post your trees!

[EdSawyer]

Bryan - nice. Hard to say, they are both nice shots. I Agree about the OOF characteristics on this lens. It can be useful with certain subjects. I will try to mount mine someday soon.

[Corran]

Thanks. Now for something different. I wanted to try shooting up into my favorite tree in the backyard at night (again). I made this image with a 47mm XL a few weeks ago, but thought the Aero Ektar might be an interesting experiment.

The exposure was 4 hours, on T-Max 100 semi-stand developed in Pyrocat:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/startrails-2951ss.jpg

Funny story - I grabbed the camera after this exposure and went to climb back up the hill (we have a very steep backyard) and the camera somehow fell off the tripod. I put the camera on it in the dark and I think I had the hexagonal plate slightly cockeyed. The camera starts bouncing down the hill and I was sure it was going to go all the way down and splash into the creek that runs through the bottom of the ravine. But luckily it slammed into that tree in the photograph and stopped. A close call! Not a hint of damage and the lens, which is just glued onto the lensboard, stayed put, so I guess that was a good test of the glue strength...

[scheinfluger_77]

Gees that makes me cringe, glad everything is ok.

[j.e.simmons]

I’ve had cameras fall off with those hex plates and seen other photographers have the same problem - a couple with serious camera damage. I’ve gone back to the simple tripod screw for 8x10 and Really Right Stuff mounts for smaller cameras.

[Corran]

Yep I've done it before, actually with one of my old 8x10 cameras onto my kitchen floor. I think the hex plates are easy to jam into the head and it seems correct but will pop out with some jostling. I usually double-check but it was pitch-black and I checked by feel - my mistake, basically. Live and learn! I only use my bigger tripod/head with larger/heavier cameras - I prefer my tiny Manfrotto quick release on a 3030 head.

At least it didn't fall out while making the exposure, only for me to come out hours later with a missing camera :confused:.

[jp]

More woods/ice with the Aero Ektar. 4x5 FP4+ in pyrocat hdc.

https://live.staticflickr.com/7885/46777402194_1b980e3121_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2egypYo)
img748 (https://flic.kr/p/2egypYo) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Vaughn]

Took a hike with my 11x14 last Sunday -- not too far, but I also wanted to test out a new pack and check it out in use before modifying its interior.

Developed a couple of the negatives last night -- the image is of Ward Creek Trail in Hayward, CA...mostly Umbellularia californica...Pepperwoods...also known as California Bay (Laural), Oregon Myrtle, and so on.

f64 for 30 seconds, Fuji W 360/8.3, Ilford FP4+ at 100ASA, Pyrocat HD 35:70:1750 at 72F for 10 minutes, open tray constant aggitation. Most likely a future platinum/palladium print...depending on how the horizontal of this scene turns out!

Negative in a sleeve and on a light table, photographed with a digital camera, inverted in photoshop for your viewing pleasure.

[Alan Curtis]

Our viewing pleasure indeed, very nice Vaughn.

[Reinhold Schable]

. . St. Cloud, Washington
Pioneer Apple Orchard. St. Cloud a historic settlement on the banks of the Columbia River, near Skamania, Washington

https://live.staticflickr.com/7919/40111791663_60f9f48800_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/247xqbT). . St. Cloud, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/247xqbT) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Neg# PLOR 007. K.B. Canham 8x20" camera, 335mm, Yg filter, HP5 film. 2000

More here... Neg# PLOR 007. K.B. Canham 8x20" camera, 335mm, Yg filter, HP5 film. 2000

Reinhold

[Vaughn]

Our viewing pleasure indeed, very nice Vaughn.

Thanks, Alan.

The horizontal version developed last night. The sun had started to set over the ridge by the time I made this exposure. I am definitely leaning towards the vertical, though.

[KarlT]

Did my usual trip up to Scotland in Feb, have one that might just fit here. MPP Microtechnical 4x5 using Kodak Ektar

[Jim Galli]

An old 4X5 Graflex in working shape. It has a Cooke 6" Series II, so an excellent lens. I took it on a firewood trip and used the old film that came with it.

[Leszek Vogt]

THAT is a v. cool shot, Jim.

Les

[Joe O'Hara]

Vaughn: I am quite fond of the vertical one as well.

[Havoc]

http://users.skynet.be/sb262617/forum_foto/4x5/001_poperinge_louvie_sm.jpg

Poperinge (Belgium) in the grounds of the Louvie domain. DIY fix focus camera 125mm f/16 (yellow filter), CHS II 100 in ID11.

[Kerosene Hat]

An old 4X5 Graflex in working shape. It has a Cooke 6" Series II, so an excellent lens. I took it on a firewood trip and used the old film that came with it.

Dueling trees, captured perhaps at the beginning of rutting season? In any event, a winner. Not too many photos of trees feel whimsical-that's a good thing.

[Jim Galli]

Dueling trees, captured perhaps at the beginning of rutting season? In any event, a winner. Not too many photos of trees feel whimsical-that's a good thing.

Thank you.

[pepeguitarra]

Thanks. Now for something different. I wanted to try shooting up into my favorite tree in the backyard at night (again). I made this image with a 47mm XL a few weeks ago, but thought the Aero Ektar might be an interesting experiment.

The exposure was 4 hours, on T-Max 100 semi-stand developed in Pyrocat:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/startrails-2951ss.jpg

That is way too cool!!!:)


Funny story - I grabbed the camera after this exposure and went to climb back up the hill (we have a very steep backyard) and the camera somehow fell off the tripod. I put the camera on it in the dark and I think I had the hexagonal plate slightly cockeyed. The camera starts bouncing down the hill and I was sure it was going to go all the way down and splash into the creek that runs through the bottom of the ravine. But luckily it slammed into that tree in the photograph and stopped. A close call! Not a hint of damage and the lens, which is just glued onto the lensboard, stayed put, so I guess that was a good test of the glue strength...

[pepeguitarra]

Some modest trees:

https://live.staticflickr.com/7857/46879967334_da7c733b5a_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2eqC61S)Modjeska Canyon (https://flic.kr/p/2eqC61S) by Palenquero Photography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palenquero/), on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/7820/46879968264_cde90635d8_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2eqC6hU)Modjeska Canyon Too (https://flic.kr/p/2eqC6hU) by Palenquero Photography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palenquero/), on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/7882/33726877878_1676f1ed88_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Tok4Ls)Modjeska Canyon Trees (https://flic.kr/p/Tok4Ls) by Palenquero Photography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palenquero/), on Flickr

[jeanba3000]

Two 8x10 pictures I just developped, shot last summer

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46974884325_98d4c00ed9_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ez1ywH)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40924586993_94316ba2ac_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25mncVt)

[Kerosene Hat]

4x5, 65mm, RVP 100

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47102278644_454c018a8f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2eLguqu)
Sunrise at Jekyll Island (https://flic.kr/p/2eLguqu) by Brandon Ward (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_ward/)

[Corran]

Hot damn Brandon. That is officially the best photo of that damn tree I've seen. The clouds/weather worked well for you.

When were you down there?

[Kerosene Hat]

Hot damn Brandon. That is officially the best photo of that damn tree I've seen. The clouds/weather worked well for you.

When were you down there?

