post your trees!

[Patrick B]

Rolleiflex 2,8f Planar79330

[cpercy]

Dinosaur National Monument


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7855153532_961af496d1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7855153532/)
bent tree & grasses (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/7855153532/) by cpercy2011 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[Nguss]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7855423522_2852db517b_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7855423522/)
Lake District Large Format HP5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7855423522/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

[Joe O'Hara]

Yet anther contribution to this inexhaustible subject.

Trees in fog on the top of Mount Tammany, NJ, 2009. Unseen in this image are the blackflies that were having their way with my scalp while I was setting up, due to my forgetting to pack my hat when I left home. I haven't repeated that mistake since.

[h2oman]

Joe,

That is a nice image. You did well with the challenging complexity of woodands - nice use of the various diagonal elements.

Gregg

[cpercy]

Wow really nice.


Yet anther contribution to this inexhaustible subject.

Trees in fog on the top of Mount Tammany, NJ, 2009. Unseen in this image are the blackflies that were having their way with my scalp while I was setting up, due to my forgetting to pack my hat when I left home. I haven't repeated that mistake since.

[drew.saunders]

Lands End trail, San Francisco (near the trail spur that takes you past the golf course to the Legion of Honor museum):

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7136/7866147432_e283475e46_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/7866147432/)

[Joe O'Hara]

Thanks, cpercy and h20man. High praise from such as yourselves.

[tautatis]

Nguss - excellent!!!


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7855423522_2852db517b_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7855423522/)
Lake District Large Format HP5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7855423522/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

[Nguss]

Thank you Tautatis, it looks quite nice printed out. Being the lake district it rained all the time I was there, so I came back with 3 photos, this being the first one I took.

[John Brady]

Some recent work from a project I am doing in North Florida. Chamonix 5x8, Kodak Ektar 100, 72xl at f45 aprox 10 sec.

www.timeandlight.com

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/7857747784_ecb8d2645c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/timeandlight/7857747784/)
3.1 start (http://www.flickr.com/photos/timeandlight/7857747784/) by John Brady Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/timeandlight/), on Flickr

[northcarolinajack]

I spend a couple of good hours taking photographs in Charlotte’s Freedom Park. This is one of Charlotte best and oldest parks. This is a great place to visit any time. The Willow is on an island complete with bandstand.

Camera – Kodak Full Plate 6 ½ x 8 ½
Lens – Emil Busch – Euryscope 270mm at F16
Film – Ilford HP-4 process in HC110 at 50 to 1

Jack

www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954

www.jackharrisphotography.com

[jcoldslabs]

8x10 Kodak 2D, 9" B&L projection Petzval, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277--Tree-at-Park.jpg

Jonathan

[welly]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7906255382_0653e28ac3_z.jpg

Wisner 4x5
150mm Nikkor-W
TMax 100
Ilfotec LC29

[SamReeves]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7855423522_2852db517b_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7855423522/)
Lake District Large Format HP5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7855423522/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

I'm always a sucker for a singularity type photo. Nice work!

[Nguss]

Thanks Sam! I like it but the reaction of the people in the family who have seen the print version is a polite sort of 'hmmm...that's...nice'. Oh well, horses for courses I suppose.

[lkkang]

http://kangliatkeng.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/woodleigh005c.jpg

Singapore Woodleigh park
Zone VI 4x5, 115mm Caltar II-N, 5x7 Shanghai 100
ILFOTEC DD-X 1:4, V700 scanned

Billy

[mamypoko]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7929531106_ab13a06dd2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/7929531106/) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7909851546_995a8af554_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/7909851546/) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7929813456_79280cc09c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/7929813456/)

Tree Study @ Woodleigh Park, Singapore

split, slender, corpses

Gundlach 1897 8x10
Gundlach Radar 300mm f/4.5 @ f/8
Fuji Super HRT rated at ISO 400
HC110 1:50 5 minutes

[Heroique]

With all the rain, forests go wild in coastal Washington state.

Too few rangers to keep them in check.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Polaroid Type 55
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Vaughn]

With all the rain, forests go wild in coastal Washington state.

Too few rangers to keep them in check.

You must have done the No-wind Happy-dance!

Wonderful!

[Heroique]

You must have done the No-wind Happy-dance!

Indeed I did! :D

This was a 14 sec. exposure at f/22.

Thank you Type “ISO-25-w-significant-reciprocity-failure” 55.

[francesco_ita]

I found this tree along the Stura di Demonte river in Italy near my house.
I was impressed to see the tenacity to withstand on the river's edge: its roots are the expression of this force. Now after several floods those roots allow him to still there and enjoying the sunset in a new hot summer.

Shot with Velvia 100F @210mm with polarizer

Sorry for my bad English, Francesco


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7535929258_427fceec75_o.jpg

[francesco_ita]

Some recent work from a project I am doing in North Florida. Chamonix 5x8, Kodak Ektar 100, 72xl at f45 aprox 10 sec.

I like this type of shot, excellent work.

Francesco

[h2oman]

These WERE trees at one time. I couldn't really think of another thread to put them in.

80570

[Joe O'Hara]

Nice!

[SamReeves]

These WERE trees at one time. I couldn't really think of another thread to put them in.

80570

Nice +2.

Although you could always do a bonfire. :)

[David Lobato]

A favorite oak tree near Houston, Texas.
Toyo 45A, 90mm Nikkor, Tri-X

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Oak%20Tree%2005%20750x600%20LFF.jpg

[h2oman]

Thanks Joe and Sam. It would be a heck of a bonfire - those logs are along the shore of a reservoir that began as a lake. When dammed, the trees that were submerged died and floated to the shore. There is a pile that is probably 1/2 mile long, 100 feet wide and 2-4 feet deep!

Unfortunatley, after getting that image my tipod fell over with one leg lodged between two logs. I broke the lower section of one leg and the base of the front standard of my camera. :( Fortunately it happened during a lens change, so no lenses were lost.

[David R Munson]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8310/7993914032_e6ccdf8035_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/7993914032/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/7993914032/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

Shot at the Metropolitan Park in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was a weird park, big thing for a city, built on what used to be a landfill. It had started to grow up a bit, but still felt oddly new, so there was just a weird vibe for the whole place that I should have explored more before I left. Chamonix 4x5, 210mm Symmar-EX, Shanghai GP3, and a blue filter (?).

[Vaughn]

I will be out the next week, stalking the wild Redwood in its native habitat. They may have a few (okay, maybe 10 to 15) centuries' experience on me, but I have the technology -- a Gowland PocketView 4x5, a Caltar IIN 150mm and holders loaded up with some of Kodak's finest -- Tech Pan! I'll hike in a few miles, set up a base camp and live off the land for a few days -- as well as off the organic instant soups, pita bread, cheese and other fine goodies I will just happen to have along. Oh, and tea bags.

Wish me luck! But if the Reds get the best of me, don't bother looking for me...just keep posting your best trees, and raise a scotch to my memory...

Three Deer, Redwood Creek, 2011 (where I am going)
Scanned 4x10 Carbon Print

Fallen Redwood, Nude, 1986
Scanned silver gelatin print (from cropped 4x5 negative)

[Heroique]

I will be out the next week, stalking the wild Redwood in its native habitat.

