post your trees!

[robin moyer]

I'm new here. So by way of introduction here are some old trees.

L-R
1. Live Oak, Oriental, North Carolina, 1973, 4x5 Arca Swiss, 90mm Super Angulon (scan from neg - super XX Pan) ©2009 Robin Moyer
2. Tree in fog, Yu Shan, Taiwan, 1976, 8x10 (Nagoaka) 240 Symar-S, (scan from neg Super XX Pan) ©2009 Robin Moyer
3. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, 1974, 4x5 Arca Swiss, 90mm Super Angulon (scan from neg Super XX Pan) Originally printed in platinum. ©2009 Robin Moyer

Rgds,
RM

[seabird]

I'm new here. So by way of introduction here are some old trees.


Hi Robin,

Let me be the first to say: welcome to the forum!

Let me also be the first to say: I like your tree images - especially the third one. Well done to keep the values up on the trunk while not losing the background.

Make sure you post some more.

Cheers

[john m]

Taken in wicklow last summer, sinar f 90mm shanghai 100

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3920445221_c86c68c283.jpg

[Joe O'Hara]

Taken in wicklow last summer, sinar f 90mm shanghai 100

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3920445221_c86c68c283.jpg

John M, that is very nice. I wish the image were displayed larger here.

[Vaughn]

A recent negative and carbon print.

Redwood, Vine Maples, Fall 2009
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Zone VI 8x10, Fuji W 300/5.6
TMax400, f90 at 4 minutes, with yellow filter
Ilford Universal PQ Developer 1:1670F for about 10 minutes (lost track)

Scanned carbon print

[Antonenko]

All greetings. It is pleasant to look pictures from your places made the Big Format. Yours faithfully Anton from Russia

[mandoman7]

Welcome, Anton. I'd love to see photos of where you live (in big format).

[Antonenko]

Welcome, Anton. I'd love to see photos of where you live (in big format).
Thanks John. I a beginner in the Big Format. Has just now bought chamber CAMBO-VIEW 4X5. But I have a lot of a narrow and average format. Anton

[mandoman7]

Its a courageous move. You will find support and good information here.

JY

[mandoman7]

http://images41.fotki.com/v209/photos/2/1219782/7565497/OakGeyserPk-vi.jpg
On the road to Geyser Peak. About '97.

[mikebarger]

A recent negative and carbon print.

Redwood, Vine Maples, Fall 2009
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Zone VI 8x10, Fuji W 300/5.6
TMax400, f90 at 4 minutes, with yellow filter
Ilford Universal PQ Developer 1:1670F for about 10 minutes (lost track)

Scanned carbon print

Vaughn that is one outstanding print!!!

Mike

[r.e.]

Nice mandoman7.

This thread brings to mind John Fowles's 1979 book The Tree with photographs by Frank Horvat.

Ecco Press is bringing The Tree back into print this September: http://www.amazon.com/Tree-John-Fowles/dp/0061997773/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265852588&sr=8-2

Horvat's site, including 44 portraits of trees done between 1976 and 1986: www.horvatland.com

[tmastran]

I went up to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a couple of weeks ago for a long weekend, hoping to spend most of it capturing wintery scenes. Well it was a little too wintery. A snowstorm came through and they closed all the park roads.

Here's one of maybe two I came away with in the one day I had. This is looking Southeast from Newfound Gap. 4x5. TMAX-400. D76 1:1. Caltar 180.

http://www.tedmastrandonas.com/images/NewfoundGapSE-2010-01-29.840.usm.jpg

Ted
http://www.tedmastrandonas.com

[Chris Strobel]

Well this is kinda like a tree :D

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4348247726_0f8a17f024_o.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

Nice cold winter, great lights !!!
Old apple tree (yes, wide open !!)
Senlisse 78, France

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Fevrier%202010/cloture-002-bis.jpg

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Morning Hoar Frost, Roxborough, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10020709.jpg

[mandoman7]

I like this shot a lot, Jim.

[PaulRicciardi]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4363516068_6e49ccca4b_o.jpg
Whole plate, X-ray film, lots of scratches

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Paul, x-ray film is great but you can not cut it down. It will always scratch. Need to develop in tanks or one at a time in a smooth bottom tray.

jim

[venchka]

The Oak Tree
Glenwood Cemetery
Houston, TX

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/203850-1/Glenwood+Tree.jpg

Zone VI 4x5 Made in Vermont
Fujinon-W 125mm/5.6
TMY-2 | Xtol 1:3

Thanks for looking.

[venchka]

Texas. Fog. Trees.

Linhof Technika V
Kodak Ektar 127mm 1:4.7
Ilford Hp5+
Xtol 1:3

Thanks for looking.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/203844-1/Pond+Fog+Pano001.jpg

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/203847-1/Fence001.jpg

Thanks for looking. Feel free to tell me what you think of these images.

[PaulRicciardi]

Paul, x-ray film is great but you can not cut it down. It will always scratch. Need to develop in tanks or one at a time in a smooth bottom tray.

jim

Jim, I hate the stuff, have yet to get a negative that's not scratched and haven't been able to get a single printable neg. Developing the sheets one at a time in a smooth bottomed 11x14 tray with plenty of chemicals, still scratches terribly.
Scanning the negatives works maybe 50% of the time, but I throw out most of the negatives cause they're utter rubbish.

Never had this problem in 4x5 with Efke 25, another soft emulsion.

Pretty much relegated the plate camera to shooting either paper positives/negatives or dry plates both of which are much easier for me to work with and seem to give more consistent results. Picked up an 8x10 pinhole for film-hopefully that will give me some negatives I can actually print in the darkroom!
:)

[Vaughn]

Last Valley Light

scanned 4x10 platinum/palladium print

[SamReeves]

On the road to Geyser Peak. About '97.

Fantastic. :)

[ljb0904]

Jim, that's beautiful!


Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Morning Hoar Frost, Roxborough, Alberta, Canada, 2010

[ljb0904]

Preston, this is awesome! Nice image!



Yosemite-El Capitan Meadow-Christmas Eve 2009

Tachihara 4x5
210 Symmar-S
Astia 100F

--Preston

[Robert Hughes]

Jim, I hate the stuff, have yet to get a negative that's not scratched and haven't been able to get a single printable neg. :)

Practice makes perfect. I've had better luck recently, using an 8x10 flat bottom enamelled tray - 7 minutes one side, then 7 minutes side two, trying for minimal movement of the bottom emulsion against the tray.

[mandoman7]

Fantastic. :)
I'm glad you like it. It was a neg that had gotten misplaced after having trouble printing it a few years ago. Here's one from this morning.

http://images21.fotki.com/v194/photos/2/1219782/7565497/LakeB20101-vi.jpg

We've been getting a lot of water this year.
HP5/PMK, 90mm Nikkor

[David Hedley]

John, that's excellent.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, I hate the stuff, have yet to get a negative that's not scratched and haven't been able to get a single printable neg. Developing the sheets one at a time in a smooth bottomed 11x14 tray with plenty of chemicals, still scratches terribly.
Scanning the negatives works maybe 50% of the time, but I throw out most of the negatives cause they're utter rubbish.