Thanks, Brian - it was a beautiful morning. In the full-res version, there's a shrimp boat on the horizon that I placed just below the branch that's nearly touching the water on the left. We were there just after Christmas - a solemn time, as we had a memorial service for the little boy we didn't get to meet. It was nice to see a new day start, that's for sure.

[jon.oman]

4x5, 65mm, RVP 100

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47102278644_454c018a8f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2eLguqu)
Sunrise at Jekyll Island (https://flic.kr/p/2eLguqu) by Brandon Ward (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_ward/)

Very nice!

[Corran]

Thanks, Brian - it was a beautiful morning. In the full-res version, there's a shrimp boat on the horizon that I placed just below the branch that's nearly touching the water on the left. We were there just after Christmas - a solemn time, as we had a memorial service for the little boy we didn't get to meet. It was nice to see a new day start, that's for sure.

Brandon - often photographs can take on new meaning with the stories one tells alongside them. Thank you for sharing this. I won't editorialize but certainly this gives more meaning to the image.

Let me know when you make prints.

[Merg Ross]

Trees, Tilden Park, CA 1960
8x10 Ansco View Camera, Cronar Press film, D-16, 19" Artar

191519

[Kerosene Hat]

Brandon - often photographs can take on new meaning with the stories one tells alongside them. Thank you for sharing this. I won't editorialize but certainly this gives more meaning to the image.

Let me know when you make prints.

Bryan, you're absolutely correct. I knew the beach was special that morning and am glad the transparency came out the way it did. The personal meaning has only become clear some months later, but it adds to my own experience with the image, and maybe, might with others. Or, at least a decent picture of that damn tree. :). That, and the shrimp boat in the background...

[tuco]

4x5, 65mm, RVP 100


Yes, that's nice

[Kerosene Hat]

Thank you, Jon & Tuco. Means a lot coming from you...

[tuco]

I already posted the IR version last week but I also took a panchromatic as a backup. I thought it interesting to see the two together.

HP5+

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47922357702_c29d6d8ff9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2g1JBmA)
The Living & The Dead (https://flic.kr/p/2g1JBmA) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr


Rollei Infrared

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46962605065_dd3cd9626c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2exVCkk)
The Living & The Dead (https://flic.kr/p/2exVCkk) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr


Crown Graphic, APO Symmar 120mm

[peter brooks]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47953150161_a9cf217749_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2g4sqT4)
Ramson path 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2g4sqT4) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

Better version of #6038 (now deleted).

Home made 10x8 box camera, Cooke VIIb 133mm f6.5 at f32, pre-flashed paper neg, 15 second exposure. Needs a hood / shade :)

Ramsons (wild garlic) covering the woodland floor.

[Ulophot]

Tuco, the panchro version is very fine work.

[tuco]

Tuco, the panchro version is very fine work.

Thanks again.

[jp]

Love that panchro version! The tones are very nice and the idea is excellent.

4x5 speed graphic, fp4+ in pyrocat hdc.. At Pleasant Point Preserve in Cushing Maine April 13.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47989954588_d4fa2eac91_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2g7H4y9)
img829 (https://flic.kr/p/2g7H4y9) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

above with the 9" Gundlach Hyperion. Below I don't remember which lens I used.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47989971248_eb6a726885_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2g7H9vo)
img830 (https://flic.kr/p/2g7H9vo) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jp]

Better version of #6038 (now deleted).

Home made 10x8 box camera, Cooke VIIb 133mm f6.5 at f32, pre-flashed paper neg, 15 second exposure. Needs a hood / shade :)

Ramsons (wild garlic) covering the woodland floor.

Wow; really nice for a paper negative!

[John Layton]

Jason...wonderful! Especially (IMHO) that first image! Nice to meet you at the recent PAX event in CT. At any rate...keep up the great work!

[tuco]

Love that panchro version! The tones are very nice and the idea is excellent.

Thanks Jason. Image 829 has some personality.

[jp]

Thank you John and tuco!

[Corran]

Thanks Jason. Image 829 has some personality.

+1 jp!

On Sunday I went to Lula Lake Falls for the second time. The sun was nicely illuminating this seen, and I decided to make another image with roughly the same composition as when I went the first time in February 2018. Here are the two images side-by-side. The first is from last winter, earlier in the morning and developed N+1, taken with my Chamonix 45n1 and 150mm APO Symmar, the second from Sunday June 2nd 2019, taken with my Linhof Master Technika and same 150mm APO Symmar but with the sun illuminating the tree and new leaves:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/lulalake-3443winter-summerss.jpg

[CreationBear]

Ah, definitely digging the "Spring" version on the right...you seem to be getting some great dark tones these days. (FWIW, the mountain laurel should be in bloom up high--really neat to see, especially backlit.)

A question: am I right that this image didn't take any tilt on your part? If not, what's your approach to scenes that lack a clear focal plane--focus a third in and ratchet down the aperture? (Hyperfauxcal?:))

[Corran]

Yeah no tilt, not a whole lot of depth of focus needed here. I'm definitely not afraid to use f/32 or even f/45 though if need be. This was f/32.

[Merg Ross]

White Twig, New Brunswick - 1970
4x5 Plus-X, D-76

192437

[Reinhold Schable]

. . Columbia Gorge. Washington
Split Tree & Fence East of Horsethief Lake (Columbia Gorge) Klickitat County, Washington.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48062174021_62d295fcbd_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ge6cSM). . Columbia Gorge. Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2ge6cSM) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr

Neg# PLTR 027. Split 5x7= two 6x17. . 90mm, Yg filter, FP4 film. 1991
The camera here... https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/two-617-negs-on-a-5x7-camera-built-june-’93.155715/

more 6x17 here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/albums/72157690079438365/page2

Reinhold

[jp]

4x5 speed graphic / Aero Ektar at Bemis Brook Trail, Crawford Notch state park, New Hampshire. FP4+ in pyrocat hdc. June 1 2019.

A month earlier I became acquainted with a bunch of nice people at Steve Sherman's PAX event in CT and following up from that, Daniel Lin and Peter Bosco and I went shooting in Crawford Notch state park for the day. Bemis Brook has some nice small waterfalls, lots of cool geology and woods, and is an easy walk but far enough into the woods that you can get mentally immersed and get your blood flowing enough to improve your mental state in photography, especially going back and forth to the vehicle multiple times. The Bemis brook is named for Samuel_Bemis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bemis) who was perhaps the first camera buyer and one of the first landscape photographers in the US. Obscure local history. I shot 12 sheets of 4x5 (still have to develop a few), 3 rolls of 120, and several color dslr photos an afternoon. Meanwhile wife and daughter spent my money at the outlet store destination of North Conway 30 minutes south.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48083024336_fa9da1a6fb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gfW4WY)
img841 (https://flic.kr/p/2gfW4WY) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48083064788_677f4528f0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gfWgYq)
img839 (https://flic.kr/p/2gfWgYq) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48083064633_bf527f4c04_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gfWgVK)
img842 (https://flic.kr/p/2gfWgVK) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[DDrake]

Aspirational oak in an unfinished business park.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48155274261_93f36fd994_c.jpg
4X5 / Fujinon 135mm f/5.6 / FP4+

[AndrewBurns]

Aspirational oak in an unfinished business park.
4X5 / Fujinon 135mm f/5.6 / FP4+

Here's another image of a tree, also using a Fujinon 135mm and FP4+

One of only three 4x5 images I've taken so far (only started LF this week).

