Large Format Landscapes

[mdm]

Nice pix insane_jumper, what was your landing like?

[lbenac]

Chamonix Saber Xenar 150/5.6 HP5 510-Pyro Semi-stand
3 shots


http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v45/p94743914-6.jpg

[lbenac]

Not sure if it qualifies as portrai or landscape so I put one on each :rolleyes:

Chamonix Saber Xenar 150/5.6 HP5 Pyrocat HD

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s1/v46/p783706702-5.jpg


Cheers,

Luc

[EOTS]

Sculpture of Ice

Lightbox: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7132942443/in/photostream/lightbox/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8164/7132942443_ab244b1a1e_b.jpg

Toyo 45AII, Schneider Super-Symmar 110 XL

[f90]

72995

Sinar F, Nikkor 210

[jp]

Not sure if it qualifies as portrai or landscape so I put one on each :rolleyes:

Chamonix Saber Xenar 150/5.6 HP5 Pyrocat HD

Cheers,

Luc

I like it more than the previous landscape you posted. I think it's because I don't like heights. The short DOF makes you think about what's at hand, rather than what's yonder. When I'm on the edge of a rock or climbing a tower, I am comforted by dealing primarily with my immediate surroundings more than the view which might make me think, "Hey that's a long way to fall or tumble." Yet you've left enough background detail to show, "What a view, this hike was worth it." It's more story telling and communicating than a normal static f64 landscape.

[rpalm]

Luc, it has a nice 3D feel to it!

r



Not sure if it qualifies as portrai or landscape so I put one on each :rolleyes:

Chamonix Saber Xenar 150/5.6 HP5 Pyrocat HD



Cheers,

Luc

[lbenac]

Hey thnaks that was the idea - it might feels a little bit postcardy but I like it.

Cheers,

Luc



I like it more than the previous landscape you posted. I think it's because I don't like heights. The short DOF makes you think about what's at hand, rather than what's yonder. When I'm on the edge of a rock or climbing a tower, I am comforted by dealing primarily with my immediate surroundings more than the view which might make me think, "Hey that's a long way to fall or tumble." Yet you've left enough background detail to show, "What a view, this hike was worth it." It's more story telling and communicating than a normal static f64 landscape.

[lbenac]

Thanks - my wife complains that there is too much 3D where she does not want it to be - on her person :-)

Cheers,

luc


Luc, it has a nice 3D feel to it!

r

[jcoldslabs]

Banks Lake, WA
Toyo 45A, Rodenstock 210mm (or 90mm? Can't remember!), T-Max 100

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5---Banks-Lake.jpg

Jonathan

[lbenac]

Well that is what it looks like in a more fromal landscape

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v44/p634973349-4.jpg

cheers,

Luc

[Marvin d martian]

Not sure if it counts as a landscape or not.
Sandstone & Ivy. Taken on Fomapan100 developed in Caffenol.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7235/7139280207_555931c82e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/7139280207/) Sandstone & Ivy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/7139280207/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr

Mart

[Frank Petronio]

Shepherd's Horse, Eastern Utah

73082

[gilhoy]

http://gilhoy.com/prints/01.jpg

I've only been making prints for a little while now, so I'm getting comfortable and starting to have fun with it.

I can already tell I'll probably start screwing with, and becoming addicted to, alternative processes.

[Frank Petronio]

Ah chemicals....

73103731047310573106

[Nguss]

That first Porta one is pretty special.

[Frank Petronio]

From Mt. Wheeler

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[John Rodriguez]

Ah chemicals....

73103731047310573106

Nice Frank, especially the first one.

[cpercy]

Frank my votes are for #1 & #2 as favorites but all 4 are very nice.

[cpercy]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/6997799796_73e7c0d059_c.jpg

"tumbled rock outcrop", Dinosaur National Monument

Another one from my favorite place to go.

[cpercy]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/7143917635_3ac8ac602c_c.jpg

One more.

"stone flow" DNM

Maybe this one should be in the rocks section.

I might have gotten this a little muddy in the middle.
C & C always welcome

[Jess C]

Oak Creek

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=73178&d=1336255376

73178

[Jess C]

Crossing Limbs, Oak Creek

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=73179&d=1336255727

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[SergeiR]

Arguably - landscape.. Just no horizon.

Ilford 4x5 @ 400, Super-Angulon 90/8, Rodinal 1:100

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7000457866_3f20e20133_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/7000457866/)
Penitentiary hollow - 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/7000457866/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Darren H]

I know this place. Great climbing area.



Arguably - landscape.. Just no horizon.

Ilford 4x5 @ 400, Super-Angulon 90/8, Rodinal 1:100

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7000457866_3f20e20133_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/7000457866/)
Penitentiary hollow - 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/7000457866/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[SergeiR]

I know this place. Great climbing area.
aye, with all the camera gear it made for quite a hike :) Luckily i arrived way before main crowd, so i had to fight people only on the way back :)

[SamReeves]

Crossing Limbs, Oak Creek

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=73179&d=1336255727

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Frickin' gorgeous!

[Jess C]

Frickin' gorgeous!

Thank you!

[austin granger]

Badlands, Midday, Anza-Borrego Desert
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7145640689_01d3ccc6e1_c.jpg

Hotter than hell and totally silent.

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

[Darren H]

El Capitain in far west Texas. This mountain marks the dramatic end of the Guadalupe Mountains.

See more about the shot and location my blog
http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot.com/2012/05/el-capitan.html

Arca-Swiss Discovery 4x5 on Velvia 100

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5039/7003747306_78a83236e8_b.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Wow, Austin, I really like that one. The pathway leading your eye to the horizon really makes it.

Darren--quietly beautiful image.

There has been some great work here lately. I am envious, because landscapes have never been my strength. They look easy, but are definitely not.

Jonathan

[Frank Petronio]

....They look easy, but are definitely not.

Jonathan

For sure!

[Peter Yeti]

I absolutely agree with Jonathan, you guys rock! Your work and your landscape is absolutely amazing. Where I live we don't have such stunning scenery - and it's always raining.:(

Peter

[jp]

Arguably - landscape.. Just no horizon.

Ilford 4x5 @ 400, Super-Angulon 90/8, Rodinal 1:100


Reminds me of "home of a rebel sharpshooter" by Alexander Gardner

[cpercy]

Badlands, Midday, Anza-Borrego Desert
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7145640689_01d3ccc6e1_c.jpg

Hotter than hell and totally silent.

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

Thats about as inhospitable looking a place as I've ever seen.
Beautiful image in blast zone lighting.

Last time I was in the Anza-Borrego it was in August and it was 119 degrees in the shade.

[tgtaylor]

Here's one looking into Death Valley from the east side:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6803827361_59958726eb_z.jpg

This was taken a few years back during a spectacular wild flower season. On a sad note during this trip someone abandonded a beautiful Peacock who was standing at a stop sign approaching every car that stopped and looking in. It was getting dark and turning cold when I approached and I knew that the bird, standing about 3 foot or so tall (he could look directly in over the door) and I knew that he would be in trouble if no one picked him up. But I didn't have room or a place to take him so drove off. With hindsight I now regret not letting him in and driving him to a police station but I didn't think of that at the time.

Thomas

[austin granger]

Thats about as inhospitable looking a place as I've ever seen.
Beautiful image in blast zone lighting.

Last time I was in the Anza-Borrego it was in August and it was 119 degrees in the shade.

