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Hi! This is my first post on this forum. I like photographing people and places. Recently got my first LF camera. The attached shot is from Rosamond, California, that I took last week. Shot with a Deardorff 8x10, 240mm Rodenstock, f/16 @ 1/125 sec., Fujichrome 100.
Paul Fitzgerald
18-Sep-2008, 19:19
belle,
nice start, welcome to the addiction.
John Kasaian
18-Sep-2008, 23:17
Nice photo! Ya done that 'dorff proud! Welcome aboard :)
Nathan67
19-Sep-2008, 09:15
Great shot, love the contradiction depicted here.
8x10 is heavy, cumbersome, and slow. There are way too many steps, procedures, and processes that are involved (compared to small formats or digital). It requires a lot of patience and thinking to compose, measure lighting, and to shoot. Loading takes time, so does processing and scanning. And the weight of the tripod is just outrageous. What can I say. I just LOVE it. Thank you for welcoming me into the addiction.
Steve M Hostetter
23-Sep-2008, 19:24
welcome belle nice shot love the colors
MIke Sherck
24-Sep-2008, 06:34
If that doesn't say, "California" to someone from the Midwest, I don't know what does! Great start to my day, thanks!
Mike
Welcome, Bella!
Ain't 8x10 grand?!
Just for fun, here is another classic California image (only I am not sure that it is CA -- it might be just over the border in Arizona...on Business Hwy 8-- it was a while back). It is also just a tiny 6cmx6cm neg. Scanned form a RA4 print I made.
Vaughn
z_photo
24-Sep-2008, 09:47
cool. too bad you couldn't have found a 50's vintage buick to park in the shot! :)
Jeffrey Sipress
24-Sep-2008, 15:11
Nice! I travel through Rosamond often on my way to recreate and shoot. A real piece of Americana!
EdWorkman
24-Sep-2008, 16:35
Hey Vaugh
That's probly Gila Bend AZ
Here's a shot I made two weeks ago, in Ocean Beach (a beach area community in San Diego).
Velvia 50, 65mm @f22, 4.5 seconds.
Vaugh and Wally, Those are great photographs. Look forward to seeing more from you and others!
Hey Vaugh
That's probly Gila Bend AZ
I guess it is...
http://www.doney.net/aroundaz/gilabend.htm
I should have GBP (Googled before Posting)! It sure seems wacky enough to be California!
Vaughn
Thanks Bella -- it is a rare color image in my galaxy of B&W images;)
Don7x17
24-Sep-2008, 19:56
Hey Vaugh
That's probly Gila Bend AZ
http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=03004
Here's another transparency that I recently got processed. The photograph was taken in Yosemite. '56 8x10 Deardorff, 240mm Rodenstock, f/45 @ 1/8 sec, Fujichrome 100. I'm not use to seeing big vivid transparencies. I can see why so many people have such a strong passion for large format photography.
Here's another transparency that I recently got processed. The photograph was taken in Yosemite. '56 8x10 Deardorff, 240mm Rodenstock, f/45 @ 1/8 sec, Fujichrome 100. I'm not use to seeing big vivid transparencies. I can see why so many people have such a strong passion for large format photography.
That water looks I like the stones visible under the water where shaded - they seem to play well with the reflected rock face of the mountain.
Which Fujichrome is that, Astia?
http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=03004
Hey there Don! I read that the resteraunt part burnt down in 1998 and was rebuilt...I was wondering why the photos of the place looked a little different than I remembered. I dug into my records and I made that image in December 1991. I had my 5x7 with me, but I guess I did not think it was worth a shot in B&W.
Looking at the various images of the place on the different sites, I, with great modesty, think mine is the best ;) . I got lucky with the clouds/jet contrails and they look like the saucer caused them.
Belle -- another classic CA image...tho in a much different vein than your first! Setting up an 8x10 in Yosemite especially in a high visitation area like that is fun! I did the same along the trail to Lower Yosemite Falls -- I spent a lot of time under the dark cloth just listening to the comments of all the people walking by.
