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Andrew O'Neill

8-Apr-2011, 16:41

I posted this over at Sandy King's yahoo carbon group yesterday. Sorry if you've already seen it. This is a carbon transfer print taken inside the glass dome at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC. The original negative was 8x10 TMY-2 but the density range was too narrow for a carbon print, so I made a digital negative. Thanks John, for allowing me to use your 8x10 scanner!
For carbon printers out there, my own tissue was used, transfered onto Rising Stonehenge sized with acrylic medium (matte).

Andrew O'Neill

8-Apr-2011, 16:48

Might as well stick this carbon print in, too. Digital negative made from 8x10 HP5. Detail of the vaulting inside Westminster Abbey in Mission, BC.

mdm

8-Apr-2011, 17:34

Nice. They stack up on their own, as photographs, without having to rely on the printing process for the wow factor.

Andrew O'Neill

8-Apr-2011, 17:44

Nice. They stack up on their own, as photographs, without having to rely on the printing process for the wow factor.

Thanks. Because of the relief that carbon prints provide, they have a lot more "pressence" than the same printed on silver paper.

mdm

8-Apr-2011, 18:03

I understand that but they are architecture photographs first. An Irving Penn is an Irving Penn however it is printed. It is hard to learn how to make carbon prints and easy to spend the rest of your life showing off the process. The printing process should show off the photograph, not the other way around. In my very unformed opinion, that is.

Donald Miller

8-Apr-2011, 21:22

Vaults - Lombardia, Italy

5X7 - 180 Nikkor W

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Kirk Gittings

8-Apr-2011, 21:42

Thanks Professional and Kirk.
What do you mean exactly Kirk?

On my Macbook Pro laptop there is some weird blank areas in the sky-looks almost like gloss differential-weird. But it doesn't show up on the calibrated monitor on my PC that I do Photoshop on.

Andrew O'Neill

9-Apr-2011, 08:07

Here's another carbon transfer print...Abandoned Ukranian Orthodox church in North East Saskatchewan, near Melfort.

Barry Kirsten

11-Apr-2011, 19:50

This is the spiral staircase of the Point Hicks lighthouse in Far East Gippsland, Victoria Aust., 24 October, 1987.

Of the Australian lighthouses, Point Hicks is the only one having a completely open structure, devoid of cross-bracing.

Scanned contact print made on Galerie grade 3 developed in Dektol and Ansco 120.

Toyo 810G. 10" Commercial Ektar @ F/32. Exposure 8 min. on FP4 rated at ASA 50, developed in HC 110 1+30 for 18 min. at 20 degrees C.

Barry.

stradibarrius

12-Apr-2011, 05:53

Wonderful shot. I love spiral staircase shots.

SamReeves

12-Apr-2011, 08:48

Zaitz

12-Apr-2011, 11:43

Wonderful shot. I love spiral staircase shots.

+1. Love it. I've tried finding them around my area with no luck.

Leigh

12-Apr-2011, 13:22

This is the spiral staircase of the Point Hicks lighthouse in Far East Gippsland, Victoria Aust., 24 October, 1987.
Quite cool, Barry.

Excellent shot.

- Leigh

Richard Mahoney

13-Apr-2011, 02:31

Burnt out Flour Mill, Ashburton, New Zealand

http://camera-antipodea.indica-et-buddhica.com/portfolios/portfolio-two/ashburton-flour-mill-tower-silo/ashburton-flour-mill-tower-silo.jpg

4" x 5" Astia 100F, Schneider Super-Symmar HM 150/5.6, 1/30 s @ f/16

Best,

Richard

csant

13-Apr-2011, 13:03

Another one (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showpost.php?p=646394&postcount=787) in my architecture series: The VitraHaus by Herzog & De Meuron, in Weil am Rhein - toying with the Verito convertible lens I create two negatives that are printed together - one properly in focus for the details, the other one at… "twice infinity", by simply unscrewing the front element of the Verito… (the homage should be obvious).

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5617288680_03f427f6b4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/5617288680/)

More details and a larger image over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/5617288680/).

Leigh

13-Apr-2011, 13:20

Vaults - Lombardia, Italy
5X7 - 180 Nikkor W
Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol
Hi Donald,

That is absolutely superb in every respect.

My compliments.

- Leigh

Donald Miller

14-Apr-2011, 09:45

Hi Donald,

That is absolutely superb in every respect.

My compliments.

- Leigh

Thank you

dperez

14-Apr-2011, 20:18

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5620456539_f38292bf3a_o.jpg
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

This is another CLA shot taken with my 4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Provia 100F QL. Converted to B&W, and bronze toned in CS3. Comments, Advice, and Criticism welcomed.

Kirk Gittings

14-Apr-2011, 20:40

Oh yeah!

Scott Walker

15-Apr-2011, 07:15

[IMG]California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

Nice

spkennedy3000

18-Apr-2011, 04:23

Love that Dperez

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5631085490_37be5d86db_b.jpg
4x5 Fuji 160, Cambo 580 with 58mm Super-angulon f5.6.

Noah A

18-Apr-2011, 08:59

From a little project on Atlantic City, NJ...

Shot with a Technikardan 45S and 90mm Grandagon-N F/4.5 on Portra 400.

Noah A

18-Apr-2011, 09:00

TK45S, Portra 400, 210 Apo-Sironar S.

Noah A

18-Apr-2011, 09:16

TK45S, Portra 400, 210mm Apo Sironar S.

dperez

18-Apr-2011, 09:42

Noah, I love that subdued color. The images seem to depict a desolateness that reminds me of a California desert.

Robert Hughes

18-Apr-2011, 10:19

Cloudy days make for awesome color shots! I'm going to have to try that...

Noah A

19-Apr-2011, 14:37

I'm a big fan of soft light. A few more...

TK45S, 210 Apo Sironar S, Portra 400.

Noah A

19-Apr-2011, 14:39

TK45S, 115 Grandagon-N, Portra 400

Noah A

19-Apr-2011, 14:47

TK45S, 150mm Apo Sironar S, Portra 160NC

Donald Miller

21-Apr-2011, 10:09

TAC

4X5 - 450 Nikkor M

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

mortensen

21-Apr-2011, 10:24

I'm a big fan of soft light. A few more...

TK45S, 210 Apo Sironar S, Portra 400.

NICE! what a great series - right down my alley, Noah :D
Where can it be seen as a whole in hires?
apart from having the exact same preference for gear, I certainly share your passion for desolate scenes and subdued colors. I guess you're a fan of Sze Tsung Leong, Bas Princen, Bialobrzeski and the likes, too?

Laron

21-Apr-2011, 11:05

Noah,
Superb serie! I have some romantic feelings about these insane architectural objects. Amazing dimensions!
Waiting for the others too!

Noah A

21-Apr-2011, 11:42

Thanks guys. I'll be adding that series to my website soon. Well, I had planned to add it this week but it didn't happen. I posted a few photos from another project in the urban landscape thread.

I am a fan of the photographers you mentioned as well as Simon Norfolk, Guy Tillim, Gabriele Basilico, etc. My background is in more traditional photojournalism, but after a time I really wanted to change my direction a bit when it came to my working method and aesthetics.

Mortensen--It was your question posted here that led me to acquire a TK45S, but I'm glad it worked out that way. It really is perfect for this sort of work. Did you find one yet?

Richard Wasserman

21-Apr-2011, 12:08

Horseman 45FA, 210mm Xenar f/6.1, Portra 160VC

Noah A

21-Apr-2011, 13:03

I love this, Richard!

I'm a big fan of Chicago, I'm having a show at the Loyola University Art Museum so I'll be out there in August/September. Can't wait. I'll be sure to stay some extra time to shoot some new work...

Richard Wasserman

21-Apr-2011, 13:52

Thank you so much Noah.

Congratulations on the show at Loyola. Please let me know when you'll be coming here, maybe we can get together for a cup of coffee, or...

Noah A

21-Apr-2011, 18:12

I'll post the show details once they're nailed down. It will be from roughly August through January.

