Large Format Landscapes

[Tin Can]

Very nice and helps me understand the allure of the 6x17 format.

Great image!



Rannoch Moor

Shen-Hao PTB617, Nikkor SW 90/4.5 - Velvia 50

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[mono]

Rannoch Moor

Shen-Hao PTB617, Nikkor SW 90/4.5 - Velvia 50

95249

Nice one, too!

[JeRuFo]

Thank you all. I have only used 6x17 for a few months and was really into it, but I always forget how to compose a panorama and then all of a sudden catch the bug again. I shoot mostly 4x5 now, but in a few months I might shoot only panorama's again.

I had a look at your website the other day, Folker. Beautiful work. I really enjoyed it, very inspirational. And it gave my parents a good tip, I showed them your shot of the waterfall at Glen Orchy, they will be near there in the summer. So, thanks!

[JeRuFo]

Mam Tor in peak district in England.
taken in a workshop with Nigel Halliwell. I have exposed efke 25 thinking it was ilford delta 100. i had to push process to correct that. I am happy with the result of my first push processing ever. comments and critiques are welcome.

Mam-Tor-England (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/8748408510/) by Abdullah AlGarzai (http://www.flickr.com/people/algarzai/), on Flickr

Very nice, especially the tight composition. And a good rescue too, no blocked up shadows.

[Vallantho]

This is Ober Water in the New Forest. Nothing really special about the place. Gnarly tree roots though!

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[Greenspeed]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/8749262311_1744f7d71a.jpg

Remnants of a diving pier. Urunga, NSW, Australia

Shen Hao, Caltar II 90mm, Kodak T max 100. Scanner - Epson V700

[barnninny]

Beautiful tones, Greenspeed.

[Vallantho]

Simply beautiful Greenspeed.

[Corran]

Ever been drawn to a scene and you're not really sure why? That was how I felt about this photo.
90mm f/8 Nikkor, Velvia 100F:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/gators-0559ss.jpg

[Greenspeed]

Beautiful tones, Greenspeed.


Simply beautiful Greenspeed.

Thanks. Would love to see this printed and framed.

[algarzai]

Very nice, especially the tight composition. And a good rescue too, no blocked up shadows.

thanks. I am really happy with how the negatives turned out. I did not have to do a lot of PS on them.

[Greenspeed]

This is Ober Water in the New Forest. Nothing really special about the place. Gnarly tree roots though!

95272

I would re-shoot this without the bridge. Looks like an interesting place to spend sometime exploring.

[Vallantho]

I would re-shoot this without the bridge. Looks like an interesting place to spend sometime exploring.

I don't think they'll let me move the bridge :D

There's a lot of nice photos to be had along this little stretch of river. Still got a few i'm working on.

Would also love to see some of your pictures printed and framed and hanging on my wall. Lived in Australia, on the Gold Coast, for a while. Spent a lot of time photographing around QLD and NSW. Such beauty i seem hard to find here in England. Unfortunately it was before i got into large format. A reason to go back i think!

[Jim Cole]

Along Hwy 17, West Texas

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/8753005645_acce401dfe_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8753005645/)

[Brian Ellis]

Along Hwy 17, West Texas

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/8753005645_acce401dfe_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8753005645/)

I like the composition and the way you've seen the subject matter but not the way it's been printed. For my tastes it needs more contrast especially in the highlights. When I look at your excellent "b&w - outdoor" prints on your web site I don't see anything else printed like this. So why this one? Not that everything should be printed the same way if a different way works, this particular way just doesn't work well for me. Perhaps your idea was to make a moody print but to me it doesn't achieve that, it just looks like a flat print. But I recognize that I'm viewing it on my monitor, I'm not actually seeing the print. Perhaps the actual print looks a lot different. Or perhaps we just have different ideas about how this print should look. And since it's your print, not mine, I'll shut up.

[Jim Cole]

Hi Brian,

I appreciate the comments and agree completely. This neg was unknowingly underexposed and not compensated for when developing. The resultant neg is really flat. This took a lot of curves in Photoshop to get this much out of the scan. This one won't make it onto my website for the reasons you've stated. I can pull the highlights out more, but it starts to get pretty ugly. I liked the subject matter enough to post it here, though. I managed to forget to pull the dark slide on the second, more "perfect" composition, so this was all I got. I was and am bummed!

[dadan.mafak]

Hi

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5460/8758149250_00a51a195f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57396824@N03/8758149250/)


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7431/8757023037_2f43335243_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57396824@N03/8757023037/)


Linhof Super Tech IV, Nikkor T-ED 500, Trix320, D76 1+1, medium yellow-green filter

[Fredrick]

Those are splendid Dadan.

[Peter Gomena]

I agree! Those light spring greens come and go in a very short time, and the forests blend into one tone after that. Well done!

[dadan.mafak]

Thanks!
Yes, there are only few days to do it:)

[algarzai]

Great capture Dadan

[Corran]

Shot my first TMY negative, and developed it in Pyrocat HD. I see why this is a standard combo! I'd rather shoot TMX though, but if I need the speed, I know what I'll be using. Took this at St. Marks NWR.
Nikkor 90mm f/8, TMY @250, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100 for 9 minutes in a BTZS tube at 75F:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/m05s.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

Hi

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5460/8758149250_00a51a195f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57396824@N03/8758149250/)


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7431/8757023037_2f43335243_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57396824@N03/8757023037/)

Hi dadan, those would look good side by side with the bottom one on the left:)


Linhof Super Tech IV, Nikkor T-ED 500, Trix320, D76 1+1, medium yellow-green filter

[Jim Cole]

Based on a comment on my Hwy 17 West Texas image posted earlier, I decided to rescan the neg and work a little harder to try and pull more life out of the image. There were actually two issues with this shot, the underexposure/underdevelopment was one and the second was that I should have used TMY-2 here, not Arista which has a terribly narrow latitude. Arista seems to work much better for me in the studio than in the field, unless the lighting is really flat.

Anyway, changing some of the scan settings on my 4990 and working with narrower and more numerous tone curves allowed me to get a little more from the negative. This still won't make it to my website, but it does look a little better than the first post.

By the way, nice couple of images, Dadan!

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3761/8759614006_9e0678f610_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8759614006/)

[dadan.mafak]

Hi Steve

Yes, it can be a pano diptych :)

[Nathan Potter]

Great Sand Dunes Nat. Park. Winter scene in Feb 2002 showing an amazing lack of snow. Still a cold time to muck around that high plain.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8409/8817180342_307e3aa14c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8817180342/)
45CO02-2-18[f1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8817180342/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

TK45S with a 110 SSXL. Fuji Astia Quickload, Praus processed. Epson V750 scanned, PS horizontal crop.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Kirk Gittings]

Whoa!!! Really nice!

[algarzai]

Gorgeous.

