Large Format Landscapes

[David Aimone]

Olana, Hudson, NY

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v24/p55102390-4.jpg

[johnmsanderson]

sweet!! that's my neck of the woods (well sorta, i'm usually in the lower Hudson Valley)

[MumbleyJoe]

Michael, Simon - Thank you!

[D-tach]

Olana, Hudson, NY

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v24/p55102390-4.jpg

Woooow... Beautifull!

[SamReeves]

I hope this isn't annoying large...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/5737484310_0d067a5940_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5737484310/)


That is one beautiful annoying large. :D Nice job.

[bbuszard]

Specular frenzy

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/5740458877_d79575db09_b.jpg

The Japanese garden in Newport News Park.

Toyo 45A
Nikkor 150mm
Ilford FP4+
Xtol 1:1

[Greg_Thomas]

Messing around with overexposed Provia 100:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5739589902_aa4dcaf766_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/5739589902/)
Untitled-4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/5739589902/) by G.E.T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/getphotos/), on Flickr

[dikaiosune01]

Bruny island tasmania.


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5730084713_a84fca80aa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dikaiosune01/5730084713/) (websize)hp5011 a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dikaiosune01/5730084713/) by dikaiosune01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/dikaiosune01/), on Flickr

[austin granger]

Last Year's Corn, Sauvie Island

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5022/5743057413_987232161f_b.jpg

www.austingranger.com
www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger

[Frank Bunnik]

A field of tulips at Goeree Overflakkee, the Netherlands. Less well known and thus much less touristic compared to the ones around Lisse & Noordwijkerhout.

Linhof MT, Schneider SA 5,6 90mm MC, 1 stop Lee grad, Fuji Velvia 50

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[austin granger]

Here's a different view of the same cornfield:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5744456332_187172f9f4_b.jpg

[Greg_Thomas]

Here's a different view of the same cornfield:



Oooh, I like this one better, I like the composition on this one along with the additional emphasis on the reflections!

[tautatis]

Chamonix 45n-2: Adox CHS ART 25: Rodinal 1:25 @ 6 minute: Unicolor Rotary Drum

[dh003i]

Chamonix 45n-2: Adox CHS ART 25: Rodinal 1:25 @ 6 minute: Unicolor Rotary Drum

I love the simplicity of this photo.

[spkennedy3000]

72mm SA, Fuji 160:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5750402708_ef548d9aa7_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/5750407268_bd10aa12ab_b.jpg

[MumbleyJoe]

SamReeves, Thanks!

Austin, Those cornfield photographs are beautiful, particularly the last one. It's nice to see a few different perspectives too.

[h2oman]

72mm SA, Fuji 160:



Wow, Simon, those are lovely. I really enjoy that sort of muted color palette.

[austin granger]

[QUOTE=Austin, Those cornfield photographs are beautiful, particularly the last one. It's nice to see a few different perspectives too.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Joe. This is one of those times where I wish I could take certain elements from each picture and create one 'Super Photo,' but I guess I'll have to settle for the two variations.

And Simon, I'm really liking those colors as well. What an extraordinary green! These are the sort of pictures that sometimes tempt me toward color.

[NicolasArg]

A very quiet morning. Toyo 45A, Schneider 210mm, Kodak Tmax 100 4x5.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/5735383673_24c7820189_z.jpg

[NicolasArg]

Wonderful uploads gentlemen.

[rjbrine]

Velvia 100 schneider 90mm

This one was shot on a recent trip to Kuaui. I always wanted to shoot a canyon.

[MumbleyJoe]

I've been out to Waimea Canyon (on Kauai) once, without large format gear, but it was really impressive. What a beautiful spot. I'd love a do-over with my large format gear as well.

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wOxQgVg1Fq8/Td7KaVHt7EI/AAAAAAAAAsA/o_iYrLRskO8/s1600/Scan-110527-0003.jpg
210mm Zone Plate, 5x7 TriX, Pyrocat HD, Where are Sam Wang's anima figures when you need them most? Go to my blog to see the 8 1/4 inch Dagor version.

[Greg_Thomas]

A couple more from Hwy 43 in central California. Handheld because we were late driving to Sacramento from LA for a graduation party. Crown Graphic, Schneider Kreuznach-Xenar 135mm, Provia 100, scanned on an Epson V700

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2139/5744699153_5f71cd07dc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/5744699153/)
Untitled-10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/5744699153/) by G.E.T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/getphotos/), on Flickr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/5744698743_5752fffff0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/5744698743/)
Untitled-8 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/5744698743/) by G.E.T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/getphotos/), on Flickr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2722/5745245934_2e0d4fcb19_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/5745245934/)
Untitled-9 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/5745245934/) by G.E.T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/getphotos/), on Flickr

[Gary Tarbert]

Hi Greg , I have noticed on all your posts you include a lot sky , Is this a style you are trying too develop ? just curious . Cheers Gary

[Struan Gray]

More figure and ground confusion, and a practical class in soil chemistry and cultural landscape spotting.



http://struangray.com/miscpics/dornie.jpg

Old Dornie, Coigach


.

[MumbleyJoe]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5762112095_1f05574126_z_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5762112095/)

Another from my recent trip to Zion. I'm reminded how hard it is to do a good scan... ugh. I swear, the slide itself looks awesome. Oh well.

(Taken from the Emerald Pools area, early morning)
Tachihara 4x5, Caltar 210, Fuji Provia 100F

[ndavid813]

I found myself on the edge of Yamanakako looking at Mt. Fuji at 5:00 AM the other morning. That doesn't happen often.

[Darren H]

Taken on Saturday on a morning drive. Ranching country around Chalk Mountain, Texas. Arca-Swiss 4x5, Nikon 210mm lens, Efke 25.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/5772601391_604e1a4152.jpg

[SMBooth]

Australian snowgum in new snow on MtStirling
4x5 scan, Kodak Ektachchrome 100+

[Greg_Thomas]

Hi Greg , I have noticed on all your posts you include a lot sky , Is this a style you are trying too develop ? just curious . Cheers Gary

Yes, just recently. I haven't posted in months due to other hobbies/home business stuff but for some of the images on that roadtrip I definitely wanted to go with the lots of sky. I don't care for it on portrait orientation but I'm liking the results on a couple of the others, particularly the partial rainbow and the overexposed farm in an earlier post.

[David Woods]

Australian snowgum in new snow on MtStirling
4x5 scan, Kodak Ektachchrome 100+

Eucalyptus pauciflora (snow gum) a beautiful Eucalypt tree, but my personal favorite in the Eucalypt family would be the white gum.

David

[Heroique]

By the time I made it up here, I felt just like this lightening-blasted, disintegrating pine.

A polarizer darkened the sky.

Usually, I’m hiking through these high-country trees by June 1st, but so much snow has fallen this season, I won’t be pitching my tent here for another month or so.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6 (w/ Marumi polarizer)
Velvia 100F Quickload
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Marshal.F]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/5766616199_0e6804d467_z.jpg

Burke & James 4x5 Press Camera
Voigtlander Anastigmat Skopar 135mm f/4.5 lens
Cheap Red Filter Hand Held
Fuji Acros 100 EI 160
f/6.3
1/25

Developed in diafine and photographed on a light table.

As soon as I took this exposure I was chased out of this field by a cow! You can read more here...
http://marshalf.blogspot.com/2011/05/well-hello-there-mr-cow-am-i-in-your.html

[Darren H]

Nice stuff here, as always.

One from New Mexico open country.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5786617225_154268664e_b.jpg

Arca-Swiss 4x5, Efke 25 processed as a chrome by dr5

[Corran]

My first C-41 development experiment and my first scan with my new Agfa T2500 scanner. Schneider 150mm APO with a Toyo GII

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/0001.jpg

[redondojose]

Incredible photograph.

[brchambe]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/5766616199_0e6804d467_z.jpg

Burke & James 4x5 Press Camera
Voigtlander Anastigmat Skopar 135mm f/4.5 lens
Cheap Red Filter Hand Held
Fuji Acros 100 EI 160
f/6.3
1/25

Developed in diafine and photographed on a light table.

As soon as I took this exposure I was chased out of this field by a cow! You can read more here...
http://marshalf.blogspot.com/2011/05/well-hello-there-mr-cow-am-i-in-your.html

Marshal, stunning photo.

Brian

[deatojef]

Here are a couple of humble submissions from last year.

http://www.theluminousphoto.com/webpostings/Colorado-National-Monument-July2010.jpg
Colorado National Monument, from last summer.
Wehman 8x10
Nikon 150mm SW f/8
Fuji Velvia 100



http://www.theluminousphoto.com/webpostings/Independence-Cabin-Sept2010.jpg
Independence ghost town in Colorado from last fall.
Wehman 8x10
Nikon 150mm SW f/8
Kodak Tmax100


-Jeff

[msk2193]

Here are a couple of humble submissions from last year.

Independence ghost town in Colorado from last fall.
Wehman 8x10
Nikon 150mm SW f/8
Kodak Tmax100


-Jeff


Jeff, both wodnerful photos.

[SamReeves]

Jeff, both wodnerful photos.

Agreed! Nice placement of your scenes Jeff.

[David Hedley]

Brandlammhorn and the Grimselsee
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2359/5796273183_7f5c84a56b_b.jpg
Sinar F, Schneider 180mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

[msk2193]

Brandlammhorn and the Grimselsee


David, this is a stunning photo.
Love that area. Used to visit often when I was at university in Lausanne!
Sad to see that we are not the only ones dealing with significant water shortages.