Never had this problem in 4x5 with Efke 25, another soft emulsion.

Pretty much relegated the plate camera to shooting either paper positives/negatives or dry plates both of which are much easier for me to work with and seem to give more consistent results. Picked up an 8x10 pinhole for film-hopefully that will give me some negatives I can actually print in the darkroom!
:)

Paul, are you cutting the 8x10 film down to whole plate? If so the scratching comes from the cutting and not from the development.

Jim

[Ray Bidegain]

I have a new photograph of trees from one of my favorite spots, Sauvie Island Oregon. 5x8 platinum print.

Ray Bidegain

[PaulRicciardi]

Paul, are you cutting the 8x10 film down to whole plate? If so the scratching comes from the cutting and not from the development.

Jim

Yes, it's being cut down to whole plate size in order to fit the plate holders
Never thought that cutting it down would lead to so many scratches!

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Hoar Frost, Patrick Burn's Bow Valley Ranch, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10020705.jpg

[AbsolutelyN]

Many more absolutely stunning images here since I last viewed this thread. This is my latest 'enchanted woodland' photograph:

http://www.tristancampbell.co.uk/uploads/npmisc/enchanted-woodland-x900.jpg

[mandoman7]

Beautiful and intriguing, Tristan.

[Sanjay Sen]

I love the mood of this image, something mysterious and also calming about it. Beautifully done, Tristan.

[jim kitchen]

Great images John and AbsoluteN... :)

Nicely done.

This is an image from 2007 that I forgot to develop. Go figure...

jim k


Maureen Creek, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 2007

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/07090606.jpg

[jack_hui]

Schneider APO SYMMAR MC 240/5.6
EFKE 50 Film

http://www.pbase.com/jack_hui/image/122145687.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

Sweet/elegant writing, I do like this, looks like a partition for me. Thanks and keep playing Jim !!!

This is an image from 2007 that I forgot to develop. Go figure...

jim k


Maureen Creek, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 2007

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/07090606.jpg[/QUOTE]

[adamc]

Inspiring work everyone!
Here's one from last weekend.

Adam

[jim kitchen]

Another British Columbia Fir... :)

Merci, Miguel.

jim k


Fir Tree, Dusk, Radium, British Columbia, Canada, 2007

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/07052605.jpg

[Marko Trebusak]

Well, let me add something to this long line. BDW is it time to start trend like portrait gus do: to start new thread each month. This one is a bit, ummmm long?

Anyway. I don't quite like photographing in the forest, which is odd since forest is the most common subject in Slovenia. But last year I force myself to start thinking of forests as my subject as well.

Cheers,
Marko

[CarstenW]

Very nice shot, Marko. Your change of mind seems to have paid off.

It is often said that the best photographs are made by photographers intimately familiar with their subject, i.e. those closest to it... That doesn't imply that it is their preferred subject :)

[Rory_5244]

Um will a shrub count?

http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss20/Snoflo/film4.jpg

8x10 TXP in HC-110.

[Gary Beasley]

Heres a little different take on the subject. Ebony 4x5 150mm Caltar Portra 160 NC Flexicolor C-41 neg scan

[Marko Trebusak]

Many more absolutely stunning images here since I last viewed this thread. This is my latest 'enchanted woodland' photograph:


Well, well, well, what do we have here?

Good to see you here as well, Tristan! Internet seems to be a small place :eek:. Good looking moody photo.

Cheers,
Marko

[Scott Walker]

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg90/Beecool/EnglishmanRiverFalls.jpg

Englishman River Falls

Sinar P2 4x5, 90mm Schneider SA, Delta 100 developed in DDX, printed on Ilford MGFB and then scanned on my crappy HP 4850

From a trip to the Parksville/Qualicum Beach area of Vancouver Island 2 weeks ago. The shutter release cable for the Sinar auto shutter expired and this is the only exposure out of 10, 8x10 and 22, 4x5 negs that didn't have severe camera shake:(

[gnuyork]

I took this a few years back, but since the cherry trees now in bloom...

http://www.dragma.com/gnuyork/photo/RFF/white_tree.jpg

[Rory_5244]

Gorgeous photo, Scott.

[Steve M Hostetter]

4x5 tri-x 320 Graflex 4x5 f 8.5 @ 1/1000 sec

[Peter Mounier]

I'm not sure why I like this shot, but something about it draws me into it. I shot it to practice shadow and highlight control in the film dev. I shot it in 1985 but never made a print that I liked. I like it better after scanning it.

Peter

http://www.morrobaygiclee.com/Eucs.jpg

[Joe O'Hara]

Harrisville, NJ.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Harrisville, NJ.

splended beauty in that caos

[Joe O'Hara]

Thanks Steve. We photograph the landscape we have, and try to make sense of it.

[gsinico]

Oak tree,

fuji velvia 100
58XL on Chamonix.

[georg s]

This is actually my first shot with the 4x5-camera after 10 years.
I hope to get more practice in the coming weeks and months.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8275/arcawoods800dpirescanb.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/i/arcawoods800dpirescanb.jpg/)

Arca-Swiss 4x5, Apo-Sironar-N 150, exp. APX100 in Rodinal

[john wood]

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/johnhwood/1128340773_f5b16bbe21_b.jpg
canham dlc45 150mm apo-sinonar s disneychrome, err, velvia

[Shen45]

Recent shoot Shen with a 90 mm Angulon. Efke 100 in PMK [BTZS]

[briand]

Shot yesterday morning 30ft from my front door,

http://www.apug.org/forums/members/briand-albums-large-format-landscapes-picture3708-aprl002-morning-mist-bridge-creek-horseman-l45-4x5-era-100-80iso.jpg

Horseman L45 4x5, Schneider 210mm,
ERA 100 @ 80IS0

[Rhemz]

georg that is beautiful!




http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4429151329_047654a496_o.jpg

rodenstock 90mm 6.8 on provia.

[Gary L. Quay]

Finally, Spring!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4526230643_a2de9e8129.jpg

The last image (chronologically) from my "Night Shift" exhibit last year. This was taken at the Earl Boyles Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. I liked the way that the street light ignited the blossoms on the cherry tree.

I was experimenting with front tilt for this image, but I couldn't get the entire tree in focus. I wanted to keep exposure below a minute, so my aperture had to be wider than I wanted. There was gang activity in the area at the time, so I had to make the shot as quickly as possible.

This was shot on 8x10 film, and contact printed before scanning. I have yet to figure out why I have to sharpen an image like this in Photoshop to get it even reasonably close to the sharpness of the original. I've thought about auto sharpening during the scan, but that seems somehow redundant for an 8x10 contact print. Maybe I'm just being stubborn.

Camera: Deardorff 8x10.
Lens: 12" Kodak Ektar.
Film: Ilford HP5+ developed in Agfa Rodinol.
Contact printed on Ilford MGIV.

[jon.oman]

rodenstock 90mm 6.8 on provia.

Great image!

Jon

[nray]

This is actually my first shot with the 4x5-camera after 10 years.
I hope to get more practice in the coming weeks and months.



A very nice comeback shot too. :)

[Chris Dunham]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4532793143_d327a33a41.jpg

Summer night in Perth.

Chris.