Thanks. I'm not sure what the temperature was that day, but I can tell you that it was brutal. This was one of those photos that you have to force yourself to make because it seems like the simple effort of taking off your backpack and setting up your camera (not to mention getting under the dark cloth) might just kill you.

[Vaughn]

Thanks. I'm not sure what the temperature was that day, but I can tell you that it was brutal...

This was a similar type of day -- might have been 105 to 110F. But there were some insect noise. I was a little wary of rattlesnakes, but they were probably all deep under rocks, etc.

Branches
Dry Falls, Washington

4x10 carbon print

[David Lobato]

More celestial than landscape, but I thought it best to post here.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Star%20Trails%20copy.jpg

Toyo 45A, 90mm f4.5 Nikkor, Tri-X, exposure for a few hours, can't recall exactly how long it was.

[z_photo]

looks like about 30 degrees (=2 hours)

[cpercy]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7162331294_6ab809ee07_c.jpg

Austin another "Badlands" I've been to this one in South Dakota

Also a good place to fry some brain cells at noon in the middle of July.
But ya gotta love that midday blast zone lighting in places like this.

[John Rodriguez]

Oak in Late Afternoon Light
Briones Regional Park
Caltar 90mm f/6.8, Portra 400

http://images.us.viewbook.com/f9d9d96ab7b44f5288417b224c0ed749.jpg

[Vaughn]

Lovely, John.

Beautiful light and composition, as well as color.

[John Rodriguez]

Thanks Vaughn

[Darren H]

Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park, Texas

Taken on Velvia 100F with my Arca-Swiss Discovery 4x5.

See the story behind the image and more about this location on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot.com/2012/05/santa-elena-canyon.html73384

[Darren H]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7162331294_6ab809ee07_c.jpg

Austin another "Badlands" I've been to this one in South Dakota

.

Great shot of an underphotographed locale.

[Vaughn]

Thanks Vaughn

No, thank you -- everything about the image is just so right.

[cpercy]

Great shot of an underphotographed locale.

Thanks Darren, its a fun place to visit and you can walk for 10's of miles out into those plains.

[David Lobato]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7162331294_6ab809ee07_c.jpg

Austin another "Badlands" I've been to this one in South Dakota

Also a good place to fry some brain cells at noon in the middle of July.
But ya gotta love that midday blast zone lighting in places like this.

Hard to find the right word for this one, mesmerizing perhaps. Glad you endured the heat and the loss of a few brain cells. This shot was worth it.

[BetterSense]

I also like the Oak Tree, and it's a rare color photograph which I like this way.

[austin granger]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7162331294_6ab809ee07_c.jpg

Austin another "Badlands" I've been to this one in South Dakota

Also a good place to fry some brain cells at noon in the middle of July.
But ya gotta love that midday blast zone lighting in places like this.

That's fantastic! I've always wanted to go there and now I want to even more. Really good picture.

[austin granger]

Oak in Late Afternoon Light Nice composition John, and I really like the warmth. My grandparents lived in Walnut Creek and I remember my Grandfather taking me on a hikes around there when I was a kid. Anyway, your picture feels very 'Californian' to me.

[lbenac]

Austin another "Badlands" I've been to this one in South Dakota

Also a good place to fry some brain cells at noon in the middle of July.
But ya gotta love that midday blast zone lighting in places like this.

Another vote in favour! WOuld love to see it printed with a slighlt warm paper.

Cheers,

Luc

[John Rodriguez]

BetterSense and Austin, thanks. Vaughn, thanks again.

Austin, I grew up in west Marin, where I know you've spent some time. Sometimes I long for home now that I live in the east bay, but I feel lucky to at least have Briones right here.

[cpercy]

David & Luc, thanks, its definitely a mesmerizing place.

Luc I actually do print on a natural cotton rag paper that is slightly warm tone, so if you are ever in the KC area drop me an e-mail and I'll show it to you.

And Austin its only a shoooooooooooooort drive from Portland and I think there's a couple interesting things on the way. lol Don't forget to stop at Wall Drug.

[bbarna]

73447
Chamonix 45N-1, Schneider 135, Provia 100
Bolivia, from Pequeno Alpamayo

[ross]

73447
Chamonix 45N-1, Schneider 135, Provia 100
Bolivia, from Pequeno Alpamayo

Beautiful photo. Is that your campsite?

[cpercy]

Here are a couple more images from the Badlands in South Dakota

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8007/7185689592_8ecf348d9b_c.jpg






This grassy area is just a short distance to the west, maybe 5 to 10 miles from the first one I posted.
The scale of this place is immense and beautiful. Its one of those places that will remind you what a big thing we are part of.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7091/7185699138_2ac57a353a_c.jpg

[sensy]

I haven't shot large format in two years (and not much before that) but I'm trying to get back into it. It's like learning everything anew.*

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7088/7187958290_29064679ec.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/7187958290/)
träd i motljus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/7187958290/) by like okay cool dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/sensy/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7231/7184888502_9c228ec5d1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/7184888502/)
container (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/7184888502/) by like okay cool dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/sensy/), on Flickr

[cpercy]

Badlands on some BLM land used for overflow camping at Chaco Culture National Historic Park.
This place was incredible we camped there for a week and saw no other people. These formation
cannot be seen from the road at all and you would think driving through is was all sage brush cow pasture.
When we turned off the gravel road onto the dirt path at the tiny little marker sign the ranger told us about
and we drove right up to the edge of this and about crapped our drawers. We thought we were going to be in
the middle of a cow pasture. Needless to say we spent most of trip right here barely made it back down to the
historic park.



http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/7207476958_563e8e5a5b_c.jpg

[cpercy]

One more from the same area with a little long lens compression.
Shot on 4x5 with a Nikkor T360 ED


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7207649106_8d08ec44e7_c.jpg

[biedron]

Badlands on some BLM land used for overflow camping at Chaco Culture National Historic Park.
This place was incredible we camped there for a week and saw no other people. These formation
cannot be seen from the road at all and you would think driving through is was all sage brush cow pasture.
When we turned off the gravel road onto the dirt path at the tiny little marker sign the ranger told us about
and we drove right up to the edge of this and about crapped our drawers. We thought we were going to be in
the middle of a cow pasture. Needless to say we spent most of trip right here barely made it back down to the
historic park.


Looks like an awesome location. Hope to visit Chaco this June.

Bob

[Vaughn]

I am enjoying your badlands images very much...well seen!

Vaughn

[John Rodriguez]

One more from the same area with a little long lens compression.
Shot on 4x5 with a Nikkor T360 ED


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7207649106_8d08ec44e7_c.jpg

Nice composition cpercy.

[briand]

A photo from my trip to South Australia.
Old trees on Farm at Burra S.A.
Tachihara 4x5 65mm Nikkor Ilford FP4 80 ISO
Cheers Brian:cool:

[Vaughn]

G'day, Brian! Lovely photo! You split the frame right in half with the horizon line -- a "rule" that you most wonderfully broke!

[Lachlan 717]

Nice shot, Brian!

You heading to Cape Schank?

[lbenac]

A photo from my trip to South Australia.
Old trees on Farm at Burra S.A.
Tachihara 4x5 65mm Nikkor Ilford FP4 80 ISO
Cheers Brian:cool:

Definitly very nice.

Cheers,

Luc

[cpercy]

Looks like an awesome location. Hope to visit Chaco this June.

