post your trees! [Archive] - Page 8 - Large Format Photography Forum

Jiri Vasina

24-Jan-2011, 12:03

When I started my photographic passion, I could not imagine myself shooting in B&W - I was shooting color, and felt as if something was missing if I tried a BW shot. During the years my attitude changed completely, I stopped shooting color (except family snapshots and portraits) and have even lost interest in properly developing those color films already exposed - they were stored in the fridge in the meantime.

But what with them? Surely not throw away. So I tried developing them in my BW developer of choice - Rodinal. And here is one of the results...

http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/podzim/p5x8-042_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=2967)

In fog

Chamonix 5×8″, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm, 5×8″, Fuji CDU II @ EI 25, cross-process in Rodinal 1:50 for 15:00min.

(the film was exposed in Fall 2008)

Ken Lee

24-Jan-2011, 15:03

Image taken back in November near Cedar Breaks, UT with an Ebony 5x7. Jim

Bravo Maestro !!

mrladewig

25-Jan-2011, 07:30

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2939-1/45_E100G_20110124_001_P_sm.jpg

Aspens, Wet Mountains
2 4X5 E100G stitched, converted to B&W, Fuji 400T

AbsolutelyN

25-Jan-2011, 07:40

Many more very inspirational tree shots here since I last viewed this thread. Great work. This is one of my latest woodland images. Ebony RSW45 with a 6x12 back.

http://www.tristancampbell.co.uk/uploads/npn/mother-nature-1200.jpg

Jim Fitzgerald

25-Jan-2011, 07:48

Thanks Jiri. No, I was just on the edge of the water, keeping my feet dry.

Here is one more, titled 4 flooded trees, made at Kerkdriel, the Nertherlands, again with my Technika and a 90mm SA lens, on Tmax 400, rated at 200 iso. Probably f/32 at some 4 seconds. January 14 2011, high water in the river Maas.

Frank, lovely set of images.

Jim

Thad Gerheim

25-Jan-2011, 07:51

Nice Tristan! That photo seems to be a combination of glorious and haunting.

Thad

Lightbender

25-Jan-2011, 19:25

er: Jiri Vasina

So the above was made on color negative film? it turned out fabulous!

Scratched Glass

25-Jan-2011, 21:29

Scotch Pines
Ilford Pan F Plus 50 Scanned neg
Toyo 45A II with toyo6x9 back

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z422/sabaia29/slide073c.jpg

Bill Poole

25-Jan-2011, 22:05

Dawn redwoods (Metasequoia), Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park

http://poolephotography.smugmug.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/2011010210a/1168268082_oy7tS-O.jpg

Deardorff 5X7, Symmar-S 210, FP4+, Rodinal 1:25

Relatively new to LF. Enjoying the lovely work here.

Bill

Heroique

25-Jan-2011, 22:13

Dawn redwoods (Metasequoia), Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park.

Yikes!

A haunted tree, just like the ones that snatched at me when I was seven, exploring the forest at night.

Jiri Vasina

26-Jan-2011, 00:10

er: Jiri Vasina

So the above was made on color negative film? it turned out fabulous!

Lightbender, yes :D . Or more precisely, Fuji CDU II is a color duplicating positive film balanced for tungsten light (E-6 process). And yes, it turned out wonderfully... It was only my second shot at developing it, the first one was with time a little too short (10min vs. 15min for this one). I have developed ~9 sheets, but only this one is going to be presented (the other fail technically, compositionally, aesthetically,...)

Jiri

Jim Becia

26-Jan-2011, 06:34

Here is one from Yosemite from a couple of years ago. I'm dying to get back there. The fog in the valley moves quickly, I had time for this shot and one other and then it was gone.

bobwysiwyg

26-Jan-2011, 07:00

Ooh, very nice, great catch on that lighting.

SamReeves

26-Jan-2011, 09:48

Here is one from Yosemite from a couple of years ago. I'm dying to get back there. The fog in the valley moves quickly, I had time for this shot and one other and then it was gone.

Nice! Morning fog is always a great time to go photographing out there!

Sergio

28-Jan-2011, 23:12

Tre on the ice.
Hi at all.
Last month,Vincheto di Celarda; is a small umid protected area near Belluno,
North-East Italy.
Toyo 45CF, Rodenstock 150 5,6 Apo, Tmax-400, Spur developer.
C & C Welcome.
Sergio

moegl

29-Jan-2011, 14:16

I shot these with a hundred year old 9x12 magazine camera, called Murer's Express Newness E. kind of like the Holga of Large Format. a big meniscus and a guillotine shutter. I'm still learning this camera, but it is very fun. sometimes in the near future I'm getting me a petzval, it's been on my wishlist for a long time.

http://ijx.se/newness_004_300px_600x.jpghttp://ijx.se/newness_003_300px_600x.jpg

Steve M Hostetter

29-Jan-2011, 14:52

moegl

29-Jan-2011, 16:49

These are incredible ... dream state

Thanks! :) it feels kind of dreamy walking around with this big lightbox of magic. and the sound of the magazines shifting the filmholders it's like it holds a whole factory inside.

mdm

29-Jan-2011, 17:21

300mm Fujinon L (My own bit of gimmickry) on 5x7 Shanghai 100, Pyrocat M.

lookbook

1-Feb-2011, 00:11

speed graflex - aero ektar - handheld

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/3621039749_e38ce03ae4_o.jpg
first green

Jiri Vasina

1-Feb-2011, 02:35

speed graflex - aero ektar - handheld

first green

lookbook, very nice image... and a kind of great introduction as a first post... :)

Jiri

mikebarger

1-Feb-2011, 03:36

lookbook, very nice

northcarolinajack

2-Feb-2011, 06:00

50914This is tree from my Barn & Farms.

Jack
www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954
www.jackharrisphotography.com

vinny

2-Feb-2011, 08:15

Nice!
I need to try this since I have two 50 sheet boxes of this stuff. I wish I had it in the freezer though.

When I started my photographic passion, I could not imagine myself shooting in B&W - I was shooting color, and felt as if something was missing if I tried a BW shot. During the years my attitude changed completely, I stopped shooting color (except family snapshots and portraits) and have even lost interest in properly developing those color films already exposed - they were stored in the fridge in the meantime.

But what with them? Surely not throw away. So I tried developing them in my BW developer of choice - Rodinal. And here is one of the results...

Chamonix 5×8″, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm, 5×8″, Fuji CDU II @ EI 25, cross-process in Rodinal 1:50 for 15:00min.

(the film was exposed in Fall 2008)

seabird

4-Feb-2011, 03:36

What I did during the summer holidays:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~cbird/tree_cathie_1_frame_1.jpg

200/f8 Nikkor-M on Linhof Tech IV
3s @ F22 (EI 64)
FP4+ in Rodinal 1+50 Dev 10mins (N+1)

A nice little tree in the back yard of the holiday house we rented for the summmer break.

Cheers

wwelti

4-Feb-2011, 12:06

Oak by an old roman bridge near Weinheim:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5252/5416660660_8d6ee01359_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58936876@N07/5416660660/)
Eiche bei der Römerbrücke in Weinheim (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58936876@N07/5416660660/) von wwelti (http://www.flickr.com/people/58936876@N07/) auf Flickr

180/f5,6 Symmar-S MC on Pacemaker Crown Graphic
1/60s @ F16
Provia 100F roll film with DaYi 6x12 back

Donald Miller

5-Feb-2011, 03:34

Lombardia, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

mono

5-Feb-2011, 04:03

Heh, this one is great, a bit small on the screen, but still great! Love it.

h2oman

5-Feb-2011, 08:11

Yeah, another superb image, Donald. I'd like to hang out in your footsteps sometime!

