post your trees!

[jp]

Birch Point Beach Park this Sunday. Owls Head Maine. 4x5 FP4+ in pyrocat hd.

Aero Ektar and 7.25" Verito comparison. Just because the AE has plenty of bokeh and blur doesn't make it a soft focus. Looks pretty sharp where it's focused compared to the verito, which is sort of a conservative soft focus lens (but not as conservative as a fuji)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3754/14302278573_b81cb6fc5b_c.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/14302278573/in/photostream/

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/14095475720_bd9665068b_c.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/14095475720/in/photostream/

[Holdenrichards]

http://u1.ipernity.com/35/15/61/32921561.e0ff21ee.640.jpg


1897 Ak-sar-ben Camera - Repromaster 210mm - f/45 - Arista Edu 100 - 8x10 Film - HC-110 1+200 - Unaltered Negative Scan

[Bruce Osgood]

Down but Not Out:
115997

4x5 Delta 100, Xtol 1:2
MGFB Classic, Ansco 130 bzt

[DennisD]

http://u1.ipernity.com/35/15/61/32921561.e0ff21ee.640.jpg


1897 Ak-sar-ben Camera - Repromaster 210mm - f/45 - Arista Edu 100 - 8x10 Film - HC-110 1+200 - Unaltered Negative Scan

That's a real beauty ! Lovely light & contrast!

This image would be a wonderful addition to the "Fences & Stone Walls" thread.

[Holdenrichards]

That's a real beauty ! Lovely light & contrast!

This image would be a wonderful addition to the "Fences & Stone Walls" thread.

Thanks!

[alavergh]

116244

In Indiana near the town of Pines along Indiana Dunes State Park.

[Vaughn]

A friend with images on lensculture....Baobab Trees...from Type 55 negatives

https://www.lensculture.com/articles/elaine-ling-baobab-tree-of-generations?utm_source=General+List&utm_campaign=6f63056b41-Newsletter+Vol+22.14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1724e682d-6f63056b41-88742009#slide-1

Show of these works in Paris this summer...
I saw them a while back in San Francisco (Rayko)...great!

[NancyP]

Oh, wow! Thanks for posting the link to Lens Culture. Not only are the trees great, but I had never seen this magazine/site.

[johnmsanderson]

Been fascinated with trees near highways recently

http://www.john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/40_highway-arbor-2-lit.jpg

4x5 Portra 400 / Fujinon 600C

http://www.john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/40_tree-arbor-neg.jpg

8x10 Ektar 100 / Fujinon 450C

[StoneNYC]

Been fascinated with trees near highways recently

http://www.john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/40_highway-arbor-2-lit.jpg

4x5 Portra 400 / Fujinon 600C

http://www.john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/40_tree-arbor-neg.jpg

8x10 Ektar 100 / Fujinon 450C

Show off!! I'm looking for both those lenses!!!! Haha

Love that tree, really nice.

[h2oman]

Nice images, John. You were absent for a while, but are now back in force!

[DaveS]

Parts of a large Morton Bay Fig.

Such a large amount of biomass.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/14195460949_0c5ab3ccfd_c.jpg


https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3894/14378759961_0bb56f59b2_c.jpg

[Gary Sommer]

Arista EDU 100, 90 f6.8

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2899/13916969403_3cf6934072_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/36419580@N06/13916969403/)
Shady-Cove-C.G.-2 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/36419580@N06/13916969403/) by gary2881 (https://www.flickr.com/people/36419580@N06/), on Flickr

[nousavons]

Hi there,
I would like to share whit you some trees captured with a harman Titan:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/martingomezphotos/14402058813/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/martingomezphotos/14197297677/in/photostream/

I hope you like it,
Best,
Martín

[alexn]

'Solid Foundations'

116491

045N-2
210/5.6 @ f/45
37sec - Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1:50

[djdister]

'Solid Foundations'

116491

045N-2
210/5.6 @ f/45
37sec - Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1:50

Lovely roots, very nicely done!

[lkkang]

https://kangliatkeng.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/macrichi001a.jpg

Woodleigh park ( Singapore )



8x10 Tachihara
8x10 ShangHai 100
GOERZ GOETAR 14" ( lens cap exposure 1 sec )
KODAK D-76, 1:1 ,
V700 scanned

B

[Joe O'Hara]

No filters or anything, just trees and light.

[sly]

Nice, Joe! The quality of the light through the trees is perfect!

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2012-06-10b.jpg
Massachusetts, June 2012
Tachihara Field Camera, 200mm Nikkor M
4x5 TMY, D-23

Apologies if I posted this before: I love the light in June.

[Joe O'Hara]

Nice, Joe! The quality of the light through the trees is perfect!

Thanks, sly. It's a great place.

[abhishek@1985]

Here goes mine .. still pretty new and novice in 4x5 ..
Am loving it :)

ROOTS :-

Camera :- Tachihara 4x5 with 180 mm Nikkor
Exposure :- 1 secs at f32
Film :- Ilford Delta 100
Developer :- Rodinal 1:100 for 1 hr
Scan :- Epson v750

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/2/5/2/3/abhishek017_743378.jpg

[Jeff Dexheimer]

Nice! Looks like this came from the North Shore. There are not too many LF shooters in my neck of the woods.
Here goes mine .. still pretty new and novice in 4x5 ..
Am loving it :)

ROOTS :-

Camera :- Tachihara 4x5 with 180 mm Nikkor
Exposure :- 1 secs at f32
Film :- Ilford Delta 100
Developer :- Rodinal 1:100 for 1 hr
Scan :- Epson v750

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/2/5/2/3/abhishek017_743378.jpg

[sly]

Abhishek, hard to believe you are a novice with 4x5! I hope you can tell us you've honed your eye for composition, and your technique with developing on other formats. Then I won't feel too bad about how far behind you I am.

[Harley Goldman]

Beautifully done. I love the tones and the real nice composition.

[abhishek@1985]

Nice! Looks like this came from the North Shore. There are not too many LF shooters in my neck of the woods.

Jeff, you are bang on target.. It was taken in the North shore early spring along with Joel.. I am sure you know him.
I am just fortunate enough to have him as a teacher for large format.... The tachihara is even his!!! I am yet to buy a 4x5 myself :)

[abhishek@1985]

Thank you for the kind words Harley and Sly..

Well I am really a very newbie in Large Format as I have tried it only 2 times, this being the second time and I am hooked to it.

I don't use much of complicated process in development - Rodinal in 1:100 fro 1 hour in a jobo 2325 .
The above pic is a scanned copy in V750 although I have printed teh same in darkroom in FB paper .. Yet to upload the scan of the print..
Have been using Hasselblad for a year !!! Don't know what else to say other than I am flattered and honoured :)
Difficult to express such high appreciations.....

[Leigh]

I don't use much of complicated process in development - Rodinal in 1:100 fro 1 hour in a jobo 2325 .
Hi, and welcome aboard. Nice shot.

However... You're waaaaaay over-developing.
Delta 100 in Rodinal 1:100 wants 18 minutes at 25 deg C (68 deg F) with minimal agitation.

I expect you're using too little Rodinal concentrate, and you're exhausting the entire volume.
Rodinal wants 10ml of concentrate for an 8x10 film.
That's any combination of films that can be proofed on one 8x10 paper, i.e. four 4x5 sheets or 1 roll of 120 or 35mm.

Rodinal produces very consistent results with excellent compensation when used as directed.

- Leigh

[abhishek@1985]

Hi Leigh,

Thanks for the suggestions.. Well forgot to mention its stand development I do with 1:100 of Rodinal... thats why 1 hour..

Regards,
Abhishek


Hi, and welcome aboard. Nice shot.

However... You're waaaaaay over-developing.
Delta 100 in Rodinal 1:100 wants 18 minutes at 25 deg C (68 deg F) with minimal agitation.

I expect you're using too little Rodinal concentrate, and you're exhausting the entire volume.
Rodinal wants 10ml of concentrate for an 8x10 film.
That's any combination of films that can be proofed on one 8x10 paper, i.e. four 4x5 sheets or 1 roll of 120 or 35mm.

Rodinal produces very consistent results with excellent compensation when used as directed.

- Leigh

[Corran]

The tonal gradation is perfect and quite beautiful. Don't change a thing.

