post your trees!

[Gabe]

Beano_z very nice image. The far shore almost seems like a stage, with those central trees lit via spotlight.

[CreationBear]

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.

Wonderful work here, and on the "Landscape" thread as well. I would be curious to know your metering/developing process in more detail--the upper left corner of this shot seems to be especially nice...but challenging!

[Heroique]

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

Many thanks, Ulophot.

A fun change of pace, macro LF that's not strenuous for a change. :D

As you might imagine, the ponderosa bark is easy to print too. The peeling flakes make it look 3-D on the wall.

[Donald Qualls]

I've been away for a while, but I haven't forgotten large format. I had my Graphic View out a few weeks ago, and there was this little copse of tall trees...

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Arista .EDU Ultra 400, Xtol Replenished Stock
Graphic View, Compon 150 f/5.6, f/16 at 1/250

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/sheet0289-1.jpg

Tyresö Palace Garden, south of Stockholm, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1, G-Claron 240mm, Fomapan 400 9x12

[Beano_z]

Wonderful work here, and on the "Landscape" thread as well. I would be curious to know your metering/developing process in more detail--the upper left corner of this shot seems to be especially nice...but challenging!

Thanks guys for the kind comments. Actually it's not all what it seems, I was actually stupid enough to shift my 240mm lens over the limits of its image circle and ended up with a bit of hard vignette on the top. Don't even ask why I though shifting the lens would be appropriate for this scene....

As for the development, I usually do the 1+50 dilution but on this image I tried 1+25 with ADOX Rodnial for the first time. This one came out quite nice but another shot with the bland sky wasn't as smooth as I'd wished, so I think I'll be going back to 1+50 in thee future. The metering was very straightforward as I think the scene only had about 4 stops of DR, which is easy enough for Fomapan 100 to handle. I just do the usual brightest / darkest average on my spotmeter off the bright stones in the foreground and the dark wall in the back. The added contrast you see comes mostly from the scanning process as the original image was way flatter.

[CreationBear]

Actually it's not all what it seems,

Ha, "Luck is the residue of design," as Branch Rickey once said.:) Certainly an evocative photograph--I suspect it would have a number of different emotional valences depending on your printing/toning approach or even changes in the aspect ratio.

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/sheet0293-1.jpg

Stenstranden, Island of Torö, south of Stockholm

Chamonix 45H-1, Super Angulon XL 47mm, Fomapan 400 9x12

[otto.f]

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



Wonderful light!

[otto.f]

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.


Very convincing for the 8x10 image style, makes it worth all the effort!

[Gabe]

Wonderful light!

Thanks. I did also attempt (somewhat foolishly) a version of this with Velvia 50, and although I did just manage to capture the scene dynamic range the resulting slide is way too contrasty, and also has too much motion blur in the foliage. Ah well, nothing ventured nothing gained.

[otto.f]

Thanks. I did also attempt (somewhat foolishly) a version of this with Velvia 50, and although I did just manage to capture the scene dynamic range the resulting slide is way too contrasty, and also has too much motion blur in the foliage. Ah well, nothing ventured nothing gained.
Probably too purple too :)

[Jim Becia]

Juniper snag made with a Chamonix Alpinist X.

[Gabe]

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

(NB - re-digitised, reprocessed & improved version of a previous upload. I feel this one matches the original transparency much more closely)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51033620597_4ec2117069_h.jpg

[Roberto Nania]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51058480762_d3475e2c8f_b.jpg


Tessar 4.5/135 on Chamonix 45N-2
Fomapan 200 at 125. HC110 1+31
Dslr scan from negative

[profvandegraf]

Very Nice Roberto!


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51058480762_d3475e2c8f_b.jpg


Tessar 4.5/135 on Chamonix 45N-2
Fomapan 200 at 125. HC110 1+31
Dslr scan from negative

[Robert Opheim]

4x5 Technikardan shot with with 300mm Nikor M lerns F/45 - 20 seconds Tri-x film developed in HC110 - the light was overcast

[Roberto Nania]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51090415318_9f8889fe77_b.jpg


White tree

Horseman HD, Fujinon-W 6.3/150, orange filter, 1/15" at f16.5
Ilford FP4 at iso 80 in HC110 1+31
Dslr scan from negative

I'm really impressed by the nice tones delivered by the tiny Fujinon 6.3/150

[John Earley]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51095602883_f0ebd2b67b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kR9jAp)
Beaver Lake View (https://flic.kr/p/2kR9jAp) by JOHN EARLEY (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacketch/), on Flickr

Gibillini Bellatrix 8x10, 300/5.6 Fujinon W, Arista EDU Ultra 100@ 80ISO, f90@1sec, HC-110h in an SP810 daylight tray, scanned on an Epson V800 and post processed in Lightroom.

[David Schaller]

Nice one John, with great tones.

[John Earley]

Nice one John, with great tones.

Thanks David!

[Gabe]

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

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51106647365_9c879f2e55_h.jpg

[Tin Can]

Like!

[Jim Jones]

Me too!

[Gabe]

Like!


Me too!

Thanks both :)

[Gabe]

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

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51108834130_41e49c577f_h.jpg

[Gabe]

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

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51109070454_74155c9dbc_h.jpg

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 4.5/90, center filter, Ektar 100.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51111777457_49d98dd6aa_h.jpg

[SergeyT]

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

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51108834130_41e49c577f_h.jpg

Was the background on that one blurred in PS?

[Vaughn]

The Merced River is right behind me, so I posted this in another thread already on water-side images.

I had been thinking of this sort of image for awhile. I have had several earlier attempts, 8x10, 4x10, 11x14. I have printed a couple, but nothing worth showing.

Pine, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, 2020
5.5x14 negative, Platinum/palladium print
Fuji W 360mm, FP4+ in PyrocatHD
f90 at 1 second

[Gabe]

Was the background on that one blurred in PS?

No. I used a 300mm lens for this image and the background trees are quite some distance from the subject, so even at f32 there is good separation.

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/sheet0307.jpg

The island of Torö south of Stockholm

Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, Fujinon 125 SW, Fomapan 100

[SergeyT]

No. I used a 300mm lens for this image and the background trees are quite some distance from the subject, so even at f32 there is good separation.
Thanks.
It must be the JPEG compression then. Once my eyes catch the background I keep exploring it and having a hard time returning back to the main subject.

[Gabe]

Thanks.
It must be the JPEG compression then. Once my eyes catch the background I keep exploring it and having a hard time returning back to the main subject.

I can see what you mean. The background was busier than I would have ideally liked, but couldn't be helped. Flickr's resizing algorithm probably plays a part too; they tend to overdo the sharpening IMO.

[Roberto Nania]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51127488311_050c7b1fa5_b.jpg

Tree (my neighborhood on the background)

Rodenstock Terogonal 240mm (double anastigmat lens)
Fomapan 200 @ iso 200 in HC110
Galli shutter method
Dslr scan from negative

[lenicolas]

Nice tree Roberto!

Here’s a tortured tree from Oslo :

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Botanical garden, Oslo - April 2021.
Nikkor sw 4.5/75 no center filter. Txp320 @200, orange filter.

[Gabe]

Here’s a tortured tree from Oslo :

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Botanical garden, Oslo - April 2021.
Nikkor sw 4.5/75 no center filter. Txp320 @200, orange filter.

Nice tones, and very effective placement of the sun.

[Vaughn]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/sheet0307.jpg

The island of Torö south of Stockholm

Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, Fujinon 125 SW, Fomapan 100

Great! The balance of light-dark across a panoramic is always a challenge to work with. The triangle of sky in the upper left is handled very well. I enjoy the way the skyline echoes the right portion of the foreground tree on the right. It is a very active composition.

[lassethomas]

Great! The balance of light-dark across a panoramic is always a challenge to work with. The triangle of sky in the upper left is handled very well. I enjoy the way the skyline echoes the right portion of the foreground tree on the right. It is a very active composition.

Thanks! Not sure at all about this composition myself.
Just got my 4x10 back and I'm really struggling. It's a whole new way to think about composing. It's hard!
You can not really do the usual low close foreground to background composition. There is just too much horizontal space to hold together.

I think a slightly higher perspective with more middle ground generally can work better in panoramas. But as I said, I'm still struggling.

[D. Mesa]

Canham 5x7 Wood Field Camera, Fomapan 100, Sironar-N 180mm f/5.6, Caffenol-C-M

215174

[Ulophot]

Contrasts.
4x5, 210,mm, HP5

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51132813385_c00e775627_h.jpg

[CreationBear]

Contrasts.
4x5, 210,mm, HP5


Excellent, in these parts it's often yellow trillium that you find nestled amongst the tree roots (probably as a result of ants moving last year's seeds.)

Otherwise, I'm suspecting that DOF might have been a bugger here--anything special about your set-up?:)

[Ulophot]

Thanks, CreationBear. I had just gone into the yard, thinking to find a sign of Spring, perhaps to start a new thread with that title.

I don't recall whether or not I added any swing to the slight tilt; I don't think so. I believe the aperture was f/32, determined by using the halfway point in-between near and far positions on the bed. I probably rated the film at 400, due to the low contrast. I developed for N+1 1/2, then adding a half grade of contrast in the enlarger.

