post your trees!

[David Lobato]

128784

Foggy tree, Shen Hao 4x5, 150mm lens, T Max 100, f22 1 second

Great composition and layers of tones

[StoneNYC]

nah, was trying to peel it but it wasn't ready (pulled up, emulsion still sticky so put it back hence overlap). Looks like emulsion lift artifacts (which I have yet to try and at $20 per shot, kind of hesitant).

It's easy, try it with some FP100C first, simple, 74-78 degrees about a 1 minute soak and it comes right off.

[StoneNYC]

128784

Foggy tree, Shen Hao 4x5, 150mm lens, T Max 100, f22 1 second

Like others have said, really nice tones, something new each time I see it.

[Fred L]

Crossed wires. I was peeling the positive (looks like b/w transparency) from the negative, I wasn't lifting emulsion from a print. Some leave it on, I like to peel so I can either reverse it or do something else. Peeling IP 8x10 is just a matter of waiting a certain time then pulling. This was peeled too soon. But wait too long and it's another kind of bad.

[Scott Schroeder]

Nice colleen. I like the mood and simplicity.

[Colleen K]

Thanks for the comments-for some reason I struggle with fog and this is one of the few fog shots I've taken I could live with :)

[Heroique]

...this is one of the few fog shots I've taken I could live with. :)

The fog is exposed and "placed" nicely, but I think the "blowing" shape of the tree, and undulating hillocks, are what make the shot so fun to look at. I bet the image would also "work" with a clear view of the landscape behind it, in lieu of fog. (I'd even be tempted to return and take a similar shot on a sunny/cloudy day in good light.) I bet your tripod placement was key in capturing the tree's dynamic shape – as people in the field know, just a few feet can make a world of difference. Great shot!

[h2oman]

desert cottonwood:

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

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

http://album.foto.ru/photos/or/353575/3831018.jpg

First frost
ShenH
Fuj T 400
tmy-2 x-tol 1+1

[Michael Cienfuegos]

I found these artifacts on some trees near my house.

128981
Lost Love


128982
Looking at you

Speed Graphic, 127mm Ektar lens, TXP320, HC-110 Dilution H.

m

[Robert Langham]

Pulled out Pentax meter and it was dead! (bought in 1977, serial # 78878.) SWAG on exposure. Close...on the thin side.

I looked at this with polarizer but decided no filter. Heavy overcast. I expect I will soft-pencil-on-negative a little strength into the highlight on the road at the far end to make it shine and then print carefully. Can't go too deep on this one.

Every shining white dot is going to get spotted out to calm the image down.

This is an iphone file of the proof on glass over fixer tray. Looks like it may need a touch of burning on the top 1/3 and bottom 1/3.

128987 Road in Red River County near Boxelder, Texas.

I don't know if it looks very high but I am on my 4-Runner. Camera at least 10 feet up to open up the shape of the road.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Ficarolo (RO) Italy - Majestic tree

- Camera: CHAMONIX 45-N2
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 135 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: 1/2 seconds at f 32
- Film: FOMAPAN - 100 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: KODAK HC-110 - Dilution H (1+63) - 11 minutes and 30 seconds at 20° C
- Lighting: Ambient light only

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/16460588736_ed2edfbb56_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/16477553925_3e27355f63_b.jpg

[Peter Lewin]

Alessandro: Very nice, I'm used to seeing your photographs of people, it is fun to see what you do with other subjects. (Of course, if you could do a tree with a surfboard, that would bring everything back together ;)). My usual curiosity: the proportions of the color picture of you photographing the tree still look like 4x5 - is that a coincidence, or did someone with a view camera take a picture of you with a view camera?

[StoneNYC]

Ficarolo (RO) Italy - Majestic tree

- Camera: CHAMONIX 45-N2
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 135 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: 1/2 seconds at f 32
- Film: FOMAPAN - 100 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: KODAK HC-110 - Dilution H (1+63) - 11 minutes and 30 seconds at 20° C
- Lighting: Ambient light only

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/16460588736_ed2edfbb56_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/16477553925_3e27355f63_b.jpg

Is it bad that I also like the color (digital?) image of you? The color tones and the way it is exposed are really actually very nice, it follows the lines of the road well, sometimes taking a step back from your subject gives you something else that's beautiful.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Whow Peter. The proportion of the picture taken with the iPhone is not a coincidence. I crop to 4x5 because i like that kinf of format.
Ah Ah. Very nice the jike about the tree with the surfboard. Ah ah i agree.
I am waiting the spring to start again my series of picture of surfers. I am making contacts with person right now.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Yes Stone i agree. I also like more the iPhone picture than the one i took with the 4x5 camera. I did too many mistake. Too much shift of tle lens. The tree is not complete but cropped on the right. I really wish to come back and shot another picture soon or late.

[StoneNYC]

Yes Stone i agree. I also like more the iPhone picture than the one i took with the 4x5 camera. I did too many mistake. Too much shift of tle lens. The tree is not complete but cropped on the right. I really wish to come back and shot another picture soon or late.

You will, your photography is excellent, we are never perfect. But we can strive.

[jp]

Let celebrate the repair of the forum by posting some images we've been sitting on!

I went out for a walk Friday and nearly froze my hands off even though I was wearing gloves and fully dressed for winter except for not having skipants, which would have been useful that day. It was about 5f and a strong wind. I should have shoveled for a while first to get my blood pumping good. It was the sort of day your eyeballs water from the cold and sun and wind. As usual I took my Rolleiflex, but also brought along the 4x5 speed graphic and 7.25" verito and 2 film holders of fp4+. I worked handheld as setting up a tripod was too slow and I wanted to keep moving. Not many sunny days this time of year, so I was glad to see some shapes cast upon the snow.



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/16539859175_911d2b6d69_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rcz6TM)
img793 (https://flic.kr/p/rcz6TM) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[welly]

http://i.imgur.com/oE9LZx3.jpg

Tree. East Point, Darwin

[StoneNYC]

http://i.imgur.com/oE9LZx3.jpg

Tree. East Point, Darwin

Wow! Do many trees grow like that over there? Or is this like annual flooding or something?

[welly]

Wow! Do many trees grow like that over there? Or is this like annual flooding or something?

That's how these particular trees seem to grow! There's a bunch of them on the beach that get submerged like that and there's fresh ones growing next to them, obviously completely submerged at this point of the day. It's bizarre. And that was quite a sizeable tree - a good 10-15 foot high.

[StoneNYC]

That's how these particular trees seem to grow! There's a bunch of them on the beach that get submerged like that and there's fresh ones growing next to them, obviously completely submerged at this point of the day. It's bizarre. And that was quite a sizeable tree - a good 10-15 foot high.

Wow that's really cool! This is Australia right? So it doesn't surprise me, they have some pretty amazing wildlife and pretty amazing plant life. So it's one of those trees they can handle salt water? Cool.

[appletree]

Is it bad that I also like the color (digital?) image of you? The color tones and the way it is exposed are really actually very nice, it follows the lines of the road well, sometimes taking a step back from your subject gives you something else that's beautiful.

Agreed. I love the lines in the second one. The way the eye snakes the road, the power lines, and the ditch are great. Plus full view of the tree. Regardless, both beautiful photos.

[welly]

Wow that's really cool! This is Australia right? So it doesn't surprise me, they have some pretty amazing wildlife and pretty amazing plant life. So it's one of those trees they can handle salt water? Cool.