[David Hedley]

Thanks Michael. We also like the area around Lausanne and Lac Léman, especially villages such as Cully, where there is a great jazz festival, and the Vaud wine is excellent. Here is another from the same location as the previous photograph, but looking across the Räterichsbodensee towards the Haslital;

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/5798801055_a2b7ed5bbb_b.jpg
Sinar F, Schneider 180mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

[mdm]

Well travelled Fuji FP100C taken with a Fujinon 300 C. Lake Te Anau. Seems to get a red colour shift in the highlights on long exposures. 7 seconds at f64. I love it the way it is because that is the way it is. A tiny little jem with fingerprints and dust all over it.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LfMcz_0j3so/TesgEEaFIWI/AAAAAAAAAsc/9pKSVYrfXW0/s1600/Untitled.jpg

[David Aimone]

Just returned from a week on Monhegan island off the coast of Maine. From the first few developed, here's a soft focus landscape using a small meniscus lens from mr. Galli:

http://img-d.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v19/p90754947-5.jpg

4x5 Efke 25 Pyrocat mc

[David Aimone]

Two more, each of Pulpit Rock: both Efke25 in Pyrocat-MC

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v25/p275294969-5.jpg

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v26/p249250652-5.jpg

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P5QWp3gG9mk/TewtWZlLZkI/AAAAAAAAAs8/HU9PSPdxCAM/s1600/Scan-110606-0005.jpg

[MumbleyJoe]

David and David, great work (both of you!).

[mdm]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XKYXx4rYEHc/TexraFe9HzI/AAAAAAAAAtc/6bf_ZYPkcQw/s1600/Scan-110606-0009.jpg
Fog on the Waiau river. Sadly this negative has a light leak on the LHS and more dust than I have seen in ages. Greg, this is your 300mm Fujinon C, stunner.

[MumbleyJoe]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2360/5804738781_4fe66c4ea5_z_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5804738781/in/photostream)

One of my favorite photographs from Zion National Park, about a month ago. I was worried about shooting into the sun, but I'm very happy with the results (though I hate the JPGs).

Tachihara 4x5, Caltar 210, Fuji Velvia 50

[GabrielSeri]

Joshua Tree

Toyo 45A Rodenstock Grandagon 90mm F/6.8

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/elefante.jpg

[David Aimone]

Thanks, MJ!


David and David, great work (both of you!).

[Roger Thoms]

Nice stuff here, as always.

One from New Mexico open country.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5786617225_154268664e_b.jpg

Arca-Swiss 4x5, Efke 25 processed as a chrome by dr5

Nice, especially the sky, the clouds are gorgeous.

Roger

[David Hedley]

Grimsel pass
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5080/5812561042_abfe04afa2_b.jpg
Sinar F, Schneider 180mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

[Richard M. Coda]

Grimsel pass
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5080/5812561042_abfe04afa2_b.jpg
Sinar F, Schneider 180mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

Wow! Beautiful! I'd love to have one of these ;)

[Ken Lee]

Joshua Tree

Toyo 45A Rodenstock Grandagon 90mm F/6.8

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/elefante.jpg

Perhaps it's a monitor issue (I'm at work) but I think this is an excellent image - except that the contrast is a bit excessive for my personal taste.

I would love to see a version with greater detail in the clouds and shadows. Not an easy task of course. What are you doing to control contrast ?

[GabrielSeri]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the compliment. What I did to print this image was first put a 0 filter in the enlarger and make test prints to get the highlight detail and then put a 4 filter to get the shadows with test prints. I then printed with the 0 filter the required time and then with the 4 filter. I could also use selectol to bring down the contrast.

I still need to work on developing with the 2 stop bath to rein in my highlights. I'm using rodinal 1:50.

The sun in Joshua Tree is pretty harsh, so my highlights are almost blown out. Any suggestions? It looks pretty good on my monitor but I know it could be better so you are most likely seeing my error as well. The main area that I would have liked to improve would be the "elephant trunk" area that is right next to the whitest cloud. See example.

Thanks,

Gabriel

P.S. I just lowered the levels in photoshop so there is more detail in the highlight I think.

http://www.silverpiscis.com/Photography/elephant_fixed.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

Grimsel pass
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5080/5812561042_abfe04afa2_b.jpg
Sinar F, Schneider 180mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

Nice shot,,, check out that figure in the water down on the right and to the far bank..

Blow that up and see what it is ! I think you might have got a Sasquach washing his hands..!

[Ken Lee]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the compliment. What I did to print this image was first put a 0 filter in the enlarger and make test prints to get the highlight detail and then put a 4 filter to get the shadows with test prints. I then printed with the 0 filter the required time and then with the 4 filter. I could also use selectol to bring down the contrast.

I still need to work on developing with the 2 stop bath to rein in my highlights. I'm using rodinal 1:50.

The sun in Joshua Tree is pretty harsh, so my highlights are almost blown out. Any suggestions? It looks pretty good on my monitor but I know it could be better so you are most likely seeing my error as well. The main area that I would have liked to improve would be the "elephant trunk" area that is right next to the whitest cloud. See example.

P.S. I just lowered the levels in photoshop so there is more detail in the highlight I think.

If you're making the print in the darkroom, then it should be fairly easy to burn in the areas you like, using the contrast filters of your choice (if you use a multicontrast paper).

I like the adjusted version: the sunlit stone feels less "bleached out". The distant white clouds look a bit too close to pure white for my taste - but that's me. (I rarely have things in my images that are pure white, because most objects that we see have some amount of texture.)

The subject is a challenging one of course - but I am certain that with a more robust form of contrast control, you could easily encompass the entire range and print on Number 2 paper or its equivalent.

I prefer Divided Pyrocat for this sort of thing: you'd end up having to add contrast to this scene, rather than soften it, believe it or not. Other people like stand development, water bath development, etc.

To me, Divided Pyrocat is a no-brainer: time and temperature are almost irrelevant: the image just comes out in a few minutes and you're done. I've talked about it enough on this forum, and don't want to sound like a broken record. :)

[sly]

FWIW, rooster - I like the first one better, the second looks too flat for me. Personal taste? monitor issue? photoshop issue? If you're not happy with your print, keep working on it.

[jp]

First one looks best to me. I don't like things blown out, and your it's not, if you look at the right angle at your screen.

Compositionwise, the more I look at it, the more I like it. The view under the arch looks like a reflection in a puddle to me, which is pretty cool. Lots of nice shapes, angles, light and dark.

[Cor]

First one gets the vote from me too, judged on my system, that is...

Best,

Cor

[h2oman]

What I'm about to say is purely opinion. Additionally, I'd like to thank Ken for stepping up and discussing aesthetics with contributors to the image forum, even though I'm about to disagree with him. It would be easy as a moderator to limit oneself to refereeing things like the never-ending debate about what constitutes large format! :D

I also prefer the first version. I think it agrees with the subject in two ways. First, the light in a place like Joshua Tree IS harsh and contrasty, even with the ability of our eyes and brains to process scenes with high dynamic range. The subject matter is also very hard and unyielding. Because of these two things, I think that the first versio is more true to the subject and its geographical location.

[Ken Lee]

Thanks - I think there's a lot more room here for discussion about aesthetics. After all, we choose Large Format tools largely because of the beauty and fidelity of the images they can produce. So while equipment is an important part of the chain, the end of the chain is often aesthetics.

With a calibrated system, discussing the subtleties of prints over the web is certainly doable. That will certainly spur some to disagree :)

[Kirk Gittings]

Yeah, I prefer the first version too. The tones are just more lively without going to far.

[Scratched Glass]

Great photograph ElRooster. I like the one with greater contrast better, but they are both very good.

[SamReeves]

Grimsel pass
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5080/5812561042_abfe04afa2_b.jpg
Sinar F, Schneider 180mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

Love it! I want to go for a drive right now. :)

[Brian Ellis]

Perhaps it's a monitor issue (I'm at work) but I think this is an excellent image - except that the contrast is a bit excessive for my personal taste.

I would love to see a version with greater detail in the clouds and shadows. Not an easy task of course. What are you doing to control contrast ?

I'm surprised that Ken finds it too contrasty, I find the first version a little too flat. And the second version only makes it flatter (and worse IMHO). It's such a fine photograph I took the liberty of seeing how I would have printed it if I had been good enough to make the photograph in the first place and this is what I came up with. Which certainly isn't to say that this is right or better, just that it is how I would have done it (ignore the sloppy sky, this was done in about ten minutes, if I were making a print I'd spend a good bit more time on the sky).

[David Hedley]

Thanks very much for your comments!


Wow! Beautiful! I'd love to have one of these ;)

I think it might make it into my next book, which is not too far from completion ;)


Nice shot,,, check out that figure in the water down on the right and to the far bank..

Blow that up and see what it is ! I think you might have got a Sasquach washing his hands..!

LOL - I hadn't seen that before!


Love it! I want to go for a drive right now. :)

In one day, you can drive through at least five wonderful high passes - Gotthard, Nufenen, Grimsel, Susten and Furka, all of which offer different landscape, lakes, mountains and glaciers. They are open only in the summer, and are a favourite of bikers from all over Europe. I took these last weekend (Ascension Day holiday) and next Monday is another public holiday so we might head down to that area again for some more hiking and driving.

[cjbroadbent]

David, High standard every post!

[GabrielSeri]

Thank you for the comments and compliments. I think I will try to print the arch a little darker and bring out more detail in the rocks below and compare. I have been calling this picture "Elephant Rock" but I think it is just named Archrock in Joshua Tree.
It's true that the desert light is harsh but I also believe that within our technique we can achieve better tones. It's interesting to see different views on the image and even a different way to print it. I feel like I was in a classroom again, Mr. Lee's photo 101! :D

[David Aimone]

Near Gull Rock, Monhegan, Maine

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v24/p769928872-5.jpg

[GabrielSeri]

From another angle of the Arch. Joshua Tree.

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/elephant2.jpg

[RmFrase]

Castalon Peak - Big Bend National Park Texas
I had forgotten about this portrait oriented negative. :(

Shen-Hao 4x5
Orange Filter
Kodak T-Max 100 ISO
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/5826444690_9eacf041ee_b.jpg


-Robert

[Sirius Glass]

Castalon Peak - Big Bend National Park Texas
I had forgotten about this portrait oriented negative. :(

Shen-Hao 4x5
Orange Filter
Kodak T-Max 100 ISO
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/5826444690_9eacf041ee_b.jpg


-Robert

I really like it!

Steve

[RmFrase]

I really like it!

Steve

Thanks Steve!

[RmFrase]

Castalon Peak - Big Bend National Park Texas

Mot sure which of the two images is better. Your thoughts/suggestions?