Since I live in CA, most of my images are of CA -- but I will try to find some prints along a more "classical" line than my usual landscapes (and I will double check to make sure they are actually are from CA!) :o I have one of Laguna Beach, but might be awhile before I can track down a print to scan.
Vaughn
Here's a shot I made two weeks ago, in Ocean Beach (a beach area community in San Diego).
Velvia 50, 65mm @f22, 4.5 seconds.
Nice shot, Wally. I spent a few winters in Ocean Beach (early 80's). Too crazy in the summertime! I had to get up at 7am to go to work but did not need an alarm clock -- as that is when the first jet of the day would take off from the airport and roar directly overhead. Often I would get up earlier and enjoy the sunrise on the beach with no one else around.
Nice photo museum there in San Diego now.
Vaughn
Vaughn - The Yosemite photo was taken after a big tour group hopped back onto their bus. There were a lot of curious onlookers and I did get some questions from the tour guide. It was really nice to get all the space to myself for a brief moment, after everyone left. Attached is a digital shot right before I took the LF shot.
Wally - I used Provia 100F.
Oh, Belle! That is the shot you should have gotten with the 8x10! Talk about a true "Sense of Place"! Love it!
Vaughn
PS...it looks like a diorama entitled "Modern California Tourists in Their Natural Habitat"
Vaughn - I wish I had the dexterity to pull it off. I hope I'll get there soon.
I did make one attempt at taking photos with people in it. Unfortunately, I used an old, outdated Kodak Ektachrome 100 from the person I purchased some of my equipment from (I won't do that again). The photo has a brownish cast to it. Shot with 8x10 Deardorff, Rodenstock 240mm, f/45 @ 1/2 sec.
Here is the one I took along the trail to Lower Yosemite Falls.
Scanned 8x10 carbon print.
Sorry I can't post it directly.
vaughn
http://bostick-sullivan.invisionzone.com/index.php?automodule=gallery&req=si&img=41
Great work! Thanks for sharing.
C. D. Keth
25-Sep-2008, 15:28
Beautiful work, Vaughn. Carbon printing is a process I'd love to learn more about. It's also one of the things that make me wish I had more room than a studio apartment.
Attached is a recent photograph that took in the High Desert. Apple Shed Restaurant, Tehachapi, California. 8x10 Deardorff, 240mm Rodentstock, f/45 @ 1/15 sec., Fujichrome Provia, 100F.
Mojave Desert Bank. It had a 70ish look about it. It was extremely windy which help me capture the flag nicely. Shot with Deardorff 8x10, 240mm Rodenstock, f/22 @ 1/30 sec, Fujichrome, Provia 100F.
Blue Rock off the 223 Bear Mountain Blvd., CA. Deardorff 8x10, Rodenstock, f45@ 1/15 sec, Fujicrhome Provia 100.
Blue Rock off the 223 Bear Mountain Blvd., CA. Deardorff 8x10, Rodenstock, f45@ 1/15 sec, Fujicrhome Provia 100.
That rocks! (sorry;) ) But how nice of them to have pained the rock "sky-blue"!
Vaughn
PS...but I can't help but wonder what the image would have looked like taken one small step closer, vertical, and the rock almost at the bottom of the image. O course, that would then have been my image, and not yours, but I still wonder!
Vaughn - I wonder on the vertical too. I was focused on having the road on the right side of the rock travel parallel to the dirt in front.
Here's a vertical shot of the Watts Tower that I took last Thursday in South Central L.A.:eek: Shot with 8x10 Deardorff,f/45@1/15 sec, Fujichrome, 100 F.
Don7x17
22-Oct-2008, 14:05
Vaughn - I wonder on the vertical too. I was focused on having the road on the right side of the rock travel parallel to the dirt in front.