[CreationBear]

Wonderful, that's very helpful--I was definitely curious about how far you had to stop down.

[robphoto]

Sinar P 5x7, Fujinon W 210 f:5.6, F:32 1/8, #12 filter, HP5+, Sprint Standard developer
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51143745614_4ed99fa81d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kVp4Ku)0Y6A4155 (https://flic.kr/p/2kVp4Ku) by Robert Brewster (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192881255@N06/), on Flickr

[Dave Wooten]

I really like these Reinold

[martiansea]

First time pushing Bergger Pancro 400 to ISO 1600 with Microphen. Turned out pretty well.
215492
Shot with my Cambo SC2, Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f/8. This was before I had my wide angle bellows and fresnel, so feels like a small miracle any of it is in focus. I like the vibe of the scene anyway. Danby State forest, south of Ithaca. I like taking photos there.

[CreationBear]

Danby State forest, south of Ithaca. I like taking photos there.


Excellent, that's a pretty part of the world--my wife and I spent a summer at Cornell a few years back and I had a great time yomping about (though mostly with a flyrod in my hand.:)) Some great "blue highways" there as well--back toward Watkins Glenn and the back way into Skaneateles through the cornfields come to mind.

[martiansea]

Excellent, that's a pretty part of the world--my wife and I spent a summer at Cornell a few years back and I had a great time yomping about (though mostly with a flyrod in my hand.:)) Some great "blue highways" there as well--back toward Watkins Glenn and the back way into Skaneateles through the cornfields come to mind.

Thanks, I live a bit further north in Homer. This area has some of the prettiest rolling farmland I've ever seen.

[CreationBear]

Homer.

Very cool, I waded Factory Brook once but didn't string up a rod--unfortunately we managed to fetch up in Yankee-land during one of y'all's hottest summers on record.:) At any rate, definitely some unexpected vistas up there--7x17 country if you ask me.

[Heroique]

First time pushing Bergger Pancro 400 to ISO 1600 with Microphen. Turned out pretty well.
215492
Shot with my Cambo SC2, Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f/8. This was before I had my wide angle bellows and fresnel, so feels like a small miracle any of it is in focus. I like the vibe of the scene anyway. Danby State forest, south of Ithaca. I like taking photos there.

Nice, I like how the sun creates a forest trail for viewers, leading them into the scene between the two big trees. And your SA 90mm creates a lot of vertical interest too. A forest image that invites me to look through the forest, and up into the trees.

[PatrickMarq]

215557
Fomapan Creative 200
Chamonix 045F-2
Nikkor M 300mm

[PatrickMarq]

215558
Fomapan Creative 200
Chamonix 045F-2
Nikkor M 300mm

[4erepazzi]

Mountain Spring pictures. Intrepid 45, Fujinon 180SF, Ilford FP4, PyrocatHD:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51109505254_6d6d526a0e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kSnzhs)Alone Tree (https://flic.kr/p/2kSnzhs) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51133339259_8c9662e8fa_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kUtJiz)Youngsters (https://flic.kr/p/2kUtJiz) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51071702466_1ea1daaed6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kP2PQf)Сосна (https://flic.kr/p/2kP2PQf) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

[bill2424]

4x5 Tmax 100

[h2oman]

Nice images Vladimir and Bill! Good job of finding order in chaos.

[arri]

A broken willow
Schneider G-Claron 9/270mm
8x10"

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51167862196_551fe65c0f_h.jpg

[Roberto Nania]

Mountain Spring pictures. Intrepid 45, Fujinon 180SF, Ilford FP4, PyrocatHD:



Very beautiful

[4erepazzi]

Very beautiful


Nice images Vladimir and Bill! Good job of finding order in chaos.

Thank you!

[Heroique]

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Polaroid Type 55 struggling with noon contrast in a rain forest (Wash. state).

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Polaroid Type 55
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[awty]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51173941598_aa1ced5a57_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kY4PXU)If I was where I would be (https://flic.kr/p/2kY4PXU) by Paul Fitz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144284773@N06/), on Flickr
Darkroom print on ilford rc dodge and burn, split toned.
4x5 fp4 in pyro hd
4x5 linhof technika 150mm lens
y/g filter

[Ben Calwell]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51173941598_aa1ced5a57_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kY4PXU)If I was where I would be (https://flic.kr/p/2kY4PXU) by Paul Fitz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144284773@N06/), on Flickr
Darkroom print on ilford rc dodge and burn, split toned.
4x5 fp4 in pyro hd
4x5 linhof technika 150mm lens
y/g filter



Really nice!

[awty]

Really nice!

Thanks

[takpro]

Beautiful.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51173941598_aa1ced5a57_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kY4PXU)If I was where I would be (https://flic.kr/p/2kY4PXU) by Paul Fitz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144284773@N06/), on Flickr
Darkroom print on ilford rc dodge and burn, split toned.
4x5 fp4 in pyro hd
4x5 linhof technika 150mm lens
y/g filter

[kevinjp]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51208691882_ab64e9c53e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m28W1J)

Entangled (https://flic.kr/p/2m28W1J) by Kevin Pihlaja (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpihlajaphotography/), on Flickr

Toyo 45AII, Fujinon CM-W 150mm, HP5, ID-11 1:1.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 4.5/90, center ND filter, Portra 160.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51228334540_597a2f51e3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m3SB6f)Spring Beech in Sun (https://flic.kr/p/2m3SB6f) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[fotopfw]

Beautiful with all that detail Gabe!

[Gabe]

Beautiful with all that detail Gabe!


Thank you.

[John Power]

Horseman L45
Schneider 135mm Symmar-S
Ilford FP4+
Hoya orange filter
First time stand developing. HC-110 1:120 60mins. 30s agitate @0mins, 10s @30mins

I wonder if anyone can tell me if the tree-ghosting sort of pattern in the sky is likely a developing issue? Or simply a drying issue?

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51224822262_ec22963ee2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m3yB1J)

Dead tree behind the Pinnacle (https://flic.kr/p/2m3yB1J) by J P (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192855666@N08/), on Flickr

[Gabe]

I wonder if anyone can tell me if the tree-ghosting sort of pattern in the sky is likely a developing issue? Or simply a drying issue?

Almost certainly a development issue caused by stand development. Looks like it could be a form of bromide drag.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Nikkor-M 9/300, Velvia 50, Lee 81A.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51229849110_e6992dfdbc_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m41njw)--- (https://flic.kr/p/2m41njw) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[awty]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51222865960_60a213eba3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m3ozto)Latisha (https://flic.kr/p/2m3ozto) by Paul Fitz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/144284773@N06/), on Flickr

Darkroom print on ilford rc new. Dodge and burn, selenium and sepia.
4x5 fp4 in pyro hd.
Linhof technika, 150mm lens y/g filter

[John Power]

Almost certainly a development issue caused by stand development. Looks like it could be a form of bromide drag.

Fantastic, thanks for that Gabe. Your tree above has such nice contrast with the background foliage!

[Gabe]

Fantastic, thanks for that Gabe. Your tree above has such nice contrast with the background foliage!

No problem, and thanks.

[RenoAmiens]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51227471105_f3e6f76d4c_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m3Nbqr)Contre 001 (https://flic.kr/p/2m3Nbqr) by renaud henry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/renohenry/), sur Flickr

Intrepid MK4
Fujinon 180mm f5.6 NSW
Fomapan 100 @80

[johnmsanderson]

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b46b0607e3c3a7a060eacde/1602195326376-ABMIB74WHWGL46F6AH4K/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kGZsbMQorZLBvTsrYytc7qF7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0k5fwC0WRNFJBIXiBeNI5fJGakbYmdiD6__a5C2qZ2UTsB9eRcg0fXTvgHFdJLOJFg/John_Sanderson_highway_arbor_Interstate+80.jpg?format=2500w


Along Interstate 80, Pennsylvania

[CreationBear]

Along Interstate 80, Pennsylvania

What kind of odds could I get of that being within ten miles of Danville?:) Otherwise, the picture from Grafton really captures that part of the world.

[Merg Ross]

216718

Trees in Snow, Central Park, NYC 1964

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/sheet0325.jpg

On the island of Torö, south of Stockholm

Chamonix 45H-1
Super Angulon 47mm
Velvia 50

[Alan Curtis]

216718

Trees in Snow, Central Park, NYC 1964

Merg, always a treat when you post one of your images.

[Merg Ross]

Merg, always a treat when you post one of your images.

Thanks, Alan. Good to hear from you.

Still making new photographs, but going through the old, and discarding. My goal is to leave no more than 500 prints from a career spanning 68 years. That gets me close to the 8 prints per year that Ansel suggested worth saving!

Hope you are doing well.

Best,
Merg

[kmallick]

Hope this counts.
Red Rocks Open Space, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Sinaron 150mm + Portra 400.

https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/largeformat/arrid.jpg

[Michael R]

"Post Your Trees" defined as the subject of the post. Don't see any trees here.

I see a lot of shrubs and a subject image that fails to draw my interest to want to visually explore this image further.

How might one explore an image non-visually?

[Tin Can]

Maybe Baby Tree hidden to camera

all tree start very small

I have a 2 year old, pretty tall now

Just popped up from acorn

Too close to shed, but shed will be gone well before tree thickens to 6' diameter

Maybe shed will protect


"Post Your Trees" defined as the subject of the post. Don't see any trees here.

