safe haven for tiny formats

[chassis]

Dennis, thanks for the feedback. I agree a different rendering would be interesting. It is on my list of things to do; life you know! I do hang out in the kitchen alot, at least in the colder months. Warm times of the year I am an outdoors person.

[Corran]

Massive protest and sit-in on the Suwannee River, attempting to stop the drilling under the river for the Sabal Trail pipeline.

Leica M9, 21mm f/4 Voigtlander Skopar / Nikkor 50mm f/1.4:
http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/stp2-17ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/stp2-25ss.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Michael. Across the drive is excellent.
Chassis I dig the egg shot. I pulled it into snapseed. You have a ton of information there. You can take it to different looks if you want. Digitally that is. Personally it's nice to see some nice whites (like the eggs). There are some beautiful shiny tones and reflections waiting to be shown. The shadows on the eggs add to dimension. As does their reflection on the bowl.

[Scott Schroeder]

By the way, I'm Ok with any critique of anything I post here. I think sometimes I overcook stuff and need a reminder....

[goamules]

I was hoping insipid pictures of protesters wouldn't keep encroaching into an art photography forum. About as artistic as cat photos on the internet. But that's not their point, I suppose.

[MAubrey]

I was hoping insipid pictures of protesters wouldn't keep encroaching into an art photography forum. About as artistic as cat photos on the internet. But that's not their point, I suppose.
For you sake then, it's good that this isn't an art photography forum, but just a regular photography forum!

[Corran]

Sorry, perhaps that was too cheeky. Regardless, Garrett, it's good that you aren't the decider of what is and isn't art. Furthermore, as noted, this isn't an specifically an art forum. More importantly, if you have something relevant to say about the actual success or not of the photos, feel free to tell me, I am open to criticism. If you have a problem with protests or just photos of protests for other, personal reasons, that is your choice, but is irrelevant.

As it happens, I am opening a small show of images in an "art" setting next week, all documentary images I have shot in the past few years, much of it political. Specifically starting the night of the inauguration.

[Jody_S]

159846
Meet Iggy, the smartest cat in the world. He figured out the laser pointer in about 5 minutes, 3 years ago, and has just ignored it ever since. Iphone 6.

[chassis]

Scott, thanks for the encouragement. I am still building my post processing skills and haven't yet (I think!) gotten to where I am overcooking stuff. I like the term. I have some ideas on how to massage some more feeling out of some images. Good stuff to think about, thanks.

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/481/32347979675_add554f66e_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RhtRnv)Abandoned Farmhouse, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/RhtRnv) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

Another beauty Austin. What film and developer do you use?

[austin granger]

Thanks Scott. This is FP4, rated at 125. If I remember right, I bumped up the exposure from the meter's recommendation about one and a half stops. No filter. I've been bringing my film to a local lab for developing. I'm not sure what they're using, but I'd guess D-76 or HC-110.

[Graham Patterson]

Beauty in desolation. Unless there is a nicely ploughed road out of shot, the logistics f getting there must have been interesting.

[chassis]

Nice Austin. The subject and format work well together.

[Scott Schroeder]

5D, PS

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/94__MG_2076.jpg

[austin granger]

Beauty in desolation. Unless there is a nicely ploughed road out of shot, the logistics f getting there must have been interesting.

Yes, my Subaru Outback was put to the test this trip, although I have to confess, I did follow a snowplow to get to this spot!

[austin granger]

Nice Austin. The subject and format work well together.


Thank you Chassis.

[Peter Lewin]

Back from a visit to Baltimore, a couple of days with my Sony Alpha 7 and old Leica lenses. I've discovered that with the old manual lenses and the camera on Aperture Priority, it handles a lot like my LeicaM6, and not like an electronic "make all the decisions for me" digital (yes, I am being very judgmental!). Anyway, visited the National Aquarium, and their exhibit on the spread of jellyfish worldwide was visually spectacular. Here are a few images which I could never have made with my 4x5! (No processing other than some cropping and brightness adjustment; colors are what I & the camera saw):

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/256/32216902142_176b92cb69_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/R5U3A3)B'more2017aqua7 (https://flic.kr/p/R5U3A3) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/713/32328097266_4d45b4e28e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RfHX2m)B'more2017aqua5 (https://flic.kr/p/RfHX2m) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/401/31990267030_737b356f74_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QJStS7)B'more2017aqua6 (https://flic.kr/p/QJStS7) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

[ChristopherB]

Croatia, Mamiya 7, 65mm, Tmax 400@320 in Rodinal, Scanmate f8+

http://christopherbaasner.de/koken/storage/cache/images/000/029/160800-07,large.1484667843.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

S7, PS

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20161224_174019.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Ok y'all. I have to say the galaxy S7 is a damn good camera. I realize this is subjective but I think it's the right amount of saturation without being stupid....juat enough "wow" a dash if you set it right. I wish it would default to the last mode. To get a raw File you have switch modes everytime. There is no setting to go back to the same mode.

This is the stock app for the camera and its really damn good in full auto. It's in my pocket and I get to explore photographs all the time. I'm able to get the final vision with these files.
I love and prefer my 5d with the 50mm Tak, but it's not with me like my phone is.
So I guess I'm saying I give a big thumbs up for the S7. It allows me to be creative instantaneously. My friends just know I'm into a photo moment and don't bother me.

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/20161217_115137-01-800x600.jpg

[tuco]

...
I love and prefer my 5d with the 50mm Tak, but it's not with me like my phone is.
So I guess I'm saying I give a big thumbs up for the S7. It allows me to be creative instantaneously. My friends just know I'm into a photo moment and don't bother me.


Good deal. I'm going to make sure my next phone has a better camera. My phone camera's "auto mode" is really bad. In daylight with the sun out, I get blurry pictures from what looks like motion blur way too much and I'm pretty sure I'm holding the camera steady enough.

[Scott Schroeder]

This one has some sort of smart stabilization. I never use flash (because I hate the "gotcha" look) and it performs well on low light. The s8 will be coming along soon and I plan to purchase. I hope they don't go Backwards and screw it up.... But I've had a Samsung phone for years and it's always been an improvement.

[Scott Schroeder]

Here is a handheld from last night.

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/20170118_213416-800x600.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Here is a crop of the tree image. (after conversion and sharpening.) it's down right of center.

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/20161217_115137-01-01.jpg

[stawastawa]

strange effects Scott, but works well for cell phone viewing!