Yep, Australia! The coastline of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Yeah, there's plenty of wacky beasts up here - nothing surprises me anymore!

[welly]

Tree roots vaguely in the style of Ansel Adam's "Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu, Hawaii."

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6yOkxtWxeCU/VOmUKCtBmlI/AAAAAAAAD2U/cZKw0gnVGK8/w1024-h827-no/8287508426_e6a580cdbf_b.jpg

[Ben Calwell]

Jp, I love that image -- beautiful.

[Jmarmck]

Tree roots vaguely in the style of Ansel Adam's "Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu, Hawaii."

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6yOkxtWxeCU/VOmUKCtBmlI/AAAAAAAAD2U/cZKw0gnVGK8/w1024-h827-no/8287508426_e6a580cdbf_b.jpg

Wow, very nice work. Detail and tone is grand.

[welly]

Thanks kindly, Marty!

[Corran]

Nice roots welly!

I might be stretching it a little here but here are some tree remains.

Wista 8x10, 210mm f/9 Graphic-Kowa, Fuji HR-T x-ray film rated at 50, developed in Acufine:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/810-1234ss.jpg

[Jmarmck]

Having trouble wrapping my brain around that one Bryan. It is almost abstract.

[Corran]

Yeah this didn't have the separation of tones I was hoping for, possibly due to the spectral response of the x-ray film, but turned kind of abstract. It's like a Rorschach tree root.

[lbenac]

ShenHao XPO Kodak Ektar 203/7.7 Delta100 D23

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s1/v19/p351538187.jpg

[esearing]

Ever have one of those images you know is weak on so many levels but you love it anyway? This is mine.
http://www.esearing.com/photography/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/magnolia_web.jpg

[Alex Menkov]

Apo-symmar 180 f5,6,Provia 100F\


http://album.foto.ru/photos/sm/301008/3924970.jpg (http://album.foto.ru/photos/or/301008/3924970.jpg)


http://album.foto.ru/photos/sm/301008/3924971.jpg (http://album.foto.ru/photos/or/301008/3924971.jpg)

[Robert Oliver]

130432
Oak - Los Osos, CA
Ilford FP4+ / D76
16x20 Silver Eagle Fiber Based Print
Selenium Toned

[RSalles]

Robert,

How do you rate and what you thing about the Silver Eagle paper? I thought about getting a pack from ebay but have not found much info for this paper.

Thanks,

Renato

[Jim Fitzgerald]

130432
Oak - Los Osos, CA
Ilford FP4+ / D76
16x20 Silver Eagle Fiber Based Print
Selenium Toned

Robert, beautiful! I need to visit those oaks again.

[StoneNYC]

130432
Oak - Los Osos, CA
Ilford FP4+ / D76
16x20 Silver Eagle Fiber Based Print
Selenium Toned

Wow excellent, what lens? Was this 4x5 originally? I love the edges, the contrast is really interesting. I'm also curious about the silver eagle paper.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I like the silver eagle paper but then I'm crazy because I fix it out and use it for carbon prints!

[Robert Oliver]

Thanks Stone,

Lens was a 75mm grandagon on 4x5. Can't remember which one, but it barely covers 4x5 with no real room for movements.

Been using Silver Eagle as I work out the kinks of going to larger sizes... I like the paper, only issue I've had with it was with selective bleaching, but I'm pretty sure that was my mistake in procedure. Going to try 20x24 next and then I will move up to the Mural sizes of either Ilford or Foma.

[StoneNYC]

Thanks Stone,

Lens was a 75mm grandagon on 4x5. Can't remember which one, but it barely covers 4x5 with no real room for movements.

Been using Silver Eagle as I work out the kinks of going to larger sizes... I like the paper, only issue I've had with it was with selective bleaching, but I'm pretty sure that was my mistake in procedure. Going to try 20x24 next and then I will move up to the Mural sizes of either Ilford or Foma.

Impressive, thanks for the details!

[jp]

I'm liking it, but not thrilled with it. Maybe I should go back and shoot it with 8x10 instead of 4x5 to smooth out the background a little better. Maybe bring out the AE for it in 4x5.

4x5 FP4+, 7.25" verito. more in the galli thread if this is a likable style.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8579/16742649226_7b9f2dea1c_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rvusiY)
img882 (https://flic.kr/p/rvusiY) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

I was more pleased with the shadows of the tree.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7651/16580959878_d4afcc1712_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rgcKGA)
img885 (https://flic.kr/p/rgcKGA) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7603/16146227834_4ac9fc9e1f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qAMD1w)
img881 (https://flic.kr/p/qAMD1w) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Robert Oliver]

I'm not sure who really makes it... but I've had good success with it. It responds as expected with Ilford MG filters. It seems to tone well, even though I just tone enough to get rich blacks and never enough to push the shadows into purple as others like to do.

I had a disaster with it when I was doing selective bleaching with Potassium Ferricyanide, but I'm pretty sure I screwed that up the process. I need to go back to my notes from my workshop with Per Volquartz and try it again.

It's definitely worth playing with if you are on a budget. (I AM!!!)

I haven't found any paper defects... it handles my subject material nicely. I don't have much to compare it to since I am just coming back to the Darkroom after mainly using a hybrid workflow for the past decade. I've been using some expired Ilford. I can't see any major differences, other than it's thicker and nicer to handle than some of the old Ilford FB I have laying around. I've even sold a handful of 16x20 prints on it this year!

I'm not the most scientific person on this forum as regards to testing papers... but I like it.




Robert,

How do you rate and what you thing about the Silver Eagle paper? I thought about getting a pack from ebay but have not found much info for this paper.

Thanks,

Renato

[Robert Oliver]

Robert, beautiful! I need to visit those oaks again.

Thanks Jim... it's funny, I have driven by that place hundreds of times over the past 20 years to go surfing or photographing at Montana de Oro. I'm glad I finally found the sense to pull over and explore it!

[RSalles]

I'm not sure who really makes it... but I've had good success with it. It responds as expected with Ilford MG filters. It seems to tone well, even though I just tone enough to get rich blacks and never enough to push the shadows into purple as others like to do.

I had a disaster with it when I was doing selective bleaching with Potassium Ferricyanide, but I'm pretty sure I screwed that up the process. I need to go back to my notes from my workshop with Per Volquartz and try it again.

It's definitely worth playing with if you are on a budget. (I AM!!!)

I haven't found any paper defects... it handles my subject material nicely. I don't have much to compare it to since I am just coming back to the Darkroom after mainly using a hybrid workflow for the past decade. I've been using some expired Ilford. I can't see any major differences, other than it's thicker and nicer to handle than some of the old Ilford FB I have laying around. I've even sold a handful of 16x20 prints on it this year!

I'm not the most scientific person on this forum as regards to testing papers... but I like it.

Thanks, Robert!

Renato

[David Lobato]

Snow and Ice in March, Black Forest Colorado

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Black%20Forest%20Snow%20001%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, 210mm, Tri-X

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Snow and Ice in March, Black Forest Colorado

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Black%20Forest%20Snow%20001%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, 210mm, Tri-X

Love it!

[StoneNYC]

Snow and Ice in March, Black Forest Colorado

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Black%20Forest%20Snow%20001%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, 210mm, Tri-X

Nice choice!

