I have been feeling my way in LF photography for about 18 months now and I have been reading whatever seems useful. This has included the wealth of information on this site. I am having trouble with a picture I am working on, which is a landscape shot. I am using a Tachihara 5 X 4 with a Nikon 135/5.6 on Ilford FP4+. I have no scanner so I am unable to post the shot. However, I will attempt to describe it and the problem.
The shot is taken on the beach close to where I live in Suffolk, England. I am trying to include foreground detail right in front of the camera, a large dead tree in the middle distance and the sea and horizon beyond. I levelled the camera using a spirit level, focused on the horizon and applied a small degree of forward tilt on the front standard to bring the foreground into focus. I readjusted the focus and repeated this process until as much as possible seemed sharp on the screen. I made several exposures at f32 and f45.
The resulting negatives were pin sharp from foreground to horizon and edge to edge. However, the branches of the tree were not from about two thirds of the way up and where they projected forward towards the camera. This is particularly annoying, as the tree is the main subject.
I also tried taking the shot on a previous occasion with no tilt, just stopping down to
f45, but the depth of field was insufficient.
I would very much welcome any advice on how to rectify this problem.
Thanks
Andrew Bennett
www.biosimaging.com
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