[HiHoSilver]

'Not quite abstract. FE2/50160032, HP5/PyroHD semi

[jp]

And I like these better than most of Saturday's soft photos at the ice pond. IR converted D800. Different feel. Just as I'm sometimes pleasantly surprised with soft, so it goes likewise with IR.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/751/32042816950_57967a9d09_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QPvP8d)
_DSC3430 (https://flic.kr/p/QPvP8d) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/662/32380929506_36613c6fe6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RkoJd3)
_DSC3447 (https://flic.kr/p/RkoJd3) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

Jason I really like those. It doesn't look like ir with that type of scene. It also looks like a great place to photograph.

[Peter De Smidt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u86af49n4x0r4k/Coco.jpg?raw=1

[Scott Schroeder]

S7 PS

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/83_20170119_181340.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

S7 snapseed

http://schroederworks.com/Pics/20170120_173524-01-800x600.jpg

[tuco]

I'm digging that product picture, Peter.

[tuco]

And I like these better than most of Saturday's soft photos at the ice pond. IR converted D800. Different feel. Just as I'm sometimes pleasantly surprised with soft, so it goes likewise with IR.


The second one is a really nice scene.

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Tuco. A friend is taking an online product photography class, and he wanted me to do this week's assignment too. The assignment was to shoot a perfume bottle, using stuff between the camera and the subject to add interest. I didn't want to spend money on perfume, and so I borrowed a bottle from a friendly neighbor :) Obviously, it should've been full. The sparkles are a glass bead necklace 2" in front of the lens lit with a speedlight.

[Martin Aislabie]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u86af49n4x0r4k/Coco.jpg?raw=1

Fabulous

Did it take you long to set up ?

Martin

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/389/32074134300_4b0215cf5c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QShjFw)Jesus in the Fog, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/QShjFw) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Barry Kirsten]

Wonderful image, Austin. You just keep servin' them up!

[austin granger]

Thanks Barry. I've been having fun with this new to me xpan. I've been shooting mostly squares for a few years now and wanted to stretch out a bit (no pun intended).

[Scott Schroeder]

Changing aspect ratios is definitely fun. I've always loved Panos. I looked up the dimensions for the xpan. Pretty close to a 12x20 lf banquet. For awhile I had an 8x10 film camera and shot mostly 4x10 with a half slide. I'd love to do that again.

[Peter De Smidt]

Fabulous

Did it take you long to set up ?

Martin

Hi Martin,

Here is the setup:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iettyb30jct4zk1/Coco_setup.jpg?raw=1

So the side strip lights, the ones with their edges up against the diffuser, are to put gradients on the shiny bits. The back light lights up the liquid and the foreground. I also used a small spot on the cap. Getting that far didn't take long, perhaps 20 minutes? Placing the beaded necklace up against the lens hood, moving it a bit this way and that, and lighting it with a speedlight took awhile to get what I wanted, perhaps 45 minutes to and hour. Since the speedlight didn't have a modeling light, I had to take a picture to see what I'd get. I took quite a few.

[Corran]

Very nice image Peter, and thanks for the setup image.
I've got some old original 4x5 chromes for magazine adverts from some fashion brands, I think Chanel included. I suppose this is commercial work?

I gave up on shooting 35mm slides due to cost but then I found a huge lot of well-kept Velvia and other E-6 films this month. Tested some Velvia (original) this past week at one of my old favorite hiking spots in south GA when I was visiting.

Leica M6, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 Millennium, Velvia, cropped square:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/grandbay-5871css.jpg\

[tuco]

All those XPan shots have been sweet, Austin. I've never shot a pano camera before but I can see it gives you a whole new frame to play in.

[austin granger]

Changing aspect ratios is definitely fun. I've always loved Panos. I looked up the dimensions for the xpan. Pretty close to a 12x20 lf banquet. For awhile I had an 8x10 film camera and shot mostly 4x10 with a half slide. I'd love to do that again.


All those XPan shots have been sweet, Austin. I've never shot a pano camera before but I can see it gives you a whole new frame to play in.


I've played around with the idea of 4"x10" off and on for years, but at this point, I wanted something I could more easily wander around with. I usually struggle up a mountain or two every year and I thought the xpan would be good for that too. There are always trade offs though, aren't there? Here's another one, from my first roll. I find cemeteries to be good places to practice. They're nice and quiet and often have lots of straightforward subjects that don't move. :-)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/756/32485036625_fa67d0ac08_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RuAiCn)Jesus in the Fog, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/RuAiCn) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[jp]

Bryan; fantastic. The Velvia richness makes it even more abstract.


We had a fantastic colorful sky the other day. I stuck around and photographed it changing. Then when the cotton candy colors were gone, I was still there shooting. It's sorta cold, but no insects or people to deal with.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/574/31681578963_99b29162f7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QgAnE4)
_DSC6019 (https://flic.kr/p/QgAnE4) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/480/31649637934_2d4de21680_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QdLEGE)
_DSC6031 (https://flic.kr/p/QdLEGE) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Corran]

Thanks Jason!

Today I was shooting with abstraction in mind and while this shot isn't as abstract as others I made, I wanted to experiment with darker forms and crushed blacks. Sparkling water is something I love to look at but is hard to catch how I envision, but this worked for me.

Leica M6, Nikkor 21mm f/4, T-Max 100, Acufine:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/lakelanier-5935ss.jpg

[jp]

I like abstraction and sparkling water too. If you shoot sparkling water with LF, that's an interesting challenge too. Instead of starburst like above you can get soft bokeh options varies by lens tilt. Tmax is a good option for sparkly scenes like this.

[Corran]

I like that idea. I will have to try tilt next time I have my LF out at the water. The lake here is still 10 feet below full pool even despite the rain, so still plenty to see and shoot.

Here's a complete abstraction at the edge of some granite rocks on the water:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/lakelanier-5934ss.jpg

Back in reality, here's something more recognizable but experimenting with texture:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/lakelanier-5924ss.jpg

[Christo.Stankulov]

Contax G1
Biogon 28
trix400
Rodinal

[jp]

I like that idea. I will have to try tilt next time I have my LF out at the water. The lake here is still 10 feet below full pool even despite the rain, so still plenty to see and shoot.

Here's a complete abstraction at the edge of some granite rocks on the water:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/lakelanier-5934ss.jpg]

If you haven't watched it, check out Ralph Steiner's H2O B&W movie.