I'd love to get together when I'm in town.

wentbackward

22-Apr-2011, 18:05

Hello everyone, From a couple of years ago, under the Esplanade in Singapore. It had just started raining and on a whim I used 4 x 1s exposures to retain more clarity in the reflections. 5x4 on RVP I guess.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3264917587_5131051fd3_o.jpg

jon.oman

22-Apr-2011, 19:05

Laron

23-Apr-2011, 06:05

I like this shot too! Can you describe a bit more on how you made the exposure, for a newbie like me its not quite clear. Did you take the 4x1s offset in time?

wentbackward

23-Apr-2011, 21:07

Hi, yes, it was dusk and I was shooting a chrome so nothing I can really do after I've shot it and needed to capture the shadows without blowing the sky so measured, measured and measured again to get the right exposure. With 4 seconds for exposure time and decided to shoot 4 successive one second exposures so the water wasn't just one big continuous blur (I had no idea it would work). In the scan or direct under a loupe you can actually see the rings where the rain is hitting the water. Somehow the uploaded image looks a bit fuzzy. There's a crop of the detail on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gresh/3264917587/in/set-72157615686785484

Donald Miller

24-Apr-2011, 10:47

Phoenix

5X7 - 450 Nikkor M

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Donald Miller

24-Apr-2011, 10:57

Phoenix Two

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Kirk Gittings

24-Apr-2011, 11:52

really nice

Phoenix

5X7 - 450 Nikkor M

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Donald Miller

24-Apr-2011, 14:03

really nice

Thank you Kirk

Zaitz

24-Apr-2011, 18:55

Donald your compositions are all terrific. And you're prints seem to be of fantastic quality.

Donald Miller

24-Apr-2011, 19:16

Thanks to each of you for your generous comments.

alex_siro

27-Apr-2011, 00:28

Greetings to everyone

Here`s a photo I took this Monday in Bucharest, Romania

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/8024/unled12c.jpg

Cambo Calumet 4x5, Nikkor SW 90 4.5, f22 1/15s, fuji 160ns
Home developed using Rollei Digibase C41 kit

Any comments are welcome

Laron

27-Apr-2011, 09:46

thank you for the details!

Hi, yes, it was dusk and I was shooting a chrome so nothing I can really do after I've shot it and needed to capture the shadows without blowing the sky so measured, measured and measured again to get the right exposure. With 4 seconds for exposure time and decided to shoot 4 successive one second exposures so the water wasn't just one big continuous blur (I had no idea it would work). In the scan or direct under a loupe you can actually see the rings where the rain is hitting the water. Somehow the uploaded image looks a bit fuzzy. There's a crop of the detail on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gresh/3264917587/in/set-72157615686785484

csant

27-Apr-2011, 21:57

The Conference Pavillion by Tadao Ando, in Weil am Rhein. Left and right wing of a diptych. With a self-portrait…

Tadao Ando's buildings have a very peculiar integration with their environment. This pavillion was built in a cherry orchard - and only three trees had to be removed. The pavillion perfectly integrates with the trees, the plain and simple concrete is a neutral articulation of space, and the glass reflects the surrounding orchard… Just as if the orchard was inside the building…

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5662019980_289994418d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/5662019980/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5148/5662019974_05dcc5cf81_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/5662019974/)

More details and larger images over at Flickr - click on the images to get there.

spkennedy3000

28-Apr-2011, 08:46

Some views of Broadgate Tower, with a Scheider 72mm, Fuji Pro 160.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5664445499_881d88c6c0_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5665011260_ccf1b16442_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5664445137_a26d2635c5_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/5665010486_9ba0b2dbde_b.jpg

Noah A

28-Apr-2011, 10:01

Great work as always Simon. I love architectural photos that show context.

Laron

28-Apr-2011, 14:19

Beautiful images!

spkennedy3000

1-May-2011, 11:17

Noah, thanks a lot! I like your work on your website very much.
Cheers Laron.

Donald Miller

1-May-2011, 21:35

Torina Italy Detail

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

SamReeves

2-May-2011, 08:32

Some views of Broadgate Tower, with a Scheider 72mm, Fuji Pro 160.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5664445137_a26d2635c5_b.jpg

I'm really liking that brick lined street. Nice!

sanchi heuser

2-May-2011, 15:49

This was made by chance. Actually I wanted to have a look at another object.
But that was not so interessting in the end .

Cause I wanted to test the film I decided to go to that theatre instead. When I arrived
I saw that light reflections. It was quite windy at that place and I thought:
" Just try it with shortest time possible ".

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5029/5680950940_9cde867e05_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/5680950940/)
Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/5680950940/) by andi_heuser (http://www.flickr.com/people/58013730@N08/), on Flickr

sanchi heuser

2-May-2011, 15:56

Ups

B.S.Kumar

2-May-2011, 16:28

bbuszard

3-May-2011, 19:02

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/5684388854_a6ab428c3b_b.jpg

Warwick County Courthouse, Newport News VA

This is the earlier courthouse of 1810, which is no longer used. My back was to a wall, so had to max out the rise to fit the near corner of the pediment. It was a tight fit, and I wished I had more rise available. The old "aim up and tilt forward" substitute wasn't available either, since the Toyo bellows was (were?) at the limit already. I love the Toyo for its size, but my bulky Sinar F2 is definitely a better choice for architecture. Or maybe I could spring for a wider lens.

Toyo 45A
Nikkor 90mm 1:8
Y2 filter
Ilford FP4+
Kodak Xtol 1:1
tray development; 7 minutes

bbuszard

3-May-2011, 19:19

I love the third Broadgate shot too, Simon. You have three textures converging nicely here: the hazy tower, the brick facades, and the (really clean) car top in the foreground. Looks like you had the camera rather high to capture the car reflection.

bbuszard

5-May-2011, 19:31

The newer (by VA standards) Warwick county courthouse - 1858. Same camera/lens/processing as previously.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5691657313_d35c51f54e_b.jpg

SamReeves

6-May-2011, 08:32

The newer (by VA standards) Warwick county courthouse - 1858. Same camera/lens/processing as previously.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5691657313_d35c51f54e_b.jpg

Nice! Small but a stately structure.

rcjtapio

6-May-2011, 10:56

A couple months ago, the Midwest Large Format Asylum was granted permission to shoot inside the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Rick Tapio

Donald Miller

6-May-2011, 11:03

A couple months ago, the Midwest Large Format Asylum was granted permission to shoot inside the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Very nice

mortensen

6-May-2011, 12:59

sanchi heuser

6-May-2011, 15:35

I really like this - for once that kind of blue sky suits a picture perfectly... I'm one of the guys highly influenced by the city you live in ;)

That's very kind.

To say the truth, I would prefer to live in a place with only a few people and very much nature around.
I'm just fed up with the arrogance and agressive egoism of much people behaving like pseudo celebs always making stupid noise while they are waiting for an opportunity to goof on someone that doesn't fit into their established ideal of beauty.

Of course there are a lot of nice people too but the rest sucks:eek:
Please send me into the desert:D

Steve M Hostetter

6-May-2011, 15:52

A couple months ago, the Midwest Large Format Asylum was granted permission to shoot inside the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Rick Tapio

Nice ones Rick! :)

bbuszard

6-May-2011, 18:51

Thanks, Sam. It's a little gem, right at the heart of one of the lousiest neighborhoods in the city. My wife was down there at night a couple of years back and didn't feel safe at all. I'm glad they keep the old buildings up, though.

Nice! Small but a stately structure.

bbuszard

6-May-2011, 18:52

Very nice, Rick. It's hard to decide, but I think I'm most partial to the third one. I'm a sucker for symmetry.

A couple months ago, the Midwest Large Format Asylum was granted permission to shoot inside the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Rick Tapio

Merg Ross

6-May-2011, 21:03

Rick, really excellent work. What a great opportunity to be allowed access with a large camera.

