post your trees!

[Gary Beasley]

Is that down around Venice, LA? The location looks familiar.
No, its a small lake west of Baton Rouge south of I-10 somewhere. Can remember the name of it.

[Salmo22]

At 9,560' in elevation, this old snag has seen some severe weather - both winter and summer. Over the decades it survived everything Mother Nature could invoke and grew to be a tall sentinel overlooking the once verdant Paddy Creek drainage on the west flank of Escudilla Mountain. However, in 2011 the Wallow Wild Fire killed much of the vegetation on the mountain, including this monarch. While certainly not as regal as before, he still stands tall with the thousands of other aspen, spruce, and pine skeletons as a reminder to what was. I was very lucky and caught a ¾ moon moving across the sky at sunset. Sometimes things work out. Click on image for higher resolution on my Flickr page.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50185923118_56f0141fde_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jsKYuw)
PADDY CREEK SNAG and MOON - Escudilla Mountain, Arizona

Camera: Arca-Swiss 4x5, Developer: Ilford Ilfotch DDX, Exposure: 1/2 sec @ F/32, Film: Illford FP4+, Filter: B+W #16 Orange, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon Nikkor-SW 120mm f/8, Scan: Epson V850, SP-445 Compact 4x5 Film Processing System

[Corran]

Nice one, I was just admiring that image and location on Instagram. Like it even better in full 4x5 size.

Another image from the Bamboo Forest:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/bamboo-5505ss.jpg

[viboons]

The tree just a few corners from my home. 4x5 HP5+ 400 N+2 90mm Grandago -N f6.8 1/30 sec. f22

[faraz]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50187945021_8b425fa40f_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jsWkwV)

My second or third 4x5 shot and first post here. I don't live anywhere spectacular, but trees are beautiful beings and fortunately there are plenty characterful ones here in Hertfordshire, England.
I wanted a high key image with low contrast and Fomapan 100 seems to work for this if exposed well.

Taken on my Ebony 45SU with 125mm Fujinon CM 125mm/5.6 @ f16, on Fomapan 100 developed in Rodinal 1:50, scanned on Epson V800

Sepia half tone added in LR, I usually selenium + sepia tone my prints. Silver gelatin print pending....waiting to get a 4x5 enlarger!

[Salmo22]

Nice one, I was just admiring that image and location on Instagram. Like it even better in full 4x5 size.

Thank you for the kind words Bryan.

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50187945021_8b425fa40f_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jsWkwV)

My second or third 4x5 shot and first post here. I don't live anywhere spectacular, but trees are beautiful beings and fortunately there are plenty characterful ones here in Hertfordshire, England.
I wanted a high key image with low contrast and Fomapan 100 seems to work for this if exposed well.

Taken on my Ebony 45SU with 125mm Fujinon CM 125mm/5.6 @ f16, on Fomapan 100 developed in Rodinal 1:50, scanned on Epson V800

Sepia half tone added in LR, I usually selenium + sepia tone my prints. Silver gelatin print pending....waiting to get a 4x5 enlarger!

Nice one Faraz, looks like you are off to a good start in large format.

[CreationBear]

Nice one Faraz

+1...wonderful composition and processing--the high key approach works really well.:) (BTW, concerning the lack of "grand" landscapes in your neck of the woods, personally I'm almost always drawn to photos taken in the UK. Call it ancestral memory perhaps--or maybe it's just the angle of the sun in high latitudes--but I don't think you'll want for subjects.)

[faraz]

Bizarrely there are actually 2 sequoias close to where I live. I assume an enthusiastic Victorian planted them. They haven't reached the height of their US cousins but still nice to have little "grandness" from across the pond in my backyard

[CreationBear]

Bizarrely there are actually 2 sequoias close to where I live.

Very cool--with the right grow-site, y'all might have to equip with aircraft warning lights in a few decades.:) (FWIW, it's the Scottish palm trees that have always made me chuckle.)

At any rate, there was of course much to-ing and fro-ing of rootstocks between Britain and her American colonies back in the day, much of it funneled through a Quaker mafia made up of merchants like Peter Collinson and physician John Fothergill, who distributed the finds of their man-on-the-ground, Pennsylvanian John Bartram, to the moneyed elite of the day.

[Michael Kadillak]

206581

Clear Creek, Colorado

[faraz]

Very cool--with the right grow-site, y'all might have to equip with aircraft warning lights in a few decades.:) (FWIW, it's the Scottish palm trees that have always made me chuckle.)

At any rate, there was of course much to-ing and fro-ing of rootstocks between Britain and her American colonies back in the day, much of it funneled through a Quaker mafia made up of merchants like Peter Collinson and physician John Fothergill, who distributed the finds of their man-on-the-ground, Pennsylvanian John Bartram, to the moneyed elite of the day.

Hiking on the west coast of Scotland many years ago much to my bewilderment I spotted some of those palm trees on a beach. Come to think of it, it may have been on the Isle of Harris

[giganova]

Linhof Technika V with Schneider 180/5.6 on Ilford FP-4, developed in Ilford DD-X:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50190162851_ba41416538_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jt8GPn)Hanging-Tree_2_2_2000pix (https://flic.kr/p/2jt8GPn)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50189608923_beee0d23b4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jt5S9T)House-with-Tree_2_2000pix (https://flic.kr/p/2jt5S9T)

[giganova]

Not sure whether this counts as a tree:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50095048512_b467e73227_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jjJdCY)House_2000pix (https://flic.kr/p/2jjJdCY)

[faraz]

Little tree in a wheat field. Always thought to photograph it passing it by on my bike, finally did it with the 4x5 on Fomapan 100, f45 around 30s without the orange filter I was trying to find.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50187482908_7f02553ce2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jsTYas)

[slavatokar]

13x18 Orwo NP20 film, angulon 6,8/120:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50188912203_4303b26871.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jt2i3t)0209 (https://flic.kr/p/2jt2i3t) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

[Shailendra]

Little tree in a wheat field. Always thought to photograph it passing it by on my bike, finally did it with the 4x5 on Fomapan 100, f45 around 30s without the orange filter I was trying to find.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50187482908_7f02553ce2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jsTYas)

This is such a stunning image.

[takpro]

13x18 Orwo NP20 film, angulon 6,8/120:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50188912203_4303b26871.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jt2i3t)0209 (https://flic.kr/p/2jt2i3t) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

Nice.


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[CreationBear]

Little tree in a wheat field.

Wonderful scene...y'all's arborscapes just seem so civilized.:) Here's what I'm dealing with here in the American South:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50192128146_335358ed27_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jtiM2L)57fallen2401A (https://flic.kr/p/2jtiM2L) by J Barnes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/101405209@N02/), on Flickr

[Corran]

Nice one. It is hard to find form from chaos as you know.

[j.e.simmons]

There used to be a guy on the forums who sometimes used the name Tim Atherton. He once described it as taking a picture of a tree that’s behind another tree, that’s behind a bush.

[CreationBear]

He once described it as taking a picture of a tree that’s behind another tree, that’s behind a bush.

Ha, thanks Bryan--I'm starting to think the whole "plane-of-focus" concept is just another species of Yankee propaganda. Otherwise, that's a great quote! I know of another photographer who described shooting in the Eastern Woodlands like doing interior architecture work: definitely have to up my wide angle/movement game.

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/sheet0145.jpg

This oak is close to my summer house on the west coast of Sweden.
We call it the "chained oak" since it's got som human help to survive

Intrepid 4x5 mark IV & Fomapan 400. Can't remember the lens but probably a Symmar 135/5.6

[faraz]

Uprooted tree, taken on my Ebony 45su with Fuji CM-W 125mm/f5.6 at f45 on Tmax 100

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50187483818_53d2e7b4ba_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jsTYr9)Uprooted (https://flic.kr/p/2jsTYr9) by pixelscape (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92466893@N06/), on Flickr

[CreationBear]

I'm liking this as well--great light! As someone whose tastes run toward the abstract
I'm even seeing some nice crops as well--a square on the right side, and even a chopped 1:2 tight against the lower right corner.