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/777/31662967444_3d1a8fee4b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QeWZ6N)Barn, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/QeWZ6N) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[RSalles]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/777/31662967444_3d1a8fee4b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QeWZ6N)Barn, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/QeWZ6N) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr
Damn it! So funny, so simple,

Cheers,

Renato

[austin granger]

It's interesting how people respond so differently to the same picture. Someone else called it "sexy." :-)

[DennisD]

Austin,
Elegant in its simplicity... And yes, sexy, if you look at it from just the right angle :)

You are clearly having a great time with your Xpan camera
And making beautiful photographs !

[Peter Lewin]

Austin, I don't normally just add on to existing chains, but this time I will - your "Barn" is great! I've always enjoyed panoramics, and your other posts from the X-pan have been excellent photographs, but conceivably other talented members of the Forum could have made them as well. But "Barn" is pure "Austin Granger," a wonderful image I don't think any of us would have "seen."

[austin granger]

Thank you Dennis, Peter. I appreciate that. Here's another from the XPan. This one is a bit of a head-scratcher. It looks like a multiple exposure but really the figures are inside a glass cube in the forest which explains the reflections and semi-transparency. The negative still surprised me when I first saw it; "Whoa, what the heck happened here?" :-)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/339/32193096250_bf0b519000_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/R3N2VC)Jesus, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/R3N2VC) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Corran]

Austin, you are killing it with the XPan. Not helping my desire to get one either!! :)

Two touristy images from Washington DC. Nikon F4, 35mm f/2, T-Max 100, FX-39:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/washingtondc-5982ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/washingtondc-5992ss.jpg

[Peter De Smidt]

Good stuff, Bryan!

For some reason, I've also been checking out the prices for an XPan. I wonder why?

[austin granger]

Peter, as a data point, I bought my XPan from a local camera store for $1700 with the 45mm lens and the lens hood. It's the original version (not the II), but according to the counter, it had only had 25 rolls through it and appears to be in almost new condition. Aside from a few minor quirks, I'm really liking it.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/382/32656904525_93b6d6c277_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RKMaY2)Last Light, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/RKMaY2) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Peter De Smidt]

Austin, you're work with it is inspiring!

[Corran]

Good stuff, Bryan!

Thanks Peter! Here's one more from DC:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/washingtondc-6031s.jpg

[MAubrey]

A little shaky because of the SS, but I still ended up liking the look of things:

Canon FDn 85mm f/1.2L
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/529/32568946931_0506c04ef9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RC1neM)
Trail (https://flic.kr/p/RC1neM) by Mike Aubrey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/50635732@N02/), on Flickr

[Jim Jones]

Austin, one of your strongest photos yet! Bryan -- Tsk! Tsk! looks like a political statement to me.

[Corran]

You can read into it however you like. Photos of political subjects aren't disallowed...just discussions of political topics...

[goamules]

I shot a roll of Ektar 100 over Christmas, and just got it back. Car show colors, and Arizona winter skies make it almost like Velvia. Leica M3 and Summicron DR.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/338/32557835832_d1603f180b_c.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/412/32669978266_3716c988cf_c.jpg

[Ron789]

Mike, great shot! I really like the way you played with motion and (un)sharpness. I'm immediately falling in love with this beautiful girl and scenery. I wish I was there!

[MAubrey]

Mike, great shot! I really like the way you played with motion and (un)sharpness. I'm immediately falling in love with this beautiful girl and scenery. I wish I was there!

Thanks! Sometimes you have to work with what the light gives you (in this case fading fast!), which meant slower shutter speed. I was really pleased with how it turned out in the end. One of those moments when you see what you want in your head and hope it comes out like that in the camera!

As for the beautiful girl, I'm happy to say that she's quite taken already!

[jp]

Just a cellphone snap on my 3.5 hour hike yesterday. Shot 3 sheets of 4x5, 1.5 rolls of 120, 4 instax exposures, and a few cell phone pix.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/379/32736210305_508d2f227b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RSMCP4)
IMG_20170204_115749 (https://flic.kr/p/RSMCP4) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[tuco]

Just a cellphone snap on my 3.5 hour hike yesterday. Shot 3 sheets of 4x5, 1.5 rolls of 120, 4 instax exposures, and a few cell phone pix.

Dang, that's a lot of gear. Sometimes I take a film and digital camera along. And when I do it seems to interfere with the "mental BW mode" I get in when I shoot BW film. Does that happen to you?

[tuco]

Austin's picture inspired me to think about how this digital scene near Palouse, WA, would look converted to monochrome.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5544/9214820610_bd0f5e12f1_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/f3hn8q)

[RSalles]

Nice tuco, your style, not his - what means only what is written: his style is wonderful and your own is superb but different branches, two great specimens we have in this forum btw,

Cheers,

Renato

[jp]

Dang, that's a lot of gear. Sometimes I take a film and digital camera along. And when I do it seems to interfere with the "mental BW mode" I get in when I shoot BW film. Does that happen to you?

I know what you mean.. I have a widemouth tool bag that carries the speed graphic, 2 lenses, filmholders, and rolleiflex. something like an instax just goes in a coat pocket. Tripod accounts for much of the bulk. If I didn't take the rolleiflex, I'd take a DSLR which is not lighter. What I really need is a sling or custom backpack for my tripod. Maybe a biathlon style sling with a belt added to put the tripod weight on my waist instead of shoulders.

The seeing, for me, is working up a sweat lugging stuff, then stopping in the woods for a few minutes to ponder, like Thoreau or Frost.

Here I know the subject well enough to deal with color or B&W without mentally changing gears. It's all in my neighborhood within a mile or two walk. I'm more apt to run across something requiring color and being unprepared for it. I could go back and often do, but light and weather is always different and being prepared is good.

[Jim Jones]

Tuco -- it converts very well.

[tuco]

Nice tuco...
Renato


Tuco -- it converts very well.

Thanks guys. I like it more than the color version it replaced.

[Scott Schroeder]

Another road....
Just got back from a week in big bend.
5D,super tak 50/1.4 ps

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2651.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2908.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2929.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Boulder erosion

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2785.jpg

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/543/32754333896_5716bb60cc_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RUowjL)Eden, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/RUowjL) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

S7 PS

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170129_111607.jpg

[jp]

Scott, love the Boulder Erosion photo. My sort of thing, and gently abstract.