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48157377372_3b19d720cb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gnv9vS)

[DaveF]

Something perhaps a little different from me on this one: an image from a new project I'm developing, photographing trees with a particular poetic aesthetic in mind (ancient pastoral, including writing on trees).

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48267891707_2d6ed104bb_b.jpg

Acontius Project: Dove
Beech Tree Detail
Wayland’s Smithy, Oxfordshire Ridgeway, England
29/6/19

Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-W 300 f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
3” f/22
400mm bellows extension
15mm front fall

N-development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 9’27”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash
Scanned with Epson V850 and gold/selenium toned in Photoshop

Thoroughly enjoying the 8x10 experience, and have finished off my first box of FP4+ in three months. Also enjoying the striving to achieve perfect negatives that eventually I will try alternative process printing with.

A few notes on this project, which I added to a post on Instagram recently for an interested viewer:
Memory, writing, photography, landscape, pastoral. There's a classical tradition in pastoral and elegiac poetry in which writing on trees features prominently, going back through Virgil's Eclogues at least as far as the story of Acontius and Cydippe in Callimachus' Aetia. (Callimachus is the most famous Hellenistic poet - 4-3C BC - but little known outside Classics, my profession...). For me, the photographic element allows a focus on the replication of the gesture of script as memory with the writing of light on film.

[CreationBear]

Ha, I'd almost forgotten Gallus and Lycoris--Virgil would support a number of "tree" projects...the Georgics of course, would keep you busy, but the cypresses in the Aeneid are terribly evocative as well.:) (FWIW, you might be interested in the Iroquois "False Face" societies, whose masks were carved into living trees before being hewn off, and thus considered remaining in the category of "living things" whilst being worn.:))

[DaveF]

Excellent. Thankyou. I have more...!
North American material fascinating too of course.

[andrewch59]

193210
Highlands northern NSW, horseman FA45 green xray film

[Reinhold Schable]

. . Jumper tree on Criterion Summit ( near Maupin ), Oregon
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40122419032_007811502c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/248tTko). . Juniper Tree, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/248tTko) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr. . Neg # ORGE 057. Tachihara 4x5", 135mm lens, Y2 filter, PXP film. 1983

More here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/albums/72157691611431345/with/40122419032/

Reinhold

[DaveF]

Two more from me, for this absorbing thread:

Acontius Project: 'Bob' and 'Under the cover of a spreading beech tree'; again, from Wayland’s Smithy, Oxfordshire Ridgeway, 29/6/19, with Chamonix 810V and FP4+

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48160310232_0c7f302e2a_b.jpg

Nikkor-SW 150 f/8
½” f/32
small amount of front tilt
N+1 development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 12’17”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash
Toned in Photoshop

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48313565127_d71366efc8_b.jpg

Nikkor-W 300 f/5.6
33” f/45
420mm bellows extension
25mm front rise
N+1 development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 12’17”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash

[David Schaller]

Two more from me, for this absorbing thread:

Acontius Project: 'Bob' and 'Under the cover of a spreading beech tree'; again, from Wayland’s Smithy, Oxfordshire Ridgeway, 29/6/19, with Chamonix 810V and FP4+

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48160310232_0c7f302e2a_b.jpg

Nikkor-SW 150 f/8
½” f/32
small amount of front tilt
N+1 development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 12’17”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash
Toned in Photoshop

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48313565127_d71366efc8_b.jpg

Nikkor-W 300 f/5.6
33” f/45
420mm bellows extension
25mm front rise
N+1 development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 12’17”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash

Bravo! Both are marvelous.

[DaveF]

Thanks very much! Only sad thing about the day was that while these images were being made my car was being broken into and my Mamiya RZ was stolen from the boot. These images are some compensation to me.

A thing to mention about the toning: I think the first was toned with a Platinum gradient map in photoshop then with an orange fill layer overlay at very low opacity, to add a bit of warmth. The second had a gold gradient map applied; I feel that 8x10 scans of nature and landscape, when converted to RGB, tend to look rather too blue so need warming up a bit.

[CreationBear]

A thing to mention about the toning


Excellent, I was meaning to ask you about your toning workflow (have you moved to a flatbed scanner, or were these done with your DSLR system?) At any rate, that's rather harsh news regarding your Mamiya--hopefully there's still hope you'll be reunited!:)

[DaveF]

Thanks: very unlikely sadly (just another UK crime statistic). They also stole my raincoat and the 8x10 film holder I'd left in the car! Good look to them with the latter.

Re. scanning, yes Epson V850 with diy scanning mount (the usual silicon rubber, about 1.5mm thick, with film taped to edges). I still have the DSLR but for 8x10 scanning with the Epson is so much more user-friendly for me.

[pendennis]

Found this in my scanned archives.

Taken in Washtenaw County Michigan, around fall 1994. I used a Super Speed Graphic and a Commercial Ektar 8.5". Exposure details are lost to history. Image was scanned in using an Epson V850, then edited in Affinity for cropping. Saved as a JPEG.

193407

[jp]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48555286382_65fe65f1e9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gYEx13)
img874 (https://flic.kr/p/2gYEx13) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr


In the woods above Bemis Brook, Crawford Notch State Park, NH. June 1 2019. 4x5 speed graphic with 7.25" Verito soft focus lens. FP4+ film in pyrocat hdc.

[Ken Lee]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48555286382_65fe65f1e9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gYEx13)
img874 (https://flic.kr/p/2gYEx13) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr


In the woods above Bemis Brook, Crawford Notch State Park, NH. June 1 2019. 4x5 speed graphic with 7.25" Verito soft focus lens. FP4+ film in pyrocat hdc.

Very poetic !

[DaveF]

Another one from me from the same 'pastoral' project.

Whichford Wood, Warwickshire Cotswolds, England
5th July 2019

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48231221182_da54b4ca09_b.jpg

Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-SW 150 f/8
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
3” f/32
Small amount of front tilt

Metered for high-key.
N development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 9’27”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash
Split-toned in photoshop

[CreationBear]

'pastoral' project.

A lovely, airy photograph--though your chestnut trees make me a bit melancholy since our own, native Castanea has been extirpated for the better part of a century. (On a related note, since your arboreal interests seem to extend to the literary, you might check out Richard Powers' The Overstory which recently won the National Book Award here in the States.)

[Jim Galli]

Another one from me from the same 'pastoral' project.

Whichford Wood, Warwickshire Cotswolds, England
5th July 2019

Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-SW 150 f/8
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
3” f/32
Small amount of front tilt

Metered for high-key.
N development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 9’27”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash
Split-toned in photoshop

Beautiful image. I'd have been proud to have seen and achieved this one. Did you filter to "lighten" the lovely white leaves?

[Keith Fleming]

CreationBear,

Regarding the American chestnut, you might do an internet search on The American Chestnut Foundation which has been working for about 30 years to restore the tree. Their work involves both cross-breeding and genetic modification. There are state chapters and research centers in the chestnuts original range.

