

This one broke a lot of "rules" including, but not limited to shooting directly into the sun. And I'm cool with that.
Alabama Hills, CA by Tim Scott, on Flickr

[seabee1999]

Well, it's official. I am still NOT a landscape photographer. Learning with each effort but still nothing that I find satisfactory.

These two images are the only ones to survive the cut from the 4x5 images made.

Alabama Hills, CA by Tim Scott, on Flickr

This one broke a lot of "rules" including, but not limited to shooting directly into the sun. And I'm cool with that.
Alabama Hills, CA by Tim Scott, on Flickr

Great captures Tim. I am more drawn to your first one. You caught some fantastic details and textures as well as the smoothness of the sky. These elements provide a a wonderful viewing tension that is great to see. I do find the ghosting of the second one cool but I still dig the first one.

R/
Dave

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Tim and Dave, great images. I like all of the shots posted by everyone. The sky and light were nice that weekend. For me and the 11 x 14 it was a bit windy. Still I managed four images I think. May try to develop them this weekend.

[Andre Noble]

Great Landscapes Tim.

[axs810]

Scottphotoco- what paper did you print those on? I love that kind of cream tone to the images

[ScottPhotoCo]

Great captures Tim. I am more drawn to your first one. You caught some fantastic details and textures as well as the smoothness of the sky. These elements provide a a wonderful viewing tension that is great to see. I do find the ghosting of the second one cool but I still dig the first one.

R/
Dave

Thank you for the feedback Dave. Always learning with every effort!

Tim and Dave, great images. I like all of the shots posted by everyone. The sky and light were nice that weekend. For me and the 11 x 14 it was a bit windy. Still I managed four images I think. May try to develop them this weekend.

Looking forward to seeing what you captured!

Great Landscapes Tim.

Thank you Andre!