My neighbor, a retired architect, returned today from an architectural tour in the Chicago and Milwaukee area. He mentioned the museum that you have so well captured, as a highlight of his tour. Congratulations to you on a fine job.

Donald Miller

6-May-2011, 21:24

Bergamo Italy

5X7 - 180 Nikkor W

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

itsskin

7-May-2011, 10:29

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo265/itsskin/IMG_9565P-Edit.jpg
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo265/itsskin/IMG_9571P-Edit.jpg
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo265/itsskin/IMG_9562P-Edit.jpg

Jim Thompson

8-May-2011, 07:51

A couple months ago, the Midwest Large Format Asylum was granted permission to shoot inside the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Rick Tapio

Rick,

Very well done, I really like the stairway shot, you always seem to find unique in the obvious. Great Job.

Jim

bbuszard

8-May-2011, 17:57

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/5701790628_99cd2481aa_b.jpg

Young's Mill, an 1820 tide mill in Newport News, Va. It anchored the western edge of Magruder's line during the Peninsula campaign. Taken with significant front rise and from rather close, in order to crop out as many modern structures as possible.

The looming apex of the roof is something I haven't seen on the other historical buildings in the area.

Toyo 45A
Nikkor 90mm 1:8
Y2 filter
Ilford FP4+
Tray development, Xtol 1:1

Richard M. Coda

8-May-2011, 18:01

A couple months ago, the Midwest Large Format Asylum was granted permission to shoot inside the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Rick Tapio

Very cool!

Joe Smigiel

9-May-2011, 18:27

Made me smile Bradley. I like that image alot.

bbuszard

9-May-2011, 18:42

Made me smile Bradley. I like that image alot.

Thanks, Joe. I lived in your neck of the woods for a couple of years while teaching at K college, and wish I was doing LF back then. There are some great windmills and lighthouses on the lake MI shore.

spkennedy3000

10-May-2011, 03:50

Bradley - very cool.

spkennedy3000

10-May-2011, 05:32

Some views of 88 Wood Street, with Toyo VX-125b, Fuji 160, 72mm SA. The first one took 3 different visits and 5 different shots to get right.

I think the colours are not right in these but I like them as they are...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/5706361389_26dd12410d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2660/5706927114_67a56313f4_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2407/5706927646_1acc22bc0f_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2244/5706361525_9a89126b74_b.jpg

bbuszard

10-May-2011, 05:50

Some views of 88 Wood Street, with Toyo VX-125b, Fuji 160, 72mm SA. The first one took 3 different visits and 5 different shots to get right.

A great result in the end, though, especially (for me) the 1st and 3rd ones. These remind me of a problem I've never resolved for myself: what to do about extraneous elements like streetlights and signs, which inevitably intrude into the edges of my architectural shots. We can sometimes Photoshop them into oblivion in a hybrid process, but that doesn't feel quite legitimate. What is the canonical solution? Just leave them in?

David Aimone

12-May-2011, 06:08

Olana, upstate NY. Cleaned up on the computer a bit. Love Pyrocat-MC, but giving up on developing Fomapan 100 in it. They seem to dislike each other quite a bit.

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v22/p570089588-4.jpg

Noah A

12-May-2011, 06:36

A great result in the end, though, especially (for me) the 1st and 3rd ones. These remind me of a problem I've never resolved for myself: what to do about extraneous elements like streetlights and signs, which inevitably intrude into the edges of my architectural shots. We can sometimes Photoshop them into oblivion in a hybrid process, but that doesn't feel quite legitimate. What is the canonical solution? Just leave them in?

I haven't really done much commercial architectural photography, though my personal projects are increasingly focusing on the places we live and work, which largely involves architecture. For my personal work I wouldn't even think of removing elements, though admittedly I try to frame each photograph in such a way that there are no objectionable extraneous elements.

Things like power lines, light poles, etc., are part of the scene and I try to compose in such a way that they add to the composition instead of detracting from it.

Having said that, I'd love to hear what folks like Simon and others who do architectural work for clients have to say about your question...

edtog

14-May-2011, 11:24

The architecture work I do (sorry can't post as it's digital, 1ds mk3 with tilt/shift lens) I leave everything in unless the client asks for it to be taken out. I mostly advise them to leave things in as it can be read as false advertising if you take the phone mast and power station out of the pic.

If the lamp post is on the edge of the frame then that is usually OK.
With my photography, it's really up to the clients, not me what is left in or out.

bbuszard

14-May-2011, 15:00

Thanks for your insight, Edward (Ed?). One further question if I may: what would you do if it were up to you, financial concerns aside?

The architecture work I do (sorry can't post as it's digital, 1ds mk3 with tilt/shift lens) I leave everything in unless the client asks for it to be taken out. I mostly advise them to leave things in as it can be read as false advertising if you take the phone mast and power station out of the pic.

If the lamp post is on the edge of the frame then that is usually OK.
With my photography, it's really up to the clients, not me what is left in or out.

David Aimone

14-May-2011, 15:45

One more Olana:

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v22/p178170745-4.jpg

PolarBear1973

14-May-2011, 16:20

Kip's Castle, Montclair NJ

Homemade 8x10, 300mm, f/32, 2 seconds

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/PolarBear1973/KipsCastleMorning2.jpg

Louie Powell

14-May-2011, 17:00

One more Olana:

Very nice!

ldhayden

14-May-2011, 19:15

From Disney Hall

http://larryhaydenphoto.squarespace.com/storage/disney/dh0003.jpg

mandoman7

14-May-2011, 20:04

Excellent shot.

David Schaller

15-May-2011, 06:19

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_UTf9tVfZ6d8/Tc_QF-pej-I/AAAAAAAAAJM/JXBlRLunsOM/s800/Field%20Farm%20smaller%20size.png

Field Farm, Williamstown, MA

Wisner Tech. 4x5, Schneider 150, FP4 in Pyrocat

dperez

15-May-2011, 09:29

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/5722834168_a68b424cdf_b.jpg
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Fuji Provia 100F QL.

This building houses the Office of Academic Affairs for the university as well as many student life organizations. In its day it was the stables for cereal magnate Will. K. Kellogg's Arrabian horse ranch. The property changed hands several times over the years before being given to the State of California in 1949. The land was deeded to the state with the requirement that the Arabian horse program be maintained. As a result, the university still breeds Arabian horses and they can be seen as one enters the university property along Kellogg Dr. The current stables are located in the Arabian Horse Center on campus.

This picture is a double exposure. I made one exposure just after sunset in order to capture the color in the sky, then I waited for the sky to darken and for the night lights to turn on and made a second two minute exposure to get the building sides lit up. If you look at this image at the largest size, you will see two ghosted ducks near the fountain.

[View Large (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/5722834168_22336906f1_o.jpg)]

edtog

15-May-2011, 10:52

Thanks for your insight, Edward (Ed?). One further question if I may: what would you do if it were up to you, financial concerns aside?

Depends if I was shooting film or digital. I like to approach my film work like I used to do, get it right in camera.
Digitally , well, I use all the tools available at my disposal, although I try and retouch as little as possible. The most I usually do is a bit of blending in skies or lights.

mortensen

15-May-2011, 11:10

Hi... an old-timer, but still a desirable summer retreat, right?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3617863/Villa_Malaparte01.jpg

Shot in spring 2010 at Capri, Italy, with a Chamonix 45N-1, 210 Caltar on Foma100, developed in Xtol and scanned on an Imacon FT848.

Zaitz

15-May-2011, 11:23

From Disney Hall

Great shot!

Donald Miller

16-May-2011, 11:41

Milano Centrale

5X7 (cropped) - 210 Symmar S

Portra 160 converted to B/W after scanning

Andrew O'Neill

16-May-2011, 19:28

Gembaku Dome, Hiroshima City. Carbon Transfer print. Digital negative. Original negative was 4x5 TriX.

Zaitz

16-May-2011, 20:05

Milano Centrale

5X7 (cropped) - 210 Symmar S

Portra 160 converted to B/W after scanning

Your photos always have a look to them. Always expertly composed and fantastic tonality. I must be doing something wrong :D .