Keith

[jp]

Very poetic !

Thanks Ken

[DaveF]

Thanks for that: something to look up. Over here, Rob Macfarlane's eco-critical writing is well known.

A lovely, airy photograph--though your chestnut trees make me a bit melancholy since our own, native Castanea has been extirpated for the better part of a century. (On a related note, since your arboreal interests seem to extend to the literary, you might check out Richard Powers' The Overstory which recently won the National Book Award here in the States.)

[DaveF]

Beautiful image. I'd have been proud to have seen and achieved this one. Did you filter to "lighten" the lovely white leaves?

That's very kind. If I recall correctly, I deliberately metered the main trunk as a midtone for the high key effect. I didn't use any filters, no, but have worked on the image in photoshop with split toning to enhance the feel. The whites and high grey tones are not white, but are yellow and orange - I have a tendency if I don't edit black and whites like this to end up with far too cool a look, which is not what I need for this series at all. I used luminosity-masked colour overlays to do this, after a platinum gradient mask I think. Essentially I'm slowly on the road to Alt-Pro: I now have all the gear and chemistry I need, including a beautiful Lotus printing frame; I just need the courage (and time) to start!

[DaveF]

And here's one more from the same series, inspired by the discovery of the tree-bark graffiti, and the link with ancient pastoral poetics (notably in Virgil's Eclogues).

Acontius Project: ‘…nec myrtes vincet corylos, nec laurea Phoebi.’
Whichford Wood, Warwickshire Cotswolds, England
5th July 2019

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48231332561_8b7ff4371f_b.jpg

Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-SW 150 f/8
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
8” f/32
A few degrees of front swing

N-2 development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 5’40”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash

For toning, this one with the same photoshop toning process as the Sweet Chestnut image. Regarding finding these images, I went to a local woodland with the precise aim of looking at the summer tree canopy closely, in particular looking for Hazel, Sweet Chestnut, Oak, and Ash. Project ongoing... quite what the 'outputs' will be, in terms of prints, is anyone's guess.

[DaveF]

And another really cool result from the same outing.

Acontius Project: ‘Fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima’
Whichford Wood, Warwickshire Cotswolds
5th July 2019

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48231380071_e1fe08c4bd_b.jpg

Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-W 300 f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
1” f/45
Small amount of front tilt and front swing

N-development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 9’27”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash
Toned as before, but with beefed up opacity to let the colour overlays come through more. This one is perhaps my favourite so far. The way the leaves on film reacted to the filtration of the bright sunlight is quite something.

[David Schaller]

And another really cool result from the same outing.

Acontius Project: ‘Fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima’
Whichford Wood, Warwickshire Cotswolds
5th July 2019

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48231380071_e1fe08c4bd_b.jpg

Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-W 300 f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
1” f/45
Small amount of front tilt and front swing

N-development, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 9’27”, 22ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash
Toned as before, but with beefed up opacity to let the colour overlays come through more. This one is perhaps my favourite so far. The way the leaves on film reacted to the filtration of the bright sunlight is quite something.

This series would look great in Palladium. Thanks for posting.

[Rainymac]

194672
Mt Ettalong - Angophora tree, commonly known as the Sydney Red Gum which grows primarily on sandstone soils, usually on headlands, plateaus or other elevated areas along the east coast of Australia.

Chamonix F2 4x5, Nikon 90mm, f22 exposure, developed in Fomapan P (D76 type developer), scanned negative

This is one of my first large format images and my first image post to the forum. Despite finding the move from 35mm and medium format challenging, I've totally embraced large format. Trees were a perfect subject - they stayed still, didnt complain that it is taking forever for me to finally be ready to click the shutter nor did they have an opinion about the end result.

[Ulophot]

Great start, Rainymac! I'm sure quite a few of us have experienced the challenges of format change to LF. And yes, what a pleasure it is, too!

[jon.oman]

194672
Mt Ettalong - Angophora tree, commonly known as the Sydney Red Gum which grows primarily on sandstone soils, usually on headlands, plateaus or other elevated areas along the east coast of Australia.

Chamonix F2 4x5, Nikon 90mm, f22 exposure, developed in Fomapan P (D76 type developer), scanned negative

This is one of my first large format images and my first image post to the forum. Despite finding the move from 35mm and medium format challenging, I've totally embraced large format. Trees were a perfect subject - they stayed still, didnt complain that it is taking forever for me to finally be ready to click the shutter nor did they have an opinion about the end result.

Nicely done!

[Rainymac]

Great start, Rainymac! I'm sure quite a few of us have experienced the challenges of format change to LF. And yes, what a pleasure it is, too!

Thank you Philip for the encouragement. I've been surprised to find that I'm much more interested in landscapes that I am with digital photography where my prime interests are portraiture and macro. Large format is giving me a different way of seeing. It's great.

[Rainymac]

Nicely done!

Thank you Jon.

[dodphotography]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190825/6056afa8c9e221640b26a5c0e4a67090.jpg

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[jp]

Weathered birch tree at Alford Lake, Hope Maine. 4x5 speed graphic with Aero Ektar lens. FP4+ film in pyrocat hdc.




https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48685608923_08c3d90c9c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hbbtmp)
img880 (https://flic.kr/p/2hbbtmp) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

Weathered birch tree at Alford Lake, Hope Maine. 4x5 speed graphic with Aero Ektar lens. FP4+ film in pyrocat hdc.


Lovely image Jason. Excellent presentation with the Ektar without the usual space ship highlights.

[jp]

Lovely image Jason. Excellent presentation with the Ektar without the usual space ship highlights.

Thanks! You're kind of in the right area to know about space ship shapes in LF photos.

Sometimes I like the unusual highlights or swirl, but sometimes it's nice without. It's the only sharp lens I'm carrying around these days with my 4x5 so it's getting some practice.

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/sheet0059.jpg

From the stone beach on the peninsula of Ören south of Stockholm, Sweden.

Chamonix 45H-1 and Super Angulon 75/5.6. Shot on 9x12 HP5 and scanned with an Epson V750.

[CreationBear]

From the stone beach on the peninsula of Ören

That's outstanding--quite the Yggdrasil!:)

[jon.oman]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/sheet0059.jpg

From the stone beach on the peninsula of Ören south of Stockholm, Sweden.

Chamonix 45H-1 and Super Angulon 75/5.6. Shot on 9x12 HP5 and scanned with an Epson V750.

Very nice!

[Louis Pacilla]

From the stone beach on the peninsula of Ören south of Stockholm, Sweden.

Chamonix 45H-1 and Super Angulon 75/5.6. Shot on 9x12 HP5 and scanned with an Epson V750.

Simply BADASS!

[Corran]

I like that root extending towards the camera.

[paulbarden]

Chamonix 45H-1 and Super Angulon 75/5.6. Shot on 9x12 HP5 and scanned with an Epson V750.

Extraordinarily well done. Such a beautiful image!

[drewf64]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/sheet0059.jpg

From the stone beach on the peninsula of Ören south of Stockholm, Sweden.

Chamonix 45H-1 and Super Angulon 75/5.6. Shot on 9x12 HP5 and scanned with an Epson V750.