I see a lot of shrubs and a subject image that fails to draw my interest to want to visually explore this image further.

[Thad Gerheim]

I'm not sure if the OP was looking for a critique, but here's mine. I think there's a lot more going on here than at first glance. I like the positive-negative relationship with the green-red or red-green and the spatial relation of the tree like shrubs. The highlights of the rocks bother me a little though.The angles of the slope make the image somewhat dynamic.
Hope this counts.
Red Rocks Open Space, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Sinaron 150mm + Portra 400.

https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/largeformat/arrid.jpg

[kmallick]

I'm not sure if the OP was looking for a critique, but here's mine. I think there's a lot more going on here than at first glance. I like the positive-negative relationship with the green-red or red-green and the spatial relation of the tree like shrubs. The highlights of the rocks bother me a little though.The angles of the slope make the image somewhat dynamic.

Thank you for the meaningful critique. I know the picture doesnt have much going for it. I liked the colors and the slope, but nothing else. I could do better. I will try to post one with a real “tree” next time.

[CreationBear]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69iB-xy0u4A

[esearing]

Oak Tree in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta GA, May 2021
Chamonix 5x12, Schneider 300/500 Symmar, Ilford FP4+ in Pyrocat M. - Lousy Iphone scan of negative on light table.
Having issues in my darkroom but really want to print this one.

https://i0.wp.com/www.searing.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OakTreeWestview1.jpg?ssl=1

[Tin Can]

Like!

Was the lens converted?


Oak Tree in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta GA, May 2021
Chamonix 5x12, Schneider 300/500 Symmar, Ilford FP4+ in Pyrocat M. - Lousy Iphone scan of negative on light table.
Having issues in my darkroom but really want to print this one.

https://i0.wp.com/www.searing.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OakTreeWestview1.jpg?ssl=1

[Ben Calwell]

Oak Tree in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta GA, May 2021
Chamonix 5x12, Schneider 300/500 Symmar, Ilford FP4+ in Pyrocat M. - Lousy Iphone scan of negative on light table.
Having issues in my darkroom but really want to print this one.

https://i0.wp.com/www.searing.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OakTreeWestview1.jpg?ssl=1




That is a beauty.

[Corran]

Nice one Eric - we gotta go shoot some ULF together soon! Looking forward to seeing the print.

[esearing]

Like!

Was the lens converted?

No this was at 300 with front and back but I have noticed it has a certain amount of flair on sunny days and the light was mixed. The softness is more likely due to my iPhone 7 camera but I might try to add some when printing too.

[Corran]

Myakka River State Park Canopy Walkway
Mercury 4x5, 47mm XL, T-Max 100 dev'd in Pyrocat 1:1:120 semi-stand for 20 minutes @ 75F

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zsb2IHiI_88/YNM4Oi_ZN5I/AAAAAAAANvU/c_VnuooQ86w7zldiy_JPUWdj9qjsANQ7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1100/myakka6211.jpg

It was dry, but of course inspired by Clyde's image here:
https://clydebutcher.com/s/new-cats/united-states/usa-florida/myakka-canopy-walk-2001/

If I had to hazard a guess, he might've used an 8x10 with 90mm XL, cropped slightly.

[arri]

Pine and birches.
Fomapan 200 @100, Shen Hao 45, Adox FX-39 II
Schneider Repro Claron 9/210mm

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51272591438_c086b68766_h.jpg

[esearing]

Another view of the Oak at Westview Cemetery. I switched to a Fujinon 210 lens and stepped to the left from my original position to capture the missing tree. My initial thought for taking this shot was that cemeteries are as much for the living as they are for the dead and a reminder nothing lasts forever.
I will likely crop this one to a 5x10 to remove some of the tree on left, and to position the stump better, and remove my car on the far right edge.

https://i0.wp.com/www.searing.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OakTreeWestview2.jpg?ssl=1

[Corran]

Nice concept Eric. The lack of context on the other one makes the tree look bigger though.

Here's another 12x20. This was down an unmarked trail in Myakka River State Park that Clyde Butcher told me I should check out. Near the end of the trail is a huge live oak that is the subject of a couple of his photographs, but I didn't photograph it as the light wasn't great at the time.

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BwFVI4lE-uI/YNkEdQedOxI/AAAAAAAANwU/B6x-bp78MA05R_lyez_BMweJNW3TdYW2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/keys2021-7066-contrasts.jpg

[carlo.dainese]

https://carlodainese.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/2021-07-04-0001.jpg?w=2048

The fallen spruce (2021), Val Malene, Lagorai, Italy

Chamonix 45F2, Fujinon 180 f5.6, Yellow filter, Fomapan 400, D76 1+1, Negative scan

[esearing]

Amelia Island FL - Canopy Trail early morning, Sept 2020.
https://i2.wp.com/www.searing.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Canopy_Amelia.jpg?w=1020&ssl=1

[slavatokar]

Maco Up 100 plus film, Lomo RF-4 10/450 lens
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51305825520_659b29acda_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2maHLsC)0435 (https://flic.kr/p/2maHLsC) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

[Joe O'Hara]

Nice, Slava.

[Ulophot]

Nice composition.

[slavatokar]

Thank you!

[John Power]

Happy to report that this looks just like it did when I was there.

Horseman L45, Schneider Symmar-S 135, Ektar.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51317783470_ec3f8739cd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mbM49b)

Gums at sunset (https://flic.kr/p/2mbM49b) by J P (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192855666@N08/), on Flickr

[scheinfluger_77]

An excellent rule-breaking composition, love it.

From a slightly different bag:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49860739777_e4c9d21270_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/44459362@N00/49860739777/in/dateposted-public/)

[scheinfluger_77]

Wonderful textures.


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.

[scheinfluger_77]

What are these trees with the big burles? I love this photo.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51058480762_d3475e2c8f_b.jpg


Tessar 4.5/135 on Chamonix 45N-2
Fomapan 200 at 125. HC110 1+31
Dslr scan from negative

[scheinfluger_77]

Now there is a tree that has refused to die.


https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/sheet0325.jpg

On the island of Torö, south of Stockholm

Chamonix 45H-1
Super Angulon 47mm
Velvia 50

[John Power]

Couple dead, many alive, trees.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51320291721_db1a548412_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mbZUKT)

Tidbinbilla snow scatter (https://flic.kr/p/2mbZUKT) by J P (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192855666@N08/), on Flickr

[paulbarden]

I just bought the ChmromoGraphica 5x7 dry plate holder and went down to the Marys River at 6 AM this morning with the Intrepid 5x7 to try it out. (I've had the Intrepid 5x7 for about 2 weeks now, and although I have NOT been pleased with the design and build of the 2018 8x10 Intrepid, this new 5x7 is great) The dark slides are stiff getting them in and out, but I expect that will improve with use.
This is a home made dry plate glass negative, using the Foma Photo Emulsion, rated at 1 ASA and exposure time doubled to hopefully account for reciprocity. This was a 3 minute exposure at f16, using the 210mm Schneider Symmar.
Plate processed in XF-37 diluted 1:4, for 2 minutes. It gave me good shadow detail without making the brighter tones unusable. I will continue to use FX-37 with the Foma plates to see how that goes. At the moment I think it looks very promising.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51324900249_618055b580_h.jpg

[Heroique]

I just bought the ChmromoGraphica 5x7 dry plate holder and went down to the Marys River at 6 AM this morning with the Intrepid 5x7 to try it out.

Nice! What Medusa might look like if she were a tree.

Did you hear the tree take any refreshing slurps?

I'm curious if the root system had once been subterranean, but now exposed due to bank-side erosion.

[Michael Kadillak]

I just bought the ChmromoGraphica 5x7 dry plate holder and went down to the Marys River at 6 AM this morning with the Intrepid 5x7 to try it out. (I've had the Intrepid 5x7 for about 2 weeks now, and although I have NOT been pleased with the design and build of the 2018 8x10 Intrepid, this new 5x7 is great) The dark slides are stiff getting them in and out, but I expect that will improve with use.
This is a home made dry plate glass negative, using the Foma Photo Emulsion, rated at 1 ASA and exposure time doubled to hopefully account for reciprocity. This was a 3 minute exposure at f16, using the 210mm Schneider Symmar.
Plate processed in XF-37 diluted 1:4, for 2 minutes. It gave me good shadow detail without making the brighter tones unusable. I will continue to use FX-37 with the Foma plates to see how that goes. At the moment I think it looks very promising.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51324900249_618055b580_h.jpg

Awesome well executed image. Your shadows are spot on and your exposure choices turned out perfectly. Appears to be a very modest amount of contrast reduction on the far left and right side of the image that you can resolve. Not sure if it is an exposure, film holder or development issue. Very minor issue all things considered. Bravo!

[esearing]

PaulBarden - that is your best roots shot yet that I have seen. love it. Great job with dry plate and developer combo too.

[Michael Kadillak]

217733

Mt. Evans Colorado Bristlecone Pine. 8x10 contact print.

[Rick A]

217733

Mt. Evans Colorado Bristlecone Pine. 8x10 contact print.

Very well done Michael.

[otto.f]

Great story Paul, artistically as well as technically!