RmFrase

17-May-2011, 05:06

Old Home - Texas
I would have preferred having clouds

Shen-Hao 4x5
90mm NIKKOR
Arista.Edu Ultra - ISO 100
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2499/5729517267_af61e65de4_b.jpg

-Robert

Donald Miller

17-May-2011, 08:20

Your photos always have a look to them. Always expertly composed and fantastic tonality. I must be doing something wrong :D .

Thank you for your generous comment.

spkennedy3000

18-May-2011, 00:28

These remind me of a problem I've never resolved for myself: what to do about extraneous elements like streetlights and signs, which inevitably intrude into the edges of my architectural shots. We can sometimes Photoshop them into oblivion in a hybrid process, but that doesn't feel quite legitimate. What is the canonical solution? Just leave them in?

I just leave them in for a job, sometimes they can help a composition:

http://www.simonkennedy.net/Photoblog/architectural-photography/allies-and-morrison-the-blue-fin-building

Unless I am asked to remove them...
In my personal work I will stop at nothing! :)

Donald Miller

19-May-2011, 21:23

Balcony - Vigevano, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat Hd
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

Scanned, post processed and colorized in PS

Philippe Grunchec

20-May-2011, 01:47

Donald, instead of using Photoshop you could do a lith print and get the 'same' effect!

Donald Miller

20-May-2011, 08:32

Donald, instead of using Photoshop you could do a lith print and get the 'same' effect!

Nope, the rest of the post processing could not have been accomplished with lith printing.

Andrew O'Neill

20-May-2011, 08:36

I think it could. Curious to hear why it couldn't.

Donald Miller

20-May-2011, 08:47

I think it could. Curious to hear why it couldn't.

To suppose that is to not recognize the myriad possibilities of post processing that may and did in fact take place. Among those were curves adjustments, elimination of keystoning (lens did not have adequate covering power at that composition to eliminate keystoning) among others.

I don't want to get into a digital - film pissing contest and I will not respond to any further attempts to do just that.

Andrew O'Neill

20-May-2011, 11:49

Was just curious, that's all.
I too have a few images that could only be fixed in photoshop, and printed out as digital negatives. One image fits this catagory (architecture) and one doesn't. There was serious keystoning with both, and both negatives density ranges were not suitable for carbon transfer printing.

Sirius Glass

20-May-2011, 13:12

bbuszard

20-May-2011, 13:17

Swoop!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/5740458913_e11b619c9f_b.jpg

The pavilion roof in the Japanese garden, Newport News Park. I've never aimed a view camera straight up like this before, and now I know why. I had to twist my back into the same shape as these arches to see the ground glass.

Toyo 45A
Fujinon 240A
Ilford FP4+
Xtol 1:1

dikaiosune01

21-May-2011, 07:50

I'm trying to get a new angle on the ubitiquous sydney opera house.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/5730086923_758769f147.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dikaiosune01/5730086923/)
(websize)hp5013 a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dikaiosune01/5730086923/) by dikaiosune01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/dikaiosune01/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5730082717_378a5ac47e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dikaiosune01/5730082717/)
(websize)hp5009 a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dikaiosune01/5730082717/) by dikaiosune01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/dikaiosune01/), on Flickr

bbuszard

21-May-2011, 18:34

I'm trying to get a new angle on the ubitiquous sydney opera house.

That second one looks like a giant fish about to eat the Sydney skyline. I'd say you've found an angle the architect didn't foresee.

mdm

21-May-2011, 19:01

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWQBEpBOCKw/Tdht4dv5NxI/AAAAAAAAArY/pLh1h_FXFtE/s1600/Scan-110522-0003-1-1.jpg

5x7 TriX in D-23 slightly cropped.

Laron

22-May-2011, 02:03

Supernice images on your website!!!

I just leave them in for a job, sometimes they can help a composition:

http://www.simonkennedy.net/Photoblog/architectural-photography/allies-and-morrison-the-blue-fin-building

Unless I am asked to remove them...
In my personal work I will stop at nothing! :)

Laron

22-May-2011, 02:14

I agree too about the composition of the first one, its quite strong, unique and i prefer how calm it shows this geometry. i even didnt know it has this beautiful fine surface structure...

That second one looks like a giant fish about to eat the Sydney skyline. I'd say you've found an angle the architect didn't foresee.

briand

23-May-2011, 03:38

:) My First attempt at Architectural photo's.
taken with home made wide 4x5, 47mm XL, Fuji Across 100
some great images in this thread to drool over.
Cheers all :D

Michael Wynd

23-May-2011, 05:51

Wonderful Brian. I didn't look at who posted these first off, but I thought I recognized the place. They're both better than anything I've taken there.
Mike

Mick Noordewier

23-May-2011, 07:52

My living room. I'm too low class to be allowed in other people's more interesting houses.

Crown Graphic, Fujinon 75/8, expired Astia.

lbenac

23-May-2011, 08:17

Balcony - Vigevano, Italy 5X7 Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat Hd

You posted a great series on Italy and I like the composition and of course the theme. This is one of the reason I ordered a large format as I go every year to Europe to visit my family and I love the buildings there.

Now of course I will have to go back to Italy one day with my new acquisition.

Cheers,

Luc

Donald Miller

24-May-2011, 10:04

You posted a great series on Italy and I like the composition and of course the theme. This is one of the reason I ordered a large format as I go every year to Europe to visit my family and I love the buildings there.

Now of course I will have to go back to Italy one day with my new acquisition.

Cheers,

Luc

Thank you and I wish you success in the use of your new camera.

Kind regards,
Donald Miller

Richard Mahoney

28-May-2011, 15:56

Grain Store, Addington, New Zealand

http://camera-antipodea.indica-et-buddhica.com/portfolios/portfolio-two/addington-grainstore-south/addington-grainstore-south.jpg

4" x 5" Astia 100F, Schneider Super-Symmar HM 150/5.6, 1 s @ f/22

Best,

Richard

Andrew O'Neill

29-May-2011, 15:58

Both are perfect the way they are. Neither needs "fixing".

Steve, those two had already been fixed in photoshop. Perhaps I should have posted before and after, then you'd see what I meant. They were far from perfect, believe me. Thanks for commenting on them!!

Leigh

30-May-2011, 20:14

Mansion with dandelions.

http://www.mayadate.org/pix/Mansion_Dandelions@150.jpg
Toko 4x5, 120mm/8 Nikkor-SW, Ilford FP4+, Ilford DD-X 1+4 10min

- Leigh

Laron

2-Jun-2011, 04:02

Actelion building by Herzog&deMeuron, Basel.
toyo g, schneider 75mm, fuji fp100c45 (..until I have my home developing equip)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/5789820608_995a76be33_b.jpg

Caivman

2-Jun-2011, 06:50

Wow! looks like a sketch/rendering... great work there Laron

briand

2-Jun-2011, 14:56

Absolutely Great Laron. very impressive building.
Cheers Brian

Kirk Gittings

2-Jun-2011, 14:59

Absolutely Great Laron. very impressive building.
Cheers Brian

ditto!

David Hedley

4-Jun-2011, 08:50

Actelion building by Herzog&deMeuron, Basel.
toyo g, schneider 75mm, fuji fp100c45 (..until I have my home developing equip)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/5789820608_995a76be33_b.jpg

Excellent, Laron! I do like the look you have achieved with the Fuji instant film.

Laron

4-Jun-2011, 09:42

Thank you all!
Actually this is not the exact look of the print, of course there is a bit color correcting in ps. But for a preview testhot, I think also it produces quite nice colors and dynamic range. I cant wait to start developing transparency instead!

Laron

5-Jun-2011, 07:31

Another scene from Basel. St.Jakob's stadion by Herzog&deMeuron through a 90mm nikkor, also on fuji fp100c45.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2654/5800289988_d016f25e7a_b.jpg

spkennedy3000

6-Jun-2011, 10:05

Laron, great stuff!!