[faraz]

I'm liking this as well--great light! As someone whose tastes run toward the abstract
I'm even seeing some nice crops as well--a square on the right side, and even a chopped 1:2 tight against the lower right corner.

I've been wanting to return and take this 5x8" (masked 8x10) to achieve a comp similar to your 1:2 suggestion. But it's been just too hot to even think about it. Faffing around with the 8x10 in that heat would be unbearable!

I'm working on a project of 5x8" contact prints - so cropping the 4x5 wouldn't cut it, I need to go back...

[CreationBear]

I'm working on a project of 5x8" contact prints

Excellent, I'll be very interested in what you find about the relationship between scale and subject matter. I'll hopefully be making my first 5x7 contact prints in the upcoming months and am wondering how my extremely detailed/fractal scenes will translate. It's also on my mind to try to contact print those negs on 8x10 paper using a lith tape mask--you're really making the case for large white borders here.:)

At any rate, a captivating Flickr stream as well--you've accumulated more frequent flier miles than I have at the very least!

[faraz]

Excellent, I'll be very interested in what you find about the relationship between scale and subject matter. I'll hopefully be making my first 5x7 contact prints in the upcoming months and am wondering how my extremely detailed/fractal scenes will translate. It's also on my mind to try to contact print those negs on 8x10 paper using a lith tape mask--you're really making the case for large white borders here.:)


I'm actually masking to expose 2 x 5x8" on a single 8x10" sheet. Just developed my first sheet and I double exposed (more mental focus needed when shooting!), the second sheet was ok, 2 exposures nicely on a single sheet. I think I've figured out a system for remembering which half is already exposed, but the process is fraught with peril.

[CreationBear]

2 exposures nicely on a single sheet.

Excellent, especially with Ilford at least going for a fiver per sheet!:)

[Corran]

Two views of the same tree. Or the remains of it, anyway.

Big Talbot Island State Park - Bluffs Trail, or "Boneyard Beach"
Near Jacksonville, Florida
Mercury 4x5, 47mm XL, T-Max 100, Pyrocat:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/bigtalbot-5511ss.jpg

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/bigtalbot-5512css.jpg

[takpro]

Uprooted tree, taken on my Ebony 45su with Fuji CM-W 125mm/f5.6 at f45 on Tmax 100

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50187483818_53d2e7b4ba_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jsTYr9)Uprooted (https://flic.kr/p/2jsTYr9) by pixelscape (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92466893@N06/), on Flickr

Beautiful.


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[Ulophot]

Corran, the second is certainly the most unusual, but I don't cite it for such a mere disconnected reason. It's a good composition, imaginatively conceived and well handled, and offers the viewer an interesting discover process. Well done.

[Corran]

Thanks Ulophot. Been sitting with it a couple days trying to decide if I like it enough to print. I personally enjoyed the light filtering through in the early morning haze. It was a struggle to get the camera in position and compose something as I was kneeling in the wet sand as the tide was coming in behind me. I'll have to post the setup in "The Setup and the Shot" thread.

[David Schaller]

Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Maine.

https://i.imgur.com/w6r16TB.jpg

[takpro]

Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Maine.

https://i.imgur.com/w6r16TB.jpg

Beautiful.


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[rdenney]

Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Maine.

https://i.imgur.com/w6r16TB.jpg

We were scheduled to spend a week with friends on that lake this year, pre-pandemic. Maybe next year.

Rick “don’t want to run out of next years” Denney

[David Schaller]

I highly recommend it Rick. We camped at the Stephen Phillips Memorial Preserve campground, which was great. It's primitive camping, and the sites are walk-in or boat in. But it was impressively remote at that end of the lake. Very windy of course.

[arri]

At 9,560' in elevation, this old snag has seen some severe weather - both winter and summer. Over the decades it survived everything Mother Nature could invoke and grew to be a tall sentinel overlooking the once verdant Paddy Creek drainage on the west flank of Escudilla Mountain. However, in 2011 the Wallow Wild Fire killed much of the vegetation on the mountain, including this monarch. While certainly not as regal as before, he still stands tall with the thousands of other aspen, spruce, and pine skeletons as a reminder to what was. I was very lucky and caught a ¾ moon moving across the sky at sunset. Sometimes things work out. Click on image for higher resolution on my Flickr page.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50185923118_56f0141fde_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jsKYuw)
PADDY CREEK SNAG and MOON - Escudilla Mountain, Arizona

Camera: Arca-Swiss 4x5, Developer: Ilford Ilfotch DDX, Exposure: 1/2 sec @ F/32, Film: Illford FP4+, Filter: B+W #16 Orange, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon Nikkor-SW 120mm f/8, Scan: Epson V850, SP-445 Compact 4x5 Film Processing System


Well composed, excellent work

[paulbarden]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50308964893_6c37e931e6_h.jpg

[arri]

Ilford FP4+, Adox FX-30 II developer, Emil Suter, Basel "Stella" 160mm f/5

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50342158718_88cc302702_h.jpg

[Peter Lewin]

Paul, your #6551 is a standout, I can stare at it for quite a while. I love images where I have to try and work out either what is going on, or how it was done, and your combination of what I think is soft-focus plus petzval swirl fits the bill!

[jp]

Uprooted tree, taken on my Ebony 45su with Fuji CM-W 125mm/f5.6 at f45 on Tmax 100

Beautiful in many ways.. Lines, textures, lighting, story. Great job.

[jp]

Granite and trees at Settlement Quarry, Stonington Maine. June 2020. Ilford FP4+ film in pyrocat hdc. 4x5 preanniversary speed graphic with Aero Ektar lens.



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50357502936_982b014f1e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jHVncf)
img118b (https://flic.kr/p/2jHVncf) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[paulbarden]

Paul, your #6551 is a standout, I can stare at it for quite a while. I love images where I have to try and work out either what is going on, or how it was done, and your combination of what I think is soft-focus plus petzval swirl fits the bill!

Thanks, glad it resonates with you!

[jtomasella]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50308964893_6c37e931e6_h.jpg

Love this

[jtomasella]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50358685333_33dbb0c481_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jJ2qFp)untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2jJ2qFp) by John tomasella (https://www.flickr.com/photos/186014358@N07/), on Flickr

Part of my Pinelands series on my YouTube channel. The is a scan of the darkroom print. Shot on FP4+, 150mm lens at F5.6. Developed in HC-110 1+31.

[arri]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50362757657_65572b28d0_h.jpg
Somewere in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Ilford FP4+, Adox FX-39 II, G-Claron 9/240mm, 4x5" sheet film.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 4.5/90, Kodak T-Max 400, Pyrocat-HD:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50363385877_f94845f56f_h.jpg

[CreationBear]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 4.5/90, Kodak T-Max 400, Pyrocat-HD:


A lot of great arborscapes on the thread lately, but this one stands out.:) I'm curious about your exposure/development...looks like a real torture test to me, one that would have me at least considering a two-bath Pyro approach.

[Dugan]

Gabe, the tonal quality of that image is remarkable!
Nice composition, as well. Bravo!

[Gabe]

A lot of great arborscapes on the thread lately, but this one stands out.:) I'm curious about your exposure/development...looks like a real torture test to me, one that would have me at least considering a two-bath Pyro approach.

Thank you :)

From my notes the deepest shadows were on about Zone III, and the brightest patches of leaves were about Zone VIII, so nothing too crazy. The sky was about Zone X. Development was with Pyrocat-HD 1:1:5:95 A:B:IPA:water in an SP-445 tank using minimal agitation/semi-stand, 22 C for 14 mins. I think it was a touch underdeveloped tbh as the neg came out a little on the thin side for my liking, but I'm still in the process of fine tuning. I've read about divided Pyrocat, but it's not something I've tried yet (would be useful for rollfilm I'm sure). Straight high dilution Pyrocat can work wonders on its own I find.

The negative was "scanned" via a 9-shot stitch with my D810. I didn't do much to the file beyond setting levels and a touch of subtle dodging and burning using luminosity masks in Photoshop; all the detail was already there in the neg.