[David Lobato]

Here goes mine .. still pretty new and novice in 4x5 ..
Am loving it :)

ROOTS :-

Camera :- Tachihara 4x5 with 180 mm Nikkor
Exposure :- 1 secs at f32
Film :- Ilford Delta 100
Developer :- Rodinal 1:100 for 1 hr
Scan :- Epson v750

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/2/5/2/3/abhishek017_743378.jpg

Superb!

[StoneNYC]

Hi, and welcome aboard. Nice shot.

However... You're waaaaaay over-developing.
Delta 100 in Rodinal 1:100 wants 18 minutes at 25 deg C (68 deg F) with minimal agitation.

I expect you're using too little Rodinal concentrate, and you're exhausting the entire volume.
Rodinal wants 10ml of concentrate for an 8x10 film.
That's any combination of films that can be proofed on one 8x10 paper, i.e. four 4x5 sheets or 1 roll of 120 or 35mm.

Rodinal produces very consistent results with excellent compensation when used as directed.

- Leigh

That's odd I developed two 11x14 sheets of double sided X-Ray film (essentially 4 sheets if normal film) and 2 sheets of 5x7 normal film in only 10ml of Rodinal with perfectly fine results. I can't imagine a single 8x10 needs 10ml.

Please elaborate on this 10ml perspective.

[Leigh]

Please elaborate on this 10ml perspective.
The Rodinal datasheet says a 500ml bottle of concentrate will process 50 films.
I defined a "film" previously.

Quoting from page 5 of the Rodinal datasheet:
"Yield
One-shot developer.
With 500 ml concentrate about fifty films (135-36 or 120 rollfilm) can be developed."

- Leigh

[StoneNYC]

The Rodinal datasheet says a 500ml bottle of concentrate will process 50 films.
I defined a "film" previously.

Quoting from page 5 of the Rodinal datasheet:
"Yield
One-shot developer.
With 500 ml concentrate about fifty films (135-36 or 120 rollfilm) can be developed."

- Leigh

Yes but that's based on what dilution? And what total volume of tank used?

I think you're assuming here...

[Leigh]

Yes but that's based on what dilution? And what total volume of tank used?
I think you're assuming here...
I'm assuming nothing.
The dilution is irrelevant. It does not change the amount of active developer present.

- Leigh

[Corran]

The 10ml/film is not a hard and fast rule, Stone. As evidenced by the results. Just the suggestion of the manufacturer for typical usage - just like ISO.

[abhishek@1985]

Well not sure if I should speak up as I am fairly new, but I use 10ml for 3 sheets of 4x5 in 1000ml of water for stand development.
The negatives are fairly ok and have less contrast but prints easily in darkroom on a higher grade filter..Plus its so easier to handle especially when I do stand development for an hour as I don't have to worry about temparatures and agitation much...
Scans way better in my limited experience......

[Leigh]

Well not sure if I should speak up as I am fairly new...
Of course you can. That's the whole idea, to exchange information.


I use 10ml for 3 sheets of 4x5 in 1000ml of water for stand development.Using the manufacturer's recommendation you can do up to four 4x5 sheets in 10ml of concentrate.
Four 4x5 sheets equals a single 8x10 sheet equals one "roll" as far as developer consumption is concerned.


The negatives are fairly ok and have less contrast but prints easily in darkroom on a higher grade filter..Plus its so easier to handle especially when I do stand development for an hour as I don't have to worry about temparatures and agitation much...
Scans way better in my limited experience......
Standard Rodinal development times do vary with temperature. I expect that requirement sort of disappears with stand development, as long as your room temperature is not extreme.

As long as the results are what you want, that's all that matters.

Good shooting.

- Leigh

[alexn]

I have used stand development with Rodinal in room temps from 19°C through to 27°C with many films, Fomapan 100, Acros 100, Delta 100, FP4+, T-Max 100.. All 1hr at 1:100 with one inversion at the 30 minute mark.... It rarely yields the BEST possible negative, but I have never blown highlights no matter how I've exposed the scene. I've found that the temperature has little to no affect on stand development, and the resulting negative almost always has a very flat feel (lacking contrast) which is why I tend to use it.. if I've shot something that I know has a tonal range outside of what the film is capable of holding using a standard development, I simply unload that holder into my "Stand box" No matter what type of film it is, I just make sure I expose the scene entirely for the shadows, throw the neg in the stand box then when I've got 12 in there, I load them into the 2551, all different films, different speeds, brands, you name it.. mix up my rodinal at 1:100 and pour it in for an hour.

It's never failed me yet...

[Leigh]

It rarely yields the BEST possible negative, but I have never blown highlights no matter how I've exposed the scene. I've found that the temperature has little to no affect on stand development, and the resulting negative almost always has a very flat feel (lacking contrast) which is why I tend to use it..
You won't blow highlights with Rodinal when used according to directions.
It's a compensating developer, designed to prevent that problem.

Temperature has no effect on results because you're completely exhausting the developer.

- Leigh

[Jeff Dexheimer]

The volume of rodinal used is so small and the cost of rodinal is so low, in practical terms, why one would worry about using more rodinal?

Personally I follow the minimum developer volume recommendations from the manufacturer. That way I feel confident I won't exhaust my developer.

[sly]

To get back to trees -

117470
Arbutus, Westwood Lake
Gum print, Titan 8x10 pinhole
HP5+, ABC pyro

[johnmsanderson]

http://www.john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/41_tree-i80.jpg

[neprosti]

117505
117506
4x5" microfilm negative

[Heroique]

http://www.john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/41_tree-i80.jpg

If I were a crop duster, this tempting "fly-through" might have ended my career! :cool:

[StoneNYC]

If I were a crop duster, this tempting "fly-through" might have ended my career! :cool:

Hah! That's so cool!

[RHITMrB]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2916/14352809798_65e7140c6a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nSiUiU)Lan Su Bamboo (https://flic.kr/p/nSiUiU) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr


http://www.john-sanderson.com/files/gimgs/41_tree-i80.jpg

This is fantastic.

[Peter Mounier]

Isaac
Love your bamboo shadows photo!

[RHITMrB]

Isaac
Love your bamboo shadows photo!

Thanks!

[johnmsanderson]

If I were a crop duster, this tempting "fly-through" might have ended my career! :cool:

hahaha! Skip Stewart could do it!

[C Henry]

Grovely Woods, Wiltshire. Shen Hao 4x10, Fujinon 210mm W. FP4+ in Pyrocat HD. Printed on Fomalux 111 in Ansco 130117981

[StoneNYC]

Grovely Woods, Wiltshire. Shen Hao 4x10, Fujinon 210mm W. FP4+ in Pyrocat HD. Printed on Fomalux 111 in Ansco 130117981

Really nice! :)

[Gary Sommer]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2908/14639907303_b44435d9ba_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/36419580@N06/14639907303/)
E-Walnut-3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/36419580@N06/14639907303/) by gary2881 (https://www.flickr.com/people/36419580@N06/), on Flickr

Arista EDU 200, WD2D+

My grandparents planted this poor old English Walnut tree about 100 years ago.

[D-tach]

Nature versus Man

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3924/14450606909_73705367c1_b.jpg

Deardorff - Rodenstock Sinaron SE 210mm - Fomapan 200 5x7 - Pyrocat HD

[RHITMrB]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3872/14479106247_c50e60f51e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/o4tcQT)
Lan Su (https://flic.kr/p/o4tcQT) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

[Maris Rusis]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3889/14470443768_e1cf8dcf94_c.jpg
Giant Snow Gums, Charlotte Pass Grove

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.6cm X 19.6cm, from a 8x10 Fomapan 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a 610mm f9 Apo-Nikkor lens. Titled, signed, and stamped verso.

The 5 second exposure was executed by removing and replacing the lenscap. Lens aperture was f128 but the small amount of image diffraction is invisible in a 8x10 contact photograph.

[Heroique]

Giant Snow Gums, Charlotte Pass Grove.

That's a fun shot.

Lots of twisting energy for such a still subject.

Thanks to the wrinkled texture, the tree skin looks like animal skin – reminds me of the Beech trees in my region.

