Large Format Landscapes

[snay1345]

Here is another one with the same setup. The electrical wires all over Japan drive me crazy.

[jp]

Holden's got the tones all right. I have developed 8x10 edu 100 (foma) in hc110 dil.H 10 minutes, 70-72f, rocking the tray gently once a minute.

Pyrocat HD (normal 1:1:100) also develops the film very nicely, but PMK (as diluted normally) comes out pretty weak.

I shoot it at iso 50.

[Zaitz]

A stunning image Zaitz, gorgeous.

Thank you Frank!

@all: amazing pics everyone

@zaitz: that is an exceptional picture! i think that is the kind of pics why we are all going out to those places! thank you for showing
helge

Much appreciated. I was lucky to catch an amazing place at a great time. Now I just need to get a good edit down.

Zaitz, I personally liked the sky being more blue as in your original. It played off of the blue shadows in the dunes better. But that is just my opinion. The tonality of the scan is certainly fantastic.

Thanks for the comment. I am a bit torn now. I am tired of both! I'll have to revisit it later for sure. Thanks for your opinion, always a help.

Zaitz - Inspirational to say the least. Beautiful work, and a brilliant scan.

Thanks. I had let the scan sit for a while and finally got a round to editing it. Lenny did a great job but my PC and my patience are both about dead!

Another one of my recent initial attempts at landscape photography. A view of the inland sea in Japan. With my cambo 4x5 and Tri-X 320.

Really enjoy this one!

[Morca]

Horrible flatbed scan.

[Ken Lee]

This has a feeling of presence and grand scale, distance and atmosphere, strength and delicacy, power and silence...

If it's not rude to suggest: As it is now, there are two subjects of comparatively equal weight. Removing just a sliver from the bottom would tip the scales just enough to allow the top to faintly dominate. An even nicer way to do the same, would be to darken the pure white reflections of the sky at the bottom a touch... Just something to consider.

[jp]

Lbenac, Zaitz, great work!

Here's the r waldo tyler marsh in Thomaston ME. I went out in the afternoon to photograph shadows and animal footprints. Speed graphic with 190mm Reinhold Wollaston Meniscus at f11. tmy2 in PMK.

[dperez]

The Second Wave, near Page, AZ
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider lens, expired Kodak Ektachrome Pro 100 (EPP).

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Mobius Arch, Alabama Hills, near Lone Pine, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider lens, Fuji Astia 100.

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[NicolasArg]

Thanks a lot for the comments.
Zaits, dperez-wonderful chromes!

[lbenac]

This has a feeling of presence and grand scale, distance and atmosphere, strength and delicacy, power and silence...

If it's not rude to suggest: As it is now, there are two subjects of comparatively equal weight. Removing just a sliver from the bottom would tip the scales just enough to allow the top to faintly dominate. An even nicer way to do the same, would be to darken the pure white reflections of the sky at the bottom a touch... Just something to consider.

Thanks Ken, I do like our woods and mountains
What you are proposing is an interesting alternative. I do like reflections but in that case the composition might indeed be better served by only one zone. I will have to fine tune the tone in the lower part but that is a start.




Cheers,

Luc

[lbenac]

Lbenac, Zaitz, great work!

Here's the r waldo tyler marsh in Thomaston ME. I went out in the afternoon to photograph shadows and animal footprints. Speed graphic with 190mm Reinhold Wollaston Meniscus at f11. tmy2 in PMK.

That is a nice use of selective focus. Gives a great mood too.

cheers,

Luc