Large Format Landscapes

[Keith Fleming]

Pfiltz,

Your "Somewhere in Seattle" photo actually was made on the other side of Puget Sound out on the north Olympic Peninsula. That's the pier at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park here in PT. The land in the background is Whidbey Island, and the water is Admiralty Inlet, which is the official beginning of Puget Sound. You obviously made this photo in the summer--the white roof is from bird poop which doesn't get washed off by the rain during our usual summer drought. The clouds on the horizon that day would have hidden the panorama of the Cascade Mountains from Mt. Baker on the left to Mt. Ralnier on the far right. I hope you got up on Artillery Hill in the park to photograph the massive old coast defense artillery positions there in the state park. Built immediately after the Spanish-American War, those positions, along with three other nearby Army forts, guarded the entrance to Puget Sound--until, of course, airplanes made them obsolete. Hope you enjoyed your stay in Port Townsend!

Keith

[Kodachrome25]

Pretty nice.
SO I guess that it is a strong endorsement for the Dayi back...

cheers,

Luc

For the money it is pretty good. I did have to do a couple of things like de-burr the pressure plate, black out the 6x9 frame counting hole and put a red gel in the 6x12 one. Other than that, it's been perfect and I love the format.

[soeren]

I like it!

Thanks.
Hmm would it work as a bromoil or other alt tech print?
Best regards

[Jiri Vasina]

By a road

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Symmar 300mm, 5×8", Adox CHS 25, Rodinal

[golea.cristian]

Somewhere in Mexico
FP4+ D23, 4x5

[chassis]

Cristian, very nice! Interesting lighting. Was there any post processing of the image, or straight out of the camera?

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Cristian, very nice! Interesting lighting. Was there any post processing of the image, or straight out of the camera?

Straight out of the camera is a negative...if this is a positive, there is already a post processing...

[Michael Graves]

Mad River Headwaters

[Jan Pedersen]

Mad River Headwaters

Very nice Michael. Wonderful tonality.

[Pfiltz]

Pfiltz,

Your "Somewhere in Seattle" photo actually was made on the other side of Puget Sound out on the north Olympic Peninsula. That's the pier at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park here in PT. The land in the background is Whidbey Island, and the water is Admiralty Inlet, which is the official beginning of Puget Sound. You obviously made this photo in the summer--the white roof is from bird poop which doesn't get washed off by the rain during our usual summer drought. The clouds on the horizon that day would have hidden the panorama of the Cascade Mountains from Mt. Baker on the left to Mt. Ralnier on the far right. I hope you got up on Artillery Hill in the park to photograph the massive old coast defense artillery positions there in the state park. Built immediately after the Spanish-American War, those positions, along with three other nearby Army forts, guarded the entrance to Puget Sound--until, of course, airplanes made them obsolete. Hope you enjoyed your stay in Port Townsend!

Keith

Thanks Keith. Yep, everything you mentioned rings a bell. Of course, to me, we were just driving from one direction on day, to another the next day. I do remember some of the details you listed above now.

We did get to the Artillery Hill, you mentioned as well.

The images were taken approx 3 weeks ago. A question though. On the roof, why do they just use it on the left side of the building -vs- all over the roof? There were no trees over the left side so I can rule out roosting.

Anyhoo, I do remember using a red filter for that shot too.

If I had it to do over, or I will the next visit up that way, I'll document more about my shooting techniques via my iPad, so I can reference that along with how the neg turned out.