[czmielek]

Here is one cherry tree 4x5 Razzle converted polaroid MA 51 technikcal film ASA1.5, r09 1:300 15:00
http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/14055396881282.jpg

[austin granger]

Trees, Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/14677028071_59263e066d_h.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Beautiful tones and light, Austin. What film size did you use?

[austin granger]

Beautiful tones and light, Austin. What film size did you use?

Thanks Joel. This is roughly the bottom half of a 5x7 negative. I actually made the picture a few years ago but never pursued it as something just seemed "off" about it. Anyway, I was going through my old contact sheets last night (I've been having a hard time getting out of the house lately) and landed on this image. I studied it for awhile, trying to figure out just what I liked about the scene in the first place, and I decided it was the horizontal sweep of the logs and more, that one little sapling growing out of the nurse log. So I decided to par it down to the essentials to see what would happen and I liked it enough to follow it through. Oh, the film was FP4, rated at 125 and developed normally. The day was really overcast, so much so that I couldn't even see the mountain which is very close to here. I wish Mount St. Helens wasn't such a long drive; the landscape is incredible there. Thanks again. I hope all is well with your own work.

[Dean]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8490270933_df2ac79503_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8490270933/)
Flickr 上 多啦73 (https://www.flickr.com/people/duola73/) 的 106 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duola73/8490270933/)

Horseman FA45 WISTA back 6*9. RODENSTOCK 100mm/f5.6.

[Smith469]

The best way to get better at photographing trees is to take photographs of trees. However, getting creative with your composition, angle, and the aspect of the tree that you wish to focus on can help you to discover new ways to produce artistic or powerful photographs of trees. Pick a tree, any tree, and try photographing it in as many ways and from as many angles as possible. Focus on the leaves, the bark, the stems, the roots if they are visible, the fruit or flowers, or the bare branches, depending on season.Compare the bark on the trunk to the bark on smaller branches, or the leaves low on the tree to the leaves higher to the top (if you have a way of getting close enough to photograph them).

[Peter Lewin]

Sometimes (often?) I make a photograph just because I want to get the camera out and do something. I'm not sure whether I even like this image or not, but the urge to "put it out there" got the better of me. I really wanted to isolate the tree, but couldn't find a vantage point that wouldn't have the blending with other trees in the top background. Higher up, and a longer lens than my 210 might have done it, but that's my longest lens. Anyway, here is my "lonely tree:"

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5583/14736790375_05f363fb56_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/14736790375/)
img149 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/14736790375/) by Pete Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/people/peterlewin/), on Flickr

HP5+, PMK, Schneider Symmar-S 210, scanned negative

[h2oman]

This tree caught my attention - it looks to me like the dead limb on the tree is reaching out to the one on the ground. I've made four images of it on two different days, and this one seems to be the most successful so far.

http://math.oit.edu/~watermang/reaching_oak.jpg

[Jeff Dexheimer]

Lovely!


This tree caught my attention - it looks to me like the dead limb on the tree is reaching out to the one on the ground. I've made four images of it on two different days, and this one seems to be the most successful so far.

http://math.oit.edu/~watermang/reaching_oak.jpg

[koraks]

Very beautiful indeed!

I saw a tree too yesterday. It had a shadow and some fluffy clouds to keep it company.

http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/snapshots/2014_july_-_tests_on_4x5_with_the_sinar/ULZ45_141_02.jpg
Xenar 135/4.7, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1+100, Epson 4990 scan

[Hugo Zhang]

Here is a little one..

[reedvalve]

I've lurked here long enough without uploading a single photo, or making a single post for that matter...


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/reedvalve/5x7IlfordHP5-BirchesCapeCod-smaller.jpg
Cape Cod / 5x7 HP5 - 150 Symmar

[Barry Kirsten]

Very nice, lovely tones and composition. Post anytime :)

[mathieu Bauwens]

Very good first one reedvalve.

[koraks]

http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/snapshots/2014_july_-_tests_on_4x5_with_the_sinar/LDD45_141_05.jpg
Xenar 135/4.7, Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1+100, 4990 scan

[Hugo Zhang]

here is little one..

[neprosti]

119303
119304

[jp]

I've lurked here long enough without uploading a single photo, or making a single post for that matter...


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/reedvalve/5x7IlfordHP5-BirchesCapeCod-smaller.jpg
Cape Cod / 5x7 HP5 - 150 Symmar

A great start!

[Andrew Plume]

it is indeed

andrew

[Andrew Plume]

Lovely!

yes, I like this one too - the light is really soft, which inevitably adds too

regards, andrew

[Andrew Plume]

This tree caught my attention - it looks to me like the dead limb on the tree is reaching out to the one on the ground. I've made four images of it on two different days, and this one seems to be the most successful so far.

http://math.oit.edu/~watermang/reaching_oak.jpg

it was this image that I was referring to.................

[austin granger]

Dead Trees, Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3915/14818166382_e1d19185a0_b.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[reedvalve]

I really like this...the patterns are a bit mesmerizing

[Harley Goldman]

Dead Trees, Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3915/14818166382_e1d19185a0_b.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Very nice mix of patterns and tones. Very well done.

[Andrew Plume]

Trees, Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/14677028071_59263e066d_h.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Hi Austin

I really like this one and also the second 'Spirit Lake' image too

..........what equipment did you/are you using, pse?

I'm assuming (and looking at a few reasonably recent web articles) that 'the Lake' remains full/partly full of floating wood? I drove up there in 1990, St Helens was still smoking, ten years on........the potential for images, no matter what shape or kind offered by Spirit Lake seems to me to be fairly extensive

regards, andrew

[bob carnie]

Almost half a million views.. I would say this one catched on... big facination with trees it seems.

I have a fascination with trees, and that's taken up the bulk of my shooting lately. I don't see any threads devoted to tree photographs, so maybe this one will catch on :)

Here's some few from the past few weekends:


http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/topanga_tree_04.jpg

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/topanga_tree_03.jpg

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/4x5_mulholland_06.jpg

[austin granger]

Hi Austin

I really like this one and also the second 'Spirit Lake' image too

..........what equipment did you/are you using, pse?

I'm assuming (and looking at a few reasonably recent web articles) that 'the Lake' remains full/partly full of floating wood? I drove up there in 1990, St Helens was still smoking, ten years on........the potential for images, no matter what shape or kind offered by Spirit Lake seems to me to be fairly extensive

regards, andrew

Thanks Reedvalve, Harley, and Andrew. Andrew, yes, Spirit Lake still has an enormous mat of logs from the 1980 eruption. The landscape all around that area is truly incredible, and actually a little frightening, at least to me. The sheer scale of what happened there, and the complete transformation of the land, is almost hard to wrap your mind around, even when you're actually there walking around. It's a place I'd love to explore more but unfortunately, it's a little out of reach for a day trip (about three hours one way from Portland to Spirit Lake) so I don't get up there much.

As far as the technical stuff, the panoramic photo was made a few years ago with a Deardorff Special and a Fujinon 250 lens. The film was FP4 rated at 125. The image is roughly the lower half of a 5x7 negative. The other one I just posted I made a couple of weeks ago with a Chamonix 045 F1 and a Nikkor 180 lens. Film was again FP4 125. In direct sunlight, the bleached logs are so white there're almost blinding, and looking back, I probably should have used some development controls to tame the highlights; my negative is pretty burnt, and right at the edge of even being printable. Oh well, I'm learning all the time.

Thanks again!

[Andrew Plume]

thanks Austin

much appreciated

best

andrew

[h2oman]

Almost half a million views.. I would say this one catched on... big facination with trees it seems.

Of course! Alone or together, all different shapes and sizes, alive or dead, whole, or just a part, what's not like about trees?

Jeff and Andrew, thanks for your compliments on my image. Here's another one I made shortly after that one. It's as much about the delicate clouds as the trees - I was struck by how the grouped, puffy little clouds mimicked the grouped, puffy tops of the trees.

http://math.oit.edu/~watermang/oaks.jpg

[Jmarmck]

Nice! Is this Oregon?

[h2oman]

Yes, near the town of Medford. We recently lost our air service where I live, and I've made five trips over there in the past month to drop people off or pick them up. I've taken my camera along each time, but I only photograph before picking up or after dropping off - there is nothing more excruciating for a non-photographer than waiting while a bumbling large format photographer does their thing!