Shen-Hao 4x5
Orange Filter
Kodak T-Max 100 ISO
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR




http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5320143176_ffa8385a48_b.jpg


-Robert

[Vaughn]

I particularily like the horizontal. The ocatillo (sp?) on the right is a stronger element compositionally than in the vert image. I also like the way the cactus shoots out of the frame on the top and right -- it gives a better sense of presence of the cactus in the landscape...not contained within any frame.

The band of sunlit rocks in the middle become a form of their own in the horizontal image, where they almost become clutter in the vertical. As their own form, those rocks can now work well with the form of the mountain.

Dramatic light!

Vaughn

[David Hedley]

Saashörner and the Geretalhttp://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5825828944_1764b7600c_b.jpg
Sinar F, Fujinon 90mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

[MumbleyJoe]

Another from my wanderings in Zion last month...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/5829658570_dfff3b2cc8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5829658570/)

Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150 f/5.6, Fuji Velvia 50

[deatojef]

Castalon Peak - Big Bend National Park Texas

Mot sure which of the two images is better. Your thoughts/suggestions?

Shen-Hao 4x5
Orange Filter
Kodak T-Max 100 ISO
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5320143176_ffa8385a48_b.jpg


-Robert


Wow. Really impressive, Robert. I like the horizontal image as well. Great skys, btw. What time of the year did you capture this?

Great shooting,
-Jeff

[Heroique]

Dark rain forest.

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

[David Hedley]

Nice, Heroique - a gordian knot in the forest.

[Boinzo]

Hi All. My first image post and my first frame of LF. I am pretty pleased with how this worked out for a complete noob. Shot at Girraween Nation Park in Queensland, Australia.
Would love to have some comments on how I can improve.
90mm Schneider @ F22, Efke 25 processed in Xtol 1+3 for 11 mins.

[SamReeves]

Castalon Peak - Big Bend National Park Texas
I had forgotten about this portrait oriented negative. :(

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/5826444690_9eacf041ee_b.jpg



Fantastic!! I think it works great in a vertical.

[al olson]

This is a view of the Collegiate Range from the west side of Taylor Reservoir. The negative is on Portra 160VC framed to a 2x5 panoramanic by means of 1/2 darkslide, using a 90mm Angulon on a Technika IV. The scan is from an 8x20 print that was cropped on the sides to fit the scanner format.

http://www.photo-artiste.com/images/lfformat/collegiaterange.jpg

The Taylor Reservoir is on the west side of Cottonwood Pass. State Highway 135 continues to follow the Taylor River to where the road ends at the junction in Almont. The river is very scenic with a lot of photogenic white water and on some stretches you will find rafters. For the tent and RV campers there are eight Forest Service Campgrounds between the Taylor Reservoir and Almont.

[RJC]

Castalon Peak - Big Bend National Park Texas
I had forgotten about this portrait oriented negative. :(
-Robert



Fantastic!! I think it works great in a vertical.

+1. And thank heavens you found it - it's a cracking shot ! I'd guess it wouldn't be bad in colour either.

I think the horizontal works well too but I find the dark background on the right-hand side unbalances the composition slightly.

Rob

[al olson]

This star trails view was made in Joshua Tree National Park. Again a 90 mm Angulon was used on the Technika IV. The film is HP5+, the exposure is f/11 for 15 minutes. The camera was set up in the Belle Campground. The lights in the sky to the north are from Twenty-nine Palms. The scan was made from an 11x14 print that was cropped to fit the format of the scanner.

http://www.photo-artiste.com/images/lfformat/joshuatreestartrails.jpg

I like to begin my night exposures for the last five or so minutes of nautical twilight so I have enough illumination on the horizon to discriminate the sky from the terrestrial silhouette.

[RJC]

Another from my wanderings in Zion last month...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/5829658570_dfff3b2cc8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5829658570/)

Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150 f/5.6, Fuji Velvia 50

Wow the colour of that rock is unreal - great capture !

Rob

[Sirius Glass]

This star trails view was made in Joshua Tree National Park. Again a 90 mm Angulon was used on the Technika IV. The film is HP5+, the exposure is f/11 for 15 minutes. The camera was set up in the Belle Campground. The lights in the sky to the north are from Twenty-nine Palms. The scan was made from an 11x14 print that was cropped to fit the format of the scanner.

http://www.photo-artiste.com/images/lfformat/joshuatreestartrails.jpg

I like to begin my night exposures for the last five or so minutes of nautical twilight so I have enough illumination on the horizon to discriminate the sky from the terrestrial silhouette.

What is the dotted straight line from?

Steve

[SocalAstro]

What is the dotted straight line from?

Steve


Most likely an airplane with blinking lights flying across the fov :-)

-Leon

[Ken Lee]

Another from my wanderings in Zion last month...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/5829658570_dfff3b2cc8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5829658570/)

Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150 f/5.6, Fuji Velvia 50

I'l like to see that one printed fairly large for impact.

[Heroique]

Nice, Heroique – a Gordian knot in the forest.

Thanks David – and I like your Gordian knot title, even if it brings to mind an axe!


I’d like to see that one printed fairly large for impact.

Me too, those horizontal stains make the wall feel textured – like a rippled red sand dune.

Wonderful. ;^)

[RmFrase]

Fantastic!! I think it works great in a vertical.

Thank you for your reply.

-Robert

[Jim Michael]

Robert, I think the ocatillo has a more dramatic 'reaching for the sky' effect in the vertical shot.

[Roger Thoms]

Castalon Peak - Big Bend National Park Texas

Mot sure which of the two images is better. Your thoughts/suggestions?

Shen-Hao 4x5
Orange Filter
Kodak T-Max 100 ISO
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR

-Robert

Robert, I also like the horizontal shot, it gives me a stronger sense of being actually being there.

Roger

[Vaughn]

Hi All. My first image post and my first frame of LF. I am pretty pleased with how this worked out for a complete noob. Shot at Girraween Nation Park in Queensland, Australia.
Would love to have some comments on how I can improve.
90mm Schneider @ F22, Efke 25 processed in Xtol 1+3 for 11 mins.

Looks good to me -- a composition that keeps my eye moving and exploring the image. It just all comes together well. Just keep the crocs from biting your bum and you'll be right!

[MumbleyJoe]

Wow the colour of that rock is unreal - great capture !
Rob

Thanks Rob! Down where this was taken the canyon walls were only about 50 feet apart, but close to 1000ft high. All that bounced light created a pretty magic glow at the bottom.


I'l like to see that one printed fairly large for impact.
Thanks Ken. I have limited drum scanning budget, but went ahead with one for this shot. I hope to do a larger print at some point - that tree at the bottom is sort of just 'noise' in these little JPGs, but in a large print it might actually look like a tree again.

[Ken Lee]

Thanks Ken. I have limited drum scanning budget, but went ahead with one for this shot. I hope to do a larger print at some point - that tree at the bottom is sort of just 'noise' in these little JPGs, but in a large print it might actually look like a tree again.

For my taste, 11x14 is large :) There's nothing quite like a print made with no more than 3x enlargment - except a contact print of course.

I see you have a large image hosted here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5829658570/lightbox/). Very nice.

[Vaughn]

Dark rain forest.

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

I very much like the "feel" of this image (the way tonality, subject, form, and light all come together).

I am having some difficulty reconciling the upper left corner with the rest of the image. It might work very differently as a print rather than on the screen, but my eye gets sort of sucked away into that dark corner. I keep grabbing a piece of paper and cropping out the left hand side until I get a square! Down, Vaughn! Down! :D

[RJC]

Down where this was taken the canyon walls were only about 50 feet apart, but close to 1000ft high.

Sounds approximately the same ratio as Antelope canyon which also seems to yield rich reds from the reflected light in the photos I've seen, e.g Jack Dykinga, Joe Cornish etc. However at 1000ft the Zion canyon sounds pretty spectacular, does it involve much trekking to access?

Rob

[MumbleyJoe]

For my taste, 11x14 is large :) There's nothing quite like a print made with no more than 3x enlargment - except a contact print of course.

I see you have a large image hosted here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5829658570/lightbox/). Very nice.

I've never printed larger than 16x20 (oops, okay, I did once) but I'm tempted to try a 16x20 or possibly a little larger with this (and another I posted a few pages back). But, an 11x14 is more of a sure bet for me - that's become my go-to size recently.



Sounds approximately the same ratio as Antelope canyon which also seems to yield rich reds from the reflected light in the photos I've seen, e.g Jack Dykinga, Joe Cornish etc. However at 1000ft the Zion canyon sounds pretty spectacular, does it involve much trekking to access?

Rob

It very much reminded me of Antelope Canyon on a bigger scale, though colors didn't get as purple as they do there - but, the phenomenon is basically the same. I'm almost reluctant to point out just how easy this spot was to get to, because it was a total coincidence that I ended up there. I kind of felt like I found a little-known gem. But, I'm happy to share, really. I planned to hike the Taylor Creek trail (in Kolob Canyons) but got awestruck just up the road at the south fork instead, when I saw it in the early morning. We spotted a little unofficial trail and just started walking down it - I absolutely loved it, and it was a lovely and easy hike. It was about 1.5 miles to the end of the canyon where the walls really closed in. There was incredible scenery all along the way (some of which I recognized from 'real' photographers' work).

This was the scene that caught my eye in the morning (I love this photo, but hate how it looks online) - you can just see the trail around the bottom left. That just goes onwards to the end of the canyon, and around the bend you get the red walls that really started to glow (around noon anyway).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2360/5804738781_4fe66c4ea5_d.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5804738781/in/photostream)

/my apologies for hijacking too much of the thread - I normally post and then hide.

[David Aimone]

Monhegan island
Efke 25plm in pyrocat-mc

http://img-d.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v19/p141018203-5.jpg

[Joel Truckenbrod]

This was the scene that caught my eye in the morning (I love this photo, but hate how it looks online) - you can just see the trail around the bottom left. That just goes onwards to the end of the canyon, and around the bend you get the red walls that really started to glow (around noon anyway).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2360/5804738781_4fe66c4ea5_d.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5804738781/in/photostream)


That's pretty crackin', Tyler. I would imagine that it'd make a wonderful print; very luminous scene.