[chassis]

Snow and Ice in March, Black Forest Colorado

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Black%20Forest%20Snow%20001%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, 210mm, Tri-X

Extremely well done!

[Rick A]

Snow and Ice in March, Black Forest Colorado

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Black%20Forest%20Snow%20001%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, 210mm, Tri-X

SHAZAM!!! BAM !! Stunning play of light!

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

beautiful, but looks like a crop Canon

[JaZ99]

Last Autumn:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8652/16623319199_f23654c407_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rjWRDH)
The King (https://flic.kr/p/rjWRDH) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G

[Andrew Plume]

Extremely well done!

beautiful and the overall exposure is terrific

regards
andrew

[jon.oman]

Snow and Ice in March, Black Forest Colorado

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Black%20Forest%20Snow%20001%20800LFF.jpg

Toyo 45A, 210mm, Tri-X

Wonderful image! The light is just perfect! Great composition!

[StoneNYC]

Last Autumn:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8652/16623319199_f23654c407_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rjWRDH)
The King (https://flic.kr/p/rjWRDH) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G

Spot on exposure! And a lot of green moss/mold on that tree but gives a nice colorful image, cool.

[Heroique]

Last Autumn.

I think I've taken more LF shots of Beech Trees than any other tree, mainly for the way they splay their toes and the beautifully wrinkled-furrowed bark. The smoother bark (higher up) adds a nice contrast, and it's no wonder these smoother regions attract young lovers with pen knives to carve hearts and initials...

But I especially like the red-leaves-against-green-trunk of this shot! ;^)

I'd be tempted to return to this very tripod position for a study through the seasons. For example, one carpeted in light snow (color or b/w), another in dappled summer sun, etc.

[fishbulb]

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=130819&d=1426374370

Sinar F, Ilford Delta 100, Nikon Nikkor-W 180mm f/5.6. I think somewhere around f/16 and 1/4 second.

[JaZ99]

Spot on exposure! And a lot of green moss/mold on that tree but gives a nice colorful image, cool.

Thank you. It was easy with my Gossen ;-)



But I especially like the red-leaves-against-green-trunk of this shot! ;^)

I'd be tempted to return to this very tripod position for a study through the seasons. For example, one carpeted in light snow (color or b/w), another in dappled summer sun, etc.

Thanks! That is a good idea.

[JaZ99]

Last winter, Bieszczady, Poland:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16683260280_4771fb23b1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C)
In the woods II (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G

[kleinbatavia]

And a few on Foma 100 in Rodinal.


131120131121131122

[StoneNYC]

Last winter, Bieszczady, Poland:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16683260280_4771fb23b1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C)
In the woods II (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G

Holy crap!!! That's so cool!!!! Did a deer rub on the tree to break off the ice? Talk about freezing rain!!? Brilliant!

[Deval]

Last winter, Bieszczady, Poland:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16683260280_4771fb23b1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C)
In the woods II (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G
Lovely work

[JaZ99]

Holy crap!!! That's so cool!!!! Did a deer rub on the tree to break off the ice? Talk about freezing rain!!? Brilliant!

Thank you. Honestly, I have no idea. In the woods there are deers, wild cats, bears and other animals. It is the most isolated and sparsely populated part (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bieszczady_Mountains) of the country.
BTW, those woods are amazing in the autumn.


Lovely work

Thank you.

Here is another one (red markings indicate hiking trail):
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7637/16878999651_231cff9fe5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rHxhxn)
Imperfect Symmetry #88 (https://flic.kr/p/rHxhxn) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G

[Jmarmck]

That is too high to be a deer rub. It is just a dead tree shedding the bark.
I love the contrast in color. For a moment I thought it was manipulated.
It is a nice find.

[EOTS]

Last winter, Bieszczady, Poland:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16683260280_4771fb23b1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C)
In the woods II (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G

Great!

[Rory_5244]

Last winter, Bieszczady, Poland:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16683260280_4771fb23b1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C)
In the woods II (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G

Awe.

[pdmoylan]

[QUOTE=JaZ99;1227983]Last winter, Bieszczady, Poland:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16683260280_4771fb23b1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C)
In the woods II (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G[/QUOTE

Very Nice!

[jp]

Last winter, Bieszczady, Poland:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16683260280_4771fb23b1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C)
In the woods II (https://flic.kr/p/rqf53C) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar II-N 150/5.6
E100G

That's pretty cool. Looks cross processed or something. I like it.

[jp]

Still working in the woods behind my house. Still plenty of snow. 4x5 fp4+, preanniversary speed, 7.25" verito. made yesterday. It would have been a good day to wear a go-pro as someone has suggested others could enjoy it more vicariously. It was cold and windy (below zero f windchill) and the trees were creaking and groaning from the cold wind, and the wind was making noises of it's own.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8698/16697058067_df5cca4233_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rrsMDv)
img893 (https://flic.kr/p/rrsMDv) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[JaZ99]

That's pretty cool. Looks cross processed or something. I like it.


That is too high to be a deer rub. It is just a dead tree shedding the bark.
I love the contrast in color. For a moment I thought it was manipulated.
It is a nice find.


Great!

Thank you all for kind comments. This photo is a simple scan, almost no postprocessing, just sharpening, dust-off and very slight color temp adjustment.

JaZ

[baro-nite]

Stand of Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) in Durham County NC. This is somewhat outside its natural range but the trees, initially planted by the Duke University forestry school 80 or so years ago, are obviously doing well, and the grove is spreading downstream. I've been spending a lot of time in and around these stands in the past months, as it is close to my house and I am fascinated by the trees. I'm going to buy some waders; there are lots of places I can't get to with knee-high muck boots and stay dry.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8728/16749991629_a8b7281413_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rw95X8)Sentinels (https://flic.kr/p/rw95X8) by baro-nite (https://www.flickr.com/people/34462952@N05/), on Flickr

This is my second-ever large format photograph. Arca-Swiss F-line classic, Caltar II-N 210/5.6 @ f/32, camera level with 3cm rear rise. HP5+ tray processed in DD-X, v700 scan.

[StoneNYC]

Stand of Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) in Durham County NC. This is somewhat outside its natural range but the trees, initially planted by the Duke University forestry school 80 or so years ago, are obviously doing well, and the grove is spreading downstream. I've been spending a lot of time in and around these stands in the past months, as it is close to my house and I am fascinated by the trees. I'm going to buy some waders; there are lots of places I can't get to with knee-high muck boots and stay dry.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8728/16749991629_a8b7281413_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rw95X8)Sentinels (https://flic.kr/p/rw95X8) by baro-nite (https://www.flickr.com/people/34462952@N05/), on Flickr

This is my second-ever large format photograph. Arca-Swiss F-line classic, Caltar II-N 210/5.6 @ f/32, camera level with 3cm rear rise. HP5+ tray processed in DD-X, v700 scan.

Wow!! The shadows and low contrast here are amazing!! Love the reflections too!

[vinny]

I don't think if I've posted this one here before........
Probably 135 sironar-s, efke ir820, james bond filter (cokin 007), calabasis, california.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/9314181161_4a31402ac7_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fc4Byn)oak&clouds-calabasis (https://flic.kr/p/fc4Byn) by vinnywalsh.com (https://www.flickr.com/people/62218065@N00/), on Flickr

[Rory_5244]

Wow, gorgeous shots, baro-nite and vinny! I like those highlights on the background trees, baro-nite.