Vaughn, the second shot looks like the naked Artemis – if you see her again, please be careful.

We all know what happened to Actaeon.

And bring us back some more great Redwood shots!

[Corran]

I feel like I should get the Ken Lee badge for this one, in terms of tonality:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/rb501s.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

I feel like I should get the Ken Lee badge for this one, in terms of tonality:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/rb501s.jpg

Great composition on this one. I really like the spot of light on the grass at the base of the tree.

As far as that Ken Lee Tonality Badge goes, I think you would have to bring that dark spot at the base of the tree up a zone or so....;)

(For the record, I don't think anything I've ever shot qualifies for that badge.)

Jonathan

[Corran]

You're probably right! Though this is another example of the withering southern sun. The difference between the tree base and the fluffy clouds was like 15 stops. Adding a red 25A filter and an N-2 development resulted in this, even with my shadows metered at Z4. I'm still trying to come to grips with TMX's N- response.

[jcoldslabs]

That's the power of contracted development: the scene looks gentle and soft, not like a harshly lit summer day. Maybe you should get the Zone System badge for extreme contrast taming.

Personally I've had good luck with expansion lately, but my N minus development is not yet as precise as I want it to be.

Jonathan

[cpercy]

Trees at edge of the woods Shawnee Mission Park, just as the sun set.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/8014269543_f9b933a7f5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8014269543/)
trees sm park (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8014269543/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

That's wonderful clay. Very comforting feeling.

[Patrick B]

Rolleiflex 2,8f Planar
80920

[gsinico]

http://gelatina.altervista.org/FIAT%20FUERUNT/content/images/large/_boarioScan_120923_0009.jpg

I was lucky to find out those trees here in Italy, water-cypressum.
SF250 fujinon on delta 100, chamonix.

[Vaughn]

Heroique

Re: post your trees!

Vaughn, the second shot looks like the naked Artemis – if you see her again, please be careful.

We all know what happened to Actaeon.

And bring us back some more great Redwood shots!




I have returned!

Took about 20 images during the five days in the redwoods. I'll get to the developing this week -- perhaps even tonight!

Alas, no Aetemis...but still a good thing I do not keep hunting dogs!

Only exposed one sheet of film during my second backpack trip -- the one I took right after I got out of the redwoods. This second trip was a week-end trip up into the local mountains as a chaperone for the high school backpacking club. Definitely a different type of trip than being alone for 5 days! But it was fun letting the students see a 4x5 camera in use!

Vaughn

[gsinico]

I was lucky to find out those trees here in Italy:
Taxodium distichum

[cpercy]

That's wonderful clay. Very comforting feeling.

Thank you Scott.

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p13x18-442_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6197)

Cherries by a road (3 years later)
Part of my "Serene Landscape (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=466)" portfolio.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13×18cm, Wephota NP 15, Rodinal, ND and light orange filters

Places where I have made a photo have a special appeal to me. I like to return to them again and again... the more the better photo I already captured there (or the more I like it)... I'm trying subtle variations, to hopefully create a better image. Or at least a different but as good one...
One of such photos was done 3 years ago, the "Cherries by a road (http://www.vasina.net/?p=1011)".

[Ramiro Elena]

I love the way some of you "chop" trees in your compositions. I always tend to include the whole tree in the frame not knowing how to just frame the trunk. I think it is a brave approach.
I also love Xenars, the out of focus areas are just beautiful.

[SamReeves]

http://gelatina.altervista.org/FIAT%20FUERUNT/content/images/large/_boarioScan_120923_0009.jpg

I was lucky to find out those trees here in Italy, water-cypressum.
SF250 fujinon on delta 100, chamonix.

That is a beauty! Well done.

[Ramiro Elena]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8177/8027055783_69e6a8dd92_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027055783/)
Cementeri de Sitges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/8027055783/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

Once more in the same graveyard.
Toyo 45A
Super Angulon 75mm
Foma100

[Scott Schroeder]

I was lucky to find out those trees here in Italy, water-cypressum.
SF250 fujinon on delta 100, chamonix.

Very nice. I love Cypress 'knees'
Those look totally different than the ones around here.
They've always been a favorite.

[Bruce Osgood]

This is a beautiful image. Did you use a disk with the SF250 ?

Thank you,


http://gelatina.altervista.org/FIAT%20FUERUNT/content/images/large/_boarioScan_120923_0009.jpg

I was lucky to find out those trees here in Italy, water-cypressum.
SF250 fujinon on delta 100, chamonix.

[Peter Lewin]

Unfortunately this is, for me, more an exercise in learning how to scan the negative and use Photoshop Elements 11, rather than about the quality of the darkroom-prepared print. So of course I'm interested in any comments regarding my digital processing (currently restricted to pretty much a little contrast control, some dust spotting, and resizing) at least as much as any critique of the image.

Duke Farms,NJ, very dead tree, canham 4x5, ilford HP5+, PMK, 210mm Symmar-S

81132

P.S. I seem to always end up with an attached thumbnail. How do so many posts imbed an actual "full size" image?

[DennisD]

Hi Peter,
Regarding your image post, the enlarged image of the thumbnail doesn't look as sharp as it should. Perhaps the resolution of your posted image is too low.

Regarding your question about embedding a full size image within the body of your post, refer to posts 2711 & 2712, dated August 6. You will find them on page 272 of this "post your trees" thread.

MMElvis was kind enough to provide assistance and a detailed description to me on the same question you asked. In my case, I was hosting the photo on a separate server and providing a link to the URL for my image.

Hope that helps.

Dennis

[gsinico]

This is a beautiful image. Did you use a disk with the SF250 ?

Thank you,

yes, the yellow disk.

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p13x18-445_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6214)

Tree Trunk #2
Part of my Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) portfolio.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Symmar 300mm, 13×18cm Wephota NP 15, developed in Rodinal

Also, let me introduce my new portfolio, the Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193). It was a subset of my "Serene Landscape" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=466) portfolio, but the theme of Trees and their details grew on me some much, that in my eyes it deserves it's own series...

[Jody_S]

Also, let me introduce my new portfolio, the Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193).

I like it.

[Jiri Vasina]

I like it.

Thanks, Jody

[Jiri Vasina]

And another one from me:


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p13x18-446_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6219)

Tree Tunk #3

Part of my Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) portfolio.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13×18cm Wephota NP 15 @ EI 25, developed in Rodinal.

[Renato Tonelli]

Really enjoyed the "Song of Trees" portfolio.

[Jiri Vasina]

Really enjoyed the "Song of Trees" portfolio.

Thanks a lot, Renato... I think that portfolio is not closed/finished yet... ;)

Jiri

[Jiri Vasina]

Seems the thread is mostly about my photos recently... Come on guys, the trees are just wonderful... and they won't object so much to photography, much less than women do... ;)

I have another one for today


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p13x18-449_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6285)

Apple Time

Part of "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) portfolio

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13×18cm Wephota NP 15, developed in Rodinal.

[Michael_4514]

http://bigpicturesofasmallplace.com/pics/img097%2000%2002.jpg

Mackinaw Island, late August, 2010, Arca Swiss 4x5, Tmax.

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p5x8-094_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6290)

Locust Forest

In my "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) folio.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Symmar 300mm, 5×8" Adox CHS 25, developed in Rodinal.

