Richard is it really boring LF photography or just a glut of images that are all similar? Furthermore are you sure that your 35 mm shots are any better than the regular run of the mill shots we see everyday?
Many of us grew with the AA influence and at the beguining tried to imitate his style, but now with LF many people are going their own way and creating many wonderful images. Sure, in that period when everybody wanted to be Ansel I also think LF got a little bit boring, specially since it seemed everybody wanted to take the same pictures he did. Now with many people using pt-pd, etc I think LF has become more exiting than ever. Check out the work being done in alternative printing and you will see that not all is the same AA stuff. I have not seen any of Michael A Smith's work, but I have heard his use of the Azo papers is wonderful, maybe you should check this out too. Anyway I think is not that LF has become boring, maybe it is you who have not expanded your horizon and kept up to date with the new work being done. I think is time for a visit to your nearest gallery.....:-))))
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