Large Format Landscapes

[dasBlute]

Sam:
>"Nice! I've never thought of Capitola as an empty beach.
>Usually there's siclone and sting bikinis running rampant
>everywhere during the summer"
thanks Sam - well, probably not at dawn
Technically, this is New Brighton beach but it's
Capitola to me <grin>

Robert:
> That's the stretch-iest 4x5 I've seen all week!
> Anamorphic lens, huh?
Nah, just a crop, not alot going on in the
sky that morning;

[Ken Cravillion]

Jiri, lovely image. My opinion it doesn't need color. Perfect!

Thanks for the comments on mine too.

[Jiri Vasina]

Sunflower landscape

Chamonix 5×8″, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm, 5×8″, Adox CHS 25, Rodinal.

[csant]

Summertime…



Charten 5x7, Goerz Dagor 1:6.8 6˝ inch, Fomapan 100. R09 1:40, 8 min @ 20°C.

[Jan Pedersen]

8x10 210 Dagor, TMY and Lodima/Amidol.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone...

A recent image...

jim k


Near Dusk, South Southwest of Ptarmigan Cirque, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, 2009

[Ulrich Drolshagen]

Isle of Skye, Trotternish coast

4x5, Apo-Ronar f9/360mm, D100 in D76 1+1

[h2oman]

Nice shot, Jim - excellent layers and diagonals.

Jiri - I love both sunflower shots. Your pastoral landscapes have inspired me, and I tried to emulate your style this morning. The result is not worth posting!

Here's a shot from a place I discovered about a week ago. I bungled the shot then, but a couple nights ago things were looking promising for some fantastic light and clouds. Well, they materialized, but I wasn't there! I got away from the house a little late, stopped on the way to talk to someone I hadn't seen in a couple months, then couldn't find this spot! I ended up at a poor substitute, tried to make it work, and never even tripped the shutter... I went back last night in far less optimal conditions, to make sure I could find the place next good opportunity!

Osaka 4x5, Sironar-N 150mm, 2 second exposure

[Blueberrydesk]

Another beautiful shot, Gregg! Love the gradations in the water.

[Jiri Vasina]

Gregg (? - h2oman), keep trying, the right shot will eventually come through. Though, the landscape here around me helps quite a lot, it's rather calm, without drama (usually). Even the pre-storm cloudy skies, the only thing that can add dramatic atmosphere, are not that common. To me, the landscape really speaks of calmness and serenity by itself - as I try to show in this portfolio.

And second reason, I have enough stress and adrenalin in my day job (and while surviving the activities of my small children), so I try to find relaxation and calmness when I'm out photographing (and when I look at photos, too).

I think the quality and mood of photos you capture has a lot to do with the mood and way of life you lead (or what you miss in it)...

Jiri