[baro-nite]

Thanks Stone and Rory! I like how the highlights in the background worked out too.

[jp]

Nice creative stuff happening above!

For this I sorta posed the trees a couple different ways in the afternoon light. In the woods behind my house. 4x5 fp4+, preanniversary speed, 7.25" verito.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8749/16914881556_4fc696e33c_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rLHbYU)img897 (https://flic.kr/p/rLHbYU) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7587/16939498222_f056604f92_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rNTmEb)img898 (https://flic.kr/p/rNTmEb) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jp]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8755/16783976610_bc612bdd08_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rz9gv5)
img912 (https://flic.kr/p/rz9gv5) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr
Same settings but shooting into the sun rather than side too.

[jcoldslabs]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8755/16783976610_bc612bdd08_z.jpg[/url]

This one's lovely. Soft and bold at the same time.

Jonathan

[jp]

Thanks Jonathan.

This is perhaps the last of the series. Snow continues to melt and it's looking different every weekend. It'll still be around this weekend, but the light might not cooperate or I might be busy doing other things.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7618/16947555106_4802ee6c77_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rPADFY)img899 (https://flic.kr/p/rPADFY) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7611/16993848782_38a5e294b5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rTFVbN)img910 (https://flic.kr/p/rTFVbN) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[RHITMrB]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7643/16847943090_5af636acd8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rEN7vq)
Fasilides Baths Ficus (https://flic.kr/p/rEN7vq) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people/40786724@N00/), on Flickr

[StoneNYC]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7643/16847943090_5af636acd8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rEN7vq)
Fasilides Baths Ficus (https://flic.kr/p/rEN7vq) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/people/40786724@N00/), on Flickr

way cool!!!

[Ramiro Elena]

Stand of Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) in Durham County NC. This is somewhat outside its natural range but the trees, initially planted by the Duke University forestry school 80 or so years ago, are obviously doing well, and the grove is spreading downstream. I've been spending a lot of time in and around these stands in the past months, as it is close to my house and I am fascinated by the trees. I'm going to buy some waders; there are lots of places I can't get to with knee-high muck boots and stay dry.


Very nice picture and composition. It looks however too post-processed to me. Almost HDR or maybe it was like that originally...

[baro-nite]

Very nice picture and composition. It looks however too post-processed to me. Almost HDR or maybe it was like that originally...

Thank you. I agree the tonal scale isn't "right". The main problem is that I overdeveloped the negative. I then tried stretching it out in scanning and post-processing. But it still looks too compressed on the high end and I agree that makes it resemble bad tonemapping/HDR, which is certainly not the effect I want. I'll be re-shooting this one.

[Heroique]

A rain forest in Olympic NP (Wash. state).

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Maybe "sun forest" would be better.

Our Governor recently declared a drought emergency for the Olympic Peninsula. The Olympic mountains, just like the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas, are very thirsty. Please send us a drink of water! Snow cones also welcome.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
T-Max 100 (in T-Max rs)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[RHITMrB]

way cool!!!

Thanks! The trees are at least a few hundred years old.

[StoneNYC]

Oh!! The person I was responding to, not me, got it, few!

[Corran]

Still fishing.

Wista 8x10, Nikkor 120mm f/8, ERA film (Ilford FP4+ I think) cropped to 4x10, Tanol 2:2:100:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/langdale810-1663_stitch-410ss.jpg

[Corran]

One more. This one I'm going to try making a Van Dyke Brown with. I think it's got a decent density range but I haven't put it on a densitometer yet.
Same gear. Definitely a bit of inspiration from Jim (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?121286-ULF-Why-do-it&p=1232736&viewfull=1#post1232736)!

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/langdale810-1669ss.jpg

[Iamdrewseph]

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/0/6/3/4/2015_print_009_w600.jpg

Recent kallitype print, toned in thiourea, from 4x10 (split darkslide) fomapan 200 negative.

This is gorgeous

[kleinbatavia]

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Wista Field DX, sironar 150mm 5.6 @ f22, 1/4s. Fomapan 100 4x5, rotary developed in rodinal 1:50 @ 20C for 8 minutes.

[koraks]

I like it, kleinbatavia! Nicely done. Somehow, it also has that typical Foma100 look to it that I recognize from my own scans.

[kleinbatavia]

Thanks Koraks. Quite happy with foma in rodinal, allows for plenty of creative trickery. Not very good when pushed though, ilford in ilford dev gives me better results for that.

[kleinbatavia]

Hmm, wish it was me sitting by the river...

[Jmarmck]

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/0/6/3/4/2015_print_009_w600.jpg

Recent kallitype print, toned in thiourea, from 4x10 (split darkslide) fomapan 200 negative.
This is indeed beautiful. Inspirational as well. Well done.

[koraks]

Yeah, foma 100 is alright, particularly in large format. Don't like it very much in 35mm. It needs quite a bit of light to build shadow detail it seems, but I can live with that.

[Jmarmck]

I used foma 100 in DV. I was fairly happy with it though yours are different than mine. I think it is my personal preference for more contrast.

[h2oman]

Still fishing.

Wista 8x10, Nikkor 120mm f/8, ERA film (Ilford FP4+ I think) cropped to 4x10, Tanol 2:2:100:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/langdale810-1663_stitch-410ss.jpg

I really like this, Corran. A different look than usual for you. Although not a simple scene, it has a strong subject, and the soft lighting works well with it.

[Corran]

Thanks h2oman! I was going back and forth on it and then the crop seemed to help. The full sheet was too busy and the mostly blank sky kind of blah.

[RSalles]

I really like this, Corran. A different look than usual for you. Although not a simple scene, it has a strong subject, and the soft lighting works well with it.

h2oman, the merit for the soft light rendering is also for the high dilution grade of the developer, IMO,

Cheers,

Renato

[Corran]

Just for informational purposes, the dilution of 2:2:100 is actually more concentrated than normal for Tanol, which is recommended to be used at 1:1:100, like most pyro developers. I did this to give me a bit more working strength to develop to a higher global contrast for alternative processes and not have 20+ minute development times.

The light was hazy and overcast at the end of the day and the sun was just slightly covered by the clouds. I developed this sheet a little shorter than some of the others that day as I was experimenting with times to give me a proper density range for Van Dyke Browns.

Here's the sheet uncropped, if interested:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/langdale810-1663_stitchss.jpg

[jp]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8775/16998418077_abc5217e7c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rU6ktK)
img955 (https://flic.kr/p/rU6ktK) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Birch Point Beach state park, Owls Head Maine. April 2015. 4x5 speed graphic with gundlach hyperion soft focus lens, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd

[Michael Lloyd]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8775/16998418077_abc5217e7c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rU6ktK)
img955 (https://flic.kr/p/rU6ktK) by philbrookjason (https://www.flickr.com/people/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Birch Point Beach state park, Owls Head Maine. April 2015. 4x5 speed graphic with gundlach hyperion soft focus lens, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd

My first reaction was "oh man I like that". The second, without reading the caption was "that looks like Maine". I stayed not too far from Owls Head last July. Awesome country.

[Pali K]

http://photolog.netsoft2k.com/blogImages/04153%20-%20Black%20Hill%20Park%204x5%20-%20Apr%202015%20850px.jpg

The red benches really stood out during the sunset light and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out so I shoot the same image on Velvia 100 and Ektar 100. This is the Velvia version and I will post the Ektar version after processing it soon.