Donald Miller

5-Feb-2011, 10:24

Thank you mono and h2oman

tgtaylor

8-Feb-2011, 21:18

Samidi Sur La Terre

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5429552943_c9088c2fa3_b.jpg

Toyo 45AX with 6x9 back.
Shown printed on Ilford MGIV RC glossy.

Jim Cole

9-Feb-2011, 19:56

One from a couple of years ago. 75mm Nikkor on 4x5 Acros. Grand Canyon.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5252/5432101285_52e37b1e57_b.jpg

Scott Schroeder

13-Feb-2011, 19:41

5x8 collodion on aluminum
http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/SpiceWoodSpringsFeb2011003.jpg

john wood

13-Feb-2011, 23:33

Scott, that's a really cool image...

Scott Schroeder

16-Feb-2011, 08:13

Here is a wider view. Same lens but it's 7X11.
http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/SpiceWoodSpringsFeb2011005.jpg

rdenney

16-Feb-2011, 09:58

Here is a wider view. Same lens but it's 7X11.

My experience looking at collodion is pretty limited, but these seem to have a crisp clarity and local contrast beyond what I recall seeing before. Is the aluminum substrate doing that? These are really impressive to look at even on my monitor.

Rick "preferring the narrower view of the 5x8" Denney

austin granger

17-Feb-2011, 13:14

Joshua Tree

Randy

17-Feb-2011, 20:01

Austin, just for fun - details please: format? film? developer?

I really, really like it. Wonderfully smooth tones, and the composition is just right.

austin granger

17-Feb-2011, 23:04

Austin, just for fun - details please: format? film? developer?

I really, really like it. Wonderfully smooth tones, and the composition is just right.

Thanks Randy. Unfortunately, like a lot of people here I imagine, my printing is always way behind my shooting; I have a backlog of negatives that I periodically go through to see if anything is worth exploring. So even though I just printed this for the first time, I actually shot it seven years ago and I can't remember the details. Maybe I should write that stuff down. Anyway though, I can tell you that it was made with a Toyo 4x5 and a standard lens, a 210 I think. Film was T-Max 100, which is odd as I've never shot that much-there's nothing wrong with it, it's just not my personal preference. But let's see, what else, well, I do wish the rocks were in sharper focus (hard to see on your screen, I know) but at the time I couldn't figure out quite how to do that. :)

Oh, and it's printed digitally. Lately, I've been having fun playing around with different tones using fill layers. This one is called Goldenrod (Hex #DAA520 if that means anything to you).

That's about all I got. Thanks again for the kind words. I appreciate it.

Austin

Randy

18-Feb-2011, 19:02

Thanks Austin. For what it's worth, I have processed 4X5 negs that sat in the holder for 8 years after I exposed them :(

Likewise, I am going through many old 35mm, 120, and 4X5 negs that I shot many, many years ago (and never was able to get a good darkroom print) and scanning them and finding there is actually a good image hiding in there.

Donald Miller

18-Feb-2011, 19:49

Thank you

kev curry

19-Feb-2011, 09:04

Sublime!

Lombardia, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Acheron Photography

20-Feb-2011, 01:46

Two 5x4s stitched, 110xl, Velvia 100 on an Arca.

http://blog.rivast.com/wp-content/uploads/Crawley_Snow.jpg

I can't decide if the amount the sun climbed in the time between the two sides (about 5 minutes, maybe less) ruins this or not...

johnmsanderson

20-Feb-2011, 06:26

I love that shot, Acheron. Has a real feeling of evanescence. The understated composition is nice too. The velvia captured some nice shadow detail! Normal processing?

johnmsanderson

20-Feb-2011, 07:02

Here's something to compare, I keep coming back to this tree over the years. First shot was 2004 on 35mm with 20mm lens, second was just last month on 4x5 with a 58mm. How things change. I wanted a train in the recent shot, but alas the sun and railroad do not cooperate.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/5461584982_dfbba6a8bc.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5461584964_7c96e370ac.jpg

Acheron Photography

20-Feb-2011, 07:09

I love that shot, Acheron. Has a real feeling of evanescence. The understated composition is nice too. The velvia captured some nice shadow detail! Normal processing?

Thank you. :) Yes, normal exposure and normal processing. Scanned on a V750, stitched in photoshop, no other manipulation. If only I could buy 5x7 Velvia for a reasonable price I wouldn't have to stitch 5x4. Or I could go the half 10x8 cut into 5x8 route I guess...

David.

tilberien

24-Feb-2011, 06:14

Park of TGM, Louny, CR
january, 2011
http://www.tilberien.bluefile.cz/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0007.jpg
please, only positive comments :) :)

ljsegil

25-Feb-2011, 05:00

Messy old tangled up oak (I think) on Hilton Head Island, converted to B&W from original even busier image taken on Fuji Pro 160S with a 150mm Apo-Lanthar at f/4.5 for 1/100, Master Technika 4x5. Suggestions to clean up this mess of a composition welcomed, as well as comments of any sort. Eternally still learning, expect (actually hope) I always will be.
Larry

Donald Miller

27-Feb-2011, 13:17

Park of TGM, Louny, CR
january, 2011

please, only positive comments :) :)

Absolutely stunning. The tonal scale is wonderful. The asymetrical balance of your composition is very astute.

Scott Walker

27-Feb-2011, 13:32

Suggestions to clean up this mess of a composition welcomed, as well as comments of any sort.

Chainsaw :p I actually quite like the composition.

Bill Poole

27-Feb-2011, 15:06

Oak amid tree ferns -Golden Gate Park

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/2011020314b/1196900282_LcA9q-O-1.jpg

5X7, FP4, Rodinal 1:25

Liam:

28-Feb-2011, 14:27

Very nice Bill, so much to look at!

Vaughn

28-Feb-2011, 14:41

Larry, just a little off the top and a little off the left is all it needs - great image!

iml

28-Feb-2011, 14:57

http://www.adweb.co.uk/ian/photography/hastings28/Images/img509.jpg

Speed Graphic, Ernemann Ernotar 150/4.5, TMax 400

Bill Poole

28-Feb-2011, 19:30

Very nice Bill, so much to look at!

Thanks, Larry. Glad you like.

ljsegil

1-Mar-2011, 14:15

Love yours, Bill.
Vaughn, how's this look now?
Larry

Scott Schroeder

1-Mar-2011, 19:23

whole plate collodion on aluminum

http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/McNeilPark003.jpg

http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/McNeilPark004.jpg

Vaughn

1-Mar-2011, 20:05

Love yours, Bill.
Vaughn, how's this look now?
Larry

I was not thinking of anything so drastic...I thought you saw the original image very well.

sanchi heuser

2-Mar-2011, 08:32

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/5451465606_8fbcd14411_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/5451465606/)
Trees & Framework (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/5451465606/) by andi_heuser (http://www.flickr.com/people/58013730@N08/), on Flickr
Trees & Framework

I wrote this description on flickr:

"The trees are at the south side of a church that was seriously damaged by a fire.
To prevent a collapse of the building a huge construction was built from parts
of a regular scaffold.
They just built this framework around and through the trees.
This is the real scene as it was.

