Large Format Landscapes

[Nana Sousa Dias]

The Towers of the Virgin, Zion National Park, shrouded in the clouds of a passing storm. Shot on 4x5 Fuji Velvia 100. 1s @f/51 with a 2-stop soft GND.

Shrouded-Towers-copy by skiers4life, on Flickr

Beautiful...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Very cool, Alan.. I like that a lot!

One more from me then I'm done for a while (horridly rainy weekend has had me revisiting old negatives and even finding this one that I had completely forgotten about...)

"Natures Cacophony"


Neopan Acros 100 @ 100
12min f/32
Rodinal 1:50 (I forgot the development time... it was made a few years ago now..)

Great!

[hiend61]

Soy Juan José Pascual Lobo

Thanks, or gracias, pero, no lo se tu nombre....

[StoneNYC]

The Towers of the Virgin, Zion National Park, shrouded in the clouds of a passing storm. Shot on 4x5 Fuji Velvia 100. 1s @f/51 with a 2-stop soft GND.

Shrouded-Towers-copy by skiers4life, on Flickr

Was the 2 stop ND to increase the color saturation? Or some other reason I'm not familiar with?

[Jeff Dexheimer]

Was the 2 stop ND to increase the color saturation? Or some other reason I'm not familiar with?

Since it was a grad ND filter, my thought would be to balance scene brightness.

[StoneNYC]

Since it was a grad ND filter, my thought would be to balance scene brightness.

OH!!! I didn't notice the G in that... Graduated... Duh if I had seen that I wouldn't have asked... lol but what does "soft" mean?

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Soy Juan José Pascual Lobo

Ahahahahh, excuse me, Juan, I didn't remember your avatar, here! My regards to you, your wife and kid!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

OH!!! I didn't notice the G in that... Graduated... Duh if I had seen that I wouldn't have asked... lol but what does "soft" mean?

Stone, I think, in this case, "soft" means that the transition between the grey and transparent parts of the filter is "soft", with a large fade in between. There are some brands that make a few diferent "fades". Cokin has, at least, two diferent fades but, I think Lee and Hitech have some more.

[Corran]

1 - Knowing WHAT to shoot.

You mean subject, or composition? I (try) to have a strong composition principally. That may have to do with where I live (work) though, and the subjects I have access to.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

You mean subject, or composition? I (try) to have a strong composition principally. That may have to do with where I live (work) though, and the subjects I have access to.

I mean both. It's very important to look and "see", sometimes, the photo is a little piece of the whole scenery. There are some spots I want to shoot, here, very near from where I live, in a range of about 3 miles....however, many of those spots, I'm still waiting for the right time, the right light, the right sky, etc. So, that WW Formula, I think it's my life's story... ;-)