Great Sand Dunes Nat. Park. Winter scene in Feb 2002 showing an amazing lack of snow. Still a cold time to muck around that high plain.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8409/8817180342_307e3aa14c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8817180342/)
45CO02-2-18[f1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8817180342/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

TK45S with a 110 SSXL. Fuji Astia Quickload, Praus processed. Epson V750 scanned, PS horizontal crop.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Harley Goldman]

Great Sand Dunes Nat. Park. Winter scene in Feb 2002 showing an amazing lack of snow. Still a cold time to muck around that high plain.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8409/8817180342_307e3aa14c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8817180342/)
45CO02-2-18[f1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8817180342/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

TK45S with a 110 SSXL. Fuji Astia Quickload, Praus processed. Epson V750 scanned, PS horizontal crop.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

Real nice, Nathan. I think this would make a spectacular B&W conversion, should that be your cup of tea.

[polyglot]

Lovely shot, Nathan. I'm gonna disagree with Harley though because the blue/yellow complementary thing is (IMHO) important to this photo, and a B&W conversion would make the foreground distracting.

[Tin Can]

I agree, don't touch that dial!

Great image!


Lovely shot, Nathan. I'm gonna disagree with Harley though because the blue/yellow complementary thing is (IMHO) important to this photo, and a B&W conversion would make the foreground distracting.

[Nathan Potter]

Well thanks folks. I tend to be a color freak, but actually I may have a Tmax 100 version of the same scene somewhere in the archives off site. I'm not so sure about a conversion from the Astia; not really very proficient at that technique.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[ross]

Great Sand Dunes Nat. Park. Winter scene in Feb 2002 showing an amazing lack of snow. Still a cold time to muck around that high plain.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8409/8817180342_307e3aa14c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8817180342/)
45CO02-2-18[f1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8817180342/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

TK45S with a 110 SSXL. Fuji Astia Quickload, Praus processed. Epson V750 scanned, PS horizontal crop.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

Very nice!

[barnninny]

How long did you have to wait on those clouds to line up just right?

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

Was that taken on the entrance road to the park?

[Nathan Potter]

barnninny, completely an opportunistic shot. No wait but just a quick car stop and setup for a couple of chromes and B&W as I recall. Just a day trip out of Alamosa my trip records show.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[cobbu2]

Great Falls National Park, VA

95734

RHS 4x5 tailboard view camera, 180mm f/5.6 Caltar II-N on E100VS

Taken this past April with the snow melt from the mountains going down the Potomac River.

[Nathan Potter]

Was that taken on the entrance road to the park?

Yes indeed, just a quick stop at mid afternoon before heading up the 4 wheel road over the Sangres'.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Harley Goldman]

Lone Pine Peak

I camped in the Alabama Hills in January. I only shot two sheets of B&W that trip and the film has been patiently waiting in the holder for enough film to make up a Jobo drum batch. I ran it when I processed my Yosemite film a few weeks ago. This image was made a short distance from my campsite one beautiful Sunday morning.

Chamonix 4x5
Nikkor 300 M
Delta 100

http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/LonePinePeakWebLg.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Lone Pine Peak

Beautiful, Harley. I love the repeating shapes, from the small rock in the foreground all the way up to the clouds. When I lived in L.A. I used to drive to Lone Pine all the time. My wife and I would eat at Bobo's Bonanza for dinner which served the largest chicken fried steak I've ever seen.

Jonathan

[h2oman]

Yeah, that's really nice, Harley. Good work.

[algarzai]

Lone Pine Peak

I camped in the Alabama Hills in January. I only shot two sheets of B&W that trip and the film has been patiently waiting in the holder for enough film to make up a Jobo drum batch. I ran it when I processed my Yosemite film a few weeks ago. This image was made a short distance from my campsite one beautiful Sunday morning.

Chamonix 4x5
Nikkor 300 M
Delta 100

http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/LonePinePeakWebLg.jpg

beautiful.. i would have toned it with darker shadows in the mountain in the foreground though. i think the mountain in the background looks gorgeous to the point that i think i want to see another picture of it alone.

[Harley Goldman]

Jonathan, H2OMan and Abdullah, thanks for the comments and suggestions. Much appreciated!

[life_in_sepia]

Beautiful image, Harley!

[Nathan Potter]

A view of Mabou town boat yard on Cape Bretton Island, Nova Scotia.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/8869938707_abe97cd602_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8869938707/)
45MA01-58[t1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8869938707/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

TK45S with a 75 mm. Nikon W. Fuji Velvia 100, Praus developed. V750 scan with PS corrections. July 8, 2001.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Tin Can]

WOW nice one.

That's Alabama!?



Lone Pine Peak

I camped in the Alabama Hills in January. I only shot two sheets of B&W that trip and the film has been patiently waiting in the holder for enough film to make up a Jobo drum batch. I ran it when I processed my Yosemite film a few weeks ago. This image was made a short distance from my campsite one beautiful Sunday morning.

Chamonix 4x5
Nikkor 300 M
Delta 100

[Corran]

That's no Alabama I've seen...

[Jim Cole]

Alabama Hills are in California near Mt. Whitney.

[jcoldslabs]

From Wikipedia:

The Alabama Hills were named for CSS Alabama. When news of the Confederate warship's exploits reached prospectors in California sympathetic to the American Civil War Confederates, they named many mining claims after the ship, and the name came to be applied to the entire range.

Jonathan

[JW Dewdney]

I don't normally do landscapes but a recent trip to the UK yielded this, which I couldn't help but like for it's otherworldly qualities. Shot with a 6x17 back.



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[Corran]

Three trips to St. Marks Wildlife Refuge and finally had a good sunset! Grabbed several shots, including some chromes, but here is the Portra 160VC one that I developed last night.
150mm APO Symmar, f/32, 2-stop soft GND MacGyver'd onto the lens because I forgot my Lee holder!

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/stmarks-0692ss.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Grand Teton aspen

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/8895614770_1401554af8_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8895614770/)

[SergeiR]

Lone Pine Peak

I camped in the Alabama Hills in January. I only shot two sheets of B&W that trip and the film has been patiently waiting in the holder for enough film to make up a Jobo drum batch. I ran it when I processed my Yosemite film a few weeks ago. This image was made a short distance from my campsite one beautiful Sunday morning.

Chamonix 4x5
Nikkor 300 M
Delta 100

sweet

[barnninny]

Aspens make such lovely pictures.

[Jim Cole]

This one on 4x4 E100VS film taken about 20 minutes after sunset at Lake Powell, AZ/UT.

For scale, the small white rectangular object on the near shore under Gunsight Butte (left of center) is a houseboat. Navaho Mountain sits on the horizon.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8263/8902743184_e97095b89f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8902743184/)

[Joe O'Hara]

From Hobart Bluff in the Siskiyous.

[Joe O'Hara]

This one on 4x4 E100VS film taken about 20 minutes after sunset at Lake Powell, AZ/UT.



Big place! Is it just me, or does the water look kind of low?

[Jim Cole]

Big place! Is it just me, or does the water look kind of low?

Yeah, about 90 feet low.

[Vaughn]

Death Valley, Lake Deposits, 2012
Scanned 4x10 platinum/palladium print

Zone VI 8x10, modified darkslide to make 4x10 images, FujiW 300/5.6
FP4+, in Ilford PQ Universal Developer

[barnninny]

This one on 4x4 E100VS film taken about 20 minutes after sunset at Lake Powell, AZ/UT.

For scale, the small white rectangular object on the near shore under Gunsight Butte (left of center) is a houseboat. Navaho Mountain sits on the horizon.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8263/8902743184_e97095b89f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/8902743184/)

Blues and browns (and reds)! I love it.

