What did you compose at Waters Edge?

[jon.oman]

Very nice Jim!

[jim kitchen]

Gentlemen,

Thank you...

This negative is absolutely bullet proof, and unfortunately every nuance of fine detail is lost in the final scanned image, so much so, that the pixels look as though they happen to be four miles apart, but I had fun trying to revive it. I made an unfortunate exposure error that day, where I forgot to reset the desired f-stop, after double checking the focus. This negative's scanning exercise allowed me to discover a few more corrective darkroom intricacies within PS, albeit with minimal corrective success, but the knowledge gained should be transferrable to other glaring fruitless images, that I know I will make later.

jim k

[gnuyork]

From my second batch of chromes from the lab.

[Noah A]

One of my first 4x5 photos...

[Shailendra]

One of my first 4x5 photos...

Noah, your work on your website is fantastic, along with this image...

[Jan Pedersen]

First snow photo of the year. At the slopes of Mt Hood.

[Vaughn]

An older image, and since I am older, I can't remember if I posted it yet.

Taken in 1980, 4x5 rail camera, probably a Calumet with a 180mm Caltar IIN. It was finding this image (originally composed full-frame) on the proof sheet that turned me onto the panoramic format.

From a scanned silver gelatin print.

Prairie Creek, 1980
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA

[mdm]

That is pretty! I bet it would make a stunning carbon print if you could make a digital negative.

David

An older image, and since I am older, I can't remember if I posted it yet.

Taken in 1980, 4x5 rail camera, probably a Calumet with a 180mm Caltar IIN. It was finding this image (originally composed full-frame) on the proof sheet that turned me onto the panoramic format.

From a scanned silver gelatin print.

Prairie Creek, 1980
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA

[Vaughn]

Thanks, David. I have far too many larger camera negs to print -- and far too many yet to take -- before I start going back to old negs. When I can not physically carry a camera outside, and I have exhausted (or at least high-graded, !LOL!) my unprinted camera negatives (those that have been exposed and developed for carbon printing), then I'll have plenty of time to dive back and digitize some of these older 4x5 images. Or I'll be dead. We'll see which one it will be!!

And it already makes a fine 7x19 silver gelatin print -- on selenium toned Portriga Rapid 111, alas!

Vaughn

[Gerry Meekins]

Great images everyone!

Here's a shot I took this spring along Elk Creek in the Fair Hill Natural Resource Area about three miles from my house. I used TMAX 100, an old Wista 4X5 clone and a 125mm Fuji lens. I love the quietness of this image.

The second shot was taken along the Merced in June of 1982. I had just completed the Ansel Adams Gallery Workshop and was heading down to Point Lobos. (Great memories of that excursion.)
Taken with a Cambo 4X5 on Tri-X with a Caltar 210mm.

Cheers,
Gerry