[paulbarden]

Nice! What Medusa might look like if she were a tree.

Did you hear the tree take any refreshing slurps?

I'm curious if the root system had once been subterranean, but now exposed due to bank-side erosion.

Exactly! I am fascinated by the Alder's Medusa-like root patterns. Most examples of this species living on the riverbanks around here display their roots this way. Its VERY heavy clay (Mount Mazama deposits, many feet thick) and so the riverbank erodes very slowly. I expect there has been some erosion that exposed more root than there was (the upper 1/3 center shows roots suspended in air) but its taken decades to happen. Curiously, these trees spend half the year submerged 2/3 of the way up their trunks when the river fills for the wet half of the year. Makes me wonder how/why they adapted to do this. Probably because they are water-hungry, and there's advantage to being in the presence of abundant moisture year round. Where the roots go under the water surface, you see a dense mat of fresh roots, sending out fibrous new growth with bright meristem tips, waving in the water. Its all quite fascinating.


Awesome well executed image. Your shadows are spot on and your exposure choices turned out perfectly. Appears to be a very modest amount of contrast reduction on the far left and right side of the image that you can resolve. Not sure if it is an exposure, film holder or development issue. Very minor issue all things considered. Bravo!


Thanks Michael. Yes, there appears to be some differences in contrast/density at the edges, but that's acceptable - this is home-made dry plate afterall. I'm not looking for "flawless" results. Your Bristlecone Pine photograph looks amazing! I bet that print is beautiful.


PaulBarden - that is your best roots shot yet that I have seen. love it. Great job with dry plate and developer combo too.

Thanks very much! I think this is potentially a very useful combination of technologies.


Great story Paul, artistically as well as technically!

Thanks very much, Otto! I appreciate the feedback.

[kmallick]

I just bought the ChmromoGraphica 5x7 dry plate holder and went down to the Marys River at 6 AM this morning with the Intrepid 5x7 to try it out. (I've had the Intrepid 5x7 for about 2 weeks now, and although I have NOT been pleased with the design and build of the 2018 8x10 Intrepid, this new 5x7 is great) The dark slides are stiff getting them in and out, but I expect that will improve with use.
This is a home made dry plate glass negative, using the Foma Photo Emulsion, rated at 1 ASA and exposure time doubled to hopefully account for reciprocity. This was a 3 minute exposure at f16, using the 210mm Schneider Symmar.
Plate processed in XF-37 diluted 1:4, for 2 minutes. It gave me good shadow detail without making the brighter tones unusable. I will continue to use FX-37 with the Foma plates to see how that goes. At the moment I think it looks very promising.



I am quite enamored by your wet plate techniques and the 3D quality of the pictures with roots. Fascinating images as well as technique that you have adopted!
I am glad to hear that you are happy with your Intrepid 5x7. I caught the 5x7 bug and I am waiting for the same camera to arrive, hopefully soon. Once I get familiar with the 5x7 films, I am tempted to learn from you and try this wet plate technique.

[paulbarden]

I am quite enamored by your wet plate techniques and the 3D quality of the pictures with roots. Fascinating images as well as technique that you have adopted!
I am glad to hear that you are happy with your Intrepid 5x7. I caught the 5x7 bug and I am waiting for the same camera to arrive, hopefully soon. Once I get familiar with the 5x7 films, I am tempted to learn from you and try this wet plate technique.

Thanks, glad you are enjoying the work I do!
I hope you'll like the Intrepid 5x7 - its a big improvement over their designs from 3 years ago (I have the 2018 Intrepid 8x10 and it had some really big problems that required requesting new parts from Intrepid to fix. I am not impressed with that camera). Its not perfect, but its very usable and versatile, with a number of very nice improvements to its build and function.

About learning wet plate collodion: find someone in your area and take a workshop. If you are in fact in Colorado, you have one of the best teachers in America right in your back yard: Quinn Jacobson. I don't know if he's teaching workshops again yet. Check his web site (https://studioq.com/) (I'm assuming he's not yet doing workshops, so you can get a copy of his book and that will teach you a LOT). If you decide to pursue the wet plate technique, feel free to ask me for help if you need it.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50964223947_265a90ee6e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kDwYdk)Makina II HRU Handheld (https://flic.kr/p/2kDwYdk) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

6.5x9cm Plaubel Makina II HANDHELD Fuji HRU cut from 8x10. RADA plate holder with film insert, Plaubel Yellow filter. 1/200 at f6. 5x7 Aristo #2 Omega DII 4x5 glass carrier Multigrade developer. I produced four perfect negatives from this shoot. Successful test with no scratches. This film scratches very easily.

For many decades the land my house sits on was an apple orchard. Here is one of the original trees, gone wild

[jmontague]

217733

Mt. Evans Colorado Bristlecone Pine. 8x10 contact print.

Great image, Michael


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[Michael Kadillak]

217961

M Evans Bristlecone Pine Macro. 8x10 contact print.

[Michael Kadillak]

217967

Mt Evans Bristlecone Pine Snag. 8x10 contact print.

[John Brady]

Fisheating Creek, South Florida, Ebony slw810, t-max 100, Nikkor 120, f45

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51335601142_1044431865_c_d.jpg

[otto.f]

Fisheating Creek, South Florida, Ebony slw810, t-max 100, Nikkor 120, f45



Great interpretation!

[Corran]

Great to see you posting images again John! And, great work on this one.

[John Brady]

Great to see you posting images again John! And, great work on this one.

Thanks Bryan, it's been so long that I forgot how to post images on this site! I'll dust off some more and send them along soon!

www.timeandlight.com

[Michael Wellman]

217991

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

[Ulophot]

Michael, you have made an exceptionally fine image. A pleasure to study.

[paulbarden]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51341014895_0a95afb326_h.jpg

Photographed on Ilford FP4, processed in Xtol 1:1 for 7.5 minutes. The film was exposed at 50 ASA.
Intrepid 8x10 used, with the Turner-Reich Gundlach 12" convertible lens at f32. Exposure was about 30 seconds.
That Gundlach 12" convertible lens is pretty remarkable, given its age (100+ years I believe) and the fact that the shutter is broken (two blades have broken off and been removed) and there is about 1/8" of balsam separation at the edges of the front lens group. None of that matters! Still performing beautifully.

[Old_Dick]

Stunning work Paul.

[Michael Kadillak]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51341014895_0a95afb326_h.jpg

Photographed on Ilford FP4, processed in Xtol 1:1 for 7.5 minutes. The film was exposed at 50 ASA.
Intrepid 8x10 used, with the Turner-Reich Gundlach 12" convertible lens at f32. Exposure was about 30 seconds.
That Gundlach 12" convertible lens is pretty remarkable, given its age (100+ years I believe) and the fact that the shutter is broken (two blades have broken off and been removed) and there is about 1/8" of balsam separation at the edges of the front lens group. None of that matters! Still performing beautifully.

Great image. That lens will continue to perform for another 100+ years. Reminds me of the old saying "If it ain't broke, why fix it"

[Michael Kadillak]

218027

Mt Evans Bristlecone Pine 8x10 contact print.

[Heroique]

Mt Evans Bristlecone Pine 8x10 contact print.

I really like the waviness of the widest root (upper left), like it's cascading down the rocks.

[Michael Kadillak]

I really like the waviness of the widest root (upper left), like it's cascading down the rocks.

Thanks Heroique. Every time I go there I invariably see something different.

[paulbarden]

Stunning work Paul.

Thanks very much, I appreciate it!


Great image. That lens will continue to perform for another 100+ years. Reminds me of the old saying "If it ain't broke, why fix it"

Thanks, I've been enjoying your recent work as well. Beautiful stuff!
And yes, with any luck that TR Gundlach Anastigmat will be of service to others, long after I'm gone. I'm amazed to see how much this lens is worth now, as it cost me only $85 in 2015!

[John Earley]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51341014895_0a95afb326_h.jpg

Photographed on Ilford FP4, processed in Xtol 1:1 for 7.5 minutes. The film was exposed at 50 ASA.
Intrepid 8x10 used, with the Turner-Reich Gundlach 12" convertible lens at f32. Exposure was about 30 seconds.
That Gundlach 12" convertible lens is pretty remarkable, given its age (100+ years I believe) and the fact that the shutter is broken (two blades have broken off and been removed) and there is about 1/8" of balsam separation at the edges of the front lens group. None of that matters! Still performing beautifully.

Beautiful detail and tones

[paulbarden]

Beautiful detail and tones

Thank you John, glad you appreciate this.

[agustin.gd]

Hello everybody. Im so glad to be part of this TRULLY AMAZING forum. I have been reading day and night for some time now, learning and sucking information in.
This is my first every post here -

My 5x7 Stenopeika camera is the only I own at the moment.

Photo taken in the forest outside my house in the outskirts of Oslo, Norway.
June 2021 -

x-ray film ( iso 50) - developed under inspection with Rodinal-

LENS:LOMO Industar 11-M 450mm f/9 - the aperture blades got stuck and then one got ruined. I got the lens super cheap, so I took them all away. In this case, I used the Industar elements on another lens body, (CITY,SALE AND EXCHANGE-"SALEX" LENS) which is almost double as long, just to experiment. I really enjoyed the softness.