Playing with winter color with my dslr.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/747/32673012842_77e494d43b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RMcJpC)
_DSC6084 (https://flic.kr/p/RMcJpC) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Corran]

Swirls on the edge of Amicalola Creek. Shot some images on 4x5 but I think my exposures were too long and will kill the look of the swirls, making them just a flat grey. We'll see after I develop them tonight.

Leica M9, Voigtlander 25mm f/4, 6-stop ND:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/waterswirls1ss.jpg

[David Hedley]

That's excellent, Corran. Hopefully the LF images will turn out well.

[stawastawa]

excellent bryan! though the landscape it self is oddly vertigious, very odd distortion from the wide angle and the fall of the land and composition.
but great color and movement! and focusing just on the water I like it! trying to understand it all, too much.

[Corran]

Thanks David and Nicholas. That's an interesting observation as well, never thought about the issue of "looking down" and a wide-angle, perhaps because I am not really susceptible to height/vertigo. Vertiginous is a cool word though!

[Scott Schroeder]

Jason I like the simplicity. Bryan you got just enough swirl. Good stuff.

[Pali K]

Really nice Bryan. Looking forward to seeing the film images.

Pali

[tuco]

Good stuff Scott and Bryan

[jp]

New England is finally getting some winter. I didn't take LF out today... Burned through a roll of 120 film instead. Weather like this, since it's a short walk from home, I just bring the camera home when the roll is done rather than change rolls in a snowstorm. This snow does not hurt the camera so long as I brush it off while it's still frozen. Show good use of the lens hood to stop flying snow. Snow did build up inside the lens hood once or twice. Probably would exercise some additional care if it were a digital MF camera.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2060/32718572601_70b523f9d2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RReeJH)IMG_20170211_125726 (https://flic.kr/p/RReeJH) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170130_165513.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170129_132913.jpg

[Salmo22]

These derelict Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw's repose in the quiet light of an overcast afternoon at a private boneyard in Arizona.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/464/32724126201_f416b3e1a8_c.jpg

[locutus]

Gloom and grain

http://i.imgur.com/IoidkyF.jpg

[Peter Lewin]

A couple of digitals in advance of Valentines Day, decorations found on my daily walk. Both Sony Alpha 7, Leitz Summicron 50/2. (Continuing my efforts to use the little camera for things that I couldn't do as easily with the 4x5.)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2426/32711195982_a87384d1ff_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RQzqVC)Valentines Day 2, 2017 (https://flic.kr/p/RQzqVC) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/521/32021798984_b11d50ca7d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QME6du)Valentines Day 1, 2017 (https://flic.kr/p/QME6du) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

I really like taking portraits of desert plants.
Here's an ocotillio.

http://www.schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2853.jpg

[stawastawa]

Lovely Scott. one of my favorites of the recent images, and I have liked many of them.
nice softness but not too soft, vignett lends nice tone/mood. The highlights have life and the shadows feel real/solid. nice find.

[Scott Schroeder]

Thanks kindly nicholas.
I forgot to mention this was taken with my 5D and super takumar 85/1.9. Sweet lens wide open.
Here's two more from my trip.

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2875.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2912.jpg

[Jmarmck]

Ah Scott, you are stoking my road trip urges again.

Nice stuff.

[DennisD]

Peter,
Perfect to honor the day !

[DennisD]

Scott,
My recent favorite is post 11581.
Powerful image.

[DennisD]

Molas Lake, South of Silverton, Colorado
D300, 24-70mm lens

I took this about 2 years ago and never printed it til today.

Taken after sunset, but there was still a glow to the sky and enough light to capture the scene. Despite some refinement in PS, I feel the image falls a bit flat.

Have tried many variations, but this level of brightness and contrast seems the best overall.

Comments welcome.

http://jackandbeans.com/pbd/co_mirrorlake.jpg

[Peter De Smidt]

It's a very nice image. You might try adding a bit of high radius/low amount sharpening to boost mid-tone contrast. So, duplicate layer. Go to filter> unsharp mask. Set the radius at 70. Adjust the amount to taste. You can add a layer mask to paint out/in the effect, and of course you can lower the opacity of the layer to moderate the effect.

[DennisD]

Thanks, Peter, for your suggestion.

Actually there is a fair amount of hi pass filtering on the mountains (one layer @80px and a second layer @ 200px). That much is necessary to improve clarity, i.e. to really cut thru haze and bring out features.

There is also 80px on the mid ground (behind the lake).

Thanks to your comment, I went back to the image and found that the hi pass on the mid-ground area was down at 30% opacity. Increasing that to 100 produced significant improvement - especially in the grasses / mid tones.

I would post a newer version, but the difference will hardly be readable in a small jpg. However, onscreen, in high quality, it's a definite improvement. I'll experiment some more with the mid tone contrast.

[Scott Schroeder]

Get out there Marty. Sounds like you could use some time away from the wreckage!

[Scott Schroeder]

5D super takumar 85/1.9

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2839.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2836.jpg

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/426/32897003326_41898e1c00_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/S7ZJYw)Cemetery, Point Reyes (https://flic.kr/p/S7ZJYw) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[MAubrey]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/502/31957948143_6fb999edf0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QG1QzV)
Happy Baby (https://flic.kr/p/QG1QzV) by Mike Aubrey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/50635732@N02/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2714.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2868.jpg

[Barry Kirsten]

Compliments on your many fine images recently, Scott. Whether the S7 or the Taks, you've produced a huge output of great pics.

[Barry Kirsten]

Stunning image, Dennis. It's a bit surreal, but I think that's it's secret; makes me stop and look each time I visit this page. Well Done.




http://jackandbeans.com/pbd/co_mirrorlake.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Thanks Barry.
Here's one from the S7 and PS

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170203_093646.jpg

[Barry Kirsten]

Would have to be the best phone camera around, I'd say. Sharp and handles tonal range beautifully.

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2832/32574050740_79e3c1eda5_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RCswqu)The Point Reyes, Tomales Bay (https://flic.kr/p/RCswqu) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

Yes I dig the phone. I started liking it now the wider angle so I got a 24mm super takumar... Haha.
Here's another one from the S7 and PS

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170201_135052.jpg

[stawastawa]

nice austin! it matches the tonality of your book! very nice to have so much of the bay in the background too, I like the boat in its context.

[austin granger]

Thanks Nicholas. I was down there last weekend and heard that the old boat was destined to be towed away. I'm not sure if that's true, but I thought I'd better go out and pay my respects. I've been photographing it for twenty years now!