[dave_whatever]

A view of Mabou town boat yard on Cape Bretton Island, Nova Scotia.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/8869938707_abe97cd602_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8869938707/)
45MA01-58[t1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8869938707/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

TK45S with a 75 mm. Nikon W. Fuji Velvia 100, Praus developed. V750 scan with PS corrections. July 8, 2001.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

Whats going on in the sky there? I can see a sort of greyish haze around the top and sides of the sky, which isn't reflected in the water on the left. Looks a bit like smoke.

[Nathan Potter]

Whats going on in the sky there? I can see a sort of greyish haze around the top and sides of the sky, which isn't reflected in the water on the left. Looks a bit like smoke.

A natural neutral density filter. Smoke from a paper mill from, I believe, Port Hawksbury to the south. Quite unusual said the locals.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[dave_whatever]

A natural neutral density filter. Smoke from a paper mill from, I believe, Port Hawksbury to the south. Quite unusual said the locals.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

Crazy! Might be a good tip for future use: if you forget your grads just light a fire.

[h2oman]

Stateline road, on the Oregon California border.

http://tangent.oit.edu/~watermang/stateline_rd.jpg

[barnninny]

Stateline road, on the Oregon California border.

http://tangent.oit.edu/~watermang/stateline_rd.jpg

Great sense of vastness, and I like how the moisture(?) on the road echoes the cloud shapes.

[SergeiR]

4x5, foma, 210 Caltar-N

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5322/8925170284_96ab08a7e0_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8925170284/)
Scan-130602-0006www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/8925170284/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Darren H]

Great view down the road. Well done.

[Darren H]

Creek in Trinity Park in Fort Worth, Texas.

Shot on Efke 25 processed in DR-5 on my Arca-Swiss 4x5.

See more about this shot on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot.com/2013/05/urban-wilds.html

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/8934790857_a2cca8c5d3.jpg

[saturnus]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/8935819993_0955b2e457_o.jpg

5x7" Gundlach Korona + 165/4.5 CZJ Tessar
Efke 100PL film
Rofinal 1+50/10min

[Jody_S]

The Field.

96318

Luxor (Cooke?) 5x7 WAR @f32 on Konica Infrared with Red gelatin filter.

[barnninny]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/8935819993_0955b2e457_o.jpg

5x7" Gundlach Korona + 165/4.5 CZJ Tessar
Efke 100PL film
Rofinal 1+50/10min

Wicked atmospherics, saturnus.

[Nathan Potter]

Real nice, Nathan. I think this would make a spectacular B&W conversion, should that be your cup of tea.

Harley has convinced me to try a B&W version of this original color chrome. He has sent me a version by email for inspiration so herewith is my first attempt at doing this. I've opted to render on the dramatic side simply because I remember those angry clouds boiling up over the Sangre de Christos while the forground was still illuminated by a low western sun.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7370/8954997096_d91041debd_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8954997096/)
45CO02-2-18[t4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8954997096/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[barnninny]

Harley has a point.

[Tin Can]

ditto,



Harley has a point.

[mdm]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I7IWwMwZ8i8/Ua7mh-ZVakI/AAAAAAAAB50/X1DiBCV6F8o/s1600/Scan-130605-0007-Edit.jpg
5x7 wephota 15 in R09, 210 Sironar S

[algarzai]

i love driving long distances! this is romantic :D
it makes me want to jump behind the wheel

Stateline road, on the Oregon California border.

http://tangent.oit.edu/~watermang/stateline_rd.jpg

[Vallantho]

A tree in a field somewhere out towards Salisbury.

http://www.vallantho.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Tree-In-Field.jpg

[Vallantho]

Another field and a few clouds somewhere out towards Salisbury.

http://www.vallantho.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Clouds-Over-Field.jpg

[swittmann]

Beautiful, Vallantho! Bravo!

[Vallantho]

Beautiful, Vallantho! Bravo!

Thank you :) Very encouraging!

[andreios]

I agree, very nice.. And very English :)

[Zaitz]

Mississippi Dune golf course - kind of a landscape:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/9022321514_aa994f9e2c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/9022321514/)

Chamonix 45n-2
4x5 Fuji Provia 100f
210mm Schneider g-claron @f/32

[John Conway]

A tree in a field somewhere out towards Salisbury.

http://www.vallantho.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Tree-In-Field.jpg
I like this very much. I feel like I'm right there, walking along that road and looking out at those beautiful hills.

[Corran]

Mississippi Dune golf course - kind of a landscape:


Chamonix 45n-2
4x5 Fuji Provia 100f
210mm Schneider g-claron @f/32

Love the colors here! So what were you doing with a 4x5 on a golf course anyway?

[Vallantho]

I agree, very nice.. And very English :)

Thank you. Always appreciated!

[Vallantho]

I like this very much. I feel like I'm right there, walking along that road and looking out at those beautiful hills.

Thank you. It's a beautiful place to be. Great views, no cars on the roads, no people asking "how many megapixels is that thing?" Just a boy and his camera. A good day!

[Zaitz]

Love the colors here! So what were you doing with a 4x5 on a golf course anyway?
Thanks. I went out there at about 5am a few weeks ago to take some photos because it's a beautiful area. Then I went in to play a round of golf afterwards. I told the guy I was the one out on the course taking photos and he got really excited. Now I've been back a few times and he wants me to do the photos for their virtual tour and they may buy some prints. Just a well manicured course in a beautiful area. I've wanted to photograph golf courses for a while. Many have nice landscaping and whatnot and, to me, look a lot better than the parks in the area.

[Corran]

Cool! I've always thought they would be good places to photograph too, but the only course nearby is a really stuffy place that charges way too much - I doubt they'd even consider it.

[Ken Lee]

A tree in a field somewhere out towards Salisbury.

http://www.vallantho.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Tree-In-Field.jpg

I find the sense of light and atmosphere especially nice,

[Tin Can]

I love golf courses, but without the golfers. I have fond memories of after dusk activities...


Thanks. I went out there at about 5am a few weeks ago to take some photos because it's a beautiful area. Then I went in to play a round of golf afterwards. I told the guy I was the one out on the course taking photos and he got really excited. Now I've been back a few times and he wants me to do the photos for their virtual tour and they may buy some prints. Just a well manicured course in a beautiful area. I've wanted to photograph golf courses for a while. Many have nice landscaping and whatnot and, to me, look a lot better than the parks in the area.

[Greenspeed]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5469/9014547744_373d7db7bd_c.jpg

South West Rock, NSW, Australia.

Shen Hao 45; Caltar 90mm.

[Nguss]

Greenspeed and Vallantho, love both of those. A rescan of an older one


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3729/9018565627_f70f0198de_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/9018565627/)
Bamburgh Castle - Tim Parkin Drum Scan - Velvia 50 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/9018565627/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

[Greenspeed]

Thanks. Love Bamburgh Castle. Went there once with UK large format group. Unfortunately weather wasn't so good for shooting. Was this taken just after sunrise?

