Large Format Landscapes

[Darren H]

Upper Young Lake, Yosemite National Park




Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150mm f/5.6 (I think), Fuji Provia 100F

Going back a couple years, it was really a couple prints from Charles Cramer at Young Lakes that ultimately persuaded me to even try Large Format. Getting up there in July was a real treat for me.

Very well done. Excellent location and light. Well captured.

[Andrew ren]

57 tmax.

[Hovmod]

Stopped on the way to work yesterday:

Sinar, Symmar210, efke25 in Rodinal.

[D. Bryant]

Hi Don,

Thanks for the comment

I do vascillate over this manner of presentation. But seeing as I decided to present the images this way on my website, its easier to just link to those images using [IMG] tags. Apologies if its distracting. I trust you still derived a *little* enjoyment from my images...

Regards

Yes I looked at your website and wonder why you use the frames there. I think that yours as well as other websites that use frames simply weaken the impact of the photography. In fact I think the frames just make the whole presentation look hoakey <sp?>. So much so I loose interest in looking at the photos.

Sorry to be so negative but that's my gut reaction to this kind of presentation.

Don

[seabird]

Yes I looked at your website and wonder why you use the frames there. I think that yours as well as other websites that use frames simply weaken the impact of the photography. In fact I think the frames just make the whole presentation look hoakey <sp?>. So much so I loose interest in looking at the photos.

Sorry to be so negative but that's my gut reaction to this kind of presentation.

Don

No problem Don, thanks for the feedback

Regards

[jim kitchen]

Dear seabird,

I use to frame my internet images too, and I often wondered why I stopped...

For the moment, it is definitely too much work, but I would create the frame in PS, just to see what the final image might look like as a framed product, since this frame structure represents my framing material, except for the colour. The frame has a light silver and gold leaf tone to it, and the black inner bevel is cotton covered, which extends about one inch wide from the edge of the outer frame. I have framed my images this way for many, many years.

If you want my PS file, just let me know...

jim k

Morning Fog, Long Beach, West Coast Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 1985

[JRFrench]

Having a play with a new lens (180mm Commercial Congo). The film holder leaked a bit through the slot (forgot my darkcloth so couldn't shield it effectively) but I don't mind the effect.

[Tri Tran]

Gallatin River, Montana.

[MumbleyJoe]

Have you considered using a split neutral density filter to moderate the exposure latitude?

I do occasionally use one and a modest 1 or maybe 2 stops here probably could have helped without flattening the scene. I would have liked to preserve a little hint of color in the sky, but after looking at the slide this weekend on a light-table I think I burned it out completely. Live and learn I guess, it's certainly not my first less-than-optimal large format shot, and surely won't be my last.

[bgh]

Stopped on the way to work yesterday:

Sinar, Symmar210, efke25 in Rodinal.

What a nice commute!