Large Format Landscapes

[jesse]

Randy, Pali, and Stone, thanks for the comments on the Beartooth image.

Another image taken on my recent foray into Yellowstone. I am attempting scanning with my Epson V750 and am having mediocre results. I realize scanning is certainly not one of my strong points. Nevertheless, here is my second image from my trip. This one is in Hayden Valley during an extremely foggy morning. Made with my Ebony 8x10 with my Kowa-Graphic 210 on Provia. This is one of several I took as the fog rolled in and out of the scene.

This is nice Jim.

[Pali K]

Randy, Pali, and Stone, thanks for the comments on the Beartooth image.

Another image taken on my recent foray into Yellowstone. I am attempting scanning with my Epson V750 and am having mediocre results. I realize scanning is certainly not one of my strong points. Nevertheless, here is my second image from my trip. This one is in Hayden Valley during an extremely foggy morning. Made with my Ebony 8x10 with my Kowa-Graphic 210 on Provia. This is one of several I took as the fog rolled in and out of the scene.

Jim - I am fan already. Please keep these coming - really really amazing work!

BTW, I totally feel your struggle with the scan. Though my slides are no where as beautiful as yours, I could never feel happy with my Epson v700 scans. I bought a calibration slide which made a huge different but I later bought a drum scanner and the difference in is unbelievable. If you haven't yet, you should get yours drum scanned especially these last two that you posted here.

Pali

[Harley Goldman]

I like the image, although I am seeing a strong blue color cast. Do you have any calibration targets in the films you use? That can help a lot.

[bbuszard]

I've just returned from a trip to some less travelled parts of the Sierra Nevada. Nothing too Wagnerian, but there were good times and some terrific alpenglow. This particular shot was of an unnamed minor peak above Pica Lake in Inyo National Forest. I had only FP4 with me, so I grabbed the reddest filter in the bag to try to capture some of the evening glow.

[bbuszard]

Another from about the same location as the last. Duk (sic?) Lake and Pica Lake are right next to each other, about 1/2 mile hike apart, and both about 400 ft. below Duk pass. It was a windy and rainy site, but rain and wind died down overnight to make a nice mirror out of Duk Lake in the early morning.

[Graham Patterson]

Fascinating. Shades of Jerry Uelsmann but without the darkroom.

[evanbaines]

Hi folks!

I'm still not much of a landscape photographer, but I'm trying to get a bit better while out here in WA for a month. Always happy to get feedback/critique.



Wista 45vx, Nikkor 90mm f/8 @ f/22, FP4+ rated at 80, 14sec exposure. Dropped the bed about as far as the camera would allow while having only a slight front-tilt.

[Randy]

Very nice Evan. I love to shoot moving water but am seldom satisfied with my results - your attempt is very nice.

[bbuszard]

Thanks, Graham. I didn't know his work but it's mind-bending, surreal stuff. I was also born in Detroit (yet another mirror!), so is life imitating art?

[mijosc]

Storm over Cascade Canyon by Michael Schomer, on Flickr

Camera: Ebony RSW45
Lens: Schneider APO-Symmar 150mm
Film: Fujifilm Acros, ISO 64
Development: Ilfotec DD-X 1:6, 20 deg C, 4:00 minutes, BTZS Tubes