[ross]

Black and white conversion from a Fuji Astia scan:
[http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2813/9031666016_fae3ed477e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/)
Valley of Fire (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

Chamonix 45N2
Fuji Astia 100

[Vallantho]

I find the sense of light and atmosphere especially nice,

Thank you. I spent a lot of time reading over your website as i moved into large format. It's been a great source of help and inspiration.

[Vallantho]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5469/9014547744_373d7db7bd_c.jpg

South West Rock, NSW, Australia.

Shen Hao 45; Caltar 90mm.

Wow. Beautiful colours. And great clouds. This is very nice.

[Vallantho]

Greenspeed and Vallantho, love both of those. A rescan of an older one


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3729/9018565627_f70f0198de_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/9018565627/)
Bamburgh Castle - Tim Parkin Drum Scan - Velvia 50 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/9018565627/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

Thank you. I was looking around for somewhere to get drum scans in case i ever had need of it and Tim Parkin's website always came to the top of the list. Seems like he's definitely the guy to go to!

[Vallantho]

Black and white conversion from a Fuji Astia scan:
[http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2813/9031666016_fae3ed477e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/)
Valley of Fire (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

Chamonix 45N2
Fuji Astia 100

Love the feeling of texture in those rocks! Almost like i could touch them!

[Nguss]

Hi Greenspeed, this was just around sunrise.

Vallantho, if you were going to get anything drum scanned as you are in the UK I would definitely recommend Tim. It is hard to show how underexposed the photo was, and I am amazed at the detail he managed to get out of the scan. I am thinking I must get more drum scanned myself, so it ended up being a bad idea sending this one off in the end as I was too impressed with the result.

[Harley Goldman]

Black and white conversion from a Fuji Astia scan:
[http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2813/9031666016_fae3ed477e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/)
Valley of Fire (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

Chamonix 45N2
Fuji Astia 100

Real nice patterns and it works quite well with the deep shadows. Very nicely done.

[ross]

Real nice patterns and it works quite well with the deep shadows. Very nicely done.

Thanks Harley and Vallantho.

[Zaitz]

More from the golf course:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/9063521052_f1963de33f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/9063521052/)

4x5 Portra 400
Chamonix 45n-2
210mm Schneider G-claron @f/32

[8thsamurai]

Chamonix 45n-2 with a 135mm Nikkor-W on expired Fuji NPL with an 85b filter.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/9004722068_b09d6bd2f1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/evil_genius_photography/9004722068/)
20130601-016-web (http://www.flickr.com/photos/evil_genius_photography/9004722068/) by 8th-samurai (http://www.flickr.com/people/evil_genius_photography/), on Flickr
Hill top on a cemetery overlooking SR 526 in Everett WA with a nice view of the Cascade Mountain range.

[Joe O'Hara]

Black and white conversion from a Fuji Astia scan:
[http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2813/9031666016_fae3ed477e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/)
Valley of Fire (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

Chamonix 45N2
Fuji Astia 100


Very good picture there Ross. I hope to get back there some day. Have you ever been
around late when the bats come out of wherever they hide during the day? Strange place!

[skiers4life]

[QUOTE=Zaitz;1038133]More from the golf course:
Really enjoying your golf course work! Very peaceful.

[ross]

Very good picture there Ross. I hope to get back there some day. Have you ever been
around late when the bats come out of wherever they hide during the day? Strange place!

Thanks Joe. Haven't seen the bats, but I wish I had. Valley of Fire is indeed a strange place. A lot of geology in a small space.

[Robert Langham]

Shiprock trip a couple weeks ago. It was a solo run. Slept and worked out of a rented Pathfinder. It was windy in spots and I saw some intense sandstorms but in general a really great trip. 5X7 Deardorff with HP5 and FP4 in Xtol. I'm still liking the HP5 better.

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[andreios]

Robert, these are really beautiful! Very well done!

[Harley Goldman]

Shiprock trip a couple weeks ago. It was a solo run. Slept and worked out of a rented Pathfinder. It was windy in spots and I saw some intense sandstorms but in general a really great trip. 5X7 Deardorff with HP5 and FP4 in Xtol. I'm still liking the HP5 better.


Beautiful compositions. A fruitful trip.

[Holdenrichards]

Black and white conversion from a Fuji Astia scan:
[[/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/]Valley of Fire (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9031666016/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada


Chamonix 45N2
Fuji Astia 100


Really excellent photography!

[Robert Langham]

Ross: that's a terrific shot in a really nice piece of light.

Thanks Andreios and Harley. Love that place. Had a fabulous time. Nothing like a solid week of nothing but work. Hard to beat that. I didn't hotel or eat out. Just ate my own bad sandwiches and drank water and worked.

I've posted this on the Shiprock Thread in Travel but can't resist posting here as well. Under the nose of the famous wing on the Northeast Corner of Shiprock. Windy out on the plain. I was in a little wind shadow but right around the corner it would blow the camera over. Almost too much to clamber around in! Probably yellow filter. I'm a noticer of shadows and work around Shiprock with the sundial effect in mind. Deardorff 5X7 and 120 Super Angulon. HP5 in Xtol. Slightly reduced negative development. This is an iphone shot of the proof.

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[Bazz8]

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Neg Scan Arista200
Dev:BTZS
210mm lens no filter

[JeRuFo]

Great work Robert, I like them all. Love the warm tone and the softer contrast with the open shadows.

[Robert Langham]

Thanks. Great subject to be obsessed by! I like a soft print as well. Might get one more trip up this year.

Might be a few more details there: http://robertlangham.blogspot.com/

Water in lab too hot to print but I do have some paper left. Might give it a try. I don't want to wait until the fall. Most likely I will run some platinum/palladium.

[Robert Langham]

Canyon del Muerto last year near Standing Cow ruin.

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[Rick A]

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B&J Watson/127 Ysarex FP4+ in PMK Pyro

[Rick A]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5444/9132590085_4254a2d61f_z_d.jpg

B&J Watson/127 Ysarex FP4+ in PMK Pyro

[Robert Langham]

That's a nice bit of seeing!

[goamules]

Texas Canyon, Dragoon Mountains. 5x7 Portra 100, Goldrim Dagor.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/9148290074_4e31f80ee8_b.jpg

Larger (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/9148290074_f2331c8070_o.png) version.

[Zaitz]

Mississippi Dunes golf course:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5350/9159686787_24c999d6af_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/9159686787/)

Chamonix 45n-2
4x5 Fujifilm Velvia 100
Schneider 210mm g-claron @f/13
1/15 with Polarizer

Quickly realizing how poor the Epson 4990 is at getting through the shadows in transparencies.

[Fredrick]

Ilford Delta 8x10 and fuji 300mm f/5.6

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/9167075492_2ff4e87f45_o.jpg

I've realized that using a public scanner isn't really that sweet. I'll have to endure the hardship until I can afford something on my own. Until then I'll use it for proof scanning negatives that I want to contact print. Is the contrast a bit too much in this image btw?

[bobwysiwyg]

.Is the contrast a bit too much in this image btw?

I think the contrast is just fine. I like the image!

[Peter Mounier]

Contrast looks good to me too. Beautiful!

[Holdenrichards]

Ilford Delta 8x10 and fuji 300mm f/5.6

I've realized that using a public scanner isn't really that sweet. I'll have to endure the hardship until I can afford something on my own. Until then I'll use it for proof scanning negatives that I want to contact print. Is the contrast a bit too much in this image btw?