Gabe, the tonal quality of that image is remarkable!
Nice composition, as well. Bravo!

Many thanks!

[CreationBear]

Pyrocat-HD 1:1:5:95 A:B:IPA


Excellent, thanks for the detailed reply--I'm not familiar with the acronym "IPA" however other than isopropyl alcohol...though apparently there are some folks out there developing in beer! A waste of Indian Pale Ale to my mind, but to each his own...:)

[Gabe]

Excellent, thanks for the detailed reply--I'm not familiar with the acronym "IPA" however other than isopropyl alcohol...though apparently there are some folks out there developing in beer! A waste of Indian Pale Ale to my mind, but to each his own...:)

Yes high purity isopropyl alcohol. I started standardising on using 5% of it by volume with Pyrocat when doing semi-stand, as it lowers the surface tension of the mixture and prevents formation of air bells. I also mix some of it with deionised water for the final rinse of my film rather than using regular wetting agents, as those can easily leave residues, whereas IPA + deionised water always gives pristine results. It's very useful stuff.

[CreationBear]

Wonderful, I'm very much the newbie when it comes to...well, everything LF:), but that's a new approach for me. At any rate, a great shot!

[kevinjp]

This is my first ever 4x5 attempt, a Birch tree in some morning sidelight. I'm using some 6 year old film and developer I got with the camera and wanted to see if it was still good. I knew the developer would be ok, but wasn't sure about the film. I also just wanted to see if I could manage to expose a sheet of film and develop it without screwing it up. I don't have a scanner so I used my Panasonic S1 and a light pad. I don't have a good setup yet so I couldn't keep the film perfectly flat so the edges are a bit soft.

Toyo 45 AII, Schneider Symmar-S 210mm, Delta 100, D76 1:1.

207945

[Tin Can]

Good work!

Now 50 years of refinement

Have fun always

[kevinjp]

Thanks Tin Can! I definitely have some refining to do.

[Gabe]

I'm very much the newbie when it comes to...well, everything LF:)

Me too, although I've done quite a bit of research on the subject before taking the plunge. Only assembled the basic kit in the last month or so. That was my 4th exposed sheet so far.

Thanks again.

[Ben Calwell]

This is my first ever 4x5 attempt, a Birch tree in some morning sidelight. I'm using some 6 year old film and developer I got with the camera and wanted to see if it was still good. I knew the developer would be ok, but wasn't sure about the film. I also just wanted to see if I could manage to expose a sheet of film and develop it without screwing it up. I don't have a scanner so I used my Panasonic S1 and a light pad. I don't have a good setup yet so I couldn't keep the film perfectly flat so the edges are a bit soft.

Toyo 45 AII, Schneider Symmar-S 210mm, Delta 100, D76 1:1.

207945

That’s a beauty!

[kevinjp]

Thanks Ben!

[paulbarden]

Next image in this new series. Voigtlander Trees Study, No. 2

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50376100397_5eb8c14974_h.jpg

Made with the B&J Watson 5x7 and a Voigtlander Petzval lens. Approx. 1/2 second exposure (cap off, cap on) on expired FP4, processed in PMK Pyro.
To make this photograph, I am in the Marys River up to my armpits. This is the lowest the river level drops to at late summer. It amazes me to think that many trees along the bank of the Marys are submerged in water 20 feet deeper than this for 1/3 of the year.

[Corran]

This shot didn't work in b&w, but I like it in color. Cropped to 2:3.

Intrepid 4x5, Nikkor 90m f/8, Portra 160 NC:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/bigtalbot-5568css.jpg

[h2oman]

Next image in this new series. Voigtlander Trees Study, No. 2

I had a pretty good idea whose image this was before I saw the name. I'm not always a fan of the look from those old lenses, but it serves this image quite well. I'd put that on my wall.

[paulbarden]

Next image in this new series. Voigtlander Trees Study, No. 2

I had a pretty good idea whose image this was before I saw the name. I'm not always a fan of the look from those old lenses, but it serves this image quite well. I'd put that on my wall.

Thank you Gregg.
I don't always choose the Petzval lenses for what I do - it is a look that has to be used purposefully. In this instance, I wanted to use those optical traits to isolate the feature I thought was most worth attention. As you say, it serves this image well. And thanks.

[Corran]

Interloper, Bamboo Forest
On the Chattahoochee River
Mercury 4x5 / 47mm XL / Portra 160NC

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/bamboo-5572ss.jpg

[paulbarden]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50409866441_2caf69d321_h.jpg

I used my B&J Watson 5x7 camera and Ilford's FP4 (expired in 2008), processed in PMK Pyro. Exposure notes: 4.5 minutes at f22, using the 203mm Ektar lens.

[Gabe]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50409866441_2caf69d321_h.jpg

I used my B&J Watson 5x7 camera and Ilford's FP4 (expired in 2008), processed in PMK Pyro. Exposure notes: 4.5 minutes at f22, using the 203mm Ektar lens.

Excellent shot. The water must have been remarkably calm to give such clean reflections at that exposure time.

[Nick Swisher Photography]

/Users/nickswisher/Desktop/Starting Over Scans/The Stranger-3.jpg

Here's one I took in Capitol Reef on Velvia 50! Here's a link to the video where I made it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlOTj8fF1KU

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVLpMkBQPaO9MDwgjRkR0g

Instagram: swishersphotography

[paulbarden]

And a variation on the 2020 Trees theme I'm compiling: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50413044072_9d0f5f2317_h.jpg

Photograph made using the Voigtlander Petzval lens on my old B&J Watson 5x7 camera. Exposure was done manually by taking the lens cap off and back on: approx 1/2 second exposure on expired FP4 (2008), processed in PMK Pyro.

[paulbarden]

Excellent shot. The water must have been remarkably calm to give such clean reflections at that exposure time.

The Marys River is still at its seasonal low flow, so things move quite slowly in the river these days. So yes, the water was quite still when I made this photograph. Glad you like it, thanks!

[arri]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50413362991_65f74d5beb_h.jpg

Ilford FP4+ (not expired)
Sheet film 4x5"
Adox FX-39 II developer
125mm f/5.6

[CreationBear]

And a variation on the 2020 Trees theme I'm compiling.

Excellent work--this one and Voigtlander #2 are my favorites so far...very much like the "quartering" approach, and the dappled light in the center of the frame is special indeed.

[CreationBear]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50413362991_65f74d5beb_h.jpg


This is one I'll be studying a while--very impressive how you find a bit of order in an otherwise busy scene!:)

[paulbarden]

Excellent work--this one and Voigtlander #2 are my favorites so far...very much like the "quartering" approach, and the dappled light in the center of the frame is special indeed.

Thank you very much. Its a bit atypical for me to present an image with such soft contrast as this, but I like the evocative nature of the result.

[CreationBear]

with such soft contrast

I could imagine the upper midtones at the center of the frame having almost a lacquered look in a print, (which would definitely work for me.) At any rate, I admire your ability to navigate over that kind of substrate--I've had some, ah, immersive experiences plonking around cut banks over the years.

[arri]

This is a test of a Rodenstock Ysarex 127mm f/4.7 out of a Polaroid Pathfinder 110A camera
It is a moderate wideangle at 4x5".
Here I have to tilt the camera front and in the upper edges a reduced sharpness is visible.
A good usable lens for very small money.

Ilford HP5+ 4x5" sheet film, developed in Adox FX-39 II.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50416854332_e9ab13ddb2_h.jpg

[unityofsaints]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50421182658_4af7250472_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jPxJXu)
Twins (https://flic.kr/p/2jPxJXu) by unityofsaints (https://www.flickr.com/photos/unityofsaints/), on Flickr

HP5+
Tachihara 8x10
Fujinon W 250 6.7
contact print on Foma FB multigrade

Still working out the digital workflow for these, the print looks very different indeed.