I had some problems with vignetting, I made a test shoot with Polaroid 664
which is smaller than the used 4x5 film.
As I shifted a lot I didn't see the vignetting on the focusing screen and it wasn't visible
on the Polaroid because the Polaroid film is not centered in the middle of the focusing screen when used
with the Polaroid 405 back. For shots with 4x5 camera and a lot of shifting I use
a full 4x5 instant picture for test picture now - OK it's more expansive but I'm on the safe side.

And I use wide angle lenses now. At that time my widest lenses were a Nikkor W 105
and a Schneider Symmar 150.
The composition isn't satisfying me, the small shrub on the bottom left is to dark
and isn't helpful (apart frrom producing oxgene).

I tried some cropping and ended up with the original slide."

C&C welcome

tilberien

2-Mar-2011, 14:49

Absolutely stunning. The tonal scale is wonderful. The asymetrical balance of your composition is very astute.
Thank you very much. :)

Scratched Glass

10-Mar-2011, 11:04

A couple of more trees, Swamp White Oaks
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5177/5505736763_ba321309bc.jpg
Technical Data:
Graphlex Pacemaker Speed Graphic
Graphlex/Wollensak Optar 135mm f4.7
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP) converted to B&W

Scotty230358

10-Mar-2011, 12:49

Detail from a lovely old beech tree.

MumbleyJoe

10-Mar-2011, 15:02

sanchi heuser,

It's a shame about the vignetting (I've done that myself) but I love the resulting shot all the same. Both the sort of ordered chaos, and the color as well.

h2oman

11-Mar-2011, 08:06

A couple of more trees, Swamp White Oaks
Technical Data:
Graphlex Pacemaker Speed Graphic
Graphlex/Wollensak Optar 135mm f4.7
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP) converted to B&W

I like this, Andrew. Nice and spare.

Scratched Glass

11-Mar-2011, 15:41

Thank you. I love photography on quiet foggy days. It was also a good use of expired film (ten years)

Heroique

12-Mar-2011, 14:42

These evergreens in the N. Cascades (Wash. state) have just shaken-off their winter snow – it’s May and the sun is returning – but the snow they shook off had dusted several portions of this curving road. I had to slow down in several places to see the road better. Not the best place to leave it! The road is heading Eastward, where rain tapers off, trees thin-out, and the landscape quickly flattens into a vast, dry desert.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Velvia-50
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

Bruce M. Herman

12-Mar-2011, 15:08

Here are a couple from Yosemite; a knot in a Jeffrey Pine trunk and the detail of the bark of a Ponderosa Pine.

Heespharm

13-Mar-2011, 23:53

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5134/5525028915_27db9544b1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aznpharm79/5525028915/)
galvtrees (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aznpharm79/5525028915/) by Heespharm (http://www.flickr.com/people/aznpharm79/), on Flickr

2nd outing with 4x5:
Out of 14 negs, this one was one of the only useable ones...
everything else had too much flare or some other abberation...

It was a learning experience to say the least...
I learned that I have a long long way to go... in composition, sharpness, developing, scanning...

Shen-hao TZ45-IIb
Rodenstock sironar-n 150mm MC
Red 25a filter
ilford fp4+ 125 @100 1/15 sec. f22
pmk pyro - 10 minutes in patterson tank "taco method"
Scanned: epson 4990 w/ vuescan

SamReeves

14-Mar-2011, 08:29

Heroique

14-Mar-2011, 10:54

A beauty for sure! :D

Thanks Sam, and the kind of beauty that does the hard work for you. Yet I recall that moving my tripod just a few inches, this way or that, made a difference to the sense of receding depth of this valley, near and far. BTW, from here on a bicycle, you could coast down this valley and arrive in Washington’s Eastern desert w/o pedaling once…

northcarolinajack

14-Mar-2011, 12:25

Out for a walk Sunday morning and could not pass up a couple of trees.
One is a River Birch near the center of Charlotte, NC along the greenway.
The other is a Crepe Myrtle with early morning sun in Freedom Park.
Camera – Super Graflex with 127mm lens
Film – Delta 100 with DDX

Jack

www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954
www.jackharrisphotography.com

northcarolinajack

14-Mar-2011, 12:32

Here is the River Birch.

bill2424

14-Mar-2011, 17:22

52974

silver gelatin print from 4x5 neg.
billlemke.com

Heroique

14-Mar-2011, 17:24

Silver gelatin print from 4x5 neg.

Haunting, frightening, menacing first post.

The kind I like.

;)

bill2424

14-Mar-2011, 17:30

Thank you

vinny

14-Mar-2011, 17:46

Bill, that's the kinda work I'd put on my wall. Nice.

Bill Poole

14-Mar-2011, 19:50

52974

silver gelatin print from 4x5 neg.
billlemke.com

Yes, this is lovely.

Jiri Vasina

14-Mar-2011, 23:37

silver gelatin print from 4x5 neg.
billlemke.com

Bill, +1 (a great one ;) )...

Jiri

mikebarger

15-Mar-2011, 04:00

Very nice print Bill!

Mike

h2oman

15-Mar-2011, 06:39

Bill, that's the kinda work I'd put on my wall. Nice.

Me too.

Jim Cole

15-Mar-2011, 07:04

Yes, Bill. Wonderful!

bill2424

15-Mar-2011, 07:45

52981

Thank you for all the nice comments on the last image.

This was 4x5 Tmax 100 150mm yellow filter.

bobwysiwyg

15-Mar-2011, 12:56

Love the lighting and exposure on this one, Bill.

Mark Stahlke

31-Mar-2011, 19:50

Here are some of the trees in the open space greenbelt behind my house.

Shen Hao PTB 4x5, Apo-Symmar 180mm f/5.6, Delta 100
http://www.stahlke.us/uploads/trees_002.jpg

mdm

31-Mar-2011, 21:44

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ud_f-WR5LAk/TZVQP4dJMpI/AAAAAAAAAqA/7htAEnEC0x0/s1600/Gumtree1.jpg

ljsegil

1-Apr-2011, 15:49

Small piece of a tree.
LJS

mikebarger

1-Apr-2011, 18:01

Mark, very nice shelter belt photo.

Mike

rjbuzzclick

1-Apr-2011, 19:08

4x5 Speed Graphic, 135mm Optar, Fomapan 100, HC-110. Scans from contact prints:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5053/5576034722_23aacb0df5.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5358761760_dea1a4ef61.jpg

FredWilson

1-Apr-2011, 22:23

http://www.ipage.fredtj.com//images/photos/images/test.014/saquaro_48c_2048.jpg

Saguaro, Tucson AZ.
Sinar F 4x5, 135mm Fuji, FP4+

Fred

FredWilson

1-Apr-2011, 22:25

http://www.ipage.fredtj.com//images/photos/images/test.014/sycamore_tree_48c_2048.jpg

Sycamore tree, Tucson AZ.
Sinar F 4x5, 135mm Fuji, FP4+

Fred

FredWilson

1-Apr-2011, 22:31

http://www.ipage.fredtj.com//images/photos/images/test.014/sycamore_trunk_48c_b_2048.jpg

Sycamore Tree trunk, Tucson AZ
Sinar F 4x5, 135mm Fuji, FP4+

Fred

mdm

2-Apr-2011, 15:41

FP4 should'nt be that grainy.

FredWilson

2-Apr-2011, 15:53

FP4 should'nt be that grainy.

Yup, I thought the same. This is FP4+.
Wonder if I'm doing something "wrong" somehow, during scanning, or can developing do this ?
I don't know what the local lab uses to develop, however I'll ask them next time I take some in.
I tried some HP5+ first and bought the FP4+ after the same amount of grain from the HP5+.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Fred

Thomas Greutmann

3-Apr-2011, 04:35

I would think the grain is from the scanning process. This may happen if you have increased the contrast too much. Try to rescan with reduced contrast settings.