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Of course! Alone or together, all different shapes and sizes, alive or dead, whole, or just a part, what's not like about trees?

Jeff and Andrew, thanks for your compliments on my image. Here's another one I made shortly after that one. It's as much about the delicate clouds as the trees - I was struck by how the grouped, puffy little clouds mimicked the grouped, puffy tops of the trees.

http://math.oit.edu/~watermang/oaks.jpg

Excellent. I love the delicate tones and luminosity. It would have been easy to over manipulate this, but I think you nailed it.

[Jim Cole]

Here's a recent one. Pine tree on a lava flow near Flagstaff. On 4x5 Acros.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/14853629445_ee2e8661fd_o.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

here is little one..

...beautiful "little one" !!!
(little ones are sometimes the greatest)

[Jeff Dexheimer]

Of course! Alone or together, all different shapes and sizes, alive or dead, whole, or just a part, what's not like about trees?

Jeff and Andrew, thanks for your compliments on my image. Here's another one I made shortly after that one. It's as much about the delicate clouds as the trees - I was struck by how the grouped, puffy little clouds mimicked the grouped, puffy tops of the trees.

http://math.oit.edu/~watermang/oaks.jpg

This is gorgeous!

[Jeff Dexheimer]

Here's a recent one. Pine tree on a lava flow near Flagstaff. On 4x5 Acros.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/14853629445_ee2e8661fd_o.jpg

Beautiful!

[RHITMrB]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/14870911725_07da079036_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oE6iXK)
Zion (https://flic.kr/p/oE6iXK) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people/40786724@N00/), on Flickr

[Jim Cole]

Beautiful!

Thank you, Jeff.

[Heroique]

The hostile world at 10,000 feet – lightning strikes, fires, deep snows, high winds – scarred and distorted this whitebark pine.

Yet this tree evolved to thrive in such conditions.

Its real enemy is the mountain pine beetle, an insect no longer sufficiently checked by wintertime cold snaps – thanks to climate change – and wreaking devastation up here in the Montana Rockies.

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Tachi 4x5
Schneider 150mm/9 g-claron
Ilford FP4+ (in Rodinal 1:50)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Corran]

This might not look like much water but actually while I was taking this it was raining pretty bad. But it was a 15 second exposure so you can't tell. The little puddle is a dried-up creek. We haven't had much rain lately...
The sun just started poking out to the left while I was exposing this.

Chamonix, 45n1, Horseman 6x12 back, 38mm XL, cropped a little on the sides, with a Moose warm polarizer, on Provia:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/612reedbingham-0092ss.jpg

[StoneNYC]

This might not look like much water but actually while I was taking this it was raining pretty bad. But it was a 15 second exposure so you can't tell. The little puddle is a dried-up creek. We haven't had much rain lately...
The sun just started poking out to the left while I was exposing this.

Chamonix, 45n1, Horseman 6x12 back, 38mm XL, cropped a little on the sides, with a Moose warm polarizer, on Provia:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/612reedbingham-0092ss.jpg

How do you protect the camera from getting wet? Also, what is a "moose warming filter" is that a brand? Or a specific color tone I'm not familiar with?

[Corran]

I threw my darkcloth over the camera when walking but other than that I didn't protect it at all. It got a bit wet. It'll live.

"Moose" is a well-known wildlife photographer who marketed his own brand of filters, most famously the warming polarizer. It's a c. polarizer and 81A filter all-in-one. Quite a nice filter. I like the results. It's a bit thick though.

[Jmarmck]

I like the colors in this one Bryan.

Seems everyplace but my yard is getting rain though, I finally got some rain Saturday. I also got some 4x5 lightning shots Friday night. Still have a lot to learn.

[Corran]

Thanks! I'm surprised you didn't get rain yesterday. It hammered us between Tifton and Valdosta pretty hard.

I would love to see your 4x5 lightning shots! I've never gotten a good lightning image on any format.

[Jmarmck]

That storm was just south of me. I watched the cloud whilst on the mower.
I got about 6 shots but only two are of any value. I am having trouble with the freebee Elements software opening up a 16 bit 4x5 image. I may have to find a new "old" version of PS.
That and the storms this year seem to be covering up more than normal. I would like some suggestions but I am not sure where to start. New Thread?

[Holdenrichards]

http://u1.ipernity.com/44/23/23/34332323.42be2da2.640.jpg
Woods wandering near Saxapahaw, NC

1897 Ak-sar-ben Camera - Repromaster 210mm - f/45 - Arista Edu 100 - 8x10 Film - HC 110 1+100 - Unaltered Negative Scan

[RHITMrB]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3890/14891558865_fb09a1fab8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oFV8CV)
Lan Su (https://flic.kr/p/oFV8CV) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people/40786724@N00/), on Flickr

[koraks]

Ro(o)ts
http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/series/the_moors_on_4x5/RHGB45_141_01.jpg

Beech
http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/series/the_moors_on_4x5/RHGB45_141_02.jpg

Pine
http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/series/the_moors_on_4x5/RHV45_141_04.jpg

Schneider 210, Fomapan 100, Rodinal, 4990 scan

[Holdenrichards]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3890/14891558865_fb09a1fab8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oFV8CV)
Lan Su (https://flic.kr/p/oFV8CV) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people/40786724@N00/), on Flickr

This is lovely, good work!

[RHITMrB]

This is lovely, good work!

Thanks!

[Smith469]

These are really gorgeous photographs...

[ridax]

here is little one..

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=119119&d=1406647369



This looks stunningly similar to traditional Chinese painting to me.... I've never imagined photography could ever explore the style!

Though I'm a complete barbarian and certainly not in position to judge that kind of art. :(

[mijosc]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5573/14770949118_22950f7f54_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ovfYyw)
Weeping Willow (https://flic.kr/p/ovfYyw) by mijosc79 (https://www.flickr.com/people/64978221@N02/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5573/14770949118_22950f7f54_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ovfYyw)
Weeping Willow (https://flic.kr/p/ovfYyw) by mijosc79 (https://www.flickr.com/people/64978221@N02/), on Flickr

Lovely

[Jmarmck]

Mijosc, that is out standing. A beautiful tree too.

[StoneNYC]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5573/14770949118_22950f7f54_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ovfYyw)
Weeping Willow (https://flic.kr/p/ovfYyw) by mijosc79 (https://www.flickr.com/people/64978221@N02/), on Flickr

Just outstanding! Details?

[mijosc]

Just outstanding! Details?

Thanks! This was a nice find at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Camera: Ebony RSW45, Caltar II-N 65mm
Film: Fuji Acros
Exposure: f/22 - 2.5 sec
Development: Ilford DD-X 1:6, BTZS Tubes, 4 min, 20 deg C

[StoneNYC]

Thanks! This was a nice find at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Camera: Ebony RSW45, Caltar II-N 65mm
Film: Fuji Acros
Exposure: f/22 - 2.5 sec
Development: Ilford DD-X 1:6, BTZS Tubes, 4 min, 20 deg C

Wow EVERYTHING about your choices are interesting to me...

The lens choice, I didn't realize it was so wide so good job in hiding that in the lens positioning.

Must have been a still day, no leaves are obviously moving...

The choice of DD-X at 1:6 which is a dilution I've never heard of, and 4 minutes... so short, yet darn even looking.

I just thought you over exposed and then pulled the film for the shadows... Boy was I wrong!

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5573/14770949118_22950f7f54_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ovfYyw)
Weeping Willow (https://flic.kr/p/ovfYyw) by mijosc79 (https://www.flickr.com/people/64978221@N02/), on Flickr

Very nice! perhaps a few small light areas darkened, and a few small dark areas lightened.

[David Lobato]

Toyo 45A, 90mm Nikkor, Ilford HP5+

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/PoP%20HP5%208Aug2009%20006%20800LFF.jpg

[gmfotografie]

Acros100 PyrocatHD; Epson V750

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[Steve M Hostetter]

120500 8x10" fujichrome 305 Kodak @f4.5

[StoneNYC]

120500 8x10" fujichrome 305 Kodak @f4.5

Was this and the other image of the tall grass a tungsten fujichrome film? As I asked before, which fujichrome?

