Large Format Landscapes

[Peter Mounier]

Beautiful shots, and great control over the shadows and highlights! Quite often snow looks flat, but you have good depth and details right up to the brightest white.

[Jmarmck]

Jiri - I love the grays...and the sparkling highlight - just to the right of the five bare trees - very compelling!

Marty - RE the houseboat: In June of 1998, my wife, two children then ages 10 and 12, and myself, loaded our camping gear into a rented ski-boat equipped with a 150 hp. Mercury engine - figuring that the 186 miles of lake Powell would simply take too long for our schedule to see with a much slower houseboat. Would have liked to have houseboat amenities, but we still had a wonderful time. Then again, this was more about family time than my own photography. A houseboat would make a great base of "photographic operations," although I must say I'd be very tempted to smuggle some processing equipment aboard!

But about lake Powell - last time I visited, in 2012, the water level was very low. Is it still - or has it come up a bit?

Yes, from my perspective it is very low. I parked at the boat trailer parking lot down the road from the Antelope Canyon. I had to walk at least 20 ft vertical to hit water. It could have been more like 30. I took several digital shots of the some really nice layering in the rock. The rocks were coated with white (Fe+3). I did not lug the 4x5 down those steep areas. I have some digital stuff from the dam too.

As for the houseboat, I plan to take processing gear, light proof material, and some tape. Though, I am not sure how to workout the water supply issue. This trip is still in the infancy of the planning stage

[Jmarmck]

Shiprock by jmarmck, on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Yes, from my perspective it is very low. I parked at the boat trailer parking lot down the road from the Antelope Canyon. I had to walk at least 20 ft vertical to hit water. It could have been more like 30. I took several digital shots of the some really nice layering in the rock. The rocks were coated with white (Fe+3). I did not lug the 4x5 down those steep areas. I have some digital stuff from the dam too.

As for the houseboat, I plan to take processing gear, light proof material, and some tape. Though, I am not sure how to workout the water supply issue. This trip is still in the infancy of the planning stage

I sure am glad I did the houseboat camp thing on Lake Powell when it first filled, 1980. The water was very clear, many fish to be seen. My friend and I slept on shore above the bugs, maybe 20 feet above the highest point the water ever hit. I was sad for the displaced desert, people and critters that once lived below. I prefer sleeping rough to being in a houseboat. We also towed a speedboat.

[andreios]

We eventually got some snow here in the north of Germany and I made a short trip yesterday to try my new camera stuff. I swithed to an Chamonix 045N-2 and a Shen hao back. I´m very pleased with both, exspecially because I can use longer lenses now on 6x17. These were shot with 75mm on 4x5 and 210mm on 6x17, both on Tmax 100

These are fantastic, especially the pano shot!

[StoneNYC]

Shiprock by jmarmck, on Flickr

Interesting, I find the heavy reverse graduated density to be a little distracting...

[Jmarmck]

That is the odd thing about this, no filters. I believe this was with the Grandagon 115 @f22, TMX @ 100, HC-110 1:31. I did not plan on the gradient.

[David Lobato]

Interesting, I find the heavy reverse graduated density to be a little distracting...

I was at Shiprock last year photographing with my 8x10. I have similar pictures of Shiprock like that, been there several times over the years. With a clear blue sky it's not unusual in the West, especially if you use a filter.

[skiers4life]

Here is an image of Laurel Falls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. My hands have never been so cold in my entire life! 4x5 Kodak Ektar 100, 90mm, f/32, 43 seconds. If you're interested, there's more on how I took this image (including a monochrome version on Delta 100...which I didn't really care for) on my blog: http://www.alanbrockimages.com/blog/...tennessee-snow Thanks for looking!

[Jmarmck]

Alan that is a nice shot! There is a grand contrast between the texture of the water and the texture of the snow covered trees. That took some foresight.

I would like to see it in print.