Greetings, Thomas

Gary Beasley

3-Apr-2011, 05:39

Running your unsharp mask at too small a radius when scanning large black and white files will do this. You wind up enhancing the grain detail instead of image detail.

cjbroadbent

4-Apr-2011, 08:11

4x5 Ektachrome, Linhof Standard, 135 Sironar.
Illustration for herbal tea.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TZneYno2rjI/AAAAAAAAIn8/FxGRKMIHUjg/s800/tree.jpg

Philippe Grunchec

4-Apr-2011, 08:29

Homage to Michael Kenna:

Preston

9-Apr-2011, 09:14

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/npn/530-1a-Web.jpg

Silent Forest, Yosemite
Tachihara 4x5
210 Symmar-S
Astia 100F
10/2009 recently reworked

eduardtoader

11-Apr-2011, 01:51

52974

silver gelatin print from 4x5 neg.
billlemke.com

bravo. I love the atmosphere and the composition..

eduardtoader

11-Apr-2011, 01:54

Park of TGM, Louny, CR
january, 2011
http://www.tilberien.bluefile.cz/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0007.jpg
please, only positive comments :) :)

two negative comments could have a positive result, true? :)

beautiful image. love the fog..

Gary Tarbert

11-Apr-2011, 08:33

Hi , This one has had a little post but not a lot minor Orton effect , Shot on a Shen Hao 5x4 150 Fujinon velvia 50 Cheers Gary

mandoman7

11-Apr-2011, 08:36

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/YB896a/1247996987_V9ER8-XL-1.jpg
190 Wollensak 4.7
http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/YB899a/1247997087_HuYJF-L-1.jpg
5" Projection Petzval
4x5 Chamonix:Efke, PMK
A couple of different approaches to apple blossoms. The western part of our county is going nuts with these things right now (relatively speaking). I have a friend who's got 20 trees blossoming next weekend, and I'm hoping to be there.

p_markowski

12-Apr-2011, 19:34

Saskatchewan cattle field near meadow Lake provincial Park. First light on a cool morning, which is too early..at least to be without a coffee.
HP5
210mm
Pyro-PMK

Bill Poole

13-Apr-2011, 18:17

Jim Fitzgerald

13-Apr-2011, 19:42

Bill, nice image. This is a place I have to investigate!

SamReeves

14-Apr-2011, 08:40

Bill Poole

14-Apr-2011, 17:52

Thanks, Jim and Sam -- Glad you like.

Bill

Joseph Kayne

14-Apr-2011, 19:21

Aspen Forest....

mandoman7

15-Apr-2011, 12:23

This is a great shot Joseph.

h2oman

15-Apr-2011, 15:37

A row of Monterrey cypress at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California. I have been photographing at this location for years, and I was tickled to see a Stephen Johnson image of what I take to be these trees on page 3 of Jim Stone's A User's Guide to the view Camera, the first book I bought about large format photography. (Johnson's image is far superior to mine. I'm still getting the hang of this.)

Your image is nice, Bill - don't sell yourself short. That looks like the kind of place that a person could return to many times. My cousin lives in Pacifica, so maybe I'll try to fit that in some time that I visit.

A couple of years ago I was fortunate to be able to stop in at Johnson's gallery on the day after Thanksgiving. There was only one car in the lot (it's a big lot, because the building is an old school), which I assumed meant the place was closed. I tried the door anyway, and was greeted by a typically enthusiastic golden retreiver, then Stephen himself. He generously let my wife and I browse around for a bit, then spent 15-20 minutes answering my questions. I found him to be very warm and totally unpretentious.

I saw the image you are referring to, and it IS stunning. However, it has a funny quirk. At one edge, fairly unobtrusive, the branches of the trees are in the shapes of almost perfect sine waves! I asked him about it and he said the wind was blowing as he was capturing the image with a scanning back, causing that effect.

My favorite image of all of his was the most exquisite and delicate high-key image of the face of a sand dune at White Sands National Monument.

If you ever get the chance, go by. Although I have no interest in doing the kind of photography he is doing, I admire his passionate pursuit of what he is after.

Roger Cole

15-Apr-2011, 17:05

Aspen Forest....

This is a great shot Joseph.

I agree. The white aspens against the vivid color are quite striking. What film was this, assuming it is film?

Bill Poole

15-Apr-2011, 20:40

H2oman:

Fascinating story about Stephen Johnson. Thanks for sharing it. Most people who go the Fitzgerald reserve go for the tide pools, which are sadly not what they once were. The upland portion with its cypress are much less visited. Hope you do get there some time.

Bill

Jim Fitzgerald

18-Apr-2011, 09:26

From my recent trip to Yosemite. Black Oak trunks shot on Efke-25 and printed in carbon.

Gem Singer

18-Apr-2011, 11:37

Cascade mountains near Mt.Bachelor,OR. Morning after a snow storm.

Jim Fitzgerald

18-Apr-2011, 17:45

Cascade mountains near Mt.Bachelor,OR. Morning after a snow storm.

Gem, beautiful image. Great texture and composition.

Joseph Kayne

18-Apr-2011, 19:42

Backlit Aspen...Colorado

Joseph Kayne

18-Apr-2011, 19:44

I agree. The white aspens against the vivid color are quite striking. What film was this, assuming it is film?

Provia 100f
Wista DXII

Thanks.

Joe.

austin granger

18-Apr-2011, 21:34

Lone Oak, Sauvie Island

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5633078960_ee2ddc3ac2_b.jpg

Made with a Deardorff special with a 5x7 back, Fujinon 250, Ilford FP4
I didn't care for the fluffy white clouds that were present so I used an ND 110 filter to smear them out with an eight minute exposure. Lately, I've really been enjoying playing around with this filter, both for the effect and for the experience of using it. There is something deeply satisfying in standing perfectly still for almost ten minutes, slowly absorbing a scene along with my camera. You can hardly imagine how many invisible birds there are in this photograph-ha!

Steve_Renwick

18-Apr-2011, 22:17

Tree stump in the Marin headlands. Comments welcomed.
Shot with a Sinar Norma and Nikkor 150mm lens, on Tmax 400.

Tri Tran

18-Apr-2011, 22:19

I don't know what tree it is but it looks cool so I recorded .
14x17 X ray film

http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/7779/treetrunk.jpg (http://img862.imageshack.us/i/treetrunk.jpg/)

Jim Fitzgerald

19-Apr-2011, 19:35

Tri, it does look cool! The details in trees are amazing. The bonus is printing them in carbon so you can see all of the texture.

Tri Tran

19-Apr-2011, 21:21

Tri, it does look cool! The details in trees are amazing. The bonus is printing them in carbon so you can see all of the texture.

Glad you see it too Jim. Can you imagine that I will cook it with 650ml/8gr tissue? Thanks.

Jim Fitzgerald

19-Apr-2011, 22:24

It has everything you need!

johnmsanderson

20-Apr-2011, 06:41

Lone Oak, Sauvie Island

Made with a Deardorff special with a 5x7 back, Fujinon 250, Ilford FP4
I didn't care for the fluffy white clouds that were present so I used an ND 110 filter to smear them out with an eight minute exposure. Lately, I've really been enjoying playing around with this filter, both for the effect and for the experience of using it. There is something deeply satisfying in standing perfectly still for almost ten minutes, slowly absorbing a scene along with my camera. You can hardly imagine how many invisible birds there are in this photograph-ha!