[johnmsanderson]

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b46b0607e3c3a7a060eacde/1602116745445-60JZMMGVQ9T7DP9G4D74/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGZsbMQorZLBvTsrYytc7qF7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0k5fwC0WRNFJBIXiBeNI5fJGakbYmdiD6__a5C2qZ2UTsB9eRcg0fXTvgHFdJLOJFg/John_Sanderson_highway_arbor_Interstate+80_West_Middlesex.jpg?format=2500w

Highway Arbor along Interstate 80, Pennsylvania (September 2020)


Rodenstock Sironar W 210, 8x10 Ektar

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/sheet0260.jpg

Yesterday at The Stone Beach at the Peninsula of Ören, south of Stockholm, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1, Super Angulon XL 47mm, FP4+ 9x12

[Michael Lloyd]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/sheet0260.jpg

Yesterday at The Stone Beach at the Peninsula of Ören, south of Stockholm, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1, Super Angulon XL 47mm, FP4+ 9x12

That is gorgeous!

[lassethomas]

That is gorgeous!

Thanks!

[Roberto Nania]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50564962053_dd59a99aa4_b.jpg

Near Fermo, Italy

Chamonix 45N-2
Symmar 150/5.6
Ilford FP4 in HC110
Scan with DSLR

[RenoAmiens]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50572421931_6ab394121a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k3UT8a)Bouleau001 (https://flic.kr/p/2k3UT8a) by renaud henry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/renohenry/), sur Flickr

Intrepid 4x5 MK4
Fujinon 180mm 5.6 NSW
Kodak TMY in Xtol
Scan with dslr

[Corran]

Cypress Knees at Sunrise
Congaree National Park
Intrepid 4x5 / Nikkor 90mm f/8 / T-Max 100

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ngC0hXm600k/X6of_jClw1I/AAAAAAAANG4/pyUqa74lbx4vm04q-5ZufgpDeqMoKP2dQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/congaree-5800cs.jpg

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I like that one Corran

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Howtek scan of one of my first 4x5 images. Toyo 4x5 and 75mm lens. Many things technically whacked, but still not a bad image.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50611199118_1d4c5a9764_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k7kCem)

[h2oman]

I like that one Corran

Agreed. I prefer it by quite a bit to the one that has been generating a lot of activity elsewhere. This one is so much more luminous...

[Corran]

It's grown on me a lot since first posting it. The little "hairs" on the cypress knees illuminated in the early light make it for me - hard to get it just right. Another negative made just slightly to the right and a few minutes before is dull and lifeless despite having the same sunlight. Thanks.

[Jim Becia]

Image made with an Ebony 5x7 using Caltar 210 lens on Provia film and converted black and white.

[h2oman]

Nice image! I'm guessing this is the same park where you made that very lovely color image that I received on a card when you assembled an image sharing portfolio?

[Jim Becia]

Nice image! I'm guessing this is the same park where you made that very lovely color image that I received on a card when you assembled an image sharing portfolio?

Yes, it is.

[gmed]

this was made in the summer of 2020 during the covid closures in the redwood National Park. I used Arca Swiss F line metric camera along with Nikon 150mm lens. Film used was Kodak E-100

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50614944298_d447e7b96c_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k7EPxq)Enchanted Forest (https://flic.kr/p/2k7EPxq) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

[h2oman]

Sitka spruce between the redwoods and the ocean, near Crescent City, California. Along the Howland Hill Road, for those of you who know the area. 4x5, 150mm lens.

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[Ulophot]

Jim, gmed, and h2oman, all especially fine work.

[Vaughn]

Beautiful image, Jim -- a delicacy.

h2oman -- was just there last Saturday! Road is open all the way through again after repair work. Great image, but unfamiliar with that set of Spruces along the road

gmed -- sweetly captured the dappled light!

[h2oman]

As you are climbing out of Crescent City, stop at the top of the hill where there is a gated road, maybe to some sort of camp as I recall? Walk back downhill a hundred yards or so on the road and look northeast.

That road is one of my favorite drives anywhere, except in the summer when the light is harsh and all the ferns are covered with dust from the road!

[Vaughn]

Ah -- I am too anxious to get over the hill and drop into Mill Creek -- teaches me!!

I try not drive that road in the dry season! Between the dust and the people, I find other places to hide out! LOL! But the light was very fine on Saturday, but I was with my son in the late afternoon and left the 5x7 in the car in order to just enjoy being with my son in the redwoods. He was working in the redwoods all summer -- but much further south and much drier.

[h2oman]

If we have visitors, a favorite driving/camping route is up to Crater Lake, down the North Umpqua (waterfalls!), out to the coast, down to Crescent City, through the redwoods on Howland Hill road, and home. A pretty good sampling of four great things. So if they come in the summer, we drive Howland Hill in the summer. When we were younger and heartier, we went to the Smith River for winter kayaking. I'm pretty much a fair weather kayaker now!

[lili.b]

Utterly beautiful gmed !

[gmfotografie]

4x5 - 125mm Portra 160

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50619952226_0d135558f9_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k87ue1)weißpriach_lonka (https://flic.kr/p/2k87ue1) by Michael Guggemos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmfotografie/), auf Flickr

[mono]

4x5 - 125mm Portra 160

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50619952226_0d135558f9_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k87ue1)weißpriach_lonka (https://flic.kr/p/2k87ue1) by Michael Guggemos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmfotografie/), auf Flickr

Beautiful!
And nice representation.

[CreationBear]

Beautiful!
And nice representation.

+1, Michael--a wonderful montane color palette there!:)

[Ulophot]

Michael, what a painterly image! A pleasure.

[Jim Becia]

Here is a second composition from the same general group of trees as in my last post. Like the previous one, it is a black and white conversion from a 5x7 piece of Provia.

[Gabe]

Here is a second composition from the same general group of trees as in my last post. Like the previous one, it is a black and white conversion from a 5x7 piece of Provia.

Nice job. I think this is the stronger of the two.

[gmfotografie]

great shoot

[gmed]

Love it gm.


4x5 - 125mm Portra 160

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50619952226_0d135558f9_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k87ue1)weißpriach_lonka (https://flic.kr/p/2k87ue1) by Michael Guggemos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmfotografie/), auf Flickr

[gmed]

Made with Chamonix 45F and Nikon 150mm, Kodak Tmax 100, near my house in San Diego

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50623293817_edeeea24ed_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k8pByD)Family_tree_2-Edit copy (https://flic.kr/p/2k8pByD) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

[David Schaller]

Made with Chamonix 45F and Nikon 150mm, Kodak Tmax 100, near my house in San Diego

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50623293817_edeeea24ed_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k8pByD)Family_tree_2-Edit copy (https://flic.kr/p/2k8pByD) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr
This is very nice. Well seen.

[h2oman]

You guys are all knocking it out of the park! Beautiful images.

[Jim Becia]

An older 4x5 image that I had to re-scan. It was made with an Ebony 4x5 using a Nikkor 300M on Velvia 50.

[Thad Gerheim]

209852Whitebark pine roots from Deardorff 5x7 on 400 Tmax
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50641590907_9be5f62d5d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ka2oDH)Whitebark Roots (https://flic.kr/p/2ka2oDH) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[Leszek Vogt]

Made with Chamonix 45F and Nikon 150mm, Kodak Tmax 100, near my house in San Diego

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50623293817_edeeea24ed_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k8pByD)Family_tree_2-Edit copy (https://flic.kr/p/2k8pByD) by Gevork Mosesi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gevork_mosesi/), on Flickr

Really like how you filled the frame with the tree. Ha, and you didn't even needed F2 :>).
Nice work.