I would love your feedback on this because I saw the scene and it looked great on the ground glass. However, I have mixed feelings about the final image.

Deardorff V8 with 4x5 back
Velvia 100

Pali

[Paul Cunningham]

Birch Point Beach state park, Owls Head Maine. April 2015. 4x5 speed graphic with gundlach hyperion soft focus lens, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd

I love the way the depth of field is rendered.

[djdister]

The red benches really stood out during the sunset light and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out so I shoot the same image on Velvia 100 and Ektar 100. This is the Velvia version and I will post the Ektar version after processing it soon.

I would love your feedback on this because I saw the scene and it looked great on the ground glass. However, I have mixed feelings about the final image.

Deardorff V8 with 4x5 back
Velvia 100

Pali

Pali,

I think the concept was good, but the composition isn't tight enough. The fourth bench all the way to the right throws the balance of the shot off.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

A couple of Black Oaks from a recent trip to Yosemite. Carbon transfer prints.

[Deval]

http://photolog.netsoft2k.com/blogImages/04153%20-%20Black%20Hill%20Park%204x5%20-%20Apr%202015%20850px.jpg

The red benches really stood out during the sunset light and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out so I shoot the same image on Velvia 100 and Ektar 100. This is the Velvia version and I will post the Ektar version after processing it soon.

I would love your feedback on this because I saw the scene and it looked great on the ground glass. However, I have mixed feelings about the final image.

Deardorff V8 with 4x5 back
Velvia 100

Pali

Hi Pali,

I think its a nice image. When I first saw it,I started thinking, I wonder what this would look like in black and white...mainly because of the strong compositional elements and the high contrast. Color doesn't define the scene IMO. I think the "thing" that may seem off is the midground if we were to call this a landscape. The wall of trees seems obstructive to the background which includes a bench and a hill line. Actually if the wall of trees were eliminated, I think this would make a nice iconic image following a rule of thirds. The foreground elements are strong and well placed. The front row of benches is in focus(I assume with a swing). The treeline and bench in the midleft are OOF which is neither a strength or a weakness, but it makes the viewer ask why the choice was made.

Pali, I have no intention in coming off as over-critical, so I hope you don't take it that way. Thanks for keeping your photo open to discussion, I would hope to see more.

[jp]

A couple of Black Oaks from a recent trip to Yosemite. Carbon transfer prints.

I like that softer one. Makes some simpler sense/presentation of the complexity of the light and woods. That's a skill the old pictorialists like Day / Clarence H White were very good at, but it sort of got lost for a while.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I like that softer one. Makes some simpler sense/presentation of the complexity of the light and woods. That's a skill the old pictorialists like Day / Clarence H White were very good at, but it sort of got lost for a while.

Jp, thanks. I used the same lens as I recall. The wonderful Kodak 305 Portrait lens. Soft one around F-6 and the sharp one at F-45.I am partial to the soft one as well. There is a certain drawing effect with this image and it almost looks to me like it is a miniature. Both Carbon prints are quite nice and work well especially with the soft focus images. More to come.

[Andrew Plume]

I really like this, Corran. A different look than usual for you. Although not a simple scene, it has a strong subject, and the soft lighting works well with it.

Bryan

I really prefer this one, the cropped version, great work

regards
andrew

[Jeffrey Arthur]

Thanks Jim, I have missed your wonderful trees!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks Jim, I have missed your wonderful trees!

Jeffery, thank you. I have some nice ones in 11 x 14 and 14 x 17 but I need to pull the prints. Carbon takes time. :-)

[Pali K]

I think the concept was good, but the composition isn't tight enough. The fourth bench all the way to the right throws the balance of the shot off.

Thank you djdister. I completely agree that composition is lacking here and I am glad to hear your thoughts on what is throwing it off.


Hi Pali,

I think its a nice image. When I first saw it,I started thinking, I wonder what this would look like in black and white...mainly because of the strong compositional elements and the high contrast. Color doesn't define the scene IMO. I think the "thing" that may seem off is the midground if we were to call this a landscape. The wall of trees seems obstructive to the background which includes a bench and a hill line. Actually if the wall of trees were eliminated, I think this would make a nice iconic image following a rule of thirds. The foreground elements are strong and well placed. The front row of benches is in focus(I assume with a swing). The treeline and bench in the midleft are OOF which is neither a strength or a weakness, but it makes the viewer ask why the choice was made.

Pali, I have no intention in coming off as over-critical, so I hope you don't take it that way. Thanks for keeping your photo open to discussion, I would hope to see more.

Thank you Deval. This is exactly the feedback I was hoping to get. This image looks great at full responsibility in pieces because of the amazing resolution in the young leaf buds and such but as a whole, loses its impact even for me. I have another composition from this location on the Ekta that I will post soon. Would love to hear your thoughts on that version too.

Thanks again!

Pali

[andreios]

A couple of Black Oaks from a recent trip to Yosemite. Carbon transfer prints.

Ah, beautiful work, Jim!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Andreios, thank you. I do love my trees.

[sanking]

Andreios, thank you. I do love my trees.


Definitely lovely images, and trees. Is the California Black Oak a deciduous tree or does not hold on to its leaves all year as some of the live oaks do here in the south?

Sandy

[Robert Langham]

Early Spring Redbud on the roadside.

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[Robert Langham]

Scene up Butler Creek that I have shot repeated over the years.

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[Robert Langham]

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[d7250]

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[Jim Fitzgerald]

Definitely lovely images, and trees. Is the California Black Oak a deciduous tree or does not hold on to its leaves all year as some of the live oaks do here in the south?

Sandy

Sandy, the Black Oaks that I've shot for years in Yosemite Valley turn a beautiful golden color in the fall and shed their leaves. They look great in the winter covered in snow and in the spring the new green growth is something to see. I would love to see the oaks in South Carolina, photograph them, pay you a visit and talk carbon transfer. Hopefully I can do that at some time during my retirement. So much to see and do.

[donga]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7680/17124176529_89bd080bfe_o.jpg
Tree on a field outside Stockholm, Sweden.

[Aleksey]

4х5" Bergger BRF-200
http://s019.radikal.ru/i601/1505/e4/ea69da9d7462.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

[Greenspeed]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8862/17176754660_b446e43438_k.jpg

John Nesbitt 8 x 10; Ilford FP4

[Michael Lloyd]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8862/17176754660_b446e43438_k.jpg

John Nesbitt 8 x 10; Ilford FP4

Gorgeous image!

[StoneNYC]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8862/17176754660_b446e43438_k.jpg

John Nesbitt 8 x 10; Ilford FP4

Pretty spectacular! I wish that moon were deeper in the scene but the contrast here is really nice.

[welly]

http://forum.largeformatphotography.com.au/download/file.php?id=325&mode=view

TMax 400 8x10

[koraks]

I like that one a lot, welly, nicely done!

Here's a yew tree on the other side of the planet. Still testing that blue-sensitive x-ray film; I'm starting to get the hang of it. Exposed liberally at ISO 50; it could have done with even a little more, but I find it hard to judge the contrast in the blue channel using just my eyes.
http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/snapshots/2015_april-may_-_tests_on_x-ray_film/WXT_152_4.jpg

[HCST]

http://www.temnakomora.cz/uploads/gallery/album_376/gallery_7901_376_453604.jpg
Kodak 2D, Belar 210mm, Fomapan 100 8x10, Parocat M, print Fomatone MG Classic 131, LQN

[Greenspeed]

Mangrove

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8386/8536689734_87541511ef_h.jpg

Shen Hao; 135mm Schneider; TMax100

[Darko Pozar]

Inspiring shots Greenspeed. Great to see your images again.