This is just splendid. It looks so surreal. Bravo!

Did you have any trouble with the wind vibrating the camera on such a long exposure? How many stops is the ND 110?

Sorry for the technical chatter. :)

austin granger

20-Apr-2011, 09:02

This is just splendid. It looks so surreal. Bravo!

Did you have any trouble with the wind vibrating the camera on such a long exposure? How many stops is the ND 110?

Sorry for the technical chatter. :)

Thank you very much. The ND 110 is ten stops. There was hardly any wind down at ground level, but yes, camera movement (and subject movement!) can definitely be an issue with this filter. It's fun though. I find I'm having to visualize in a whole new way, thinking not only of how the clouds ARE, but how they WILL BE over the course of a certain stretch of time. I have to admit though, that there's still an element of surprise at this point. It all kind of reminds me of my very first efforts at photography, of studying a contact sheet (35mm negs from my K-1000) and saying; "Whoa! Look at that!" :)

Thanks again, and take care.

Philippe Grunchec

20-Apr-2011, 09:10

I have a minus ten stops ND filter (Heliopan), and it is a ND 3.0: are you sure yours is 110?

Hector.Navarro

20-Apr-2011, 11:51

Aliso, Cajón del Comaquito.

Negative: BN45.0338C, Date: December 2010

Camera: Cambo SC 4x5
Objetive: Symmar 135mm
Film: Adox 50 CHS
Exposition: 16 sec ƒ45
Filter: Red #25 + POL

austin granger

20-Apr-2011, 13:07

I have a minus ten stops ND filter (Heliopan), and it is a ND 3.0: are you sure yours is 110?

Hi. It is the B+W ND #110, which is a ND 3.0 (ten stops). Sorry for the confusion.

Bill Poole

20-Apr-2011, 20:19

Some lovely images showing up here these days. Austin: love the long exposure, but despair of ever having a day still enough to do that in San Francisco

Darned if I know what this tree is called. This is another one from the Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco. I really didn't want the bright little branches in the top right, but couldn't figure out how to avoid them, and I'm not patient enough, skilled enough, or dishonest enough to clone them out in PS. Besides, I don't have CS 5. Do you suppose "content aware fill" could fix that??

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/201104053/1259836793_25GgqXV-O.jpg

Deardoff 5X7 View with 4X5 back, 14'' red dot Artar, TX 320, Rodinal 1:25

Jim Fitzgerald

21-Apr-2011, 07:54

Here is a carbon print of a black oak in El Capitan meadow in winter. Shot on Efke-25 and developed in Pyrocat-HD

brianam

21-Apr-2011, 12:36

Bill, nice one! I love that spot too. have visited several times.

was going to share one of my shots with that view, but realized the ones posted to my website were taken with a Fuji 690. I have made photos there with 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10, but I guess the "little ones" are what I posted. :) here's an external link to those if you're interested. (won't attach them per forum rules) http://www.midiliphoto.com/index_mossbeach.html

here's one that is LF, taken about 50 yards from that spot.
I think it was: SpeedGraphic, Nikkor 135mm, 4x5 FP4, XTOL.
http://www.midiliphoto.com/200911_BA/images/MossBeach_45_200911_3.jpg

A row of Monterrey cypress at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California. I have been photographing at this location for years, and I was tickled to see a Stephen Johnson image of what I take to be these trees on page 3 of Jim Stone's A User's Guide to the view Camera, the first book I bought about large format photography. (Johnson's image is far superior to mine. I'm still getting the hang of this.)

Deardorff 5X7, 180 mm Fujinon W, FP4, Rodinal

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/201104014a/1245949351_ogprq-O.jpg

mdm

21-Apr-2011, 14:26

Here we call those Macrocarpa trees, they make very dense hedges. Sadly the big old Macrocarpa's planted in the old days are slowly disappearing to make way for more intensive farming. Gordon Chapple had a 11x14 picture of some, possibly made at the same place as yours, which I admire and that is the reason I started learning carbon transfer printing. Sadly his website is no longer live so there is probably no way to see it again.

Jim Fitzgerald

21-Apr-2011, 17:41

mdm

21-Apr-2011, 18:10

Your new Yosemite pictures are nice.

It is still around here http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/CarSym/CGC/cgc.html

Jim Fitzgerald

21-Apr-2011, 19:42

David, thanks and thanks for the link. I forgot about that link. Of the three prints on the unblinking eye link the three leaves in my opinion was the best. The print literally glows! What I found was most intriguing was the shadow detail in the twigs on the ground. The web does not do justice to any carbon print.

Bill Poole

21-Apr-2011, 20:42

Brian:

Thanks for sharing your Moss Beach photos. I love the 6X9 collection -- lovely tones. Maybe I will run into you at the reserve some time.

Bill

Jim Fitzgerald

21-Apr-2011, 20:57

Bill, I'm going to make a trip up to "MY" reserve when I can so if you see a 14x17 out there it will be yours truly!

mdm

21-Apr-2011, 23:51

Yes, love it too. I dont like the white tree trunks as much. It is the shadows that got me, I have some pictures that need that and one day I will get them printed.

sanking

22-Apr-2011, 00:10

David, Gordon was an amazing carbon printer. The print you are talking about was from this area but I forget exactly where. I held that print in my hands and it and the other carbon prints I saw were some of the finest I have ever seen. His color carbon was unbelievable. A great loss to us all.

I scanned that print, and several others, for the article on carbon printing I published in View Camera. The prints on Melinex were hard to scan, not sure exactly why as this was my only experience with this type of scanning.

I shipped the prints back to Gordon in September 2008 but he and his wife lost their life in a slot canyon in Utah shortly thereafter, probably while the prints were still in transit back to his residence. Gordon was supposed to proof the article for me, but sadly that never happened.

Gordon was a good friend, a wonderful person, and a passionate photographer. I sure miss him.

Sandy

Jim Fitzgerald

22-Apr-2011, 06:43

Sandy, I opened the box that you sent back to Gordon with his daughter Katie. It was quite emotional. Like I said the prints were exquisite. Great inspiration for me. I miss him also, a great loss.

Jim Fitzgerald

22-Apr-2011, 08:10

A black oak closed in by granite and pine. Efke-25 and printed in carbon.

SamReeves

22-Apr-2011, 08:44

here's one that is LF, taken about 50 yards from that spot.
I think it was: SpeedGraphic, Nikkor 135mm, 4x5 FP4, XTOL.
http://www.midiliphoto.com/200911_BA/images/MossBeach_45_200911_3.jpg

Beauty!

Colin Graham

23-Apr-2011, 08:42

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4827725290_db670db63c_b.jpg

One from last year. 5x12, B&L Series V Protar. Stood here so long the mud sucked my boots off.

Brian Bullen

23-Apr-2011, 18:45

Colin, always a pleasure to view your outstanding work!

sly

23-Apr-2011, 22:50

A douglas fir and a red cedar, growing in tandem for decades, at a 45 degree angle.
Crown Graphic, HP5+, Morrell Sanctuary, Nanaimo

PaulRicciardi

24-Apr-2011, 07:05

Colin, some great texture there and a really nice sense of light

Colin Graham

24-Apr-2011, 07:09

Thanks guys!

Colin Graham

24-Apr-2011, 09:17

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5650147600_67dbab79b8_z.jpg

Stunted poplar at Lyons Ferry, eastern Washington. 135mm xenar, 4x5

Colin Graham

25-Apr-2011, 10:41

Thanks!

