Large Format Landscapes

[StoneNYC]

That's a beautiful photo.

To each his own though. I hate Ektar - shooting and scanning it just doesn't work for me. I have better luck with slides and tweaking my development if needed to not get quite so deep shadows/density.

Yea same with me, CN film scans horribly on my Epson V-750 ... Like it's awful! E-6 is way easier to scan for me so long as the exposure is right in the first place.

[Corran]

Stone, you have to go after it with a lot of color correction tools. And for what it's worth ColorPerfect didn't do anything for me. But I prefer the scans (and ease of scanning, if exposed well) from Velvia, is what I'm saying.

[ALVANDI Camera]

Dolomites 2 by Fredrick D. Fjeldsbø, on Flickr

Very beatiful, Fredrick

[ALVANDI Camera]

Another morning. It should have been an holiday vacation, but I got up at 3:30 AM nearly every morning. Could not sleep while I was knowing that these colours show up on the other side of the curtain.

Tachihara 4x5, Ektar 100, 75mm Super Angulon, Drumscanner. I did NOT amp up the colour! Only RAW Scan and contrast after inverting with ColorNeg Plugin.


Bornholm 6 von sdzsdz auf Flickr

Amazing

[ALVANDI Camera]

Sinar 4x5, Schneider 180mm
Velvia RVP50, Tetenal E6

Amazing Vitality, I like it

[Harley Goldman]

That's a beautiful photo.

To each his own though. I hate Ektar - shooting and scanning it just doesn't work for me. I have better luck with slides and tweaking my development if needed to not get quite so deep shadows/density.

Same here. I have tried it. 80% of the time, I find it has a weird color cast that all my Photoshop tricks can't purge from a scan. I have not had good luck with the Kodak films.

[swmcl]

Would it be too much to assume when people talk about 'Velvia' they are talking of the original 50 ASA version? There are a number of Velvia variants out there and I am of the opinion that being more specific might be more helpful for people referring to this thread in the future.

I believe the 100 version is a more forgiving film ?

:-)

[Corran]

I use both 50 and 100 speed versions of Velvia.

Of course there is also the 100 vs. 100F, and "old" 50 vs. "new" 50!

[alexn]

I use the old 50, new 50 and 100. I find 100 more forgiving, the old 50 has the best reds, new 50 has the best greens and all of them have too much contrast for a lot of different situations (for the way I shoot) I have a few mates and know of a hell of a lot of people who shoot velvia and just make it sing, for me, I need a couple of extra stops in harsh light to make an image worth showing.. I love velvia, in all its speeds (except 100F, if I wanted to shoot 100F I'd shoot Provia) but it is definitely not my first choice for a landscape film. WHEN the lighting is right for it, nothing else comes close....

[alexn]

I've been obsessing for a year or two, searching for a jetty with a strong underside... Clean, bold, symmetrical.

On a family holiday during the week I found exactly what I had been hoping for.

For this image, knowing exactly what I wanted to achieve, I was relentless under the dark cloth, I moved the tripod time and time again to get everything lined up just as I wanted it. I spent more time looking at the ground glass for this particular image than I ever have on any other image I've made with large format. Once I had my symmetry and focus nailed I metered a couple of times to be sure I'd get what I wanted and once I was finally happy, after implementing two grad filters to bring the tones down to where I wanted them. I exposed my sheet of Fomapan 100. This was the last sheet of 6 that I took on my trip... I had one shot to get it right. One shot to make the image I had been hoping to make for nearly a year... I am very happy to say I think I pulled it off...

Really interested on hearing some constructive criticisms on this please everyone. I am very happy with this, and consider it perhaps my best B/W neg to date.

"Strength"


Fomapan 100 @ 100
Chamonix 045N-2
210mm f/5.6
40sec @ f/32
Dev: Rodinal 1:100, 50min, No Agitation, 20°C