Greetings from Thuringia

**phaedrus** · 21-Jul-2006, 10:38

Hi all!
I've been using my first 4x5 field camera for all of two weeks, I've already received good advice on these forums, it's about time I introduced myself. I'm a 42 year old ophthalmologist from Germany, live, work and photograph in Thuringia. That's a rather central state of Germany with lots of history (Bach, Luther, Goethe and Schiller left their marks here) and nature (the "Thüringer Wald" is a wooded range of middling mountains). My 13 year old son brought me into large format photography. When we were doing our photographic ramblings together, he was using a 50 years old Linhof Technika and I a Canon DSLR. Well, that one is sold and I got an Ebony with a Fujinon f/9.0 180 mm lens.
Here are some of my first results.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/forest_light
Feeling excited to be at the beginning of a new creative way.
Christoph

**Steve H** · 21-Jul-2006, 10:40

Christoph,
Welcome ! Some very nice images you have there as well.

**Ron Marshall** · 21-Jul-2006, 12:16

Welcome to LF. Wonderful images, much better than my first attempts.

Your son is lucky to start LF at such a young age.

**Capocheny** · 21-Jul-2006, 13:28

Christoph,

Welcome to the club... you're onto a great start!

Nice images.

Cheers

**Ralph Barker** · 21-Jul-2006, 15:42

Welcome to the forum, Christoph.

**matthew blais** · 21-Jul-2006, 16:51

Welcome..and a fan of Robert Pirsig perhaps??
Matt

**phaedrus** · 21-Jul-2006, 18:14

Tanks to all for the warm welcome and appreciative look at my photographs. Matthew, you hit the nail on the head!
Christoph

**Brian Ellis** · 22-Jul-2006, 09:27

Could you convince your son to participate here? I'd certainly be very interested in anything a 13 year old boy who uses a Linhof Technika has to say. But with or without him, thanks for the introduction and good luck with your new camera.

**Ole Tjugen** · 22-Jul-2006, 12:39

Christoph,

it looks as if we have similar interests...

http://www.bruraholo.no/bilder/skog-norm.jpg

**phaedrus** · 22-Jul-2006, 13:27

Brian, I'll talk to him about it, I guess he won't need much encouragement. If he writes as much about photography as he talks about it, you're in for something.
Ole, a beautiful photo that I whish I had had the opportunity and skill to take. Very much my subject matter!
Christoph