PaulRicciardi

26-Apr-2011, 15:13

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/5658824615_985b633147_b.jpg

Whole plate

rjbuzzclick

30-Apr-2011, 18:05

Calumet CC-400, Schneider Symmar-S f5.6/150mm, expired Ilford fp4 (not fp4+), HC-110.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5664358963_751906cd1e.jpg

stefan d

1-May-2011, 02:33

Hallo,
here are three new ones from my series "Magic forest". All are made in 8x10" with a P&S VQ IV on TriX.

http://stefandieterich.de/inhalt/images/forenbilder/550B.jpg

http://stefandieterich.de/inhalt/images/forenbilder/541B.jpg

http://stefandieterich.de/inhalt/images/forenbilder/539B.jpg

2-May-2011, 06:48

Stefan; I like these, first and third the most. As you've shown, movements are quite useful for woods photos and narrow depth of field getting what you want out of focus or in focus. A bit more challenging than "turn it down to f64" since the softness would be gone to get the focus right.

I'm interested in what else you have for forest SF photos; don't be afraid of vertical and closer distances too.

Sean Galbraith

2-May-2011, 15:35

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5028/5681798248_c4fe457ea7_b.jpg

Steve M Hostetter

3-May-2011, 10:31

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5028/5681798248_c4fe457ea7_b.jpg

A+

Marshal.F

3-May-2011, 10:51

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5682125767_096477714d_b.jpg

Burke & James 4x5 Field Camera
Voigtlander 135mm f/4.5 lens
Fuji Acros 100 EI 160
f/10
1/50

Leigh

4-May-2011, 14:25

This is supposedly the most ancient living tree species on the planet.

Toko 4x5 135mm/5.6 Apo-Sironar-S.
Ilford FP4+ 1/4s @ f/22 on a windy day. DD-X 1+4 10min.
http://www.mayadate.org/pix/NatlArb_110503_002s.jpg

Fuji Acros 1/2s @ f/22 on a windy day. DD-X 1+4 10min.
http://www.mayadate.org/pix/NatlArb_110503_001s.jpg

- Leigh

PaulRicciardi

4-May-2011, 22:01

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5688920477_4470570cc1_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5269/5689490644_50293ec879_b.jpg

Both whole plate

itsskin

5-May-2011, 06:45

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo265/itsskin/IMG_0670p-Edit.jpg
Toyo View 45G + Nikkor 90 SW f8@11

Liam:

8-May-2011, 05:23

Toyo View 45G + Nikkor 90 SW f8@11

Brilliant!

Bruce M. Herman

8-May-2011, 16:15

Joshua Tree from Mojave National Monument at sunset.

Jim Cole

9-May-2011, 04:03

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5682125767_096477714d_b.jpg

Burke & James 4x5 Field Camera
Voigtlander 135mm f/4.5 lens
Fuji Acros 100 EI 160
f/10
1/50

Love the lighting on this, but FWIW, I would crop about 1/3 of the foreground (just above the highlighted grasses on the lower right) for a more balanced image. This leaves a nice glow leading up from the bottom to the tree. Very nice shot!

Steve Gledhill

9-May-2011, 11:45

This was taken about a month ago just prior to sunset in Brittany (NW France) during what was has turned out to be the earliest and mildest spring in parts of NW Europe for many a long year.

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/2454beechavenuebrittany.jpg

Beech Avenue - Brittany

jon.oman

9-May-2011, 15:06

austin granger

9-May-2011, 16:07

Oak, Sauvie Island

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/5705296716_685897765b_b.jpg

Shac

9-May-2011, 16:36

Technika IV Nikkor 180 TriX

austin granger

9-May-2011, 17:15

Some more oaks. Unfortunately, this is one of those pictures that doesn't translate so well to the computer screen (on second thought-that would be most of them) but I'm going to share it anyway. Imagine the tree trunks being tack-sharp but everything else blurred from the wind and you'll get the idea.

Oaks and Wind, Sauvie Island

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2752/5704893011_c2dca0b436_b.jpg

Eric James

9-May-2011, 18:57

Nice one Shac!

Ken Lee

9-May-2011, 19:06

Shac

9-May-2011, 20:17

Thanks Eric - plan on going back on the next fine day

Zaitz

9-May-2011, 22:17

Really beautiful !!

+1. It has that 'look' to it. The lighting is brilliant and so is the composition. Appears perfectly exposed and developed. Is that what gives it that 'look'? Great shot.

10-May-2011, 08:27

Love the lighting on this, but FWIW, I would crop about 1/3 of the foreground (just above the highlighted grasses on the lower right) for a more balanced image. This leaves a nice glow leading up from the bottom to the tree. Very nice shot!

I kinda like it the way it is. Cropping it would look like artificial vignetting. The foreground shows how rolling the landscape is. It's a nice photo.

jvuokko

10-May-2011, 11:21

Dead wood standing. Have heard that this is a kind of Freudian photograph..

4x5 TMY-2, SA 8/75mm and Hasemi FT45 field camera.

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2011-04-26-0%20kelopuu%20web.jpg

10-May-2011, 11:36

jvuokko

10-May-2011, 11:48

jvuokko, it's amazing how much your part of Finland looks like my part of Maine!

I've seen similar winter scenes, and now you're shooting woods scenes just like I've been eyeing but haven't gotten to with my LF camera yet. It'll be a couple weeks before work takes me to that spot and the leaves will probably on then.

I guess that environment is quite similar. Finland is a bit more north but gets plenty of warm from Gulf stream (without it, here would be Siberian climate).

I have found that many places that belongs Taiga or boreal forest area shares much of similarities. Including even Hokkaido at Japan.
They all have also plenty of mosquitos...

mdm

11-May-2011, 22:54

Afternoon light and wind. FP100C on 4x5 viewcamera. 135mm Sironar S. Much closer to 5x7 aspect ratio and cheaper than the 45 stuff.

ederphoto

14-May-2011, 14:30

I was biking with my wife 2 years ago on a early fall and i came across this fallen tree in a river near my home .I was biking on a mountain bike ,so there was no room for large format .All we had with us was a nikon coolpix 7900 pocket camera .The water was calm,no wind, the sun was low in the sky if i remember right and yellow and red leafs on the trees around caught my eyes .I asked her for her camera ,composed the picture the best i could and took the shot .There was no time to go back home and get the real stuff ,it was getting dark .When igot home and looked the picture in the computer i almost killed myself for not having the right equipment at that time .I love the felling and tonal range of the picture along with the reflection in the water .I went to the same place many times after that but the water is never like that ,neither the colors and even the trees around are getting bigger .I'm sad because it is not an 8x10 Tmax sheet of film shot through my Cooke XV ,but at the same time ,i'm happy to have taken the shot.At least i can make some 4x6 post card with it .4x6 ??? What is that ???????????

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/5718820087_a69ca2f13a_b.jpg

Jim Becia

15-May-2011, 07:54

A few tree images. The first taken in Yosemite of fallen big leaf maple leaves, the second is redbud on the Little River in the Smokeys, and the third is a tree trunk located in Zion. Jim

Eric James

15-May-2011, 09:45

Really nice Zion shot Jim!

PaulRicciardi

15-May-2011, 21:11

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/5724725473_08518c598f_b.jpg

Whole plate as always lately

mdm

15-May-2011, 21:17

What, no light leak?