[JRFrench]

A very nice comeback shot too. :)

I was thinking the same thing, also John Wood I love your Disneychrome shot hah.

[Jennifer Ickes]

There really is just something about trees... :)
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5838/treessmall.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2512/hearttreez.jpg

[Hung Nguyen]

Hi,

First post. Oak in Santa Clara, CA. I think I used too much rise, and ran out of lens. 125, 5.6, 1/500, on Fuji instant. I hope you like it.

[JRFrench]

I think the vignetting suits that shot Hung.

[Shen45]

Summer night in Perth.

Chris.

That is very nice Chris. It has a certain warm feeling.

Steve

[Timthefin]

Here's some trees from Åland Islands.

timthefin

http://web.me.com/timthefin

[Sascha Welter]

I enjoyed georg's trees, especially with the one in the foreground, ... and Rhemz' answer to it!

... and of course "disneychrome"... perfect naming! I sometimes think that some Fuji films attempt to get the same green as is on the packaging.

[john wood]

Steve, that shot of the fig trees is just wonderful.
Thanks JR for the nice words...and lol on the attempt to match the fluorescent color of the box; so true, so true...:)

[mrladewig]

I agree. Those (strangler?) figs have wonderful structure around the base and the composition highlights the shape well. Good stuff continues to poor in on this thread!

[CarstenW]

Tim, great shot! I love the feeling, like something out of a Hitchcock film.

[CarstenW]

Jennifer, welcome! I like that first shot!

[georg s]

Rhemz, nray, JRFrench & Sascha Welter - many thanks for your kind comments!
I'm impressed by the wide variety of excellent images here - from uber-natural looking scenes (Rhemz, just by looking at your forest floor I could swear ants are running over my feets :-) over classy B&W-photographs (Steve Nicholls - fantastic roots, timthefin - the „moody“ atmosphere and the tones are a perfect match) to a more graphic-oriented approach (Gary Beasley - what a great different take on the subject).
There are many other photographs I really like but my english isn't sufficient enough to comment every shot I admire.
georg

[Hung Nguyen]

JRFrench,

Thanks for the kind comment. The vignetting caught me by surprise.

H

[Steve M Hostetter]

4x5 58mm D-19 Kodak

[Steve M Hostetter]

4x5,on the Chamy w/ the triple Gundy I got off Jim Galli @ 13" f22 :D iso 320 in D-19

[Steve M Hostetter]

Last bend in the Wabash, 4x5 58mm f22 iso 320 in D-19

[Steve M Hostetter]

4x5 converted Graflex series B @ f4.5 iso 320 in D-19

[sheeep]

http://5onitnyc.com/JPEGS/oaklandlake-tree1.jpg

[dng88]

This is "my tree" or at least the tree outside which I always taken photos of.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisngathk/4547820065/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisngathk/4547820065/

[curtis roberts]

This weekend at Grotto Falls Oregon

[csant]

Gum bichromate…


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/4554369901_a751d082bc.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/4554369901/)

More details and a larger image over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/4554369901/).

[adamc]

Northern Minnesota. Brass barrel lens on the Speed Graphic.


http://www.adamcostellophotography.com/images/working/Osage_2.jpg

[john wood]

adam...that's really a beautiful image.

[adamc]

Thanks John!

[Darren H]

[QUOTE=adamc;583816]Northern Minnesota. Brass barrel lens on the Speed Graphic.

Outstanding! Really like it.

[georg s]

sheeep and adamc - fantastic images!

I'm still dabbling with Mr. Scheimpflugs principles.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7512/20100427arcanienhagen1t.jpg


4x5, 150/5.6@about f8, expired APX100, Rodinal 1:50

[Rory_5244]

^^ Wonderful tonality and great pic!

Lovely photos adamc and sheeep.

[JWaldinger]

Northern Minnesota. Brass barrel lens on the Speed Graphic.



Adam....this is hauntingly beautiful. great work.


-justin

[Sascha Welter]

This is one of my beloved threads on this forum, simply from a "viewers" point :-) Looking at stuff like adamc's and georg's make starting work in the office in the morning more easy.

Georg, I think in that image you and Herr Scheimpflug may or may not be happy with the upholding of his principle... but what I really like is the result, the way the leaves stand out!

[Vaughn]

Lots of good-looking tree images!

Here is Buddha Tree. A scan of an old contact print of mine. Probably Fall 1997.

Type 55 neg
Lava Beds National Monument

[Steve M Hostetter]

8x10" paper neg 300mm Georz

[dh003i]

A tree (in color). (http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/shared/34677/3ve7cw58sgbnq64) Other photos below main one are crops of it.

Looking through these shots, I'm inspired to do something with a rather narrow depth of field...and in B&W.

[dh003i]

A tree (in black and white) (http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/1791634/). From the Outer Banks, NC.

40278

[Daniel_Buck]

Lagniappe!! wow, I'm amazed at the photos in this thread! I'm humbled, and excited, and urged to get out and photograph more! :-D I'm glad this thread has been a success, more than I expected for sure. I hope to have time to get out and photograph more so that I can contribute more than I have so far! Thanks to everyone who has posted up.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Txp 320

[Rory_5244]

^ Lovely!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Thank you Rory:) one more

[georg s]

@ Daniel_Buck, many thanks for starting this inspiring thread!
@ Steve M Hostetter - love your leaves!
@ Rory_5244 & Sascha Welter - thanks a lot for your kind words!

[Steve M Hostetter]

@ Daniel_Buck, many thanks for starting this inspiring thread!
@ Steve M Hostetter - love your leaves!
@ Rory_5244 & Sascha Welter - thanks a lot for your kind words!

Thank you georg, feels good to hit one now and then:)

[brian mcweeney]

Texas Live Oaks near Bandera, Texas.
HP5, 1/8 @64.

[Ken Neely]

First image post - bear with me if it isn't perfect -

4x5 HIE, may it rest in peace.

High noon, White Mountain Wilderness.

Ken N

Pomona, CA

[Sascha Welter]

First image post - bear with me if it isn't perfect

I like it a lot - though I don't know if it is or isn't perfect and I certainly can't see any bear!

[Chris Dunham]

FP4+ orange filter.

[Michael Wynd]

Nice one Chris, great texture. What type of tree was it?
Mike

[anchored]

First photo post here... hopefully will show image and not page:

Canyonlands area, Southern Utah. Utah Juniper.
Linhof Master Technika / Grandagon-N 75mm f4.5 / FP-4+ film.

Glenn


http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8574762-lg.jpg

[Rory_5244]

^^ Man, that's great!

[RPippin]

Great stuff. Look forward to seeing more. What paper and developer did you use?

[anchored]

Thanks for looking. RPippin... assuming question directed at me: Negative developed using DDX. So far only 13"x19" print produced using Harman Gloss FB AI paper. Before running larger, comparison will done using: Harman, Ilford Gold Fibre Silk, and several Hahlemuhle papers.

[mrladewig]

Flowering wild plum against the red sandstone in the Garden of the Gods.

4X5 E100G, fuji 125-NW, 2 soft GND, f32
http://ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2728-1/45_E1G_20100507_002.jpg

[Gary Beasley]

Driftwood at hunting Island beach. Advancing natural erosion on this barrier island is taking trees down each year and creating these natural wonders.