Bob

Great place I would suggest taking a look at the surrounding areas on google maps satellite view and make note of where the interesting places are in relation to the roads. When you are driving the roads are all up on the tops of the plateaus and you can't even tell you are driving only a few hundred yards from the surface of Mars. Oh and bring a jacket it sleeted on us in June.

[cpercy]

John & Vaughn, thanks for the comments.

[briand]

Thanks for the comment, lachlan. Yes I will be at Cape Schank, looking forward to it,
Cheers :cool:

[EOTS]

"Schlögener Schlinge", Danube river, July 2011.

Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7217550046/in/photostream/
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/7217550046_cb58b6c5a2_b.jpg

Toyo 45AII, Rodenstock 75mm Grandagon-N

[SergeiR]

"Schlögener Schlinge", Danube river, July 2011.
Toyo 45AII, Rodenstock 75mm Grandagon-N

Great shot.

[Zaitz]

"Schlögener Schlinge", Danube river, July 2011.

Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7217550046/in/photostream/


Toyo 45AII, Rodenstock 75mm Grandagon-N

Really awesome shot Martin! You tamed the contrast really well there even with Velvia 50!

[EOTS]

Thanks SergeiR, Zaitz!

[SamReeves]

"Schlögener Schlinge", Danube river, July 2011.

Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7217550046/in/photostream/
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/7217550046_cb58b6c5a2_b.jpg

Toyo 45AII, Rodenstock 75mm Grandagon-N

That is a winner for sure. Nice.

[J Hoff]

"Schlögener Schlinge", Danube river, July 2011.

Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7217550046/in/photostream/
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/7217550046_cb58b6c5a2_b.jpg

Toyo 45AII, Rodenstock 75mm Grandagon-N

Martin, when I first saw this photo of yours on Flickr, it caused me to find its location on Google Maps. I then used Satellite View, and I discovered a couple of farmhouses that are on top of the hill, about 55% across your photo.

The farmhouses look grand. I think they would be quite nice. One even has a swimming pool. I imagine I could scoop one of them up for just a few million euros...

[EOTS]

@Sam: thanks! :-)

@J Hoff: Around here? http://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.447479,13.844919&num=1&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=15
I guess they would be even cheaper!
BTW, they have funny street names: "Dorf 11" is like "Village" with house number 11

Best,

[Corran]

This shot is from Providence Canyon, GA. Due to poor farming techniques, these canyons were artificially created. The landscape here looks nothing like the rest of GA, it's quite interesting. For some strange reason I lugged my 8x10 camera all over the park, but only took two shots. Here's the first, taken with my Kodak Century Universal, a 210mm Graphic Kowa lens (thanks Zach!), on Ilford HP5+. I think I shot it at f/64 and 1/30 or something like that:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/8x10-01001-s.jpg

Comments welcome.

[Corran]

And the second image, taken with a Nikkor 120mm f/8 lens:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/8x10-01002-s.jpg

[Vaughn]

And the second image, taken with a Nikkor 120mm f/8 lens...]

Who needs more than two such exposures! Well done! Vaughn

[Corran]

Who needs more than two such exposures! Well done! Vaughn

Thank you! That means a lot coming from such a fine photographer such as yourself!

[cpercy]

Corran those are both very nice. And this is the result of bad farming practices? Looks like a really cool place to visit.

[Corran]

Yeah I'm not really sure how it happened, but it was erosion caused by farming. More info can be found here: http://www.gastateparks.org/ProvidenceCanyon

[tgtaylor]

Untitled #22.12

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7244527050_c68e255111_z.jpg

I absolutely love rubbing some noses into it!

Thomas

[John Rodriguez]

I posted a version of this shot on Provia awhile back. I was never entirely happy with it, so I started working on an Ektar exposure of the same shot. I'm much more pleased with it.

Train Trestle Bridge in Fog
Martinez, CA
Fujinon 125mm f/5.6

http://images.us.viewbook.com/54d2841f0cc4342f6a733b877e5d707f.jpg

[Renato Tonelli]

Untitled #22.12

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7244527050_c68e255111_z.jpg

I absolutely love rubbing some noses into it!

Thomas


Very nice!
Reminds me of the Western film classic "The Searchers".

[EOTS]

9th of April 2012. There's seasonal drought at the Neubruchlacke in National Park Seewinkel.
That's at close at it get's to the Austrian Death Valley ;-)

FlickR Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7263635016/in/photostream/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7263635016_f0d4a9c5d0_b.jpg

[nray]

All wonderful images.

[jcoldslabs]

I posted a version of this shot on Provia awhile back. I was never entirely happy with it, so I started working on an Ektar exposure of the same shot. I'm much more pleased with it.

Train Trestle Bridge in Fog
Martinez, CA
Fujinon 125mm f/5.6

Beautiful shot, definitely worth going back for. More often than not perseverance pays off. I bet this would look good BIG.

Jonathan

[John Rodriguez]

EOTS - Nice, I like the light.

jcoldslabs - Thank you.

[John Rodriguez]

Shipwrecks#1
Poipu, Kauai
Fujinon 75mm f/5.6, HP5

http://images.us.viewbook.com/e54d63f551dd0ba19a698b175705d977.jpg

[EOTS]

EOTS - Nice, I like the light.

Thank you!

[algarzai]

And the second image, taken with a Nikkor 120mm f/8 lens:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/8x10-01002-s.jpg

Great photograph Bryan.

[Corran]

Thank you!

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/l27.jpg
Massachusetts, 2004
Arca Swiss Discovery, 450mm Fujinon C
4x5 Kodak TMY, D-76

Going through the archives, re-working some forgotten images...

[lbenac]

Gone hiking yesterday. There is still so much snow everywhere. I think that this hiking season in BC is going to start very late.

Chamonix Saber FP4+ W2D2D+

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v43/p151987173-5.jpg

We made it to the ridge going to the summit but turned back afterward as the trail is steep and very tiring in the snow.

Cheers,

Luc

[Roman Putintsev]

Convent in Vardzia. Georgia
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715, treated with D76
http://putincev.com/files/21/4f/4e/01/ed_25402511_putincev_BW174.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402511)

[Roman Putintsev]

The border between Georgia and Azerbaijan near the village of Udabno. The dispute over the boundary of the passing is not resolved to this day.
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715
http://putincev.com/files/8f/4f/4e/01/ed_25402621_putincev_BW195.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402621)

[lbenac]

Mount ST-Benedict from MacKay Lake

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v43/p614198278-5.jpg

Chamonix Saber FP4+ W2D2D+

[SamReeves]

9th of April 2012. There's seasonal drought at the Neubruchlacke in National Park Seewinkel.
That's at close at it get's to the Austrian Death Valley ;-)

FlickR Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7263635016/in/photostream/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7263635016_f0d4a9c5d0_b.jpg

A real beauty!!

[cpercy]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7282899328_e79ffb90cb_b.jpg

From the more severe terrain portion of the South Dakota Badlands.

[lbenac]

Severe is an understatement. You have rendered perfectly the starch terrain. I don't think that I would like to trek this area...

Cheers,

Luc

[EOTS]

A real beauty!!

Thank you Sam!

[Old-N-Feeble]

The border between Georgia and Azerbaijan near the village of Udabno. The dispute over the boundary of the passing is not resolved to this day.
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715

I can see it... I can SEE it... I can SEE THE BORDER in your photograph!! Tell your Ambassadors to call me so I can resolve this dispute. I accept MasterCard/Visa, photo gear, film, and valuable real estate... oh, and cash.

Beautiful photo, BTW. :)

[falth j]

For me, landscape is until now, the most difficult subject to do...

