post your trees!

[Robert Skeoch]

This one is from Zion as well.... I was standing next to Blaze when I took it so I'm sure he has something similar.
-Rob

[darr]

Here are some...

Hugo,

Your photos are wonderful. I have a question regarding your panoramic composition: did you crop it from a full negative, use a 6x12/6x17 etc., back or use a panoramic camera?

I ask because I am interested into getting into the pano-view.

Thanks,
Darr

[Hugo Zhang]

Darr,

The pano-view is a contact print without any crop from a 8x20 negative. It was taken 14 months ago at Zion National Park with a 14" Trigor lens. 100 film and 30 second exposure at f/45.

Thanks.
Hugo

[Jim Becia]

Here are a few of my tree images. The first is from the La Sals outside of Moab and the next two were taken in Zion. Jim

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Well, here is a new one from Yosemite earlier in the month. I found some different things to photograph. Shot with the 8x10 on Efke 25.

Jim

[Colin Graham]

Here are a few of my tree images. The first is from the La Sals outside of Moab and the next two were taken in Zion. Jim

Very nice. That center one looks as if the tree is embedded in the canyon wall.

[Daniel_Buck]

Rodenstock 360mm, 1/125th at F6.8, a bit of front tilt
http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/charmlee_8x10_01.jpg

[Frank Petronio]

about as close as I get to a tree shot, at least they are framing it :)

[Colin Graham]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2381993083_64637757aa.jpg

[Bruce Schultz]

The first one is a clump of birch Trees at John Coffer's farm in New York. Second is live oaks at Rosedown Plantation in Louisiana.

[Harold_4074]

Daniel,

Very, very nice. One of the eucalypts, I presume?

[Daniel_Buck]

Harold, not sure what type of tree it is, but I've been back there to shoot it several times!

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/EasternSierraWorkshopOct2006/ShadowonGraniteConley10.jpg


Eastern Sierras below Lee Vining.

[roteague]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2381993083_64637757aa.jpg

I don't know what it is, but I know I like it. :D

[Jack Brauer]

Wow lots of great shots in this thread.

Here's my tree. On a frigid winter morning along the Uncompahgre River in SW Colorado.

http://www.widerange.org/images/large/uncompahgreTreeMist.jpg

[Jack Brauer]

Also, here's some lenga trees, sort of the Patagonian version of aspens (but of course much different). In the fall they turn bright red.

http://www.widerange.org/images/large/lengaForest.jpg

[Blueberrydesk]

Jack, I'm freezing just looking at your first shot! Beautiful, both of them.

Best,
Paul

[darr]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2381993083_64637757aa.jpg

Colin, it is beautiful!!

Darr

[mrladewig]

This tree in the Garden of the Gods is used as a foreground quite often.

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/794-1/GardenSnow01.jpg

65mm f8 Super Angulon at f22 on Provia

[Skorzen]

http://www.pbase.com/wfournier/image/94413340/large.jpg

Shen Hao 4X5 with APO Sironar-N 150mm

[Colin Graham]

Thanks Darr and Robert. At the risk of pressing my luck, here's another Picea Seussis from the same outing.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2246/2384807715_80fb9bc53b.jpg

[Vaughn]

Both are stunning, Colin.

Vaughn

[Colin Graham]

Thanks Vaughn!

[SamReeves]

Wow lots of great shots in this thread.

Here's my tree. On a frigid winter morning along the Uncompahgre River in SW Colorado.

http://www.widerange.org/images/large/uncompahgreTreeMist.jpg


This tree in the Garden of the Gods is used as a foreground quite often.

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/794-1/GardenSnow01.jpg

65mm f8 Super Angulon at f22 on Provia

Fantastic! Trees and snow are an excellent combo.

[mrladewig]

Thanks Sam.

[Darryl Baird]

Testing 8x10 paper negative and a few lenses. 9 1/2 Wolly Velostigmat II, with fuzzolator racked out past normal softness (three revolutions [+15] for extra softness). f/8 on Ilford Warmtone Multigrade, with yellow filter. dark right side is due to lateral shift pushing this short lens' covering power

[Jim Galli]

Testing 8x10 paper negative and a few lenses. 9 1/2 Wolly Velostigmat II, with fuzzolator racked out past normal softness (three revolutions [+15] for extra softness). f/8 on Ilford Warmtone Multigrade, with yellow filter. dark right side is due to lateral shift pushing this short lens' covering power

Cool. Was that the best possible focus or did you focus then fuzz-u-late and not re-focus?

[Robert Skeoch]

Very nice shot
-rob

[Darryl Baird]

Cool. Was that the best possible focus or did you focus then fuzz-u-late and not re-focus?

I refocused, but rather hurriedly and without a loupe... just my poor eyes. I'm working to shoot again today with less "fuzz", probably working within the limits of the 0-5 on the dial.

[Darryl Baird]

Tried the tree again, straight, +5, +10 softness and a G-Claron thrown in for a good (contrasty and sharp) comparison.