Some from the weekend, using the Schneider 72 and Rodenstock 135 Sironar-s, on Fomapan:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/5805139986_7a884f4f87_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5804583025_989c5e3927_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/5804582371_8e9386ab26_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/5804581663_7f8b1dc353_b.jpg

David Aimone

9-Jun-2011, 19:12

Carina, Main Street, Monhegan Island, Maine.

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v26/p375314007-5.jpg

mdm

10-Jun-2011, 22:49

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CJ0Wjp4vIOc/TfMBY_LOqnI/AAAAAAAAAu0/nMTyAyvipl4/s1600/Cribs1.jpg
FP100C, 135mm Sironar S

Laron

11-Jun-2011, 00:42

Thanks Simon!
This serie is wonderful, the endless curved inner street(?) view on your photoblog is really amazing and utopistic!

David Aimone

12-Jun-2011, 11:27

The Monhegan House.

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v22/p659400196-5.jpg

asph

19-Jun-2011, 02:34

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5157/5847656713_bfa98c1896_z.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/5833613500_0e17658c73_z.jpg

2 shots from rotterdam. 4x5" ektar.

David Hedley

19-Jun-2011, 13:48

Renzo Piano's Zentrum Paul Klee, in Bern, Switzerland;
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/5850285272_28dc30b629_b.jpg
Sinar F, Fujinon 90mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

Donald Miller

19-Jun-2011, 17:49

Taos Pueblo NM

5X7 - 180 Nikkor W
Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS amidol

Sean Galbraith

20-Jun-2011, 18:01

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5112/5854165823_5528beb6c9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5854165823/)
Tempelhof Airport, Berlin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5854165823/) by SeanGalbraith.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

bbuszard

20-Jun-2011, 18:08

Hey, David, that's really nice composition, both of the architecture and the way it works with the clouds and open sky.

David Hedley

20-Jun-2011, 22:27

Thanks Bradley.

Sean Galbraith

21-Jun-2011, 07:50

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2660/5856022953_ff31e64097_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5856022953/)
Scan-110620-0004.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5856022953/) by SeanGalbraith.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr
A second one of Tempelhof Airport, Berlin.

Laron

21-Jun-2011, 09:36

wow, nice piece! Impressive! Also David yours I like too!

Sean Galbraith

23-Jun-2011, 09:51

Kinda architecture...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/5856571076_24a884d836_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5856571076/)
Scan-110620-0002.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5856571076/) by SeanGalbraith.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

Sean Galbraith

27-Jun-2011, 11:00

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5274/5877396711_726a4b4226_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5877396711/)
Merge-Scan-110627-0003.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5877396711/) by SeanGalbraith.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

2 4x5 negatives stitched together.

bbuszard

30-Jun-2011, 15:22

Not typical architecture, but how else would I categorize a cyclopean crane?

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5278/5888680523_8df4c20903_b.jpg

From the Northrop Grumman shipyard in Newport News. Northrop claims that this is the largest crane in the western hemisphere. Taken early on a very windy morning.

Acheron Photography

3-Jul-2011, 09:06

I'm not sure if this counts either... a door way in a derelict building

http://blog.rivast.com/wp-content/uploads/Vermont010a.jpg

Can I interest you in a real estate development opportunity?

David.

David Aimone

16-Jul-2011, 10:31

Baths at Saratoga Spa, Arista EDU400 in pyrocat-mc

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v25/p905468115-4.jpg

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v19/p885520889-4.jpg

David Hedley

16-Jul-2011, 15:13

Nice images above. Here's one from late afternoon earlier today.

Actelion building in Allschwil (Herzog and de Meuron)
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5943950113_a34ef70c52_b.jpg
Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / Tanol, N-1

viablex1

16-Jul-2011, 19:56

scm

16-Jul-2011, 22:41

http://utahsongwriters.com/Scan-110322-0012.jpg

David Hedley

17-Jul-2011, 10:35

Another from Actelion;
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5945171175_03c293486a_b.jpg
Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / Tanol, N-1

Jim Cole

17-Jul-2011, 11:23

Another from Actelion;
Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / Tanol, N-1

David,

This is an outstanding combination of tone and design. Bravo!

Donald Miller

17-Jul-2011, 20:11

Another from Actelion;

Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / Tanol, N-1

Two outstanding images.

Kirk Gittings

17-Jul-2011, 20:15

Another from Actelion;
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5945171175_03c293486a_b.jpg
Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / Tanol, N-1

Really nice David.

David Hedley

17-Jul-2011, 22:21

Jim, Donald, Kirk - thank you!

David Hedley

18-Jul-2011, 13:46

This is from a month ago - Renzo Piano's Zentrum Paul Klee - I did get thoroughly soaked;
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6137/5952038328_e9cf6e0cd9_b.jpg
Sinar F, Fujinon 90mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

gsinico

18-Jul-2011, 14:41

A quick trip to Maiorca, by the Mirò Museum...

Chamonix N1 58SA XL, velvia 50.

Ari

5-Aug-2011, 13:16

Been awhile since the last post here, and, egads, the last few sets of images are somewhat intimidating in their quality; bravo, chaps!
My humble contribution:

http://i55.tinypic.com/25zjmlf.jpg

Toyo 45G, SA 121mm, TMax400, HC-110, straight scan

Asher Kelman

5-Aug-2011, 14:06

I've been enjoying the threads of rocks, trees, portraits, and bridges! How about some recent/favorite architecture photographs? I searched, but couldn't find a thread dedicated to this... so, lets make one! :)

Here's 3 from this passed weekend from a local photography meet up and shoot up!

Chamonix 4x5, 90mm Super Angulon on the first two wides, and the last shot was 240 G-claron. Tri-x 320 (click for larger versions)

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hayden_01-300x239.jpg (http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hayden_01.jpg)

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hayden_02-243x300.jpg (http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hayden_02.jpg)

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hayden_03-300x239.jpg (http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hayden_03.jpg)

This corner is easily passed. Few folk stop for a moment even to look up! However, this is one of my favorite Culver City architectural works that I always need to see more of. Kudos for you pictures!~

Asher

Ari

5-Aug-2011, 14:08

Another one, my first successful pano stitching using CS3:

http://i52.tinypic.com/e13ewk.jpg

Toyo 45G, SA 121mm, Fuji 160s, straight scan

Asher Kelman

5-Aug-2011, 14:13

The Fisher Concert Hall at Bard College, Annandale-0n-Hudson, NY

There's so much iconic motifs of Frank Gehry in this work. Amazing how similar it is to the Walt Disney concert Hall. The interior too!

If you love Gehry's work more pictures of the WDCH are here (http://www.openphotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8329)

Asher

engl

10-Aug-2011, 16:02

Took this in Tokyo earlier this summer. The Shiodome City Center building in Tokyo:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6030747646_d2abc4382f_b.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Fujinon SWD-75/5.6
Kodak Ektar 100

Bigger size available at Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36164047@N06/6030747646

Ari

10-Aug-2011, 18:31

tuco

10-Aug-2011, 19:48

The Admiralty Head Lighthouse Whidbey Is., WA

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/2866655419_dff35d8b25_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/2866655419/)

Wisner 4x5 TF, Super-Agulon 90mm f8, TXT 4164, PMK Pyro, Pentax Spotmeter V

tuco

10-Aug-2011, 19:54

Took this in Tokyo earlier this summer. The Shiodome City Center building in Tokyo:

Chamonix 045N-2
Fujinon SWD-75/5.6
Kodak Ektar 100

I really like the work. Short enough exposure to avoid the Ektar color shift?

engl

11-Aug-2011, 06:56

Engl, great photo.
I have the same lens; I was wondering, did you have any Photoshop perspective adjustments to make after scanning, even minute ones?
I went out last week at night, to try and get something on film, but the city's gone "green" on me; most of the buildings and streets were almost completely dark.
I'd have been happy if I didn't have a camera.