Give me naked girls any day...




Could it be, that viewers of the fairer form,

tend to overlook, or are somehow 'blinded or distracted' by possible technical deficiencies,

and,

less judgemental, figuratively speaking, to obvious flaws and various technical distractions ...

and are remiss in pointing to such fairer form faults ...

[David Lobato]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/l27.jpg
Massachusetts, 2004
Arca Swiss Discovery, 450mm Fujinon C
4x5 Kodak TMY, D-76

Going through the archives, re-working some forgotten images...

Ken, I really like this one. An excellent composition.

[lbenac]

Mount ST-Benedict from MacKay Lake
Chamonix Saber FP4+ W2D2D+

This was the cropping for the final composition:

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v43/p614198278-6.jpg

I prefer it a lot better then the first pass.

Cheers,

Luc

[EOTS]

Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View

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Cheers,
Martin

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7295133276_c7f6593f61_b.jpg

[John Rodriguez]

Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View




Wonderful Martin, lots to look at.

[Ken Lee]

Ken, I really like this one. An excellent composition.

Thank you very much :)

[EOTS]

Wonderful Martin, lots to look at.

Thanks!

[Ken Lee]

Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7295133276_c7f6593f61_b.jpg

Wow. You must have been jumping up and down when you came upon that scene: Stop the car, Stop the car !

Have you considered making the lighting a bit more dramatic ?

[EOTS]

Wow. You must have been jumping up and down when you came upon that scene: Stop the car, Stop the car !

Have you considered making the lighting a bit more dramatic ?

Thanks Ken,

I walked there by feet ... the road is not really public ;-)
But my compañeros only took close-ups pictures of the icicles ...
I decided to step back a little bit ...
normally I don't do roads and stuff ... but here I liked how it leads into the picture ...

More dramatic in terms of an more contrast (like an S-curve?)
Or local sculpting?

Natural lightening changes ... for example sunset is hard to do there as the mountains block virtually all light in the foreground ... I mostly did closeups of the Mountains with Alpenglow ...

[Ken Lee]

Thanks Ken,
More dramatic in terms of an more contrast (like an S-curve?)
Or local sculpting?

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/snowroad.jpg

Perhaps something a bit less literal, more of the mystery we sometimes feel in the early morning. My version is a bit exaggerated, but it's a direction you might consider.

[mono]

Sorry, but way too dark!
I like the original as is.

[Ken Lee]

Sorry, I am working on a machine at my workplace, where the monitor is not calibrated.

Here is a lighter version. Perhaps it's still too dark.

As I said, the sample I provided is a suggestion, and... exaggerated :)

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/snowroad2.jpg

[Old-N-Feeble]

RE EOT's gorgeous mountain scene: With others making suggestions about it I just couldn't help myself. It's such a great image. Tweaked curves and hue/sat then reduced the brown stains in the ice/snow (got it too pink) and added a corner-burning curves mask.

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[EOTS]

Thanks guys,
I guess I could punch up the contrast a bit,
I like what Kens version does with the sky...
but I won't sacrifice too much foreground detail ...

@Old-N-Feeble: how's your technique of getting rid of the stains?
Haven't been successful in my attempts...
Although they're not pee but stem from the icicles ...
But of couse the first thing that comes to mind is that they are ...
so I'm willing to let them go ;-)

[EOTS]

Theres a more constrasty version

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[Old-N-Feeble]

<snip>how's your technique of getting rid of the stains?

That looks really nice, EOTS... but the original is great too. We all have our personal opinions though.

I didn't want to state that the yellow-brown areas in the snow look... just a tiny bit... like moose pee stains.:D

I used the Eyedropper Tool to select the color from an average part of the snow in the same vacinity and used the Paintbrush Tool in Hue Mode set to 50 percent Opacity. The most deeply stain areas required the most painting. It's important to follow the shape and contours of what you're painting over especially linear shapes like the icicles. I wasn't very careful though. I overdid it in places and should have selected from more similar shadow areas as I painted but I was in a hurry. Also, some of the areas I tweaked have a red tinge on this other monitor.. I moved the image from one PC to another and back and they have mismatched profiles.

I'm sure there are better techniques but that's what I did.

[EOTS]

That looks really nice, EOTS... but the original is great too. We all have our personal opinions though.

Thanks!



I didn't want to state that the yellow-brown areas in the snow look... just a tiny bit... like moose pee stains.:D


No, your're right ... I think it would draw the viewers attention too much ...
At least for the final print I try a version without those...



I used the Eyedropper Tool to select the color from an average part of the snow in the same vacinity and used the Paintbrush Tool in Hue Mode set to 50 percent Opacity. The most deeply stain areas required the most painting. It's important to follow the shape and contours of what you're painting over especially linear shapes like the icicles. I wasn't very careful though. I overdid it in places and should have selected from more similar shadow areas as I painted but I was in a hurry. Also, some of the areas I tweaked have a red tinge on this other monitor.. I moved the image from one PC to another and back and they have mismatched profiles.

I'm sure there are better techniques but that's what I did.

Thanks I'll try that!

[cpercy]

Severe is an understatement. You have rendered perfectly the starch terrain. I don't think that I would like to trek this area...

Cheers,

Luc

Thanks Luc, about had a heat stroke there one time in July when me and couple of friends hiked several miles out into the less severe part, this stuff is almost impassable.

[Gary Tarbert]

Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View

Lightbox: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7295133276/in/photostream/lightbox/
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Cheers,Hi Martin , Like this a lot ,Composition is excellent,minor tweaking has been mentioned by others so i won't go there , But only very minor tweaks are required on this already excellent image .Cheers
Martin

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7295133276_c7f6593f61_b.jpg

[Roman Putintsev]

http://putincev.com/files/03/4f/4e/01/ed_25402481_putincev_BW166.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402481)
Turkey. View of the Armenian Highland from the pass Ilgar Dagi. The height of 2500 meters

http://putincev.com/files/7b/4f/4e/01/ed_25402601_putincev_BW188.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402601)
Kazbek, an extinct stratovolcano, the height of 5033m at the foot of the village. Gergeti
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715

[mathieu Bauwens]

Wow, so great !

[GIO]

Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View

Lightbox: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7295133276/in/photostream/lightbox/
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Cheers,
Martin

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7295133276_c7f6593f61_b.jpg

Wonderful photo!

[David Hedley]

Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View


Martin - that's excellent.



Turkey. View of the Armenian Highland from the pass Ilgar Dagi. The height of 2500 meters

Kazbek, an extinct stratovolcano, the height of 5033m at the foot of the village. Gergeti
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715

Roman - those are also excellent, and I'm enjoying seeing some unfamiliar landscape.

[Roman Putintsev]

http://putincev.com/files/e5/39/4f/01/ed_25458741_putincev_BW205.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25458741)

http://putincev.com/files/0d/3a/4f/01/ed_25458751v372346_putincev_BW206.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25458751)

Toyo 45aII, fuji velvia 50.

[John Rodriguez]

Shipwreck Beach #2
Poipu, HI
Fujinon 75mm f/5.6, HP5+

http://images.us.viewbook.com/5e2f89f5b3d022575d5140026cbc1d51.jpg

[Iga]

Great images, Roman !
I liked your Kavkaz series very much.
Best,
Igor.


http://putincev.com/files/03/4f/4e/01/ed_25402481_putincev_BW166.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402481)
Turkey. View of the Armenian Highland from the pass Ilgar Dagi. The height of 2500 meters

http://putincev.com/files/7b/4f/4e/01/ed_25402601_putincev_BW188.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402601)
Kazbek, an extinct stratovolcano, the height of 5033m at the foot of the village. Gergeti
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715

[lbenac]

Shipwreck Beach #2
Poipu, HI
Fujinon 75mm f/5.6, HP5+



Very nice. What developper with the HP5?