[Jim Becia]

Tyler's previous image (very nice!) is in the Kolob section of Zion and is known as the South Fork of Taylor Creek. The Middle Fork is the hike that gets the most traffic. I have been up this trail numerous times in the fall and winter. Sometimes my timing has been just right for the fall colors, and sometimes I've missed. However, it's a wonderful hike and not too many people wander up it, at least not the times I've been up there. During the fall, the right side (south) of the canyon generally stays in the shade and on a sunny day the reflected light is wonderful. Here are a couple of images that (hopefully) show some of the warm reflected light in this area. For those of you who have not spent much time in the Kolob section, you are missing out on a wonderful area. Jim

[MumbleyJoe]

Jim, I was just looking through your website yesterday and saw those photos - I was wondering if it was the same spot - beautiful work!

And your description is spot-on. My intent was to hike the better-known middle fork - I didn't know there was a trail for the lower fork until we spotted it. Personally, this was my favorite spot in all of Zion. I think we timed it just right for the reflected light (entirely by chance)

[Drew Wiley]

That spot on the Kolob rd does get some interesting fall color. I pulled over at that exact spot once when rain gave the fall colors a special ambiance and added some cloudly atmosphere to the cliffs, but got hassled big time by a young ranger who wanted to see all kinds of ID and permits - never did figure that thing out, but they went on their way once they had run out of options to hassle me. Should have complained at the head office, but didn't want to waste any time on an otherwise very
enjoyable trip. Got to see some flashflooding down some of the sandstone slots here
and there, which added some lovely temporary color to the stone. The hike down into
the canyon toward Kolob Arch and so forth is exceptionally nice, but I recommend an
overnite backpack for it. Was kept awake most of the nite by an ambitious ringtail trying to get into my pack, so I used the pack for a pillow, and the little guy started
crawling over me to get to it. I'd turn on my flashlight and see his huge eyes staring right in mine.

[SocalAstro]

Beautiful colors Jim; The symmetry of the second one speaks more to me but I'd be happy if I'd captured either one :-)

Cheers,
Leon


Tyler's previous image (very nice!) is in the Kolob section of Zion and is known as the South Fork of Taylor Creek. The Middle Fork is the hike that gets the most traffic. I have been up this trail numerous times in the fall and winter. Sometimes my timing has been just right for the fall colors, and sometimes I've missed. However, it's a wonderful hike and not too many people wander up it, at least not the times I've been up there. During the fall, the right side (south) of the canyon generally stays in the shade and on a sunny day the reflected light is wonderful. Here are a couple of images that (hopefully) show some of the warm reflected light in this area. For those of you who have not spent much time in the Kolob section, you are missing out on a wonderful area. Jim

[spkennedy3000]

Fuji 160 NS, Toyo VX-125b, Schneider 72mm Super Angulon.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/5841749259_d32edf1bba_b.jpg

[Michael Wynd]

Great shot Simon
Mike

[Preston]

Maple and Merced River, Yosemite, May 2011

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/666-1-Web.jpg

Tachi 4x5
135mm Fujinon (I think)
Velvia 100

I really appreciate and enjoy all the great work displayed here!

--P

[MMELVIS]

Fuji 160 NS, Toyo VX-125b, Schneider 72mm Super Angulon.



Simon, very nice work, this thread just gets better all the time. Simon I remember some images similar to your work from a manual focus website, mflenses.com by a user named spkennedy3000. Are you the same person?

[GabrielSeri]

Fuji 160 NS, Toyo VX-125b, Schneider 72mm Super Angulon.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/5841749259_d32edf1bba_b.jpg

I love this one, awesome! Images like these make me want to try color and specifically Fuji 160 NS.

[Bruce M. Herman]

Bush in lava field, Mojave National Monument
Side lighted cholla and Saguaro cacti, Saguaro National Monument, AZ

[Heroique]

Bush in lava field, Mojave National Monument
Side lighted cholla and Saguaro cacti, Saguaro National Monument, AZ

Fun desert images, Bruce.

In honor of your home state, here’s one of the Russian Orthodox in the Alaskan landscape.

Tachi 4x5
Fuji A 240mm/9
Velvia-100
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[MumbleyJoe]

Maple and Merced River, Yosemite, May 2011

Tachi 4x5
135mm Fujinon (I think)
Velvia 100

I really appreciate and enjoy all the great work displayed here!

--P

Looks great Preston - makes me wish I was back in Yosemite for this spring myself. The colors are great!

I've got another from deep down Taylor Creek Canyon in Zion National Park.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5151/5853690066_74481737fe_z_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5853690066/in/photostream)

Tachihara 4x5, Schneider S.A. 90 f/8, Fuji Velvia 50

[David Hedley]

Lovely depth of colour, Tyler. The erosion makes the cliff face look like Jacob's ladder.

Here is one from yesterday, from Cully on Lac Léman;
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5311/5853928832_2689f57a76_b.jpg
Sinar F, Fujinon 90mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

[MumbleyJoe]

Thanks David - Man, "Jacob's Ladder" would have been a way better title, particularly with the religious overtones of Zion. I can never title my photos well. :-P

Lovely black and white tones in your post. I have much to learn about B&W work. I need to get on board with a Pyro developer for my FP4+. I'm using HC110 and feel like that's not a great choice.

[Eric James]

Magical Morning...Colorado.

Beautiful image - magical indeed. (posted 4/18/11)

[Bruce M. Herman]

Heroique,

Is that the church near Nikiski? I haven't been to that church since they insisted on charging me for taking a photograph.

Bruce

[spkennedy3000]

Mike, thanks a lot, MMElvis, thanks also and yes that is me! Elrooster thanks also, go for it! I must admit though I would probably use Portra, but it is almost double the cost of Fuji 160 here...

[spkennedy3000]

Cambo Wide 580, 58mm Super Angulon, Fomapan 100:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5195/5856713982_fa3bcdddfc_b.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/5856703050_69a0f1091f_b.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5033/5856702678_2be060b07c_b.jpg

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/5855570922_8f0ff3e0ed_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5855570922/)
Black Forest, Germany (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5855570922/) by SeanGalbraith.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr
4x5, Nikkor-W 210, Fuji 160S

[Heroique]

Heroique,

Is that the church near Nikiski?

I haven't been to that church since they insisted on charging me for taking a photograph.

Bruce

I remember it’s in that region of Alaska – along the Kenai Peninsula’s western shore, looking across Cook Inlet to the Chigmit Mountains. It’s in Ninilchik – a little south of Nikiski. I remember meeting a few locals who showed me the hill-top church, and were descendents of the Russians who didn’t abandon the town when Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. They loved their little town of Ninilchik, and I did too. I should feel lucky they didn’t hit me up for a few Rubles!

[Eric James]

It's the church on the hill in Ninilchik. I believe you're on their property once you start the drive or walk to the top of the hill. There's an alternate vantage point from the bluff on the other side of the village, but you'd need a very long lens. It's also a nice spot for viewing and photographing bald and golden eagles.

[brucep]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/5813010516_458b99f822.jpg

My first attempt at 5x4 photography with an Arca Swiss Model B and agfa solinar 135mm lens which I've had to get serviced due to a sticky shutter than ruined my first attempts.

It was taken at Saltwick bay just south of Whitby (of Dracula fame) UK about 3 weeks ago.

Feel free to critique if you wish.

Regards
Bruce

[D-tach]

My first attempt at 5x4 photography with an Arca Swiss Model B and agfa solinar 135mm lens which I've had to get serviced due to a sticky shutter than ruined my first attempts.

It was taken at Saltwick bay just south of Whitby (of Dracula fame) UK about 3 weeks ago.

Feel free to critique if you wish.

Regards
Bruce

Looks like a Dali painting... Beatifull...

[scm]

http://www.utahsongwriters.com/Untitled_Panorama9.jpg
MPP 4x5/Fujinon 150mm - 4x5 Kodak Infrared

[daytona]

http://www7.xitek.com/forum/201106/1245/124527/124527_1308794577.jpgHere is Beichuan,Sichuan-China,The earthquake region in May 2008.

[Guenther]

Hello,
here my first picture in this forum. Film Fomapan 100 in Pyrocat HD

[Scott Walker]

Hello,
here my first picture in this forum. Film Fomapan 100 in Pyrocat HD

Very good start :)

[Leigh]

here my first picture in this forum. Film Fomapan 100 in Pyrocat HD
Lovely shot, and very nicely presented.

Welcome aboard. :D

- Leigh

[Donald Miller]

Hello,
here my first picture in this forum. Film Fomapan 100 in Pyrocat HD

I like this. Very nicely done.

[Duane Polcou]

Pine Creek. Zion NP, Utah.

Wista VX / Schneider Apo-Symmar 210 lens / Kodak Tri-X Pan in HC-110

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

[Guenther]

Thank you very much for your comments.
I'm just about to test a Pyrocat in rotation and this is my first good result.
Best regards
Guenther

[MumbleyJoe]

I made a quick trip to Redwoods over Memorial Day Weekend, using this thread as my primary guidance: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=60337
It was spectacular, though I had little chance to shoot. I only have a few Large Format shots, but this is my first (though technically the last I took) along Howland Hill Road (which is amazing).

http://www.tylerwestcott.com/2011Jun26/howland_hill_road_tylerwestcott.com.JPG (http://www.tylerwestcott.com/2011Jun26/)

Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150, Ilford FP4+, HC110(b)

[Ken Lee]

Lovely !

[daytona]

http://www7.xitek.com/forum/201106/1245/124527/124527_1308794577.jpgHere is Beichuan,Sichuan-China,The earthquake region in May 2008.

Here again.

Ebony SV45U2,Voiglander Collinear 15CM F12.5http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=58015&stc=1&d=1309179325

[MMELVIS]

I made a quick trip to Redwoods over Memorial Day Weekend, using this thread as my primary guidance: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=60337
It was spectacular, though I had little chance to shoot. I only have a few Large Format shots, but this is my first (though technically the last I took) along Howland Hill Road (which is amazing).



Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150, Ilford FP4+, HC110(b)

A very well done composition. The tones of the picture are very pleasant.