[mono]

Nice image and beautiful portfolio!

[Steve French]

Wonderful Shot Jiri. Realy enjoyed your folio !!

[Jiri Vasina]

Nice image and beautiful portfolio!


Wonderful Shot Jiri. Realy enjoyed your folio !!

Thank you, mono and Steve...

[jardel]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/8042464112_645c6d2495_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80897072@N05/8042464112/)
Interior (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80897072@N05/8042464112/) por Jardel Silveira (http://www.flickr.com/people/80897072@N05/), no Flickr

Eastman 2D 8x10
Fujinon W 250 F6.7@64
Ilford HP5 400@400
Adox Rodinal 20C, 1:50, 9min:30s

[Jiri Vasina]

Another one...


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p4x6-067_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6293)

Trunks and Grass

Added to the "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) series.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Symmar 300mm, HalfPlate (4¾×6½") Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal

[andreios]

Jiri, I am in a way glad that the camera is still staying with you... Beautiful new portfolio.. Especially for someone who is at home in this type of woods and is attempting to "make something of it" photographically speaking - but I am still far behind you. This new images of yours truly sing!

[Jiri Vasina]

Jiri, I am in a way glad that the camera is still staying with you... Beautiful new portfolio.. Especially for someone who is at home in this type of woods and is attempting to "make something of it" photographically speaking - but I am still far behind you. This new images of yours truly sing!

Díky, Andreji... (Thanks Andrej ;) )

Sometimes it has to be the thought of losing something to truly enjoy it and appreciate it, to resurrect it - and here I mean the camera, not the woods... and it's a great way to make the Trees sing with a Camera made of wood...

Jiri

[Jiri Vasina]

And yet another one...


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p4x6-069-1_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6296)

the Speaker

Added to the "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 4¾×6½" Fomapan 100 @ EI 64, N+1 development in Rodinal

[Harley Goldman]

Seems the thread is mostly about my photos recently... Come on guys, the trees are just wonderful... and they won't object so much to photography, much less than women do... ;)

I have another one for today


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p13x18-449_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6285)

Great perspective. The image really tells the story well. Thumbs up.

Apple Time

Part of "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) portfolio

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13×18cm Wephota NP 15, developed in Rodinal.

[David R Munson]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8081135495_e8b889acc6_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8081135495/)
Tree, Metropolitan Park (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrmunson/8081135495/) by David R Munson (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidrmunson/), on Flickr

A new scan. I need to put together a body of work based on all the mangled trees I've photographed.

TXP 320 @ EI 200, HC-110 Dilution G, Chamonix 4x5, 210mm Symmar •EX, orange filter

[Heroique]

Long ago, this stump & trunk went together.

If they can work it out, they’ll reunite as soil.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Ilford FP4+ (in D-76)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Jiri Vasina]

Thanks, Harley...

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8324/8083581627_124f65ca40_b.jpg

[Chuck P.]

TMX D76 1:1, #21 orange filter, Zone IV placement of the shadowed dead tree, N-1 dev--------Audubon State Park

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2677/4392421327_73bb8772b3.jpg


TMX D76 1:1, Zone III placement of the interior of the dead tree, N+1 dev-----Ben Hawes State Park

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4028/4478036978_8ee8dc1bf9.jpg

[chassis]

Chuck, the second image is stronger and I like it better.

[bobpin]

This is a 4x5 pinhole photo shot. Ebony RSW45 with Kodak 160VC

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3269/3008081700_23c9b736a1_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobpin/3008081700/)
Green Effort in Beijing_02 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobpin/3008081700/) by bobpin2007 (http://www.flickr.com/people/bobpin/), on Flickr

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8085692393_3551dec39f_c.jpg

[Chuck P.]

Chuck, the second image is stronger and I like it better.

thanks, very flat, narrow SBR on that day, that is hard one to print.

[Chuck P.]

Only one more.......a fallen white oak tree at lake's edge, Audubon State Park. This was another very overcast day, only a 4:1 SBR, TMX d76 1:1---A Zone II1/2 shadow placement on the ground beneath the tree, N+2 dev; Oriental VC-FBII, selenium.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4018/4393228828_7757397b83.jpg

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p13x18-456_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6304)

Path among Trees

in "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13x18cm Fomapan 100 exposed at EI 64, developed in Rodinal.

[LF_rookie_to_be]

After these brilliant images, it's hard to make anything more than a modest contribution...
Still trying out my Norma, so here's one from Zagreb's largest park Maksimir (could be translated as "maximum peace"). Some city dwellers call it "the endless forest". Kind of like the early morning color cast. Provia 100 4x5, Rodagon 150mm, no shutter, drum scanned and slightly cropped.

http://i47.tinypic.com/5tw5ky.jpg

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/dead_tree_bransoncreek1.jpg

Shen-Hao 6x17 View Camera
Schneider 90mm f/8 lens
3 stop hard grad filter
Kodak T-Max 100

[rich815]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2474/5769002425_339da4a47f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/5769002425/)
Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Fujinon 180/5.6 NWS
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/5769002425/)

by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

[C4D]

The tones are absolutely amazing in that photo Richard!

[Zaitz]

Wow Rich, that is amazing.

Also great photo C4D.

[Jiri Vasina]

Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Fujinon 180/5.6 NWS
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C[/url]

by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

Stunning tonality and the texture/structure is just perfect...

Jiri

[jon.oman]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2474/5769002425_339da4a47f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/5769002425/)
Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Fujinon 180/5.6 NWS
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/5769002425/)

by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

Wonderful image! Print it large, and put it on the wall....

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2474/5769002425_339da4a47f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/5769002425/)
Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Fujinon 180/5.6 NWS
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/5769002425/)

I'd like to see that much larger. On a monitor and in that small size, it has a very crispy, massively oversharpened look to me.

by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

[rich815]

Thanks for the kind comments all. That was my first day shooting LF. Really like Efke and am bummed it's going away. Got a decent stash though....

As for the "over-sharpened" look it does look over-sharpened on my work monitor (cheap Dell) but on my 27 inch iMac at home, my iPhone 4S with retina screen and my iPad 3 it looks perfect.

[C4D]

I agree... the sharpness is perfect, very fitting with the subject and tonal range.

[C. D. Keth]

Thanks for the kind comments all. That was my first day shooting LF. Really like Efke and am bummed it's going away. Got a decent stash though....

As for the "over-sharpened" look it does look over-sharpened on my work monitor (cheap Dell) but on my 27 inch iMac at home, my iPhone 4S with retina screen and my iPad 3 it looks perfect.

I think the majority of that impression get is due to the small size. There's so many small, quite high contrast details that in the small size it almost looks like a pointillist drawing.

[Vaughn]

I think the majority of that impression get is due to the small size. There's so many small, quite high contrast details that in the small size it almost looks like a pointillist drawing.

I'll take your word on that -- on two different size macs, it has the same feel as over-sharpened, over-saturated color prints. But it could just be my aging eyes, as nothing in nature looks quite that sharp or that kind of tonality to my eyes. And there are no rules saying an image can not be sharper than the reality we see.

But the image is very well seen.

Vaughn

[Heroique]

A diversity of trees – young, mature & fallen.

This forest, flooded by a cold morning rain, is full of spotted owls. They sound like barking dogs!

