Large Format Landscapes

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Branch and Sunrise
Lafayette Ridge - Briones
Caltar 90mm f/6.8
Portra 160

Beautiful image and soft tones. It reminds me of Tristan Campbell's work.

[NicolasArg]

I'm sorry if it's a repost, but going through some last year images.....

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I'm sorry if it's a repost, but going through some last year images.....

Fantastic...

[John Rodriguez]

Thanks Joel

[NicolasArg]

Thank you Nana!
John, really well thought landscape, I like it.

[dperez]

Both images are awesome! Wich is the scanner?

Thanks Nana,

Epson V700. It does an okay job. I make a grid pattern of guide lines in PS, and view each square in the grid at 100% or more. I remove unwanted elements like dust and spots, etc from each square one at a time using a Wacom tablet. It takes time, but the resulting image is pretty clean.

I'm sure there is a better way, but I don't trust using filters or other techniques that are applied to the entire image.

-DP

[dperez]

Jesus this picture is awesome. I just love it. It's got everything going for it. Dynamic colors, dynamic sky, mountains in the background, deep shadows, glowing highlights. It's one of my favorite landscape pictures that I've seen in a while, and definitely one of the best pictures I've ever seen taken within the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Excellent job Zaitz!

Hope it's ok to post this. I don't consider it a repost since it's a drum scan by Lenny Eiger, which is fantastic!

Well I finally finished editing this drum Scan. On 4x5 Velvia 50 from Great Sand Dunes NP in September. I am surprised at the color casts I had in my original: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumee...57626457305442

I tried to keep the mountains more neutral as well as the sky. Glad I am finally done editing, it took forever. Just getting rid of the small bits of sand/dust took over 6 hours. I would have liked to keep the vignetting less noticeable in the lower right. Not sure if it's the scan or my processing but the drum scan has much better detail in the highlights of the sky.

[Zaitz]

Thank you very much! After hearing many comments there are some things with the color that I am slightly at odds with now. But it is a hard photo to find perfect balance with, color wise, I feel. And depending on how/when I look at the photo I prefer it one way...or another. I am glad you like it and I really appreciate the compliments.

The place is amazing no doubt and I hope I can go back and spend more than two days there. Camping on the dunes is on my list of things to do one day.

[John Rodriguez]

Thank you Nana!
John, really well thought landscape, I like it.

Thanks Nicholas, nice contrast shape and sense of vastness in your image.

[briand]

Hi All,
This is my latest image, taken with Tachihara 4x5, 180mm Schneider, Ilford FP4 with Polarizer + Orange filter,
Really admire the images in this thread, great inspiration.
Cheers Brian