This is really excellent. Will yield a nice print.

[William Whitaker]

Ilford Delta 8x10 and fuji 300mm f/5.6s the contrast a bit too much in this image btw?

The contrast I'm seeing looks fine. Take a look at the landscapes of Morley Baer, particularly those in his book Stones of the Sur (http://www.amazon.com/Stones-Sur-Robinson-Jeffers-Photographs/dp/0804739420). Morley printed with bit of a heavy hand. But his images are stunning.

[Fredrick]

Thanks everyone. I'll get it printed when I get back from my trip. My darkroom skills are not as "good" as my digital editing skills, but I'll be sure to practice this summer.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/img001vvv2.jpg
Massachusetts, March 2013
Sinar P, 300mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, Divided Pyrocat HDC

[Fredrick]

I like the soft and subtle tones. It's sort of like looking through a scope and into a dream.

[Ken Lee]

I like the soft and subtle tones. It's sort of like looking through a scope and into a dream.

Yes - we sense these nuances in the field, and wonder if they can be photographed. One reason I like shooting with film is the delay: we can't know for sure until after a positive image has been made. Sometimes we get lucky and the feeling comes through.

[Jehu]

Cypress grove near Pacifica from my trip to the coast on Memorial Day weekend:

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[203Ektar]

Cypress grove near Pacifica from my trip to the coast on Memorial Day weekend:

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Hi Jonathan,

I like this. I grew up in Pacifica, but I'm having trouble placing this. Where did you shoot it?

Thanks,

Mike Sullivan

[premortho]

Contrast is fine, fits the subject really well. I also admire your use of portrait orientation (vertical). Is that a thumb-print in the lower left corner? If it was mine, I'd be tempted to try holding the sky back a little bit on the wet print.
Ilford Delta 8x10 and fuji 300mm f/5.6

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/9167075492_2ff4e87f45_o.jpg

I've realized that using a public scanner isn't really that sweet. I'll have to endure the hardship until I can afford something on my own. Until then I'll use it for proof scanning negatives that I want to contact print. Is the contrast a bit too much in this image btw?

[Fredrick]

Contrast is fine, fits the subject really well. I also admire your use of portrait orientation (vertical). Is that a thumb-print in the lower left corner? If it was mine, I'd be tempted to try holding the sky back a little bit on the wet print.
Thanks!

I think it is a pinhole leak or a leak from the film holder. I've patched the bellows with tape in every corner now, and checked for pinholes. There are none. What do you mean by holding the sky back? Lighter or darker? I've thinking about dodging the top of the sky a little bit, to add a little brightness. I'll see when my contact printing frame arrives.

[SergeiR]

couple of ilford delta 4x5s... Finally got around to use me 90/4.5 Nikkor on this trip to Russia

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/9183545204_bba0d64575_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9183545204/)
Scan-130701-0006www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9183545204/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/9183544734_7d44f13d12_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9183544734/)
Scan-130701-0010www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9183544734/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Greenspeed]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/9184269450_4fc3caf69d_c.jpg

Bonville Creek, NSW, Australia

Shen Hao, Calumet Caltar II 90mm. Kodak VS100

[premortho]

Holding back the sky is dodging, although to me, dodging is used more for specific areas, I'm talking about the whole sky area of the picture. You may have expressed it a little better by saying "to add a little brightness". I don't think you could have had that much contrast if you had pinholes in the bellows. Probably the cut film holder. Could be the tape on the hinge
Thanks!

I think it is a pinhole leak or a leak from the film holder. I've patched the bellows with tape in every corner now, and checked for pinholes. There are none. What do you mean by holding the sky back? Lighter or darker? I've thinking about dodging the top of the sky a little bit, to add a little brightness. I'll see when my contact printing frame arrives.

[Fredrick]

Holding back the sky is dodging, although to me, dodging is used more for specific areas, I'm talking about the whole sky area of the picture. You may have expressed it a little better by saying "to add a little brightness". I don't think you could have had that much contrast if you had pinholes in the bellows. Probably the cut film holder. Could be the tape on the hinge
Would electrical tape be a good replacement for the old tape?

[Peter Yeti]

Great image with dramatic clouds. I like the contrast, maybe it could be printed a little lighter in general. But I don't trust my screen, so I really can't judge it.


Could be the tape on the hinge
The stray light shows on the lower left corner of the negative/print. That means it's the upper right corner of the film holder where the dark slide is. Could be an old light trap leaking when you pull the dark slide.

[William Whitaker]

Would electrical tape be a good replacement for the old tape?

Try this:
http://www.gaylord.com/adblock.asp?abid=915

[gene LaFord]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img001vvv2.jpg
Massachusetts, March 2013
Sinar P, 300mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, Divided Pyrocat HDC

Nice image Ken. Reminds me of wandering around there when I was a student many (many) moons ago.

gene

[algarzai]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3708/9186467297_62e9e2a76e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/9186467297/)
Se'ed 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/9186467297/) by Abdullah AlGarzai (http://www.flickr.com/people/algarzai/), on Flickr

shot in Se'ed Saudi Arabia on tmax 100. as usual. i don't have notes and don't know what my exposure was :)

[Keith Fleming]

Algarzai,

My first impression was that the image is too contrasty, but on reflection I've begun to suspect it is an accurate representation of the intensity of the desert sun. Nice textures too.

Keith

[algarzai]

Yup, it was a sunny day - as usual. the shadows had no interest in them. I also have been toning my images very contrasty. that's how this imaged worked for me.

Algarzai,

My first impression was that the image is too contrasty, but on reflection I've begun to suspect it is an accurate representation of the intensity of the desert sun. Nice textures too.

Keith

[algarzai]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2860/9189265797_cc82b97c9f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/9189265797/)
farasan 12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/9189265797/) by Abdullah AlGarzai (http://www.flickr.com/people/algarzai/), on Flickr

Farasan Island in Saudi Arabia. Shot on Delta 100 and using 90mm Rodenstock and a lisco film holder :cool:.
this picture has been setting in my hard drive for a while. It is an example of how i have been toning images lately. I didn't like how bright it is until recently when I toned it to be not bright. I was working on it when I learned my uncle passed away. it has a special place.

[Jim Cole]

Very nice photograph to remember your uncle. The peacefulness and the light in the distance is meaningful.

[algarzai]

thanks Jim..

Very nice photograph to remember your uncle. The peacefulness and the light in the distance is meaningful.

[h2oman]

Both of these images are very nice, alcazar I. The dune shot is very reminiscent of the Weston's photos of the Oceano dunes in both style and quality. Great work!

[Jody_S]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2860/9189265797_cc82b97c9f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/9189265797/)
farasan 12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/algarzai/9189265797/) by Abdullah AlGarzai (http://www.flickr.com/people/algarzai/), on Flickr

Farasan Island in Saudi Arabia. Shot on Delta 100 and using 90mm Rodenstock and a lisco film holder :cool:.
this picture has been setting in my hard drive for a while. It is an example of how i have been toning images lately. I didn't like how bright it is until recently when I toned it to be not bright. I was working on it when I learned my uncle passed away. it has a special place.

