Large Format Landscapes

[SergeiR]

The "Tegernsee", Alpes, Germany, very early in the morning

Tachihara 4x5, 90mm, Ektar 100


very nice shot

[Andrea Gazzoni]

very nice shot

+1
wonderful

[Jmarmck]

The "Tegernsee", Alpes, Germany, very early in the morning
Tachihara 4x5, 90mm, Ektar 100


Yet another photograph that inspires me. This one inspires me to get my lazy butt out of bed before dawn. I like the colors, saturation, and sharpness of this. The composition is such that it isolates the village and its lay in the landscape. Very well done.

[Chrstphrlee]

[QUOTE=sdzsdz;1173769]The "Tegernsee", Alpes, Germany, very early in the morning

Tachihara 4x5, 90mm, Ektar 100

Great shot. Brings back memories. I was stationed at Flint Kaserne in Bad Tolz in the early 80's. Rode my bike around that lake. Beautiful country. Bayern ist besser!

[Dirk Rösler]

Try this, Dirk...

Open the photo and close your eyes, try to think in anything but the photo for a few seconds, then open your eyes and look at the photo, you will look at the rapids first and, then, your eyes go directly to the sky triangle, out of the photo. Now, cover the upper part of the image, untill the triangle disapears. Close your eyes again, repeat the process. This time, your eyes goes directly to the rapids, as well, but then, they run all over the rockas and, then to the rest of the image.

OK, maybe that's true but honestly I cannot see the problem at all. What you are saying seems to be about the order of things to look at and starting at the top left-ish cannot be bad. But even if it was the bottom right I would not really mind as an experienced viewer would look at the whole picture eventually. The order may be important but effectively saying "good photos do not contain small areas of plain white" seems a little silly to me as you would end up trying to avoid the sky in all sorts of situations and just constrain yourself without a real reason. But it is all subjective, so perhaps it works for some and not for others, that's ok... thanks.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

OK, maybe that's true but honestly I cannot see the problem at all. What you are saying seems to be about the order of things to look at and starting at the top left-ish cannot be bad. But even if it was the bottom right I would not really mind as an experienced viewer would look at the whole picture eventually. The order may be important but effectively saying "good photos do not contain small areas of plain white" seems a little silly to me as you would end up trying to avoid the sky in all sorts of situations and just constrain yourself without a real reason. But it is all subjective, so perhaps it works for some and not for others, that's ok... thanks.

I rest my case...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

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Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Symmar 150mm, Fomapan 100, red filter.

[Steve M Hostetter]

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Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Symmar 150mm, Fomapan 100, red filter.Really nice!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

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NSD 45 PS (home made 4x5 camera), SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Really nice!

Thanks, Steve

[Nana Sousa Dias]

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NSD 45 PS (home made 4x5 camera), SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter

[Nana Sousa Dias]

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NSD 45 PS (home made 4x5 camera), SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter

[George E. Sheils]

I'm afraid I'm an all too infrequent poster here, but hoping maybe to redress that a little.

This one is from a river near my home in Co. Kildare, Ireland.


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Chamonix 045n-2
Schneider super angulon 90mm
f22 1/2s
FP4+ in Rodinal 50:1 15min tray dev.

Great image, Fran.

For what it's worth I really like the white triangle of sky. For me it gives a great lift to the image.

In many ways it is typically Irish...that kind of light.

Each to their own, though.

Hope I get to shoot with you again soon.

Cheers,
George.

PS...please don't post anything as 'controversial' next time ;)

[George E. Sheils]

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NSD 45 PS (home made 4x5 camera), SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter

Wonderful work, Nana !

[George E. Sheils]

The "Tegernsee", Alpes, Germany, very early in the morning

Tachihara 4x5, 90mm, Ektar 100

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/15300147642_a27dbc42e5_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15300147642/)
Tegernsee 1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15300147642/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

Sublime image - gorgeous pink hues. Well done.
I like it a lot.

[Jmarmck]

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NSD 45 PS (home made 4x5 camera), SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter

Wonderful contrast in texture on this one!
What were the shutter speeds on these two?

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag448/nanasousadias/Maresias251_zps530d41d3.jpg (http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/nanasousadias/media/Maresias251_zps530d41d3.jpg.html)
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Symmar 150mm, Fomapan 100

[jp]

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag448/nanasousadias/Maresias251_zps530d41d3.jpg (http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/nanasousadias/media/Maresias251_zps530d41d3.jpg.html)
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Symmar 150mm, Fomapan 100

This is dramatic without rocks, waves, clouds. I like it!

[David Hedley]

This is dramatic without rocks, waves, clouds. I like it!

I agree - it looks like a mathematical function to me, such as an integral. One for the equivalence thread, perhaps.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

This is dramatic without rocks, waves, clouds. I like it!
Thanks, JP

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I agree - it looks like a mathematical function to me, such as an integral. One for the equivalence thread, perhaps.

David, I'm portuguese and my English is kind of raw material, can you explain it to me as if I was one of the Spears sisters, please?:) Thanks....

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Wonderful work, Nana !

Thanks, George.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Wonderful contrast in texture on this one!
What were the shutter speeds on these two?
Thanks, Marty

I can't remember the shutter speeds, Marty.

[David Hedley]

David, I'm portuguese and my English is kind of raw material, can you explain it to me as if I was one of the Spears sisters, please?:) Thanks....

Desculpe, Nana (ou Britney? ;)), eu falo só pouco português brasileiro! Maybe it's more like the shape of an f-hole in a violin, but I was just thinking of the mathematical sign for integration (the opposite of differentiation);
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/15164003239_58ca1edce2.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32131681@N00/15164003239/)

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Desculpe, Nana (ou Britney? ;)), eu falo só pouco português brasileiro! Maybe it's more like the shape of an f-hole in a violin, but I was just thinking of the mathematical sign for integration (the opposite of differentiation);
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/15164003239_58ca1edce2.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32131681@N00/15164003239/)

LOLOLOL....thanks for the explanation...