The difference with the Velo II lens outside in the landscape versus shooting a still life with some control over the lighting presents new visual problems to solve. That was a little unexpected. I'll have to try this with the 12 inch and review to see if there are further differences in these lenses' performance.

Left, G-Claron at f9, Center, Velostigmat II at f8, Right, cropped triptych is Velo with softness levels 0, +5, +10

[Ben R]

Brian K, your vision is utterly inspirational.

[Jiri Vasina]

A tryptich I quite like. Same place, different season, different light. I will add some more to it this year. Although I have since sold the 6×12cm DaYi roll back...

MPP Mk.VII camera, Angulon 90mm, 6×12cm DaYi roll back.

http://www.vasina.net/photos/web/chata-tryptich_web.jpg

[Carioca]

No brand lens bought on a flea-market for 50$.

[Harold_4074]

A few years ago, I turned part of a horse tack room into a darkroom, and when I got it ready I dug out a venerable Rolleicord that I had picked up along the way. Not having had a darkroom for some 25 years at that point, I had some nagging doubt about still being able to "see" photographs before taking them; these two pictures are from that first roll of Plus-X, developed in HC-110 "by the book". Not exactly earthshaking photography, but what a relief...

[Jim Galli]

No brand lens bought on a flea-market for 50$.

Now THAT's what I'm talkin' 'bout. Well seen...and the lens did the rest. ;)

[Ben R]

Is medium format allowed?

http://www.beni-art.net/pics/large/Tangled.jpg

[Carioca]

Thanks Jim!

Another shot with this same 50$ no brand barrel lens mounted on my 4x5 Linhof folding...

[Jan_6568]

Here is a bristle cone pine three taken near Cedar City, UT and juniper threes near Coral Pink Sand Dunes SP, UT. Both images made with Symmar-S. Bristle cone pine printed as a kallitype and junipers on Azo,

Jan

[Benno Jones]

Here are 3 shots from the middle of February.

First is an 8x10 contact print. 14" Commercial Ektar, Efke 100 in Pyrocat-HD.

http://bjonesphoto.com/2008-02-16-01.jpg

Next is a 4x5. 150mm Xenar, Acros in Pyrocat-HD.

http://bjonesphoto.com/2008-02-18-01.jpg

Another 4x5. 210mm Symmar-S, Acros in Pyrocat-HD. The sky in this one is blotchy due to a not so great scan.

http://bjonesphoto.com/2008-02-18-02.jpg

[Hans Visser]

In the garden at Pt. Defiance Park, Tacoma.
8.5" Graf Variable at f/3.8 on a Speed Graphic.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2402035849_20a7269e1a.jpg

[walter23]

Pinhole 4x5:
http://www.ashphotography.ca/zenphoto/albums/victoria08/spindlers.jpg

http://www.ashphotography.ca/zenphoto/albums/victoria08/tree-over-city.jpg

Holga (sorry..):
http://www.ashphotography.ca/zenphoto/albums/victoria08/holga/nothertree.jpg


http://www.ashphotography.ca/zenphoto/albums/victoria08/holga/trees-megacrop2.jpg

[Greg Lockrey]

Pinhole 4x5:



http://www.ashphotography.ca/zenphoto/albums/victoria08/holga/trees-megacrop2.jpg

This is a cool one. ;)

[gbogatko]

Some meager efforts. A previous poster talked about East Texas Rain Forests. Jersey has them as well. I LOVE classic lenses.

http://www.inluxeditions.com/InluxPhotoAlbum/Expressionism/images/Swamp-4.jpg
Chatham Rectilinear mounted into an Alphax 3.

http://www.inluxeditions.com/InluxPhotoAlbum/Expressionism/images/SwampTree-1.jpg
Cooke Taylor with a missing diaphram - front mounted into a Copal 3. Produces a nice messy result.

http://www.inluxeditions.com/InluxPhotoAlbum/Expressionism/images/Untitled-3b.jpg
Meteorsatz casket set, 15 + 25 combination.

http://www.inluxeditions.com/InluxPhotoAlbum/Expressionism/images/Untitled-6.jpg
Voigtlander Heliar 300.

George

[vinny]

Hans, great shot!

vinny

[Hany Aziz]

Trees are my second favourite subject after rocks and water. This image is from my second day ever of using a large format camera. Anba Ikeda 4x5, Caltar IIN 135 mm lens, Delta 100 developed in Tmax RS.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3876599-md.jpg


Thanks.

Sincerely,

Hany.

[Daniel_Buck]

BTW how do I format the post so that the image displays in full rather than as a link?

you'll need to have your image hosted elsewhere, and then post an image link to it. Nice photo by the way!

(edit) looks like you got it!

[John Bowen]

Hany,

Very nice image!

[Colin Graham]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2430523539_325f9bb138.jpg

[David Luttmann]

On a NICE gloomy day!

[RJ-]

Magdaleine (l'hiver)

Sur le chemin de St Jacques de Compostelle.

[Daniel_Buck]

Rj, I love it!

[David Luttmann]

Stunning image RJ!!!