Les

[Thad Gerheim]

Whitebark pine 4x5 Velvia 100 209954
Hey, how do you post photos from flickr? Never mind, got it!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50653884307_18d9c05be4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kb7p3T)Poverty-Whitebark (https://flic.kr/p/2kb7p3T) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[Thad Gerheim]

Another photo of Whitebark pines from high on a 9000' ridge in Idaho. Taken with a 5x7 Deardorff on 4x5 Velvia 100
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50653041778_91c051931e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kb35Aw)poverty-windswept copy (https://flic.kr/p/2kb35Aw) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[gmfotografie]

here we go.... Charm. 4x5 - 125mm Velvia50 - 6 sec exposure.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50656632893_50be987134_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kbmu7i)Hinterweißpriach_BaumII (https://flic.kr/p/2kbmu7i) by Michael Guggemos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmfotografie/), auf Flickr

[Equivet96]

www.flickr.com/photos/146854039@N04/49852092436/in/dateposted-public/ ("[url)"]

[CreationBear]

Whitebark pine roots from Deardorff 5x7 on 400 Tmax


Inspiring work, Thad and Michael. I could especially see trying to find a little loiter time among the whitebark pines, HAPE be damned.:p

[Thad Gerheim]

Thank-you CreationBear,
I believe the Whitebark pine are related to the Bristlecone. They just don't have as much character, but they are nice and grow in a similar area.

Equivet96, I think you are having the same problem that I was having at posting from Flickr. Choose the photo that you would like to post, then select the arrow for sharing. In the box that appears click on the BBCode and copy then paste it to your reply box.

[Gary Beasley]

here we go.... Charm. 4x5 - 125mm Velvia50 - 6 sec exposure.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50656632893_50be987134_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kbmu7i)Hinterweißpriach_BaumII (https://flic.kr/p/2kbmu7i) by Michael Guggemos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmfotografie/), auf Flickr

Gorgeous shot! I think you found some ideal light and a great composition.

[Richard Wasserman]

About 6 weeks ago, near my home

[h2oman]

Juniper on Schonchin Butte, Lava Beds National Monument, a number of years ago. Likely burned up in the Caldwell fire this summer. I'd go up to check, but they have the trail blocked off for now. The haze in the photograph came from wildfires farther away that year.

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[Horseman]

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Birches, Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales. Intrepid 4x5, IlfordFP4 and Ilford DDX

[CreationBear]

Birches, Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales. Intrepid 4x5, IlfordFP4 and Ilford DDX

Very much like this--for myself, the tree branches in the background are handled especially well...just OOF enough to provide subject isolation, but with enough structure to provide context while still being smooth, tonally.:)

[lili.b]

That’s a WOW! Well done

[Horseman]

Very much like this--for myself, the tree branches in the background are handled especially well...just OOF enough to provide subject isolation, but with enough structure to provide context while still being smooth, tonally.:)

Thank You ! Very nice feedback

[John Earley]

Birches, Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales. Intrepid 4x5, IlfordFP4 and Ilford DDX

Very nice!

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/sheet0274.jpg

Tyresö Palace Garden, Stockholm

Szabad 4x5, Heliar 150mm 4,5, Fomapan 200 9x12

[Ulophot]

lassethomas, an intriguing image.

[Horseman]

Very nice!

Thank You !

[faraz]

4x5 of some felling in my local woods
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50698526297_a3aa943189_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kf4cyn)Sawn (https://flic.kr/p/2kf4cyn) by Faraz Ravi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92466893@N06/), on Flickr

[jp]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/sheet0274.jpg

Tyresö Palace Garden, Stockholm

Szabad 4x5, Heliar 150mm 4,5, Fomapan 200 9x12

Amazing what a tiny bit of snow can do! Beautiful

[jp]

4x5 of some felling in my local woods
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50698526297_a3aa943189_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kf4cyn)Sawn (https://flic.kr/p/2kf4cyn) by Faraz Ravi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92466893@N06/), on Flickr

Very nice! I can hear the leaves rustling as I walk through.

[faraz]

4x5 of some felling in my local woods
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50698526297_a3aa943189_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kf4cyn)Sawn (https://flic.kr/p/2kf4cyn) by Faraz Ravi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92466893@N06/), on Flickr

How rude, I forgot the details:

Ebony 45SU with Fuji CM-W 125mm/5.6
on Kodak Tmax100, developed in Adox Adonal
Scanned for now, print pending a lens board for my Devere 504 being shipped from Europe...hoping it makes it before Brexit strikes

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Heliopan CPL, Velvia 50.

edit: original image deleted due to upload of improved version.

[Vaughn]

4x5 of some felling in my local woods

Wonderful! Nice little bit of tension between the cut on the tree butt and the sky in the upper right. I was reading an interesting book on the history of the woods of England, but I was visiting the owner of the book and could not sneak away with it.

[CreationBear]

Ha, Vaughn...until you can re-case the joint, here's one both you and Faraz might enjoy:
https://www.amazon.com/Overstory-Novel-Richard-Powers/dp/039335668X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3G6EHX8JLPAF6&dchild=1&keywords=the+overstory&qid=1607561730&sprefix=the+over%2Caps%2C619&sr=8-1
(FWIW, Powers is my near-neighbor down in Townsend.)

Otherwise, the history of usufruct rights makes for fascinating reading, especially those among the "Celtic Fringe(s)" in the 18th C, as the efficiencies of agricultural "improvers" inexorably led to clearances amid the renegotiation of centuries-old family/political relationships.

[faraz]

Ha, Vaughn...until you can re-case the joint, here's one both you and Faraz might enjoy:
https://www.amazon.com/Overstory-Novel-Richard-Powers/dp/039335668X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3G6EHX8JLPAF6&dchild=1&keywords=the+overstory&qid=1607561730&sprefix=the+over%2Caps%2C619&sr=8-1
(FWIW, Powers is my near-neighbor down in Townsend.)

Otherwise, the history of usufruct rights makes for fascinating reading, especially those among the "Celtic Fringe(s)" in the 18th C, as the efficiencies of agricultural "improvers" inexorably led to clearances amid the renegotiation of centuries-old family/political relationships.

Intriguing, I've recently been reading the Hidden Life of Trees, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28256439-the-hidden-life-of-trees

[CreationBear]

Intriguing, I've recently been reading the Hidden Life of Trees, [url]

Excellent, I believe my wife might have snuck that title in the door along with her latest book order. (A direct violation of the great "Right-sizing Our Home Libraries" treaty of 2017, but I might have to cut her a little slack...:))

[Ben Calwell]

4x5 of some felling in my local woods
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50698526297_a3aa943189_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kf4cyn)Sawn (https://flic.kr/p/2kf4cyn) by Faraz Ravi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92466893@N06/), on Flickr

The mist in the background really adds to the image. I like it. Well done.

[faraz]

Excellent, I believe my wife might have snuck that title in the door along with her latest book order. (A direct violation of the great "Right-sizing Our Home Libraries" treaty of 2017, but I might have to cut her a little slack...:))

books are excluded from any such treaties in my house

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Nikkor-M 9/300, Velvia 50

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50703103263_9871dcc25c_h.jpg

[lassethomas]

lassethomas, an intriguing image.


Amazing what a tiny bit of snow can do! Beautiful

Thanks! Yes the minimal amount of snow caught the light in an interesting way I think.

[Michael Wellman]

McKinney Falls State Park, near Austin, TX Wisner 4x5 120mm Schneider on FP4

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[Michael Wellman]

What's the secret to getting larger images when you post? thanks

[h2oman]

I think the people with the larger images are linking to the image posted elsewhere on the web. When I click on yours I see it big enough. Nice light - I really like how it plays on the foreground.

[Vaughn]

What's the secret to getting larger images when you post? thanks

I just clicked on yours twice, and could make it any size I wanted to. Good image!

[Vaughn]

Ha, Vaughn...until you can re-case the joint, here's one both you and Faraz might enjoy:
https://www.amazon.com/Overstory-Novel-Richard-Powers/dp/039335668X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3G6EHX8JLPAF6&dchild=1&keywords=the+overstory&qid=1607561730&sprefix=the+over%2Caps%2C619&sr=8-1
(FWIW, Powers is my near-neighbor down in Townsend.)
...

I got part way through it and my son stole it back. I got stuck in it during the tree-sitting part...that's in my neighborhood and for some reason I put it down. Anyway, if my son has finished it, I'll have him bring it back up so I can.

[Gabe]

What's the secret to getting larger images when you post? thanks

When you post images as attachments the previews get auto-scaled to very small thumbnails.

