Large Format Landscapes

[Darren H]

The iconic Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.

Arca-Swiss Discovery/Nikon 75mm lens/Fuji Velvia 100F

See the setup of the shot and story behind it on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot...-sunburst.html

[Ken Lee]

I love the composition here, but I find the overall darkness of the image to be a bit oppressive. That treatment feels very right for many of the other forest scenes you've posted, Ken, but even on dreary days fresh snow imparts a brightness to a scene that is not conveyed with your treatment. I did as you often do - I copied the image and just brighted it a bit and felt it helped.

Thanks for pointing that out Gregg.

Some of this may be attributable to differences among monitors, even those that have been calibrated to a standard. When calibrated, a monitor will come as close as possible to the standard, but there's no guarantee that it actually reaches the standard. The monitor on my iMac is pretty nice, but it's not really suited for graphics professionals - so it's entirely possible that what you see, is different than what I or others see.

We do what we can (save files in sRGB, attach an ICC profile, and hope that people use a browser which supports ICC profiles) but in the end (fortunately), it's the print which matters - especially for photos like this, where much of the aesthetic content is the tonality itself.

[tgtaylor]

The iconic Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.

Arca-Swiss Discovery/Nikon 75mm lens/Fuji Velvia 100F

Great capture Darren! I can see you getting there hours in advance to "stake-out" your spot and waiting with your finger on the cable release for the sun to drop just a tad below the arch. Good exposure!

Thomas

[jon.oman]

The iconic Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.

Arca-Swiss Discovery/Nikon 75mm lens/Fuji Velvia 100F

See the setup of the shot and story behind it on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot...-sunburst.html

Wow! Fantastic image!

[dave_whatever]

The iconic Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.

Arca-Swiss Discovery/Nikon 75mm lens/Fuji Velvia 100F

See the setup of the shot and story behind it on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot...-sunburst.html

BOOM! Thats a bloody good shot.

[alexn]

Fuji Pro 160 NS, Toyo VX125b, Rodenstock 135mm Apo-Sironar-S (4x5").

Very nice indeed! I have a shot on 6x17 similar to this, although in mine the sky is a little darker and lacks the smooth gradiation between light and dark that your image exudes.

[alexn]

The iconic Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.

Arca-Swiss Discovery/Nikon 75mm lens/Fuji Velvia 100F

See the setup of the shot and story behind it on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot...-sunburst.html

Outstanding.. One of the better renditions I've seen of this location. Not surprisingly, most of the shots of this I've seen are panoramics that capture the entire arch, I find this view more pleasing, it gives the sense of being there better I feel. This is strange for me as panoramics are 'my thing' usually, but this works better as 4x5.

Job well done. You must have been happy when that tranny first hit the light table!

[Erik Larsen]

The iconic Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.

Arca-Swiss Discovery/Nikon 75mm lens/Fuji Velvia 100F

See the setup of the shot and story behind it on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot...-sunburst.html

Beautiful shot of this icon Darren! I chuckled at your experience with the setting up the shot and dealing with the people there that you had on your blog - I feel your pain I've tried this shot a few times myself. Once I had the place to myself, once i was there with a couple
other large formatters and every other time I've tried I have been beaten by the weather or almost beaten by the crowds of dslr carrying folks who complained that me camera and myself were gonna be in their shot because I wasn't doing a wide shot like them and was much closer to the arch. Get up earlier I told them
This is the best I could do. I like yours better though. Same film, different lens (90mm grandagon @ f45) contact printed onto cibachrome
regards
erik

[Darren H]

Beautiful shot of this icon Darren! I chuckled at your experience with the setting up the shot and dealing with the people there that you had on your blog - I feel your pain I've tried this shot a few times myself. Once I had the place to myself, once i was there with a couple
other large formatters and every other time I've tried I have been beaten by the weather or almost beaten by the crowds of dslr carrying folks who complained that me camera and myself were gonna be in their shot because I wasn't doing a wide shot like them and was much closer to the arch. Get up earlier I told them
This is the best I could do. I like yours better though. Same film, different lens (90mm grandagon @ f45) contact printed onto cibachrome
regards
erik

Thanks all.

Yes, Mesa gets too crowded and telling people to "get up earlier" is good. I tend to get there 1-2 hours before sunrise, which is easy for me. I usually play around with light painting the arch.


AlexN, I think the secret is to have little to no sky in the image. My shot was set up to only have a faint gap right where the sun was and that is about it. If you leave a whole band of sky it is harder.

[lexybeast]

Good grief. I was just there a few months ago, and this shot just makes me feel ashamed of myself.

The iconic Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.

Arca-Swiss Discovery/Nikon 75mm lens/Fuji Velvia 100F

See the setup of the shot and story behind it on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot...-sunburst.html