[jetcode]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2430523539_325f9bb138.jpg

nice one colin

[Hugo Zhang]

Colin and RJ,

Wonderful shots with beautiful shies!

Hugo

[Rory_5244]

Trees. AS45, 240mm lens, E100VS.

[Colin Graham]

Thanks very much Joe and Hugo

RJ, that is very cool.

[domenico Foschi]

http://i30.tinypic.com/zv7sqq.jpg

[evan clarke]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2430523539_325f9bb138.jpg

This is pretty gorgeous..EC

[Jim Galli]

Domenico, beautifully seen.......as always.

[Jan Pedersen]

Domenico and Colin, beautiful work.

This one is from Joshua Tree NM a couple of weeks ago. First outing with blondie II aka Chamonix 810

[Bazz8]

Saw this tree a couple of weeks ago in a pine forest.

[darr]

Magdaleine (l'hiver)

Sur le chemin de St Jacques de Compostelle.

RJ -- Beautiful!!

[Peter Nolan]

You could lose yourself in a picture like that.

[Colin Graham]

Thanks very much Evan and Jan.

Jan, what a fantastic tree. Looks like you got to go on a sweet road trip with the new camera, I'm envious. How's the Chamonix working out? Looks like it handles wide angle lenses really well.

Dominico, that's wonderful. I love how you blend architecture in with the natural world.

[SteveHicks]

This is a wonderful old monkey pod tree on our farm in Kona, HI.

Sorry for the crappy scan...

[Gary Beasley]

At a bit of marshland next to the Chattahoochee River near Roswell, Ga. Taken on very expired Kodak HIE with Anba Ikeda 4x5, 150mm Caltar R72 filter.

[kev curry]

Trees are my second favourite subject after rocks and water. This image is from my second day ever of using a large format camera. Anba Ikeda 4x5, Caltar IIN 135 mm lens, Delta 100 developed in Tmax RS.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3876599-md.jpg


Thanks.

Sincerely,

Hany.

Hany, that there tree's a dead ringer for that there same tree in Ansels ''Early Morning Merced River, Autumn (Yosemite NP, c1950) photograph........... nearly 60 years on....? If its not that there same tree you can sure let it know it has a long lost identical twin (difficult to sex from the scan) brother or sister -thats presumably been dropped out the arse of an Air Force trained crow- currently branching out on the banks of a bonny river not unlike the Merced:)
Nice Photo btw

kev

[Miguel Coquis]

...from above !
Over exposed neg (by accident) 4x5
normal dev
scan neg

[domenico Foschi]

...from above !
Over exposed neg (by accident) 4x5
normal dev
scan neg

Oh, that I like...

[Hugo Zhang]

Miguel,

Oh, that I like too...

[Jan Pedersen]

And i like it too....

[Hugo Zhang]

Jan,

I am waiting to see more pictures from your trip. How wide is that lens?

[Jan Pedersen]

Hugo,
Will be back in the dark tomorrow to make more prints. Hope to have a few i can post :) Printing Azo first and then some Pt/pd later.
Nikon 120 SW. Really like this lens and have a couple more shots that i hope will turn out ok.

[Colin Graham]

On man, that is nice Miguel.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2443473625_b850c2e642.jpg

[Jan Pedersen]

Oh man, that is nice Colin. Sorry to repeat but i really like this one.

[Colin Graham]

Thanks Jan- I worked on it so long today I sort of lost perspective on it. I appreciate it.

[Hugo Zhang]

Colin,

Very very nice! Tell us how did you get that light?

Hugo

[Colin Graham]

Thanks Hugo- late March snow, mainly. I was coming down from the west side of Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park and there was a late afternoon flurry behind me, together with some sun breaking through. Lots of late snowstorms this year- in fact we had snow on the north loop of 101 as late as last Monday. The narcissus in my yard still hasn't bloomed!

Forgot to mention I've been toying with really dilute FX-37, like 1:9 for 11 and up SBRs. So far, I like it very much. Good compensation without too much loss of local contrast. And great speed as well.

[jetcode]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2443473625_b850c2e642.jpg

Colin I can see why you love trees. You have some exceptional images. I want one! Lake Crescent is one of my favorites. That water is clear and deep. Fantastic composition, balance, and relationship between the subject and background elements. This is an image I could study for hours because it is so enjoyable. I want one!

Miguel I really like your image. It has warmth and a surreal quality, great tone, very inspiring work.
It's these kinds of images that draw me to this forum. I really enjoy the work found here.

[Colin Graham]

Thanks so much Joe. It is pretty special up here. I've been living here 6 years and I feel like I've not even scratched the surface.

[Miguel Coquis]

On man, that is nice Miguel.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2443473625_b850c2e642.jpg
Many thanks to all of you !!!
Colin thats a really generous view, I like it very much !
Miguel

[mrladewig]

The subject isn't a tree, but there is a tree here.

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/852-1/Mushroom_BW_01.jpg

[brian reed]

Gum swamp from GSMNP and how about a petrified tree from Petrified National Park

BR

[Jan Pedersen]

Another one from Joshua Tree National Monument. Did not survive a fire in the late 90's.