Thanks!

Yes, for that one shot I did use Photoshop perspective adjustments. I usually do not need to do that, but the image circle of the SWD-75/5.6 was not large enough to fit the entire building from the vantage point I wanted, so I tilted the camera upwards and then corrected in Photoshop.

I really like the work. Short enough exposure to avoid the Ektar color shift?

Thank you!

I'm not really avoiding the color shift, the exposure here is 6 minutes long (mostly I shoot 2-5 minutes). I do the negative inversion myself in Photoshop which lets me take care of shifts in the central parts of the image, but as you can see along the edges there is still shifts going on due to vignetting. My scenes are lit by (very) mixed artificial lights and blue sky light, so everything has casts anyway, the film color shifts do not affect much. I would not want to display "neutral colors", and the colors are anything but neutral to the naked eye.

Ari

11-Aug-2011, 09:31

I've been busy lately...

Notre-Dame Cathedral, Ottawa

http://i52.tinypic.com/k1f56v.jpg

Toyo G, 90mm, Portra 400

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

http://i53.tinypic.com/2ecivia.jpg

Toyo G, 90mm, Tmax400

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

http://i51.tinypic.com/rkover.jpg

Toyo G, 90mm, Tmax400

Apartment tower, Ottawa

http://i53.tinypic.com/n365xu.jpg

Toyo G, SA 121mm, Portra 400

Steve M Hostetter

14-Aug-2011, 04:27

This is what "american's" buying foreign cars did for Gary Indiana..

8x10" 115mm Rodenstock on old Kodak film (full frame) .. First two shots are of a church and the last is the train station

Next stop Detroit ! Hey before you all wanna lay down cash for that new foreign car down payment let us know and we will evacuate another american city so you can fly over and drop bombs !! Oh what fun

bobwysiwyg

14-Aug-2011, 07:33

Steve M Hostetter

14-Aug-2011, 08:27

Well, until recently, there was good reason to buy foreign cars, just look at Consumer Reports, and not just CU's testing. Look at customer feedback on cars the customers themselves have purchased and what they thought of them. I hope all US manufacturers have gotten the hint.

I'm a customer myself and I think american autos are the best... I had an Iveco cargo van made in Itally and it was a peice of sht.
My ex-wife had a Toyota Celica and it burnt up 8 months after she bought it do to faulty wiring..
Look at the recent toyota re-calls, sure doesn't look good

my customer report but i'm sure it won't be considered official by any means

sure would be a shame If those foreign buyers lost their jobs and couldn't make those car payments

tuco

14-Aug-2011, 08:34

So why only cars? What about all the other things?

Andrew O'Neill

14-Aug-2011, 08:45

I'd rather look at architectural images than the politics of cars... Some great stuff being posted!

Took this one a few years ago. St. James Anglican Church, Vancouver. Carbon Transfer print.

Steve M Hostetter

14-Aug-2011, 08:54

So why only cars? What about all the other things?

why ony cars? because cars and trucks are a major investment for the average person and we need to keep that investment in our country to fuel a very dependent econemy.

what about all other things?

That's funny, yall say you read consumer reports and yet I still had to tell you that the USA still makes the best stereo equipment in the world..

Then of course I backed it up with all the links to said manufacturer's and all they could reply was BOSE is over rated.

Truefully I don't think you guys read shit you just listen to to much bullshit being spread around and take it as a consumer report..

Your now seeing the long term effects of your short term gain if a gain is what you think you got.!

tuco

14-Aug-2011, 09:37

I work for a major commercial aircraft manufacture here in the US. If cars are like planes, a lot of parts are designed and made around the world.

Steve M Hostetter

14-Aug-2011, 09:43

I work for a major commercial aircraft manufacture here in the US. If cars are like planes, a lot of parts are designed and made around the world.

That is true but the major investment is the finished product built and assembled by ppl in the united states where the money stays

So you don't think you'd lose your job if we bought the whole plane in foreign country..?

Steve M Hostetter

14-Aug-2011, 10:20

I'd rather look at architectural images than the politics of cars... Some great stuff being posted!

Took this one a few years ago. St. James Anglican Church, Vancouver. Carbon Transfer print.

hey Andrew, this conversation happens to be about three of my images

isn't that neat how some images evoke so much thought

Steve M Hostetter

14-Aug-2011, 11:09

http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2011/08/yes_the_us_still_makes_most_of.php

Ari

14-Aug-2011, 11:26

Steve, and others, please keep the politics out of here; your comments, worthy or not, are misplaced.

Here is another image from the National Gallery of Canada.

Staircase, east wing

http://i54.tinypic.com/104i6bd.jpg

Toyo G, 90mm, Portra 400

David Hedley

14-Aug-2011, 11:40

That's very nice, Ari - the staircase looks like a giant cantilever.

This is from this morning - once again, the Herzog and De Meuron Actelion building, slightly cropped;
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6042699742_50ed68e798_b.jpg
Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Kodak TMax 100 / Tanol

Steve M Hostetter

14-Aug-2011, 11:46

Ari

14-Aug-2011, 11:50

Great stuff, David.
I wish I didn't live in a city where box-shaped mirrored buildings were the rule.
Sigh...

sanchi heuser

14-Aug-2011, 12:11

I've been busy lately...
...
...

Apartment tower, Ottawa

http://i53.tinypic.com/n365xu.jpg

Toyo G, SA 121mm, Portra 400

Ari,
very nice picture.
I like the shapes and the red-green contrast.

Andi

tuco

14-Aug-2011, 12:26

This is from this morning - once again, the Herzog and De Meuron Actelion building, slightly cropped;

Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Kodak TMax 100 / Tanol

That is some wild architecture.

Ari

14-Aug-2011, 13:02

Thanks, Andi.

David Hedley

14-Aug-2011, 23:12

Thanks, Steve, Ari and tuco.

Laron

15-Aug-2011, 06:24

David, super nice one of Actelion! beautiful tones! I also kind of like the undistorted (or distorted?) angle. Pretty nice sky too! Did you burn the sky in ps to get this nice balance? just wondering as I think I see a tiny bit of hollowing around the leaves or is it just sharpening?

David Hedley

15-Aug-2011, 07:01

Hi Laron - thanks. I had been waiting for a Sunday morning with the right sun and sky, as my previous visits have been after work in the late afternoon or evening, when the sun is directly behind the building and shining into the camera from that position - which is only a couple of meters away from yours, I guess! There is a bit of keystoning, and I should have kept the back of the camera straight, but I'm always worried about running out of image circle, and as most of my photographs are landscapes, it's generally not noticeable. In this, I think the keystoning helps to accentuate the 'exploding' nature of the structure - what do you think? I have very limited knowledge of Photoshop - I do some very minor brightness and contrast tweaks, some limited sharpening, and spotting, but that's about it - I don't know how to selectively dodge or burn, or mask, so most of what you see is from the original negative.

Ari

15-Aug-2011, 07:30

David, I, for one, actually like the uncorrected perspective; it works well with this building.
By correcting the perspective, you would have featured the protruding top of the building more prominently.
I hope this is ok with you, I took your image and corrected the perspective, just to see the difference; let me know if you'd like it removed.
A great building, and a very well-executed photograph.

David Hedley

15-Aug-2011, 08:14

Ari - that's great, thanks! There are interesting differences between the original and the corrected. Now I'd like to compare one corrected in camera against the version corrected in Photoshop.

Ari

15-Aug-2011, 08:19

Ari - that's great, thanks! There are interesting differences between the original and the corrected. Now I'd like to compare one corrected in camera against the version corrected in Photoshop.

Get to work, then! :)
And of course, post your results.
The PS version is somewhat subjective: after correcting perspective, which flattens the building somewhat, you must use scale correction to "stretch" it back to its original (perceived) dimensions.

David Hedley

15-Aug-2011, 08:31

LOL - I did set my self up for that :D I'll see what I can do over the next few weeks.