Cheers,

Luc

[Roman Putintsev]

Great images, Roman !
I liked your Kavkaz series very much.
Best,
Igor.

thank you, continue series...
http://putincev.com/files/19/6f/4f/01/ed_25471481_putincev_BW168.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25471481)
clan towers Gabisovy and Tsagaraevy, North Ossetia.

http://putincev.com/files/bf/92/4e/01/ed_25402551v371246_putincev_BW181.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402551)
Watchtower near the village of Stepantsminda, Georgia.

Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715,

[Zaitz]

Really great stuff Roman. That watchtower one is awesome.

[EOTS]

Wonderful photo!


Martin - that's excellent.

Thanks you guys! :-)

[John Rodriguez]

Thanks Luc, D76.

[EOTS]

And thanks Gary!

[Roger Cole]

Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View

Lightbox: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7295133276/in/photostream/lightbox/
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Cheers,
Martin

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7295133276_c7f6593f61_b.jpg

Like pretty much everyone else who commented I really love this image. VERY well done!

But since so many others were offering suggestions for changes - my first thought, as primarily a black and white photographer, was that this would look great in black and white. So I converted it (nothing fancy, just mode->grayscale) and tweaked the brightness and contrast a bit. This also neatly removes the yellowish stains without any effort with the eyedropper.

74650

http://putincev.com/files/03/4f/4e/01/ed_25402481_putincev_BW166.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402481)
Turkey. View of the Armenian Highland from the pass Ilgar Dagi. The height of 2500 meters

http://putincev.com/files/7b/4f/4e/01/ed_25402601_putincev_BW188.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402601)
Kazbek, an extinct stratovolcano, the height of 5033m at the foot of the village. Gergeti
Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715

Beautiful work Roman!

[EOTS]

Like pretty much everyone else who commented I really love this image. VERY well done!

But since so many others were offering suggestions for changes - my first thought, as primarily a black and white photographer, was that this would look great in black and white. So I converted it (nothing fancy, just mode->grayscale) and tweaked the brightness and contrast a bit. This also neatly removes the yellowish stains without any effort with the eyedropper.


Thanks Roger!
I like the B+W interpretation!

[z84]

thank you, continue series...
http://putincev.com/files/19/6f/4f/01/ed_25471481_putincev_BW168.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25471481)
clan towers Gabisovy and Tsagaraevy, North Ossetia.

http://putincev.com/files/bf/92/4e/01/ed_25402551v371246_putincev_BW181.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402551)
Watchtower near the village of Stepantsminda, Georgia.

Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715,

Awesome work, Roman. How do you usually rate (ASA) and develop the Rollei Infrared with the Heliopan 715?

[francesco_ita]

Photo from north Italy, Alpi Cozie spring and flowers

210mm 1/30 tmax 100iso

Francesco

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[Roman Putintsev]

Awesome work, Roman. How do you usually rate (ASA) and develop the Rollei Infrared with the Heliopan 715?
7 f stops counting the exposure, I used a 3 (ASA)
Watchtower lit bright sun, the film recorded the image of two minutes f64
Thanks!

[John Rodriguez]

Nice images Roman, I really dig the clan towers.

[David Aimone]

Single Meniscus lens in Polaroid shutter, wide open. Lens courtesy of Jim Galli!

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s3/v44/p451711764-5.jpg

[David Hedley]

Beautiful, David.

This one is from a few months ago of a clearing winter storm on the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne);
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6743644585_891b199274_b.jpg
Sinar F, Nikkor-Q 300mm, Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

[lkkang]

holy cow !!!!

[pbryld]

Single Meniscus lens in Polaroid shutter, wide open. Lens courtesy of Jim Galli!

Drool....

[stradibarrius]

What a great shot!

[ross]

A few recently from Valley of Fire in Nevada:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/7338225780_85307c3ce6_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/7338225780/)
Valley of Fire (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/7338225780/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7338337196_cb01b59fa4_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/7338337196/)
Valley of Fire 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/7338337196/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

Chamonix 45n-2
Fuji
Nikon 200M

[francesco_ita]

Beautiful, David.

This one is from a few months ago of a clearing winter storm on the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne);

Sinar F, Nikkor-Q 300mm, Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

Wow great shot.

Francesco

[cpercy]

Single Meniscus lens in Polaroid shutter, wide open. Lens courtesy of Jim Galli!

Nice, really like the way the soft focus works in this one. Good lens choice.

[cpercy]

Shipwreck Beach #2
Poipu, HI
Fujinon 75mm f/5.6, HP5+

Really like this one as well, good choice going vertical.

[mathieu Bauwens]

Laos, Nong Kiaw

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Nagaoka, 180mm S Symar, Foma 200@100/ R09 1+50

[John Rodriguez]

Really like this one as well, good choice going vertical.

Thanks cpercy

[Duane Polcou]

Glacial polish near Olmsted Point. Yosemite National Park, California.

Wista VX / 90mm f8 Nikkor lens

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/duanepolcou/OlmsteadPoint1copy-1.jpg

[kiteboy]

This was a test shot using a Sinar Zoom 2 Wista 45, Rodenstock 75mm

Rollei Retro 400s, Red filter. Rodinal 1:25 10min 30" at 20C

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Yorkshire trying to look like Wyoming!

[austin granger]

Shell Casings, Nevada
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7163423671_55a80885c1_b.jpg

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

[John Rodriguez]

Shell Casings, Nevada

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

Nice. Nevada in a nut-(gun)-shell.

[austin granger]

Jesus #1, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7164348779_a72d6ea50c_c.jpg

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

[cpercy]

Glacial polish near Olmsted Point. Yosemite National Park, California.

Wista VX / 90mm f8 Nikkor lens

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/duanepolcou/OlmsteadPoint1copy-1.jpg

Duane, this one keeps capturing my attention, very nice. The destructive force of the glacier is strongly evidenced by this image, I especially like the side lit eratics.

[Vaughn]

Scanned 8x10 Platinum/palladium print

Spring and Palm
Death Valley National Park

[Roman Putintsev]

http://putincev.com/files/5d/4f/4e/01/ed_25402571_putincev_BW185.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402571)
The fortified town Khornabudji served as a strategically important outpost to protect the eastern borders of the Georgian kingdom. In the thirteenth century, was destroyed by the Mongols. Georgia

http://putincev.com/files/35/4f/4e/01/ed_25402531_putincev_BW179.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402531)
The medieval fortress Ananuri. Georgia

Toyo 45aII, 210/5.6, Rollei Infrared 400 + Heliopan infrarot 715

[austin granger]

Clouds, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7351846204_256ea946e8_b.jpg

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

[chassis]

Nice, Austin. I like the big sky feeling.

[dperez]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7354803022_8acf0e3aa1_c.jpg
La Jolla, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider lens, Fuji Astia 100.
[View Large (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7354803022_d832534e52_o.jpg)]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7354588580_f9b15e5174_c.jpg
La Jolla, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 150mm 5.6 Symmar-S Schneider lens, Fuji Astia 100. 8 minute exposure using Lee 10 stop "Big Stopper" ND filter.
[View Large (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7354588580_09f56d95b4_o.jpg)]

-Daniel

[John Rodriguez]

Great composition Vaughn, I love the contrasting nature of the subject matter.