If you embed an image hosted elsewhere they will appear at the original size in the thread, unless their dimensions exceed the forum's horizontal frame size at your viewing resolution, then they will be auto-sized down until you click on them. Use IMG tags with syntax image url to embed them.

Just be aware that some image hosting services will not allow such "hotlinking", and on such attempts will replace the embedded image with some message saying so.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Nikkor-M 9/300, Ektar 100.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50710926572_9a58de6ce3_h.jpg

[Michael Wellman]

Thanks Gabe

[campy]

The first time I tried large format I tried to squeeze it in within my life, but now I am semi retired I am going to try to spend more time at it. This tree was more interesting when I was looking at it but not sure if I captured the textures as well as I should have. This was scanned so not sure if that or the processing was off.
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[Ulophot]

Hi, Campy. Great start for a first time! If I may offer, the potential vagaries of scans, etc. notwithstanding, you seem to have done fine with the textures. The challenge of the image is the surrounding environment, which competes visually with the foreground subject. Anyone who says this kind of photography is easy, probably hasn't tried it.

[campy]

Hi, Campy. Great start for a first time! If I may offer, the potential vagaries of scans, etc. notwithstanding, you seem to have done fine with the textures. The challenge of the image is the surrounding environment, which competes visually with the foreground subject. Anyone who says this kind of photography is easy, probably hasn't tried it.

Thanks for the kind words but this isn't my first time but this go around I am trying to slow way down, but my biggest problem is lack of artistic talent. I did see after scanning it that the background really took away from the rotted trunk.

[h2oman]

Anyone who says this kind of photography is easy, probably hasn't tried it.

+1

[Corran]

Next time, try a middling aperture of f/8 or f/11 and see what you think.

[CreationBear]

but my biggest problem is lack of artistic talent.

Ha, here Back East most folks will trade talent for a Husqvarna with a 24-inch bar.

Some times subject isolation is literally impossible. Bryan's (LFPF member Corran) suggestion for reducing DOF is a good one; another thing that I've found is that "toned" photos with busy backgrounds look a bit better to my eye that straight-up black-and-white. The other option is compositional--if you just can't make sense of the subject in its natural habitat, "zoom" in close enough to fill the frame to create an abstract that is more about the aesthetic relationships of curves and tones than it is taxonomy.

FWIW, here's a picture I was playing around with today (apologies to Faraz Ravi for the sincere, if transatlantic, flattery):

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50723125848_0103aa3a06_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kheh9y)57margaretrdsquare (https://flic.kr/p/2kheh9y) by J Barnes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/101405209@N02/), on Flickr

[BetXen]

Hi

As my first post here, here is a pic of an "enchanted forest" I took during my first day into LF photography. Need some more practice, but I'm happy with it.

Wista45, Fujinon125NW, Foma400
f16, 1/15th of a second

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[kevinjp]

Nice image BetXen. I just started large format myself a few months ago and I was happy my first shot turned out when so many things can go wrong.

[Vaughn]

Thanks for the kind words but this isn't my first time but this go around I am trying to slow way down, but my biggest problem is lack of artistic talent. I did see after scanning it that the background really took away from the rotted trunk.

Two things...a slight move to the the right would have put the trunk into that bit of open sky and isolated its tip. And second...when in situations like this, one can close one eye. Often our stereo-vision (having two eyes) is what separates something like this rotted trunk from the background. Take away the stereo (close one eye) and it is easier to see if the differences in texture, lighting, and/or form might allow the stump to still stand out reduced to a 2D image. It can be part of the magic of photography to then make the viewer feel the image/print is 3D....that it has depth.

I spent a long time under the darkcloth for this image below (shown before in this thread), an inch one way or the other made big changes...and the sunlight through the redwoods changes fast. My triplets, about 18 months old, mobile, but kept in one place by lunch on a beach towel on the other side of me from the camera. I exposed 4 sheets of film (11x14) to try some different developers...I print one developed in a pyro developer.

[Joe O'Hara]

That's a helluva picture, Vaughn. Beautiful.

[peter brooks]

When you said 'triplets' I thought you were talking about lenses - just shows how one-track an enthusiast's mind can become :)

Wonderful image - in the fullest sense of the term.

[Horseman]

Sunlit Autumn Tree in West Wales
Intrepid 4x5 , 150mm Lens . Ilford FP4 , developed in DDX and scanned on an Epson 800 flatbed210751

[Thad Gerheim]

Palouse tree and windmill. It's fun and intriguing to come across a scene like this. You wonder what the story is behind why that windmill is there.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50747461331_d15aba166b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kjo1eR)Palouse tree & windmill (https://flic.kr/p/2kjo1eR) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr
4x5 Toyo AX on Fuji NPS negative film

[Corran]

Clyde's Tree - Myakka River State Park
Wisner 12x20, Schneider 360mm f/5.6 Symmar, HP5+ shot at an EI of 200 dev'd in HC-110 for 10 minutes @ 71F

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sieA-RK_J7Y/X-5Hatn3zmI/AAAAAAAANPo/6VFMsmUcKictPxmrTEs2hlFtWYNogsPwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/sarasota-6003s.jpg

This is the famous tree in Myakka that Clyde Butcher has photographed multiple (https://clydebutcher.com/s/photographs/florida-collection/state-parks/myakka-river-state-park/myakka-live-oak-7-2018/) times (https://clydebutcher.com/s/photographs/florida-collection/state-parks/myakka-river-state-park/myakka-living-oak-2017/). I knew when I bought this Wisner 12x20 (same as Clyde uses/used) I wanted to shoot this image with this camera.

I arrived at the park just as the sun was starting to dip low on the horizon and the Spanish moss lit up with wonderful back-lighting. I setup my tripod quickly, which has a custom-made head that uses both a 1/4" and 3/8" screw connection to the Wisner. I looked in my backpack and discovered I had completely forgotten the two bolts I use for the camera connection back at home (9 hours away). I was really disappointed...and then I decided to heck with it, I would be very careful and just balance the camera on the tripod head platform. So I put the camera on top and carefully opened it up and put the lens on. After carefully composing while my wife helped me make sure the camera wasn't knocked off the tripod and 5 feet onto the ground, I loaded the film holder and grabbed this shot. It was a 15-second exposure at f/90.

As an additional side-note, I visited Clyde's Venice gallery and toured the darkroom. Still haven't met him, but I did buy this print (https://clydebutcher.com/s/photographs/florida-collection/state-parks/myakka-river-state-park/myakka-canopy-trail-south-west-fl/) so I could finally hang an original Butcher in my photography collection.

[David Schaller]

Outstanding Bryan! Great image and hair raising story. What a productive trip you had!

[Corran]

Thanks David! It's always fun to have a story to go along with a photograph. I think I'm going to make a print of this and send it to Clyde.

[Thad Gerheim]

Toyo 5x7 on 400 portra
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50792181927_dbd9ffc704_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kokd7B)Loon Creek Wllows (https://flic.kr/p/2kokd7B) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[Joe O'Hara]

Sunlit Autumn Tree in West Wales
Intrepid 4x5 , 150mm Lens . Ilford FP4 , developed in DDX and scanned on an Epson 800 flatbed210751

Very nice!

[Corran]

More Trees
Bivens Arm Nature Park - Gainesville, FL
Wisner 12x20, Nikkor-M 450mm, HP5+, HC-110 dil. H

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TdtXDHTBDQM/X_EDTjr7xpI/AAAAAAAANSE/HqyBFJgC6F8EdZSLEIQVJ8KMkn9RrnmwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/sarasota-6008s.jpg

[Gary Beasley]

Looks tack sharp Bryan, did you use any movements?

[fotopfw]

Former military exercise grounds. This area is now left to itself. Ektar 100, Fuji 360mm f16, front tilted a bit. Sinar P2 8x10"211111

[Corran]

Looks tack sharp Bryan, did you use any movements?

Some fall to get more of the foreground and tilt to get focus from middle of the tree trunk to the tops of the trees in back - then f/90 for DOF.