[dh003i]

Into the Tree Canopy at Letchworth (http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/shared/34726/r760awb4xjvscup) (crops of scanned 3200dpi @ 50% shown in link, no sharpening).

Nikkor 90/4.5 @ f/45 with tilt used, 1s exposure, Kodak Ektachrome E100VS
40426

[bbuszard]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2754/4469573257_f63ba10259.jpg

An impressively hollowed tree on the Noland Trail, Newport News, VA.

Tachihara 4x5 with 150mm plasmat
TMax 100

[dh003i]

Tree Stretching Over a Gorge (http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/shared/34727/z10paj76ycfter2) (crops available at link).

Schneider Xenar 135/3.5 @ f/32, 2/5s (1/5s done twice), -1EV.
40427

[bbuszard]

A pine leaning out over the James river, with a clearing storm in the background. The wind was really howling, as you can see from the blurred upper branches. Tachihara 4x5; 150mm plasmat; TMax 100.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4313008410_829f19e29c_o.jpg

[bbuszard]

A twisted pair of trunks in Williamsburg, VA. The camera was only a couple of feet from the front of the downed tree, so I had to use quite a bit of front swing to keep the two trees in focus.

[Rory_5244]

That pine on James river is a great pic, bb.

[Brian Ellis]

Bluff, Utah

Linhof Master Technika Ilford HP5+ (cropped)

[Rory_5244]

^^ Superb.

8x10 TXP:

http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss20/Snoflo/trees2.jpg

[dsim]

Beautiful photographs everyone, very inspiring.

This is a great thread.

[Joe Smigiel]

Superb Brian.

[mdm]

Tree in a shelter belt on a sheep farm.

[k_redder]

I'll add one more to this thread...

http://kurtreddersen.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/tree_in_snow1.jpg

We got a lot more snow this year than we normally see around here (MD's eastern shore), so I got to play around (with the camera) in the snow a fair amount. I was surprised at just how hard it is (for me at least) to capture snow and have it look/feel "right". This may still have room for improvement (print scan doesn't help either), but it got closer than some of the other attempts.

Chamonix 045N-1, Nikkor W 135mm, TMY-2

[mrladewig]

I shot this last fall, and I like the content, but have struggled to get the color and tone where I wanted them. I converted this to B&W and like that interpretation pretty well, but I couldn't get the colors quite where I wanted them. I feel like I'm heading more towards where I wanted this to go.

4X5 Portra 160VC cropped to 2:3, Fuji 210-NW

http://ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2740-1/45_P1VC_20091013_010_1218.jpg

[dh003i]

a really big tree. Nikon Nikkor-SW 90/4.5 at f/11, Adox/Rollei Pan 25 film @ ISO 25, 1/30 second. Some rear tilt used.

40509

full-sized image as a JPEG (but 50% quality setting export, so manageable size: 300MB => 10MB).
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6619242/black_white_tree_f11.jpg

[mandoman7]

I'll add one more to this thread...

We got a lot more snow this year than we normally see around here (MD's eastern shore), so I got to play around (with the camera) in the snow a fair amount. I was surprised at just how hard it is (for me at least) to capture snow and have it look/feel "right". This may still have room for improvement (print scan doesn't help either), but it got closer than some of the other attempts.

Chamonix 045N-1, Nikkor W 135mm, TMY-2

It is tough and you've done a nice job with it. A lovely image.

[Chris Strobel]

Giant redwood detail, Sonoma County, CA

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1040/4602677659_26e4bdb11c_o.jpg

[JRFrench]

These too are Redwoods (I'm fairly sure :/), a local trial plantation of them. There are some particularly impressive ones near where this shot was taken, saving them for a return trip.

[mdm]

Yes, I was there once when they were smaller but it's not the same. A giant Kauri though, that could be special.

[JRFrench]

Yeah, Tane Mahuta would be a lovely subject, or perhaps one of the lesser known giants in the Coromandel.

The biggest Totara in NZ is quite close to here, pretty impressive too.

[Richard Martel]

Taken at Clyde Butcher's back yard. 5x7, fp4+, diafine, 150 Sironar S., Orange filter. 30 seconds and windy.

Regards, Richard

[dave_whatever]

Forgive the less than amazing scan, it was a first attempt.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/beardownproductions/Dave/Peak/test_longshaw.jpg

90mm Angulon, RVP, Shen Hao.

[Sascha Welter]

I shot this last fall, and I like the content, but have struggled to get the color and tone where I wanted them. I converted this to B&W and like that interpretation pretty well, but I couldn't get the colors quite where I wanted them. I feel like I'm heading more towards where I wanted this to go.

4X5 Portra 160VC cropped to 2:3, Fuji 210-NW


I like the composition of that image, with the tree stems poking through the dark area on the bottom of the image and the sunshine on the top.

I can imagine what you mean about getting the colors right, getting that feeling of sunlight into the picture is not always easy for me. In my very short experience with 400VC, I noticed that it was harder to get things right if the scan was even slightly off - I suspect it's a result of the more steep graduation emulsion. I went running back to my "neutral colors" emulsions (NC for Kodak, 160S for Fuji), where a halfway decent scan allows me to set the curves where I want them.


Taken at Clyde Butcher's back yard.

Amazing backyard! Even given that a dramatic place like that makes for an easy target, I like what you did with it, that S-line of the light area makes me look around in the picture. The dreamy feeling about the image is great.

[Richard Martel]

Thanks for the kind words Sascha. It was an easy target...No lugging camera gear, truck was 10 feet from my tripod location. If you, or anyone gets the oppurtunity to do a "swamp walk" with Clyde Butcher, take it. (Located in Florida,About 60 miles west of Miami on Highway 41, known as the Tamiami Trail). Not at all like one would expect...no mud and cool. BTW, I had one eye on the GG and the other on the lookout for alligaters that were all over the place.

Regards, Richard

[georg s]

Great thread! So many inspiring photographs here...
bbuszard & k_redder: I really like the composition of your shots. And I hope to get equally beautiful tones sometimes...

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8365/woodsstraight.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/i/woodsstraight.jpg/)

I had trouble to separate the many shades of green. Maybe I should buy a box of Fuji 160S...

[dh003i]

a really big tree. Nikon Nikkor-SW 90/4.5 at f/11, Adox/Rollei Pan 25 film @ ISO 25, 1/30 second. Some rear tilt used.

40509

full-sized image as a JPEG (but 50% quality setting export, so manageable size: 300MB => 10MB).
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6619242/black_white_tree_f11.jpg

PS: The film is officially Adox Pan 25 B&W panchromatic, made in Germany. Emulsion # E64 701/1108. I participated in an earlier thread on these kinds of low-ISO film.