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

I made a quick trip to Redwoods over Memorial Day Weekend, using this thread as my primary guidance: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=60337
It was spectacular, though I had little chance to shoot. I only have a few Large Format shots, but this is my first (though technically the last I took) along Howland Hill Road (which is amazing).

http://www.tylerwestcott.com/2011Jun26/howland_hill_road_tylerwestcott.com.JPG (http://www.tylerwestcott.com/2011Jun26/)

Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150, Ilford FP4+, HC110(b)


Did you go in where Mrs. Johnson gave her dedication speech many years ago?

[Louie Powell]

I made a quick trip to Redwoods over Memorial Day Weekend, using this thread as my primary guidance: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=60337
It was spectacular, though I had little chance to shoot. I only have a few Large Format shots, but this is my first (though technically the last I took) along Howland Hill Road (which is amazing).



Really nice!

[Zaitz]

I made a quick trip to Redwoods over Memorial Day Weekend, using this thread as my primary guidance: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=60337
It was spectacular, though I had little chance to shoot. I only have a few Large Format shots, but this is my first (though technically the last I took) along Howland Hill Road (which is amazing).


Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150, Ilford FP4+, HC110(b)

Oooh some inspiration for my trip next week. Great shot!

[MumbleyJoe]

Thank you for the great feedback everyone - I appreciate it.

Kevin - I'm not exactly sure where she made that speech, so it's possible but probably not likely.

Zaitz - Enjoy redwoods! I can't praise Howland Hill Road enough - it's amazing. Definitely worth visiting.

[bbuszard]

Deep Hollow Falls

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5881448993_f98866f505_b.jpg

These are the nearest falls to Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, featuring particularly ice cold water (which my feet enjoyed immensely while I was framing the picture).

[bbuszard]

The Shenandoah mountains from the opposing Massanutten range:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5278/5881959087_7993d0533d_b.jpg

The foreground rock required f45, and I almost went all the way to f64. I considered some front tilt instead, but wanted the trees on the right of the frame to stay in focus. The proverbial rock and a hard (leafy) place.

[bbuszard]

A silhouette experiment, with a warm front approaching as the sun sets. This one caught me by surprise, and I barely had time to set up before the front moved in and blocked out the sun.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5195/5893720509_e251e5feed_b.jpg

[vitality]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tEToI7nMziY/TcvIphkJrJI/AAAAAAAAAKE/EPiL5cPsrVQ/s1600/sinar-lake-sunrise.jpg
Sinar 4x5 + Symmar-S 150mm

[JWaldinger]

one of the first few shots taken with the new portra 160.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/5898588358_16a7704d7d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinwaldinger/5898588358/)







regards,
http://www.justinwaldinger.com

[Renedage]

Love empty beaches.

[scm]

http://utahsongwriters.com/Promontory2.jpg

[Frank Bunnik]

Red and purple tulips at Goeree-Overflakkee.

Linhof MT with a Sironar N 210mm lens and a Lee 0.6 hard grad on Velvia 50 (cropped)


www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[Ken Lee]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tEToI7nMziY/TcvIphkJrJI/AAAAAAAAAKE/EPiL5cPsrVQ/s1600/sinar-lake-sunrise.jpg
Sinar 4x5 + Symmar-S 150mm

A wonderful photograph.

Have you considered it without the film edge, and with less blue ? I think it's even more beautiful that way :)

[wentbackward]

Here again.

Ebony SV45U2,Voiglander Collinear 15CM F12.5


This is totally amazing!

[jayabbas]

I fail to see any difference between landscapes taken with Large Format equipment, and anything else. It's just a lot more work with the camera, and somewhat less in the darkroom.

You need to look at a "real deal hanging on the wall 16x20 or larger silver halide photograph" made by a master photographer to appreciate L/F . 35mm will fall way short in the "wow" department. I also like looking at the old" Grossbild Technik" german large format magazines to see the stunning quality of big neg's -- that the difference.

[mdm]

I fail to see any difference between landscapes taken with Large Format equipment, and anything else. It's just a lot more work with the camera, and somewhat less in the darkroom.

You are not seeing them but a representation on a monitor.

[h2oman]

He's yanking your chain - ignore him! One of the forum curmudgeons...

[kurtdriver]

Bill's post is two and a half years old, guys.

[DJG]

Quick and dirty scan.
APX 100
Xenar 210mm

[AA3NK]

http://utahsongwriters.com/Promontory2.jpg

This is the first picture I have ever seen of anything green in that part of the country! Very nice.
Bob

[scm]

This is the first picture I have ever seen of anything green in that part of the country! Very nice.
Bob

Thank you! You are right, it's not even green like this every year and not for long when it is. Usually.

[Scratched Glass]

one of the first few shots taken with the new portra 160.

Lovely shot. If I make the switch back to color neg film it will be Portra 160

[algarzai]

this is encouraging :)
here is my first and humble contribution... i have a long way to go so please feel free to comment and critique

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5931975710_1b2b8e7f45.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/5931975710/)
AlHadba - Saudi Arabia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/5931975710/) by agarzai (http://www.flickr.com/people/algarzai/), on Flickr

[mdm]

Beautiful light and a very interesting scene. Well done.

[Jim Cole]

+1, algarzai!

[jungmen]

Nice composition!

[Randy]

My critique - the one obvious flaw is that I didn't take it.

[SocalAstro]

Very nicely done; congrats!


this is encouraging :)
here is my first and humble contribution... i have a long way to go so please feel free to comment and critique

[algarzai]

thanks guys...
this is really encouraging .. much to come then :)

[Shailendra]

Gorgeous..


this is encouraging :)
here is my first and humble contribution... i have a long way to go so please feel free to comment and critique

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5931975710_1b2b8e7f45.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/5931975710/)
AlHadba - Saudi Arabia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/5931975710/) by agarzai (http://www.flickr.com/people/algarzai/), on Flickr

[MumbleyJoe]

...what Randy said.

Great work!

[Kirk Gittings]

this is encouraging :)
here is my first and humble contribution... i have a long way to go so please feel free to comment and critique

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5931975710_1b2b8e7f45.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/5931975710/)
AlHadba - Saudi Arabia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/5931975710/) by agarzai (http://www.flickr.com/people/algarzai/), on Flickr

Superb! Stunning! Is this scanned from a negative or a print? One minor issue to work on is the slight "halo" from burning the sky over the mountains from left to about midway. If you are printing digitally it is easy to solve by working your mask at a finer level. If your doing it traditionally it is a bit harder but burning a bit further down with a really soft edge tool will smooth the transition.

[Drew Wiley]

The upright rocks look very much like what we call "tombstone schist" in the gold country of California.

[algarzai]

Superb! Stunning! Is this scanned from a negative or a print? One minor issue to work on is the slight "halo" from burning the sky over the mountains from left to about midway. If you are printing digitally it is easy to solve by working your mask at a finer level. If your doing it traditionally it is a bit harder but burning a bit further down with a really soft edge tool will smooth the transition.
thanks Kirk for your praise, and productive feedback. it is in fact a scan of the negative. the halo might have been increased due to a poor reduction technique. I have to admit thought that my photoshop skills are something to work on.. :)


The upright rocks look very much like what we call "tombstone schist" in the gold country of California.

interesting ... i've googled it.. the ones i've seen here are much smaller than the pictures i saw..

[Drew Wiley]

I can't determine the sense of scale in your shot, but the schist stones here can get to about 15 feet tall, though shorter stones are much more frequent. I like the fact that you have left them backlit and nice and dark.

[algarzai]

I can't determine the sense of scale in your shot, but the schist stones here can get to about 15 feet tall, though shorter stones are much more frequent. I like the fact that you have left them backlit and nice and dark.

the biggest in that location was about 3 meters

[mandoman7]

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-SPcSfQf/0/L/nr-Williams-2-L.jpg
nr. Williams, CA
Nikkor 90/8 w/orange. Chamonix n1, Delta 100, pmk,

[Zaitz]

Nevada Falls Yosemite. Climbed down onto the rocks and got blasted and soaked with the mist.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5257/img305mw.jpg

Crown Graphic - Caltar 75mm f6.8 @ f32 1/15sec - red filter
HP5+ @320 in Rodinal 1:50 for 10min.

I prefer the digital version I also captured.

[szadow]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img310555.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/310555)

Sunset near Dzwirzyno, Poland, Europe :)

Sinar F2 + Rodenstock Sironar-N 210mm/5.6
1 sec f64 ISO100
Film: 4x5"Fomapan 100
Dev: 10 minutes @23°C in CaffenolCM (RS) rotary procesing in Jobo CPA2plus processor
Scanned from print with Epson 4870

[David Hedley]

nr. Williams, CA
Nikkor 90/8 w/orange. Chamonix n1, Delta 100, pmk,

Very nice indeed; I do like that combination of film and developer.

[SamReeves]

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-SPcSfQf/0/L/nr-Williams-2-L.jpg
nr. Williams, CA
Nikkor 90/8 w/orange. Chamonix n1, Delta 100, pmk,



Looks great!!! I've always wanted to explore the foothills of the Sac Valley.

[mandoman7]

Thanks David and Sam. There's a lot of wonderful scenery all the way up the west side of this valley, IMO, particularly when the clouds are moving in from the coast. As is often the case, access to the right spot is a big challenge.

[Zaitz]

One of the few I got of the redwoods:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5955323316_f30d35e30e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/5955323316/in/photostream)

4x5 HP5+ @320 in Rodinal 1:50 for 10 minutes.
Crown Graphic Special - Caltar 75mm f/6.8 @f/32. Metered time of 6 seconds exposed for 36 to account for reciprocity.

[dsim]

Lovely tones, atmosphere and composition.

[Leigh]

nr. Williams, CA
Nikkor 90/8 w/orange. Chamonix n1, Delta 100, pmk,
That's absolutely lovely, John. Very nicely done.

BTW, where do you rent your clouds? I've tried a couple of local rental outfits, but they don't deliver. :rolleyes:

- Leigh

[atlcruiser]

One of the few I got of the redwoods:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5955323316_f30d35e30e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/5955323316/in/photostream)

4x5 HP5+ @320 in Rodinal 1:50 for 10 minutes.
Crown Graphic Special - Caltar 75mm f/6.8 @f/32. Metered time of 6 seconds exposed for 36 to account for reciprocity.

stunning!

