Large Format Landscapes

[Preston]

I truly believe that a lot of the folks who post to this thread, and I'll include myself in the group, enjoy the solitude and the silence of those rocky, lonesome places, and in fact find solace and comfort there.

Many years ago I spent a summer climbing in the Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru. One evening, on the glacier below the west face of Yerupaja, I sat on the ice outside the tent and looked up at the sky. It was long after sunset and there was a faint glow there. It took me a minute to realize that this was the light from stars that could not be seen individually, and the silence was so profound as to be indescribable.

It was quite comforting, actually, to not be burdened with the trappings of our mechanized society, and to just be. Perhaps we are seeking and finding a similar experience that we attempt to portray in our photographs of these lonesome places.

--P

[seabird]

... don't you guys ever get freaking bored of empty rocky places devoid of life? It's kind of creepy and apocalyptic, all these lonely B&Ws look like the end of the world... scenes from Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" or a MadMax movie.

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People and critters are part of the landscape too! Thank goodness Peter did something like this:

Not sure exactly what Peter did, but dont feed the troll !

Cheers

[creep]

- Excellent -

thanks!

8x10 ?

noooo, a modest F1/F2 with 110XL on 4x5"... and red filter forgotten at home

[spiky247]

Ebony SV45 Ti
Carl Zeiss 135mm T*
Provia 100

Haven't been posing in a while since I got my MFDB. Here is one I shot recently on a road trip. I still prefer shooting large format for myself, it feels more real. It is just difficult sometimes to find a quality development lab.

[Joe Forks]

Charlie that is awesome!

Frank that might be a good project - find a pristine landscape and add a McDonalds cup or maybe a plastic water bottle and place it prominently in the scene. That's art! hahaha

[hiroki]

Simply stunning, Charlie!
It's a perfect exposure with wonderful colors. The exposure of the mountains is _on spot_, perfect!

[Frank Petronio]

Peter has a nice picture with a dog in the foreground, that's about 30 pix back that I had to go to find a sign of life. Heck there's hardly any vegetation in the preceding shots.

I don't know why Ken had to edit that? And I don't think it's trolling or picking on anyone... just making an observation as to the sterility of most of these pictures making me a wee bit uncomfortable.

[dlin]

Shadows By The Cemetery

Kodak TMY developed in Pyrocat HD
print on Ilford MGIV FB toned in selenium

[Donald Miller]

Very nice Daniel

[Andrew ren]

Carp Garbage Mt.

5x7 tmx, fuji lens.



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Got some kind of un-even development here on this sheet, this film has been X-rayed, once. I got same problem on that box of film as well, not every single sheet, but quite often.
developed in jobo 3006 with a beseler motor base.

Andrew