Thanks again, and I hope you all enjoy. I always welcome ideas, constructive criticism and recommendations-

A great weekend to all!!!

[Randy]

agustin.gd, looks like you figured out the perfect lens / subject combination - keep sharing, and welcome to the forum.

[agustin.gd]

Thanks a lot Randy- I have a bunch of lenses (non of them with shutter), so its fun to mix elements and experiment a bit.

[Ben Calwell]

Hello everybody. Im so glad to be part of this TRULLY AMAZING forum. I have been reading day and night for some time now, learning and sucking information in.
This is my first every post here -

My 5x7 Stenopeika camera is the only I own at the moment.

Photo taken in the forest outside my house in the outskirts of Oslo, Norway.
June 2021 -

x-ray film ( iso 50) - developed under inspection with Rodinal-

LENS:LOMO Industar 11-M 450mm f/9 - the aperture blades got stuck and then one got ruined. I got the lens super cheap, so I took them all away. In this case, I used the Industar elements on another lens body, (CITY,SALE AND EXCHANGE-"SALEX" LENS) which is almost double as long, just to experiment. I really enjoyed the softness.

Thanks again, and I hope you all enjoy. I always welcome ideas, constructive criticism and recommendations-

A great weekend to all!!!


That’s a lovely image.

[paulbarden]

Hello everybody.
Thanks again, and I hope you all enjoy. I always welcome ideas, constructive criticism and recommendations-

A great weekend to all!!!

Welcome to the forum, and kudos on that beautiful photograph! I'm not familiar with the Industar 11-M. Is it normally a soft focus lens?

[agustin.gd]

Hey Paul. No. As I understand, the LOMO Industar series- which I have the 300mm and 450mm, are copies of a tesser design (same as the industar-51 210mm.)

I have read not so much in different sites. These where process lenses, and also I have read somewhere that the LOMO series were a bit "higher quality and sharper", which is a bit ironic because I had the Industar 51 210mm at it was a tiny and quite heavy lens for its size.

In this particular case, the 450mm at f/9 was "quite normal" to put a word to it-really bright image, sharp photo, some bokeh, and so on.

I just took the elements and used a longer body- so I think that might have done the trick-

Here is a photo of the Industar 450mm on its regular body af its widest f/9-

I will post more lens experiments soon-

[paulbarden]

Hey Paul. No. As I understand, the LOMO Industar series- which I have the 300mm and 450mm, are copies of a tesser design (same as the industar-51 210mm.)

I have read not so much in different sites. These where process lenses, and also I have read somewhere that the LOMO series were a bit "higher quality and sharper", which is a bit ironic because I had the Industar 51 210mm at it was a tiny and quite heavy lens for its size.

In this particular case, the 450mm at f/9 was "quite normal" to put a word to it-really bright image, sharp photo, some bokeh, and so on.

I just took the elements and used a longer body- so I think that might have done the trick-

Here is a photo of the Industar 450mm on its regular body af its widest f/9-

I will post more lens experiments soon-

Oh, I see! Very interesting. Thanks for that info.

[Ari]

Fisheating Creek, South Florida, Ebony slw810, t-max 100, Nikkor 120, f45

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51335601142_1044431865_c_d.jpg

I love the way this looks, John. How did you achieve such wonderful tones?

[John Brady]

I love the way this looks, John. How did you achieve such wonderful tones?

Thanks Ari! This was captured on t-max 100, iso 80, developed in t-max rs 1:9. The one thing I try to remember when shooting in heavy fog, is to meter and then expose a stop or two higher than what you think the spot meter is telling you. This was a Creo scan of the neg, this digital version has the blacks a bit more blocked up than the actual silver print, which prints quite well.

[John Brady]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51337058884_1d26ae3a56_c_d.jpg

Another foggy morning image, this one from a small lake in central Florida. The fog was so dense when I launched my Gheenoe in the dark, on this lake I had never been on, it was pretty spooky. When it started to get light out, I was blown away by the beauty of this lake. This was a 5 second exposure in about 5 feet of water. I have my boat set up like a tripod, I stick anchor the front and back of the boat and then set my Gitzo Giant in the water beside my boat. I shot this with my 8x10 and a Nikkor 120 sw, which added a little vignetting which I don’t mind for this image. I was fortunate to make about 6 compositions of different scenes before the fog dissipated.

[JeRuFo]

Another foggy morning image, this one from a small lake in central Florida. The fog was so dense when I launched my Gheenoe in the dark, on this lake I had never been on, it was pretty spooky. When it started to get light out, I was blown away by the beauty of this lake. This was a 5 second exposure in about 5 feet of water. I have my boat set up like a tripod, I stick anchor the front and back of the boat and then set my Gitzo Giant in the water beside my boat. I shot this with my 8x10 and a Nikkor 120 sw, which added a little vignetting which I don’t mind for this image. I was fortunate to make about 6 compositions of different scenes before the fog dissipated.


That must have been quite a morning. Wonderful result too.

[John Brady]

That must have been quite a morning. Wonderful result too.

Thank You!

[Ari]

Thanks Ari! This was captured on t-max 100, iso 80, developed in t-max rs 1:9. The one thing I try to remember when shooting in heavy fog, is to meter and then expose a stop or two higher than what you think the spot meter is telling you. This was a Creo scan of the neg, this digital version has the blacks a bit more blocked up than the actual silver print, which prints quite well.

Thanks, John. I really like the contrast and high tones, they work together splendidly in this photo.

[paulbarden]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51337058884_1d26ae3a56_c_d.jpg

Another foggy morning image, this one from a small lake in central Florida. The fog was so dense when I launched my Gheenoe in the dark, on this lake I had never been on, it was pretty spooky. When it started to get light out, I was blown away by the beauty of this lake. This was a 5 second exposure in about 5 feet of water. I have my boat set up like a tripod, I stick anchor the front and back of the boat and then set my Gitzo Giant in the water beside my boat. I shot this with my 8x10 and a Nikkor 120 sw, which added a little vignetting which I don’t mind for this image. I was fortunate to make about 6 compositions of different scenes before the fog dissipated.

Magnificent photograph, kudos!

[John Brady]

Magnificent photograph, kudos!

Many thanks Paul!

[Randy]

4X5
https://www.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/p0w4wc1yyrtqsnu/img089a.jpg?raw=1

[Ulophot]

John, splendid!

[John Brady]

John, splendid!
Thank Phillip!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51337330005_1c6474d5ee_c_d.jpg

I was fortunate to bring this negative to Mitchell Brown’s Darkroom in Georgia, and had the pleasure of working with Alan Ross for a few days. This has always been a difficult image for me to print in my darkroom, Alan taught me some new tricks, creating masks that make printing this one much easier. It was a pleasure spending time with good people and learning from a master!

This was captured using a graduated red 4x6 filter on t-max 100 8x10, Nikkor 150sw @f45. The location is the Ten Thousand Islands, in a very remote part of the Everglades National Park.

[John Earley]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51337330005_1c6474d5ee_c_d.jpg


Wow!

[Michael Lloyd]

4x5 Delta 100 scan made with my Chamonix 5 years ago. It's not far from my house and I just got an 8x10 so I may revisit this. I haven't shot film in 3 or 4 years (digital either). I'm getting geared up to start shooting my LF gear again soon. The only time this tree sees traffic is if I have a camera set up in the middle of the road :)

https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p457307195-5.jpg

[lassethomas]

Thank Phillip!

I was fortunate to bring this negative to Mitchell Brown’s Darkroom in Georgia, and had the pleasure of working with Alan Ross for a few days. This has always been a difficult image for me to print in my darkroom, Alan taught me some new tricks, creating masks that make printing this one much easier. It was a pleasure spending time with good people and learning from a master!

This was captured using a graduated red 4x6 filter on t-max 100 8x10, Nikkor 150sw @f45. The location is the Ten Thousand Islands, in a very remote part of the Everglades National Park.

Fantastic. Very much to my taste!

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/sheet0364.jpg

Lofta in southern Sweden

Szabad 4x5, Heliar 150/4.5, Fomapan 400

[Ben Calwell]

4x5 Delta 100 scan made with my Chamonix 5 years ago. It's not far from my house and I just got an 8x10 so I may revisit this. I haven't shot film in 3 or 4 years (digital either). I'm getting geared up to start shooting my LF gear again soon. The only time this tree sees traffic is if I have a camera set up in the middle of the road :)

https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p457307195-5.jpg



I like that.

[Ulophot]

Ben, what a fine image! Composing out in the trees and brush is hard. Bravo! Looking forward to your 8x10 adventures.

[jon.oman]

Thank Phillip!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51337330005_1c6474d5ee_c_d.jpg

I was fortunate to bring this negative to Mitchell Brown’s Darkroom in Georgia, and had the pleasure of working with Alan Ross for a few days. This has always been a difficult image for me to print in my darkroom, Alan taught me some new tricks, creating masks that make printing this one much easier. It was a pleasure spending time with good people and learning from a master!

This was captured using a graduated red 4x6 filter on t-max 100 8x10, Nikkor 150sw @f45. The location is the Ten Thousand Islands, in a very remote part of the Everglades National Park.

Wonderful image!