Donald Miller

16-May-2011, 01:11

Lombardia Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

PaulRicciardi

16-May-2011, 20:09

What, no light leak?

Guess I did something "right" for a change haha

17-May-2011, 09:56

A few tree images. The first taken in Yosemite of fallen big leaf maple leaves, the second is redbud on the Little River in the Smokeys, and the third is a tree trunk located in Zion. Jim

I like these three; sort of a continuation of Eliot Porter.

sly

17-May-2011, 10:47

Ivy on Cedar - Crown Graphic,
Pt/pd print, coloured pencil added

J Ney

17-May-2011, 15:41

couple of trees....

Robert Hughes

19-May-2011, 07:59

That bark shot reminds me of Rodin's "Gates of Hell (http://www.musee-rodin.fr/senf1-e.htm)".

Bob McCarthy

19-May-2011, 08:10

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/L50.jpg
4x5 TMX, Pyrocat HD, Fujinon 240A, Arca-Swiss Discovery

The Light is very pretty, I like it..

New camera?? You going Arca?

bob

oops, my browser took me to the first page, not last.

still pretty image

Jim Becia

19-May-2011, 11:18

Sirius Glass

19-May-2011, 12:21

On a side note, When I post these, they look so dull on my monitor, yet they look good prior to posting. What am I missing/doing wrong? Thanks

You are expecting digital to show comparable quality to analog and chemical prints. :eek: Not in your lifetime; not in my lifetime; not in the next generation. :eek:

rjbuzzclick

19-May-2011, 12:29

Speed Graphic, Ektar 203mm (I think), Fomapan 100, HC-110, scan from a contact print.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5665237878_8b1469e976.jpg

Zaitz

19-May-2011, 13:02

couple of trees....

Very nice photos!

Jim Becia

19-May-2011, 13:16

You are expecting digital to show comparable quality to analog and chemical prints. :eek: Not in your lifetime; not in my lifetime; not in the next generation. :eek:

You have missed the point of what I'm saying. This has nothing to do with analog/chemical/digital prints. Before posting the images to the LF forum, they look great on my monitor, after posting they become dull and lifeless on the LF board when I view them from the post on my monitor. Jim

Donald Miller

19-May-2011, 13:29

You have missed the point of what I'm saying. This has nothing to do with analog/chemical/digital prints. Before posting the images to the LF forum, they look great on my monitor, after posting they become dull and lifeless on the LF board when I view them from the post on my monitor. Jim

Jim, Some sort of compression occurs when you upload an image to this forum. If you notice the file size prior to and after posting are markedly different. I don't know that this is the cause of what you mentioned but it might be. I suspect that if you posted a link to an image as different from uploading an image it might solve this discrepancy.

Best regards,
Donald Miller

Joel Truckenbrod

19-May-2011, 15:16

You have missed the point of what I'm saying. This has nothing to do with analog/chemical/digital prints. Before posting the images to the LF forum, they look great on my monitor, after posting they become dull and lifeless on the LF board when I view them from the post on my monitor. Jim

Jim, I concur with Donald - I've found that I simply can't use the forum's image hosting features, since the images somehow end up being resampled and/or compressed. Both color and sharpness suffer. Linking the images through a image hosting site (I use photobucket, for example) solved the problem for me. Beautiful photographs by the way!:cool:

mdm

19-May-2011, 16:37

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--hDnSmNYS58/TdWpKsIj9wI/AAAAAAAAArQ/E3jsQ2Xry6A/s1600/Scan-110520-0004-1-1.jpg

5x7 TriX in D-23

SamReeves

20-May-2011, 08:25

Here are a few from this past fall and winter. The first is a bristlecone at Cedar Breaks National Monument taken this winter with a 4x5. The wind was howling but somehow I managed to get an image without any moving branches. The second is from Zion in October taken with an 8x10 on a rain drenching day, and the third is with the 8x10 also just outside of Silverton,CO at the end of September. Jim

On a side note, When I post these, they look so dull on my monitor, yet they look good prior to posting. What am I missing/doing wrong? Thanks

They look fine to me. I like #3 the best with that splash of blazing color in the evergreeen forest.

Speed Graphic, Ektar 203mm (I think), Fomapan 100, HC-110, scan from a contact print.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5665237878_8b1469e976.jpg

Nice!!

Sergio

21-May-2011, 22:56

Hi at all.
Pear-trees, about two months ago, spring in north Italy.
On the left five minute before the dawn, on the left, the same after
5 days, half hour before the sunset. What do you prefer ???

4x5 Acros 100, Xtol 1+1, Nikkor 300mm/f9, Toyo 45CF

jvuokko

22-May-2011, 12:43

4x5 Fuji RTP and Wratten 85B.
Symmar 5.6/210 @ f/32, 1/5s

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2011-04-28-3%20puunrungot%20web.jpg

mdm

22-May-2011, 23:55

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ov16oQmn648/TdoDznRX07I/AAAAAAAAArw/aTvV0A3fbOc/s1600/ZonePlateTree.jpg
210mm Zone Plate on Fuji FP100C

Jim Becia

23-May-2011, 08:35

Jim, I concur with Donald - I've found that I simply can't use the forum's image hosting features, since the images somehow end up being resampled and/or compressed. Both color and sharpness suffer. Linking the images through a image hosting site (I use photobucket, for example) solved the problem for me. Beautiful photographs by the way!:cool:

Joel and Donald,

Thanks for the suggestions. Will have to learn how that works. Jim

Miguel Coquis

23-May-2011, 09:47

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ov16oQmn648/TdoDznRX07I/AAAAAAAAArw/aTvV0A3fbOc/s1600/ZonePlateTree.jpg
210mm Zone Plate on Fuji FP100C

Very special sens for "seeing", I appreciate it much !

jvuokko

23-May-2011, 12:54

4x5 FP4+, N-1.
Symmar 5.6/210mm @ f/32, 1s. SC-52 deep orange filter.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2516/5751523267_197a62f529_o.jpg

Ken Lee

23-May-2011, 13:03

The Light is very pretty, I like it..

New camera?? You going Arca?

bob

oops, my browser took me to the first page, not last.

still pretty image

Thanks - That's several years old - several cameras back, and 1 developer back too.

These days I use a Sinar P for most work, and for a field camera, a 5x7 Kodak 2D. I develop in D-23 now too. So the only thing left is that lens. :)

mdm

23-May-2011, 13:12

Very special sens for "seeing", I appreciate it much !

Your beautiful contrasty interior scenes on delta 100 inspired me to try some myself. Thanks.

Eric James

23-May-2011, 15:02

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5545147129_618f25c36c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/5545147129/)
Sentinel Rock from Lower Yosemite Falls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/5545147129/) by EAJ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/), on Flickr

Jim Fitzgerald

27-May-2011, 08:52

Eric, I love this image and view. When did you shoot this?

Here is one from my recent trip up north. A carbon transfer print of a giant Redwood on the Damnation Creek Trail

Vaughn

27-May-2011, 09:10

Good job, Jim.

Sergio

29-May-2011, 10:20

Hi at all.
Larch dead, on the background Monte Pelmo 3.168 mt. Dolomites Italy.
Fujinon SW 90mm/f.8 , Toyo 45CF , Acros 100 Xtol 1+1, red filter.

MumbleyJoe

2-Jun-2011, 11:38

Here is one from my recent trip up north. A carbon transfer print of a giant Redwood on the Damnation Creek Trail

Beautiful work Jim! I was just visiting that area over the long weekend (stayed at the Mill Creek campground just up the road from this trail) for the first time - stunning, but I didn't have any idea how to photograph it. Yet looking at your photograph captures it so well. It's a fantastic example of 'seeing' the scene well and knowing how to capture a piece of it.