[SocalAstro]

One of the few I got of the redwoods:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5955323316_f30d35e30e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/5955323316/in/photostream)

4x5 HP5+ @320 in Rodinal 1:50 for 10 minutes.
Crown Graphic Special - Caltar 75mm f/6.8 @f/32. Metered time of 6 seconds exposed for 36 to account for reciprocity.

This is REALLY nice :-) Great shot.

-Leon

[MumbleyJoe]

Well Zaitz, outstanding work - both Yosemite and Redwoods.

I shot in Yosemite last year along the mist trail but I was not as brave as you to venture down onto the rocks like that. I love the results though, truly. Kudos for not just the shot, but the effort required to get it.

The Redwoods shot is outstanding! Oh how I wish I had some fog to work with when I was there. I was just thinking of posting another shot of my own, but after seeing that I'm really reluctant, I may need to at least give it a page or two of buffer space so as to avoid comparison. It's truly outstanding! Very very well done.

My Redwoods shots have suffered from excess contrast (at least for scanning), due in part to likely taking the wrong approach to developing the negatives. I don't really know anything about developing with Rodinal - was your approach specifically tailored to mitigate the contrast (compensating, or N- for example) or was the light really as forgiving as it appears. Well, none of the technical details are all that important, it's the end result that matters, and you absolutely nailed it here - what a beautiful photograph.

[Vaughn]

Wonderful image, Zaitz! Good to see that you got to play in some fog!

MJ -- that sort of light in the redwoods is perfect for relative easy exposure and development for silver printing. Lots of contrast, but not too much. Getting the wind to stay quiet for the length of the exposure is the tough part!

I made an 11x14 image last Sunday under the redwoods -- metered f90 at 2 minutes. The film I used (Efke 100 IR) fails greatly with reciprocity, so I exposed at 8 minutes (+2 stops), and another at 16 minutes (+3 stops). The 16 minute one came out pretty nice, though even with greatly increased development, I could not get a lot of density in the higher values. Should make a fine silver gelatin print, but not enough for carbon printing (may be enough for Platinum). I should have gone for 30 minutes -- I think that would have really nailed it for me (or I could have backed down to f64, but it was a 24" lens and not a lot of DoF for the situation.

There is a little bit of movement here and there (wind from passing cars, road was only 30 feet or so away) and some small birds that land on branches and shake them.

I'll see about photographing (digital) the neg on a light table this evening and reversing it in PS and posting it. It is of a maple tree I have been working with for years.

[Zaitz]

Lovely tones, atmosphere and composition.


stunning!



This is REALLY nice :-) Great shot.

-Leon



Well Zaitz, outstanding work - both Yosemite and Redwoods.

I shot in Yosemite last year along the mist trail but I was not as brave as you to venture down onto the rocks like that. I love the results though, truly. Kudos for not just the shot, but the effort required to get it.

The Redwoods shot is outstanding! Oh how I wish I had some fog to work with when I was there. I was just thinking of posting another shot of my own, but after seeing that I'm really reluctant, I may need to at least give it a page or two of buffer space so as to avoid comparison. It's truly outstanding! Very very well done.

My Redwoods shots have suffered from excess contrast (at least for scanning), due in part to likely taking the wrong approach to developing the negatives. I don't really know anything about developing with Rodinal - was your approach specifically tailored to mitigate the contrast (compensating, or N- for example) or was the light really as forgiving as it appears. Well, none of the technical details are all that important, it's the end result that matters, and you absolutely nailed it here - what a beautiful photograph.
Wow, thanks for the nice comments! Really appreciate it. I was looking for a safe spot down to the rocks and found one. You could tell people have done it before and I was well away from the rushing water and had a relatively flat spot to set the tripod. I was fortunate to find it and get a nice view of the falls. I was impatient and should have waited a little longer than I did for some even better light but I was very hungry and only brought 1 water up (which I refilled with MTN water).

I know EXACTLY what you mean about the Redwoods. For me it was almost a nightmare to photograph in during any kind of direct light. I too was hoping for some dense fog. Most mornings had a bit but it always seemed away from where I needed it. The rest of the day was spent hiking and really busting my knees (at 23!). The bit of sky showing through the canopy gets blown out and the dark shadows at the base of trees and plants gets blocked. It was also a trying environment to compose in. Detail everywhere and I strive for simplicity.

I did try to shoot and develop most of my sunlit scenes in an attempt to reduce contrast. I don't have a lot of experience yet but knew I needed to curb it a bit. But with the fog it was already very nice. Somehow I managed to expose it nearly perfectly with the reciprocity failure. Thanks again for the comments and post your photo up! I think this may be my only 4x5 from there that I am satisfied with.

[MumbleyJoe]

"Detail everywhere and I strive for simplicity."

Boy do I hear ya! It's really a challenge to sort some order out of the 'chaos'. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But you really hit the mark here. I think in part the detail is allowed to shine in the foreground, but the fog softens it in the distance - together all of that detail doesn't become overwhelming.

And my knees are going too - I'm 33, not old, but old enough for some joints to start creaking. I did about a 12-13 mile hike down in Prairie Creek SP in Redwoods and was feeling it pretty badly by the end too. I figure as long as I'm carrying my camera it's time well spent. When my knees no longer permit me to hike, maybe THEN I'll start catching up on scanning my film and processing my images. :)

[Michael Graves]

After seeing some of these images, I was hesitant to jump in. But what the heck....

[Vaughn]

Sunlight in the Redwoods does take special treatment. Actually, that was one of the driving forces of my shifting to platinum and carbon printing -- to be able to play with that type of light after 15 years of photographing with only fog or cloud cover in the redwoods.

Vertical 4x10 -- platinum/palladium print
vertical 5x7 -- carbon print.

Sorry for the poor reproductions, but they are enough to get the idea.

[dagabel]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img310555.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/310555)

Sunset near Dzwirzyno, Poland, Europe :)

Sinar F2 + Rodenstock Sironar-N 210mm/5.6
1 sec f64 ISO100
Film: 4x5"Fomapan 100
Dev: 10 minutes @23°C in CaffenolCM (RS) rotary procesing in Jobo CPA2plus processor
Scanned from print with Epson 4870

Hi - I think this is a wonderful shot! Are you using the Caffenol CM recipe from Reinhold's site (caffenol.blogspot.com)? I've just started trying to use the same film/developer combination (substituting CL), but so far without success.

Thanks for sharing -
Duane

[Zaitz]

Wonderful image, Zaitz! Good to see that you got to play in some fog!

MJ -- that sort of light in the redwoods is perfect for relative easy exposure and development for silver printing. Lots of contrast, but not too much. Getting the wind to stay quiet for the length of the exposure is the tough part!

I made an 11x14 image last Sunday under the redwoods -- metered f90 at 2 minutes. The film I used (Efke 100 IR) fails greatly with reciprocity, so I exposed at 8 minutes (+2 stops), and another at 16 minutes (+3 stops). The 16 minute one came out pretty nice, though even with greatly increased development, I could not get a lot of density in the higher values. Should make a fine silver gelatin print, but not enough for carbon printing (may be enough for Platinum). I should have gone for 30 minutes -- I think that would have really nailed it for me (or I could have backed down to f64, but it was a 24" lens and not a lot of DoF for the situation.

There is a little bit of movement here and there (wind from passing cars, road was only 30 feet or so away) and some small birds that land on branches and shake them.

I'll see about photographing (digital) the neg on a light table this evening and reversing it in PS and posting it. It is of a maple tree I have been working with for years.
Thanks and thanks for sharing that. I thought about filling my holders with Acros for that reason!



"Detail everywhere and I strive for simplicity."

Boy do I hear ya! It's really a challenge to sort some order out of the 'chaos'. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But you really hit the mark here. I think in part the detail is allowed to shine in the foreground, but the fog softens it in the distance - together all of that detail doesn't become overwhelming.

And my knees are going too - I'm 33, not old, but old enough for some joints to start creaking. I did about a 12-13 mile hike down in Prairie Creek SP in Redwoods and was feeling it pretty badly by the end too. I figure as long as I'm carrying my camera it's time well spent. When my knees no longer permit me to hike, maybe THEN I'll start catching up on scanning my film and processing my images. :)
Wait wait wait....the miners ridge and Irvine loop? If so that also is the one that ruined me. Not thinking, I figured the James Irvine was a 4.5 mile loop and not a there and back....I was wrong. Not wanting to do the same thing back I looped it to the miners ridge. I overfilled my pack by an obscene amount and it was near 50lbs literally. All my joints about fell apart and I felt two sharp pains in my left knee the next day.

And thanks again! Seems we were there with the same goals and concepts.


Sunlight in the Redwoods does take special treatment. Actually, that was one of the driving forces of my shifting to platinum and carbon printing -- to be able to play with that type of light after 15 years of photographing with only fog or cloud cover in the redwoods.

Vertical 4x10 -- platinum/palladium print
vertical 5x7 -- carbon print.

Sorry for the poor reproductions, but they are enough to get the idea.Those are both great examples but I really like how the second one renders the light.

[Vaughn]

I am surprised you did not hitch a ride back with a tourist! My camera pack weighs 45 to 50 pounds and another 17 pounds of tripod, so I keep my hikes to about 5 miles max. Gone are the days (and knees) of 11 mile hikes with the 8x10!

It has been a long time since I did the Irvine/Miners Ridge loop -- and I did it without a camera (my pre-photo days)...just with some friends. We also went body-surfing before hiking back. We ran a lot of the last bit of trail due to the coming darkness -- and no flashlights) Ah...the good old dumb days of youth (I must have been 22 or so! -- 35 yrs ago!)

Another fine loop (and not so long) is starting out on the Irvine Trail, but take the West Ridge Trail (a unique trail that follows the ridge top), then down one of the Zig Zag Trails (a couple of them, allowing for a shorter or longer hike) to the Prairie Creek Trail and back to the headquarters.

I usually do not give fancy titles to my images, but that 5x7 is "Redwood Cathedral", just because it is.