(High N. Cascades, Wash. state)

Tachi 4x5
Fuji A 240mm/9
Astia 100-F
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Jiri Vasina]

And another one


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p13x18-457-1_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6307)

Big and Small

in "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" portfolio.


Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13×18cm Wephota NP 15, developed in Rodinal

Also, this might (hopefully :) ) be of interest to some "Serene Landscape" Blurb book (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?95961-quot-Serene-Landscape-quot-Blurb-book)

Jiri

[Renato Tonelli]

Jiri - you're on a roll!

[Harley Goldman]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2474/5769002425_339da4a47f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/5769002425/)
Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Fujinon 180/5.6 NWS
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/5769002425/)

by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr


Excellent!!!!!! Wonderful tones, lines and textures in the bark. Great stuff

[Jiri Vasina]

Jiri - you're on a roll!

Thanks, Renato... ;)

but I'm definitelly not alone here, I'm in pretty good company, and there is still a lot they can teach me... :D

[rich815]

Like that last one a while lot Jiri. Nice work.

[rich815]

Another taken the same day as the one above. This time with a cheap 105/4.5 Tominon lens. Not a terrible preformer and definitely draws differently. Flared easily and soft in the corners. I think I cropped this one slightly. Bigger scan this time.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8467/8095505300_0a842f5df3_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8095505300/)
Mt Diablo Wista Tominon001 crop (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8095505300/) by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Tominon 105/4.5
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C

[David R Munson]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/dead_tree_bransoncreek1.jpg

Shen-Hao 6x17 View Camera
Schneider 90mm f/8 lens
3 stop hard grad filter
Kodak T-Max 100

This deserves a bit more attention. I'm not usually into pano stuff. I just can't make it work, personally, and don't often find any done by others that I find compelling. This is really great, though. Very peaceful, quite beautiful, would love to have this on my wall.

[C4D]

Thanks David... very much appreciated!
I have been shooting the panoramic camera for about 6 months now and it has been by far the most challenging medium I have ever worked with but it has been pushing me hard as a photographer and forces me to think, plan, and execute in a whole new way with a refreshingly new perspective. It's even helped me to look at shooting other mediums differently.

[rich815]

Thanks David... very much appreciated!
I have been shooting the panoramic camera for about 6 months now and it has been by far the most challenging medium I have ever worked with but it has been pushing me hard as a photographer and forces me to think, plan, and execute in a whole new way with a refreshingly new perspective. It's even helped me to look at shooting other mediums differently.

I agree that pano is terrific. Love your composition and the tonality is wonderful. Great job. I have a 6x12 back coming and am excited to start to explore a pano direction too. A little nervous..... :-)

[Harley Goldman]

Another taken the same day as the one above. This time with a cheap 105/4.5 Tominon lens. Not a terrible preformer and definitely draws differently. Flared easily and soft in the corners. I think I cropped this one slightly. Bigger scan this time.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8467/8095505300_0a842f5df3_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8095505300/)
Mt Diablo Wista Tominon001 crop (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8095505300/) by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Tominon 105/4.5
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C

I like this one, too. What a grand tree and a well composed and executed image of it. The cheap lens looks pretty dang good at web presentation size.

[Renato Tonelli]

Another taken the same day as the one above. This time with a cheap 105/4.5 Tominon lens. Not a terrible preformer and definitely draws differently. Flared easily and soft in the corners. I think I cropped this one slightly. Bigger scan this time.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8467/8095505300_0a842f5df3_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8095505300/)
Mt Diablo Wista Tominon001 crop (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8095505300/) by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Tominon 105/4.5
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C

Beautiful composition.

[Jiri Vasina]

Another taken the same day as the one above. This time with a cheap 105/4.5 Tominon lens. Not a terrible preformer and definitely draws differently. Flared easily and soft in the corners. I think I cropped this one slightly. Bigger scan this time.

Mt Diablo Wista Tominon001 crop (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8095505300/) by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

Mount Diablo oaks
Wista DX
Tominon 105/4.5
Efke25
Rodinal 1-50, 5min30sec, 22C

Richard, to me, it's not important the Tominon is not as sharp... but it has a character of it's own. And you used it very well to emphasize the magnificence of this tree. Eye catching image...

Jiri

[Jiri Vasina]

Here is something a little different... although I'm not sure I have not overdone the movements... I wanted to blur the forest floor to emphasize the mushroom and blueberry... but I like the image nevertheless, so I'm presenting it...


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p5x7-001_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6309)

Forest floor

in "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 5×7" Adox CHS 25, developed in Rodinal

[andreios]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/dead_tree_bransoncreek1.jpg

Shen-Hao 6x17 View Camera
Schneider 90mm f/8 lens
3 stop hard grad filter
Kodak T-Max 100

Mark,
this is really excellent! Do I see stars there? Was it dawn or dusk?
I am lately more and more intrigued by the panoramic format by various photographers, and I have to say that your panoramic work presented here is on par with many masters of this format..

[Preston]

Rich, I really like the design and texture of your oak tree. Mark, I really like this one. The pano format is perfect for this.

Here's one I recently re-scanned tweaked. It's from the Sonora Pass country a few years ago.

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/lf_forum/256-1-Web-2.jpg

Tachihara 4x5
180mm Fujinon
Astia 100F
July 2006

--P

[Heroique]

Here's one from the Sonora Pass country a few years ago.

Fun shot – shape & color. And a tree to hang your hat on!

Its twisted condition suggests it lived a hard life at 9,000 feet.

But it’s the kind of tree that thrives on hardship – then defies it, even after the end.

[C4D]

Mark,
this is really excellent! Do I see stars there? Was it dawn or dusk?
I am lately more and more intrigued by the panoramic format by various photographers, and I have to say that your panoramic work presented here is on par with many masters of this format..

Thank you!
Yes there are a couple stars in the frame as this was captured at dawn about 15 minutes before the actual sun came up which is directly behind the tree.

You should give the panoramic format a try.. It's extremly fun to experiment with but sometimes it can get frustrating as today I was photographing with the 6x17 and I had a beautiful dramatic sky but I could not fit it all in the narrow frame! It drove me nuts! lol

[veloce]

82211

Efke 25, pmk pyro
5x7 Korona 210mm sironar-n

[Jiri Vasina]

Last one from me in this series


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p13x18-458_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6313)

Prickly

in "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13×18cm, Wephota NP 15, developed in Rodinal

Unfortunately, the Sun came out from behind the clouds during the 60second exposure, even though it has been overcast all morning...

Jiri

[Preston]

Autumn On Big Pine Creek, Sierra

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/lf_forum/209-1-Web-2.jpg

Tachihara 4x5
180mm Fujinon
Astia
October 2005 (recently re-scanned)

--P

[cpercy]

I see a little silhouetto of a tree
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening to tree


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8169/8060218188_97b4427b1c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8060218188/)
tree horizon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8060218188/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8105681166_555066df2b_b.jpg

[rich815]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8105681166_555066df2b_b.jpg

Really like this Christopher. I've done some similar stuff with my medium format cameras. Plan to with LF soon.

[C. D. Keth]

Thanks, Rich. Subjects like that are one of many areas where LF really shines. It looks flat but there's small amounts of both tilt and swing to get thing focused up. I also used a bit of rise to fine tune the composition since I was already up on a ladder. In small sizes it would look almost without composition but larger, you see the particularly diagonal leaf on the right and the dark hole in the center that help organize the space.