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/getdpi/2012-06-0183A.jpg
Cabinet, 2012
Sony NEX-7, 50mm Pentax M

[Gary Tarbert]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/500/32929881646_3f438cd9c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SaUfy7)lonely boat (https://flic.kr/p/SaUfy7) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on FlickrHi i think i have sorted my technical issue the reason i have not submitted anything here or in the LF forums for a long time is every time i tried the file was invalid , but i think i have worked out the issue , This one just a test , but i hope you enjoy
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/500/32929881646_76fd19bf49_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SaUfy7)lonely boat (https://flic.kr/p/SaUfy7) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr

[chassis]

Hi Gary, looks like there are 3 Gary Tarberts on Flickr. All of them have very nice work, and seem to be the same person. The link you provided didn't work, but I did a search and found you.

Keep practicing with the links and it will come together.

[Peter Mounier]

Gary
you don't need to do all of the html formatting because the forum software takes care of that. Just paste your link like this ... https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/500/32929881646_3f438cd9c7_c.jpg
but put at the front and at the end with no spaces between the link and the brackets

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2012-05-345A.jpg
Paris, 2012
Sony NEX-7

[chrism]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3838/32592967580_4e71c100d2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RE8tJU)
Icicles (https://flic.kr/p/RE8tJU) by chrism229 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrism229/), on Flickr
M2, 35FLE, Pan F, HC-110, X1 scan.

C.

[Barry Kirsten]

Bravo Chris, great to see you on deck again.

[Barry Kirsten]

Wonderful as usual, Ken. Your perfect tonal structure with both digital and film is an inspiration.



http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2012-05-345A.jpg
Paris, 2012
Sony NEX-7

[Old_Dick]

Chris, very nice to see your work again.

[Scott Schroeder]

5d super tak 50/1.4

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2779.jpg

Desert Shadows
http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2747.jpg

[chrism]

A dull and cloudy morning here (and the sun came out after I got home again!).

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2075/32615322980_5f717cf4a3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RG74dQ)[
url=https://flic.kr/p/RG74dQ]Barrachois[/url] by chrism229 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrism229/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2853/32615343470_0ff5effb4c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RG7aj7)
Seascape 5 (https://flic.kr/p/RG7aj7) by chrism229 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrism229/), on Flickr

Both F6, 20mm/f2.8, Pan F, HC-110, Hasselblad X1 scans.

Chris

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2353/32159396743_1d8bf3d922_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QZPjeD)Cows, Marin County, California (https://flic.kr/p/QZPjeD) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[chassis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2353/32159396743_1d8bf3d922_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QZPjeD)Cows, Marin County, California (https://flic.kr/p/QZPjeD) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Austin really good. Nice use of the tonal scale and well composed. Feels like a still life, as if you arranged all of the image elements yourself! ;)

[Scott Schroeder]

S7 PS

http://www.schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170131_101044.jpg

[Jim Jones]

Austin, your Cows, Marin County, is a fine subject strongly presented.

[DennisD]

Stunning image, Dennis. It's a bit surreal, but I think that's it's secret; makes me stop and look each time I visit this page. Well Done.

Thank you, Barry. It is an unusual image and difficult for me to reconcile - either it looks too flat or too colorful to my eyes. I went with the colorful version for now. I appreciate your taking time to comment.

[David Lobato]

Canadian side of Niagara Falls last December. The iPhone 7+ held up in the heavy spray and ~18 degree F cold when the Nikon camera hopelessly froze up in those conditions. Processed in PS.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Niagra%20Falls%20Canada%20IMG_0646%20900LFF.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

La Guitarra

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2957.jpg

[austin granger]

Austin really good. Nice use of the tonal scale and well composed. Feels like a still life, as if you arranged all of the image elements yourself! ;)

Thanks. Yes, I'm a cow whisperer. :-)


Austin, your Cows, Marin County, is a fine subject strongly presented.

Thanks Jim!

[Scott Schroeder]

http://www.schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170130_144915.jpg

[Jmarmck]

Ya know between Scott and Austin the time spent in the field must be enormous. The time spent tipping that developing tank must be as well.

Both you have far more time and energy (and talent) than I could ever have.

Nicely done to both of you.

[austin granger]

Thank you Marty. To tell you the truth, I haven't tipped a developing tank for years; I bring my film to a local lab. This gives me more time to go out and look for pictures. But, yes, photography does still dominate my waking hours.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2733/32195079124_2e09b381d0_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/R3Ycn7)Pierce Point Ranch, Point Reyes (https://flic.kr/p/R3Ycn7) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2935/32876892001_ef0363db0c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/S6dEzx)Early Morning, Tomales Bay (https://flic.kr/p/S6dEzx) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[MultiFormat Shooter]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2832/32574050740_79e3c1eda5_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RCswqu)The Point Reyes, Tomales Bay (https://flic.kr/p/RCswqu) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

This is a great image! It's hard to "put my finger on it," but something about it just resonates with me, especially how the bow of the boat "cuts through" the mud. Where, geographically, is Tomales Bay?

[austin granger]

Thanks. I've photographed this boat many times over the years. Believe it or not, it's owned by Andrew Romanoff, the grand nephew of Nicolas II, the last Tsar of Russia. To answer your question, Tomales Bay forms much of the Eastern boundary of Point Reyes National Seashore, which is north of the San Francisco Bay Area.

161754

[Scott Schroeder]

Hey thanks Marty. Just doing what I'm doing ;-)

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170201_123240.jpg

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170129_141519.jpg

[Rick A]

Olympus OM-1 -28/2.8
Fuji Neopan Acros 100
5x8 Ilford MG IV

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/369/33033705456_08e040b4d8_z_d.jpg

[jp]

On an evening walk. (with tripod and camera of course). This is sort of a Whistler Nocturne inspired starry night composition. Owls Head Maine. We've got a warm spell; it was above freezing and the rocks were mostly not covered with snow, so I took advantage of the weather.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3869/33080497815_4833341909_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SpdcuB)
_DSC6245 (https://flic.kr/p/SpdcuB) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

If you are interested in photo history (including pictorialism and early modern composition), you'd do well to be familiar with Whistler who was exceedingly influential among photographers 100-120 years ago.

[Old_Dick]

Jp, ++

[stawastawa]

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170129_141519.jpg

Scott,
That curve os sediment is wonderful. I probably would have zeroed in on it more and gone horizontal. shoot it some more and show us!