Vaughn

[dasBlute]

lots of fine work here...
szadow: Sunset near Dzwirzyno, Poland, Europe: somehow the branch puts us in the image, really nice...
Zaitz: One of the few I got of the redwoods: marvelous soft feel to this, good feelings abound
mandoman7: nr. Williams, CA: this is so evocative of all the central valley, takin' me back

here's one from spring, in the foothills south of San Jose... 5x7 cropped

http://www.timsandstrom.com/images/new/img040.jpg

"one tree hill"

[note to self: find a way to see some of vaughn's carbon prints....]

[Shailendra]

Awesome shot...did you happen to use a gradual neutral density filter, as well?


http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img310555.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/310555)

Sunset near Dzwirzyno, Poland, Europe :)

Sinar F2 + Rodenstock Sironar-N 210mm/5.6
1 sec f64 ISO100
Film: 4x5"Fomapan 100
Dev: 10 minutes @23°C in CaffenolCM (RS) rotary procesing in Jobo CPA2plus processor
Scanned from print with Epson 4870

[Shailendra]

Brilliant work amigo....


lots of fine work here...
szadow: Sunset near Dzwirzyno, Poland, Europe: somehow the branch puts us in the image, really nice...
Zaitz: One of the few I got of the redwoods: marvelous soft feel to this, good feelings abound
mandoman7: nr. Williams, CA: this is so evocative of all the central valley, takin' me back

here's one from spring, in the foothills south of San Jose... 5x7 cropped

http://www.timsandstrom.com/images/new/img040.jpg

"one tree hill"

[note to self: find a way to see some of vaughn's carbon prints....]

[MumbleyJoe]

Wow, it's been a fine 12 hours or so for the Landscape thread!

Vaugh, I recall you mentioning how well redwoods works with the alternative processes, like carbon printing. I have a couple negatives that I would be better served to at least contact print (I have no enlarger) but just presented too much density for my scanner, at least that's my excuse. :) Really, I think I just fumbled around Redwoods awestruck, I was probably too distracted to really think about what I was doing.

Zaitz, yup - I did Miner's Ridge to Gold Bluffs Beach (we decided to hike the road, not the beach), up through Fern Canyon, and then back to the car via the James Irvine Trail. I posted my shot on flickr from the James Irvine Trail, but haven't gotten it here yet (I guess I should have just done that now, but it didn't occur to me :-P) I remember you posting in the 'locations' thread about your upcoming trip, as I had recently resurrected that thread myself for my own trip (also stayed at the Mill Creek Campground in Del Norte where I think you got a site). It's nice to see the follow up here to see what you came away with (which I am again pretty awestruck with each time I scroll past it in this thread).

dasBlute - Awesome! I feel like a broken record here, but this is another beauty of a shot. I lived in San Francisco for several years and I commuted along highway 280 every morning. I loved watching the early morning fog rolling through the oak trees all along that route, and occasionally ventured in to explore them a bit, but it was just as I was learning to operate a dSLR - I have nothing to show for it. But this is such a wonderfully familiar scene to me (not quite the same hills, but very close) - I love it.

Kudos for all these recent posts - what a treat.

[andreios]

Some really magnificent work on the last pages of this thread, my compliments to all contributors! It makes me want to dash out of the city and walk through the country and look and see (and take a picture or two, perhaps) :)

[h2oman]

Taken at a lavendar farm north of Mount Shasta, CA.

[Peter De Smidt]

Wow, it's been a fine 12 hours or so for the Landscape thread!



I agree! Very nice work.

[Shailendra]

You're on a roll, what lens you use for this one?


Taken at a lavendar farm north of Mount Shasta, CA.

[h2oman]

Thanks Shailendra. The lens is the first LF lens I ever owned, a humble second (at least) hand Sinar branded Sironar-N, 150mm. I like it - it's light and compact, was pretty inexpensive, and any deficiency in results has more to do with the user than the lens!

[NicolasArg]

Wow, been away from this thread for quite some time. Wonderful uploads.
Here is a relatively recent one. Shot with a Toyo 45a, Schneider 210mm, Kodak e100G developed in Tetenal at home.
http://db.tt/P51kzuh

[scm]

http://utahsongwriters.com/Pond.jpg

[Zaitz]

I am surprised you did not hitch a ride back with a tourist! My camera pack weighs 45 to 50 pounds and another 17 pounds of tripod, so I keep my hikes to about 5 miles max. Gone are the days (and knees) of 11 mile hikes with the 8x10!

It has been a long time since I did the Irvine/Miners Ridge loop -- and I did it without a camera (my pre-photo days)...just with some friends. We also went body-surfing before hiking back. We ran a lot of the last bit of trail due to the coming darkness -- and no flashlights) Ah...the good old dumb days of youth (I must have been 22 or so! -- 35 yrs ago!)

Another fine loop (and not so long) is starting out on the Irvine Trail, but take the West Ridge Trail (a unique trail that follows the ridge top), then down one of the Zig Zag Trails (a couple of them, allowing for a shorter or longer hike) to the Prairie Creek Trail and back to the headquarters.

I usually do not give fancy titles to my images, but that 5x7 is "Redwood Cathedral", just because it is.

Vaughn
I sat at the beach/fern parking lot for 10 minutes debating whether to ask someone but decided against it.


Wow, it's been a fine 12 hours or so for the Landscape thread!

Vaugh, I recall you mentioning how well redwoods works with the alternative processes, like carbon printing. I have a couple negatives that I would be better served to at least contact print (I have no enlarger) but just presented too much density for my scanner, at least that's my excuse. :) Really, I think I just fumbled around Redwoods awestruck, I was probably too distracted to really think about what I was doing.

Zaitz, yup - I did Miner's Ridge to Gold Bluffs Beach (we decided to hike the road, not the beach), up through Fern Canyon, and then back to the car via the James Irvine Trail. I posted my shot on flickr from the James Irvine Trail, but haven't gotten it here yet (I guess I should have just done that now, but it didn't occur to me :-P) I remember you posting in the 'locations' thread about your upcoming trip, as I had recently resurrected that thread myself for my own trip (also stayed at the Mill Creek Campground in Del Norte where I think you got a site). It's nice to see the follow up here to see what you came away with (which I am again pretty awestruck with each time I scroll past it in this thread).

dasBlute - Awesome! I feel like a broken record here, but this is another beauty of a shot. I lived in San Francisco for several years and I commuted along highway 280 every morning. I loved watching the early morning fog rolling through the oak trees all along that route, and occasionally ventured in to explore them a bit, but it was just as I was learning to operate a dSLR - I have nothing to show for it. But this is such a wonderfully familiar scene to me (not quite the same hills, but very close) - I love it.

Kudos for all these recent posts - what a treat.
I saw your Flickr and think it's a great shot. I have a similar one that didn't quite turn out because my shutter for some reason was pretty much going instant when I needed 1/2 second.

Thanks again and thanks dasBlute for the comment. Your shot is also great. Creates an atmosphere and that is something I try to do with all of my photos.

[maurits]

The Quarry at the megalithic site of Filitosa - Corsica

http://www.mauritsbollen.com/files/images/c_06.jpg

Hermagis Objectif à Portrait #6 (Petzval) on 4x5" Adox CHS 25

Maurits


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[lordvader]

So a few months ago I spent a bit of time driving around some bits of Australia, and got to "know" my 4x5 camera.

I'll be posting a few other images in the appropriate thread, but here are a few photos I took while in the Blue Mountains.

These are my first real attempts at 4x5, so any comments and/or advice will be much appreciated.

The first 2 were Velvia 50, the third was on Astia. I think they were all shot with a Nikon 210mm lens.

[spkennedy3000]

SCM - amazing, would you share how it was made?

Cambo Wide 580, Schneider 58mm, Fuji Pro 160, Wales.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5963777119_08d986853c_b.jpg



http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5964334594_6eecd0a7b2_b.jpg

[NicolasArg]

http://db.tt/G1obm8W

[MumbleyJoe]

Wow, Nicholas, that last one is beautiful!

Here's my most recent Redwoods Entry. I'm not thrilled with it, but what can you do. I liked the scene, but don't love the result. (sorry for the large size)

http://www.tylerwestcott.com/2011Jul19/james_irvine_trail_tylerwestcott.com.JPG

[NicolasArg]

Hi Tyler, thanks for the comment. I must say (and it's not a you comment me I comment you back thing) that it's difficult not to like the photo you've posted. IMO the composition is very solid, with two nice, solid, static anchoring points surrounded by natural chaos and I like the certain lack of strong contrast (I also tend to create pretty "washed" out BW).

[Zaitz]

Wow, Nicholas, that last one is beautiful!

Here's my most recent Redwoods Entry. I'm not thrilled with it, but what can you do. I liked the scene, but don't love the result. (sorry for the large size)

http://www.tylerwestcott.com/2011Jul19/james_irvine_trail_tylerwestcott.com.JPG

I like that shot and took similar one but the shutter went too fast so it's underexposed. I think you controlled the contrast well.

[Roger Cole]

http://db.tt/G1obm8W

I really like this one a lot too. Any info on the film and exposure?

Many photos seem to be dominated by the darker tones, say zones II and III. Nothing wrong with that when it suits of course and I've done plenty of those myself, but I've never found it quite as easy to get good separation of highlight values in things like this snow scene. Very well done.

[Vaughn]

...Here's my most recent Redwoods Entry...

Interesting feeling of light in this image. Well done. Perhaps one of the reasons I like it is that it is so different from how I experience the light there.

Vaughn

[Ken Lee]

Here's my most recent Redwoods Entry. I'm not thrilled with it, but what can you do. I liked the scene, but don't love the result. (sorry for the large size)

http://www.tylerwestcott.com/2011Jul19/james_irvine_trail_tylerwestcott.com.JPG

May I ask what film size you used ? This photo depends on extremely fine detail, and the jpg file doesn't look very sharp. The composition and subject are lovely and majestic, but in such soft lighting, being able to see every pine needle (the special magic of Large Format) really transforms such photos into a visual delight - as Ansel demonstrated time and again.

IMHO, forest photography is very difficult to do well. This is a subject where 8x10 film helps considerably - as Ansel has demonstrated time and again :)

Another approach is to apply sharpening, using one of the more elaborate methods that emphasizes detail but doesn't introduce too many artifacts.