[C. D. Keth]

Not exactly a tree but this snakeplant is the size of one! Not sure about this negative yet. My scanner left a lot of banding that may be tarnishing my opinion of it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8106085594_ae0cf7da25_b.jpg

[searover]

I enjoy and am humbled by all those works before me, so here is my attempt to capture a favorite tree. This was an experiment I have to post, it's taken under the canopy of a 300year old Live Oak. The fuzziness on the bark is Resurrection Ferns, which goes brown when dry & looks dead but turns a vibrant green after a rain & this tree is covered in them.


82334

Under the Canopy 1

Linhof TK45, SA 65mm, Tmax100

Lots of Lens Tilt

http://flic.kr/p/dmwepL

[C. D. Keth]

I enjoy and am humbled by all those works before me, so here is my attempt to capture a favorite tree. This was an experiment I have to post, it's taken under the canopy of a 300year old Live Oak. The fuzziness on the bark is Resurrection Ferns, which goes brown when dry & looks dead but turns a vibrant green after a rain & this tree is covered in them.


82334

I like that a lot! It's almost an interior with that canopy. I'd love to see the same frame, longer exposure time, on a day with some constant wind.
Under the Canopy 1

Linhof TK45, SA 65mm, Tmax100

Lots of Lens Tilt

http://flic.kr/p/dmwepL

[richardman]

I think I forgot to answer the "random question" when I posted yesterday. Anyway, Shenhao 617 90 Fujinon SWD

http://www.richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121021-Scanned-18.jpg

[C4D]

Excellent Richard!
BTW nice camera ;)

[Michael Wynd]

Christopher, I really ike this image. You could perhaps call it,"Out of chaos comes order", because you've got the tangle of leaves with that wonderful shaft coming out of it.

[neprosti]

82430
fog foma 400 push to 100 develop in orwo 81

[C. D. Keth]

These trees have it rough:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8111840122_be1186d29c_c.jpg

[cpercy]

Raking light in the trees.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8117809149_a62eee4d0b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8117809149/)
raking light & trees (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_percy/8117809149/) by Clay Percy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ca_percy/), on Flickr

[Jody_S]

These trees have it rough:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8111840122_be1186d29c_c.jpg

Love this one. I have a similar shot planned, we just never get any fog here! So it's a 1hr drive (hopefully in fog!) and a 30-minute climb hoping to find patches of fog in the right place when I get there.

[C. D. Keth]

Love this one. I have a similar shot planned, we just never get any fog here! So it's a 1hr drive (hopefully in fog!) and a 30-minute climb hoping to find patches of fog in the right place when I get there.

Thank you, Jody! I got very lucky with the weather last weekend. Believe it or not, that's only 30 minutes from Los Angeles in the land of bald, featureless skies. We get weather with good clouds only 15 or 20 days a year.

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p4x6-075_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6363)

Full of Light

in "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series

Chamonix 5×8" with Schneider Symmar 300mm, shot on 4¾×6½" Fomapan 100, N-1 development in Rodinal.

[Heroique]

Larches in autumn.

Come winter, these deciduous pines, naked & encrusted with lichens, look quite dead.

Come spring, their resurrected green needles are glorious.

Come summer, it’s just another pine tree.

Tachi 4x5
Fuji A 240mm/9
Expired Fuji Pro 160s
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[aruns]

And yet another one...


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p4x6-069-1_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6296)

the Speaker

Added to the "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 4¾×6½" Fomapan 100 @ EI 64, N+1 development in Rodinal

Great picture and title!

[mdm]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DwrgjDrxwIs/UIy2erIPPRI/AAAAAAAABh4/DkfABCvBd80/s1600/treeandcalves.jpg
Tree and calves. FP100C, 210mm Heliar @f16

[Jiri Vasina]

Great picture and title!

Thanks a lot, aruns.

----------------------------

In the following picture I wanted to capture the perceived heat of the Sun in the glowing autumn leaves... Therefore I shot straight into the Sun, including it in the upper left part of the frame. But it did not work at all. At the suggestion of a friend, I cropped the image to this square format, and it was "oh, yes, that's it" to both of us... Maybe it will work for the viewers here, too... ;)


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p5x7-003-c1_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6369)

Basking in the Sun

in "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series.

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider G-Claron 150mm, 5×7", Adox CHS 25, N-1 development in Rodinal

[Jim Cole]

Recent one from the Great Smoky Mountains. 4x5 TMY-2 in DD-X 1+4, toned in PS.

Backlit afternoon along Tremont Road.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8463/8134845219_5ce9f3f494_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8134845219/)

[Peter Mounier]

Jim and Jiri, I really like the look of backlit trees, and both of your shots are great! Jiri, your crop works for me, for sure! I'll add one of mine to make it a theme within a theme.

Morro Bay State Park (Ca).

Peter

http://www.morrobaygiclee.com/StateParkTrees.jpg

[rich815]

Just got myself a Horseman 612 back. Shot of roll of my dwindling supply of Agfapan 25 (yes, Agfapan, not APX) the other day.

Some areas of improvement for sure as I get used to using this back and the perspective this format gives but should be fun.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8135300525_1750c90eff_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8135300525/)
Presidio, San Francisco
Wista DX
300 f/9 Germinar lens
Horseman 612 back
Agfapan25
Rodinal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8135300525/)
by rich8155 (Richard Sintchak) (http://www.flickr.com/people/rich8155/), on Flickr

[rich815]

Mine is best viewed full size here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/8135300525/sizes/o/

[C. D. Keth]

Beautiful, Richard. You've struck a perfect balance between enough contrast that it looks sharp and a delicate tonality that never approaches harshness.

[Jiri Vasina]

Richard, it's wonderful... but I think yours' is best viewed in full size... in print... :)

Most of our images here are only rough approximations... otherwise we would not shoot those big sheets (or so large a part of the roll as is your case... ;) ).

And Jim and Peter, you managed the backlight very well... better than me... and made really beautiful images, both of you... each one different, but wonderful in it's own way...

Jiri

[Jim Cole]

Peter and Jiri,

Thanks for the kind words.

Jiri, the only way I can manage backlighting well is to keep the sky and sun completely out of the picture. Otherwise, I don't think it's manageable. In the image posted, the beginnings of the tops of the trees where the sky was poking thru and the sun were just off the top of the frame. The sun was directly behind the center tree trunk as well to help with glare. I also had a shade up on top of my Ebony to keep the bright sky from hitting the lens. Throw in a little luck, and you may get a decent image. I only wish I got nearly as many winners as you.

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p13x18-462-c_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6373)

Threesome

in "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Symmar 300mm, 13×18cm, Wephota NP 15, Rodinal

I tried N-2 development on this one, but am afraid the time was still too long - I have not done my share testing to arrive at the N-2, I just shot in the dark... Next time I'll try tweaking the dilution, as the time was already short enough - 5min with Rodinal 1:50. And yes, I know, stand-development would be the way to go, but I don't have a tank large enough to do stand development in. Might try it in my Jobo 2830 drum still...

Jiri

[Peter Mounier]

And Jim and Peter, you managed the backlight very well...

