Large Format Landscapes

[Corran]

I had some fun today shooting a cheap lens. I recently bought a Rolleicord with a Triotar lens on it that renders really nicely. I thought it sure would be fun to have something similar in 4x5. A little bit of searching and I found a Rodenstock Trinar 13.5cm f/4.5 lens for all of $25, in working oddball shutter. I think it originally came on a 9x12 folder of some sort. So I popped it on a lensboard and tried it out.

At wider stops it really sucks but at medium stops it is nice and sharp and has that smooth rendering I wanted to see, especially in the backgrounds. Here is a landscape shot at about f/22 IIRC, taken on Fuji 160S:

[Harley Goldman]

[IMG]Rye Harbour by Alasdair Matthews, on Flickr[/IMG]
Rye Harbour, East Sussex. Taken on Ilford Delta 100 with an MPP Micro Technical Mk. VI with Schneider 150mm Apo Symmar f5.6 and 0.6 hard grad.
Marks in the soil by Alasdair Matthews, on Flickr
Somewhere near Streatley, Berkshire. Taken on Ilford Delta 100 with an MPP Micro Technical Mk. VI with Schneider 150mm Apo Symmar f5.6

Very nice work on both!

[ckagy]

Verzasca

Sinar F, Schneider 180mm, Fuji Acros / Xtol 1:1

David, pardon my ignorant question, but what is this an image of? I have no sense of scale - this could be huge or a macro! I love it for that very reason, but I'm curious.

Best,
-Chris

[tgtaylor]

Winter Waterfall, Yosemite 2012

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...4857_large.jpg

Thomas

[David Hedley]

David, pardon my ignorant question, but what is this an image of? I have no sense of scale - this could be huge or a macro! I love it for that very reason, but I'm curious.

Best,
-Chris

Hello Chris - this is a gneiss rock formation on the Verzasca river, near Lavertezzo in Ticino, Switzerland. I guess the scale here is about 2 meters, from top to bottom. The rocks in this area are very beautiful, and seem to come across as very grainy in several of my photographs - this is full frame 4x5 - I guess it must be the metamorphic nature of the rock.

[Ken Lee]

Massachusetts, December 2015
Tachihara Field Camera, 300mm Fujinon A
4x5 TMY, D-23

[ALVANDI Camera]

Poplar trees in Taleghan
ran, Alborz, Taleghan, Panoral 45 handmade camera, Nikkor-W 150/5.6, Hoya red filter, Ilford FP4 PLUS 4x5in sheet film

[peter schrager]

let's see more pictures of Iran!!
best, peter

[ckagy]

Poplar trees in Taleghan
ran, Alborz, Taleghan, Panoral 45 handmade camera, Nikkor-W 150/5.6, Hoya red filter, Ilford FP4 PLUS 4x5in sheet film

Beautiful countryside.

[thesilverfox]

Porcupine hills, Southern Alberta.
Delta 100 4x5, 150mm, Pyrocat HD