post your trees!

[austin granger]

Austin, you are easily becoming one of my favorite photographers on this forum. Very well done. Can we ask the technical questions regarding this shot?

Film, lens, developer, filter, etc..

ElRooster, That is very nice of you to say. I appreciate it more than I can say.

As far as the technical stuff goes, I made this picture with my Deardorff on 5x7 Tri-X. The lens was an old Goertz Dagor 6". I didn't use a filter. Development was normal. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure of the developer used; lately I've been sending my negatives to Edgar Praus http://www.4photolab.com/index.html for development. I don't have a traditional darkroom anymore, and honestly, I prefer letting someone else handle that step (the sacrilege! ). I scanned the negative into my computer with an Epson 4990. To try and get it to 'pop' a bit more (the light was pretty flat), I played with the levels some (raising the highlights and dropping down the midtones), and then did a lot of burning in the areas between the main roots. The tone is a fill layer. I have a list of colors that I like-sometimes I mix up a little of this and a little of that for something 'in-between.' And that's about it. I mean, besides the voodoo... Ha ha.

Thanks again.
Austin
And Tyler, thanks again.

[atlcruiser]

ElRooster, That is very nice of you to say. I appreciate it more than I can say.

As far as the technical stuff goes, I made this picture with my Deardorff on 5x7 Tri-X. The lens was an old Goertz Dagor 6". I didn't use a filter. Development was normal. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure of the developer used; lately I've been sending my negatives to Edgar Praus http://www.4photolab.com/index.html for development. I don't have a traditional darkroom anymore, and honestly, I prefer letting someone else handle that step (the sacrilege! ). I scanned the negative into my computer with an Epson 4990. To try and get it to 'pop' a bit more (the light was pretty flat), I played with the levels some (raising the highlights and dropping down the midtones), and then did a lot of burning in the areas between the main roots. The tone is a fill layer. I have a list of colors that I like-sometimes I mix up a little of this and a little of that for something 'in-between.' And that's about it. I mean, besides the voodoo... Ha ha.

Thanks again.
Austin
And Tyler, thanks again.

Thanks for the info...not only do I like the images I wish I had your computer skills!

[Eugene van der Merwe]

Trees, as requested...
Ebony SV45ti, Fuji 450 C, Velvia 100

[ImSoNegative]

Here
tree on chilhowee by J. Golden, on Flickris one I shot a week ago, just developed it today, shot with a 5x7 field, 121 super angulon. fomapan 200

[Steve Hamley]

Here's one from the Blue Ridge Parkway. One interesting fact, this scene was about 100 feet from the balcony of my hotel room. Never stop looking.

Cheers, Steve

[Eugene van der Merwe]

Lovely Steve, your image has a very gentle feel about it and I like the curves in the treetrunk and branches.

[Steve Hamley]

Thank you Eugene. That tree caught my eye driving by on the way back to the hotel.

Cheers, Steve

[Edwin Beckenbach]

This didn't really come out the way I was expecting...

150 Sironar-S f45. T-max 100, D-76.
4x4"x5", red filter, green filter, blue filter, no filter.

[Scott Walker]

This didn't really come out the way I was expecting...

Interesting result nonetheless

[Vaughn]

This didn't really come out the way I was expecting...

150 Sironar-S f45. T-max 100, D-76.
4x4"x5", red filter, green filter, blue filter, no filter.

You have to be quicker than the setting sun!