[Greenspeed]

Hi Darko. Thanks. Should catch up sometime for a photo shoot.

[HCST]

Mangrove

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8386/8536689734_87541511ef_h.jpg

Shen Hao; 135mm Schneider; TMax100

Pretty picture. I'd like to see print.
Tomas

[HCST]

http://www.temnakomora.cz/uploads/gallery/album_376/gallery_7901_376_24427.jpg
Kodak 2D, Belar 210mm, Fomapan 100 8x10, Pyrocat M, print Fomabrom Variant 111, LQN

[Jiri Vasina]

This one is wonderful, Tomas...

[HCST]

Thanks. I have to go there again. This year I could not make it. With leaves that's not it. I hope that next year will be the dry tree still standing.
Tomas

[Miguel Coquis]

Great thread, nice trees !!!
My contribution on 14x17" adox 100

[robert4x5poole]

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Hello friends
I have just signed up for this forum and this is my first post.
I share a love of trees..
Robert

[koraks]

Welcome to the forum Robert, and you've made a very nice entrance indeed! Gorgeous fall colors! Negative or transparency?

[StoneNYC]

Great thread, nice trees !!!
My contribution on 14x17" adox 100

Love this! Focus and shift of the ladder face is excellent. Very pleasing.

[gsinico]

http://www.gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_nat/foresta_umbra_vert.jpg

[gsinico]

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

I've post long ago this photo in the soft focus thread. sorry for the second submission...
SF250 Fujinon

[JeRuFo]

http://www.gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_nat/foresta_umbra_vert.jpg

I like that a lot. Great light and mood.

[Michael Lloyd]

http://www.gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_nat/foresta_umbra_vert.jpg

There's so much to love about this image. The soft focus image is also wonderful.

[RSalles]

There's so much to love about this image. The soft focus image is also wonderful.

Agree!

[Pali K]

http://photolog.netsoft2k.com/blogImages/0515Kodak%20Ektar%20Black%20Hill%20-%201%20SM%20850px.jpg

This is the Kodak Ektar version of an image I posted earlier in post #4608. This was drum scanned and converted in Colorperfect and it's the first time I am fully appreciating the saturation of Ektar 100.

Deardorff 8x10 w/ 4x5 Back
Kodak Ektar 100
Schneider Symmar-S 360MM F16 ¼ Seconds

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p5x8-115_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6915)

Under a Cherry Tree
Part of my "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 lens on 5×8" sheet of Adox CHS 25, developed in Rodinal. Full frame.

[gsinico]

Agree!

thanks,
I tried to have the mood of a soft shadowed wood.

[gsinico]

http://www.gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_nat/foresta-_umbra_fences.jpg


This one was in the same place, developed N-2, f/45 for full depth of field, tilt and swing...

[HCST]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p5x8-115_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6915)

Under a Cherry Tree
Part of my "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 lens on 5×8" sheet of Adox CHS 25, developed in Rodinal. Full frame.

I like it.

[HCST]

http://www.temnakomora.cz/uploads/gallery/album_390/gallery_7901_390_211584.jpg
Kodak 2D, Belar 210mm, Fomapan 100 8x10, Pyrocat M, print Fomabrom Variant 111, LQN

[Deval]

Pali, this one looks better. Better use of color

[Harley Goldman]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p5x8-115_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6915)

Under a Cherry Tree
Part of my "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 lens on 5×8" sheet of Adox CHS 25, developed in Rodinal. Full frame.



I like this a lot, Jiri!! Fine job with the subject composition and the selective focus works very well here.

[HCST]

http://www.temnakomora.cz/uploads/gallery/album_390/gallery_7901_390_107368.jpg
Kodak 2D, Belar 210mm, Fomapan 100 8x10, Pyrocat M, print Fomabrom Variant 111, LQN

[Jiri Vasina]

Kodak 2D, Belar 210mm, Fomapan 100 8x10, Pyrocat M, print Fomabrom Variant 111, LQN

Very nice one. I see two versions here, the second one darker - is it a second print? or only a different scan? I am more for the bright tones in the print...

And...


I like it.

thank you, Tomas.


I like this a lot, Jiri!! Fine job with the subject composition and the selective focus works very well here.

Thank you too, Harley.

I have a different take on the tree, this one was shot to test the Fomapan 200 - I have only used it in rolls so far, and not that much. This was my first LF sheet of Fomapan 200:


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p5x7-037_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6917)

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

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 on 5×7" sheet of Fomapan 200, exposed at EI 125, developed in Rodinal as N-1 development. Full frame.

I have to say I'm very happy with the result on Foma 200...

[HCST]

Thanks. It is printing another negative. I prefer the darker.
Tomas

[Pali K]

Pali, this one looks better. Better use of color
Thank you Deval and I agree. This is more appealing but still not upto par with the recent images that have surrounded my image :)

Pali

[robert4x5poole]

Thank you!
This was on 4x5 Velvia - the transparency was scanned at high res by Peak Imaging in Sheffield UK and subsequently used to make Fujiflex prints. I am really impressed by the quality of this print medium even at large image sizes. Has anybody else had images made this way? I used to make Ilfochrome prints in my home darkroom but now all darkroom work is B/W. The quality of Fujiflex made me think twice.
Robert

[electricphoto]

http://marc-sterling.com/post/0347SunLKTree.jpg

Linhof technica, 90mm nikor, HP5 in Tmax rs

http://marc-sterling.com

[electricphoto]

http://marc-sterling.com/post/MoraDragonA006.jpg

The Railto Beach Dragon - so twisted these beach trees. Linhof Technica, 90mm Nikor, Ektar

http://marc-sterling.com

[StoneNYC]

http://marc-sterling.com/post/0347SunLKTree.jpg

Linhof technica, 90mm nikor, HP5 in Tmax rs

http://marc-sterling.com

I love your choice of exposure here, really excellent and well seen.

[jp]

http://marc-sterling.com/post/MoraDragonA006.jpg

The Railto Beach Dragon - so twisted these beach trees. Linhof Technica, 90mm Nikor, Ektar

http://marc-sterling.com

Really nice!!

[Greenspeed]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8546/8622933743_178d305e21_b.jpg

Golitha Falls, Cornwall, UK
Shen Hao 45; 90mm Caltar II

[Michael Lloyd]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8546/8622933743_178d305e21_b.jpg

Golitha Falls, Cornwall, UK
Shen Hao 45; 90mm Caltar II

Beautiful image. I could look at this all day and imagine myself being there

[Greenspeed]

Thanks Michael. This picture has won me 1st prize in local photography comp ($400) + highly commended in another comp.

[Michael Lloyd]

Thanks Michael. This picture has won me 1st prize in local photography comp ($400) + highly commended in another comp.

In a "less prolific era of photography" it would be hanging in a fine art gallery or in someone's collection imho. It's a very pleasing image that holds my attention. Not many do that anymore. Come to think of it... most of the images that do are made with film :) I think I have a bias :D I can live with that.

[Pali K]

Wow - beautiful photos electricphoto and greenspeed! The color and atmosphere in both of your images is spectacular.