Here's a vertical shot of the Watts Tower that I took last Thursday in South Central L.A.:eek: Shot with 8x10 Deardorff,f/45@1/15 sec, Fujichrome, 100 F.
I wonder what it would look like if you'd used view camera movements to prevent convergence of the verticals?
Don7x17 - Good point. I'll have to go back and try that.
Vaughn - I wonder on the vertical too. I was focused on having the road on the right side of the rock travel parallel to the dirt in front.
That's why I was leering about mentioning the vertical possibility -- you were there and brought all the elements together as you saw/found them -- including the elements not actually in the photo -- to create your image. I am just an ignorant bystander.
Vaughn
Great towers, too! You may not want to correct the lean all the way -- a bit of a lean can give the brain a greater impression of height.
Vaughn - Thanks for the tip. I appreciate it.
Don7x17
23-Oct-2008, 13:16
Vaughn - Thanks for the tip. I appreciate it.
And if you like the convergence, you might augment it by tilting the back towards you...you can make the towers look even taller... you are in control with a view camera as long as you don't exceed the coverage of the lens (and be sure to stop down to see coverage. Most lenses have more coverage when stopped down).
Nice series of color 8x10's - but I also like that digial image instead of the one without people. Its hilarious with all the people posing for others to make pictures.
thanks for posting
Don7x17 - Thanks for your note and comment. I wish I read your note earlier. I was in Fresno today and should have tried the tilt back on one of my shots. I'll post the photograph next week.
I found this Warhol imitation pop art of the Presidential and VP candidates entertaining.
Shot in Los Angeles with 8x10 Deardorff, 240mm Rodenstock, f16 @ 1/15 sec, Fujichrome Provia 100.
Stars & Stripe Barn - I retook this shot last week up in Central California. It was painted for our troops. Shot with 8x10 Deardorff, 240mm Rodenstock, f/45@ 1/15 sec, Fujichrome Provia 100.
C. D. Keth
29-Oct-2008, 16:23
Stars & Stripe Barn - I retook this shot last week up in Central California. It was painted for our troops. Shot with 8x10 Deardorff, 240mm Rodenstock, f/45@ 1/15 sec, Fujichrome Provia 100.
I bet the chrome looks wonderful. What do the wires on the right go up to? Is it a telephone pole? If it is I would love to include that in the composition. I don't care for the way the wires just lead the eye up and out of the frame.
andress007
1-Nov-2008, 16:54
Vaughn - The Yosemite photo was taken after a big tour group hopped back onto their bus. There were a lot of curious onlookers and I did get some questions from the tour guide. It was really nice to get all the space to myself for a brief moment, after everyone left. Attached is a digital shot right before I took the LF shot.
Wally - I used Provia 100F.
Belle, This your Canon digital shot is almost 3-D like, far more superior than all your 8x10 chromes. Why do you start to use 8x10?
Andress007 - I had really good lighting on my subjects which was a big plus when I took the Yosemite photo with the tourists. I think I would have been able to get the same 3D quality photo with my 8x10 given the proper timing.
The Yosmite 8x10 are my first few attempts at large format. What I like about color LF is the incredible amount of detail and vividness I get from the negative. To appreciate the 8x10, you really need to scan and print your images to be wowed by it. There's also an element of care that goes into using LF camera. I enjoy the slow process of thinking about each photograph that I take - subject, composition, lighting, etc.
Christopher - Attached is a photo with the telephone lines shot with my digital camera. For some reason, I found the poles a bit distracting. So I opted for a closer photograph.
Christopher - Attached is a photo with the telephone lines shot with my digital camera. For some reason, I found the poles a bit distracting. So I opted for a closer photograph.
Looking at the two images, I prefer having the wires going off the image -- sort of having the building tethered to a world outside of the photographic image. Sometimes less information is more.
Vaughn
Here's a shot I took with "convergence of verticals" in mind. Shot in Fresno, 240mm Rodenstock, f/45 @ 1/15 sec, Fujichrome 100.