Eric - fantastic Sentinel Rock photograph as well. I have never really photographed Sentinel Rock, and this is a great perspective - I recognized it immediately without ever having seen a shot like this.

Great work!

Eric James

2-Jun-2011, 11:57

Thanks Tyler and Jim. Sorry, I hadn't seen your post until now Jim. The photo was taken from the bridge that crosses the steam that emanates from Lower Yosemite Falls. It's just a fifteen minute flat walk from the bus stop, maybe twenty with your rig : )

MumbleyJoe

2-Jun-2011, 12:39

I certainly know that bridge well, but I think my attention has always been focused 180° degrees the other way. It's true when they say the best thing to do at an iconic spot is turn around and look the other way. :)

mdm

6-Jun-2011, 00:44

Something for the carbon printers.

mdm

7-Jun-2011, 02:02

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBYL-2EeAtM/TeyBqfiZb5I/AAAAAAAAAtk/Ac0cc25XtrQ/s1600/Scan-110606-0012-1.jpg

Steve M Hostetter

7-Jun-2011, 08:18

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBYL-2EeAtM/TeyBqfiZb5I/AAAAAAAAAtk/Ac0cc25XtrQ/s1600/Scan-110606-0012-1.jpg

soft tones that just hang there.. incredible

Heroique

7-Jun-2011, 09:24

An alternative recipe for infra-red film:

Mix together yellow pine needles + yellow sun + yellow filter.

Expose. Develop. Print and enjoy.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
(w/ Lee yellow filter)
Ilford FP4+ (in HC-110)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

mdm

7-Jun-2011, 12:23

soft tones that just hang there.. incredible

Thanks. It was made in clearing fog at dawn, I could barely see an image to focus. A 9 minute exposure and my first for the day. Could have gone home then and saved myself the sore feet. LF is truly hard work.

jvuokko

8-Jun-2011, 13:53

Acros 100 4x5

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2011-04-28-2%20puut%20ruissalo%20web.jpg

mdm

8-Jun-2011, 20:24

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B-QvtqTiK0o/Te81fazUa2I/AAAAAAAAAuM/tEQvM21QmYc/s1600/Scan-110608-0011-1-1.jpg

Scratched Glass

9-Jun-2011, 08:33

jvuokko I like that someone has left those snags standing, and it makes for an interesting photo.

I had some fogging issues, with my rollfilm back, but the square format works well with these two oak trees. I posted them before from a different angle in black and white.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2030/5700910599_b7ecec5801.jpg

Joe O'Hara

9-Jun-2011, 18:46

Three recent images: Trees shaped by the prevailing wind at one of our few surviving natural seashore dune areas, three oaks standing quietly before a cedar swamp, and flowering laurel photographed last week.

ramon

15-Jun-2011, 10:14

http://213.251.184.113/largeformatphotography/castanea_twins.jpg

Castanea Sativa Twins. This tree is not really mine, but my uncle :)

Bender 4x5, Fujinon 150mm f5.6 (@ f22, 1/2 secs), TriX 320, D76

Jim Becia

15-Jun-2011, 14:32

A couple of images from Colorado a year or two ago. Jim

mdm

15-Jun-2011, 22:54

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E19cHab6Y2E/TfmQzqSWG2I/AAAAAAAAAvc/XvASBSDMIH0/s1600/stump.jpg

Attack

20-Jun-2011, 06:54

Negative print 8x10
Pt/Pd
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/5852263806_9f23488afa_z.jpg

Wm. Mitchell

23-Jun-2011, 11:56

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb424/wgm43/Large%20Format%202011/bigleafmaples-quinaltcopy.jpg?t=1308854465

Cropped 4x5 Fuji Astia Schneider 110xl f22

Wm. Mitchell

23-Jun-2011, 13:17

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb424/wgm43/Large%20Format%202011/bigleafmaples-quinaltcopy.jpg

Cropped 4x5 Fuji Astia Schneider 110xl f22

Wm. Mitchell

29-Jun-2011, 16:38

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb424/wgm43/Large%20Format%202011/northfork-quinalt.jpg

Cropped 4x5 Fuji Velvia 100 Schneider 110xl f16

Heroique

30-Jun-2011, 12:25

This tree once grew in the Olympic Nat’l Forest (Washington state).

It crashed into a river & floated to the sea – storm waves buried it here.

(This beach is near the forest in the image above.)

Tachi 4x5
Fujinon-W 125mm/5.6 (w/ green filter)
Ilford FP4+ (in Rodinal 1:50)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

bbuszard

30-Jun-2011, 12:58

Cropped 4x5 Fuji Astia Schneider 110xl f22

Very nice. I just saw another Astia shot of trees and was equally surprised by the really vivid greens. Is that typical of the emulsion?

Guenther

30-Jun-2011, 13:11

Hello,
for this tree, the live is gone.
Infrared Efke 820 ir 4x5" developed in Kodak HC 110

Guenther

30-Jun-2011, 13:16

Hello from Germany,
one´s more again. Cherry trees, infrared Efke 820ir developed with HC 110.

Wm. Mitchell

1-Jul-2011, 08:49

Heroique--Thank you for continuing the story.

Bradley--Because Astia is less contrasty, I find it scans better than many other positive films. Mid-tone contrast is a little more subdued in the print on cotton rag paper and the green a little less vivid. I switched to color negative film last year and am still learning.

This is the last of this Quinalt series. A bigleaf maple from upstream near the Graves Creek campground:

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb424/wgm43/Large%20Format%202011/bigleafmaple-quinalt.jpg

adam satushek

1-Jul-2011, 16:01

Here are some of my trees and tree-like-things,

fence, 40 x 50 in.

pole, 80 x 35 in.

sitka, 42 x 70 in, after being struck by lightning

58198

58199

58200

Preston

21-Jul-2011, 12:49

Alder and Boulder, Yosemite Valley

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/668-1-Web.jpg

Tachihara 4x5
210mm Symmar-S
Astia 100F
May, 2011

Wm. Your panos work very nicely. The color is beautiful. Adam, I really like the fence shot; very creative!

--P

Wm. Mitchell

22-Jul-2011, 14:05

Thank you Preston. I have been admiring your color LF for some time.

Wm. Mitchell

bbuszard

23-Jul-2011, 10:05

Combining the two outstanding features of the Snake range in NV, the Bristlecone pines and the vertical face of Mt. Wheeler. I set one against the other and waited for the light from the passing clouds to isolate the pine tree.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5967304400_254b44d141_b.jpg

Sirius Glass

23-Jul-2011, 13:14

Absolutely great!

Duane Polcou

23-Jul-2011, 13:46

Shenandoah National Park, Va. Near Dark Hollow Falls.

Wista VX / 210mm 5.6 Schneider Apo-Symmar lens / Ilford FP4+ in HC-110

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/duanepolcou/TreesFog1JPEG.jpg

Preston

23-Jul-2011, 14:25

Bradley and Duane,

Great work! Beautiful!

--P

bbuszard

23-Jul-2011, 19:53

My kudos to Duane as well. Our two shots make a nice contrast: the crystalline clarity of the high-altitude desert and the pea-soup mist that one sometimes sees in VA (I'm a resident). And both shot in FP4+, no less.

Come to think of it, I posted a picture of Dark Hollow falls here only a month or so ago, so we must have nearly bumped tripods.