[rrunnertexas]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51376612768_8e6895f368_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mgYz3q)Cyclone Lone Tree NM (https://flic.kr/p/2mgYz3q) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Western Cyclone drop plate 4x5 camera - Lone tree along a county road in north western New Mexico.

[Tin Can]

Fantastic!

That is wonderful

Equivalent be dammed

I see a naked alien with hair



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51376612768_8e6895f368_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mgYz3q)Cyclone Lone Tree NM (https://flic.kr/p/2mgYz3q) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Western Cyclone drop plate 4x5 camera - Lone tree along a county road in north western New Mexico.

[rrunnertexas]

Thanks Tin Can! Hand holding this box camera was a challenge with the aliens all around!

[Jim Jones]

Alien or not, it's a fine photograph.

[6x6TLL]

This is the first halfway passable sheet I've found to share. No scanner, this is a simple DSLR snapshot on a light table, the chrome has a lot more detail, sharpness and depth. Still need to figure out that part, from sheet to digital...

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

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Arca Swiss F-metric 4x5, APO-Sinaron-S 150mm f11/1 second, Provia 100F

[faraz]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51384407113_2acd6635b1_h.jpg

In my local woods after some felling was done to the pines one foggy morning when the light was just the way I like it.

Taken on my Ebony 45Su + Fujinon CM-W 125mm/5.6

Printed on Ilford Warmtone FB 12x16" and toned with gold toner

[Ben Calwell]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51384407113_2acd6635b1_h.jpg

In my local woods after some felling was done to the pines one foggy morning when the light was just the way I like it.

Taken on my Ebony 45Su + Fujinon CM-W 125mm/5.6



That’s nice. Really like the foggy background.

Printed on Ilford Warmtone FB 12x16" and toned with gold toner

[John Brady]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51384171978_e2c8ba66dd_c_d.jpg

I captured this image last weekend in the Big Cypress National Preserve during what was supposed to be Tropical Storm Fred. The Storm didn’t turn out to be much other than some rain and wind. Normally, not a huge fan of photographing in the wind, I thought it could be interesting for this type of an image.

I am fortunate to still have a supply of Efke IR 8x10 film that I have been storing in my freezer. This was captured on a brand new Fotoman 5x8in camera I commissioned them to build for me. This was with my 90XL lens, I am still waiting for my 72XL cone and helical, they made a mistake on the first one. The camera has 20mm of rise and fall. I used a Hoya r72 Ir filter and metered it iso 1.5, which worked out to about a one minute exposure with reciprocity failure and f32.

Looking forward to spending more time with this new camera!

[Corran]

Very nice! I tried shooting some Efke IR film there a few years ago but it didn't work out. Mine has dots all over it after development. When I was in south Florida a couple months ago, it was a terrible wet nasty day when I was at Big Cypress so didn't get too many photos, and terrible bugs that my wife did not appreciate! Anyway, the wavy grass is excellent, along with the interesting lightness of tones that isn't too overdone with IR.

[John Brady]

Very nice! I tried shooting some Efke IR film there a few years ago but it didn't work out. Mine has dots all over it after development. When I was in south Florida a couple months ago, it was a terrible wet nasty day when I was at Big Cypress so didn't get too many photos, and terrible bugs that my wife did not appreciate! Anyway, the wavy grass is excellent, along with the interesting lightness of tones that isn't too overdone with IR.

Thanks Bryan, I’m sorry I didn’t get to meet you when you were in town! The mosquitoes and horse fly’s were ferocious on this trip also. It’s hit and miss, sometime they’re not too bad. I don’t have the dots on my film, but the notching machine didn’t notch the majority of the film, makes it a real treat. Also there is a protective sheet between each sheet of film, also a pain in the ass.

[ericantonio]

From Pfeiffer Big Sur Campground
Looking up
Chamonix 4x5
150mm Xenar
Arista EDU 100 @ 50
PMK

https://i.imgur.com/8o9Si6a.jpg

[paulbarden]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51398506879_21a955aaed_b.jpg

Photographed on Ilford Delta 100, @ 50 ASA, processed in Pyrocat HD.
Camera used: The Intrepid 8x10 with the front half of a Darlot Petzval lens, no shutter (cap off, cap on, count to 5 seconds), wide open.

[Vaughn]

Here is an oak tree I have been working with and/or sitting under for many years. An early morning this past June with the creek already very low. A bit of a climb and scramble to get to this spot, especially with the 11x14.

The 11x14 neg was re-photographed on a light table with a digital camera, then roughly hammered into something that might look like the print will eventually.

Oak, Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park, 2021

[Dierk]

I don't want ignore some images by commenting others
so I want to say: so many beautiful pictures here!!
I want to look at all of them soon.


This is a megalithic grave not far from my home made with a pinhole camera

4x5" pinhole Zero45 75B, 75mm focal distance, Pinhole Size: 0.35mm, f/216, 6 min. exposure, Fomapan 200, Rodinal?

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comments and critiques are welcome

Regards
Dierk

[CreationBear]

Oak, Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park, 2021

One of my favorites from you--definitely would like updates on how you go about printing it. FWIW, I'm glad you finally got the tree on a big negative--one of my favorite trees, a sycamore that was at least 150 years old (maybe five feet DBH) came down last week before I could get around with my 8x10 this season.

[mat4226]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51384171978_e2c8ba66dd_c_d.jpg

I captured this image last weekend in the Big Cypress National Preserve during what was supposed to be Tropical Storm Fred. The Storm didn’t turn out to be much other than some rain and wind. Normally, not a huge fan of photographing in the wind, I thought it could be interesting for this type of an image.

I am fortunate to still have a supply of Efke IR 8x10 film that I have been storing in my freezer. This was captured on a brand new Fotoman 5x8in camera I commissioned them to build for me. This was with my 90XL lens, I am still waiting for my 72XL cone and helical, they made a mistake on the first one. The camera has 20mm of rise and fall. I used a Hoya r72 Ir filter and metered it iso 1.5, which worked out to about a one minute exposure with reciprocity failure and f32.

Looking forward to spending more time with this new camera!

Love this image John! Efke IR is a great film and I'm going to miss it so much once my stock is gone. Funny you mentioned working in the wind, as this film taught me to embrace the inevitable with its reciprocity failure and long exposures. Keep up the great work!

[John Brady]

Love this image John! Efke IR is a great film and I'm going to miss it so much once my stock is gone. Funny you mentioned working in the wind, as this film taught me to embrace the inevitable with its reciprocity failure and long exposures. Keep up the great work!

Thanks Mat! I still have about 75 sheets of 8x10 Efke IR. I too will be sad when it’s gone, I wonder if any manufacturers are considering making more? I would be a buyer. I have one of my Sony a7r’s converted to IR, it fun and easy to use, but not the same.

[John Brady]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51398506879_21a955aaed_b.jpg

Photographed on Ilford Delta 100, @ 50 ASA, processed in Pyrocat HD.
Camera used: The Intrepid 8x10 with the front half of a Darlot Petzval lens, no shutter (cap off, cap on, count to 5 seconds), wide open.

Very cool image Paul!

[Dierk]

Very cool image Paul!
I join you, John!

@Paul - I love all these beautiful pictures you made at this location, large prints will look great!
Regards
Dierk

[Dierk]

4x5" pinhole Zero45 75B, 75mm focal distance, Pinhole Size: 0.35mm, f/216, 2 min. exposure, Fomapan 200
the interesting tree in the middle does not exist any more after too many dry years

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Regards
Dierk

[paulbarden]

@Paul - I love all these beautiful pictures you made at this location, large prints will look great!
Regards
Dierk

Thank you Dierk. As this is an 8x10 negative, my only option now is to contact print it. My Canon printer has died a premature death (3 years and now permanently clogged. Dreadful waste of money that) and I cannot afford to replace it. So, contact prints are my only choice now. Maybe I should be grateful that the miserable printer croaked.

[Dierk]

Thank you Dierk. As this is an 8x10 negative, my only option now is to contact print it. My Canon printer has died a premature death (3 years and now permanently clogged. Dreadful waste of money that) and I cannot afford to replace it. So, contact prints are my only choice now. Maybe I should be grateful that the miserable printer croaked.
I know, what you mean, my Epson 3800 is dry since 3 Years and I could not repair it up to now - or, to be correct, I gave up.
I loved printing on all kinds of Material from the great Hahnemüle to even Japan paper. For me the moment, when these large A2 prints come out of the printer is almost like the moment in the darkroom, when the image appears :)
Regards
Dierk

[Dierk]

on the beautiful Canary island of La Palma

Linhof Technika III, 127mm Press-Xenar, Fomapan 200, Rodinal 1:50

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regards
Dierk

[Dierk]

one more from that beautiful location up in the mountains
in the fast moving clouds up there the appearance of the trees in the background is permanently changing

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Regards
Dierk

[paulbarden]

on the beautiful Canary island of La Palma

Linhof Technika III, 127mm Press-Xenar, Fomapan 200, Rodinal 1:50

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regards
Dierk

Beautiful! Nothing wrong with those Xenar lenses, is there?!