[Hugo Zhang]

Jan,

Nice! Red filter?

Hugo

[Gerry Harrison]

Well this is part of a tree.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Colin, that is a great image. The light is fantastic. Excellent work. Here is one from the Ojai valley with the Voigtlander Hybrid lens.

Jim

[Jan Pedersen]

Hugo,
Thanks a lot, just a polarizer. Need to reprint this though, the filmholder had a light leak that i wasn't aware of. May not quite be visible in this little jpg.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/bloomingTreeVortex.jpg
blooming tree

Playing with the 9 verito again.

[keeds]

awesome jim...

[Vaughn]

Hany, that there tree's a dead ringer for that there same tree in Ansels ''Early Morning Merced River, Autumn (Yosemite NP, c1950) photograph........... nearly 60 years on....? If its not that there same tree you can sure let it know it has a long lost identical twin (difficult to sex from the scan) brother or sister -thats presumably been dropped out the arse of an Air Force trained crow- currently branching out on the banks of a bonny river not unlike the Merced:)
Nice Photo btw

kev

It is the same tree -- here is my take on it. Hopefully the file is okay. It is a single transfer carbon print so my image is reversed

[Scott Kathe]

Last week I went to shoot a pair of silver birches and their roots with a backdrop of water flowing in a gorge. Too much snow on the trail and in the gorge so here is an apple tree at the top of the gorge.

Scott

[mrladewig]

Flowering Crabapple in the courtyard of a parking garage.

Provia, Fuji 210 NW

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/877-1/Parking_Lot_Bloom.jpg

[Donald Miller]

Late snow

[Colin Graham]

Madrone and (finally!) blooming cherryhttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/2455545306_cc1e9331e7.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

Madrone and (finally!) blooming cherryhttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/2455545306_cc1e9331e7.jpg
Nice composition and values distribution, I like this man !

[Colin Graham]

Thanks Miguel, I appreciate the comment.

[kev curry]

Great take Vaughn!

[RDB Korn]

Here's one from this weekend's outing, Shen Hao 4X5.

[Vaughn]

Great take Vaughn!

Thanks, Ken -- you should see the print. It has a raised relief that is just wonderful.

Vaughn

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

Birch tree, Noirlac Abbey, Département du Cher, France

[Skorzen]

Here's a new one from this past weekend,

http://www.pbase.com/wfournier/image/97006218/original.jpg

[RJ-]

Lamberhurst, Kent (England)

[RJ-]

Whinlatter Forest Park, The English Lake District

[Hugo Zhang]

RJ,

The Lamberhurst one is very lovely!:)

Hugo

[Gustavo]

My 2 Cents
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1345/1348001893_770f65cbc0_o.jpg
Kallitype with Gold

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1176/1020039622_494643cc3c_o.jpg
Silver Descanso Gardens

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2301/2441453149_0cacd39205.jpg
The General Point Los Lobos

[Benno Jones]

Out playing with my Shen Hao 4x5 and a 6x17 rollfilm back on Monday in the Seattle Arboretum. All shot with a 150mm Xenar. The film scans are a bit contrasty, please excuse my poor scanning skills.

http://www.bjonesphoto.com/2008-05-12-02.jpg


http://www.bjonesphoto.com/2008-05-12-03.jpg


http://www.bjonesphoto.com/2008-05-12-04.jpg

[monkeymon]

I like my lenses fast :)

http://www.taidejakonsti.fi/muutos/TEMP/buu_cr.jpg

[tim810]

This is a tree I pass by every day on my way to work. just a few days ago they cut all the branches off. I have been wanting to post it for a while but have not had time to scan it.

8x10 240 f5.6 caltar txp @200 in PMk

cheers

[drew.saunders]

Here are 3 that I took in Point Lobos a couple Fridays ago. These are on the trails "inland" from China cove. The first two with a 200/8 M-Nikkor, the last with a 120/5.6 Schneider, if I remember correctly. All TMX.

Drew

[Struan Gray]

monkeymon: that could be here in Lund. That style of pollarding willows was used all around the University area in the 60s. I've been trying for ages to find the right combination of light, fog and foliage. You beat me to it :-)

[sanking]

This is a carbon transfer print of the Tule tree, in Santa Maria del Tule a few miles from Oaxaca city. It has a circumference of 54 meters (164 feet) -- the largest girth of any tree on our planet, and is a single tree.

Original negative was 5X7" film. The film was scanned, and the print made from a digital negative.

Sandy King

[Hugo Zhang]

Sandy,

That is a big tree and a very beautiful print!

[sanking]

This is a pretty interesting effect.

Sandy King

[Gustavo]

A couple more
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/523403443_037ef3d9c6.jpg
Juniper Owens Valley Kallitype 8X 10
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/252/523403337_311b5f891a.jpg
Aspens Owens Valley Lundy Lake Cibachrome
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/229/522672288_7f533a93cb.jpg
Aspens Ziatype

[jgunderson]

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Fujichrome Provia 100F

http://www.wyominglandscapephotography.com/images/photos/mammoth_hot_springs.jpg

[Cliff McMann]

[QUOTE=jgunderson;352612]Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Fujichrome Provia 100F

Gorgeous! I love the atmospherics and the subtle color.