[StoneNYC]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8546/8622933743_178d305e21_b.jpg

Golitha Falls, Cornwall, UK
Shen Hao 45; 90mm Caltar II

Wow the colors here are spectacular! What film? And was this traditionally printed or computer adjusted/printed? Thanks, it's stunning.

[gmed]

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Chamonix 45n
Rodenstock 90mm
Fuji Velvia 50

[StoneNYC]

I love this shot every time I see it! So unreal!

I also saw it when I clicked on your website link from the Chamonix website itself which was pretty cool.

Nice job, hope it sells(selling) well.


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Chamonix 45n
Rodenstock 90mm
Fuji Velvia 50

[gmed]

Thank you

[Greenspeed]

Wow the colors here are spectacular! What film? And was this traditionally printed or computer adjusted/printed? Thanks, it's stunning.

Thanks.
This was shot on Kodak E100VS. I really love this film. Shame it isn't made anymore.
I used a warm up polariser to maximise colours. Little was done post scanning, aprt from usual clean up i.e. dust spots etc.
I had one printed on cibachrome (when it was still available), and simply stunning. After all this years on the wall, the print is just like when it was first printed. Almost 10 years ago.

[gmed]

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[Greenspeed]

Hi Gmed,
Nice pic. Love the yellow foliage. What film?

[Greenspeed]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5342/17342748303_36cbca3c84_c.jpg

[gmed]

Velvia 50

[Joe O'Hara]

Near Sleeper Branch, Wharton SF, NJ.

Developed in WD2D+. It seems to be almost impossible to blow out the highlights when you use
that stuff.

[markmarques]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/L50.jpg
4x5 TMX, Pyrocat HD, Fujinon 240A, Arca-Swiss Discovery

Really beautiful work!
http://aaswall.cf/19/o.png

[jp]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8792/17364377694_2bbe7aa230_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ssqYwj)
img038 (https://flic.kr/p/ssqYwj) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Bare trees, Monhegan Maine. May 18 2015, 7.25" verito soft focus lens, 4x5 speed graphic, fp4+ film in pyrocat hd. "toned" in photoshop.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

My favorite tree from Yosemite and this time in 14 x 17. Carbon Transfer on 1964 Ilford Bromide paper. Fresh out of the developer and shot with the digital camera, sorry about that.

[jp]

Downed tree. May 18 on Monhegan island. 7.25" verito, fp4+ in pyrocat hd

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7747/18034960272_a6c2dc1e4e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ttFTmU)
img040 (https://flic.kr/p/ttFTmU) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p13x18-535_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6939)

Old Tree and House
Added to my "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" camera and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 lens on 13×18cm sheet of Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal. Full frame.

[Paul Cunningham]

A couple from the White Mountains of California at 11,000'. Bristlecone pines.
Ilford FP4+. Yellow or orange filter. DD-X.

http://www.verycunning.com/img/s6/v138/p1216072478-5.jpg

http://www.verycunning.com/img/s6/v148/p1216072503-5.jpg

[Pali K]

http://41.media.tumblr.com/a0cae8b7f4391a67af1adce6c7344cc6/tumblr_np8xfaoMBt1qabfljo1_1280.jpg

Fallen Tree

Deardorff V8 w 4x5 Back
Kodak Ektar 100 | Tetenal C41 in Jobo CPP2
Scanmate SM11000 Drum Scanner

As always, critiques and comments appreciated.

- Pali

[Greenspeed]

Hi Pali,
Is the green that vivid on the transparency? On my screen, the green is quite overpowering. I didn't know Ektar could be that vivid in colour.
You could certainly see the quality of a drum scan (esp detail in shadow).

[Deval]

A couple from the White Mountains of California at 11,000'. Bristlecone pines.
Ilford FP4+. Yellow or orange filter. DD-X.

http://www.verycunning.com/img/s6/v138/p1216072478-5.jpg

http://www.verycunning.com/img/s6/v148/p1216072503-5.jpg
Really like the second one

[Pali K]

Hi Pali,
Is the green that vivid on the transparency? On my screen, the green is quite overpowering. I didn't know Ektar could be that vivid in colour.
You could certainly see the quality of a drum scan (esp detail in shadow).

Ektar in my experience has been very saturated and I didn't add any saturation to this scan. Actually, the scan went through minimal adjustments but I did adjust the levels for the blue channel to reduce cast I was getting in the shadows. Here are the two steps I took for raw conversion before applying selective curves for the ground.

ColorPerfect RAW Scan conversion:

http://www.netsoft2k.com/Docs/Media/Pictures/Scans/SM1100/Black%20Hill%20Trees%20Kodak%20Ektar%20100%204x5%20-%20Dryscan%20ColorPerfect.jpg

Blue levels adjustment to remove blue cast in shadows:

http://www.netsoft2k.com/Docs/Media/Pictures/Scans/SM1100/Black%20Hill%20Trees%20Kodak%20Ektar%20100%204x5%20-%20Dryscan%20Blue%20Levels.jpg

Hope this helps.

Pali

[fishbulb]

Hi Pali,
Is the green that vivid on the transparency? On my screen, the green is quite overpowering. I didn't know Ektar could be that vivid in colour.
You could certainly see the quality of a drum scan (esp detail in shadow).

Same for me; the green appears extremely saturated on my monitor.

[JeRuFo]

That has to do with the colorspace of the jpg, not the scan itself. It looks overly saturated because you view it on a monitor with a wide color gamut in a browser that tries to apply it's own (wrong) color profile. Copy it to PS and it will look normal again.

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/detail/p13x18-537_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6951)

Blooming Cherry II
Part of my "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 lens on 13x18cm sheet of Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal. Full frame.

[jp]

Blooming Cherry II
Part of my "Song of Trees" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=6193) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 lens on 13x18cm sheet of Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal. Full frame.

I love that smoothness! Looks great

[koraks]

http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/8x10_archives/WWXRB_151_03.jpg
Beech roots.

Sinar Norma, Super Angulon 165/8, 30s (could have been 120 actually) @ f/64, 8x10" blue-sensitive x-ray film in Rodinal 1+100 ca. 8 minutes. Epson 4990 scan.

[Greenspeed]

Great picture Koraks. I can see ghostly figures on those roots :(

[JeRuFo]

Yes, it looks almost like a medieval painting with fighting horses and people floating everywhere.

[koraks]

Thanks guys! I hadn't looked at it in that way, but the texture of the scene does invoke fantasizing, which is a good thing! Make of it what you will, that's the best a photo can achieve in my opinion.

[mat4226]

Disorienting Trees, Conkle's Hollow

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8860/18448872682_628039e469_z.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mat4226/18448872682/)

Tachihara 8x10 + Schneider Super Symmar XL 150
Ilford HP5+ in Pyrocat HD 1:1.5:100

[jp]

I love the mixed up trees, some seemingly upside down, others in crazy angles. Visually interesting, and a commentary on the state of current affairs.

[gmed]

Chamonix 45n-1 with Rodenstock 90mm
Tmax 100

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[StoneNYC]

Chamonix 45n-1 with Rodenstock 90mm
Tmax 100

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Beautiful!

[appletree]

Chamonix 45n-1 with Rodenstock 90mm
Tmax 100

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Wow!

[Jiri Vasina]

Gevork, yes it's wonderful...

[Barry Kirsten]

Yes, from me too.