[Gary Tarbert]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5708/22167394630_b62e8b2025_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zLRG89)dune web (https://flic.kr/p/zLRG89) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr

sigma quattro DP1

[Leigh]

Hi Gary,

Great texture and detail. Wonderful shot.

- Leigh

[Jim Jones]

Gary, dunes attract many capable photographers, but rarely do they capture anything as dynamic as this.

[jon.oman]

Very nice Gary!

[Scott Schroeder]

Thanks Nicholas. I see what you mean. The whole wall was cool. Its not exactly close for me to re-shoot. It's in big bend, probably a couple of miles off the road.

[Scott Schroeder]

Leatherstem and grass

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2949.jpg

[DennisD]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5708/22167394630_b62e8b2025_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zLRG89)dune web (https://flic.kr/p/zLRG89) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr

sigma quattro DP1

Gary,

Beautiful shot and composition.
I love the sand spray off the peak.
Nice work !

Dennis

[Gary Tarbert]

Thanks Leigh , Jim , Jon and Dennis , Must admit still struggle a little composing on a lcd screen instead of through the lens or on a ground glass , But i am getting there .

[Gary Tarbert]

Canadian side of Niagara Falls last December. The iPhone 7+ held up in the heavy spray and ~18 degree F cold when the Nikon camera hopelessly froze up in those conditions. Processed in PS.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Niagra%20Falls%20Canada%20IMG_0646%20900LFF.jpg really cool David (no pun intended)

[Gary Tarbert]

Hi Gary, looks like there are 3 Gary Tarberts on Flickr. All of them have very nice work, and seem to be the same person. The link you provided didn't work, but I did a search and found you.

Keep practicing with the links and it will come together.Yes Chassis , there are 3 i thought only 2 i had a computer failure and lost my password , i tried to just retrieve it but the process seemed really hard could be just be me , So i figured there is not much on it anyway so i just set up a new account ,i have not used flikr very much , i should see if i can delete the other 2 , But then would have to remember the password DOH!

[Gary Tarbert]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2878/33063383006_214126bbf2_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SnGtRG)honeycombs dawn (https://flic.kr/p/SnGtRG) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr Something a little different

[Martin Aislabie]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2878/33063383006_214126bbf2_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SnGtRG)honeycombs dawn (https://flic.kr/p/SnGtRG) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr Something a little different

Terrific shot

You have really captured the movement of the sea

Martin

[David Hedley]

Two cracking shots on this page, Gary!

Here's one from a forest hike this morning, test driving a digital back;

Reigoldswil
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/757/33107778185_81e436050e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SrC1ZP)

[Gary Tarbert]

Hi Martin , Thank you firstly ,One of my old flames came from Stratford Upon Avon , I will not hold it against you;)

[Gary Tarbert]

Thanks David , Have fun with that digital back

[jon.oman]

#1
http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/florida/large_photos/D3X_3442.jpg
#2
http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/florida/large_photos/D3X_3446.jpg
#3
http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/florida/large_photos/D3X_3477.jpg

[Jim Jones]

Very good! The first one is perfectly exposed for a difficult subject, and the background is great.

[Roger Thoms]

Fort Barry, Marin Headlands, 5s

Roger

[Scott Schroeder]

Ocotillo, Big Bend
5D, super tak 85/1.9

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2870.jpg

[DennisD]

Jon,
Great shots - niche poses !

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2017-02-58.jpg
Bookshelf, February 2017
Sony A7RII, 75mm Color Heliar

[austin granger]

Very good! The first one is perfectly exposed for a difficult subject, and the background is great.

+1 from me. It's very striking, and the colors overall are terrific.

[austin granger]

Another one from the XPan:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2797/33058612525_6963252cc2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Snh2L2)The Point Reyes, Tomales Bay, 2017 (https://flic.kr/p/Snh2L2) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Roger Thoms]

Austin, really enjoying your Xpan images, keep um coming.

Roger

[jon.oman]

Thanks for the comments Jim, Dennis, and Austin!

[austin granger]

Austin, really enjoying your Xpan images, keep um coming.

Roger
Thanks Roger. Here are two more from my recent trip to the Bay Area. That's about all I have for now.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2094/32913141311_472148f203_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/S9qseD)Path, Early Morning, Drake's Bay (https://flic.kr/p/S9qseD) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2507/32149916644_1bdf1b4280_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QYYJ8E)Lighthouse, Point Reyes (https://flic.kr/p/QYYJ8E) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Merg Ross]

Bridges, Burlington, Ontario, CANADA, 2008

161906

[Gary Tarbert]

Another one from the XPan:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2797/33058612525_6963252cc2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Snh2L2)The Point Reyes, Tomales Bay, 2017 (https://flic.kr/p/Snh2L2) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr Another nice one Austin , This boat looks like i could have been the skipper:)

[Gary Tarbert]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/580/22113261262_bb0607eec2_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zG5fad)street cafe (https://flic.kr/p/zG5fad) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr Busy outdoor restaurant in Fremantle area , It does not take much rain for us West Australians to duck for cover

[Scott Schroeder]

Thompson's Yucca

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2948.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Closed Canyon Big Bend

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2892.jpg

[Scott Schroeder]

Big bend ranch state Park. Lower shutup

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170201_143121.jpg

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3918/32799241180_28895a8031_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RYmFGh)In a Church, Oysterville, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/RYmFGh) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3886/32796779340_b5e8c9e3af_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RY94SL)In a Church, Oysterville, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/RY94SL) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Pali K]

Such impressive portfolio of xpan work here Austin. Love everything you have been posting from this camera.

Pali

[Gary Tarbert]

Such impressive portfolio of xpan work here Austin. Love everything you have been posting from this camera.

Pali+1

[Jmarmck]

Love the piano photo Austin.

[Scott Schroeder]

Another one from the lower shutup

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170201_142801.jpg

[jp]

Another one from the lower shutup


Oh Yeah! I like this sort of thing.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2017-03-150.jpg
Study in Chiaroscuro, March 2017
Sony A7RII, 75mm Color Heliar

[Leszek Vogt]

Ken, please don't say that this is the 43-86 paper weight :>)

Les

[Ken Lee]

Ken, please don't say that this is the 43-86 paper weight :>)

Les

You're close ! It's the 35-105. I got it in 1984. Here's a recent shot made with it.