[StoneNYC]

Acros100 PyrocatHD; Epson V750

120498

Lovely!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Stone,, It came out of a Tungsten 64 box so maybe I got it mixed up with the Kodak.. It's hard for me to tell because I used empty boxes to store exposed films which may or may not have been the particular film I used.. These were shot many years ago and although the situation in which I took them is clear as far as equipment used I am fuzzy on the type film ...

[StoneNYC]

Stone,, It came out of a Tungsten 64 box so maybe I got it mixed up with the Kodak.. It's hard for me to tell because I used empty boxes to store exposed films which may or may not have been the particular film I used.. These were shot many years ago and although the situation in which I took them is clear as far as equipment used I am fuzzy on the type film ...

I just realized you left the notch codes in the image so I looked it up..

Fujichrome 64T Type II (RTPII)

So that answers that...

Data guide page 21

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/shared/bin/ProfessionalFilmDataGuide.pdf

[StoneNYC]

Stone,, It came out of a Tungsten 64 box so maybe I got it mixed up with the Kodak.. It's hard for me to tell because I used empty boxes to store exposed films which may or may not have been the particular film I used.. These were shot many years ago and although the situation in which I took them is clear as far as equipment used I am fuzzy on the type film ...

PS, did you choose to shoot it without a filter on purpose or by accident?

Still Lovley :)

[mijosc]

Acros100 PyrocatHD; Epson V750

120498


Very nice!

[gmfotografie]

chock block

http://www.diefenwald.com/fotos/chockblock.jpg

Acros 100; 150mm Apo Sironar S; PyroCat HD - 9min.; V750

[StoneNYC]

chock block

http://www.diefenwald.com/fotos/chockblock.jpg

Acros 100; 150mm Apo Sironar S; PyroCat HD - 9min.; V750

Great lines

[Robert Langham]

Home trees. 120 Super Angulon on 5X7. Up on top of 4-runner. Polarized. iphone of straight contact proof. Can't wait to print it. Will open up the shadow a bit and hold the road in the distance. Gotta be spotted to cut down the chatter.

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[Robert Langham]

Up on the del Muerto side there is a big open spot just past Blue Bull Cave that has several huge trees. Always stop to see them. Polarized. 210mm Symar on 5X7. Near here I found a perfect arrowhead. First one I ever found at Canyon de Chelly. Left it.

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iphone note of a straight contact print.

[AlexGard]

One of my very first 8x10 negs :)
Running into some development issues but I'm still pleased with the results.

8x10, 420mm
Foma 200, Red 25A
R09 1:50 10 mins

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3925/14881529548_63dda2d9d4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oF2JgE)
Meander, Tasmania (https://flic.kr/p/oF2JgE) by Alex Gard (https://www.flickr.com/people/54846852@N04/), on Flickr

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

chock block

http://www.diefenwald.com/fotos/chockblock.jpg

Acros 100; 150mm Apo Sironar S; PyroCat HD - 9min.; V750

seems kind of soft in he lower right hand corner

[StoneNYC]

One of my very first 8x10 negs :)
Running into some development issues but I'm still pleased with the results.

8x10, 420mm
Foma 200, Red 25A
R09 1:50 10 mins

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3925/14881529548_63dda2d9d4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oF2JgE)
Meander, Tasmania (https://flic.kr/p/oF2JgE) by Alex Gard (https://www.flickr.com/people/54846852@N04/), on Flickr

Wow that's really quite beautiful!

[flycatcher]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2924/14134388907_361aee9242_b.jpg

4x5, Acros 100;
Ebony 45S, Fujinon 150mm f6.3

Shot at Devbagh (South of Goa), India

[mijosc]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2924/14134388907_361aee9242_b.jpg

4x5, Acros 100;
Ebony 45S, Fujinon 150mm f6.3

Shot at Devbagh (South of Goa), India

Very nice!

[Racer X 69]

seems kind of soft in he lower right hand corner

The entire right side seems to be out of the focal plane, as the roundness of the wood curves away from the camera.

[gmfotografie]

correct ��

[Heroique]

A rocky meadow in the Rocky Mountains.

All trees in this image, near and far, are now dead – mountain pine beetle, thanks to global warming.

In the middle distance, the brown trees show the first wave of approaching death.

If trees could only run!

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Tachi 4x5
Schneider 150mm/9 g-claron
Fuji-64 tungsten (w/ 85b filter)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Michael Lloyd]

Made this one this morning. I had planned for different lighting :)

Sinar F2
90mm Rodenstock Grandagon-N
Delta 100 (old) no filter
Epson 10000XL

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[David Lobato]

Made this one this morning. I had planned for different lighting :)

Sinar F2
90mm Rodenstock Grandagon-N
Delta 100 (old) no filter
Epson 10000XL

120964

Very nice.

[h2oman]

Yes, Michael, nice image.

[andreios]

Indeed, very nice...

[Michael Lloyd]

Palm Trees on the Rio Grande

Hot Springs area of Big Bend National Park

EOS1N
I think the lens was a Zeiss Distagon T* f2.8 21mm ZE
Ilford 50 Pan F+
EXIF was missing from the images. My camera must be broken :cool:

Side story: This is the first roll of 35mm that I've shot since converting to digital in 2006. The only reason, at the time, that I bought this film is because there is a preset for it in Silver Efex Pro 2 (that I don't use anymore). I processed it yesterday. It's been sitting in the refrig waiting for me to man up and load film on a reel for the first time. Technically not the first time but the "real" first time was when I was six or seven and I'm 56 now. <--- good lord... 50 years? Where did they go?

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[gmfotografie]

taken with portra 4x5; sironar 150mm

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5572/15105422221_97e572d689_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p1PeLa)

[Jim Cole]

Lovely palette, GM. Great composition and the Portra does its thing here really well.

[Miguel Coquis]

Lovely palette, GM. Great composition and the Portra does its thing here really well.
Yes ! Interesting palette.
Is there any digital filter add ?
Curious sharpening, wow !!!

[gmfotografie]

i just use the contrast and color with silverfast. import it in lightroom and give a little vignette.
but i have to say, that the picture is sharpened too much for the web because of the export function in lightroom

[Steve M Hostetter]

121250 8x10" tranny w/ petzval

[Alan Curtis]

121402
Avenue of the Giants
Zone VI 4x5
TXP Pyrocat HD
Ilford Multigrade Warmtone

[Lou Baleur]

:):)

[Erik Larsen]

Gloomy day in yellowstone. 8x10 fp4 printed on mg classic, lightly sulphide toned. 121446

[StoneNYC]

Gloomy day in yellowstone. 8x10 fp4 printed on mg classic, lightly sulphide toned. 121446

Wow that's brilliant!!

[AlexGard]

Finally got the spacers to fit my red 29 filter in the filter bracket. Not sure if I'm a fan of the insane contrast or I need to use a different developing technique to keep the contrast in check..?

This was R09 at 1:50 for 10 mins on foma 200 8x10.

Also getting pissy at the scratching of the negs making me have to do annoying crops. Had some nicer foreground/sky composition in this one which I had to get rid of but oh well

(sorry for anyone that's read that same post elsewhere)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/15151466426_a79861dd12_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5554/15151688296_552fc4babf_c.jpg

[alavergh]

Finally got the spacers to fit my red 29 filter in the filter bracket. Not sure if I'm a fan of the insane contrast or I need to use a different developing technique to keep the contrast in check..?

This was R09 at 1:50 for 10 mins on foma 200 8x10.

Also getting pissy at the scratching of the negs making me have to do annoying crops. Had some nicer foreground/sky composition in this one which I had to get rid of but oh well

(sorry for anyone that's read that same post elsewhere)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/15151466426_a79861dd12_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5554/15151688296_552fc4babf_c.jpg

Really nice. The first one reminds me of a scene from the Grapes of Wrath movie. I like the contrast. It gives a certain feel...unless you don't want that kind of a feel.

[AlexGard]

I do like the contrast but was perhaps hoping for more detail in the shadows but again probably wishful thinking with a filn like fomapan. What kind of development would I look to use to help bring out more details? Using R09...?

[StoneNYC]

Finally got the spacers to fit my red 29 filter in the filter bracket. Not sure if I'm a fan of the insane contrast or I need to use a different developing technique to keep the contrast in check..?

This was R09 at 1:50 for 10 mins on foma 200 8x10.