They are both very good, and I do like the darkish tone on this one.

[algarzai]

Both of these images are very nice, alcazar I. The dune shot is very reminiscent of the Weston's photos of the Oceano dunes in both style and quality. Great work!
I am glad you like them. and I am very glad that my picture would remind you of a master like Edward Weston .. really happy.



They are both very good, and I do like the darkish tone on this one.
Thanks Jody.. :)

[Jehu]

Hi Jonathan,

I like this. I grew up in Pacifica, but I'm having trouble placing this. Where did you shoot it?

Thanks,

Mike Sullivan

Fitzgerald's Marine Reserve. I think that's at or near Moss Beach.

[Harley Goldman]

I went camping in the western Sierra over the 4th of July weekend. I was in an area with numerous dome formations. I found this dead snag at the top of one of the domes and liked the juxtaposition of the young living tree and the stately old dead snag. The clouds below add to the feeling of being on top of the world.

Chamonix 4x5
Fujinon 150mm
Delta 100

C&C always welcome.

http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/LivingAndGoneWebLg.jpg

[D-tach]

I went camping in the western Sierra over the 4th of July weekend. I was in an area with numerous dome formations. I found this dead snag at the top of one of the domes and liked the juxtaposition of the young living tree and the stately old dead snag. The clouds below add to the feeling of being on top of the world.

Chamonix 4x5
Fujinon 150mm
Delta 100

C&C always welcome.



Beautiful Harley... Did you use a red filter if I may ask?

[Harley Goldman]

I appreciate the comment, Tom. I used an orange filter.

[Regular Rod]

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[Ken Lee]

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Very pretty

[h2oman]

Agreed!

[D-tach]

I appreciate the comment, Tom. I used an orange filter.

Thanks for the info Harley

[Regular Rod]

Thank you Ken and h2oman. That is most encouraging.

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[Ken Lee]

Although I usually don't like it when we "explain" photos, this one has several contrasting elements which work harmoniously and naturally. There is a sense of distance but a lot of detail. There is coarse texture in the trees but smoothness in the water. There is stillness in the trees but movement in the water. Most attractive of all perhaps, is the feeling of presence and a subtle luminous atmosphere. The slight sense of distance makes things just out of reach, so we feel like we're spying on something intangible. It's quite nice :)

[Harley Goldman]

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This is really nice, Rod. It is an unusual composition with a strong tension to it that works quite well.

[h2oman]

Yes, the "luminous atmosphere" really makes it for me.

[SergeiR]

rain and sunset over St Petersburg

4x5 ilford delta, 240mm heliar

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5531/9269359924_1bd8e8711e_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9269359924/)
scan0382www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9269359924/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Jim Cole]

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. 4x5 Velvia.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5529/9271734050_7678a31730_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/9271734050/)

[Harley Goldman]

Beautiful light and scene, Jim.

[Ben Hopson]

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, CA.

Ebony SV45U2, 135mm APO Sirinar-S, tmax 100
http://hopsonarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Alabama-Hills-1.jpg

[Regular Rod]

Lovely work Ben, tones to envy and exquisite detail.

rr

[Jim Cole]

Beautiful light and scene, Jim.

Thank you, Harley.

[algarzai]

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. 4x5 Velvia.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5529/9271734050_7678a31730_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/9271734050/)

Great work Jim. the light and colors are just amazing.

[Corran]

I agree, very nice Ben. Do you mind telling us what developer you use for TMX?

[Ben Hopson]

Thank you. I used XTOL 1:1 in a JOBO CPP2 for the TMX.

[pdmoylan]

98758

Yellow Mustard at Dawn Fallow Field. Central NJ
Nikkor 150w
Velvia 50

[Thomas Greutmann]

Driftwood, River Elbe near Blankenese (Hamburg)

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/THEMEN---SUBJECTS/AM-WASSER---Water/000782-fi-blankenese-beach-wood.jpg?m=1373811614

Linhof Master Technika with Super Angulon 47mm, TMAX 400 developed in XTOL 1:1

Greetings, Thomas

[Harley Goldman]

I was experimenting with some color negative conversion software I was thinking of buying (and probably won't) and scanned up this image from last fall in the eastern Sierra. For some reason, I had never scanned this one before.

I figured as long as autumn is around the corner, this might be a nice little warm-up. Fall is getting closer and closer.


http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/AglowWebLg.jpg

Chamonix 4x5
Fujinon 240mm
Portra 160 color neg film

[Preston]

I like this one a lot, Harley. The glow is excellent and the color neg handled the back light very well. I like the sunlight touching the grasses, too.

Here's one from Happy Isles in Yosemite. I decided to crop this to a vertical pano, just for fun. What do you think?

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/lf_forum/875-1-pano-lg-Web-1.jpg

Chamonix 045N-2
Nikkor-M 300mm
Astia 100F
May 2013

--P

[Holdenrichards]

I love this thread so I thought I would post. This is my first large format photo shot with a graphic view II 4x5 I scanned it with an Epson v500 and stiched in photoshop


nicely done especially for a first one!

[Holdenrichards]

http://u1.ipernity.com/33/30/39/23353039.d543584f.640.jpg?r1

Down old Hwy 86 on the way to Chapel Hill... This is a test of the recently bought 213mm Repromaster. I love the amount of detail in this. I also really like the coverage.
<p>
1903 Eastman View No. 1 - Agfa Repromaster 213mm - f/45 - Arista EDU 100 - 8x10 Film - HC 110 1+200 - Unaltered Negative Scan

[Jim Cole]

I was experimenting with some color negative conversion software I was thinking of buying (and probably won't) and scanned up this image from last fall in the eastern Sierra. For some reason, I had never scanned this one before.

Portra 160 color neg film

Harley,

That one came out nicely. Did the Color Perfect not do a good job, or did it not offer anything over and above your current workflow for converting color negative film?

[Corran]

I'd also like to know what you didn't like.

I tried Color Perfect and didn't like it either. I'm still struggling with some color neg film. Some emulsions just snap right to perfect color with simple levels adjustments, some don't, not sure why.

[Harley Goldman]

I tried Color Perfect. While it seemed to work decently, I had just as much success using the color balance feature in EpsonScan. That got me pretty darn close and I planned to use PS to fine tune it. The image posted above required no color adjustment beyond what I did in EpsonScan (which was a significant amount).

[Jim Cole]

I tried Color Perfect. While it seemed to work decently, I had just as much success using the color balance feature in EpsonScan. That got me pretty darn close and I planned to use PS to fine tune it. The image posted above required no color adjustment beyond what I did in EpsonScan (which was a significant amount).

Great, Harley, thanks. Since I used Color Perfect with my first color neg conversion and it took about two minutes to get pretty darn close, I was impressed. Not having any other methodology, I was (and still am) impressed with it. After four conversions with Portra 160, I find all I need to do before pressing the "convert" button, is to reduce the saturation and add a slight s-curve to increase contrast. The conversions have come out nicely do far. I haven't yet tried any complicated lighting which may throw the program a curve.

I'll have to try doing a straight color neg scan with the 4990 and see how close it comes.