[cpercy]

Scanned 8x10 Platinum/palladium print

Spring and Palm
Death Valley National Park

This is very nice Vaughn, I bet the print is really something, I can only imagine the loss of richness and detail only seeing this low res monitor reproduction.

[cpercy]

From Dinosaur National Monument, Echo Park


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7277332978_d6f58fc85e_b.jpg

[Roman Putintsev]

good day
http://putincev.com/files/a3/4f/4e/01/pw_25402641_putincev_BW196.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402641)
(View Large (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402641))

Traditional Georgian house on the cliff. Near the village of Kobe. Georgia.
Toyo 45aII, Schneider Apo-Symmar 150/5.6 L, Rollei Infrared 400, Heliopan infrarot 715

[Old-N-Feeble]

Roman... I want to live there. Very nice!!

[SamReeves]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7354803022_8acf0e3aa1_c.jpg
La Jolla, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider lens, Fuji Astia 100.
[View Large (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7354803022_d832534e52_o.jpg)]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7354588580_f9b15e5174_c.jpg
La Jolla, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 150mm 5.6 Symmar-S Schneider lens, Fuji Astia 100. 8 minute exposure using Lee 10 stop "Big Stopper" ND filter.
[View Large (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7354588580_09f56d95b4_o.jpg)]

-Daniel

Like the doughnut holes in the first image. Gotta love those types of beaches. Nice work!

[austin granger]

Tire Tracks, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7167160649_b28169d761_c.jpg

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

[tgtaylor]

Sutro Bath Ruins, San Francisco

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7358458228_a02f63a6a5_z.jpg

Scan of an 8x10 Vandyke print.

Thomas

[spkennedy3000]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5337/7179709861_2be75b4d80_b.jpg
Toyo VX125b, 4x5" Fuji Pro 160 NS, the sea.

[zenny]

good day
http://putincev.com/files/a3/4f/4e/01/pw_25402641_putincev_BW196.jpg (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402641)
(View Large (http://putincev.com/p/spage/photo/oid/25402641))

Traditional Georgian house on the cliff. Near the village of Kobe. Georgia.
Toyo 45aII, Schneider Apo-Symmar 150/5.6 L, Rollei Infrared 400, Heliopan infrarot 715

Majestic place and heart-rocking capture ! :-D

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/l77a.jpg
Massachusetts, 2003
Arca-Swiss Discovery, 400mm Fujinon T
4x5 TMY, D-76

[zenny]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7354803022_8acf0e3aa1_c.jpg
La Jolla, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider lens, Fuji Astia 100.
[View Large (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7354803022_d832534e52_o.jpg)]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7354588580_f9b15e5174_c.jpg
La Jolla, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 150mm 5.6 Symmar-S Schneider lens, Fuji Astia 100. 8 minute exposure using Lee 10 stop "Big Stopper" ND filter.
[View Large (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7354588580_09f56d95b4_o.jpg)]

-Daniel

Liked the play of light with ND filter in the second picture! Thanks Daniel for sharing you awesome work!

[zenny]

"Schlögener Schlinge", Danube river, July 2011.

Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7217550046/in/photostream/
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/7217550046_cb58b6c5a2_b.jpg

Toyo 45AII, Rodenstock 75mm Grandagon-N

@EOTS: What an amazing capture! Winning work!

Would love to hear a bit of story behind this capture including technicalities in detail! ;-)

[EOTS]

Hi Zenny!

Thank you very much for your interest!

That place is called "Schlögener Schlinge" in Upper Austria: In Schlögen, the Danube river forms a sling.
Coming from the west, the Danube forms a first horseshoe bend of 180 degrees, as seen in the photograph.
It then forms another horseshoe bend back towards the east
(if you look closely at the right of the picture, you can see the turning point of another sling)

Here's a satellite image:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Schl%C3%B6gener_Schlinge.jpg

There are tons of (for me) boring pictures of the sling ...
mostly of the same famous viewpoint...
Here's one ... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schl%C3%B6gener_Schlinge
So I went there multiple times (I guess about 5 times with large format) to get a photograph which I would be satisfied with ...

It was hard to get the exposure / grad filtering right,
as I was starting with analog / large format in March 2011,
so I got ill exposed photographs multiple times
(one time too dark overall, another time blown out sky, other times the sunset/clouds did not work for me, ...)
What I remember, that was two neutral density grad filters stacked, a hard 0,3 and a soft 0,2!

Regarding post processing: I decided to darken the trees in the foreground,
otherwise postprocessing is only color corrections and further contrast regulation...

Best regards and sorry for my bad English ;-)
Martin

[zenny]

Hi Zenny!

Thank you very much for your interest!

That place is called "Schlögener Schlinge" in Upper Austria: In Schlögen, the Danube river forms a sling.
Coming from the west, the Danube forms a first horseshoe bend of 180 degrees, as seen in the photograph.
It then forms another horseshoe bend back towards the east
(if you look closely at the right of the picture, you can see the turning point of another sling)

Here's a satellite image:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Schl%C3%B6gener_Schlinge.jpg

There are tons of (for me) boring pictures of the sling ...
mostly of the same famous viewpoint...
Here's one ... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schl%C3%B6gener_Schlinge
So I went there multiple times (I guess about 5 times with large format) to get a photograph which I would be satisfied with ...

It was hard to get the exposure / grad filtering right,
as I was starting with analog / large format in March 2011,
so I got ill exposed photographs multiple times
(one time too dark overall, another time blown out sky, other times the sunset/clouds did not work for me, ...)
What I remember, that was two neutral density grad filters stacked, a hard 0,3 and a soft 0,2!

Regarding post processing: I decided to darken the trees in the foreground,
otherwise postprocessing is only color corrections and further contrast regulation...

Best regards and sorry for my bad English ;-)
Martin
Hello Martin:


Thanks so much for taking time to explain.

BTW, when I checked your picture and the one here (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Donauschlinge_Schloegen.jpg), the shadow confused me.

The wikipedia picture was taken when the Sun is behind/or on the slight left of the photographer. But when you took, the sun is opposite to you. However, when you check the shadows of the mountains, both looks similar. Or they are reflections? Did I miss something?

Your picture of Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee, Dachstein Mountain View is also mind blowing! I love tyour two pictures! :-D

/z

[EOTS]

Hello Martin:
BTW, when I checked your picture and the one here (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Donauschlinge_Schloegen.jpg), the shadow confused me.

The wikipedia picture was taken when the Sun is behind/or on the slight left of the photographer. But when you took, the sun is opposite to you. However, when you check the shadows of the mountains, both looks similar. Or they are reflections? Did I miss something?


Good question!
Not sure about that. In the Wikipedia image, the shadow casted by the mountains to the right is a bit strange?!
Most of the hard shadows fall to the right side, given the light source at the left....



Your picture of Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee, Dachstein Mountain View is also mind blowing! I love tyour two pictures! :-D


Thanks!
Aah that reminds me, I'll have to print that one! :-)

[David Brunell]

Sutro Bath Ruins, San Francisco

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7358458228_a02f63a6a5_z.jpg

Scan of an 8x10 Vandyke print.

Thomas

I like this Thomas, what toning solution do you use?

[Bill Kumpf]

Ken

I like this - very peaceful.

[tgtaylor]

I like this Thomas, what toning solution do you use?

