Post your LF Lighthouse photo's

[tgtaylor]

Montara, California



Toyo 45CF, 75mm Lens, Fuji RDPIII

Thomas

[Tim Meisburger]

When out photographing, I'm often reminded of Ansel Adams famous Moonrise; how he raced the light to get the shot. I'm often in a similar hurry--not because I'm racing the light, but because I'm often on a family holiday, with family members with limited patience. I take the time, and the light, I'm given, and move on...

Here is an example: on a trip to Blåvand (with two families) I saw a scene, visualized and composed an image, and shot three in the hope one would capture my visualization. So far none does, but I am hopeful I can improve on these scans when I go to print in the darkroom. Comments, critique and suggestions are welcome.

All shot on Shanghai 100 developed in D76

Blåvand (yellow filter)



Blåvand (green filter)



Blåvand (red filter)

[Bruce Schultz]

Tybee Island, Ga., lighthouse
5x7 wetplate negative

[D. Bryant]

Very nice Bruce. The ligthouse on Tybee is tough to shoot.

[chassis]

Tim, nice images. I like the first and the last ones. Consider cropping the long grass out of the foreground, resulting in an almost square format, keeping all of the sky and the dark grass.

[Kirk Gittings]

Don't crop the grass. It sets the mood better than the sky. Without the grass its just another lighthouse shot.

[Tim Meisburger]

Thanks Chassis and Kirk. I'll try cropping it on the computer, but I like the long grass as well. That was really what made me pause, with the wavy grass almost an echo of the ocean.

[tuco]

Mukilteo Lighthouse, Mukilteo, WA.



320TXP, APO Symmar 120mm f5.6

[Scott Walker]

Very nice Tuco

[Nguss]

I really like those Tim. Personally I prefer the green filter one (something about the grass in the foreground on that one) but like the red one too the more I look at it, although was there a tiny light leak in the bottom corner of the red one as it seems a little bright in the bottom left?