Laron

15-Aug-2011, 08:48

yep, probably this is the best piont of view to describe this building. I like the morning hour light, the shadows on the road works also cool! Now I would really see one sunrise timing as well! :)
about the keystoning, Im really open to different thoughts, I can like it here as well. Although me personally would do it straightened too (Im really enjoying straightening things since I can do it with lf :rolleyes: )

csant

18-Aug-2011, 23:23

One more from my experiments on architecture… reflecting on Sugimoto's approach: his way of completely blurring the building ("twice infinity") is indeed a beautiful way of just seeing shapes - and discovering what "remains" of the building. But somehow I can't fully accept the complete loss of details…

So I have been toying with the Verito convertible lens, creating two negatives that are printed together - one properly in focus for the details, the other one at… "twice infinity" (by simply unscrewing the front element of the Verito…)

The Neue Nationalgalerie by Mies van der Rohe in Berlin.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6057886765_fb5833484e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6057886765/)

More details and larger image over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6057886765/).

csant

20-Aug-2011, 05:57

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas by architect Peter Eisenman.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6191/6061971414_4acab45c56_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6061971414/)

More details and larger image over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6061971414/).

Ari

20-Aug-2011, 07:16

David Hedley

20-Aug-2011, 13:17

Your photographs appear to be rather like a palimpsest, Claudio, particularly with the toning you have used. I'm interested to see more, and how you develop this approach.

Here's one from a place I return to often;
Picassoplatz, level -1
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6067/6063151320_2c2ff3d54d_z.jpg
Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

Leigh

20-Aug-2011, 15:10

Here's one from a place I return to often;
Picassoplatz, level -1
...
Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro
That's a great pic! :D

- Leigh

munz6869

20-Aug-2011, 18:29

The Paul Klee museum in Bern, Switzerland, by Renzo Piano.
Wista DX45III with Nikon 135mm f/5.6 and Portra 160 (the new stuff!)

Marc!

csant

21-Aug-2011, 00:46

Your photographs appear to be rather like a palimpsest, Claudio, particularly with the toning you have used. I'm interested to see more, and how you develop this approach.

Thank you David - you conjure up a beautiful concept…

Indeed, the original drive to start photographing architecture in this way has to do with the "shadow", or mental image, a building leaves in me… What I mostly miss in the "traditional" approach to photographing architecture is the fact that we actually experience the buildings in a very different way than we photograph them. Experiencing, or viewing, a building is "multidimensional": we look at the whole, we may "blur" the building by squeezing our eyes to only see its shape, we may inspect details, we may experience the building by walking inside, by changing angle, etc…

When photographing it, we'll "freeze" just one of these views, one of these aspects. Somehow that feels limiting to me… I am trying to find a way to bring several of these aspects into one image: just like the mental image we have of a building consists of multiple layers overlapping, merging into one… As if each of the images left a trace, "overwritten" by the next layer… Just like a palimpsest… :)

I have not done many works like this yet, it is a project in development - but I'll upload a few more that I think somehow work… Thank you for your encouraging words!

As for the print: they are actually not toned! These are lith prints, developed with very diluted lith developer and printed on Fomatone MG. The very long development time (somewhere between 8 and 20 minutes…) naturally gives a golden/brown/orange/pink glow and very smooth highlights.

cyrus

21-Aug-2011, 10:31

Portal of the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Lotf_Allah_Mosque), Isfahan

csant

21-Aug-2011, 15:24

I'll upload a few more that I think somehow work…

Re-print of VitraHaus by Herzog & De Meuron, in Weil am Rhein.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6064349567_c7968db81e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6064349567/)

More info and larger image over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6064349567/).

nolan

21-Aug-2011, 16:57

This is Geisel Library on the campus of UC San Diego in La Jolla, CA.
Shot with a crown graphic on Velvia.

http://www.espnlasangeles.com/library_lf.jpg

Laron

22-Aug-2011, 03:13

csant, wonderful images/technique! The vitra house one really looks like Sugimoto! Actually I have favourited the "untoned" version at your forostream, personally I like it slightly better that way. The Berlin one is just fantastic too, definetly favourite. (I would also love to see the original tones though).

csant

22-Aug-2011, 05:36

Thank you Laron, much appreciated! Maybe some day I'll get around making a "straight" print of that one, too… For the time being I am more interested in further exploring this approach…

Also, even though it is very flattering, the fact that it "really looks like Sugimoto" denotes more a failure rather than a success… I have no real interest in imitation, I just want to take him as a starting point… He kind of opened my eyes on the fact that there can be many ways to photograph architecture… I guess the road is still long…

Laron

22-Aug-2011, 07:43

totally agree! the road is still long.. I meant rather the same open way/thinking than just imitation, of course. (actually I prefer your way of having some sharps as well)

MMELVIS

23-Aug-2011, 18:56

This is Geisel Library on the campus of UC San Diego in La Jolla, CA.
Shot with a crown graphic on Velvia.

http://www.espnlasangeles.com/library_lf.jpg

Very well shot and composed, Velvia gives such vibrant colors.

spkennedy3000

24-Aug-2011, 05:13

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/6075904705_3a0fe49ab7_b.jpg

Schneider 58mm, Toyo VX-125b, Fuji Pro 160NS, several exposures.

csant

24-Aug-2011, 07:35

several exposures.

Beautiful stairs - and beautiful shot! I love the brightness and movement…

Ari

24-Aug-2011, 09:05

Not sure what to make of this building, but it was the very end of a grey day, so I added some colour.

http://i56.tinypic.com/nn5flz.jpg

Toyo 45G, SA 121mm, Portra 400, PS stitching

dasBlute

24-Aug-2011, 17:09

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6069975542_62ca4f4704_b.jpg
recently in grace Cathedral, 5x7 Kodak TXP exposed for 10 minutes, developed in pyrocat-hd, not yet printed...

dasBlute

24-Aug-2011, 17:12

- David Hedley - "Picassoplatz, level -1", marvelous grace to that image; extremely fine work

Atul Mohidekar

25-Aug-2011, 07:47

tgtaylor

25-Aug-2011, 08:40

recently in grace Cathedral, 5x7 Kodak TXP exposed for 10 minutes, developed in pyrocat-hd, not yet printed...

Yes, very nice image Tim. Did you take this image shortly before a church service?

I took a grand total of one image inside Grace Cathedral. It was taken from the second level upstairs above the entrance in the back on a very bright Sunday morning - an elevator bring you there and there is a nice ledge from which you can set-up your camera and tripod and was recommended by a deacon as I entered with my photo backpack and tripod - with a moderately wide (75mm) lens on a 6x7 camera with Velvia slide film. As it was a good 30 minutes or so before the commencement of the 10am service, there weren't that many people inside - maybe 30 or so - and all were sitting in the pews with the exception of one of the priests that was leaning over a pew from the middle aisle in deep conversation with one of the parishioners. I thought that he would move for sure during the long exposure but he didn't budge nor did anyone else. It came out great and I mounted it in an AN Gepe slide mount for projection.

Thomas

Harley Goldman

25-Aug-2011, 09:59

recently in grace Cathedral, 5x7 Kodak TXP exposed for 10 minutes, developed in pyrocat-hd, not yet printed...

Quite beautiful. Love the perspective. It really captures the soaring feeling of the place.

Jim Cole

25-Aug-2011, 10:57

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6069975542_62ca4f4704_b.jpg
recently in grace Cathedral, 5x7 Kodak TXP exposed for 10 minutes, developed in pyrocat-hd, not yet printed...

Tim, this really is a lovely image. I was wondering if there was any in-camera way to deal with the perspective sloping to the right on the arches. I always seem to have similar problems on architecture and have never figured out a way to deal with it except to shoot absolutely straight on. I've never been a master at camera movements, as most of my learning was in landscape, so I was curious if there was something that I've been missing.

dasBlute

25-Aug-2011, 11:36

thanks Atul, and Harley!

Actually Tom, a church service was going on down by the labyrinth while I was taking this, marvelous choral work as well. I have yet to make it up to the balcony and hope to soon; I'll bet your image came out nice - I know your work.