[RHITMrB]

I tried Color Perfect. While it seemed to work decently, I had just as much success using the color balance feature in EpsonScan. That got me pretty darn close and I planned to use PS to fine tune it. The image posted above required no color adjustment beyond what I did in EpsonScan (which was a significant amount).

I find that my best results come from scanning as a positive, then doing manual inversion + curves in Photoshop. I hope my results speak for themselves. I find it less tedious than having some software do a mediocre job that I end up having to tweak anyway to get the picture where I want it.

[Greenspeed]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2836/9289983265_fd52c2d71e_z.jpg

Bonville Creek, NSW, Australia

Shen Hao, 75mm Fujinon.

[Denise Dognini]

http://u1.ipernity.com/32/57/25/23775725.d8149a08.500.jpg?r1 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/denise.dognini/23775725)
itamambuca 8 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/denise.dognini/23775725) par Denise Dognini (http://www.ipernity.com/home/denise.dognini), on ipernity

Linhof Technika III - Schneider Symmar MC 135mm - Kodak TMax 100

[Regular Rod]

Lovely work Denise!

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[Ken Lee]

Those two photos feel like early morning. Lovely.

[Denise Dognini]

Lovely work Denise!

rr


Those two photos feel like early morning. Lovely.

Thank you both!

Ken, it was early morning, indeed.

[Eliverto]

Nice to see your work again Denise! Lovely scene.

[C. D. Keth]

The negative is from earlier this year. The scan is brand new. Taken in Angeles Natl. Forest near LA.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/9334783185_33b445415b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/9334783185/)
Above the Clouds, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/9334783185/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/cdketh/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

Channeling my inner Austin Granger/Lee Friedlander.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 15cm Zeiss Tessar @ f/8, T-Max 400.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/TMY2-Shasta-and-Shadow-01b1.jpg

Jonathan

[gth]

Channeling my inner Austin Granger/Lee Friedlander.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 15cm Zeiss Tessar @ f/8, T-Max 400.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/TMY2-Shasta-and-Shadow-01b1.jpg

Jonathan


AKA

"Which side of the fence are you on"

GREAT BTW!!

[jcoldslabs]

AKA

"Which side of the fence are you on"

GREAT BTW!!

Thanks. We had stopped at a rest area near Mt. Shasta and I was annoyed that there was no unobstructed view of the landscape from there, so I just took a photo of what was in the way instead. Lemons ---> lemonade!

J.

[h2oman]

I was annoyed that there was no unobstructed view of the landscape

That's because you were on the wrong side of the mountain! Next time go up (down) Highway 97 and stop at the view area just south of Grass Lake. :D

[jcoldslabs]

That's because you were on the wrong side of the mountain! Next time go up (down) Highway 97 and stop at the view area just south of Grass Lake. :D

Good to know. We were in a rush to get home from the middle of CA to Portland, so the straight (and much less scenic) I-5 was a necessary route. I never seem to get over to the south eastern part of the state. I've lived in Oregon over ten years and still haven't been to Crater Lake!

J.

[lbenac]

One of the first shots with my newly acquired Kodak Ektar Wide Field 135/6.3
Wista 45DX FP4 Pyrocat HD

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s10/v107/p1803506588-4.jpg

[Keith Fleming]

Luc,

You certainly did not waste any time before putting that 135 WF Ektar to good use! A fine image that drew me in. Keep it up!

Keith

[Robert Langham]

I have a 190mm Wide Field I use on my 5X7. Great lens! You are using yours to good effect!

[lbenac]

Thank you both. I do like the lens already.


Luc,

You certainly did not waste any time before putting that 135 WF Ektar to good use! A fine image that drew me in. Keep it up!

Keith


I have a 190mm Wide Field I use on my 5X7. Great lens! You are using yours to good effect!

[vanourek]

From an ancient forest Razula
Rittreck View, Schneider Kreuznach G-Claron 150/9, 4x5 TMX 100, Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, Ilford RC, Dektol 1+5
993979939899399

[Vaughn]

From an ancient forest Razula

Nicely seen!

[SergeiR]

8x10 Kodak CSG, 300/500 Symmar @ 300

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/9398647036_21a7d2089e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9398647036/)
Scan-130727-0011www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9398647036/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Peter De Smidt]

Nicely done, Sergei!

[Tin Can]

Looking for the big bad wolf.

[SergeiR]

thanks , guys. I am officially more impressed with Clyde Butcher after this excursion, as he is quite a bit older than i am and yet he manages through this stuff.. I been freaked out about swamps since i was wee one, and i still am.. So hauling around myself in my lovely rubber boots, 8x10 , tripod, backpack with gear and trying hard not to scream every time me leg would umph in whole thing or tripod would sink down yet another feet... That was a bit dodgy right there :) But i still managed to wonder around this stuff for few hours. And i will try it again :)

[Harley Goldman]

As Preston Birdwell described in the thread about smoke from the Aspen fire, things were pretty hazy along the eastern Sierra over last weekend. I decided to embrace the haze rather than avoid it with a few images and experimented a bit. This is one of those. The top was mostly white with some faint detail at the very top, so I cropped it to pano to eliminate the big blank space. Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor M 300, Delta 100.

C&C welcome.

http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/large/LonelyTreeWebLg.jpg

[Denise Dognini]

[QUOTE=Harley Goldman;1052179]As Preston Birdwell described in the thread about smoke from the Aspen fire, things were pretty hazy along the eastern Sierra over last weekend. I decided to embrace the haze rather than avoid it with a few images and experimented a bit. This is one of those. The top was mostly white with some faint detail at the very top, so I cropped it to pano to eliminate the big blank space. Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor M 300, Delta 100.

C&C welcome.

Gorgeous! I love all these light and soft tones.

[Harley Goldman]

Gorgeous! I love all these light and soft tones.

Thanks Denise. I am happy with how the experiment came out.

[jharr]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3710/9411392017_070a7e69e7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/9411392017/)
Woody Reflection (http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/9411392017/) by James Harr Photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/harrlequin/), on Flickr

Black Butte Ranch, OR

[Jim Cole]

West Fork of Oak Creek on 4x5 Acros. Left side of frame cropped for square presentation.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5458/9415020123_7b3727c371_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcole2008/9415020123/)

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/img013bdeep.jpg
Massachusetts, 2013
Kodak 2D, 10 3/4 inch RD Artar
5x7 HP5+, Pyrocat HDC

[gene LaFord]

You're stirring up some fond memories Ken. You captured the essence of the area quite nicely.

gene

[Ken Lee]

Thank you Gene !

[ALVANDI Camera]

99624

[ALVANDI Camera]

99625

[Robert Langham]

West Dike at Shiprock at dawn, blue filter, July, 2013. 5X7, 450 Nikkor and HP5 in Xtol.

99637

[Robert Langham]

From Shiprock July run, 2013.

99674 East Dike complex. Blue filter.

99675 Lightning Man.

[Harley Goldman]

Excellent series, Robert. West Dike is a stunning image! I love the shadow interplay.

[Brian Ellis]

As others have said, very fine photographs. I'm curious though - why the blue filter? Since there's typically so much blue in shadows the blue filter would be expected to lighten the shadows (and, obviously, the sky if it was blue) and reduce the contrast. Without seeing the original scene and so not knowing the colors I would have thought darker shadows (not black, just darker) in 2 of the 3 would have been very effective.