[bbuszard]

Mt. Wheeler from the alpine lakes below the saddle.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/5970766500_f923256ffd_b.jpg

[NicolasArg]

I really like this one a lot too. Any info on the film and exposure?

Many photos seem to be dominated by the darker tones, say zones II and III. Nothing wrong with that when it suits of course and I've done plenty of those myself, but I've never found it quite as easy to get good separation of highlight values in things like this snow scene. Very well done.

Hello Roger, thank you for your interest.
This photo was made on Kodak Tmax100 4x5 and developed in Tmax RS
I didn't record the exact exposure settings but I'm almost sure it was f22 and 1/15.
I do remember that I placed the tree texture in Zone IV, waited for the sun to come into the scene and clicked.
I'm really impressed with Tmax latitude, I've done some tests shooting directly into the sun like in this scene and it still holds a lot of info un highlights. Actually I did a really flat scan of this neg and found that even the brightest spots on the snow have texture and detail.
For example, I have this shot on Tmax:
http://db.tt/7hL7Yg4
Pulled the holder out and shot it on E100G:
http://db.tt/xDsvE7n
I guess a really good drum scan could pull the highlight info out of the slide but it's not an easy task with a flatbed...

[Roger Cole]

Thanks Nicolas. TMY-2 is my primary film too and I agree. TMX of course has pretty much the same advantages only with even less grain. OTOH, a shoulder isn't necessarily a bad thing, it depends where it falls and how much it levels off. If it goes to horizontal then there simply isn't any separation there. But if the slope simply decreases it can still record detail where a straight line might have pushed highlights to XIII or wherever, still there but very difficult to print or requiring a lot of N- development. I never liked what minus development more than -1 or so does to midtone and shadow contrast even if it does tame the highlights.

But I do love TMY (and TMX, I just don't really need the finer grain and can use the two stops of speed) in large format. Since I don't currently print larger than 11x14 and don't even plan to print larger than 16x20 grain is pretty much a non-issue for me in 4x5, and with that combined with the low inherent grain of TMY for a 400 film it frees me to expose generously, get rich detailed shadows and still have plenty of easily printable highlight detail.

Another great film in that regard was XP2. I wish it were still available in 4x5, it would sorely tempt me to stock up on C41 chems. I have an 8x10 from 35mm XP2 hanging on my living room wall, also a snow scene, and it's virtually grainless at any reasonable viewing distance. Of course C41 gets less grainy with more exposure.

[mdm]

IMHO, forest photography is very difficult to do well. This is a subject where 8x10 film helps considerably - as Ansel has demonstrated time and again :)

Another approach is to apply sharpening, using one of the more elaborate methods that emphasizes detail but doesn't introduce too many artifacts.

In my opinion a 5x7 and a 210 Sironar S does pretty well, if their is a weak point it is scanning on a v700.

[austin granger]

Sunrise, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5971335267_16a336fa3d_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/
www.austingranger.com

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Excellent as usual, Austin.

[Leigh]

Mt. Wheeler from the alpine lakes below the saddle.
Excellent shot! Thanks. :) :cool:

- Leigh

[austin granger]

Excellent as usual, Austin.

Thanks Joel. I appreciate that.

[dupont07]

I like it, Austin. What movement did you apply?


Sunrise, Black Rock Desert, Nevada

[Roger Cole]

Sunrise, Black Rock Desert, Nevada

www.austingranger.com

Excellent. I was instantly reminded of Buzz Aldrin's words about the surface of the moon, "magnificent desolation!" with the tire tracks reminding us that humans have at least been here, amongst all the nothingness.

[NicolasArg]

Thanks Nicolas. TMY-2 is my primary film too and I agree. TMX of course has pretty much the same advantages only with even less grain. OTOH, a shoulder isn't necessarily a bad thing, it depends where it falls and how much it levels off. If it goes to horizontal then there simply isn't any separation there. But if the slope simply decreases it can still record detail where a straight line might have pushed highlights to XIII or wherever, still there but very difficult to print or requiring a lot of N- development. I never liked what minus development more than -1 or so does to midtone and shadow contrast even if it does tame the highlights.

But I do love TMY (and TMX, I just don't really need the finer grain and can use the two stops of speed) in large format. Since I don't currently print larger than 11x14 and don't even plan to print larger than 16x20 grain is pretty much a non-issue for me in 4x5, and with that combined with the low inherent grain of TMY for a 400 film it frees me to expose generously, get rich detailed shadows and still have plenty of easily printable highlight detail.

Another great film in that regard was XP2. I wish it were still available in 4x5, it would sorely tempt me to stock up on C41 chems. I have an 8x10 from 35mm XP2 hanging on my living room wall, also a snow scene, and it's virtually grainless at any reasonable viewing distance. Of course C41 gets less grainy with more exposure.

Very interesting Roger, actually it got me thinking about trying some ektar film for color, I wonder if it would be noticeably better in terms of DR.

[NicolasArg]

Sunrise, Black Rock Desert, Nevada

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/
www.austingranger.com

Shot on Mars, totally scifi.

[MumbleyJoe]

Zaitz, Vaughn, Nicolas - thanks for the feedback. Contrast was tough on this one (I wish I'd tried a proper compensating developer in the end, but I haven't yet gone down that road). I really tried to ease up on the contrast.

Ken Lee - I shot it on 4x5 FP4+, Caltar 150mm lens. There are two things I don't love about the photo, one is that there's a bit too much movement which muddies up the frame a bit (one gust of wind on a 4s exposure can spoil a shot) and the other is just the 1000px image. Even at 2x this size more of the detail starts to emerge and it doesn't look quite so jumbled, but rather into a "visual delight" to use your expression. That was what I was going for anyway - I'm sure everyone here knows the frustration of compressing a beautiful large format frame into a small JPG - sometimes it goes better than others.

My photo was sharpened as well (as always) but I think I took a gentle approach with this one because heavier sharpening wasn't looking great to me either.

Regardless - thanks again for the feedback!

[austin granger]

I like it, Austin. What movement did you apply?

Thank you. The only movement I used was a little front tilt to get everything in focus. The camera was a Deardorff 5x7 with a Fujinon 250 lens. Film was Tri-X.

As for the Black Rock Desert, it is a magnificent place indeed, and a place I love to explore and photograph. If anyone's interested, I've been putting pictures from this trip up over on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/
(see "New New Work")

Thanks again!
-Austin

[Brad Rippe]

Totally Cool Austin,
Have you gone 5 by 7 on us? (As opposed to 8 by 10)
I really like this photograph. NASA may be calling you to find out how you did this.....
-Brad

[austin granger]

Totally Cool Austin,
Have you gone 5 by 7 on us? (As opposed to 8 by 10)
I really like this photograph. NASA may be calling you to find out how you did this.....
-Brad

Thanks Brad. Yeah, after going back and forth between 4x5 and 8x10 a few times, I thought I'd mix it up a little and try 5x7. I'm liking it a lot. Actually, I have to admit, the first time I picked up a 5x7 holder, I kind of went "oooh..." It just felt 'right' somehow, familiar, like an old baseball glove or something.

Anyway, thanks again. I hope your own photographic endeavors are going well.
-Austin

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Joshua Tree

Toyo 45A Rodenstock Grandagon 90mm F/6.8

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/elefante.jpg

Fabulous....

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tEToI7nMziY/TcvIphkJrJI/AAAAAAAAAKE/EPiL5cPsrVQ/s1600/sinar-lake-sunrise.jpg
Sinar 4x5 + Symmar-S 150mm

Beautifull image.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Quick and dirty scan.
APX 100
Xenar 210mm

Great shot!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-SPcSfQf/0/L/nr-Williams-2-L.jpg
nr. Williams, CA
Nikkor 90/8 w/orange. Chamonix n1, Delta 100, pmk,



Great shot!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

One of the few I got of the redwoods:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5955323316_f30d35e30e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/5955323316/in/photostream)

4x5 HP5+ @320 in Rodinal 1:50 for 10 minutes.
Crown Graphic Special - Caltar 75mm f/6.8 @f/32. Metered time of 6 seconds exposed for 36 to account for reciprocity.

This is beautifull...I like it a lot!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Sunrise, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5971335267_16a336fa3d_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/
www.austingranger.com

Great!

[scm]

http://utahsongwriters.com/Scan-110314-0001.jpg

[bbuszard]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5978172769_ccfe4517ac_b.jpg

Acropolis, an oddly named buttress in the Wheeler cirque, Great Basin National Park. Sorry about the eye-gouging Flickr sharpening on this one. It usually isn't so painful.

[efimch]

http://www.efimch.ru/images/LJ/08(2)lj.jpg

Russia. North of Ladoga Lake. Karelia.
Camera: Chamonix 45N

[bbuszard]

Russia. North of Ladoga Lake. Karelia.
Camera: Chamonix 45N
Very nice, and quite different from any landscape I've been in. I should stare at this and put on some Sibelius.

[ypres.bass]

image

Russia. North of Ladoga Lake. Karelia.
Camera: Chamonix 45Nweeee :(
i want to Karelia too...

efimch: nice picture...

[bbuszard]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/5982477494_f991c49c1a_b.jpg

Olmsted Point in Yosemite Nat'l Park.

[MumbleyJoe]

Very nice bbuszard! I love the views from Olmsted Point, and I love the way you've pulled the scene together!

I have a couple photographs from Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada - I stopped off with friends back in May on our way to Zion. Both Tachihara 4x5 shots on Velvia 50 (color toned down slightly). I wasn't sure whether to post these with landscapes or abstracts, but they felt more at home here.


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5982266074_d7f4df6789_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5982266074/in/photostream)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5964646658_620c9a2777_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/5964646658/in/photostream)

[Corran]

Neat! I'd like to see the originals, not toned down, out of curiosity.

[Professional]

Neat! I'd like to see the originals, not toned down, out of curiosity.

+1, Let's see the real color or original without editing. :p

[bbuszard]

Very nice bbuszard! I love the views from Olmsted Point, and I love the way you've pulled the scene together!

Thanks, and nice pictures for you as well. I haven't been to Zion since the `90s, but remember that part of Utah fondly. I haven't been to this state park, though. I presume from the name that it's either very hot, very dry, very red, or all three.