[Greenspeed]

Gmed, beautiful pic.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/544/18298490249_f29ce756ae_z.jpg

Bluebell, Newmillar Dam, UK.

[StoneNYC]

Gmed, beautiful pic.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/544/18298490249_f29ce756ae_z.jpg

Bluebell, Newmillar Dam, UK.

Wow the colors!!!!

That's original Velvia right? Crazy beautiful!

[Greenspeed]

Wow the colors!!!!

That's original Velvia right? Crazy beautiful!

Thanks Stone. Yes, original legendary Velvia.

Another one taken same outing.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/320/17885490373_3fa7fb2f02_z.jpg

[Pali K]

Both are stunning images greenspeed. Perfect to showcase velvia.

Pali

[203Ektar]

Chamonix 45n-1 with Rodenstock 90mm
Tmax 100

134905

I like this very much. Thank you for posting it.

[h2oman]

Agreed!

[Greenspeed]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8866/17959149664_db82cfd8e0_z.jpg

Point Lookout trail.
135mm Schneider with Carz Zeiss Softar III.
Developed in 1:75 Rodinal.

[gmed]

thank you, I love yours. Love the colors.


Gmed, beautiful pic.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/544/18298490249_f29ce756ae_z.jpg

Bluebell, Newmillar Dam, UK.

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p13x18-539_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6959)

Cherries by a Road II
Added to my "Serene Landscape" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=466) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 on 13×18cm sheet of Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal. Full frame.

[Renato Tonelli]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p13x18-539_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6959)

Cherries by a Road II
Added to my "Serene Landscape" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=466) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm f:4.5 on 13×18cm sheet of Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal. Full frame.


Beautiful composition (again!). The placement of tree on the foreground right is classic and very pleasing to the eye.

[dperez]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_574ee83d39_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_e19e5facdb_o.jpg)]

Limekiln State Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Kodak TMAX 400. Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in PS CC

[StoneNYC]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_574ee83d39_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_e19e5facdb_o.jpg)]

Limekiln State Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Kodak TMAX 400. Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in PS CC

Wow! Now that's a photograph!

[Pali K]

Daniel, that is a stunning image. WOW!

Pali

[fishbulb]

[View Large (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_e19e5facdb_o.jpg)]

Limekiln State Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Kodak TMAX 400. Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in PS CC

Really great use of light, nice work!

[AGagnon]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sGRZdAM9BQE/VXcu6Rx5iiI/AAAAAAAAA4s/WcrQJsq49So/w787-h984-no/555%2B-%2BVersion%2B3.jpg

[Jiri Vasina]

Beautiful composition (again!). The placement of tree on the foreground right is classic and very pleasing to the eye.

Thanks, Renato.



[View Large (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_e19e5facdb_o.jpg)]

Limekiln State Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Kodak TMAX 400. Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in PS CC

Daniel, trully amazing...

[Harley Goldman]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_574ee83d39_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_e19e5facdb_o.jpg)]

Limekiln State Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Kodak TMAX 400. Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in PS CC

A real beauty, Daniel!!!!!!

[Bruce Osgood]

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[electricphoto]

Amazing forest shot Daniel. The contrast in there must be deadly and you have everything from luminous shadows to gentle highlights. Really captured the feel. Nice!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Daniel, that is wonderful! I can feel the light!

[appletree]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_574ee83d39_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_e19e5facdb_o.jpg)]

Limekiln State Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Kodak TMAX 400. Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in PS CC

Wowowow. Beautiful.

[Jiri Vasina]

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p5x7-041_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=6963)

Big pair
Added to my "Serene Landscape" (http://www.vasina.net/?page_id=466) series.

Shot with Chamonix 5×8" and Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar 300mm f:5.6 lens on 5×7" sheet of Adox CHS 25, developed in Rodinal (Foma R09). Full frame.

[mat4226]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/324/18051867263_e9b24f5a70_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mat4226/18051867263/)

S-Curve, Cantwell Cliffs
Tachihara 8x10 + Fujinon W 250mm f/6.7
Ilford HP5+ in Pyrocat HD 1:1.5:100

[Jiri Vasina]

Mat, wonderful photograph...

[M.B.]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_574ee83d39_b.jpg
[View Large (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8841/18622212522_e19e5facdb_o.jpg)]

Limekiln State Park, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Kodak TMAX 400. Processed in a unicolor drum, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, Bronze toned in PS CC

Unbelievable!!!
A great picture!
Markus

[Aleksey]

Wista 4х5", Rodenstock Sironar 135/5.6, Efke 100.
http://s017.radikal.ru/i433/1506/d7/089283d06ea2.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

[EOTS]

Daniel,
stunning photograph!

Awesome how the light flows through the trees.

Best regards,
Martin

[Corran]

Spent the afternoon in the swamp. Got two ticks for my trouble too. Very dry lately so I was venturing into some areas I haven't been able to get to for over a year.

Wista / Tachihara 8x10, Metrogon 6", ERA (FP4+), Tanol:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/810lp-0007ss.jpg

[Joe O'Hara]

Unbelievable!!!
A great picture!
Markus

Gorgeous. I'd love to see the print.

[Joe O'Hara]

Plum Brook maple.

90mm lens. 10 second exposure. WD2D+

[Randy]

Plum Brook maple.

90mm lens. 10 second exposure. WD2D+Joe, I really like this.

[gmed]

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Chamonix 45n
Rodenstock 90mm
Tmax 100 at EI 50
Rodinal 1:50 7:48min

[JeRuFo]

I saw it on Flickr yesterday. I think it's even better than your last contribution.

[gmed]

I saw it on Flickr yesterday. I think it's even better than your last contribution.

Thank you

[jp]

Spent the afternoon in the swamp. Got two ticks for my trouble too. Very dry lately so I was venturing into some areas I haven't been able to get to for over a year.

Wista / Tachihara 8x10, Metrogon 6", ERA (FP4+), Tanol:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/810lp-0007ss.jpg

Great job with the shapes and tone composition here!

A couple ticks is par for the course here.

[Corran]

Thanks jp!
I shot this same scene two years ago with 35mm (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KCA681GksHU/UQc8HTTAI5I/AAAAAAAACgY/EhpoSoAAPD0/s1600/10604.jpg). Quite a difference!

[Joe O'Hara]

Joe, I really like this.

Thanks, Randy.

[Harley Goldman]

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Chamonix 45n
Rodenstock 90mm
Tmax 100 at EI 50
Rodinal 1:50 7:48min

Real nice!!! I like this a lot.

[Robert Langham]

Cedar up near Clarksville, Texas.

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[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9d38WbQFVj8/VYYUKv2VoPI/AAAAAAAACPY/AusXaL7K79c/s1600/2015-06-21-0001.jpg
Whole Plate Foma 100 in Pyrocat M

[Jiri Vasina]

David, simple, yet so nice....

[mdm]

Thank you Jiri, I have a feeling this tree may make a whole portfolio on its own over time.

[Jiri Vasina]

Yes, David, I'd be returning to such a tree, it looks promising for a series...

[AlexGard]

xposting
http://i61.tinypic.com/2znv2og.jpg

[Ari]

My annual tree shot, taken in April, just processed:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/557/18562812634_f8e9f62dbd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uhkgtG)

[AGagnon]

That's beautiful Ari.

[Ari]

Merci, André.

[JamesGilmore]

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Mud Creek Washout, Mt. Shasta
Lousy scan