[Miguel Coquis]

... from my window !
4x5 scanned neg
and croped.
Les Yvelines, France

[Clay Turtle]

Strange but some seem to indicate posting a photo but no photo is shown?
Recent shot with short-bender 5x7 using an 4x5 insert. 150mm schnieder using Ilford 125 at f32@1 sec. Exposed both sides of holder, processing the first normal then ran the second with an additional 1 min to developer (about a 1/2 stop push)

[Clay Turtle]

I know that it is a taboo to advertise here so I will not state here whose software program (6.5) I happened to have downloaded a while back. I had downloaded it as a trail on my old computer but having trouble getting the scanner software to install, I happen on the old file & decided to try it on this B&W. I was impressed with it but I still have a few concerns about it. First off, it installed using 4800 series instead of 4890 which seemed not to configure for the tma. Secondly, as you might have noted the scan seems reversed? I had left the negative in the tma from the previous scan but I rechecked & emulsion side is correct . . .

[SAShruby]

Nikkor-T 500mm, Sinar F2, Sinar Zoom,
Fotoman 612, 90mm Grandagon

IMO, from all pictures I saw till today, I consider this picture as one of top pictures I ever saw.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9204&d=1201015260

[Colin Graham]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2554926766_0e83a8cddc_o.jpg

Fun with duotone..

[Jim Galli]

Fun with duotone..

Breathtaking Colin! I'm a fan. Do you have this up on your blog with lens info etc. for all us wannabe's?

[Colin Graham]

Thank you sir! It's wide open with a 300mm xenar 4.5. Glad it came across ok, I'm having a unproductive sick day today and feared I went too far...:D

[Jim Galli]

Thank you sir! It's wide open with a 300mm xenar 4.5. Glad it came across ok, I'm having a unproductive sick day today and feared I went too far...:D

Perfect on my screen. A Xenar never looked so good. Get well soon.

[Colin Graham]

Thanks again Jim- you certainly helped cheer me up.

[Collin Orthner]

Colin Graham, you have some really gorgeous images.

From one of my favourite places to hike and x-country ski, Chickakoo Lakes Recreation Area, Alberta.[4x5/210mm]

http://www.apug.org/gallery/data/501/2290Winter-Lace.jpg

[wfwhitaker]

[IMG]
Fun with duotone..

So that's the Xenar...

Cool!

[Jan Pedersen]

From cold to a little warmer. This is what i call "Fuzzy Spines" 305 Kodak Portrait lens

[Colin Graham]

Thanks a bunch Collin and Will.

Will, I dont think I've used it yet stopped down, I like the look of it so much. I think that compound is my favorite shutter too, beast that it be. Thanks again for parting with it. My xenar collection is slowly getting there...I've been toying with a 180 xenar for macros on 5x12, in a compur 2 that Carol Flutot did a lovely job fixing for me after it came all the way from Australia rattling around in a shoe box!

[papageno]

My first (and so far the only one) picture made with petzval lens. Slight front tilt, aperture about 11 - black cardboard, exposure time - as fast as I could take off and put back the lens cap. Foma 200 developed in F76+, 1+14, underdeveloped. This combination gives somewhat low contrast, so significant contrast boost (overall and locally) was applied - probably a little bit too much.
This photograph may not have any big artistic value, but it shows what effect one may expect from an old magic lantern lens.

[papageno]

And here is an enlarged detail.

[Dany]

SA 121@32 Foma 100 + 510 Pyro
http://www.temnakomora.cz/gallery/dany_20080506074431.jpg

Symmar 210@32 Foma 100 + Am 74
http://www.temnakomora.cz/gallery/dany_20071203003332.jpg

[Gary L. Quay]

Here's two. I'm not too good at the analog to digital stuff, so the quality may be a bit off.

13402 13403 13404

--Gary

[Kirk Keyes]

From cold to a little warmer. This is what i call "Fuzzy Spines" 305 Kodak Portrait lens

Jan - I like it!

[John Brady]

I'm a sucker for trees, here are a couple from last week.
www.floorz.com

[Jan Pedersen]

Kirk, Thank you..

[Jiri Vasina]

Ominous tree at one of the 13th century castle ruins not far from my home (certainly when considering the distances you Americans are used to :) ).

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p13x18-013_web.jpg

Korona Gundlach 5×7", Fomapan 100 in 13×18cm, Ilex Paragon 165mm.

[GSX4]

Here's my favorite tree pictures taken in the Santa Cruz Mountains State park for image 1 and 2, and the last one in Muir Woods

[adrian tyler]

spanish oak

[adrian tyler]

scottish ancient forest

[domenico Foschi]

GSX4 and Adrian my eyes have seen today.
GSX4 thank you for posting, your images are.... inspiring to say the least.

[Jiri Vasina]

And this is my Tree.