Lassethomas:
This is beautiful!
Pulls me in like a magnet.
I also like a cropped version showing only the rocks & roots.
Drewf64

[paulbarden]

I made this image early this morning, just as the fog was burning off. Shot on Pancro 400 and processed in BER49. Experience indicates that this element functions as about a f11 lens on 8x10, so I exposed this sheet at 12 seconds and got a very well-exposed negative.
Camera: Intrepid 8x10
Lens: front element only from a Darlot Petzval.

Larger version here (https://jubilee-live.flickr.com/65535/48724164027_22d1371187_h.jpg)

195408

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Very nice, and the root is kinda creepy, like from Evil Dead movie :)

[gmed]

https://live.staticflickr.com/4417/36337193193_61b6f6868b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XmZByV)Hanging On (https://flic.kr/p/XmZByV) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Chamonix 45n / Nikon 150mm
Tmax 100

[gmed]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48730386352_d14384c471_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hf8Y83)Web Prepared4 (https://flic.kr/p/2hf8Y83) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Arca Swiss f line / Nikon 150mm
Fuji Provia 100 converted to BW

[gmed]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48730211531_a5e0f821f1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hf859T)Web Prepared (https://flic.kr/p/2hf859T) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Arca Swiss f line / Nikon 150mm
Fuji Provia 100

[gmed]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48729890158_5f478ee24e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hf6qBY)61434658_10157727730654617_3059305651617398784_o (https://flic.kr/p/2hf6qBY) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Arca Swiss F line / Nikon 150mm
Fuji Provia 150

[gmed]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48730220391_2d8af3dbff_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hf87MD)61898950_10157729643914617_5784272477475569664_o (https://flic.kr/p/2hf87MD) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Arca swiss F line / Nikon 150mm
Fuji Provia 100

[gmed]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48730400402_aba5a5150b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hf93ih)62078924_10157754267924617_1121978700485623808_o (https://flic.kr/p/2hf93ih) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Arca Swiss F line / Nikon 150mm
Fuji velvia 50

[CreationBear]

Those are wonderful, gmed--I find the first especially evocative...I assume the "liner notes" are on Flickr?:)

[jon.oman]

Very nice gmed!

[Rainymac]

Beautiful evocative images gmed

[dodphotography]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190915/644f29f1e3add5b10177a4c08b38d864.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190915/66b54765af54e1a737e6801933418ab1.jpg


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[GoldMark]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48730386352_d14384c471_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hf8Y83)Web Prepared4 (https://flic.kr/p/2hf8Y83) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Arca Swiss f line / Nikon 150mm
Fuji Provia 100 converted to BW

Wow, what a dreamful image

[ImSoNegative]

C1, 250mm 6.7, softar filter II, delta 100


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48739291116_4f8a34bb30_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hfVBcs)tree on toccoa (https://flic.kr/p/2hfVBcs) by John Golden (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158605845@N03/), on Flickr

[tuco]

Shooting up some much expired 320TXP

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48741715192_e9774e7637_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hg92MS)
Hiking (https://flic.kr/p/2hg92MS) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48741715302_c00fb0af94_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hg92PL)
Headlee Pass Hike (https://flic.kr/p/2hg92PL) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr

Crown Graphic, SA 90/8 and APO Symmar 120/5.6

[gmed]

Shooting up some much expired 320TXP

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48741715192_e9774e7637_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hg92MS)
Hiking (https://flic.kr/p/2hg92MS) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48741715302_c00fb0af94_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hg92PL)
Headlee Pass Hike (https://flic.kr/p/2hg92PL) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr

Crown Graphic, SA 90/8 and APO Symmar 120/5.6



Re: post your trees!
Love the details. very sharp. Love the contrast of the trees against the cascades.

[Leszek Vogt]

Love the second one, Tuco. The trees (drunken) remind me of AK, tho I'm aware that's a different terrain.

Les

[tuco]

Re: post your trees!
Love the details. very sharp. Love the contrast of the trees against the cascades.


Love the second one, Tuco. The trees (drunken) remind me of AK, tho I'm aware that's a different terrain.
Les

Thanks you guys

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Lot's of nice trees. I have one I am working on.

[Corran]

I really like the "drunken" trees too, especially their darker tonality against the brighter background. Pity the sky is totally blank, though it does offer a different feel to the image (desolation, perhaps forlorn).

[tuco]

I really like the "drunken" trees too, especially their darker tonality against the brighter background. Pity the sky is totally blank, though it does offer a different feel to the image (desolation, perhaps forlorn).

Yeah some white would have been nice. I wish I would have tried another variation of the scene. But I was saving the few sheets I had remaining for the top of the pass seen between those drunk trees. And, as it turns out, in the hot afternoon there really wasn't much good up there. Once up the pass you can go even higher up to another peak that has great views. I didn't go there this trip though. I'd need to get in better shape. I haven't done much hiking this year. And summer looks to be over already in just one weekend, wtf.

[Corran]

Meanwhile, we are begging for summer to go away down here :). We've had stifling heat in the past month or so, making hiking quite an endeavor, and even dangerous if not properly prepared.

[Tri Tran]

The Grotto. Portland.
8x10 with 18 in TT lens

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/lJsZOB.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnlJsZOBj)

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Meanwhile, we are begging for summer to go away down here :). We've had stifling heat in the past month or so, making hiking quite an endeavor, and even dangerous if not properly prepared.

I was at Toroweep, Grand Canyon North a couple weeks ago. The temperature on the lava trail can get to 160F+ It was generally in the 90's and low 100's in the day and down to the low 60's to high 50'S. And humid.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

The Grotto. Portland.
8x10 with 18 in TT lens

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/lJsZOB.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnlJsZOBj)

I like this one, kinda dream like.

[takpro]

The Grotto. Portland.
8x10 with 18 in TT lens

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/lJsZOB.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnlJsZOBj)

Beautiful.


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[Chester McCheeserton]

195696

Maine
5x7 deardorff
150 Apo Sironar W
Portra 400

[gmed]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48776682583_c9a16d0fa7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hjefnV)Walk in Solitude (https://flic.kr/p/2hjefnV) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

[gmed]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48778545012_4dfb049ee8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hjoN1L)Maple, fall colors (https://flic.kr/p/2hjoN1L) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

[Leszek Vogt]

Gevork, those are excellent....especially like the trees in the fog.

Les

[Brett Little]

196086
Burbage, Sheffield, UK.
Intrepid 5x4 mk 4
90mm
Fomapan 100
Rodinal

[nbagno]

A few trees and a couple of cows and stuff.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191002/54ad2cfbe13c41acd0bc16511485aced.jpg


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[arri]

Fujinon W 250 f/6.3
Fomapan 100 in Adox FX-39 II
Wista 45D

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48735803347_ef6ab0030a_b.jpg

[arri]

Cyanotype
Something in blue, size ~8x10" out of a 4x5" negative.
Taken with a vintage Steinheil Culminon 150mm f/4.2 and a Wista 45D
Fomapan 200 @ISO 125
Adox FX-39 II developer
Hahnemuehle Britannia paper 300g/m², self coated
I pass this willow everyday with my bike and sometimes strong winds or storms broke something out of it. It is changing continously.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48353215222_985dc3a39d_b.jpg

[Corran]

My favorite spot in Amicalola Falls State Park. The sun didn't come out for me as the clouds broke due to a fog bank but the dew on the kudzu was interesting so I worked with it.

