There's a learning curve to large format photography, isn't there? I'd love to see the first shot you were really happy with. I've only been doing LF photography since 2003 or 2004 so I'm a relative newbie. I'm sure there are folks here with much older pictures than mine.
This shot from 2004 was the first one that made me say "Yes! Success! This is why I'm doing this. This is why I'm lugging all this heavy, cumbersome gear up and down the mountains." I was thrilled when I got this transparency back from the lab.
This picture comes from Petroleum Lake high in the Colorado Rockies. It took me at least 30 minutes to set up this shot, I was quite new to using camera movements and I used front and rear tilt for this. EDIT: At the time, I was using a ball head with a 4x5 camera and really struggling with it.
Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 75/4.5, Velvia 50.
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