Vaughn and Don7x17 - Thanks for your suggestions.
Jim Fitzgerald
3-Nov-2008, 19:03
Beautiful work, Vaughn. Carbon printing is a process I'd love to learn more about. It's also one of the things that make me wish I had more room than a studio apartment.
Christopher, you CAN do it in your apartment! I built an 11x14 and an 8x20 camera in my apartment and I am just starting the carbon transfer experience in my one bedroom apartment. I realize I have more space but who needs a real bed? Get one of those blow up beds you can move easily and lean against the wall and you have much more space! Yes I am crazy but it works!
Jim
Allen in Montreal
3-Nov-2008, 20:09
Crazy? No, just dedicated!! :)
Christopher, you CAN do it in your apartment! I built an 11x14 and an 8x20 camera in my apartment and I am just starting the carbon transfer experience in my one bedroom apartment. I realize I have more space but who needs a real bed? Get one of those blow up beds you can move easily and lean against the wall and you have much more space! Yes I am crazy but it works!
Jim
Brian Bullen
3-Nov-2008, 21:40
Jim, forget about the bed and just sleep on a big pile of sawdust. Maybe a little crazy.:D
C. D. Keth
3-Nov-2008, 22:58
Christopher - Attached is a photo with the telephone lines shot with my digital camera. For some reason, I found the poles a bit distracting. So I opted for a closer photograph.
You were right in the first place. I prefer the 8x10.
Found time to take some 8x10 shots. This is a view of L.A. Harbor from San Pedro.
One more from San Pedro. The house is the smallest house I've ever seen with a small mailbox and TV satellite dish. It appeared to be about 300 square feet. Had a fantastic view of the L.A. Harbor, 110 Freeway, and giant refinery. Shot with 240mm Rodentstock, 8x10 Deardorff at f64 @ 1/8 sec, Fujichrome Provia 100F.
One more from San Pedro. The house is the smallest house I've ever seen with a small mailbox and TV satellite dish. It appeared to be about 300 square feet. Had a fantastic view of the L.A. Harbor, 110 Freeway, and giant refinery. Shot with 240mm Rodentstock, 8x10 Deardorff at f64 @ 1/8 sec, Fujichrome Provia 100F.
Thanks for the sharing the new work! They seem to capture the feel of the area very well.
vaughn
PS...I lived in a smaller house for 10 years (it had a footprint of 234 sq feet...outside dimentions were 13'x18'), but it did not have the same view (thankfully!)
A water tower and a billboard somewhere in Hesperia off the 15 Hwy.
SamReeves
28-Jun-2009, 09:44
I'll throw one in
A quiet afternoon at Panther Meadows at Mount Shasta, California in October of 2002.
http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45021028_4post.jpg
Tachihara 4x5 Field, Nikkor 150mm 5.6 lens, Kodak Tri-X.
SamReeves - that is one fantastic photograph. Great composition and lighting. Look forward to others posting their California landscapes too.
Attached are some shots I captured while driving through Barstow with my 8x10.
jim kitchen
5-Aug-2009, 20:41
Dear Sam,
Great image... :)
This image reminds me why I should dip below the 49th...
jim k
bvstaples
6-Aug-2009, 12:05
A couple from Joshua Tree...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/3237775175_8f898a80f4.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/3237774543_a3cc44f623.jpg
If you haven't been there you should go...
SamReeves
6-Aug-2009, 12:34
Attached are some shots I captured while driving through Barstow with my 8x10.
Nice work. I'm digging that Del Taco sign. :)
Dear Sam,
Great image... :)
This image reminds me why I should dip below the 49th...
jim k
Thanks Jim. Mount Shasta is worth the visit if you're in the neighborhood. ;)
Boy, if any of you are ever in the Mount Shasta neighborhood for some landscape work, let me know if you'd like to meet up for some shooting. Or come a bit farther north and I'll show you around my area!