[esearing]

Finally got around to printing this tree. 5x12 ilford FP4 in pyrocat M , contact print on ilford MGFB Matte. It looked a little dull in gray so decided to tone it brown with Thiourea (2gT+8gSH+1LW) + Selenium 1:6 .
The month after I shot this tree it lost its large lower right branches . The left side has a support and has fewer leaf filled branches.

https://i0.wp.com/www.searing.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/OakTreeWestview1brown.jpg

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 4.5/90, center filter, T-Max 100, DD-X.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51413434934_ab396936ac_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mkehZm)--- (https://flic.kr/p/2mkehZm) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[Michael Kadillak]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 4.5/90, center filter, T-Max 100, DD-X.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51413434934_ab396936ac_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mkehZm)--- (https://flic.kr/p/2mkehZm) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

Very well done Gabe! The illuminated section on the forest floor behind the tree is marvelous as it draws your eye in and provides depth and clarity.

[Gabe]

Very well done Gabe! The illuminated section on the forest floor behind the tree is marvelous as it draws your eye in and provides depth and clarity.

Many thanks.

[Andrzej]

4x5 film
Agfa 111 30x40 cm print
Soft focus us lens
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[Ben Calwell]

4x5 film
Agfa 111 30x40 cm print
Soft focus us lens
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Nice!

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/sheet0370-1.jpg

Southern Sweden

Szabad 4x5, Heliar 150/4,5, Fomapan 400

[h2oman]

Very dreamy - I like it a lot.


4x5 film
Agfa 111 30x40 cm print
Soft focus us lens
219205

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Nikkor-M 9/300, T-Max 100, DD-X

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51415821761_99d049b9f8_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mkrwvx)Pines & Bird Boxes (https://flic.kr/p/2mkrwvx) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[gimenosaiz]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51398506879_21a955aaed_b.jpg

Photographed on Ilford Delta 100, @ 50 ASA, processed in Pyrocat HD.
Camera used: The Intrepid 8x10 with the front half of a Darlot Petzval lens, no shutter (cap off, cap on, count to 5 seconds), wide open.

Hi!

This is amazing!!
Cheers
Antonio

[Ben Calwell]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Nikkor-M 9/300, T-Max 100, DD-X

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51415821761_99d049b9f8_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mkrwvx)Pines & Bird Boxes (https://flic.kr/p/2mkrwvx) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr






Beautiful -- well done.

[Gabe]

Beautiful -- well done.

Thank you.

[paulbarden]

Hi!

This is amazing!!
Cheers
Antonio

Thank you Antonio, much appreciated!

[paulbarden]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51424730559_b6dd299154_h.jpg

Made on 8x10 inch Bergger Pancro 400, exposed at 125 ASA and processed in Pyrocat HD, 21 minutes.
Deardorff camera with the 15" Lerebours et Secretans Petzval lens. Exposure was 5 seconds, using a lens cap.

I need to use this lens more often, but the combination if the Deardorff with the Lerebours lens is damn heavy!

[John Power]

This one is mostly dead, but a spider has made it home

Horseman L45, Fujinon SW 90mm, Ektar

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51436183345_88dbfd990f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mneTik)

Dead branch on Ainslie (https://flic.kr/p/2mneTik) by J P (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192855666@N08/), on Flickr

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/sheet0376.jpg

Southern Sweden

Szabad 9x12, Super Angulon 90mm/8, Fomapan 400

[agustin.gd]

Wow- nice one.
Im also working on some trees project, and im experimenting with different lenses, some are extremely soft focus, like this one.
Which lens did you use for this one?


4x5 film
Agfa 111 30x40 cm print
Soft focus us lens
219205

[Andrzej]

Wow- nice one.
Im also working on some trees project, and im experimenting with different lenses, some are extremely soft focus, like this one.
Which lens did you use for this one?


I'm not sure right now. I had several lenses with me. It could be unlocked Velostigmat, modyfied industar or reverted Kronar..
Much less possible that it was an imagon

[ericantonio]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/sheet0376.jpg

Southern Sweden

Szabad 9x12, Super Angulon 90mm/8, Fomapan 400

Like it. Is this a tree? I mean, WAS it a tree? Or a dead tree that has been illegally been squated by vines?

[PatrickMarq]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51482265998_3eca108385_k.jpg

[agustin.gd]

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My new ongoing project - Natura Aeterna -
https://www.instagram.com/natura.aeterna

Comments-constructive criticism-questions are always welcomed.

This PACSA lens is a 210mm f/8.
Of what i have found, this lens was sold by Photographic Artist Co-operative Supply - PACSA. The lens is marked with this initials and “45 Charterhouse Sq” which is the adress in London were the lenses were sold.
Further reading showed me that this lens is from circa 1880-1890.
The lens is marked 6-1/2 x 4-3/4, menaing “english HALF PLATE SIZE”.
It was a bit more of space, and could probably work for closer portraits in 8x10.
Its a simple lens, but turned out so be very practical. Is small, light and i was quite pleased with the final result. Is not extremelly sharp, but it has quite the sharpness in the center, and fades away into the backgroun in a very nice way.
-Camera: Stenopeika 5x7
-Film: unbranded x-ray film “ full blue” -expired-used as iso 50
-Lens: P.A.C.S.A 210mm f/8
- 1 second exposure-
Developed in hangers under red safe light-
Rodinal 1+100 for around 2-3 minutes.

[Ben Calwell]

219689

My new ongoing project - Natura Aeterna -
https://www.instagram.com/natura.aeterna

Comments-constructive criticism-questions are always welcomed.

This PACSA lens is a 210mm f/8.
Of what i have found, this lens was sold by Photographic Artist Co-operative Supply - PACSA. The lens is marked with this initials and “45 Charterhouse Sq” which is the adress in London were the lenses were sold.
Further reading showed me that this lens is from circa 1880-1890.
The lens is marked 6-1/2 x 4-3/4, menaing “english HALF PLATE SIZE”.
It was a bit more of space, and could probably work for closer portraits in 8x10.
Its a simple lens, but turned out so be very practical. Is small, light and i was quite pleased with the final result. Is not extremelly sharp, but it has quite the sharpness in the center, and fades away into the backgroun in a very nice way.
-Camera: Stenopeika 5x7
-Film: unbranded x-ray film “ full blue” -expired-used as iso 50
-Lens: P.A.C.S.A 210mm f/8
- 1 second exposure-
Developed in hangers under red safe light-
Rodinal 1+100 for around 2-3 minutes.




I like that

[John Earley]

219689

My new ongoing project - Natura Aeterna -


Wonderful image!

[John Power]

A bunch of them

Fujinon SW 90mm, Ilford Ortho, Rodinal 1+50

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51492274598_3abc4c7bcf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mscngU)

Army of oaks (https://flic.kr/p/2mscngU) by J P (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192855666@N08/), on Flickr

[PatrickMarq]

Wonderful, I like this composition

[agustin.gd]

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from my ongoing project about the eternity of nature- NATURA AETERNA

for more, visit

https://www.instagram.com/natura.aeterna/

X-ray film 5x7 - at iso 50 - developed in RODINAL under red safelight.

LENS: a bit of an experiment - I took the elements of a SALEX 360mm and I added the barrel of an Industar 11-M 450mm in between, as an extension tube- I turned out to be a very pleasing blur and softness-

[afxstudio]

Very nice work Agustin, followed.

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Chamonix 45F2, Rodenstock 210mm, Bergger pancro 400, Rodinal 1+25

[ericantonio]

This is very serene.




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Chamonix 45F2, Rodenstock 210mm, Bergger pancro 400, Rodinal 1+25

[Gabe]

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

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51515786346_51bc530b7b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mugSuS)Bark Study No. 4 (https://flic.kr/p/2mugSuS) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Woof

Like!


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

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51515786346_51bc530b7b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mugSuS)Bark Study No. 4 (https://flic.kr/p/2mugSuS) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[Gabe]

Woof

Like!

Thanks!

[John Power]

Some trees again, most of them sideways.
I love these pile ups on the river banks around here.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51516651808_74553992ed_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mumiLC)

Piled right up on the Molonglo (https://flic.kr/p/2mumiLC) by J P (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192855666@N08/), on Flickr

[agustin.gd]

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- Sun in between the fog. -

This photo was the number 25 i took with x-ray film.
I was still experimenting with exposures, developing methods and of course lenses.
This tiny lens is an internal element from an old Tokina Zoom lens from a 35mm camera.
Amazingly, it covered 5x7.
Its not the sharpest lens out there but it is fun to use once in a while.
Its about 480mm F/18 (?) or around there.

for more, check:
https://www.instagram.com/natura.aeterna

As always, thanks for any comment, opinion, critique and/or constructive criticism.
Have an awesome day, everyone!!!

[_tf_]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51439169643_f74e001c63_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mnvc2e)Death of a Forest (https://flic.kr/p/2mnvc2e) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

Linhof Kardan GT with S-K Symmar-S 180/5.6, yellow filter; on CatLABS X 80 film, developed in Fomadon Excel 1+1 (10.5min). Scanned with Epson V850, slight adjustment of the curve in CaptureOne.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51491844467_760093ff40_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2msaapR)Death of a Forest (https://flic.kr/p/2msaapR) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

and printed, 16x12 print, Fomabrom Variant 112 developed in Bromophen, bleached and selenium toned. The phone snap makes it look at bit more contrasty than it is, but clearly lost shadow detail there in the crown, didn't strike me that much until seeing them both side by side here.