Thanks David. I didn't tone the image. The color is the natural result I get using Lanaqurelle paper. It's like looking at the world thru rose colored glasses.

Thomas

[Ken Lee]

I like this - very peaceful.

Thank you. I don't try to make them that way, but others have shared a similar observation. Wish I knew what it was :)

[mdm]

Its the cow. Obviously very satisfied with life. Plenty of good quality grass.

[jcoldslabs]

Its the cow. Obviously very satisfied with life. Plenty of good quality grass.

We should all be so lucky!

Jonathan

[Ken Lee]

You've inspired me to make more photos of cows. Not easy with Large Format, because the often walk around, but worth the effort I hope.

[Ed Bray]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4354730186_7a78fc401d_o.jpg

Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Fuji 300mm C, Arca Swiss, Provia 100F

I'm not normally one for abstracts but I just love this image.

[EOTS]

I'm not normally one for abstracts but I just love this image.

I second that!

Best,

[Old-N-Feeble]

I second that!

Wow... me too. A bit envious here!!

[Gary Tarbert]

I'm not normally one for abstracts but I just love this image.I normally like abstracts and i realy love this one. The fact you have not filtered out the blue of the water with a 81 series filter , makes it sing even more congrats . Gary

[Joe O'Hara]

SPKennedy3000: I like it. Did you make a print?

[h2oman]

Yeah, I'm all over that one as well, SPK. A lovely image.

[spkennedy3000]

Cheers a lot Joe and H20man, not yet but this image was taken specifically to make a big print for a particular space. I have had a few other tries to get it right... Should look good though as the scan is sharp.

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/saddlebrooke_bald1.jpg

My first roll of Velvia 50 I shot with my new Shen Hao PTB 6x17 camera.
I used a Schneider 150mm f5.6 symmar-s lens but it looks like I have some strong light fall off on the edges.
Linear polarizer and 3 stop hard grad filter. Photo location Saddlebrooke Missouri.

[MRA]

This makes me miss CA from here in NM!! Well done.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/l46.png
Massachusetts, 2012
Tachihara, 200mm Nikkkor M
4x5 HP5+, Pyrocat HD

[David Lobato]

Medano Creek in Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado.


https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Great%20Sand%20Dunes%20Medano%20Creek%20Sunset%20001%20LFF700.jpg

Toyo 45A, 300mm Fujinon T

[neprosti]

75837
4x5" pinhole camera

[jardel]

Any comments are welcome.

Place:
Pedra do Machado (Something like rock of the ax)
Viçosa do Ceará (Moutain area) City - Ceará State - Brazil

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8021/7416693940_e72eb00d03_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80897072@N05/7416693940/)
pedradomachadospotadacr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80897072@N05/7416693940/) por Jardel Silveira (http://www.flickr.com/people/80897072@N05/), no Flickr

Shen-Hao 4x5
Nikkor 75mm SW
Hoya HMC Green Filter
Ilford Delta 100@50
Processed with Adonal
Scanned with HP G4050

Jardel.

[Denise Dognini]

Any comments are welcome.

Place:
Pedra do Machado (Something like rock of the ax)
Viçosa do Ceará (Moutain area) City - Ceará State - Brazil

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8021/7416693940_e72eb00d03_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80897072@N05/7416693940/)
pedradomachadospotadacr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80897072@N05/7416693940/) por Jardel Silveira (http://www.flickr.com/people/80897072@N05/), no Flickr

Shen-Hao 4x5
Nikkor 75mm SW
Hoya HMC Green Filter
Ilford Delta 100@50
Processed with Adonal
Scanned with HP G4050

Jardel.

I liked it so much, Jardel!

[Degroto]

This was a serious messed up color negative, so I converted it to black and white:
75935

[D-tach]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5118/7422324496_44daf915ef_b.jpg

Waimarere River Valley - New Zealand

Chamonix 45N2 - XL90 - FP4+

[D-tach]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7422405000_c0a22c3242_b.jpg

Rainy morning - Hampden Beach - New Zealand

Chamonix 45N2 - XL90 - FP4+

[Joseph Dickerson]

C4D,

What is the make of the N.D. grad filter? It looks, at least on my monitor, that it is anything but neutral. I had a Cokin that had the same issue. I replaced it with Galen Rowel NDs from Singh Ray which is truly neutral.

I just borrowed a Chinese 6x17 back and am anxious to run some film through it. Really do like your image.

JD


http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/saddlebrooke_bald1.jpg

My first roll of Velvia 50 I shot with my new Shen Hao PTB 6x17 camera.
I used a Schneider 150mm f5.6 symmar-s lens but it looks like I have some strong light fall off on the edges.
Linear polarizer and 3 stop hard grad filter. Photo location Saddlebrooke Missouri.

[Shen45]

What a pleasure to see such great work.

[Peter De Smidt]

Waimarere River Valley - New Zealand



Beautiful work!

[mandoman7]

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-GnqGKZg/0/XL/Nalle-3-XL.jpg
Young zinfandel at Nalle Vyd this morning.
Kodak 2D, 11" Heliar, HP5

[mandoman7]

http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/i-CV8bPKq/0/L/Nalle-2b-L.jpg
Same place, Xenar 360mm.

[D-tach]

Thanks Peter!

2 more, last ones - promised

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5331/7422922380_0e1732b69d_b.jpg

Punakaiki - Pancake rocks

XL90 - FP4+

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7278/7422922596_7f21e70148_b.jpg

Sunrise at Milford Sound

XL90 - FP4+

[jardel]

I liked it so much, Jardel!

Tks Denise :) .

[cpercy]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7422405000_c0a22c3242_b.jpg

Rainy morning - Hampden Beach - New Zealand

Chamonix 45N2 - XL90 - FP4+

D-tach, all of these recent posts are great but this one is my favorite.

Love the way the wave and the driftwood carry the diagonal division all the way through the frame.
A real ying yang between the solid of the earth and the fluid vapor of the sea & sky, with a little nebulous area in the center. Nice.

[polyglot]

mandoman7: those are beautifully composed.

[D-tach]

D-tach, all of these recent posts are great but this one is my favorite.

Love the way the wave and the driftwood carry the diagonal division all the way through the frame.
A real ying yang between the solid of the earth and the fluid vapor of the sea & sky, with a little nebulous area in the center. Nice.

Thanks Cpercy!

[C4D]

C4D,

What is the make of the N.D. grad filter? It looks, at least on my monitor, that it is anything but neutral. I had a Cokin that had the same issue. I replaced it with Galen Rowel NDs from Singh Ray which is truly neutral.

I just borrowed a Chinese 6x17 back and am anxious to run some film through it. Really do like your image.

JD

Thanks JD!

I actually was using a Singh-Ray 3 stop hard grad... I love them and the Tiffen glass grad filters but I keep placing the Tiffen grads in my back pocket and sitting on them and breaking them!
I think the not neutral look might be from my lens vignetting at the top because I had a lot of front rise going on because I was actually beneath the scene and wanted to keep the film plane as parallel as I could. I also added a bit of warming to my sky as my Velvia scans on my 4990 have been coming out pretty cold.

Enjoy the 6x17 back! I'm having a blast with mine so far!

[Gary Tarbert]

Hi Dtach, My wife and i both love New Zealand , She has been trying to talk me into a trip in October this year , Your series of shots is making it hard to say no , Oh what the heck were booking this week .Cheers Gary

[D-tach]

:) Thanks Gary

Another view on Waimarere River Valley

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7431232878_91755804b0_b.jpg

[mandoman7]

mandoman7: those are beautifully composed.
Thanks polyglot.