[Corran]

One more from the Myakka Canopy Trail. Still with the 72mm XL, but this time I tilted the camera a bit to the side to get more feeling of movement I felt from this tree:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pr955VwCnCg/X_JlD9ipW3I/AAAAAAAANSo/YRFFyQ2ag7QYPS-INx1kFFilb48LAx7cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/sarasota-6056s.jpg

[davidpalermo]

Here is one I did a few days ago.
(Toyo 45AX, Ilford HP5, Nikkor 150mm)

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[vphill]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/vphill/photo/large-format/lf-45-2020-11-28_001_m.jpg

Tree next to Crumley Hall on the UNT Campus, Denton, TX
November, 2020

Camera: Chamonix 45n-1
Lens: Rodenstock 135mm f/5.6 Apo-Sironar-S
Film: Ilford HP5+ @ ISO 250
Exposure: 1/2 sec @ f32
Filter: Orange Filter

[kevinjp]

Along the shore of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Toyo 45AII, Schneider Symmar 135mm, 1/15s at f8, Delta 100, D76 1:1.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50783768348_3078dd378c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2knA63U)
Hanging On (https://flic.kr/p/2knA63U) by Kevin Pihlaja (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpihlajaphotography/), on Flickr

[diversey]

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ztKOp7Bnz7Y/X_HDKqKuMyI/AAAAAAAADpQ/squnQSrf7U8Js_u9DI-FUY7bH_f9Va42wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1013/01022021web2.tif

Ebony SW45
T-Max 100 4x5
Tominon 105mm F4.5
Orange Filter
HC-110, H; N 10min
Epson 4990 Scanner

[kevinjp]

Nice image diversey, I like the form of the tree.

[takpro]

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ztKOp7Bnz7Y/X_HDKqKuMyI/AAAAAAAADpQ/squnQSrf7U8Js_u9DI-FUY7bH_f9Va42wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1013/01022021web2.tif

Ebony SW45
T-Max 100 4x5
Tominon 105mm F4.5
Orange Filter
HC-110, H; N 10min
Epson 4990 Scanner

Beautiful [emoji2956]


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[Jim Jones]

diversey, I agree. It is a fine capture of an intriguing subject.

[diversey]

kevinjp, takpro and Jim: Thanks!

[h2oman]

Yes, nice image. The way the tree is thicker at the top of the frame is very helpful - excellent composition.

[bill2424]

Two recent shots
4x5 Zone VI Tmax 100

[Vaughn]

Great, Bill! Also diversey's is wonderful

[h2oman]

Yes, nice winter shots. Can't decide which I like better!

[bill2424]

Thank you. We have had several days of beautiful frost covered trees. It makes me appreciate winter. That's not always the case here in southern Wisconsin, winter's are not what they used to be.

[bill2424]

Here's a couple more from 2 days ago

[Graham Patterson]

I especially like the second on with the strong boundary at the bottom - the reverse of a lot of landscapes against the sky.

[John Earley]

Here's a couple more from 2 days ago
That second one is a great image.

[RenoAmiens]

211401

Intrepid MK4
Schneider 90mm superAngulon f8
Kodak TMY/ xtol1+1

Vosges/ France

[h2oman]

211401

Intrepid MK4
Schneider 90mm superAngulon f8
Kodak TMY/ xtol1+1

Vosges/ France

Very nice job of finding order in a pretty chaotic environment! I really enjoy this photo, from the foreground ferns to the leaves in the upper corners, to the more illuminated bit in the upper background. I'd hang this on my wall!

[rfesk]

very well composed! Worth hanging on a wall.

[h2oman]

Got into some good fog last week - not cold enough to be pogonip. First two Tmax 100, third Tmax 400, all developed in D-23.

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[Shailendra]

Got into some good fog last week - not cold enough to be pogonip. First two Tmax 100, third Tmax 400, all developed in D-23.

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Very impressive!

[Ulophot]

You have portrayed place, time, and atmosphere very well indeed!

[PRJ]

http://www.patrickjames.net/lff/2020-13-01.jpg

APO Ronar 300, HP5, PMK

[nidhi0]

Really Great.

[PatrickMarq]

211699
Our first snow (last week) in the neighbourhood, and also perhaps the last one :(
I was a bit concerned because I had to put the darkslide in with a lot of snowdrops on it. So for the rest of the trip I did not take any pictures again. Next day all was gone.

[pdmoylan]

211701

Spring Maple Trees in Flower and Sedges, Central NJ near Princeton

Velvia 50, Nikkor 150MM-W, Polarized Filter

[John Olsen]

The trees on our bluffs are heroic in their resistance to the wind. TriX with red filter, 150 mm lens, scanned from print.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50570612633_b218f613b2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k3KBhn)VistaBluffTree Flkr (https://flic.kr/p/2k3KBhn) by John Olsen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153201054@N08/), on Flickr

[Jim Jones]

Unusual, but nice!

[jtomasella]

211701

Spring Maple Trees in Flower and Sedges, Central NJ near Princeton

Velvia 50, Nikkor 150MM-W, Polarized Filter

Nice, only about 40 minutes from me.

[kevinjp]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50829015662_f229e864fe_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2krzZv1)

Snowy Morning (https://flic.kr/p/2krzZv1) by Kevin Pihlaja (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpihlajaphotography/), on Flickr

This was from late December after a decent snowfall. I was hoping for a bit more separation from the background trees so it's less busy looking, but oh well.

Toyo 45AII, Schneider Symmar-S 210mm, Delta 100.

[pdmoylan]

Nice, only about 40 minutes from me.

Hi. This was taken in the vicinity of the Stony Brook Watershed land grant and organic farm. Quite a number of fallow fields there, though this was on private land. The nearby Mercer County Park West, now overgrown with briers and woody bushes was quite interesting as well, but that was some years ago.

[Kodak]

212021

Here a couple of trees close to the river "de Waal" where I live nearby (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Picture taken with a Kraken 612 3D printed camera with Grandagon 90mm 6.8 on expired Kodak Tri-X

[Ulophot]

Very lyrical, Kodak.
Also, the image of Hungarian Falls on your Flickr page is an exceptional composition.

[Kodak]

Very lyrical, Kodak.
Also, the image of Hungarian Falls on your Flickr page is an exceptional composition.
Thanks , but I think you are mistaken here.
I don’t have a Flickr account anymore.

[Ulophot]

Yup, Kodak; another mis-click.

[kevinjp]

Very lyrical, Kodak.
Also, the image of Hungarian Falls on your Flickr page is an exceptional composition.

I don't mean to be presumptuous, but maybe you saw my post above and clicked on my flickr page and saw the Hungarian Falls image (I did also post it in the waterfall thread)? If not, sorry lol.

[Ulophot]

Kevinjp, you have it exactly.

[kevinjp]

Kevinjp, you have it exactly.

In that case thanks for the kind words!

[John Earley]

Gibillini Bellatrix 8x10, 210/5.6 Fujinon W, Arista EDU Ultra 100, HC-110h in an SP810 daylight tray, scanned on an Epson V800 and post processed in Lightroom.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50898975792_466305c25d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kxLyd9)
Dutch Gap Concervation Area Tree (https://flic.kr/p/2kxLyd9) by JOHN EARLEY (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacketch/), on Flickr

[Salmo22]

Arca-Swiss 4x5, Illford FP4+ 125, Lens: Nikon Nikkor-SW 120mm f/8, SP-445 Compact 4x5 Film Processing System

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50905663802_d22cb2d01b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kymQjE) IRONWOOD & FOG - Arlington Valley (https://flic.kr/p/2kymQjE) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

[AlexGard]

Arca-Swiss 4x5, Illford FP4+ 125, Lens: Nikon Nikkor-SW 120mm f/8, SP-445 Compact 4x5 Film Processing System

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50905663802_d22cb2d01b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kymQjE) IRONWOOD & FOG - Arlington Valley (https://flic.kr/p/2kymQjE) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

Excellent!!!

[NedL]

Excellent!!!

+1 :)

[Salmo22]

Excellent!!!