[Otto Seaman]

Yes to all three Robert!

[ALVANDI Camera]

99683

[johnmsanderson]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/ffb9a149ca2c1ad2d709304f4fb7ab8a/tumblr_mr1owu7YJT1r2hiibo1_1280.jpg

Landscape, Long Island

[ImSoNegative]

99683

I find this to be an interesting image, care to share the details? lens, film etc.

[dperez]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3736/9446465595_57fc60e934_b.jpg
[View Large (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3736/9446465595_d2c60bf4b7_o.jpg)]

Yosemite National Park, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10, Processed in a unicolor drum using Pyrocat HD 1:1:100, 9:30 @ 20C, Bronze toned in CS4

-Daniel

[Fredrick]

Hopefully this one will look better as a darkroom print.

[Dwayne Ethelbert Fontaine]

Nice I have that same lense no filters just getting started too. Take me forever to set up.

[ImSoNegative]

One I shot a while back, 4x5, 75mm grandagon ilford delta

[h2oman]

I like the simplicity of that image. :)

[Robert Langham]

Brian: I wish I had a good reason, mostly just wanted to see what might happen. I've never used a blue filter much so I thought I better give it a try.

99820 I notice that when I have a series of planes at different distances- (telephoto shots, mostly.) It enhances the air. Everyone knows this. I just hadn't ever taken it into the field and tried it.

99821

Both of these with 450 Nikkor on 5X7. Deep blue filter.

[Lffbug]

8x10 Kodak CSG, 300/500 Symmar @ 300

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/9398647036_21a7d2089e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9398647036/)
Scan-130727-0011www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9398647036/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

Is that Caddo Lake?

[JeRuFo]

Sill have to find out why the church seems to be leaning to the right in every photo we took that evening. I usually level my camera before composing, I must have done it here as well. Even in the handheld shots of both my girlfriend and myself it is always leaning slightly. Maybe the church is just playing a trick on us or maybe the force was just too strong that night.

Church of Dienten, Austria on Fomapan 100

99963

[Jim Cole]

Sill have to find out why the church seems to be leaning to the right in every photo we took that evening. I usually level my camera before composing, I must have done it here as well. Even in the handheld shots of both my girlfriend and myself it is always leaning slightly. Maybe the church is just playing a trick on us or maybe the force was just too strong that night.

Church of Dienten, Austria on Fomapan 100

99963

Beautiful setting and capture.

[Harley Goldman]

Sill have to find out why the church seems to be leaning to the right in every photo we took that evening. I usually level my camera before composing, I must have done it here as well. Even in the handheld shots of both my girlfriend and myself it is always leaning slightly. Maybe the church is just playing a trick on us or maybe the force was just too strong that night.

Church of Dienten, Austria on Fomapan 100

99963

Sweet light, with the shadows, intersecting lines and nice sky, a beautiful image. The church might be tilted a bit, but what the heck.

[JeRuFo]

Thank you both, very kind. It is starting to grow on me. The intersecting lines were what drew me to this vantage point. There was another from below by the side of the road. The light was better from that angle, but only the mountain in the background made the composition a little too simple for my taste.

[Jerry Bodine]

Sill have to find out why the church seems to be leaning to the right

Church of Dienten, Austria on Fomapan 100

99963

Could it be that the church IS ACTUALLY leaning?

[Robert Langham]

Northeast Dike, Shipock, 2013. 190 Ektar, no filter. Hp5 in Xtol. 5X7.

99979

[h2oman]

I'm not real keen on this image, but it illustrates the effect of wildfire smoke in our region. Crater Lake, August 1st:

http://tangent.oit.edu/~watermang/CL_smoke.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

100005Steps to Sand Beach, Acadia Maine 90mm 5.6 XL on sinar P fall

[czmielek]

4x5 Orwo NP15 D76
http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/13752889191959.jpg

4x5 EFKE 25 D76
http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/13759459111169.jpg

[polyglot]

JeRuMo and czmielek (second one): both lovely.

[ALVANDI Camera]

I find this to be an interesting image, care to share the details? lens, film etc.

Hi
toyoview 45A,Symmar-S 100/5.6,ilford FP4 6X9
my site (http://www.mr-alvandi.com)

[ALVANDI Camera]

100030
my site (http://www.mr-alvandi.com)

[Thomas Greutmann]

From my summer trip to the Provence, France: this is Moulin Bonnet in Boulbon (a small village near Avignon)

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Provence/000795-fi-boulbon-moulin-bonnet.jpg?m=1376240711

Linhof Master Technika with Super Angulon 47mm, TMAX 400 developed in XTOL 1:1

Greetings, Thomas

[Steve M Hostetter]

100036Detroit Rock City 90mm XL sinar P morning

[Tin Can]

Interesting perspective. Makes the city appear forlorn, empty and perhaps unreachable. and all those things may be true.

Empty fortress, no visible life or lights.

Sadly cool, even cold.



100036Detroit Rock City 90mm XL sinar P morning

[Steve M Hostetter]

Randy, actually when this is enlarged you see the pinhead size lights through out the city.. If you look to the far left you can see the old Ambassador Bridge crossing the Detroit river.. I hit this spot early before the sun had a chance to break through the clouds behind me. Very gloomy weather kind of just hung there

[lbenac]

Using my 6x12 back on the trail

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s10/v104/p1672874727-4.jpg


http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s9/v87/p1789407380-5.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

[Japodus]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5341/9498660875_9af8e1df57_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100223133@N04/9498660875/)
Black River (http://www.flickr.com/photos/100223133@N04/9498660875/) by radejug (http://www.flickr.com/people/100223133@N04/), on Flickr


Plitvice Lakes National Park-Black River

Camera: Linhof Technika
Lens: Schneider Kreutznach Super Angulon 90 mm W 5,6

Film : Ilford Delta 100 4x5

Chemistry: Perceptol + Rodinal 1+300

Scanner: Epson Perfection V750 PRO

[ALVANDI Camera]

thanks good composition ver. 6x12 i like panorama 6x12 & 6x17


Using my 6x12 back on the trail

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s10/v104/p1672874727-4.jpg


http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s9/v87/p1789407380-5.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

[Ben Hopson]

Point Lobos.
Ebony SV45U2, HP5+, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100
http://hopsonarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Point-Lobos-9-2.jpg

[Barry Trabitz]

Ben, I admire your Point Lobos image. Can you tell me what iso, temp and time you used? My HP5+ with pyrocat hd 1;1;100 are pretty flat.
Thanks for any input.
Barry Trabitz

[Ben Hopson]

Barry, I recently found a couple boxes of negatives that I exposed 4 years ago and am in the process of developing just now. I do not know for sure but I think I rated the HP5+ at ISO 400. I developed it in Pyrocat HD in Glycol; 1:1:100 at 70 degrees F. for 10 minutes in a JOBO CPP2 at the slowest rotation. I am scanning the negatives with an Eversmart Supreme and adjusting tonality in Photoshop and Silver Effects Pro2. Initially they do appear somewhat flat, but there is wonderful highlight and shadow detail present in the negatives.

Wish I could be more help, but I can't find my notes on the exposures.

Ben