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p13x18-018_web.jpg

[stefan d]

Here is my tree, made with a Verito

http://wideopen1.squarespace.com/storage/230.jpg

[EdWorkman]

stefan
Luminous and sparkly
way cool

[riooso]

Jiri, very nice.

Here is my tree.


Thanks in advance, any critique appreciated,
Richard

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/476727428_eb8c669dcf_o.jpg
Wehman, 250mm Fujinon, Tri-X, HC-110, printed on JandC Nuance

[Colin Graham]

Beauty! That's wonderful Amund.

[Colin Graham]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2581137000_9ca5e44482.jpg

[Brian Bullen]

6x10 X-ray/ palladium

[Colin Graham]

Wow, that's gorgeous Brian.

[Brian Bullen]

Colin, your photography is amazing and I truly appreciate the compliment! Thank you.:)

[Miguel Coquis]

6x10 X-ray/ palladium

Realy strong visual !!!
Very ç_(è-è(-')= nice.

[Brian Bullen]

Thank you Miguel! :)

[jnantz]

6x10 X-ray/ palladium


wow brian ..
THAT is something else!

john

[Brian Bullen]

John, thank you kindly sir.:)

[Michael Graves]

More Birch

[gbogatko]

Did this yesterday. Impossible lighting, but I wanted to see if I could pull it off.

Wolly 12" Velo, orange filter.
Foma 100 8x10. D76 1:1 for 5 minutes.

george

[EdWorkman]

Hey George
Nice job with that light I like

[Dan Baumbach]

Great thread and images.

- Dan.

http://www.timelesslight.com/photos/misty_morning_for_lf_forum.jpg

[gbogatko]

Dan, That's Gorgeous!!!

[gbogatko]

Hey George
Nice job with that light I like

Thank you, Ed!

[brad martin]

Dan, thats terrific.

[seawolf66]

My two cents here: Mammoth basin yellowstone

[Gary Beasley]

Atop Clingmans Dome, Smokey Mtns Natl Park. The trees shown are dead from a beetle infestation, makes an interesting contrast with the live foliage around them.

[Peter Nolan]

Beautiful, Dan. The colours are so textural they create the effect that people who like monotone find in tone. In a forum full of exceptional images this is certainly up there with the most impressive. I hover between respect and envy.

[Brian K]

Here's one

[Bobf]

Was admiring all these prints for weeks and forgot I already have a suitable print scanned... Spring in the Yorkshire Dales, England.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/TurnerHoochLens/TRM_12_3_4/GF-6-22-08_5s.jpg
Jepson House, Goldfield NV. #2

Pinkham & Smith lens.

[matthew blais]

Nice one Mr. Galli...eery

[Brian Bullen]

Well done Jim!
Which P&S did you use?

[Jim Galli]

Thanks! It was the 9" Series V Synthetic on 8X10.

[Jiri Vasina]

Tree trunks in winter fog.

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/zima/p13x18-033_web.jpg

[Darryl Baird]

working on a new urban/downtown architectural project and found this tree/fence... ain't mother nature a patient and powerful bi*ch (and I don't mean birch) :p

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/2615193283_37443b1b7b_o.jpg

[papageno]

Two trees from Canyonlands. Dead, unfortunately.
Omnia orta occidunt et aucta sensecunt. Salustius.

[Preston]

A Ginko and wall in Bishop, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/403-1web.jpg
-PB

[Miguel Coquis]

L'espoir, young tree.

[RickD]

Beautiful, evocative image, Dan.

[Andrew ren]

mine

[EdWorkman]

Andrew
That first one is cool-spooky-evocative and deceptive
Way cool
regards
Ed

[Jiri Vasina]

Andrew, all three are nice, but the first one is top notch...

Jiri

[Andrew ren]

Thanks Ed and Jiri.

Andrew

[jnantz]

...

[Louie Powell]

Three Trees
Pt/Pd on Crane's Kid Finish
(In Saratoga Spa State Park)

[Hollis]

Andrew, I like the swirls on the third image you posted. Damn, Im a sucker for movements and fall-off.

[David Hedley]

Here are two from Japan;

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o205/Shiretoko/tarumae.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o205/Shiretoko/tarumae2.jpg

Both taken with a Toyo 4x5 metal field and a Fujinon 90mm, using Fuji Neopan and an orange filter.

[David Hedley]

... and here are two from Singapore;

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o205/Shiretoko/7gzvHu.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o205/Shiretoko/mTzsMF.jpg

Both taken with a Toyo 4x5 metal field, with a Nikkor 300mm, using Fuji Neopan and a yellow filter.

[Jiri Vasina]

Here are two from Japan;

Both taken with a Toyo 4x5 metal field and a Fujinon 90mm, using Fuji Neopan and an orange filter.

David, both from Japan are very good, but the first one is a bit better. The similarities are wonderful...