Thanks as well, Jim, yes the perspective is wrong. I leveled the camera, but not good enough apparently. There was some rise which accentuated my error which is not severe, but noticeable just the same. More reason to go back :)

-Tim

Shailendra

25-Aug-2011, 18:54

Great image, Tim.

// Atul

Ditto...very nice work, Tim...

dasBlute

26-Aug-2011, 14:14

thanks Shailendra, I think pano could work in there :)

Halford

28-Aug-2011, 03:28

This old greenhouse at the University of Cape Town is attached to the marvelous old, stone Botany building. It is no longer an active research greenhouse, but I believe it's used for some teaching.

I find the old glass structure on its stone building, surrounded by big trees, to be very fetching.

I took this as part of my first day out with my first view camera.

Comments and criticism welcome!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6088249330_00f9a0601f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/halsphotons/6088249330/)
Old greenhouse (http://www.flickr.com/photos/halsphotons/6088249330/) by HalfordsPhotonZoo (http://www.flickr.com/people/halsphotons/), on Flickr

Ari

29-Aug-2011, 11:01

Tower at Ottawa University.

http://i53.tinypic.com/2j2dgrk.jpg

Toyo 45G, Ektapan 100, Nikon 90mm,

MMELVIS

29-Aug-2011, 18:58

Tower at Ottawa University.

http://i53.tinypic.com/2j2dgrk.jpg

Toyo 45G, Ektapan 100, Nikon 90mm,

How did you get the highlights on this image? The overall effect is well done.

Ari

29-Aug-2011, 19:51

How did you get the highlights on this image? The overall effect is well done.

Thanks, Elvis.
It's a combination of various Nik software effects like sharpener, Duplex and Glamour Glow.
Mostly cheesy stuff, but playing around with them can yield some interesting results.
I tweaked it again this afternoon, and came up with a toned-down version, here:

http://i56.tinypic.com/ek0ti0.jpg

csant

30-Aug-2011, 13:15

I like the previous one better - and all those things you also can do in the darkroom… Nice shot.

Ari

30-Aug-2011, 13:28

I like the previous one better - and all those things you also can do in the darkroom… Nice shot.

Thanks, Claudio.
My real darkroom has been in storage for over a year, this is just the scanned & PSed version.
I like certain elements of each; I haven't figured out yet how to go back and adjust one of the filters once it's been used and stored as a layer.

Ari

31-Aug-2011, 07:10

I guess I'm going through a "heavy diffusion" phase, mostly with black & white negatives.
This is near the Engineering Department, Ottawa University.

http://i56.tinypic.com/11uyfdj.jpg

Toyo 45G, Nikon 90mm, Ektapan 100, various PS filters

alex_siro

3-Sep-2011, 09:14

The Art Nouveau Casino in Constanta, Romania

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8391/unled2800.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/unled2800.jpg/)

Nikkor SW 90 4.5, Velvia 100

alex_siro

3-Sep-2011, 09:17

Central University Library, Bucharest, Romania

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5126/img009800.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/img009800.jpg/)

Nikkor SW 90 4.5, Fomapan 100

SamReeves

3-Sep-2011, 09:23

The Art Nouveau Casino in Constanta, Romania

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8391/unled2800.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/unled2800.jpg/)

Nikkor SW 90 4.5, Velvia 100

Now that's a great looking abandoned building. Maybe we ought to open up a LF club there? :D

Nice job.

alex_siro

3-Sep-2011, 09:23

Intercontinental Hotel, Bucharest, Romania

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8913/img002m.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/89/img002m.jpg/)

Nikkor SW 90 4.5, Fomapan 100

gsinico

3-Sep-2011, 09:29

gsinico

5-Sep-2011, 13:21

I've done some slides, provia and velvia50 in Budapest.
58XL, 90/8SA, nikkor 300M.
I put some example of 15 slides.

The entire gallery:

http://gelatina.altervista.org/simpleviewergallery/index.html

Giovanni

I had to readress the url:
http://gelatina.altervista.org/buda_simpleview/index.html

I have changed the url.

Ari

5-Sep-2011, 13:53

Some good photos of a very photogenic city.
Bravo, Giovanni!

Zaitz

5-Sep-2011, 19:15

Hope this is ok, posted this originally a few months ago but had it drum scanned and re-edited it.

Straight drum scan:
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/5844/cpomparechurch.jpg

Edit:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9179/cpomparechurchburn.jpg

Leigh

5-Sep-2011, 20:03

I've done some slides, provia and velvia50 in Budapest.
58XL, 90/8SA, nikkor 300M.
That's very nice work, Giovanni. Quite impressive. Thanks for sharing.

- Leigh

Ari

5-Sep-2011, 21:16

Zaitz

6-Sep-2011, 19:11

I like it very much!
Thank you. A lot of dodging and burning!

Myxine

6-Sep-2011, 20:29

I agree with Ari, it's a beautiful picture and an excellent digital processing.
BTWI went through your flickr, you have some great work there too...

csant

7-Sep-2011, 06:13

More from my experiments on architecture… Toying with the Verito convertible lens, I create two negatives that are printed together - one properly in focus for the details, the other one at… "twice infinity" (by simply unscrewing the front element of the Verito…). Reflecting on (and reacting to) Sugimoto's approach…

Vitra Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, in Weil am Rhein.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6123781888_780911e85c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6123781888/)

Larger image and more info over at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csant/6123781888/).

gsinico

7-Sep-2011, 13:35

That's very nice work, Giovanni. Quite impressive. Thanks for sharing.

- Leigh

Leig, is impressive to read Plato on your signature indeed!
Thank for looking the pics, see others too of Valencia on the site if you like this kind of subyects.

gsinico

7-Sep-2011, 13:37

Some good photos of a very photogenic city.
Bravo, Giovanni!

As i wrote to Leig, I was much involved shooting Valencia in january, but those ones are the last I did, in august.

bbuszard

7-Sep-2011, 16:59

Edit:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9179/cpomparechurchburn.jpg[/QUOTE]

Beautiful work, sir, though I believe your Latin inscription is backwards. As everyone knows, reciting Latin backwards is one of the surest ways to summon the forces of evil.

Kirk Gittings

7-Sep-2011, 19:06

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9179/cpomparechurchburn.jpg[/QUOTE]

Beautiful work, sir, though I believe your Latin inscription is backwards. As everyone knows, reciting Latin backwards is one of the surest ways to summon the forces of evil.

:)

Zaitz

7-Sep-2011, 21:44

Thanks. Yes it's backwards. After editing without reversing I became accustomed to it in that orientation and it irked me when reversed to the 'right' way. For printing I may have to put it right though. It's also too dark now that I turned my monitor down again.

I agree with Ari, it's a beautiful picture and an excellent digital processing.
BTWI went through your flickr, you have some great work there too...
Thank you very much!

stradibarrius

9-Sep-2011, 10:31

Excellent work!

bbuszard

9-Sep-2011, 10:54

Thanks. Yes it's backwards. After editing without reversing I became accustomed to it in that orientation and it irked me when reversed to the 'right' way.

I've had the same experience in my own work and can't express why I prefer one version to the other. I've read that it might be a culturally determined preference based on the direction in which one reads.

David Hedley

9-Sep-2011, 23:45

Goetheanum, Dornach
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6132366934_4014ee3050_b.jpg
Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, TMax 100 / Rodinal - slightly cropped from 4x5

csant

10-Sep-2011, 00:02

Nice one, David! It's been on my list for a long time, and I'll finally be there in October.

David Hedley

10-Sep-2011, 01:59

Thanks Claudio. I had been to the Max Beckmann exhibition at the Kunstmuseum earlier in the day, and had wanted to see a different side to expressionism. By the way, when I moved closer to the building, a (very polite) young lady emerged and asked me to see the administrator for a permit. I decided not to bother, and to leave, but if you're visiting it may be worthwhile requesting one in advance.