[David Schaller]

Very nice. Thanks for posting.
Dave


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51439169643_f74e001c63_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mnvc2e)Death of a Forest (https://flic.kr/p/2mnvc2e) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

Linhof Kardan GT with S-K Symmar-S 180/5.6, yellow filter; on CatLABS X 80 film, developed in Fomadon Excel 1+1 (10.5min). Scanned with Epson V850, slight adjustment of the curve in CaptureOne.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51491844467_760093ff40_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2msaapR)Death of a Forest (https://flic.kr/p/2msaapR) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

and printed, 16x12 print, Fomabrom Variant 112 developed in Bromophen, bleached and selenium toned. The phone snap makes it look at bit more contrasty than it is, but clearly lost shadow detail there in the crown, didn't strike me that much until seeing them both side by side here.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Portra 400.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51525763490_b6bb1ce3b6_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mva1mA)--- (https://flic.kr/p/2mva1mA) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[Gabe]

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

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51535688712_0b7b1b8c7d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mw2SM7)--- (https://flic.kr/p/2mw2SM7) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[johnmsanderson]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51439169643_f74e001c63_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mnvc2e)Death of a Forest (https://flic.kr/p/2mnvc2e) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

Linhof Kardan GT with S-K Symmar-S 180/5.6, yellow filter; on CatLABS X 80 film, developed in Fomadon Excel 1+1 (10.5min). Scanned with Epson V850, slight adjustment of the curve in CaptureOne.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51491844467_760093ff40_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2msaapR)Death of a Forest (https://flic.kr/p/2msaapR) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

and printed, 16x12 print, Fomabrom Variant 112 developed in Bromophen, bleached and selenium toned. The phone snap makes it look at bit more contrasty than it is, but clearly lost shadow detail there in the crown, didn't strike me that much until seeing them both side by side here.

This is beautiful. Love the depth behind the tree. This is a rare find and well done.

[_tf_]

Very nice. Thanks for posting.
Dave

Thank you!

[_tf_]

This is beautiful. Love the depth behind the tree. This is a rare find and well done.

Thank you!

[paulbarden]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51541580760_c007d485fa_h.jpg

From a 5x7 inch wet plate collodion negative, made with the Intrepid 5x7 camera and the 6&3/8" Kodak Anastigmat lens, at f8.5 The exposure was 8 minutes.
Collodion used: Quinn Jacobson's negative recipe, and matching developer. Negative redeveloped with the Iodine/Pyrogallol technique.
#wetplatecollodion

[David Schaller]

That one’s great Paul.

[paulbarden]

That one’s great Paul.

Thank you David, glad you like it!

[agustin.gd]

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Stenopeika 5x7 - x-ray film - developed under inspection with RODINAL 1+50

LENS N* 5 - the front element of an old Tokina zoom for 35mm, which amazingly covers 5x7-
The depth of field is very shallow, and there is too much distortion in the edges, and great deal of color aberration-
Nevertheless, I love how this photo turned out.
I have tried to use this lens as a close up lens, but as a reference, I rather use it focus at 10-15 meters or more-

For more of this project, check

https://www.instagram.com/natura.aeterna/

As always, comments, constructive criticism, questions and suggestions are accepted.

[kmallick]

Fall colors in Granby, Colorado

Toyo 45CF + Sironar-N 150 + Ektar 100

https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/largeformat/fall_colors_granby.jpg

[agustin.gd]

the deep light blue of the sky is amazing!!!!! by far, fall is my favourite season.

Also, out of cutriosity, how is it that people post the image larger, like this? I never could manage it. hahaha

Thanks.

Fall colors in Granby, Colorado

Toyo 45CF + Sironar-N 150 + Ektar 100

https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/largeformat/fall_colors_granby.jpg

[kmallick]

the deep light blue of the sky is amazing!!!!! by far, fall is my favourite season.

Also, out of cutriosity, how is it that people post the image larger, like this? I never could manage it. hahaha

Thanks.

I agree, Fall is nice! Sky was blue, but I did use a polarizer.

About posting a large image, I always use the 2nd tab after I click on the Insert Image icon and link to the large image uploaded to a separate host. I also uncheck 'Retrieve remote file and reference locally'.

https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/digital/LFPF_snip.PNG

[paulbarden]

About posting a large image, I always use the 2nd tab after I click on the Insert Image icon and link to the large image uploaded to a separate host. I also uncheck 'Retrieve remote file and reference locally'.

Exactly what I do as well, I link to the larger file on Flickr.

[Joe O'Hara]

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Stenopeika 5x7 - x-ray film - developed under inspection with RODINAL 1+50



[snip]

The picture is strange and wonderful in its own way. I like it.

[Jim Noel]

I like this image and believe it would be interesting to view others by you. I am unable to do so because I refuse to get involved with I--gram or an other similar invasive time waster.
I believe images posted on heis forum should be visible to all members of the forum.

[Gabe]

I agree, Fall is nice! Sky was blue, but I did use a polarizer.

About posting a large image, I always use the 2nd tab after I click on the Insert Image icon and link to the large image uploaded to a separate host. I also uncheck 'Retrieve remote file and reference locally'.

https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/digital/LFPF_snip.PNG

If you use Flickr you can also use the "Share Photo" dialogue to generate a block of BBCode which can be copy-pasted here. This will embed an image preview of a size you determine, but also link to the original page on Flickr where people can inspect the largest version of the image if they so wish.

I don't use other photo hosting sites, but I imagine most of them offer something similar.

[Gabe]

Fall colors in Granby, Colorado

Toyo 45CF + Sironar-N 150 + Ektar 100

https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/largeformat/fall_colors_granby.jpg

Stunning colours. Can't wait for the Autumn foliage. Another few weeks yet.

[kmallick]

Stunning colours. Can't wait for the Autumn foliage. Another few weeks yet.

I can't take the credit, its Mother Nature. But thank you, I appreciate your kind words! I hope you enjoy your Autumn foliage too. :D

[agustin.gd]

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from my ongoing project about nature-NATURA AETERNA


For more, visit
https://www.instagram.com/natura.aeterna/

Oslo, NORWAY - Orreskogen- 2021

photo #116 - "a fallen giant"

Going arround with the Industar-51 210mm and doing some test.

I only take photos with my 5x7 since January 2021.
I used to do some “ street photography” with 35mm film, both color and BnW, which i developed ar home. I usually focused on lines and shapes.
With large format, i started experimenting with lenses more since i have the universal iris clamp.

But those times i went out with the industar-51 i decided to start taking to my nature photography some of that composition prefferences that i used to use in the city.

Here, a very classic TWO THIRDS division of the photo - ( ground and sky- also tree on the right marking the right side third)

I couldnt help setting the fallen tree in a diagonal from one corner to the other.

None of the lenses I own came with shutter. I mount them on a universal iris clamp, which I adapted for this camera-

-Camera: Stenopeika 5x7
-Film: unbranded x-ray film “ full blue” -expired-used as iso 50
-LENS: Industar-51 210mm f/4.5 at F/16
- 8 seconds exposure-
Developed in hangers under red safe light-
Rodinal 1+100 for around 2-3 minutes.

[Equivet96]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49852092436_0d750abccc_h.jpg

Around 350 years old chestnut tree - captured with an (not as) old Deardorff 8x10, build in the 60th, Schneider Kreuznach Apo Symmar 5,6/300, a little front swing and rear swing, some mm front fall, at F32 1/2 second on Ilford FP4plus with box speed 125 Iso, developed in Pyrocat HD 2+2+100 for 9' at 21 degrees Celsius in an Jobo Drum with the Jobo CPA2 (continous agitation)...

[paulbarden]

Around 350 years old chestnut tree - captured with an (not as) old Deardorff 8x10, build in the 60th, Schneider Kreuznach Apo Symmar 5,6/300, a little front swing and rear swing, some mm front fall, at F32 1/2 second on Ilford FP4plus with box speed 125 Iso, developed in Pyrocat HD 2+2+100 for 9' at 21 degrees Celsius in an Jobo Drum with the Jobo CPA2 (continous agitation)...

Thats beautiful. Nicely done.

[otto.f]

Around 350 years old chestnut tree - captured with an (not as) old Deardorff 8x10, build in the 60th, Schneider Kreuznach Apo Symmar 5,6/300, a little front swing and rear swing, some mm front fall, at F32 1/2 second on Ilford FP4plus with box speed 125 Iso, developed in Pyrocat HD 2+2+100 for 9' at 21 degrees Celsius in an Jobo Drum with the Jobo CPA2 (continous agitation)...

That’s great indeed, such a nice tonal scale, like it very much!

[_tf_]

Stunningly beautiful, love the little flowers at the foot of the tree.

[Ulophot]

Equivet, outstanding.

[Equivet96]

Thanks a lot for your positive comments!
Ulrich

[esearing]

equivet96 - fabulous. Is this a negative scan or a print?

[Equivet96]

equivet96 - fabulous. Is this a negative scan or a print?

This is a negative scan, raw file created in Vuescan, further "development" with Negaltive Lab Pro, last steps in LR
Generally I do enlarge prints as well from 4x5 and 5x7 negatives, for 8x10 only contact prints

[esearing]

An oak on a scenic parkway turn out.
https://I0.wp.com/www.searing.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/oak_richrussel.jpg