+1 :)

Thank you both.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50922904523_28f85d84fe_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kzTcot) COTTONWOOD & CANAL - Arlington Valley (https://flic.kr/p/2kzTcot) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

[bobbotron]

An interesting tree in the woods behind my house. Taken on a Wista on RC paper. Trying to get some LF momentum going, photographing things around the property, I need to visit this tree again!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50927377048_c246d5b010_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kAh7UY)

[Deardorffuser]

8x10
foma100
sironar n 240

http://shmigiriloff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img027sm_810_foma100_sironarN240mm.jpg

[Louis Pacilla]

8x10
foma100
sironar n 240



A wonderful image brother! Simply breathtaking.

[Ulophot]

Well seen.

[otto.f]

8x10
foma100
sironar n 240


Great, impressing, and I think this is due to the not-digital, 8x10 film character of the image, apart from the lovely winter scene. How the whites are exactly right also..

[John Earley]

8x10
foma100
sironar n 240



Beautiful!

[takpro]

8x10
foma100
sironar n 240

http://shmigiriloff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img027sm_810_foma100_sironarN240mm.jpg

Beautiful.


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[ritzelman]

212878

Wista 45 , Schneider super angulon 90 mm , Adox CHS 100 II

[GRAYnomad]

http://www.robgray.com/photos/images/02404.jpg

Bunker Bay, Western Australia
Tachihara 5x4, Horseman 6x12 RFH, 90/8 Schneider super angulon, 1/4s, f64

[John Layton]

Here are a couple from our property:

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L-57, 120 S.A., Pyrocat

212893
L-57, 210 Sironar-N, Pyrocat

(Files aren't posting as crispy as prints)
Edit: The sad face was supposed to be down here!

[Salmo22]

Here are a couple from our property:

212892
L-57, 120 S.A., Pyrocat

212893
L-57, 210 Sironar-N, Pyrocat

(Files aren't posting as crispy as prints)

Beautiful work sir.

[h2oman]

Yes, I particularly like #1.

[takpro]

Here are a couple from our property:

212892
L-57, 120 S.A., Pyrocat

212893
L-57, 210 Sironar-N, Pyrocat

(Files aren't posting as crispy as prints)
Edit: The sad face was supposed to be down here!

Beautiful.


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[Gabe]

Here are a couple from our property:

212892
L-57, 120 S.A., Pyrocat

212893
L-57, 210 Sironar-N, Pyrocat

(Files aren't posting as crispy as prints)
Edit: The sad face was supposed to be down here!

Very nice, especially the first one.

[John Layton]

Thanks for the comments...and do take note, that I've just started a "Post Your Trees!" thread in the smaller format section!

[bobbotron]

I'm hoping to keep up a series of taking photos of this interesting tree. This negative is pretty flawed, but makes me want to go back for more tries.

Arista Ortho Litho, developed on some Foma RC velvet paper (nice stuff!)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50969721566_2c4e5dd3c0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kE29sS)

[kevinjp]

Finally got out with the 4x5 last week after a good dose of winter the week before in which we got around 50" of snow and temps near 0. It was still pretty cold, only around 5, and I had to put the snowshoes on despite not going far from the road because the snow was waist deep, but I liked the shadows this Oak tree was casting in the afternoon sun.

Toyo 45AII, Schneider Symmar-S 210mm, Delta 100.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50975846023_4eb0c529f1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kEyx3X)

Winter Shadows (https://flic.kr/p/2kEyx3X) by Kevin Pihlaja (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpihlajaphotography/), on Flickr

[4erepazzi]

This week trekking
Intrepid 4x5, G-Claron 270, Foma200, PyrocatHD
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50996634808_e75ce24ddf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kGp5Qh)Trees (https://flic.kr/p/2kGp5Qh) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

Intrepid 4x5, 120 Apo-Symmar, Foma200, PyrocatHD
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50997447947_acdf76f76b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kGtfxV)Alone (https://flic.kr/p/2kGtfxV) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

[CreationBear]

This week trekking

Those are a couple of great photos from what looks to be some big country--nicely done.:)

[otto.f]

This week trekking

Great ndeed! Especially the first one

[4erepazzi]

Those are a couple of great photos from what looks to be some big country--nicely done.:)
Thank you!:)

[4erepazzi]

Great ndeed! Especially the first one
Thank you! First one is waitin darkroom time.:)

[Heroique]

Here's a tree at greater than 1:2 – the bark of a ponderosa pine.

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Tachi 4x5
Schneider 150mm/9 g-claron
2 sec. @ f/32 for DOF
Ilford HP5+ (in Kodak HC-110)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

I added more than a stop for compensation. This tiny-and-light lens makes macro work easier, though I don’t remember this shot being too difficult – the subject didn't move and was at a normal tripod height. Quite convenient.

[jon.oman]

This week trekking
Intrepid 4x5, G-Claron 270, Foma200, PyrocatHD
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50996634808_e75ce24ddf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kGp5Qh)Trees (https://flic.kr/p/2kGp5Qh) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

Intrepid 4x5, 120 Apo-Symmar, Foma200, PyrocatHD
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50997447947_acdf76f76b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kGtfxV)Alone (https://flic.kr/p/2kGtfxV) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

Very nice images!

[David Schaller]

Here's a tree at greater than 1:2 – the bark of a ponderosa pine.

213458

Tachi 4x5
Schneider 150mm/9 g-claron
2 sec. @ f/32 for DOF
Ilford HP5+ (in Kodak HC-110)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

I added more than a stop for compensation. This tiny-and-light lens makes macro work easier, though I don’t remember this shot being too difficult – the subject didn't move and was at a normal tripod height. Quite convenient.

That's very nice. Thanks for posting.

[Heroique]

That's very nice. Thanks for posting.

Thanks David. I often find Ponderosas on the dry, eastern slopes of the Cascade mountains. Often they lean slightly – I’m not quite sure why. The painterly quality of mature ponderosa bark is also great for color film. In the image above, the contrast differences are mostly due to dark maroons + brighter touches of orange, yellow. And the vertical black bands offer a pleasing, rhythmic balance. A tree easy to love.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/210, Lee 81A, Velvia 50.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51007272566_207ecdef8f_h.jpg

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/210, Portra 160.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51009410201_611c52d232_h.jpg

[Heroique]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/210, Lee 81A, Velvia 50.

Gabe, the texture and colors are quite nice. This reminds me of a Pacific Northwest scene. For I know and love that green! Usually on the bark of Redwoods, Red Cedars, and Sawara Cypresses. I’ve captured the green on b/w film, thanks to the contrast, but never in color. Thanks for the nice close-up.

[Gabe]

Gabe, the texture and colors are quite nice. This reminds me of a Pacific Northwest scene. For I know and love that green! Usually on the bark of Redwoods, Red Cedars, and Sawara Cypresses. I’ve captured the green on b/w film, thanks to the contrast, but never in color. Thanks for the nice close-up.

Thanks. My botany knowledge is pretty abysmal, but I think the tree in question is indeed a Red Cedar of some description.

[Ulophot]

I added more than a stop for compensation. This tiny-and-light lens makes macro work easier, though I don’t remember this shot being too difficult – the subject didn't move and was at a normal tripod height. Quite convenient.[/QUOTE]

Very nice work --even if you didn't have t work very hard.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/210, Portra 160 (~ square crop)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51010514901_1d606c8b4c_h.jpg

[Beano_z]

One of my first images dedicated to trees on the 8x10. This was taken at the Wuyishan national park in Fujian province in China about two weeks ago.

I wanted to capture the morning fog lingering above the surface of the water, but the slow shutter speed allowed by my Fomapan 100 just made it into a low contrast blur without any details, a pity.

Shot on the Chamonix Alpinist X at 240mm on Fomapan 100, home developed in 1+25 ordinal then scanned on a flatbed.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50992310556_995f03d652_3k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kG1Vod)Wuyishan Trips 0006 - 10-Feb-2021 to 24-Feb-2021 (https://flic.kr/p/2kG1Vod) by BB (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonfatboy/), on Flickr