[Jiri Vasina]

When I look back at my photos, it seems the most of my pictures are made in winter, and I have the feeling I enjoy most capturing winter landscape and nature

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/zima/p13x18-048_web.jpg

[cjbroadbent]

Started out as a four season tree project in 5x7 but the mountains needed shifting up so I had to stitch 12 digitals. Resolution is 450mb, more than a scanned 5x7.
http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm440/downstairs_2008/valMadreraAutumn.jpg

[Colin Graham]

When I look back at my photos, it seems the most of my pictures are made in winter, and I have the feeling I enjoy most capturing winter landscape and nature



You certainly have an eye for it Jiri- wonderful image!

[Jiri Vasina]

Thanks Colin. It's especially flattering from you as I admire your vision greatly (and I think I'm not the only one ;) ).

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/l931.jpg

[Ron Marshall]

A five minute drive from home in Chicago.

200mm f8 Nikkor on 4x5, FP4 in XTOL 1:1.

[shmoo]

Same tree, same time (approx.), different film. hope this works.

[Photojeep]

Was admiring all these prints for weeks and forgot I already have a suitable print scanned... Spring in the Yorkshire Dales, England.

Wow! I had no idea such things are in England! Incredible!

rb

[bernal]

john, those are great!

here's my favorite tree (i've shot it a few times), with some purposeful swing:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1106/1363861762_0fe170b59a.jpg


Ilford Delta 100, Toyo View C (4x5). Carpinteria, CA in September 2007.



Hi rippo,

Nice shot!

It is my favorite tree, too.

[Michael_4514]

I see that it is hard to get people to put up their pictures of trees. I will contribute one of my own. I rarely photograph trees, and I probably have fewer than 10,000 such photos.

[Jan Pedersen]

Yeah it's difficult to get these trees to stand still long enough to get a good photo.
Here's a fresh one from Wednesday's hike to Ramona Falls.

[D. Bryant]

Yeah it's difficult to get these trees to stand still long enough to get a good photo.
Here's a fresh one from Wednesday's hike to Ramona Falls.

Nice one Jan.

Don Bryant

[Jan Pedersen]

Thanks Don, Means a lot coming form you. Happy 4th.

[Dan Baumbach]

[QUOTE=David Hedley;364515]Here are two from Japan;

David,

I especially like the second image. Very nice.

- Dan.

[rcjtapio]

A few tree shots from some of the monthly outings of www.midwestlargeformat.com

[Joe O'Hara]

A manzanilla tree in Yosemite. 90mm Super Angulon, Wista DX.

[John Brady]

One from this week, first black and white I have done in several months.
jb
www.timeandlight.com

[Daniel_Buck]

Bausch & Lomb, and speed graphic shot from this weekend!

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/griffith_tree_09.jpg

[Jim Galli]

Bausch & Lomb, and speed graphic shot from this weekend!



Daniel, you're making that thing sing.

[Daniel_Buck]

Thanks, I'm enjoying it alot Jim! I'm now looking over ebay to see what else there is out there... I think I've got the 'old lens' bug... haha :D

[Jiri Vasina]

Still holding...

a (horizontal) crop from 13x18cm Fomapan 100.

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/zima/p13x18-063c_web.jpg

[Daniel_Buck]

Jiri, wonderful! I like the soft values that still feel a tad bit crisp (the bending tree, especially nice and crisp against the softer trees in the background!) The dark spot in the upper left corner, makes the rest of the image feel like "just came out of the deep dark woods" :) Thanks for sharing!

[Jiri Vasina]

Thanks Daniel,

I made several exposures on that frozen dam, but only this one shows clearly what I wanted...

[Brian_A]

I don't even know if the photograph I made even rates being up here with everyone else's, but I guess ya'll will just have to put up with it. Taken with a Cambo 4x5 rail camera (Before I could get my hands on my field 4x5) on Tmax 400 with a Nikon 150mm f/5.6 lens and red filter. Not particularly sure of my exposure. This was taken on Manassas Battlefield in Virginia.

-Brian

http://www.AkersonStudios.com/Images/tree_web.jpg

[Geert]

At last, my chance to post in this thread: one of the few specimens of isolated trees in our little country.

Taken last sunday with Speed Graphic (too much wind to set up the 7x17) with Horseman Super 120mm and orange filter, on Wephota 100ASA
Gentle selenium toning on Ilford MGFB

[Hugo Zhang]

Just a nameless little tree in front of my house...

[Carl Schofield]

Love the old southern live oak trees covered with spanish moss. These are in South Carolina.

http://photos.schophoto.com/img/v0/p216384492-4.jpg

[zack]

This is my first LF negative.
http://zack.loseby.net/images/45/2.jpg

[Chuck Pere]

8x10 pinhole with 3in FL.

[Miguel Coquis]

A few near Versailles,
over dev neg,
9x12 scanned neg

[Miguel Coquis]

8x10 pinhole with 3in FL.
Forgot to say:
It looks alive !
great pic Chuck

[Brian_A]

8x10 pinhole with 3in FL.

The photograph you made there is just awesome. It's makes me want to sit there and look at it for a long time. Thanks for sharing!

-Brian

[Colin Graham]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2677592972_b957260222.jpg

Struggling plum, from our last snow this year...in May? 4x5, xenar 180.