I appreciate the convenience of zooms but not their soft corners and variable distortion.

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2017-02-027.jpg

[austin granger]

Thanks Gary, Pali, Marty!

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/761/33071858981_06cd5d501a_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SorVtc)Along the Waterfront, Astoria, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/SorVtc) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[David Hedley]

I'm interested in your still life & close up images, Ken. There's a considered sense of contemplation and introspection, accentuated by the soft greys of the tonal palette which is consistently drawn; different tones would have a markedly different effect on the viewer. I spend hours looking at Steichen's photographs, and other similar photographers - Walter Peterhans' photograph of a champagne glass has long fascinated me, for example. Please keep your photographs coming.

[HiHoSilver]

Scott & Austin - just punishing good.

[Scott Schroeder]

Thanks!

The mouth of Closed Canyon, Big Bend Ranch State Park

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2889.jpg

[chassis]

Great one Austin. Great use of the format and again good tonality.

[Ken Lee]

I'm interested in your still life & close up images, Ken. There's a considered sense of contemplation and introspection, accentuated by the soft greys of the tonal palette which is consistently drawn; different tones would have a markedly different effect on the viewer. I spend hours looking at Steichen's photographs, and other similar photographers - Walter Peterhans' photograph of a champagne glass has long fascinated me, for example. Please keep your photographs coming.

Thank you very much.


http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2017-03-276.jpg
Door and Oil Painting by George Carpenter, March 2017
Sony A7RII, 75mm Color Heliar

[austin granger]

Thanks HiHo, chassis.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/755/32396575673_d524b0a686_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RmLVgx)Along the Waterfront, Astoria, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/RmLVgx) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

S7, ps

Last light big bend

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170129_181747.jpg

[stawastawa]

Is something different with this last one scott? I do not like the sharpening on it. very harsh.

[Scott Schroeder]

It's probably the horizon line artifact from sharpening and jpg compression.

[jon.oman]

Thanks HiHo, chassis.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/755/32396575673_d524b0a686_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RmLVgx)Along the Waterfront, Astoria, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/RmLVgx) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Wonderful image!

[Scott Schroeder]

Big bend ranch state Park

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170203_163057.jpg

[stawastawa]

It's probably the horizon line artifact from sharpening and jpg compression.

yea, but I alsonotice it at the sharp shadow transition in the hills in the foreground.

ah well, Big bend ranch state Park is very nice. Makes me feel ready to hike up that hill!

[tuco]

Austin and Scott such inspirational work.

[Scott Schroeder]

Thanks tuco.

Cholla, big bend

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2925.jpg

[dpn]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3758/32473180814_46e817d79e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RtxxiQ)
Liquid Light & Dragonfly (https://flic.kr/p/RtxxiQ) by Iggy Bug (https://www.flickr.com/photos/iggybugsac/), on Flickr

I like how this turned out. Playing with color for a (digital) color photography class. I floated a dead dragonfly from my insect collection on a liquid light (colored oil and water over a light panel) setup.

[Corran]

Very nice, and different.

[stawastawa]

very creative and different dragonfly image. looks like could be shot against the sun on an alien planet.
I like the blobs of light colored (liquid?) just above the dragon fly, I think they make the dragonfly seem in motion.

[David Hedley]

Forest stream, Himmelried
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3707/33250567235_da161bc1c9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SEeRcZ)
Hasselblad H2, 80mm, Phase One P45+

[Gary Tarbert]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2909/32505949823_7d2aed8bfb_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RwruoK)door (https://flic.kr/p/RwruoK) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr Sigma dp 2 quattro , Old deserted beach shack

[Gary Tarbert]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3758/32473180814_46e817d79e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RtxxiQ)
Liquid Light & Dragonfly (https://flic.kr/p/RtxxiQ) by Iggy Bug (https://www.flickr.com/photos/iggybugsac/), on Flickr

I like how this turned out. Playing with color for a (digital) color photography class. I floated a dead dragonfly from my insect collection on a liquid light (colored oil and water over a light panel) setup. Really cool

[Gary Tarbert]

Thanks tuco.

Cholla, big bend

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2925.jpgLike the lighting on this one a lot

[Gary Tarbert]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/757/32477353404_7c87ffd004_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RtUVF3)sunning (https://flic.kr/p/RtUVF3) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr This is a dragonfly at the other end of its life span , Just hatched from the nymph and sunning itself to warm up

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2017-03-156.jpg
Just Before Sunrise, March 2017
Sony A7RII, 75mm Color Heliar

[Scott Schroeder]

Oso Canyon, Big Bend Ranch State Park
S7., PS

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98_20170203_112335.jpg

[Jmarmck]

That is a keeper Ken!

[austin granger]

Thanks jon, tuco.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2824/33308543895_b4ab1d1bea_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SKmZDz)Trailer, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/SKmZDz) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[stawastawa]

"There's the Picture!" ;)
very neat glow in the dark woods. stories waiting to be told.

[austin granger]

Yes, that's the one. I like pictures where the viewer has to imagine what the story is. That way the photo becomes a kind of collaboration.

It was good to meet you face to face the other night. I'm glad I went.

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2883.jpg

[chassis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/570/32536461843_386c81c469_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Rz8Sy4)
Dried flowers (https://flic.kr/p/Rz8Sy4) by Wilmarco Imaging (https://www.flickr.com/photos/65283600@N07/), on Flickr
Canon FX
Canon 50/1.8 FL
Kodak Portra 800

[Scott Schroeder]

I really like the colors. Those reds are spectacular. Nice lighting too.

[chassis]

Thanks Scott. Portra is great stuff. One strobe in a medium sized softbox.

[DennisD]

Dried flowers
Canon FX
Canon 50/1.8 FL
Kodak Portra 800

Really well done !
Nice composition, chassis.

[Gary Tarbert]

Thanks jon, tuco.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2824/33308543895_b4ab1d1bea_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SKmZDz)Trailer, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/SKmZDz) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on FlickrThe retro style caravan really sets this off , Wonderful shot!!

[Scott Schroeder]

Yucca, Big bend
http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2942.jpg

[Pali K]

Gorgeous image Chassis.

Pali

[chassis]

Thanks Pali, it was fun to use the old Canon, it hasn't produced an image in a long while.

