Post Your Waterfalls

[thart2009]

Little Lyons Falls, Ohio
LF Newbie, but learning from you all...
Crown Grafic Special 4x5
Efke IR820 infrared w/filter. About a 2 1/2 minute exposure @ f32.
Rodinal 1-25

[Richard M. Coda]

Arizona Falls
Arca Swiss
4x5 Velvia
Fuji 210W

From behind one of the spouts looking at Indian School Rd. in Phoenix.

[Gary L. Quay]

Wahkeena Falls, Columbia Gorge, Oregon.



Camera: Deardorff V8 with 5x7 back
Lens: 300mm Nikkor W.
Film: Ilford FP4+ Developed in Kodak Xtol

[dperez]

Marymere Falls, Olympic National Park, WA
Arca-Swiss 4x5, Provia 100F QL

This was the 4x5 image that convinced me I had made the right decision by breaking down and buying a LF camera. It's a bit underexposed, but on the light table it looks fine, and I just love it. I'm not sure how I would have done it differently in the same light conditions without blowing out the waterfall. I guess one of those specialty Grad NDs would do the trick. But I think its just a matter of time of day. If I was there a little earlier in the morning I most likely would have been able to brighten the scene up a bit without losing too much in the water. Good times though.

[Scott --]

Posted under the "Water's Edge" thread, but fits here, too:



Cropped a little from 4x10. Seneca Improved, Sironar-N MC 210/5.6, Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H.

[adamsih300u]

If I attached it right, this is the Salmon River Falls near Pulaski, NY. I took this last year with my Kodak Recomar 33 9x12cm camera. It was one of my first, definitely not perfect, but I was learning both the camera and development process 'in the dark' at the time.

[sanking]

White Water Falls, North Carolina
5X7 Nagaoka, 210 Dagor
FP4+

Sandy King

[cdholden]

Sandy,
Nice shot!
I've seen it suggested that higher contrast images make for the better examples of carbon printing. I think the overhanging tree and all the leaves in this image would make an interesting texture in a carbon print. How do you feel this image rates overall as a "go/no-go" choice for carbon printing?
This is the type of photo that I would be interested in printing when I finally get past the reading phase of learning this medium.
Thanks.
Chris

White Water Falls, North Carolina
5X7 Nagaoka, 210 Dagor
FP4+

Sandy King

[sanking]

Sandy,
Nice shot!
I've seen it suggested that higher contrast images make for the better examples of carbon printing. I think the overhanging tree and all the leaves in this image would make an interesting texture in a carbon print. How do you feel this image rates overall as a "go/no-go" choice for carbon printing?
This is the type of photo that I would be interested in printing when I finally get past the reading phase of learning this medium.
Thanks.
Chris

Chris,

This would make a very interesting carbon print because of the detail of the leaves. The challenge with printing this image in carbon is in hitting exposure just right so you keep some texture in the delicate highlights of the water itself. The challenge with carbon is that you are working with a straight line process with absolutely no shouldering in the highlights, so there is zero tolerance for exposure in the highest highlight. Too little exposure and the highlights are bald, too much and they are dull.

On the other hand, an image like this is a piece of cake to print in palladium.

Sandy

[jim kitchen]

Dear Sandy,

It's nice to see your images...

A fabulous image with wonderful tones.

Nicely done.

jim k