Also getting pissy at the scratching of the negs making me have to do annoying crops. Had some nicer foreground/sky composition in this one which I had to get rid of but oh well

(sorry for anyone that's read that same post elsewhere)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/15151466426_a79861dd12_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5554/15151688296_552fc4babf_c.jpg

Holy crap!!! That first image is Incredible! I'm a fan of insane contrast so...

[StoneNYC]

I do like the contrast but was perhaps hoping for more detail in the shadows but again probably wishful thinking with a filn like fomapan. What kind of development would I look to use to help bring out more details? Using R09...?

Shoot FOMA AT LEAST 1 stop below it's rating, maybe even two... So try exposing at EI 80 and pull it. FOMA's already super contrasty but I love it's "classic grain" look.

[AlexGard]

Yeah I don't mind grain, I don't think I can find EI80 for foma 200 on the massive dev chart app... will have a look. I have never rated/shot any film over or above box speed though. Not too sure how I feel about stand developing 8x10's in the 2550 tank with the CL81 film reel, though. The film doesn't sit "flat" in the reel and has a tendency to get quite bent whilst it's in there so I'm sure some pretty gnarly uneven development would show up this way.

[StoneNYC]

Yeah I don't mind grain, I don't think I can find EI80 for foma 200 on the massive dev chart app... will have a look. I have never rated/shot any film over or above box speed though. Not too sure how I feel about stand developing 8x10's in the 2550 tank with the CL81 film reel, though. The film doesn't sit "flat" in the reel and has a tendency to get quite bent whilst it's in there so I'm sure some pretty gnarly uneven development would show up this way.

I would try 6:30 in Rodinal1:50 if you're shooting EI 100 or EI 80 as a starting time based on the other listed times in the massive dev chart, assuming you're using a rotary processor.

I still think the 3005 is worth the investment and the CL810 insert is penny wise lb foolish. But it's better than nothing.

[AlexGard]

Yeah the CL81 seems to be giving me a lot of problems especially with scratching the negs which is really frustrating. I'm not sure a 3005 will fit in my jobo machine (CPE2)

[StoneNYC]

Yeah the CL81 seems to be giving me a lot of problems especially with scratching the negs which is really frustrating. I'm not sure a 3005 will fit in my jobo machine (CPE2)

No it won't...

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That's what I do...

Someday a CPP2 or ATL will be mine...

PS I have a CPE ORIGINAL! It's just silly old!

But it makes this happen ...

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[AlexGard]

How much did that set you back? (Tank and rotary)?

Disappointed with the cl81, shame.

[Michael Lloyd]

Finally got the spacers to fit my red 29 filter in the filter bracket. Not sure if I'm a fan of the insane contrast or I need to use a different developing technique to keep the contrast in check..?

This was R09 at 1:50 for 10 mins on foma 200 8x10.

Also getting pissy at the scratching of the negs making me have to do annoying crops. Had some nicer foreground/sky composition in this one which I had to get rid of but oh well

(sorry for anyone that's read that same post elsewhere)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/15151466426_a79861dd12_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5554/15151688296_552fc4babf_c.jpg

Wow!

#1 is gorgeous and #2 is her hot sister.

[StoneNYC]

How much did that set you back? (Tank and rotary)?

Disappointed with the cl81, shame.

Beseler Rotary was free from an APUGer in NJ and tank was $300.

I tend to be very patient and shop around for a long time before I buy something at a good price, so I've been able to find some really good items because I'm patient and really cheap prices.

In total all of my rotary JOBO tanks cost me $640

I own

-3005
-Whatever the 20x24 tank is
-2 2800 series tanks that are two pieces in one? They are print drums
-A 2500 5 reel tank
5 2502 reels
2 2509n reels
A bunch of 1500 series tanks I would like to sell but no one is buying

Oh and Ralph Lembrecht's backup JOBO CPE (original, not version 2) for a fair price.

The only other thing I had to buy new was the foot pump for $50, something that I didn't have to buy, but made taking a lid off much easier and worth the money vs struggling.

[Steve M Hostetter]

1215018x10" e-6 tran

[Harley Goldman]

Finally got the spacers to fit my red 29 filter in the filter bracket. Not sure if I'm a fan of the insane contrast or I need to use a different developing technique to keep the contrast in check..?

This was R09 at 1:50 for 10 mins on foma 200 8x10.

Also getting pissy at the scratching of the negs making me have to do annoying crops. Had some nicer foreground/sky composition in this one which I had to get rid of but oh well

(sorry for anyone that's read that same post elsewhere)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/15151466426_a79861dd12_c.jpg



Contrast is working great for me. I really like this one.

[koraks]

Also getting pissy at the scratching of the negs making me have to do annoying crops. Had some nicer foreground/sky composition in this one which I had to get rid of but oh well
Yes, I wondered about that - it was the only critique I briefly considered sharing on another site when I saw these pics, but I refrained from it because I like them as they are too much already.


(sorry for anyone that's read that same post elsewhere)
Oh man, I'm so mightily annoyed :P

[Steve M Hostetter]

1217464x5" fujichrome

[JaZ99]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5594/15247553255_6a08cc4a88_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/penGne)
Imperfect symmetry #78 (https://flic.kr/p/penGne) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar-N-II 150/5.6
Foma 100
Geotagged

[Jmarmck]

Steve, I am still trying to wrap my brain around this one. Is that two trunks or a reflection off water?

[Steve M Hostetter]

Steve, I am still trying to wrap my brain around this one. Is that two trunks or a reflection off water?

It is a tree with two trunks .. No water in the scene :)

[Nana Sousa Dias]

121971
NSD 45 PS (homemade 4x5 camera), Schneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, Epson v700.

[Harley Goldman]

121971
NSD 45 PS (homemade 4x5 camera), Schneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, Epson v700.

Another excellent image. I usually see this perspective with golden aspen leaves, but the bare trees work beautifully here.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

121972
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider SA 90 XL, Tmax 100, Epson V700.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Another excellent image. I usually see this perspective with golden aspen leaves, but the bare trees work beautifully here.

Thanks, Harley.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

121973
Wista 45 DXII, Nikon W 150, Kodak Tmax 100, Epson V700

[Nana Sousa Dias]

121974
NSD 45 PS (homemade 4x5 camera), Schneider SA 47 XL, Rollei IR 400, Cokin 007 filter, Epson v700.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

121975
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider Symmar S 150, Efke 820 IR, Cokin 007 filter, Epson v700.

[StoneNYC]

121971
NSD 45 PS (homemade 4x5 camera), Schneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, Epson v700.

I've tried to do this a few times but this is much better than mine!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I've tried to do this a few times but this is much better than mine!

Just pointed the camera up...but, thanks.

[h2oman]

Just pointed the camera up...but, thanks.

Well, at the right time and in the right place!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Well, at the right time and in the right place!

:)

[Hector.Navarro]

very nice photograph!!!


here is little one..

[Old_Dick]

Hi Nanã ,


Is there something you don't great?

Humble
Dick


Principal Unix System Engineer, Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems (Retired)

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Hi Nanã ,


Is there something you don't great?

Humble
Dick


Principal Unix System Engineer, Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems (Retired)

Yes, Dick! Acording to my wife, MANY things, especially raising money! :cool:

[Jmarmck]

Yoyodyne.......lolololol and it should be UNIX

[Deval]

Ok I've got two. Thanks for folks who helped me figure out N+1 dev for Tmax on XTOL

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3873/15308930481_39bb77fdb9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pjNgFg)Moss and Bark - TMAX (https://flic.kr/p/pjNgFg) by DevalJoshi (https://www.flickr.com/people/27757526@N00/), on Flickr
Kodak TMax 100
F22.5 10 seconds
No Filter
Rodenstock Sironar-S 150 mm
XTOL(1:1) 23.3C 8:14 (N+1) development

and for those who like color
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3881/15117920098_190193c1cc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p2VhWN)Moss and Bark (https://flic.kr/p/p2VhWN) by DevalJoshi (https://www.flickr.com/people/27757526@N00/), on Flickr
Kodak Ektar 100
F16.5 14 second

[Corran]

Very nice. I like the color one more personally. The b&w seems a tad too contrasty, for my taste anyway.