Thanks Dennis.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/2017-03-358.jpg
Interior, March 2017
Sony A7RII, 75mm Color Heliar

[Gary Tarbert]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2811/32990801190_3644e6f181_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SghtP5)moon dune (https://flic.kr/p/SghtP5) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr sigma quattro d2

[Pali K]

Ken - amazing! I really respect how you "see" these images in simple scenes.

Gary - this is really beautiful!

Pali

[austin granger]

With their unusual composition, diagonal lines and nice soft light, it seems to me that Ken and Gary's pictures go very well together! They're both beautiful and unique.

[Gary Tarbert]

Thanks Pali & Austin , Funny you should mention it i thought the tones in Ken's image complimented mine well after i posted ,The window light set's your image off so well Ken was going to comment last night but was getting the hurry up from my wife , The old how much time are you going to be on that computer nag

[goamules]

Elmar 50mm Flagstaff Signs, got a whole series this morning.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2812/33230611412_2edfc64db8_c.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2837/33386421545_a1e6698bfd_c.jpg

[DennisD]

-

Garrett, great color and theme.

------------------------------------------------

Beautiful image, Gary


https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2811/32990801190_3644e6f181_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SghtP5)moon dune (https://flic.kr/p/SghtP5) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr sigma quattro d2

[Scott Schroeder]

That is spectacular Gary. All around cool.

[Gary Tarbert]

Thanks Scott and Dennis , Glad you like it

[Ken Lee]

Thanks Pali & Austin , Funny you should mention it i thought the tones in Ken's image complimented mine well after i posted ,The window light set's your image off so well Ken was going to comment last night but was getting the hurry up from my wife , The old how much time are you going to be on that computer nag

Great minds think alike... especially wives !

[goamules]

Thanks Dennis.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3923/33386420965_2bf6776b28_c.jpg

[Peter Lewin]

Gary T: Loved your Moon-Dune shot immediately! One question: there seems to be a round object more or less dead center of picture on the horizon - any idea what it is?

[Gary Tarbert]

Hi Peter thanks , It is a cloud on the horizon the cloud formations into the evening changed to the more round fluffy types(cumulus i think they call them )spelling may be sus, And this was the first of them raising it's head .Could have photo shoped out but only looks weird on this smaller presentation

[Ken Lee]

Hi Peter thanks , It is a cloud on the horizon the cloud formations into the evening changed to the more round fluffy types(cumulus i think they call them )spelling may be sus, And this was the first of them raising it's head .Could have photo shoped out but only looks weird on this smaller presentation

For what it's worth, I found it distracting also.

[austin granger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2921/33140174002_58debed42b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Suu49o)Latourell Falls, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/Suu49o) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Pali K]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/757/32561314924_99d3400876_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RBkfvs)
Flower Macro (https://flic.kr/p/RBkfvs) by Pali K (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palikalsi/), on Flickr

Canon 5D MKII | 50 MM 1.8
EF25 Extension Tube

Pali

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2638.jpg

[Gary Tarbert]

For what it's worth, I found it distracting also.I agree i would not print it without removing , But for photo sharing on flikr etc i don't usually fuss as much as for printing .https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2811/32990801190_f6f62186a3_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SghtP5)moon dune (https://flic.kr/p/SghtP5) by Gary Tarbert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130456595@N06/), on Flickr But fixed anyway

[Pali K]

1st time shooting macro on 35mm Film


https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/600/33367197096_1dce7fa143_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SQxBcE)
Flower Macro on Film (https://flic.kr/p/SQxBcE) by Pali K (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palikalsi/), on Flickr

Canon EOS 1VHS | 50MM 1.8 | EF25 Extension Tube
Kodak Portra 160 Processed in JOBO CPP2 with Tetenal C41
Heidelberg Tango PMT Drumscan


Pali

[jon.oman]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2921/33140174002_58debed42b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Suu49o)Latourell Falls, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/Suu49o) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Very nice!

[Corran]

Nice flowers Pali! And Austin, I love everything you're shooting with the XPan. Gary, I like the dune shot. Moon seems oddly large, maybe it's just the perspective and my unfamiliarity with dunes?

Here's a somewhat abstract image of a dam I shot on a little evening walk yesterday. Nikon SP 2005, 50mm f/1.4 Millennium, Portra 160VC:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/spe-6337ss.jpg

[chassis]

That is great Bryan. Nice Portra palette and interesting composition.

[Pali K]

Thank you Bryan and a really nice image yourself. I completely agree with Chassis, excellent demonstration of the Portra palette that works so well in this image. To keep on the Portra theme, here are two more scans from the same roll.


https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3760/33427156155_4316cac6a8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SVQUWx)
Flower Macro on Film (https://flic.kr/p/SVQUWx) by Pali K (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palikalsi/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3830/33427190305_7dce6b1e58_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SVR66k)
Flower Macro on Film (https://flic.kr/p/SVR66k) by Pali K (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palikalsi/), on Flickr

Canon EOS 1VHS | 50MM 1.8 | EF25 Extension Tube
Kodak Portra 160 Processed in JOBO CPP2 with Tetenal C41
Heidelberg Tango PMT Drumscan

Pali

[Corran]

Thanks to you both. Pali, definitely like the tone and color on your latest Portra images compared to the earlier 5D3 image.

[Gary Tarbert]

Portra does have a very natural palette ,and suits this subject very well Pali , Like your abstract as well Corran , in answer to your question The only thing that may have made the moon look a little bigger is it is not a wide angle shot and it has been cropped a bit , Other than that don't know , Thanks for your comment

[austin granger]

Thanks Jon.

Thanks Bryan. That dam photo is great!

Here's another one from the XPan. I took this while driving. Don't do as I do kids! :-)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/601/33439980625_388b6128ba_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SWYDd6)Workmen, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/SWYDd6) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

http://schroederworks.com/files/gimgs/98__MG_2698.jpg

[Pali K]

Thank you again Bryan and thank you Gary. Here are few more again from the same roll of film.


https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/658/33061702750_180fe5bcba_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SnxSnL)
Colors Meant for Portra Film (https://flic.kr/p/SnxSnL) by Pali K (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palikalsi/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2887/33404302996_481a26f63e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/STPMuy)
Evening Light and Shadows (https://flic.kr/p/STPMuy) by Pali K (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palikalsi/), on Flickr

Canon EOS 1VHS | 50MM 1.8 | EF25 Extension Tube
Kodak Portra 160 Processed in JOBO CPP2 with Tetenal C41
Heidelberg Tango Scan

Pali