Thank you Jiri. And compliments on "Threesome" as well. If your development times were too long, you certainly made up for it with the nice scan. I can't see where shorter dev. time would've given you more details or a better contrast range.

Peter

[Jiri Vasina]

Thanks Peter... and yes, I had to play quite a lot with the scanner settings to get acceptable "digital negative" (TIFF) to start working with. But that is not the right way, I prefer when the initial (automatic) scanner settings are good enough to tweak only a bit... or not at all. I prefer when I can start with a good negative sheet by itself...

Jiri

[Vaughn]

Larches in autumn.

Come winter, these deciduous pines, naked & encrusted with lichens, look quite dead.

Come spring, their resurrected green needles are glorious.

Come summer, it’s just another pine tree.


Of course larches are not pines, but when put together, one can get this:

http://www.animalsandearth.com/en/photo/view/id/55507-pine-pinus-sp-and-larch-larix-sp-plantation-golden-downs-forest-new-zealand

Vaughn

[Heroique]

Of course larches are not pines, but when put together, one can get this…

Thanks for the clarification!

I called it a “deciduous pine,” but a more accurate term would be “deciduous conifer.”

This is of deep importance to tree lovers, like the people in this thread. ;^)

[Vaughn]

I am a tree hugger from way back!

And an ex-forestry major, to boot! I have planted well over 100,000 trees, but none of them a larch...:)

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Here's a recently developed sheet of film: Cedar Reflections, Dusk, Baptism River, MN - Shen-Hao FCL57-A, Fujinon 400T, Ilford Delta 100 in Xtol 1:1 (cropped to 4x5 ratio, 5"x6.25")

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/CedarReflections-BapismRiver-12-06.jpg

[ScottM]

Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Wista 4x5, 6x12 film back with Fuji Velvia 100.82789

[chassis]

Nice shot, Joel.

[Vaughn]

These trees are a bit dead and almost vertical.

Redwood Creek, 2012
4x5 Carbon Creek

[C. D. Keth]

I found this palm today that's clawed its way up into a little bit of midday sun.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8470/8140786438_9f21319b78_c.jpg


These palms are near my home. I've shot them once before and rejected the negative. I'm pretty happy with this one. The streaks are my crappy scanner.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8140785802_ec654407a2_b.jpg

[mikebarger]

Here's a recently developed sheet of film: Cedar Reflections, Dusk, Baptism River, MN - Shen-Hao FCL57-A, Fujinon 400T, Ilford Delta 100 in Xtol 1:1 (cropped to 4x5 ratio, 5"x6.25")

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/CedarReflections-BapismRiver-12-06.jpg


Nice Joel!!

[Jim Cole]

Here's a recently developed sheet of film: Cedar Reflections, Dusk, Baptism River, MN - Shen-Hao FCL57-A, Fujinon 400T, Ilford Delta 100 in Xtol 1:1 (cropped to 4x5 ratio, 5"x6.25")

Nicely done, Joel!

[welly]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8141561055_eddacae89b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialphotography/8141561055/in/photostream/)

Trees in Coogee, NSW. Annoyed by the walkway in the shot but anyway. I actually really like this shot. Could probably processed it better but I still like it.

Rodinal, TMax 100, Schneider 90mm.

[Jim Cole]

Could have been in "Abstracts", but I thought it better here. Cropped 4x5 E100VS, 300mm Nikon at 2 sec. This came out better than I had hoped.

As it is, or should it be be presented upside-down so the trees are in the correct orientation?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8330/8142475445_5a37e5ff4e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8142475445/)

[Heroique]

I found this palm today that's clawed its way up into a little bit of midday sun.

Now that’s vertical drama – I just strained my neck looking up.


Could have been in "Abstracts", but I thought it better here...

Nice Bokeh, Jim! :cool:

[Jiri Vasina]

Could have been in "Abstracts", but I thought it better here. Cropped 4x5 E100VS, 300mm Nikon at 2 sec. This came out better than I had hoped.

As it is, or should it be be presented upside-down so the trees are in the correct orientation?



Jim, it works perfectly well as it is. Not so much upside down... but it's beautiful...

Jiri

[Boinzo]

I'm from Oz - so I had never seen Aspens before this. Man they are pretty!
Velvia 4x5 cropped...

http://www.steffoto.com/images/img072.jpg

[h2oman]

Well, they aren't always that nice, but you found some good ones. I really like your choiceof framing and crop. Good work!

[h2oman]

very nice, as usual, Joel.

[C. D. Keth]

Could have been in "Abstracts", but I thought it better here. Cropped 4x5 E100VS, 300mm Nikon at 2 sec. This came out better than I had hoped.

As it is, or should it be be presented upside-down so the trees are in the correct orientation?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8330/8142475445_5a37e5ff4e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8142475445/)

I like the presentation just as it is.

[cpercy]

Could have been in "Abstracts", but I thought it better here. Cropped 4x5 E100VS, 300mm Nikon at 2 sec. This came out better than I had hoped.

As it is, or should it be be presented upside-down so the trees are in the correct orientation?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8330/8142475445_5a37e5ff4e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8142475445/)

Very nice Jim, my vote is leave it as is.

[cpercy]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p13x18-456_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6304)

Path among Trees

in "Song of Trees (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193)" series

Chamonix 5×8", Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13x18cm Fomapan 100 exposed at EI 64, developed in Rodinal.

Very nice image, well presented Jiri.

[dlin]

Could have been in "Abstracts", but I thought it better here. Cropped 4x5 E100VS, 300mm Nikon at 2 sec. This came out better than I had hoped

Beautiful, Jim

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Very nice Jim, my vote is leave it as is.

I agree. It works very well as-is. The painterly impression is wonderful.

[Jim Cole]

Heroique, Jiri, Christopher, Cpercy, Dlin and Joel,

Thanks for the kind words and the orientation feedback. I added the question after my wife commented after I emailed her the photo, that she thought she might prefer it the other way around. I thought it better as seen.

[Jim Cole]

Some more color from the Smoky Mountains. This one is on Velvia.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8145881675_d746a70bbb_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8145881675/)

[Brian Sims]

No question about the gender of this tree...
82915

[Brian Sims]

Love this tree...
82916

[Heroique]

No question about the gender of this tree...

I’m not sure I see what you see, but I have innocent eyes.

Anyway, two gender-based tree threads might be fun – “Male Trees” & “Female Trees.”

Of course, a third one called “Tree Porn” would get the most hits.

“Tree Nudes” would be the more artistic name.


Love this tree...

Brian, that’s nice! Like an illustration from a book on tree biology.

[sly]

Arbutus! Also Strawberry tree. Lovely shots.

[Joe O'Hara]

Agree. A real beauty!

[Joe O'Hara]

I like it this way. Wonderful picture!


Could have been in "Abstracts", but I thought it better here. Cropped 4x5 E100VS, 300mm Nikon at 2 sec. This came out better than I had hoped.

As it is, or should it be be presented upside-down so the trees are in the correct orientation?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8330/8142475445_5a37e5ff4e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8142475445/)

[Joe O'Hara]

A recent picture of, well, ex-trees in Franklin Parker Preserve, Woodland Twp., NJ.

[Jim Cole]

I like it this way. Wonderful picture!

Thank you, Joe.