[Steve M Hostetter]

1222624x5 Provia 100f

[Jeff Dexheimer]

Here is one from a project I recently started

Shen Hao PTB 45
Rollie IR 400 Filtered with a red 25 filter
65mm SA XL
Dev xtol 1:1

http://static.wix.com/media/20790d_74ef7491957b453db86ea739e9b71515.jpg

[h2oman]

Beautiful image, Jeff!

[Jeff Dexheimer]

Beautiful image, Jeff!

Thanks!

[ImSoNegative]

my first sort of successful dryplate tintype, shot on 5x7 sheet of tin using an imperial whole plate camera.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2950/15169904927_c6ecace869.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p7vJdX)dryplate tintype trees (https://flic.kr/p/p7vJdX) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[Harley Goldman]

This is another from the archives I never scanned until this weekend. It goes back to Christmas, 2005. It is the canyon in Zion NP. I like it for its feel of the season, autumn come and gone.

Arca Swiss 4x5
Fujinon 240mm
Velvia 100

C&C always welcome.

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

[riooso]

Nice Jeff!

R

[Steve M Hostetter]

122609

[flycatcher]

Very evocative

[Steve M Hostetter]

Thanks fly, for me this represents change. The change that has went on in my life over the last two years has been quite drastic but full of wonder, excitement and exhilaration ! I found my true love and became a grandfather:)

[JeRuFo]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.

[JeRuFo]

Thanks fly, for me this represents change. The change that has went on in my life over the last two years has been quite drastic but full of wonder, excitement and exhilaration ! I found my true love and became a grandfather:)

That's an interesting statement, Steve. Nice of you to share this, that makes it more special, when it has a story attached. Congratulations on your good fortune of late.

[h2oman]

Beautiful scene, and well rendered, JeRuFo. Have you given any thought to perhaps cropping out the light tree on the left? I find it pulling my eye out of the scene that way.

[JeRuFo]

Beautiful scene, and well rendered, JeRuFo. Have you given any thought to perhaps cropping out the light tree on the left? I find it pulling my eye out of the scene that way.

Thanks for your comment. Yes, I did think of that, even while shooting I was trying to put it inside the frame more, but I couldn't make it work without cropping too much of the right side of the frame and disturbing the foreground. I should have shot it with a little more room on all sides and cropped it later, but my aversion of cropping after the fact made me decide otherwise. There is a little more room on the left of the tree on the negative, but the film holder of my scanner won't let me scan the whole frame. I do like it included in the shot, it's yet another element to an already diverse scene.

Jewan

[StoneNYC]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.

It was worth the wait, and I understand that the park is for everyone etc., but that was pretty rude of him to do that and I probably would've said something in the same situation.

I'm very impressed with the way you handle the FOMA100, your shadow detail is extremely good and it almost has an infrared quality in the leaves above, exceptional image if I do say so myself.

[Deval]

Exquisite shadow details. How did you meter it and develop it if I may ask. With the fog, was it a relatively low contrast scene.

As far as composition, I think the light tree on the left balances the lighter tones on the right. It gives me a choice whether to leave the scene or not, but I chose not to as my eyes want to return to the center highlights. the highlights above with the sky and the lake are well balanced.



https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.

[JeRuFo]

Thank you for your comments, really appreciated. Funny how everyone judges a composition differently.

It was a quite low contrast scene, but you can get fomapan 100 to record very contrasty scenes too. The only thing it is not good at is make a high key or lower contrast picture, the mood gets heavy and contrasty quickly.

Is shoot it at EI 32, i put the darkest shadow at no lower than -2 and then shoot it pretty much as a c-41 film and let the highlights go (unless I can use a grad filter ofcourse). In this particular instance the brightest part (sky at the top) was at +5, I think. I develop in XTOL 1+2 now, for between 11 and 14 minutes @21C depending on the scene. I agitate once every 45s and a little less later on in the development.
The very darkest shadows do drop off pretty quickly with this film, but it is usually not a problem if you give it enough light. There isn't a whole lot of details to recover from the bush in the middle, you can just make out the leaves in the darkest part, but can't really recover much beyond that.

[Jmarmck]

JeRuFo. this is a very pleasant shot! The reflections are perfect as is the overall tone variance. I would have never notice the tree on the right had it not been mentioned. The only suggestion I would make is to backup a few feet, just enough to get more of the tree on the right in the shot and get the tree on the left more off the edge. But I was not there so it really does not matter. It is a wonderful shot.

P.S. The more I see of Fomapan the more I want to try it.

[Jim Cole]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.

Wonderful capture with a perfect dose of mood.

[Steve M Hostetter]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.
Thank you, this is a great work of art! Patience must be a vertue !

[Harley Goldman]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.


A beauty, Jewan. Great mood and real nice scene. Good thing the light did not turn on you while the dog owner was being inconsiderate. :)

[JeRuFo]

Thanks all, you're too kind.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.

Beautiful image...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

JeRuFo. this is a very pleasant shot! The reflections are perfect as is the overall tone variance. I would have never notice the tree on the right had it not been mentioned. The only suggestion I would make is to backup a few feet, just enough to get more of the tree on the right in the shot and get the tree on the left more off the edge. But I was not there so it really does not matter. It is a wonderful shot.

P.S. The more I see of Fomapan the more I want to try it.


You should try Fomapan 100, Marty. Just be aware of the huge reciprocity failure of this film. When you have a 1m reading, you must expose for 16 minutes!!!!!

[Deval]

Again beautiful image and great discussion . This is starting to remind me of the magic bullet article on the main page as I am tempted to get formapan, However I would still like to master the 40 sheets I have left of tmx before considering moving on. The metering info was helpful as I've usually metered for the highlights with bw film and place them in the appropriate zone. Would tmax 100 allow for the shouldered highlights with a +5 differential or would they be completely blown? My standard Xtol is 1:1, does 1:2 increase sharpness or reduce grain. Does it work any different magic with shadow or highlight detail? These questions are not meant to offend, I'm just truly excited about learning a little more about this dark art.

[JeRuFo]

Thank you, Nanã.
Yes, you often have long exposures wit foma 100 because of the reciprocity failure, it starts from around 1s and builds up to 4 stops pretty quickly. This was already 25s @f32 even though it was bright enough that I could check sharpness with a loupe @f32 on the ground glass.

[JeRuFo]

Again beautiful image and great discussion . This is starting to remind me of the magic bullet article on the main page as I am tempted to get formapan, However I would still like to master the 40 sheets I have left of tmx before considering moving on. The metering info was helpful as I've usually metered for the highlights with bw film and place them in the appropriate zone. Would tmax 100 allow for the shouldered highlights with a +5 differential or would they be completely blown? My standard Xtol is 1:1, does 1:2 increase sharpness or reduce grain. Does it work any different magic with shadow or highlight detail? These questions are not meant to offend, I'm just truly excited about learning a little more about this dark art.

I wouldn't take my word for it, I'm not an experienced darkroom user by any means, I only know what works for me.
I switched to 1+2 hoping for a little softer contrast, but mostly for practical reasons. I usually develop a whole batch at once and now use XTOL as a kind of one shot/day developer. I mix 1 liter of 1+2 from my mixed stock and do 3 or 4 development cycles and then dispose of it, that way I run a lower risk of depleted developer or old developer.

TMX has the opposite problem of Foma100. TMX has harsh highlights and you don't want to blow them. Foma blocks up in the shadows quickly and you want to make sure you give it enough light. I don't have too much experience with TMX, I have shot it a while but switched to Foma100 on my second box already. I try to be a little more careful and use it in more controlled light, like I shoot Velvia. But that might be just because I don't really know all the little nuances of TMX and am always scared of blown highlights or blocked up shadows. That said, I didn't have any problems with TMX when I shot landscapes with it. It produces beautiful shadows, but can look a little clinical if the light isn't dramatic enough. Foma has a bit more character IMHO.

[flycatcher]

I found this lovely Krishna Butter Cup tree at Lalbagh. Heres my first take. I'll make a trip again some day to shoot again.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2949/15259719289_7503dbe0c1_b.jpg

[Ron Stowell]

I can remember when my first wife used to mock me for shooting pictures of trees.
This picture answers all the questions as to why pictures of trees.
Well done!
Please show us more.