Linhof Master Technika 4x5, Nikkor 90mm f/8, T-Max 100 dev'd in Pyrocat 1:1:100

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/amicalolaer-4392ss.jpg

[tuco]

My favorite spot in Amicalola Falls State Park. The sun didn't come out for me as the clouds broke due to a fog bank but the dew on the kudzu was interesting so I worked with it.


Those broad leaf plants and uniform carpet of deciduous trees gives me the feeling of a tropical location.
For my likes, Fall has been terrible here this year. It has been raining since the start of Sept and generally colder than I can recall. That makes for ugly fall colors here on the west side of the cascades. The leaves turn muddy brown quickly in general for a lot of trees.

[Corran]

It feels pretty tropical in the summer, especially of late. We've had almost no rain though - I don't know how that'll affect the fall colors. We usually have color change ramp up late in October here. In the last two years, the leaves have changed beautifully in one weekend, and then a big rainstorm hit hard the following week and they were all gone. I'm always hoping for a bit more time.

[j.e.simmons]

The dew on the kudzu - I don’t think I’ve ever seen that line before. I’m stealing it. Great image.

[Corran]

Thanks - I liked the rhyme :).

[awty]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47675856201_7ff5b1ec12_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fCXe3H)Tea Tree Bend (https://flic.kr/p/2fCXe3H) by Paul Fitz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144284773@N06/), on Flickr

Darkroom print on ilford rc grade 1 selenium and sepia toned.4x5 linhof technika, fp4 in pyrocat hd, 90mm lens. The very old 90mm Angulon lives in a world of its own.

[takpro]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47675856201_7ff5b1ec12_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fCXe3H)Tea Tree Bend (https://flic.kr/p/2fCXe3H) by Paul Fitz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144284773@N06/), on Flickr

Darkroom print on ilford rc grade 1 selenium and sepia toned.4x5 linhof technika, fp4 in pyrocat hd, 90mm lens. The very old 90mm Angulon lives in a world of its own.

Beautiful [emoji1360]


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[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/sheet0048.jpg

At the peninsula of Ören, south of Stockholm, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1 & Super Angulon XL 47/5.6
Ilford HP5+ 9x12

[Jim Jones]

Dynamic use of such a wide-angle lens.

[lassethomas]

Dynamic use of such a wide-angle lens.

Thanks. Not the easiest of lenses to work with. But there is very little distortion so it's possible to find angles that at least looks sort of normal.

[jon.oman]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/sheet0048.jpg

At the peninsula of Ören, south of Stockholm, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1 & Super Angulon XL 47/5.6
Ilford HP5+ 9x12

Nice!

[Rainymac]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47675856201_7ff5b1ec12_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fCXe3H)Tea Tree Bend (https://flic.kr/p/2fCXe3H) by Paul Fitz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144284773@N06/), on Flickr

Darkroom print on ilford rc grade 1 selenium and sepia toned.4x5 linhof technika, fp4 in pyrocat hd, 90mm lens. The very old 90mm Angulon lives in a world of its own.

Beautiful and serene. It slowly carries ones eye around it.

[AlexGard]

Last of my cross-thread spamming for the day

5½ x 14 inch black glass ambrotype

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48889369886_e6d961edd0_h.jpg

[awty]

@takpro @Rainymac Thanks

[awty]

Last of my cross-thread spamming for the day

5½ x 14 inch black glass ambrotype

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48889369886_e6d961edd0_h.jpg

Love the chaos.
I picked up a 24cm x 30cm plate camera to start playing around with. Be very happy to be able to do something with this quality.

[RenoAmiens]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48919632511_75428c9e44_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hwRUpR)_DSC4409 (https://flic.kr/p/2hwRUpR) by renaud henry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/renohenry/), sur Flickr

Intrepid 4x5 mk4 150mm symmar fomapan 100 D76@1+1

[Bob Sawin]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48776682583_c9a16d0fa7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hjefnV)Walk in Solitude (https://flic.kr/p/2hjefnV) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

I love the mood you captured here.

[jon.oman]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48919632511_75428c9e44_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hwRUpR)_DSC4409 (https://flic.kr/p/2hwRUpR) by renaud henry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/renohenry/), sur Flickr

Intrepid 4x5 mk4 150mm symmar fomapan 100 D76@1+1

Nice!

[RenoAmiens]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48776682583_c9a16d0fa7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hjefnV)Walk in Solitude (https://flic.kr/p/2hjefnV) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Wonderfull mood

[Ulophot]

RenoAmiens, striking, in it's own quiet wat. The toning works very well for the birch.

[Reinhold Schable]

. . Split Tree & Fence East of Horsethief Lake (Columbia Gorge) Klickitat County, Washington.
Neg# PLTR 027. Split 5x7 = two 6x17. . 90mm, Yg filter, FP4 film. 1991
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48062174021_62d295fcbd_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ge6cSM). . Columbia Gorge. Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2ge6cSM) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr. . Neg# PLTR 027. Split 5x7 = two 6x17. . 90mm, Yg filter, FP4 film. 1991

The camera here... https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/two-617-negs-on-a-5x7-camera-built-june-’93.155715/

Reinhold

[RenoAmiens]

Thank you Ulophot :)

[RenoAmiens]

RenoAmiens, striking, in it's own quiet wat. The toning works very well for the birch.

Thank you Ulophot

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48987003667_46966aa298_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hCPcvv)Blowing Poplar, Columbia River Gorge (https://flic.kr/p/2hCPcvv) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Leszek Vogt]

That looks great, Austin.

Les

[Brett Little]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48987591711_7831f519fa_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hCSdjc)Chatsworth Tree in autumn (https://flic.kr/p/2hCSdjc) by Brett Little (https://www.flickr.com/photos/brettlittle/), on Flickr
Velvia 50
Intrepid 4x5 mk4
90mm
Tetenal E6 kit

[Desertdweller]

SE Oregon Cottonwood near old homestead
Toyo 45AII
90mm
Fuji Provia

[Desertdweller]

Sorry, hope this one is viewable. First time posts suck.

[AlexGard]

Miena Cider Gum
8x10 black glass ambrotype
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48999320337_909f00a284_z.jpg

[Reinhold Schable]

. . A row of winter bare trees on a hill above the wheat fields near Palouse, Washington.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49001906696_afd7963e5c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hE8zEh). . Palouse Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2hE8zEh) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr. . Neg # WAGE 015. Split 5x7 = two 6x17. . 90mm, Yg filter, FP4 film. 1991

The camera here... https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/two-617-negs-on-a-5x7-camera-built-june-’93.155715/

Reinhold

[Olli]

Reinhold,
This is great, like it very much. The horizontal curves fit nicely to the picture format.

[donkittle]

Reinhold, wonderful shot! Did you post a 6x17 shot on page 617 on purpose?

[jtomasella]

197374

My first time shooting large format. I'm really enjoying slowing down.

