Post Your Square LF Images

[Tony Karnezis]

One of my favorite square LF images is from Merg Ross: Tin Roofs, Nevada, 1962.

[Andrew Plume]

One of my favorite square LF images is from Merg Ross: Tin Roofs, Nevada, 1962.

dead right Tony, I'm very fond of that one as I am with a great deal of Merg's work, Merg being a valuable member of this forum too

regards

andrew

[Andrew Plume]

Dodge Truck
Kodak 2D, 240mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, D-23

Ken

great work as usual - me, I see no problem with the potential of the square format, it's an extension (imho) from a 6x6 medium format neg and there must be a call for square LF cameras as Argentum are currently listing both 8x8 and 10x10 cameras on their web site

regards

andrew

[Valdecus]

I very often find myself cropping to square format. Here's a stair of a medieval church, taken with a Linhof Technika 5x7, Schneider Super-Symmar XL 110mm, FP4, Rodinal.

Cheers,
Andreas

[ThePhilosopher]

That's a stunning image of stairs.

[Corran]

Wow, looks like a drawing!

[IanG]

I'm a little dubious about square LF images unless the camera/film combination was square.

Are they later re-interpretations of the negatives, cropped to lose poor framing/bad composition, or maybe in some cases shot 6x6 in the first place.

I shoot square format, and love the format but I don't crop negatives.

Ian

[Ken Lee]

I can be rewarding to go back and re-visit photos that we have basically forgotten, and re-interpret them with fresh eyes. Here's one from February, which may look nicer square. It was made on 4x5 TMY film - but I can't remember which lens or developer.

[Roger Cole]

I'm a little dubious about square LF images unless the camera/film combination was square.

Are they later re-interpretations of the negatives, cropped to lose poor framing/bad composition, or maybe in some cases shot 6x6 in the first place.

I shoot square format, and love the format but I don't crop negatives.

Ian

Why not? Do all your subjects conveniently fit precisely the shape of the format you happen to be shooting?

I happily crop away if the composition is improved thereby. Just another tool.

[Leigh]

I shoot square format, and love the format but I don't crop negatives.

Why not? Aspect ratio is a creative tool, just like exposure and development.

The fact that a particular image was rendered on a particular piece of film does not mean that it's the only interesting image on the film.

I must presume from your statement that you always carry 35mm (1.5:1), 5x7 (1.4:1), 6x4.5 (1.33:1), 4x5 or 8x10 (1.25:1), 6x7 (1.17:1), and 6x6 (1:1) cameras with you, and pull out the one best suited to the desired image. True?

Or do you simply ignore images that don't fit the format at hand?

- Leigh