[Steve M Hostetter]

1229108x10 Kodak 64T

[Jmarmck]

Steve, that looks like the pecan groves down here, rutted roads and all! Nice.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Thanks Jm, I believe those are oak trees growing in very sandy soil.. This is a Savanna in an area known as the sands of Kankakee near the Kankakee river up near Chicago in northern Indiana. This particular spot is in Conrad Savanna nature preserve

[alexn]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.


Wow. Despite your challenges this is utterly superb.

[JeRuFo]

Thank you for your kind words, Alex.

Jewan

[stradibarrius]

I agree, this is supurb!


https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.

[JeRuFo]

Thank you, Barry.

[Ramiro Elena]

Holy Molly Jerufo. My walls are empty but I would hang this.

[JeRuFo]

Holy Molly Jerufo. My walls are empty but I would hang this.

Haha, thank you. If you change your mind about the blank walls I'd be happy to sell you a print :)

[analoguey]

This is another from the archives I never scanned until this weekend. It goes back to Christmas, 2005. It is the canyon in Zion NP. I like it for its feel of the season, autumn come and gone.

Arca Swiss 4x5
Fujinon 240mm
Velvia 100

C&C always welcome.

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

That is beautiful, Harley! I love the colours!

[smile]

http://www.sowarmasraya.com/Gallery/General/Nature/tree-roots22014614M.JPG

http://www.sowarmasraya.com/Gallery/Egypt/Aswan/Nile/201210138543Mview.JPG

Egypt Photo Gallery (http://www.sowarmasraya.com)

[evan clarke]

123060

A fog shot... 110xl Tmax 400 4x5, Germain's Finegrain

[Woodturner-fran]

I took this one in a beech forest in Co. Westmeath, Ireland. It was shot on 5x4 but the arrangement was made for a letterbox crop. I've been tempted many times to get a roll film back, but then snap back to saying, why not just crop the 5x4 you already have with you rather than haul another bit of gear.

I hope its OK to show the cropped neg scan (it is really on 5x4 I promise!)

123067

[StoneNYC]

I took this one in a beech forest in Co. Westmeath, Ireland. It was shot on 5x4 but the arrangement was made for a letterbox crop. I've been tempted many times to get a roll film back, but then snap back to saying, why not just crop the 5x4 you already have with you rather than haul another bit of gear.

I hope its OK to show the cropped neg scan (it is really on 5x4 I promise!)

123067

By the new rules this image isn't allowed, the crop must be 4x5 or larger, so you need to go back and take this with an 8x10 and then crop that to the same amount. According to the new rules anyway.

[Woodturner-fran]

Ok - I've reported my own post asking a mod to delete.

fran

[StoneNYC]

Ok - I've reported my own post asking a mod to delete.

fran

I wasn't really writing that to make you take it down, it was my attempt at mocking the new system of rules, which prevent 4x5 shooters from cropping their images even though the original image was taken on large format, it's mostly sarcasm, hence the repetitive "according to the new rules"

Sorry, I guess that didn't translate well.

[Woodturner-fran]

Ah I guessed that stonenyc - but someone somewhere will probably call foul. so many rules on so many fora!!!

[Winger]

By the new rules this image isn't allowed, the crop must be 4x5 or larger, so you need to go back and take this with an 8x10 and then crop that to the same amount. According to the new rules anyway.

I think someone needs to come up with a smiley that's a tongue in a cheek - might become the most used emoticon ever on LFPF.

[h2oman]

By the new rules this image isn't allowed, the crop must be 4x5 or larger, so you need to go back and take this with an 8x10 and then crop that to the same amount. According to the new rules anyway.

Are you serious? Where are these rules found?

[Jim Thompson]

123060

A fog shot... 110xl Tmax 400 4x5, Germain's Finegrain

Evan,

I think this is a great situation you have captured as well as could be !!!!

Hopefully you might share a print of this with us as the January MWLFA get together in Jan. Knowing your methods am sure the print will just sing.

Jim

[rdenney]

No mocking needed. As far as I'm concerned, the cropped photo is fine.

The guidelines are reached by pressing the Usage Guidelines tab above.

Rick "carry on" Denney

[gogo120]

123109

4x5
75mm
N-1

[Deval]

Well done gogo. Good call on n-1 on this scene

[gogo120]

Thanks!

[StoneNYC]

No mocking needed. As far as I'm concerned, the cropped photo is fine.

The guidelines are reached by pressing the Usage Guidelines tab above.

Rick "carry on" Denney

That contradicts what was said in the new rules thread, I'll go back and re-read it. I swear it was said that cropping smaller than 4" on the shorter side meant the film image was no longer LF because you now go by film size not camera type. Sorry if I misread but you guys were pretty clear about that.

[StoneNYC]

Rdenny, not to be a pain but according to Ken Lee... I'm correct...

Post #53

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=116888

[Heroique]

Shouldn't crop to something "much less" on 4x5 film?

I missed that thread, but it sounds like where a crop meets that threshold is still under consideration by our fearless leaders.

For context, I hope the moderators review these VERY tiny but brilliant crops from 5x7 film by QT:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/qtluong/example.html

"Those close-ups," QT says, "were extracted from the [full frame] image below. Each of them contains enough detail to make a sharp photograph on its own. Click on them to view."

Cropping LF film, whether under an enlarger or in digital processing, and no matter how aggressively done, is, I think, one of the great benefits of our beloved format!

[StoneNYC]

Shouldn't crop to something "much less" on 4x5 film?

I missed that thread, but it sounds like where a crop meets that threshold is still under consideration by our fearless leaders.

For context, I hope the moderators review these VERY tiny but brilliant crops from 5x7 film by QT:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/qtluong/example.html

"Those close-ups," QT says, "were extracted from the [full frame] image below. Each of them contains enough detail to make a sharp photograph on its own. Click on them to view."

Cropping LF film, whether under an enlarger or in digital processing, and no matter how aggressively done, is, I think, one of the great benefits of our beloved format!

Just read post 53 in the link I provided.

[Heroique]

Just read post 53 in the link I provided.

Sorry, I wasn't too clear...

Ken's post #53 is what I was responding to, including some follow-up posts, so thanks for pointing it out in your link!

Where such a cropping threshold exists (if it does at all) deserves its own thread and a healthy forum discussion. I'm certain the moderators would be interested in our thoughts if they're considering a concrete guideline about it.

In any case, we should keep the trees in this thread out of the shadow of that potentially long and likely cantankerous discussion! ;^)

[rdenney]

There is no concrete guideline about cropping. The image in question was the full dimension of 4x5 film in one direction and cropped to a more pleasing shape for that scene. It was originally made on 4x5 film.

We are all capable of exercising reasonable judgment about how much cropping is reasonable.

Read Post 75 in that other thread, and you'll see that Ken and I agree that we prefer judgment over rules on cropping.

If you see a post that you think is unreasonable, please report it rather than policing it.

Rick "now, back to trees" Denney

[AlexGard]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5



Sorry, I know this is old, but I nearly fell off my chair. That is an utterly amazing image. Thankyou for sharing.

[gogo120]

123202

4x5
210mm
Fp4 (@200asa) rodinal 1:50
N

[JeRuFo]

4x5
210mm
Fp4 (@200asa) rodinal 1:50
N

Fantastic shot gogo. Has a very fresh feeling. Lovely light everywhere and it just works.



Sorry, I know this is old, but I nearly fell off my chair. That is an utterly amazing image. Thankyou for sharing.

Much appreciated Alex, glad you like it.

[Woodturner-fran]

This is an utterly amazing image. If I ever got one image like that I would sit content forever after.



https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15223871519_29931c0654_o.jpg

Twickel, Fomapan 100 4x5, Nikkor 90/4.5


I spent a lovely foggy morning at a nearby estate last saturday.

While I was shooting a man, who was walking his dog, came standing next to me and said 'Do you see something I don't see?'
Turns out he thought I was looking for a special bird or something, but I was quite puzzled for a while. When I told him I was shooting the wider view he went on and let his dog of the leash so he could swim for a few minutes, right in front of my camera!
I'm quite used to people coming up to me when I'm shooting LF, but usually they try to disturb me or the view as little as possible. Never had someone stand right in front of the camera for a few minutes. Luckily it was a very quiet morning and I wasn't in a rush, but with changing light I would have been a little annoyed.