[arunrajmohan]

Here is one I did in the last 20 minutes. I was just itching to try a monobath. So I prepared a solution of 8ml of HC110, 8ml of ilford RF and 2.5 g of sodium hydroxide. Then I caught this picture on FP4+ at f11@1/4s and developed the film with slow rocking in a tray for 6m15s. I wanted to see what I got sooooo bad that I rinsed it in water for 5 minutes and sprayed it with isopropanol and blew the film dry.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4611885255_4112e61ed5_b.jpg

[AbsolutelyN]

Just after sunrise on a colourful late spring morning. Tristan
Ebony RSW45 with a Nikon 90mm f/4.5

http://www.absolutely-nothing.co.uk/uploads/lf-forum/cliff-edge-tree-02.jpg

[Gary L. Quay]

Lonely Tree Near Mosier, OR.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4675059188_22be21f3dd.jpg

Camera: Linhof Technica 4x5
Lens: 150mm Linhof (Schnieder)
Film: Arista.edu 100 (rebranded Fomapan) developed in Formulary PMK Pyro.

An interesting aside. I took two shots of this on two different films. One on Ilford FP4+, and the other on the lowly Arista. The Arista by far outshone the Ilford. At least, for this image.

[Miguel Coquis]

Lonely Tree Near Mosier, OR.



Camera: Linhof Technica 4x5
Lens: 150mm Linhof (Schnieder)
Film: Arista.edu 100 (rebranded Fomapan) developed in Formulary PMK Pyro.

An interesting aside. I took two shots of this on two different films. One on Ilford FP4+, and the other on the lowly Arista. The Arista by far outshone the Ilford. At least, for this image.

Beautiful !!!

[Miguel Coquis]

tree/ladder....

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Juin/l%27echelle.jpg

13x18 cropped
Hermagis 147 mm f:16

[Thomas Greutmann]

Two pictures from a bicycle trip through the woods yesterday.

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/sample/000546-lf-bielefeld-forest-pond.jpg
Linhof Technika IV with Schneider Symmar 135mm, TMAX 400 exposed at 200, developed in XTOL at N-1


http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/sample/000545-lf-bielefeld-forest-trees.jpg
Linhof Technika IV with Rodenstock Grandagon 90mm, TMAX 400 exposed at 200, developed in XTOL at N-1

[Heroique]

Holding-up this Beech tree must be a firm landscape. Holding-down this landscape must be a powerful Beech tree. Holding-up my exposure time must be the strong reciprocity. ;)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Polaroid Type 55
14 sec. @ f/32 (and that’s under mid-day light!)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Vaughn]

Holding-up this Beech tree must be a firm landscape. Holding-down this landscape must be a powerful Beech tree. Holding-up my exposure time must be the strong reciprocity. ;)

So what is holding up the sky? ;) Sweet image!
Vaughn

[mdm]

Yesterdays effort. Shadow of a Walnut. Unfortunately the better picture of the tree itself was damaged by a light leak but I may try again soon.

[adamc]

Uprooted tree on the shore of Gaskin Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Speed Graphic - 135mm - T-MAX 400

http://www.adamcostellophotography.com/images/working/bwca_02.jpg

[Caivman]

Uprooted tree on the shore of Gaskin Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Speed Graphic - 90mm - T-MAX 400


HOLY COW that's a great shot. That root mass really stands out against the other foliage. Almost looks like some sort of ent or dryad lurching up from the soil.

Great work!

[Roman]

HOLY COW that's a great shot. That root mass really stands out against the other foliage. Almost looks like some sort of ent or dryad lurching up from the soil.

Great work!

Ha! This was precisely my thinking too!

[spkennedy3000]

Love that shot Adam C...

[adamc]

Thanks Caivman, Roman, & spkennedy3000! I'm glad you liked it.

[sun of sand]

from a trip other morning

[k_redder]

Here's one I did a week or so ago:
http://kurtreddersen.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/trees-2-631x800.jpg
Chamonix 045N-1, Nikkor W 210mm, TMY-2

[mikebarger]

Really nice image!

[patrickjames]

Old image. Kodak 2D, 24" RD Artar, Ektapan, PMK

http://www.patrickrobertjames.com/f11/rename23-3.jpg

[patrickjames]

Old image. Kodak 2D, 24" RD Artar, Ektapan, PMK

http://www.patrickrobertjames.com/f11/rename17.jpg

[kdoco]

Park Stromovka, Prague
Magnola 13*18, Belar 210/4,5, Foma 100, R09

http://rapelik.wz.cz/fotky/stromovka3_w.jpg

[Frank_E]

here is my second post on this forum

taken at the same time as this shot

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=46577&page=92
post 913

but I was shooting in the opposite direction

Nagaoka 4x5
150mm
Gabriola Island, British Columbia
March 2010

[Jim collum]

Sunset, Fall Creek, Felton, Ca
Ebony SV45Ti & Betterlight (IR mode)

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20100706_fallcreek_019a.jpg

[jim kitchen]

Sunset, Fall Creek, Felton, Ca
Ebony SV45Ti & Betterlight (IR mode)...

Dear Jim,

Wow... !

Nicely done.

jim k

[Steve M Hostetter]

nice one Jim!

[dh003i]

"My" giant tree is no more (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20107070329) -- its roots rotted out, cracked right open down the middle! :-(

Good thing I took pictures of it (1 (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6619242/black_white_tree_f11.jpg), 2 (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6619242/31_genesee-valley-giant-tree-coming-out.jpg)) while it was still there (this is the dr5 image I sent you). Maybe I should go to the park and see if it is still cracked in half, I wonder if that'd be interesting.

I thought I would have many years to take numerous shots of this natural wonder, but it was not to be. Only a few shots :-(

A sad thing.

[Heroique]

“My” giant tree is no more – its roots rotted out, cracked right open down the middle! :-(

It’s always terrible news when a magnificent tree is lost, but perhaps there’s consolation that it died a natural death.

And the article’s following sentence must make the loss easier to bear:

“Some good will come from what Staub called a ‘tragedy’ — the parks department, which runs that section of Genesee Valley, will save some of the oak's limbs for use in an innovative ‘natural play area’ to be built in the county's Abraham Lincoln Park in Penfield.”

[Heroique]

It’s always terrible news when a magnificent tree is lost, but perhaps there’s consolation that it died a natural death.

That reminds me, this healthy maple suffered an unnatural death by chainsaw.

The cut-and-run crew is still on the loose, inflicting more death and mayhem. But we’ll find them. And bring them to justice. In slow, gradual medieval fashion.

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

[dh003i]

It’s always terrible news when a magnificent tree is lost, but perhaps there’s consolation that it died a natural death.

And the article’s following sentence must make the loss easier to bear:

“Some good will come from what Staub called a ‘tragedy’ — the parks department, which runs that section of Genesee Valley, will save some of the oak's limbs for use in an innovative ‘natural play area’ to be built in the county's Abraham Lincoln Park in Penfield.”

Yea, that's true. Glad I wasn't taking a picture of it from underneath it when it broke. I bet the ground must have shaken nearby when it cracked in half. I wonder how many tonnes it weighed.

[dh003i]

Corn field in Canandaigua, NY

Nikkor-SW 90/4.5 @ f/32 with some front tilt (maybe 2 degrees). Adox Pan 25 film.
42931

Full size scan is here (big file) (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6619242/canandaigua-corn-field.jpg).