[Michael Przybyla]

http://mikeprzybyla.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v54/p1243814768-4.jpg
Birch Tree Trunk
Canham 5x7 HP5 Pyrocat HD Pt/Pd Print

[imagedowser]

Michael, Wow damn nice root burl.... bet it would carve or turn into a fine bowl. American indians would have dug the tree out some to get the complete burl... nice photograph.

[bigguy88]

Could have been in "Abstracts", but I thought it better here. Cropped 4x5 E100VS, 300mm Nikon at 2 sec. This came out better than I had hoped.

As it is, or should it be be presented upside-down so the trees are in the correct orientation?
http://www.ebeautytalk.com/dot.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8330/8142475445_5a37e5ff4e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8142475445/)
as it is is good indeed. love the colors in this. :)

[Jim Cole]

Thanks, Bigguy88. In the 10 years or so that I've been trying to make a shot like this work, this is it.

[jcoldslabs]

Ten years, Jim? That's impressive and inspiring. Having seen the final result, I think it was well worth the wait. Beautiful image.

Jonathan

[lkkang]

http://kangliatkeng.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/woodleigh008.jpg

Zone VI,
210mm Caltar II-E
5x7 Shanghai 100
KODAK D-76, 1:1 , V700 scanned

Billy

[Corran]

Fooling around with old outdated Portra 400NC film and home-developing with BTZS tubes. Polaroid 900 / Xenotar 135mm - taken along the Withlacoochee River in south GA:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Untitled-9s.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Nice clean, subtle colors in that, Bryan. Your home processing seems to be going well.

Jonathan

[Corran]

Thanks. I punched up the contrast and saturation a bit to help, being the NC film.

I did discover a small stumbling block with my plan. The outdoor shed I'm using for a darkroom has really hard water, which I hadn't really noticed until now (it wasn't working until just recently). It looks milky...I think the mineral content is screwing with something - the rear side of the negatives I've processed also have a milky look to them. I accidentally scanned one backwards and the scan looked like a cyanotype - almost completely blue. So definitely have some things to work on, from a processing point of view. Might just try slapping a water purifier I have lying around on it.

[Corran]

And one more, just finished drying. I shot the same thing with my Mamiya 645 and 80mm f/1.9 lens, posted in the Small Format thread. Here it is with the 135 f/3.5 Xenotar, cropped, at f/4. Quite a difference in OOF rendering.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/Untitled-11s.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Ten years, Jim? That's impressive and inspiring. Having seen the final result, I think it was well worth the wait. Beautiful image.

Jonathan

Thanks, Jonathan, but maybe I may have misled on my 10-year statement. It's not a subject that I have constantly searched out over such a long period, but a subject that arises occasionally, and whose results never seem to satisfy. I have many reflection images that include the landscape that work fine, but it's these isolated attempts at an abstract with no reference landscape that have evaded me for so long.

Even with this one that, when it appeared, made me run back to the car for the camera, had my brain asking, "why are you wasting time and film on this again?" Never knowing how moving reflections are going to appear with time on film, I shot the first on Velvia at 4 sec and a second on E100VS at 1/2 sec as the scene was brightening (I mis-stated the time as 2 sec on my OP). The first, on Velvia, was a blurry mess. The second, shorter exposure on the speedier film finally worked.

So as kind as your words were, I think that "impressive" and "inspiring" are hardly deserved. It's mostly dumb luck and serendipity.

[C. D. Keth]

City trees:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/8160129859_887a5ae724_b.jpg

[tim schroll]

Found this beautiful lady walking in the woods....straight shot of nature at her best. Zone VI 4x5, 210mm Caltar, FP4+, HC-110 (B).83092

[vanourek]

83134
83135

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/glade_top_pano_road1.jpg

Glade Top Trail, Taney County Missouri

Shen-Hao PTB 6x17
Schneider 90mm f/8
Fuji Velvia 50

[Michael E]

straight shot of nature at her best.

You did notice that somebody cut the tree down with a chain saw, right?

Michael

[Harley Goldman]

Made this image last week in central Utah. Utah sure is a beautiful state.

Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor 300M, Portra 160

Critiques are welcome.

http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/GrandCottonwoodWebLg.jpg

[scm]

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/Scan-121106-x.jpg
5x7 Eastman 2D - 210mm Symmar-S - HP5+

[cpercy]

Made this image last week in central Utah. Utah sure is a beautiful state.

Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor 300M, Portra 160

Critiques are welcome.

Wow Harley this shot hardly leaves room for criticism, stunning image.

[life_in_sepia]

Wow Harley this shot hardly leaves room for criticism, stunning image.

+1 , beautiful shot!

[cpercy]

5x7 Eastman 2D - 210mm Symmar-S - HP5+

Beautiful soft and subtle image scm.

[scm]

Beautiful soft and subtle image scm.

Thank you!

[Harley Goldman]

Thanks Percy and Ed. Your comments are much appreciated.

[p1ot3]

water was really cold that day...

[Jim Cole]

water was really cold that day...

Timeless!

[welly]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/8166588441_ae60e8eacd_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialphotography/8166588441/in/photostream/)

Tree detail. TMax 100 in Rodinal. Nikkor-W 150mm at f/8 for 15 seconds.

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/fall_trees_pano1.jpg

We had an amazing fall this year in the Ozarks... it did not last very long but it did peak very strong and it was one of those times in some areas that the underbrush peaked at the same time as the hardwood canopies which does not happen very often.

Shen-Hoa PTB 6x17 Panoramic Camera
Schneider 90 f/8 lens
Fuji Velvia 50 film

[C4D]

and one more from the same day

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/fall_trees_pano2.jpg

During a hard rainstorm on top of the Glade Top Trail in Taney County Missouri and was lucky to manage to have most of the foreground trees stay still as the background canopy leaves swirled in the strong winds of the storm during the duration of the exposure.

Shen-Hoa PTB 6x17 Panoramic Camera
Schneider 90 f/8 lens
Fuji Velvia 50 film

[scm]

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/Butterfield.jpg
4x5 MPP - Fujinon 150mm - Kodak EPP

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8340/8181383854_ec4fc3c2a8_c.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

I had a hell of a time focusing this shot. It was dusk, darker than it looks, and I probably should have focused closer to the base of the tree. I don't have any front tilt when shooting vertically with the Speed Graphic, unfortunately. When you get used to using movements you sure notice the lack of them.

I developed this N+1, but I think it needed N+2.

Speed Graphic, Aero Ektar, 4x5 T-Max 100 (expired 1999)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-100-%2899%29-Tree-Trunk.jpg

Jonathan

[C. D. Keth]

Another from this afternoon, this time in 2x5 size:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8210/8184395547_cefd747736_b.jpg

[Preston]

Oak in El Capitan Meadow

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/837-1-Web-2.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Fujinon 180mm
Portra 160
November 2012

After shooting chromes for a long time, I've started doing some work with Portra. It's pretty much a paradigm shift.

--P

[welly]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8192434907_9ce6990066_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialphotography/8192434907/in/photostream/)

Ilford HP5+ in D-76, Nikkor-W 150mm, f/22, f1/30

[Corran]

Wow, really nice welly. I like how the tree and graffiti merge.

