Large Format Landscapes

[Bill Poole]

Lovely, Paul. My wife and I were lucky to get to Cape Perpetua maybe 15 years ago. A magical place, and your photo captures the magic. Wonderful work.

[Peter De Smidt]

Paul, that has a wonderful feeling of soft light.

[kenj8246]

Love this shot, Paul. I have some Bergger Pan in 4X5. Planning to shoot some out in Big Bend NP in the next day or so.

[paulbarden]

Lovely, Paul. My wife and I were lucky to get to Cape Perpetua maybe 15 years ago. A magical place, and your photo captures the magic. Wonderful work.

That's very kind of you to say, Bill - thank you. That forest is a remarkable place, yes. I was especially aware of how quiet it is when you get up into the old growth section of the forest. It was almost spooky.

Paul, that has a wonderful feeling of soft light.

Thanks Peter, I think so too. I get the distinct impression that these subtle values in the upper range are especially well presented when the Pancro 400 is processed in BER49. Last year I used Rodinal exclusively for this film, and now that I've used BER49 for a while, I think I did myself a disservice using the Rodinal :-(

Love this shot, Paul. I have some Bergger Pan in 4X5. Planning to shoot some out in Big Bend NP in the next day or so.

Thanks, Ken! Is this your first time working with the Pancro 400? I would recommend using the Bergger developers with it to get the best from it, or a Pyro developer, if that's your thing. For this film, I think Rodinal is a poor choice; it seems to result in too harsh a rendering.

[jon.oman]

Cape Perpetua old growth forest, on Bergger Pancro 400 processed in BER49 stock solution.
Wide Field Ektar on the Deardorff.



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Very nice! It seems to glow....

[chassis]

Cape Perpetua old growth forest, on Bergger Pancro 400 processed in BER49 stock solution.
Wide Field Ektar on the Deardorff.



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Remarkable, Jon. Among the best images of this thread, in my view.

[Corran]

Went out shooting today with fellow LF users esearing and Kerosene Hat. Shot all of one sheet before the tripod mount decided to strip out on me. Have to fix that now.

Anyway...another try with soft focus. Wehman UL 8x10, 8 3/4 Verito at f/5.6, Fuji HRT x-ray film, Rodinal 1:100 for 4 minutes at 75F:

[esearing]

Corran that soft focus makes me dizzy but the effect is very interesting. It was a fun outing sharing images and the field trip; even with the broken mounts, broken film holders, wasted film, ticks, and leeches. I am assuming you stayed up late to get this out. Get out of the darkroom and take your lovely wife out to one of the wineries this afternoon. Kaya is my favorite so far (take a small pano camera if you must).

[Corran]

Yeah it's a little different! I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Might try printing it. The Verito goes swirly on 8x10 because it's not really designed for that large a format. I also need to try shooting one of my faster lenses at around f/8 to give a uniformly "soft" (out of focus) look with a sharp focus point. Would be a good comparison point. I have a Fujinar 25cm f/4.5 for instance.

I'm always up late . We might drive up in the mountains this afternoon. I've been driving past Kaya a lot going up to Raven Cliffs, but I haven't gone there. Might go ahead and drop in. I want to shoot in the vineyards though .

[paulbarden]

Yeah it's a little different! I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Might try printing it. The Verito goes swirly on 8x10 because it's not really designed for that large a format. I also need to try shooting one of my faster lenses at around f/8 to give a uniformly "soft" (out of focus) look with a sharp focus point. Would be a good comparison point. I have a Fujinar 25cm f/4.5 for instance.

I'm always up late . We might drive up in the mountains this afternoon. I've been driving past Kaya a lot going up to Raven Cliffs, but I haven't gone there. Might go ahead and drop in. I want to shoot in the vineyards though .

I think it’s fantastic! I’d be thrilled if it were my image.