[JRFrench]

I have envisaged this picture for some time, and yesterday was the first time conditions have matched my goal (with me being there). Portra 160NC, front rise, Fujinon 90mm f8 @ f32.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4781461870_a909a77fcd_m.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4781461870_a909a77fcd_b_d.jpg)

[mdm]

The light is special and it works really well in colour. Also one of the best 90mm shots I can remember seeing. Feels just the way it was (I think).

It is cold in the south west today but the sun is shining.

David

[JRFrench]

Thanks David, It was a beautiful morning, the mist cleared to a spotless sky.

It was -4 yesterday morning when I left to go shooting, I love this kind of weather tho, always makes me look forward to winter.

[David Woods]

Thanks David, It was a beautiful morning, the mist cleared to a spotless sky.

It was -4 yesterday morning when I left to go shooting, I love this kind of weather tho, always makes me look forward to winter.

Godd win over the Panthers yesterday JR

[JRFrench]

Godd win over the Panthers yesterday JR

Always nice to get one up on our big brothers :)

[Liam:]

Love the images on here, really inspiring. Here is one of my first LF shots so be kind!

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/linus4/img263.jpg

Crown Graphic / 135mm
fomapan 100
f5.6 25th

[benrains]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4784504699_2e7beff921_z.jpg


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4783850341_72b736bcb2_z.jpg


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4763641674_99e64f5da1_z.jpg

Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic 4x5
w/ some junky 6"-ish meniscus lens.

[jim kitchen]

Dear benrains,

Great images... :)

Well done.

jim k

[EdWorkman]

Wow some great stuff here
benrains I really like that middleshot
JRFench very nice - you caught the magical light
Jim Kitchen-again outstanding- I find myself looking at the hills, trees and grass- the luminosities you get really draw me to the bottom edge of the view , and left wanting lots more.

[bobwysiwyg]

benrains,

I would like to add my thanks for posting these. If this is what "junky" can produce, I have to start looking for some junk. :) I particularly like the first image, well done!

[benrains]

I would like to add my thanks for posting these. If this is what "junky" can produce, I have to start looking for some junk. :) I particularly like the first image, well done!

Thanks all! The junky old lenses are invariably my favorites. You really don't need fancy lenses or cameras to make interesting photographs.

[David Woods]

Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic 4x5
w/ some junky 6"-ish meniscus lens.

Hi Benrains
Love the way the light come though on the second one.
David

[Darryl Baird]

testing some limitations on softness with a Velostigmat II, four full rotations of diffusion @ f/8

http://www.darrylbaird.com/LF/VeloMinus4Rot_F8TreeLF.jpg

[Sascha Welter]

Darryl, that tree rotates... and the highlights (especially in the upper left side) look like it's setting of sparks while it's rotating! Great stuff!

[Darryl Baird]

Darryl, that tree rotates... and the highlights (especially in the upper left side) look like it's setting of sparks while it's rotating! Great stuff!

Thanks, Sascha. You helped me name the image "Fireworks Tree."

Here's a couple others, I do believe a theme is developing.

[ufpd]

Hi!
Two from Argentina, both with Shen Hao 4x5, rodenstock 150/5.6 and tmax
Greetings!

http://www.ufpd.net/dr/cropornot/3.jpg

http://ufpd.net/dr/2arboles/1.jpg

[rjbuzzclick]

Here's a couple to mark my first post here!

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 203mm Ektar, Paper Negative, scan from contact print:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/4842363853_27674cf3c3.jpg

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 203mm Ektar, Fomapan 100, HC-110 Dil. H, scan from contact print:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/4842980354_34ee613692.jpg

[Heroique]

These tall & noble trees – mainly larches in morning light – were spared the lumberjack’s saw.

Now they march through the timbered land, like soldiers, still horror-struck at the slaughter they saw.

(Wenatchee Nat’l Forest, Washington state)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110/5.6 (w/ green filter for sky/foliage)
Ilford FP4+ (in HC-110)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Scott Edwards]

Dead Ponderosa Pine in Granby, Colorado. Shot with Ektar 203 wide open.

http://scottedwards.us/images/granbypine.jpg

[Darryl Baird]

very nice, love the chaotic layers of branches, ... was this in winter?


Dead Ponderosa Pine in Granby, Colorado. Shot with Ektar 203 wide open.

http://scottedwards.us/images/granbypine.jpg

[Scott Edwards]

very nice, love the chaotic layers of branches, ... was this in winter?

No, this was about 2 weeks ago. The tree is dying with only a few pine needles still hanging on.

Thanks

Love the 203 ektar. Check the detail:

http://scottedwards.us/images/GranbyPineDetail.jpg

[gsinico]

This is a Cannonball tree, a tropical tree I found in Hawaii. This is so called because of the fruits, sferical and heavy, be careful to this fruits that are falling from very hig!
Also this tree has beautiful flowers.
Chamonix and 90SA, velvia 50.
Ohau, Wahimea Valley botanic garden, july 2010.

[dperez]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/largeformatguy/4852646214/"title="Bristlecone Pine Tree by Photos by Daniel Perez, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4852646214_fbc2292f02_b.jpg"width="813" height="1024" alt="Bristlecone Pine Tree"/></a>

Bristlecone Pine Tree
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, CA
Arca-Swiss 4x5, Provia 100F QL.

I only wish I had paid a little more attention to the composition, so that limb on the left side of the image would't be so close to the edge of the frame.. I'll chalk it up to a learning experience, and it will give me a good excuse to head out there again this year.

[dperez]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4852646214_fbc2292f02_b.jpg

Bristlecone Pine Tree
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, CA
Arca-Swiss 4x5, Provia 100F QL.

I only wish I had paid a little more attention to the composition, so that limb on the left side of the image would't be so close to the edge of the frame.. I'll chalk it up to a learning experience, and it will give me a good excuse to head out there again this year.

[JustinB]

I really enjoy just as it is, and I know this may be asking more than you feel like sharing, but was the sky that blue when you were out there? I always feel like my skies go gray, with or without a polarizing filter, and I never know if it is my location, time of day, or bad technique.

Justin




Bristlecone Pine Tree
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, CA
Arca-Swiss 4x5, Provia 100F QL.

I only wish I had paid a little more attention to the composition, so that limb on the left side of the image would't be so close to the edge of the frame.. I'll chalk it up to a learning experience, and it will give me a good excuse to head out there again this year.

[dperez]

I really enjoy just as it is, and I know this may be asking more than you feel like sharing, but was the sky that blue when you were out there? I always feel like my skies go gray, with or without a polarizing filter, and I never know if it is my location, time of day, or bad technique.

Justin

Justin,

Thanks for the comment. As for the sky, no it was not that dark; I used a Heliopan circular polarizer to darken it up a bit. It was late in the afternoon, and the light was right. It didn't look that dark on the ground glass, but I knew it would come out that way based on my past experience with Provia.

Not knowing what kind of polarizer you have I would just say if you have a cheap one, then you might want to consider upgrading to a better quality filter. Heliopan, B+W, etc are high quality and in my experience quality does make a difference. Also, the effect of the polarizer is not as strong typically with circular polarizers, try a linear polarizer instead. Good luck.

[ww129]

First attempt at trees.

#1
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f5/ww129/08030004.jpg

#2
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f5/ww129/08030005.jpg

Both by Linhof Technika and Ilford Delta 100.