[Zaitz]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5320/7432130440_77b0aa71b7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/7432130440/in/photostream)

Kind of a left over from Great Sand Dunes National Park. This was after I exposed a few other 4x5 slides. The light came and went in less than 10 minutes. Here it was waning. Not sure what I was composing but it was super quick and with a 210mm that was on for a photo before this. Kind of in between being not long enough and not wide enough for me.

4x5 Velvia 50
Crown Graphic Special
Graphic Kowa 210mm
f/32
Several seconds exposure, can't remember how many.

[Corran]

Wow, nice. While it doesn't have the dramatic lighting, there's still something special about it...great shot.

[Steve French]

I like the shot. The lighting seems to give it a lot of depth..kinda draws you in.

[Gary Tarbert]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5320/7432130440_77b0aa71b7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/7432130440/in/photostream)

Kind of a left over from Great Sand Dunes National Park. This was after I exposed a few other 4x5 slides. The light came and went in less than 10 minutes. Here it was waning. Not sure what I was composing but it was super quick and with a 210mm that was on for a photo before this. Kind of in between being not long enough and not wide enough for me.

4x5 Velvia 50
Crown Graphic Special
Graphic Kowa 210mm
f/32
Several seconds exposure, can't remember how many.Hi Zaitz , Not as good as the one that will be hanging in my wall when it comes back from the framers;), But still pretty good Cheers Gary

[Zaitz]

Wow, nice. While it doesn't have the dramatic lighting, there's still something special about it...great shot.
Thank you. The lighting on the mountains is much better in this one. The sun was working through bits of clouds erratically. Be hard to complain it never lined up for me though.


I like the shot. The lighting seems to give it a lot of depth..kinda draws you in.
Thanks!


Hi Zaitz , Not as good as the one that will be hanging in my wall when it comes back from the framers;), But still pretty good Cheers Gary
Thank you. Hope you like the print. I have to get some acrylic for mine....the matte is starting to warp without it :D. Probably be a good idea for an art fair I am doing next month.

I'd love to go back there and camp on the dunes for many days.

[GIO]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5320/7432130440_77b0aa71b7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/7432130440/in/photostream)

Kind of a left over from Great Sand Dunes National Park. This was after I exposed a few other 4x5 slides. The light came and went in less than 10 minutes. Here it was waning. Not sure what I was composing but it was super quick and with a 210mm that was on for a photo before this. Kind of in between being not long enough and not wide enough for me.

4x5 Velvia 50
Crown Graphic Special
Graphic Kowa 210mm
f/32
Several seconds exposure, can't remember how many.

Wonderful!

[Jody_S]

Not really sure what to make of this. 16" B&L RR mounted on a Speed Graphic. Underexposed and poorly developed. For some reason I like it.

76091

[h2oman]

76127

The Pumice Desert, Crater Lake National Park.

[cjbroadbent]

Zaitz, Super!

[Zaitz]

Wonderful!


Zaitz, Super!

:D Thank you both.

[RHITMrB]

Here's something from Iceland.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7134/7447576148_e853d8a85d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/7447576148/)
Námafjall (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/7447576148/) by RHITMrB (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

[JBelthoff]

Hi all,

I'm new and wanted to try posting a recent image of mine. Comments are appreciated!!!!!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7448702420_ebb206b6c0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/81282750@N02/7448702420/)
Bear Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/81282750@N02/7448702420/) by JBelthoff (http://www.flickr.com/people/81282750@N02/), on Flickr

[rpalm]

JBelthoff, that's a very nice capture!

r

[kansasjhawk]

Thanks Peter!

2 more, last ones - promised

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5331/7422922380_0e1732b69d_b.jpg

Punakaiki - Pancake rocks

XL90 - FP4+

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7278/7422922596_7f21e70148_b.jpg

Sunrise at Milford Sound

XL90 - FP4+

Nice shots. New Zealand is my favorite place in the world. The drive from Queenstown to Milford Sound has some spectacular scenery.

[dave_whatever]

A new shot and shot I took last year and forgot about:

Cuillin Ridge, Skye, Scotland;

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/imgs/gallery/19792/19792_8374233064fea1b3daaf46.jpg

Super Angulon 90/5.6


The Burren coast, Ireland:

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/imgs/gallery/19792/19792_17513441684fea1b4950c7d.jpg

Nikkor 65/4, RVP

[SergeiR]

A new shot and shot I took last year and forgot about:

Cuillin Ridge, Skye, Scotland;



Super Angulon 90/5.6


The Burren coast, Ireland:

Nikkor 65/4, RVP

Grrrrreat stuff

[SamReeves]

Hi all,

I'm new and wanted to try posting a recent image of mine. Comments are appreciated!!!!!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7448702420_ebb206b6c0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/81282750@N02/7448702420/)
Bear Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/81282750@N02/7448702420/) by JBelthoff (http://www.flickr.com/people/81282750@N02/), on Flickr

I'm always a sucker for a sexy bridge. Nice work!

[JBelthoff]

Thanks Sam. Appreciated...

[D-tach]

Nice shots. New Zealand is my favorite place in the world. The drive from Queenstown to Milford Sound has some spectacular scenery.

Thanks!

[mono]

dave_whatever:

Great images!
Make me feel homesick.

Show us more, please!

[SERGE TLT]

nikkor 90/8 (panoramic 6x14)
http://i080.radikal.ru/1206/93/be0ee02669d6.jpg

[D-tach]

nikkor 90/8 (panoramic 6x14)


Wow! Beautiful...

[SocalAstro]

Very nice pano Serge!

[John Conway]

Hi all,

I'm new and wanted to try posting a recent image of mine. Comments are appreciated!!!!!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7448702420_ebb206b6c0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/81282750@N02/7448702420/)
Bear Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/81282750@N02/7448702420/) by JBelthoff (http://www.flickr.com/people/81282750@N02/), on Flickr
Hey, Very nice image of the Bear Mountain bridge. What camera, lens, and film did you use?

[jcoldslabs]

The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland.

Toyo 45A, 90mm Grandagon-N, Velvia 50


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Cliffs-of-Moher.jpg

Jonathan

[bbarna]

76510

Kongmaru La, 5150m, Ladakh (India)
Chamonix 45n1,
Caltar II N 90/8
Foma 100

[wentbackward]

Icicles at Vorderer Gosausee & Dachstein Mountain View

Lightbox: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7295133276/in/photostream/lightbox/
Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjankoehler/7295133276/in/photostream/

Cheers,
Martin

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7295133276_c7f6593f61_b.jpg

Really love this image Martin. Everything has interest, strange palette of colours, soft tones, the gentle curving road, the chevrons in the sky (normally drive me mad) are so surreal.

[h2oman]

bbarna, I always enjoy your images. I like yours as well, Serge.

[EOTS]

Really love this image Martin. Everything has interest, strange palette of colours, soft tones, the gentle curving road, the chevrons in the sky (normally drive me mad) are so surreal.

Thank you!

[jcoldslabs]

East Portland and the Columbia river.

Toyo 45A, 210mm Sironar-N, T-Max 400 (expired 1994), red filter.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-Max-400-%2894%29---Gorge.jpg

Jonathan

[LaurentB]

I have some landscape photos, I will share those photos. Hope you enjoy.




http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7364518334_6cae7412be_b.jpg

This third image is absolutely gorgeous !