[Jiri Vasina]

Colin, beautiful. I like the falling snow seen against the dark background...

[Tom Schaefer]

Here's an ancient one
enjoy
Tom

[Colin Graham]

Many thanks Jiri.

[Horseman]

Wow !

Some awesome images in this thread !

Here is my attempt.

I returned two weeks later to find a pile of branches and a gravelled carpark...in the middle of the woods???

Jon

[Jiri Vasina]

Cherry trees by a road. Most beautiful part of year to enjoy.

Chamonix 5x8", Fomapan 100 13x18cm, Xenar 210mm.

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/jaro/p13x18-096_web.jpg

[Andrew ren]

canham57, 240a.

[domenico Foschi]

canham57, 240a.

MASTERPIECE!

[Andrew ren]

Thanks domenico.

I love your work too!

Andrew

[h2oman]

Here's my first-ever LF exposure, with the Osaka 4x5 and 150mm Sironar-N I purchased from Blueberrydesk. I believe the film is some expired Velvia 50 that Jim at Midwest was kind enough to spot me when I bought some things from him. Metered with my DSLR. I don't have a scanner, so I taped the tranparency (in a sleeve!) to my living room window and shot it (handheld) with my DSLR. I corrected the colors to roughly match the transparency.

Obviously I had some DOF problems with the foreground, and I can't say that I think this is one of the better shots I've taken in my life, but I wanted to finally post something here.

http://www.greggwaterman.com/tree.jpg

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/img2008-07.jpg

[Jiri Vasina]

Ken, wonderful atmosphere in the forest scene.

And here is one of my trees, another one that I found interesting. It's shot with the Ilex Paragon 165mm lens on 13x18cm Fomapan 100 - the lens I have on offer in the F/S section.

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/leto/p13x18-115_web.jpg

[cjbroadbent]

Linhof 5x7, 180mm, Ektachrome.

[Jiri Vasina]

Christopher, so simple, just a few logs.

But the way you show it, it's so beautiful. I have not yet seen them presented in such a beautiful way.

[cjbroadbent]

Thanks Jiri,
BTW, that's not bokeh - its coloured chalks on the table and coloured gels on the background. Can't manage that outdoors.

[Jim Galli]

This one is new as of yesterday. I bought a 5X7 Speed Graphic expressly to be able to use this lens. It will do many other things well also but I'm in love with the look of this Pinkham & Smith Series V Synthetic. Shot wide open. 1/40 sec f6


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/57Speedy/4_SeriesV_Synth_f6.jpg
desert summer shade

[Victo]

a little contribute in this fantastic tread.

[BradS]

This one is new as of yesterday. I bought a 5X7 Speed Graphic expressly to be able to use this lens. It will do many other things well also but I'm in love with the look of this Pinkham & Smith Series V Synthetic. Shot wide open. 1/40 sec f6


desert summer shade[/CENTER]


Jim, Nice work here. I just love the glow! I think you can just box up that 5x7 Graphic and send it to me when you're done with it though!

Brad.

[Jim Galli]

Jim, Nice work here. I just love the glow! I think you can just box up that 5x7 Graphic and send it to me when you're done with it though!

Brad.

Thanks Brad. Should I just leave the P&S lens on it when I send it to you? :cool:

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Late to the party...Here's an image taken almost exactly a year ago in east-central Minnesota. Technicals: Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 135mm, Fuji Astia 100f.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/Pines-Sandstone-07.jpg

[W K Longcor]

Jiri -- I have come back to this thread several times since you posted your photograph yesterday. There is something very " magnetic" about the image -- it keeps drawing me back! Certainly one of the finest photographic images I have ever had the pleasure of viewing! The scene of the road and trees is lovely and the technical execution is superior. Thanks for sharing.

[Jiri Vasina]

W K Longcor, thanks a lot. I'll try to keep working to show more ;)

[Miguel Coquis]

Caldes, North Spain
Very hot, very contrasty !
Dev minus, scanned neg

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Bristlecone pine in the White Mountains, eastern California.

Ebony SV45u, 250mm lens, velvia

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/bconebranch.jpg

[Colin Graham]

Really nice Miguel- the light in the canopy is wonderful.

[Dany]

Nice very nice Jeffrey congrats

[Jiri Vasina]

Jeffrey, truly wonderful. Colors, composition, idea...

[Brian Bullen]

Jeffrey, I agree with the others, very well done. Beautiful!

[jetcode]

Something familiar but a bit different. I need to reprint this from a new scan but for now this is the current interpretation.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2722741923_454fab3b69.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

http://www.dianemaher.fotopic.net/p9564485.html
8x10, Maco 820c IR, 240 mm G-Claron

http://www.dianemaher.fotopic.net/p41529009.html
8x10, HP5+, 19 in. Apochromat Artar

http://www.dianemaher.fotopic.net/p41529007.html
8x10, HP5+, 240 mm G-Claron

I think this thread shows that we all like to shoot trees at times.
Mighty fine work Diane,, I see you been down to Reelfoot lake...