[Dave Wooten]

No, this was about 2 weeks ago. The tree is dying with only a few pine needles still hanging on.

Thanks

Love the 203 ektar. Check the detail:

http://scottedwards.us/images/GranbyPineDetail.jpg

nice photo...I believe, according to the Kodak manual, the 203 is at highest resolution wide open.

[Scott Edwards]

I believe, according to the Kodak manual, the 203 is at highest resolution wide open.

Yes, this is what makes this lens attactive to me, because I like to shoot selective focus. This lens also has a wonderful bokeh signature.

[JRFrench]

Some development issues with this shot, but I still like it. Maxed out swing.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4781577386_dd0c9eb9d3.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4781577386_dd0c9eb9d3_b_d.jpg)

[mdm]

Some development issues with this shot, but I still like it. Maxed out swing.



Shure you did'nt photoshop them in? They suit the surreal look.

David

[JRFrench]

Shure you did'nt photoshop them in? They suit the surreal look.

David

Hah, nah. I'd prefer I had the choice of having them there or not :P I see what you're getting at tho.

[h2oman]

4x5, 240 mm lens.

The bright/shiny patches are a patina on the rock, similar to desert varnish except that the rock is not sandstone and it is not in the desert!

[ljsegil]

Sometimes wide angles are kind of cool (or at least I think so, for whatever that is worth). Schneider 58mm SAXL at f/11, Fuji 160S 4x5 converted to B&W in PS. Some kind of tree (and former tree) on Intercoastal Waterway in South Carolina.
Larry

[Vaughn]

Thought I'd put this here...

Two Redwoods, 2002
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA

An older neg that I just printed as a carbon print this past week.

A scanned 8x10 carbon print from a camera negative.

[fenderbja]

Some development issues with this shot, but I still like it. Maxed out swing.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4781577386_dd0c9eb9d3.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4781577386_dd0c9eb9d3_b_d.jpg)

Awesome photograph - great job

[xiaubauu]

Part of a tree...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4891075122_b898e50fba_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimyeesan/4891075122/)
B&amp;W by 津, on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimyeesan/4891075122/)

[seabird]

A recent image:

Trees, Ridgeview Rd, Palmerston North, New Zealand
An attempt to capture the overwhelming detail presented to the eye by this stand of trees in winter...

135m/f5.6 Apo-Sironar-S on Linhof Super Tech IV
Ilford FP4+ in Rodinal 1+50

http://members.iinet.net.au/~cbird/ridge_frame_1.jpg

All any any comments welcome.

Cheers

[mdm]

Nice. Why didnt I think of that?

David


A recent image:

Trees, Ridgeview Rd, Palmerston North, New Zealand
An attempt to capture the overwhelming detail presented to the eye by this stand of trees in winter...

135m/f5.6 Apo-Sironar-S on Linhof Super Tech IV
Ilford FP4+ in Rodinal 1+50



All any any comments welcome.

Cheers

[JRFrench]

A recent image:

Trees, Ridgeview Rd, Palmerston North, New Zealand
An attempt to capture the overwhelming detail presented to the eye by this stand of trees in winter...

135m/f5.6 Apo-Sironar-S on Linhof Super Tech IV
Ilford FP4+ in Rodinal 1+50

All any any comments welcome.

Cheers

Nice image Carey, I think Palmy has quite a nice diversity of things to shoot within a small area, the lovely Esplanade, few neat places in town, and forestry and hills nearby.

[bbuszard]

Old man Catalpa:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4903115998_dd5a4a85fd_b.jpg

Toyo 45A
Nikkor 250 1:6.3
Ilford FP4+
Orange Filter

This old gent reminds me of those attack trees from the Wizard of Oz:

http://www.digicamhelp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dorothy-in-the-fighting-trees.jpg

[ljsegil]

I am not worthy (but comments welcomed nonetheless), though I do know it is a tree(s), South Carolina on the Intercoastal Waterway, Pinckney (?sp) Island Preserve. Acros, 4x5 Master Technika, 150/4.5 Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar at f/5.6 1/100 exposure.
Larry

[Steve M Hostetter]

Old man Catalpa:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4903115998_dd5a4a85fd_b.jpg

Toyo 45A
Nikkor 250 1:6.3
Ilford FP4+
Orange Filter

This old gent reminds me of those attack trees from the Wizard of Oz:


you see the fence in the background? well a guy hung himself back there as the movie cameras were rolling.. They never cut it from the film.

[routlaw]

Have never posted here… well I don't recall it if I did so thought I would toss my hat into the ring.

Betterlight Super 6K-HS, Caltar II N 210, F-16, Zone VI camera, ISO 1000 @ 1/60th sec line time, 75% resolution scan.

Rob

http://web.mac.com/routlaw/iWeb/Photo/Zion_Betterlight_files/BL_Loc_1148_crop_edit1.jpg

[adamc]

I love those shots with twisted branches. Nice job, Larry.


Two uprooted elm trees, St. Paul MN.
Speed Graphic, TMAX 400 (expired), Voigtlander Collinear lens.

http://adamcostellophotography.com/images/working/hidden_falls2.jpg

[patrickjames]

http://www.patrickrobertjames.com/web/pinestackseqnp99.jpg


Speed Graphic, Symmar 210, HP5 PMK

[h2oman]

Larry, you are plenty worthy! I find your composition quite pleasing, and I know the difficulties of trying to make order out of groups of trees.

Patrick, That is an interesting image. I'm trying to wrap my head around it...

[urs0polar]

This is AWESOME, and I didn't even know it was infrared until I saw the description. So 3D!!!

wow


Wow a tree thread! Here's one of mine :)
90mm super angulon and kodak hie.

[Yellowjacket]

This is my first post in this forum! I took a shot of a tree the other day, wasn't happy with what I was getting so I didn't take any shots other than on instant film. Maybe I will stick to shooting people haha. Sorry for the crappy flatbed scan from my all in one printer

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs144.ash2/40525_425670694468_513744468_4668860_2930324_n.jpg

[Steve Gledhill]

One upon a time it was a living tree ...

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/0344woodworm.jpg

[Hovmod]

I have to put the "first week with LF" disclaimer on this as well. If I were to do it again I would have focused differently (and, well, better).
But the thread title wasn't "post your potentially best ever trees", so here goes: :)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4923550859_2646a19421_b.jpg

Oh, this particular tree has been part of a house for over 200 years. The last 40 that house has been my dad's cabin, now it's mine. I like this tree.

[Steve M Hostetter]

I have to put the "first week with LF" disclaimer on this as well. If I were to do it again I would have focused differently (and, well, better).
But the thread title wasn't "post your potentially best ever trees", so here goes: :)

Oh, this particular tree has been part of a house for over 200 years. The last 40 that house has been my dad's cabin, now it's mine. I like this tree.

what a spectical of dark and light tones !

[SamReeves]

I have to put the "first week with LF" disclaimer on this as well. If I were to do it again I would have focused differently (and, well, better).
But the thread title wasn't "post your potentially best ever trees", so here goes: :)


Oh, this particular tree has been part of a house for over 200 years. The last 40 that house has been my dad's cabin, now it's mine. I like this tree.

