Large Format Landscapes

[Peter York]

Thanks Jim, Deval, and Rory_5244!

[Crash10]

Speed Graphic, 75mm, HP5+, HC110 dilution H

[dodphotography]

Ritter 8x10, 300mm, Delta 100, DDX 1+9

[Jmarmck]

Excellent Daniel! Great DOF & tone gradience

[Alex Menkov]

4x5 210 mm by Alex Menkov, on Flickr

[dodphotography]

Excellent Daniel! Great DOF & tone gradience

Thank you... Still new to LF, working hard.

[Jim Cole]

I spent the better part of a day over my anniversary weekend at the Grand Canyon a couple of weeks ago, trying to shoot during the worst time of the day (10am - 4pm) and with a cloudless blue sky. I took it as a challenge to find landscapes that avoided the sky and offered some variation in color and tone to at least make the photo interesting.

This shot is on 4x5 Portra 160 with a Nikkor 300mm lens. The color negative was scanned as a positive with all color correction turned off and then converted with the Color Perfect plug-in using the Portra 160 film setting. No other curves or color corrections were made. Amazingly, of all the shots I've made on color film (almost all transparency), this is the most accurate representation of the colors of the Grand Canyon that I think I've ever shot. Granted, the shot is no piece of art and as all of us do, I shoot almost always during the sunrise and sunset hours, but I'm amazed that the conversion filter did such a good job. I've only used it a few times now and in almost all cases, it has surprised me.

[StoneNYC]

I spent the better part of a day over my anniversary weekend at the Grand Canyon a couple of weeks ago, trying to shoot during the worst time of the day (10am - 4pm) and with a cloudless blue sky. I took it as a challenge to find landscapes that avoided the sky and offered some variation in color and tone to at least make the photo interesting.

This shot is on 4x5 Portra 160 with a Nikkor 300mm lens. The color negative was scanned as a positive with all color correction turned off and then converted with the Color Perfect plug-in using the Portra 160 film setting. No other curves or color corrections were made. Amazingly, of all the shots I've made on color film (almost all transparency), this is the most accurate representation of the colors of the Grand Canyon that I think I've ever shot. Granted, the shot is no piece of art and as all of us do, I shoot almost always during the sunrise and sunset hours, but I'm amazed that the conversion filter did such a good job. I've only used it a few times now and in almost all cases, it has surprised me.

Having been there a couple times now I have to say that I completely agree with you, I'm actually pretty impressed with the accuracy, though I also agree that sometimes accuracy isn't always everything. But really cool, thanks for sharing.

[Too Many Cameras]

I haven't done a lot of LF landscape work, so last week when I set out to do some specifically, I managed this shot which was the best of the lot.

Cambo SCN, Caltar-S II 210mm f5.6 @f45, 1/2 second on Arista 100. The negative was really thin and I learned the hard way that my Ilfosol 3 had lost potency. I'm not displeased by the result, though.

[Harley Goldman]

Ritter 8x10, 300mm, Delta 100, DDX 1+9

Very well done, Daniel.