[jtomasella]

197507

Here is another from the same outing. This is straight out of the scanner un edited. I saved the edited version as a tif. I toned down the bright spot on the tree with a radial filter

[ImSoNegative]

8x10. 250 6.7. Delta 100https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191117/29d3929ddef3a9836da9fa7d5638379e.jpg

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[cmug]

Dutch tree
https://i.postimg.cc/zB4ppnyP/boompje.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1ncp3Vcp)

[Pedro_fiz]

The tired tree
https://flic.kr/p/2hLEHdkhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191118/57827bff3fdb93b2b44e1d3ea258f649.jpg

[bobbotron]

Taken hiking in the woods last winter, printed last night
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49084770141_2177f2fd7f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hMsh5n)

[Ulophot]

Very nice, cmug.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Bare Aspens, Easter Sierra. 14x17 carbon transfer print.

[mfohl]

Out with my Linhof Technika on a sunny fall morning. Nice trees and leaves, nice sun and shadows. FP4, HC110 dil B. Negative scans.

197561

197562

197563

[Andrew Plume]

8x10. 250 6.7. Delta 100https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191117/29d3929ddef3a9836da9fa7d5638379e.jpg

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Absolutely terrific

Thx for posting

regards

Andrew

[scheinfluger_77]

8x10. 250 6.7. Delta 100https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191117/29d3929ddef3a9836da9fa7d5638379e.jpg

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This is very nice. How did you get the foliage so light?

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/graps.jpg
5x7, Fujinon 180 W

[mfohl]

Very nice, Colin Graham.

-- Mark

[Colin Graham]

Thanks Mark.

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/jstm.jpg
5x7, Fujinon 180 W

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49095628771_0411242ee5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hNpVY8)In a Wood, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2hNpVY8) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[bobbotron]

In a Wood, Washington[/url] by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Very cool, are those Eucalyptus trees? The shot looks a little dark, could use a bit more light to the leaves, though it does give it a mood appearance that is interesting.

[Colin Graham]

I think they are maples (or maybe cottonwoods) and alders. Great picture though.

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/haymaker.jpg
Willow (I think), Fujinon 180 W/5x7

[scheinfluger_77]

Whatever they are that stuff on the trunks looks like Kudzu.

[Jim Galli]

I can play in this game a little bit.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2014BandW/03-29-14Cinephor_Rexo4X5/5CinephorModelA_04s.jpg

[jp]

I can play in this game a little bit.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2014BandW/03-29-14Cinephor_Rexo4X5/5CinephorModelA_04s.jpg

Great play!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

4x5 Portra160, f/32, 210 G-Claron, sunrise at Toroweep.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093871002_c18cfc82f7_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hNfVrL)

[Jim Galli]

Great play!

Thank you.

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

Mountain Mahogany, Eastern Sierras

[Merg Ross]

I can play in this game a little bit.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2014BandW/03-29-14Cinephor_Rexo4X5/5CinephorModelA_04s.jpg

You sure can, Jim.

Your work is always inspiring, like this one. Beautiful!

Best,
Merg

[Jim Galli]

You sure can, Jim.

Your work is always inspiring, like this one. Beautiful!

Best,
Merg

Thank you Merg. That is indeed the highest praise.

[Mark Sampson]

Well played, Mr. Galli.

[Colin Graham]

Whatever they are that stuff on the trunks looks like Kudzu.

I believe it's English ivy. It's everywhere here. https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/english-ivy

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/aplomb2.jpg

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Nice and moody

[scheinfluger_77]

I believe it's English ivy. It's everywhere here. https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/english-ivy

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/aplomb2.jpg

Ah! I see the difference in the leaves. I suppose Washington is too cool for Kudzu. There’s lots of it here in Missouri in places and it gets thicker as you go south.

[Pat Kearns]

Yes, the deeper you get in the South the thicker the Kudzu. In the winter when it is dormant you can see the trees that lies beneath. In the summer when kudzu is at it's height it will cover everything.

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49125352857_05f35ac7a3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hR3gUn)Treehouse, Columbia River Gorge (https://flic.kr/p/2hR3gUn) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Nice

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ringbark.jpg

[jtomasella]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ringbark.jpg

I like this one. The two types of trees contrast each other and the background is dark enough to add separation.

[Colin Graham]

Thanks. I usually prefer much softer subjects but couldn't resist those angles.

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Jan1.jpg

[scheinfluger_77]

I like this one too Colin. It would be interesting to see just the tree trunk and angled weeds in focus. Just an observation.

[Colin Graham]

Thanks Steve.

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/backtracks-1.jpg
5x7/Fujinon 120 SW.

[jp]

Great batch of photos Colin! I like this harvesting scene and the lines and dark tones of the birch/pine photo from the previous page.

[slavatokar]

4x5:
https://live.staticflickr.com/1777/43111909835_7617ab1045_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28FDNNg)EPSON038 (https://flic.kr/p/28FDNNg) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

4x5:

Well seen. I like the light and dark contrasts.

[slavatokar]

Thank you!

[Ulophot]

Very fine indeed!

[Colin Graham]

Many thanks JP.

Slavatokar, wonderful picture.

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/forest.jpg
5x7/Fujnon 180W

[slavatokar]

4х5:
https://live.staticflickr.com/4205/34869779573_7a2f9fcb6b_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/V8jJC6)EPSON024 (https://flic.kr/p/V8jJC6) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

4х5:

Another beauty! I'm a sucker for back lit leaves.

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48611539551_992c53fdf8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2h4CR7g)Grass and wind. (https://flic.kr/p/2h4CR7g) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP viii, 180 mm Symmar, Fp4+, Rodinal

[Jim Galli]

Grass and wind.Andy, on Flickr MPP viii, 180 mm Symmar, Fp4+, Rodinal

Ohh! I want to be there. It gathers you in. Very lovely.

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/808/41190830041_5a7824a002_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25KTLGR)clear lake2 (https://flic.kr/p/25KTLGR) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP mk viii,180 mm. Symmar, Fp4+, Rodinal 1+50

[Jim Jones]

Intriguing subject, well composed.

[takpro]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ringbark.jpg

Nice.


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[takpro]

4х5:
https://live.staticflickr.com/4205/34869779573_7a2f9fcb6b_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/V8jJC6)EPSON024 (https://flic.kr/p/V8jJC6) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

Beautiful.


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[slavatokar]

Thank you!

[Andrew Tymon]

Ohh! I want to be there. It gathers you in. Very lovely.

Thanks Jim!

[Andrew Tymon]

Intriguing subject, well composed.

Thank you Jim! This was a lake in Louisiana that had been drained for repair work on a bridge. The water level was probably down a few feet and so most of the foreground was usually underwater.

[Clement Apffel]

My 4x5 spent four years in a closet but this fall, the urge of large format photography came back.

198046198047198048198049

Chamonix 4x5 hand-held, Rodenstock 150/5,6, T-Max100, HC-110, contact prints on Ilford Warmtone FB

It's good to be back !

[paulbarden]

2 days ago, I found an 8x10 film holder with 2 unprocessed sheets of HP5 in it from August 5th, so I ran them last night. No exposure data recorded, but I am pretty sure I shot this with my 12" convertible Turner-Reich lens.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49152430142_00660f5cdb_b.jpg

[Colin Graham]

MPP viii, 180 mm Symmar, Fp4+, Rodinal

Very nice! The wind on the grass is wonderful.