Damn, I love this! Great idea and framing the log there! :)

[jnantz]

in camera sun print
no developer .. paper negative inverted

[evan clarke]

Bristlecone Pine Tree
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, CA
Arca-Swiss 4x5, Provia 100F QL.

I only wish I had paid a little more attention to the composition, so that limb on the left side of the image would't be so close to the edge of the frame.. I'll chalk it up to a learning experience, and it will give me a good excuse to head out there again this year.

I think the composition flows very well, much more interesting than if you had centered the tree..Evan Clarke

[bbuszard]

Steve: ugh. I'll put that on the list of things I never wanted to know in life. But I'd be obliged if you could explain the peacock in the background. I don't recall that from the movie, and expect it might be a bit of crafty montage work.

[ljsegil]

Spring deferred, which makes one long for it all the more as autumn approaches. Some sort of trees, both in life and after, in a local ravine this past April. Canham 5x7 Traditional, Wollensak Velostigmat Series II 7 1/4"/4.5, shot at f11 on TMY2 at ISO 400. As always, comments welcomed (sought, in fact).
Larry

[ljsegil]

Tried this one in Galli land, curious if it can arouse some commentary in a more traditional subforum. There is a tree in this mess. Shot on Kodak E100VS 4x5 with a Graflex RB Super D 3x4 with a 4x5 Graflock back, using an unknown glass antiquity purported to be an f6 Petzval (shot open of course, any iris or Waterhouse stops went the way of the dinosaurs) of unknown (or nearly unknowable, given its imaging characteristics) focal length, but clearly the lens behaves as a beast other than a classic Petzval, I have been unable to unscrew the elements to investigate its unnatural behavior further. Pretty sure it's not apochromatic, however. Comments eagerly sought, need not be polite.
Larry

[Denis Pleic]

Larry,
About your color "Galli-esque tree shot"...

The lens is definitely not a Petzval - but you already know that.

To me it seems like it's missing a lens element - I used to get such results when fooling around with various lens hacks, see here:

http://denis.pleic.com/photo/funky/index.html

- particularly the last 3 shots, with either reversed or missing rear element.

A Petzval in color could look like the attached photo.

It's an old Magic Lantern lens.... with a somewhat incorrectly exposed Velvia...

Unlike your photo, it does show the characteristic "Petzval swirl"....

I might try shooting some trees with it :)

[Tony Flora]

are dead trees ok?

[Darryl Baird]

are dead trees ok?

no, they are dead :p so they're not ok, but it's more than ok to post pictures...

[searover]

Tony, great beach shot, where on the coast is that taken, IYDM.
Others, not all trees are dead in Florida. so while this is posted on "first shots" thread, here it is again.

Banyan Tree in Selby Gardens.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/4956345173_e47a2820bd_b.jpg

Super Angulon 65mm f8 FP4+ and Caffenol developed. Some fogging in LL from not seating the bellows correctly?

I love slowing down to really work the shot, a thing digital users really can not comprehend.

Kudos to all the Tree Artists in this thread.

John Allaman

[Chuck Pere]

are dead trees ok?

I like this one. Nicely put together.

[Scott --]

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd359/smpsweeps/0028.jpg

There're some trees in there. And fences used to be trees. :p

Neretta Hyperfocal 4x5, Arista.EDU Ultra in HC-110

[Colin Graham]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1397/4720990477_24e0787527_b.jpg

I always kinda liked this one, blow out and all. Fujinon 250 WS, 5x12.

[dh003i]

I always kinda liked this one, blow out and all. Fujinon 250 WS, 5x12.

Wow, I really like this shot. The blown highlights actually add to it, because they are distributed and not all in one place...give it a heightened sense of reality. It evokes a psychological sense of the pain your eyes feel when looking at blown out light like that when in a dark place.

[dh003i]

There're some trees in there. And fences used to be trees. :p

Neretta Hyperfocal 4x5, Arista.EDU Ultra in HC-110

Fantastic! Looks like you used some tilts? I like how the fence and "road" really lead into the shot.

[Darryl Baird]

An image from a newish series, 8x10 Foma, 300mm Kodak Portrait Lens


http://www.darrylbaird.com/LF/2010_MI_Landscapes/Picto/LonelyTree.jpg

[h2oman]

4x5, 90mm lens. In Jedediah Smith State Park, northern California, yesterday morning.

[dave_whatever]

4x5, 90mm lens. In Jedediah Smith State Park, northern California, yesterday morning.

I like that, nice shot.

[adamsih300u]

4x5, 90mm lens. In Jedediah Smith State Park, northern California, yesterday morning.

Love the light streaming through the trees.

[bobpin]

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/bobpin/Landscape/Tree01.jpg

Dallmeyer 5D on Philips 7x17 camera, Ilford HP5+ dev in Jobo drum, 510-Pyro 1+200 for 12 min

[jim kitchen]

Yesterday morning...

Frigging wondrous... :)

jim k

[chemicalbrother]

Trees photographed in the Samuel H boardman park


http://www.flickr.com/photos/13989337@N08/4985915470/sizes/l/in/photostream/

[SamReeves]

4x5, 90mm lens. In Jedediah Smith State Park, northern California, yesterday morning.

Beautiful foggy morning there! Nice job.

[h2oman]

Trees photographed in the Samuel H boardman park


http://www.flickr.com/photos/13989337@N08/4985915470/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Nice! I love the fog over in that part of the world. When I woke up to fog the other morning I was debating where to go. I don't know the Boardman Park well enough to know what might have been good there in the fog.

[chemicalbrother]

Nice! I love the fog over in that part of the world. When I woke up to fog the other morning I was debating where to go. I don't know the Boardman Park well enough to know what might have been good there in the fog.

I do enjoy sunbeams through trees But, I like fog too !
Good Job ! h2oman
-Dec

[RmFrase]

Oak Alley, Vacherie Louisiana

Shen-Hao 4x5
75mm F4.5 NIKKOR SW
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/4992462641_67673b07c6_b.jpg


-Robert

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/miscl_weird_lens/gnarledtreeWAs.jpg
gnarled

In the classic pictorial style. 6.5X8.5

[SamReeves]

Oak Alley, Vacherie Louisiana

Shen-Hao 4x5
75mm F4.5 NIKKOR SW
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR

-Robert

Wow, do like very much! :D

[ljsegil]

gnarled

In the classic pictorial style. 6.5X8.5

Great shot Jim, may be in the classic style, but it has your own personal look. What lens, if I may ask? (And what are you standing on up there?).
Larry

[Jim Galli]

Great shot Jim, may be in the classic style, but it has your own personal look. What lens, if I may ask? (And what are you standing on up there?).
Larry

Thanks Larry. Your'e right, it does look like I'm up on top of the '37 Ponitac Wagon sort of. An extra bene of the 7" Wide Angle on 6.5X8.5. It's an old no-name (Hyatt) wide angle 'anastigmat' that someone has poked the aperture out of years ago. It probably had a mechanical stop at f16, but now it's seeing photon's at f7.7 that it was never meant to see. The resulting aberations are nice. I was firmly planted on the earth.