Very well done, Eliverto.
Very well done, Eliverto.
Here is a set of images of a familiar scene using three emulsions, (Nathan Lane glass plate, Ilford Ortho Plus, Ilford FP4 Plus, 4 by 5 format) for the sake of comparison. This is a repeated scene of a Stephen N. Leek photo taken around 1920. Leek's image, as a negative, can be seen here
http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/l...~74&mi=0&trs=1
and here it is as a positive
The original image, courtesy of the American Heritage Center, U of Wyoming, is very similar to Ansel Adam's scene "Tetons and the Snake River", taken in 1942. Adam's image has a wider angle of view, and his standpoint was about 5 feet to the left of where Leek (and I) stood, and probably 6 feet higher, as he often stood on the roof of his truck. Adam's scene was probably from mid-summer (early July). S. N. Leek's was likely earlier in the year, and mine matches the snow cover in his scene closely.
My series dates from May 30, 2018. A several-day storm had just ended, and there was some lingering humidity in the air. I used a yellow (#8) filter with the FP4 film, and a 150 mm S-K Symmar f5.6 lens. The full negative covers about the same as what Adam's photo does, the Leek and Adam's image centers differ somewhat; I was not trying to repeat Adam's scene, my scene is centered on Leek's.
I printed these on Ilford MGIV Deluxe Glossy, using #2 filter, and about a 1/2-stop burn-in of the background, so nothing dramatic during printing. Tree growth since the 1920's and 40's has obscured some of the foreground.
Although Leek used glass plates into the early 1930's, I think his post-1912 (roughly) images were probably on a panchromatic emulsion. I have re-taken many of his scenes, using the two Ilford films mentioned above, and the older ones have the ortho look. Leek, among many things, was a hunting guide, and one of his clients was George Eastman. Eastman helped him get started in photography, and his earliest images are from around the late 1890's. The Jackson Hole area was quite remote with very few people then, and it is remarkable how many fine images Leek took via horseback in rough terrain. This one was probably an easy one for him.
Lane Glass plate
Ilford Ortho Plus
Ilford FP4 Plus
Comments welcome.
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Milford Sound. 5x7 Delta 100 in D23, 210mm Sironar S.
David Cary
www.milfordguide.nz
Excellent, David!
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Wow, that's a fine looking landscape, David.
Les
Wonderful, David!
It takes me back to when I was on the Routeburn Track, winter of 1975. Just tramped from the Milford Sound Road to Lake MacKensie (with a night at Lake Howden on the way) and back. Some snow while at Mackensie...the light of your image reminds me of it. Sure wish I was into photography back then. It was a bit chilly.
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
Thanks for the comments. It's a fairly standard view but the light is nice and LF always does it best for me.
David Cary
www.milfordguide.nz
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