[Andrew Tymon]

Very nice! The wind on the grass is wonderful.

Thank you, Colin!

[Andrew Tymon]

My 4x5 spent four years in a closet but this fall, the urge of large format photography came back.

198046198047198048198049

Chamonix 4x5 hand-held, Rodenstock 150/5,6, T-Max100, HC-110, contact prints on Ilford Warmtone FB

It's good to be back !

Welcome back! I like them all, though the third from the left is my favorite.

[bobbotron]

An experiment with Arista Ortho Litho 3.0. Didn't quite come out as expected, over developed the film a bit. Regardless, I think it's an interesting image.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49158047041_1c08e08efc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hTVQKc)

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/877/41233612191_de2a61dce5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25PF3m8)clearlake storm (https://flic.kr/p/25PF3m8) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP mk viii, 180 mm, Symmar, Fp4+, Rodinal

[Michael Lloyd]

https://live.staticflickr.com/877/41233612191_de2a61dce5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25PF3m8)clearlake storm (https://flic.kr/p/25PF3m8) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP mk viii, 180 mm, Symmar, Fp4+, Rodinal

Whoa... this is gorgeous!

[scheinfluger_77]

An experiment with Arista Ortho Litho 3.0. Didn't quite come out as expected, over developed the film a bit. Regardless, I think it's an interesting image.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49158047041_1c08e08efc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hTVQKc)

What was your developer regime?

[Andrew Tymon]

Whoa... this is gorgeous!

Thanks, Michael

[bobbotron]

What was your developer regime?

Developed the film by inspection. I think I can do better with this print, split printing it. I might give that a shot, I think there's more detail to be had with it.

[bobbotron]

https://live.staticflickr.com/877/41233612191_de2a61dce5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25PF3m8)clearlake storm (https://flic.kr/p/25PF3m8) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP mk viii, 180 mm, Symmar, Fp4+, Rodinal

This is great, love the reflections!

[Mark Stahlke]

I don't know if I posted this one before so here it is.

198103

[scheinfluger_77]

Developed the film by inspection. I think I can do better with this print, split printing it. I might give that a shot, I think there's more detail to be had with it.

I guess what I’m asking is did you use regular lith developer and dilution for this, or something else?

[Andrew Tymon]

This is great, love the reflections!

Thanks so much!

[bobbotron]

I guess what I’m asking is did you use regular lith developer and dilution for this, or something else?

I used eco pro film developer, 1+4. Would dilute more in the future, but my main problem is I left it in a wee bit too long.

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49166269593_923bcee54c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hUDZ2k)Hazelnut Grove with Cottonwoods, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/2hUDZ2k) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[slavatokar]

4х5:
https://live.staticflickr.com/4842/45233644994_7b63360407_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bV9fJW)EPSON scanner image (https://flic.kr/p/2bV9fJW) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

[Jim Galli]

4х5:

Got me again. Beautiful image.

[Andrew Tymon]

4х5:
https://live.staticflickr.com/4842/45233644994_7b63360407_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bV9fJW)EPSON scanner image (https://flic.kr/p/2bV9fJW) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

Nice!

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/8672/16269900506_ee0c5913c3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qMHuzY)Ambergate ,Derbyshire,1991 (https://flic.kr/p/qMHuzY) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

Mpp,90 mm, Super Angulon,kodak high speed infra red, red filter,ID-11 stock

[Leszek Vogt]

4х5:
https://live.staticflickr.com/4842/45233644994_7b63360407_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2bV9fJW)EPSON scanner image (https://flic.kr/p/2bV9fJW) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

Vryczeslav, I'm a total sucker for IR (excellent).....and if your lathe work is as nice as your images.....Wow.

Les

[Jim Galli]

, on Flickr Mpp,90 mm, Super Angulon,kodak high speed infra red, red filter,ID-11 stock

Beautiful. Infrared was on my list and didn't get done, at least not in LF. Some nice 35mm with the Nikon ages ago. By this time I'm sure the film must be quite dead? An older Nikon digital SLR converted to infrared is probably the way to go now. Just a dedicated camera for that purpose.

[slavatokar]

Vryczeslav, I'm a total sucker for IR (excellent).....and if your lathe work is as nice as your images.....Wow.

Les

Thank you! An example of my lathe work, magnesium base for foba ballhead made to fit into my gitzo tripod:
https://live.staticflickr.com/4825/32335002948_079528b7e5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RgkkQQ)AF8XqZa_JP0 (https://flic.kr/p/RgkkQQ) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

[jtomasella]

https://live.staticflickr.com/8672/16269900506_ee0c5913c3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qMHuzY)Ambergate ,Derbyshire,1991 (https://flic.kr/p/qMHuzY) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

Mpp,90 mm, Super Angulon,kodak high speed infra red, red filter,ID-11 stock
Love this.

[Andrew Tymon]

Beautiful. Infrared was on my list and didn't get done, at least not in LF. Some nice 35mm with the Nikon ages ago. By this time I'm sure the film must be quite dead? An older Nikon digital SLR converted to infrared is probably the way to go now. Just a dedicated camera for that purpose.

Thanks Jim. I only ever bought one box as it was expensive in the UK even in the 90's. It was easy to ruin a sheet with a fingerprint, fun to use though.

[Michael Lloyd]

Nice workmanship!!

[jtomasella]

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I was out filming another video today and ran across this scene. I think I had an uneven development problem with this image. I fixed it the best I could. Development was 1+119 at 18 minutes, (Taco method). I'll post the other two images next week when the video gets uploaded. This was scanned on a V600 then stitched together.

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pall.jpg

[Ulophot]

Nicely seen, Colin.

[Louis Pacilla]

Nicely seen, Colin.

Agreed!

[jp]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pall.jpg

Very nice! The strong horizontal and verticals are like the trees are practicing to be mission furniture. I like the composition and tones.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Well done.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Portra160, 75mm Nikkor f/4.5@f/22, 1 second. Forward Tilt with Chamonix 45H-1.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49190579668_09eb930757_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hWNzyy)

[Colin Graham]

Thanks guys.

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/henhouse-alders.jpg

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lowly.jpg

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rootplane-1.jpg

[gimenosaiz]

Hi!
Welta Rak : Radionar 135/4.5
Foma 100 : HC-110 1+47
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49223654453_a850e1a6f6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hZJ6xt)

Regards

[jtomasella]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rootplane-1.jpg
I have a fallen tree about a mile from my house that I'd like to photograph. The roots have to be 10ft tall.

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49011900496_432679c1b5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hF1Ntb)2019-10-31 Чернобыль Foma 100 in XTOL 1+1 8,5 min009-012web (https://flic.kr/p/2hF1Ntb) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
"Abandoned world". Ukraine, 2019-10-31, Wista SP 4x5, Symmar 135/5.6@22, Foma 100 in XTOL

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48996234641_94e07af2c5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hDCvye)2019-10-31 Чернобыль Foma 100 in XTOL 1+1 8,5 min001-012web (https://flic.kr/p/2hDCvye) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
"Abandoned world", Abandoned post office. Ukraine, 2019-10-31, Wista SP 4x5, Symmar 135/5.6@22, Foma 200 in XTOL

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/offroadC.jpg