Gregg W
Joe O'Hara
8-Aug-2009, 12:39
Attached are some shots I captured while driving through Barstow with my 8x10.
I enjoyed all of your posts on this thread, Belle. Who says good color photographs can't be made in the mid-day sun? Keep on proving them wrong.
Well, it's the landscaping at my place. Los Angeles.
wehman
305mm g claron
f64
classic pan in pmk
kentmere
mandoman7
9-Aug-2009, 09:10
I like this one, Vinny.
bvstaples - Love the rich color, texture, and lighting of your Joshua Tree bolder. I need to get out in that direction one of these days with my 8x10. Thanks for the inspiration.
Sam - I tried looking for the actual place but couldn't. Ended up eating at Emma Jeans Hollandburger Cafe in Victorville instead. Found it by accident. It's been around since 1947 on Route 66. Best hamburger place period. Try it out if you ever travel North on the 15 Fwy.
h2oman - I passed through Mount Shasta about 15 years ago. Beautiful white mountain. I'll keep you in mind if I ever travel up that far. I'm in L.A.
Joe O'Hara - Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate it. The air quality is significantly better in the high dessert and areas where there is little or no smog. I am mesmerized by our landscape and really enjoy my small moments in these places.
Vinny - Thanks for posting. I think, i'll try black and white on my next excursion. Perhaps to Joshua Tree.
Two more shots with my 8x10. One from the entrance to the Calicio Ghost Town and the other is a water tower in Madera.
Steve M Hostetter
18-Aug-2009, 18:33
belle,,, that must be a fairly new sign to Calico I can't say I remember it from two years ago
nice shot
SamReeves
19-Aug-2009, 09:18
Harders Garage along the forgotten route of US 99 in Artois, California.
http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45011211_4post.jpg
Tachihara 4x5 Field, Nikkor 150mm 5.6 lens, Kodak Tri-X.
Sam, wonderful shot. The lighting is perfect. I like the way you compose and see things.
A shot off Ghost Town Road north of Barstow, National Trail Highway (Route 66) towards Helendale, and one on my way to Mariposa.
belle,
Thanks for sharing your work. Many of your shots around LA remind me of when I lived there in the late 1980's. Keep it up!
Oh, and are you shooting a 240 Sironar?
BradS - Thanks for your note. Yes, the photographs were taken with a Apo-Sironar-S.
Shot locally in L.A. at the corner of Pico and Overland with 8x10, 240mm Rodenstock, Fujichrome 100F.
Red Barn - 8x10 DD, 240mm, f45@ 1/15 sec, Fujichrome 100.
EdWorkman
9-Sep-2009, 16:35
Belle
Where is that red barn?
I like your shot, the high desert shots too
mikebarger
9-Sep-2009, 18:19
Is it a garage or yard shed?
Tim Povlick
9-Sep-2009, 20:08
This image is in the Laguna's, south of Garnet Mt. facing East. Canham 8x10, Rodenstock APO Sironar-S 240. Taken 2 weeks ago during a heat wave; with 95F temps I had the entire Mtn range to myself. Carry 40# of camera gear in the heat was a challenge.
Tim
This one was taken on top of Mount Soledad in San Diego earlier in the summer.
Chamonix 45N-1, Apo-Grandagon 55mm, Ilford Delta 100.
Shot on Velvia a long time ago!!
Recently dusted off my 8x10 Deardorff and took it up towards Mariposa. And on the way, got this shot.
ghostcount
29-Oct-2013, 14:37
Recently dusted off my 8x10 Deardorff and took it up towards Mariposa. And on the way, got this shot.
Nice colors.
Thanks for bumping this. Good stuff on this thread.
Hugo Zhang
1-Nov-2013, 15:14
Big Sur. Saber 4x5 with Hermagis Eidoscope 150mm lens stop down.
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