[ImSoNegative]

Here is an end of a small fallen tree I shot today using my brand new (to me) 15cm 4.5 Heliar, shot using a shen hao ptb and 27 years expired plus x. (should have dusted my scanner first)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8194032612_6633af7c7d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/8194032612/)
End of a Log (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28713901@N04/8194032612/) by J. Golden (http://www.flickr.com/people/28713901@N04/), on Flickr

[Barry Kirsten]

Nice indeed, Welly. Well done.

[cpercy]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8192434907_9ce6990066_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/serialphotography/8192434907/in/photostream/)

Ilford HP5+ in D-76, Nikkor-W 150mm, f/22, f1/30

Fabulous image.

[mdm]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o3GF0NuLNM4/UKgR8q8bfvI/AAAAAAAABlk/MlLqFzfHIgo/s1600/oltstump.jpg
Gold Borax toned salt print on 5x7 COT320. 210mm Fujinar and Delta 100 in D23.

[jon.oman]

Fabulous image.

I agree! Great image welly!

[welly]

Thanks for the comments guys! Much appreciated!

[lkkang]

pictures dedicated to beautiful Woodleigh park ( Singapore ).

http://kangliatkeng.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/wdl_001.jpg


http://kangliatkeng.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/wdl_002.jpg

Zone VI camera
210mm Caltar II-E
120mm PORTRA 160VC on DAYI 6x12 graflok back
UNICOLOR C41 developer processed
Epson V700 scanned.

Billy

[Holdenrichards]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8198685698_0b97010304_c.jpg

1903 Eastman View No. 1
Symmar-S 240mm
8x10 Kodak X-Ray Film
HC110 1+200

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8197999299_390fd0376e_c.jpg

[Preston]

Maple and Pines, Yosemite

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/822-1-Web.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm
Astia 100F
November 1, 2012

Nice woke here folks!

--P

[mdm]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-plafwLYHdLU/UKsyvkEukoI/AAAAAAAABmQ/Wt6LjHbPcJE/s1600/gum-k.jpg
I have been trying to take a picture of this ugly old bastard for years. Here he is with the world on his shoulders.
5x7 carbon transfer on fabriano five. Delta 100 in D23.

[chassis]

Metasequoiae
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8203138990_b550327057_z.jpg
Toyo 45AII / 58mm SA XL
Tri-X in D-76 1:3

[mlatterich]

Some cent captures from the NH coastline. Efke 25 in rodinal 1:100, 1 h standing tank development.

[Robert Langham]

Photographed this tree for about 25 years but only caught it at peak bloom with the moonrise once. Changes a lot every year. 5X7 Deardorff with 210. I like to have a celestial clock going in my landscapes- moon rising, things blooming, shadows running out. The more momentary it is the better I like it.

83974 Blooming pear and moon, Smith County, Texas.

[Robert Langham]

5X7, (and 120mm Fuji that was later torn in half by a poltergeist at Shiprock.) Platinum print. Makes a nice 20X24. I look at trees like they are individual souls.


83975 Blooming pear, Smith County, Texas.

[Robert Langham]

If everything isn't going to be totally different in the next three minutes....I don't take the shot. And I like it when it's a day in the life of a tree that is special. 5X7 and 120mm Super Angulon. It doesn't look like it but I'm on top of my 4-runner. Polarizer.

83976 Young Wild Pear blooming and storm clouds, 2010

Just back from three 12 hour days in the Canyon de Chelly system. I was shooting one portfolio but really got sucked in by the trees. It's all processed and proofed but the printing is just starting. Amazing Cottonwoods.

[Robert Langham]

Same old tree. 1990 and 2012. We've got a history but I usually only go visit when she's in heat! Same 5X7.


83977 Wild Pear and Chairs, 1990.

83978 Wild Pear, broken limb, 2012

[mdm]

Beautiful trees. Thanks for showing them.

[Robert Langham]

Thanks. I live in a very nice part of the country but one that is devoid of scenery. Just trees. No great sweeping landscapes, no majestic views. (New Zealand! My God! You couldn't do better if you lived in Iceland!) Everything within arms reach. It's like photographing inside a big room: the horizon line is rarely seen and there is always something overhead. That said, the best art is made at home, and home is where the trees are, even if they are just backyard trash trees. I'm not saying I don't love it, a lot, but people don't come here to see much of anything.

84050 Moonrise, rose field.

[Robert Langham]

Shooting cottonwoods in CdM.



84076

84077

[Preston]

Ghost Forest, Yosemite Valley

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/834-1-Web-1.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm
Portra 160
November 2012

Robert, I really like the cottonwood image! We're from the same hometown--how 'bout that.

--P

[C. D. Keth]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8208113824_ab2cf03286_c.jpg

[Renato Tonelli]

Really like the composition.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8208113824_ab2cf03286_c.jpg

[Joe O'Hara]

Eastern White Cedars. The recent storm blew down a number of them to the left of this view, which allowed a little more light than usual into the grove.

[Joe O'Hara]

5X7, (and 120mm Fuji that was later torn in half by a poltergeist at Shiprock.) Platinum print. Makes a nice 20X24. I look at trees like they are individual souls.


83975 Blooming pear, Smith County, Texas.

They are.

[sly]

Preston - love the ferns and burnt tree! Eye candy!

[C. D. Keth]

Really like the composition.

Thank you, Renato. I always briefly feel under the dark cloth that I'm being heavy handed and gimicky using wide lenses but then I see the negative and I like the result. This one strikes me as quite menacing, for a tree.

[Scott Schroeder]

Robert, love the cottonwoods with the Road.

[cpercy]

Shooting cottonwoods in CdM.



84076

84077

Really nicely done Robert, the one with the road is my favorite, and hint of the shadows source at the top of frame in the second is perfect.

[Preston]

Preston - love the ferns and burnt tree! Eye candy!

Thanks, Sly. I appreciate your comment!

--P

[Jim Cole]

Preston - love the ferns and burnt tree! Eye candy!

+1

[Pat Kearns]

This oak has weathered one too many hurricanes.
Tachihara 4x5
TMY
Caltar IIn 150mm lens
Slight cropping.

[Pat Kearns]

River Birch in my backyard shedding.
Tachihara 4x5
TMY
Caltar IIn 210mm lens

[mike rosenlof]

Flowering plum in my front yard.
Wista 45SP, G-claron 150/9 HP5+ 6x7 rollfilm holder

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1153821/Scan-121124-0005.jpg

[mike rosenlof]

Maybe no longer flowering. Scanned from a print.

[Bob T]

84192

On Bays Mountain in East Tennessee

[mdm]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QCAI_WtXB-g/ULHJE7MiclI/AAAAAAAABn8/CY8usEgS7z8/s1600/wiltedblossoms.jpg
5x7 Delta 100 in D23, 210 Sironar S, Gold toned salt print on COT320.

[Preston]

Ghost Forest, Yosemite, #2

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/835-1-Web-1.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Schneider Symmar-S 210mm
Portra 160
November 2012

--P

[Holdenrichards]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8215230313_0d55b2edd9_c.jpg

1903 Eastman View No. 1 - Schneider Symmar S 240mm - f/45 - Kodak B/RA X-Ray Film - 8x10 Film - HC 110 1+200 - Unaltered Negative Scan

[Holdenrichards]

Shooting cottonwoods in CdM.


The resulting photo is beautiful!