[Old_Dick]

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NSD 45 PS (home made 4x5 camera), SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter

Stunning work Nanã.

[ALVANDI Camera]

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NSD 45 PS (home made 4x5 camera), SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter

Wonderful work.

[RSalles]

OK, maybe that's true but honestly I cannot see the problem at all. What you are saying seems to be about the order of things to look at and starting at the top left-ish cannot be bad. But even if it was the bottom right I would not really mind as an experienced viewer would look at the whole picture eventually. The order may be important but effectively saying "good photos do not contain small areas of plain white" seems a little silly to me as you would end up trying to avoid the sky in all sorts of situations and just constrain yourself without a real reason. But it is all subjective, so perhaps it works for some and not for others, that's ok... thanks.

Dirk,

One thing is when we see a picture that drives our attention, in which we find something that's almost working but not completely. Another story is to explain this found in words...
When I saw the picture referred above the first time, my attention was catched by that white "spot", maybe as a "gate", returning point, dunno. What I came across immediately viewing the picture is that "white spot" drove my attention out of the canvas without a back entry point - returning point back to the canvas. It's not a matter of artistic evaluation or grading of any sort: it's just a "walk around" of the eyes trough the basement of the image composition, fast viewing, and fast writing. To try to explain better without the aim in comparing too different images, I'll show a picture of a flickr poster, which used more or less the same "sky portion at the top" with a returning point to the canvas,

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5570/15048176848_23e3f14d17.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oVKQGY)

2014_July_Hietaniemi-Helsinki_Graflex-Ektar-152mm_004 (https://flic.kr/p/oVKQGY)
by Tatu Korhonen (https://www.flickr.com/people/81466295@N04/), on Flickr

The pic above is neither better or worst then yours - it's not a matter of ranking in any way, but I hope it explain the composition subject i'm talking about.
In the pic above I see another white "something" in the foreground which balance the entire image, and the most important think: a path linking both - the clear perspective effect created by the graves on the ground,

Cheers,

Renato

[Woodturner-fran]

I think that triangle of sky is killing the photo, I would crop the image, so the atention focuses on the rocks and water. Nice camera you have there, I tried one in Brasil, 2 years ago and I loved it, small, light, lots of movements, nice belows extension, it is, probably, the most clever field camera design I've ever seen.


Hi, I would counter that the small triangle of sky is complementing the large triangle of rocks in front (hourglass composition) and emphasises the perspective and distance... I think "killing the photo" is really too strong a term, anyway.

I think a slightly higher viewpoint would have been beneficial though.


...or perhaps a filter/polarizer. Raising the POV were would alter the rocks and rapids appearance. To me, the image is lacking snap (lighting/contrast). Perhaps put more white in the rapids. There is a lack of separation between the upstream pool and its left side surroundings. Changing POV up and right might help, but then you have to deal with the rapids and rock again.

The initial fall of the water is great. Perhaps that alone would be a suitable subject. The reflections are great too. Over all it is a nice pleasant photo that invokes desires. The image makes me want to grab the fly rod and go fishing for some smallmouth.


Any spot of a photo wich is plain white is where the eyes go, by instinct. That's why I said it's killing the photo. What Marty said is right, the rapids should have a bit more white to catch the atention, wich is going to that sky triangle, going outside the image. I didn't invent this, I learned this from Ansel Adams and some other guys like Edward and Brett Weston, John Sexton, Bruce Barnbaum, etc...


Try this, Dirk...

Open the photo and close your eyes, try to think in anything but the photo for a few seconds, then open your eyes and look at the photo, you will look at the rapids first and, then, your eyes go directly to the sky triangle, out of the photo. Now, cover the upper part of the image, untill the triangle disapears. Close your eyes again, repeat the process. This time, your eyes goes directly to the rapids, as well, but then, they run all over the rockas and, then to the rest of the image.


Try this, Dirk...

Open the photo and close your eyes, try to think in anything but the photo for a few seconds, then open your eyes and look at the photo, you will look at the rapids first and, then, your eyes go directly to the sky triangle, out of the photo. Now, cover the upper part of the image, untill the triangle disapears. Close your eyes again, repeat the process. This time, your eyes goes directly to the rapids, as well, but then, they run all over the rockas and, then to the rest of the image.


OK, maybe that's true but honestly I cannot see the problem at all. What you are saying seems to be about the order of things to look at and starting at the top left-ish cannot be bad. But even if it was the bottom right I would not really mind as an experienced viewer would look at the whole picture eventually. The order may be important but effectively saying "good photos do not contain small areas of plain white" seems a little silly to me as you would end up trying to avoid the sky in all sorts of situations and just constrain yourself without a real reason. But it is all subjective, so perhaps it works for some and not for others, that's ok... thanks.


Great image, Fran.

For what it's worth I really like the white triangle of sky. For me it gives a great lift to the image.

In many ways it is typically Irish...that kind of light.

Each to their own, though.

Hope I get to shoot with you again soon.

Cheers,
George.

PS...please don't post anything as 'controversial' next time ;)


Wonderful work.


Dirk,

One thing is when we see a picture that drives our attention, in which we find something that's almost working but not completely. Another story is to explain this found in words...
When I saw the picture referred above the first time, my attention was catched by that white "spot", maybe as a "gate", returning point, dunno. What I came across immediately viewing the picture is that "white spot" drove my attention out of the canvas without a back entry point - returning point back to the canvas. It's not a matter of artistic evaluation or grading of any sort: it's just a "walk around" of the eyes trough the basement of the image composition, fast viewing, and fast writing. To try to explain better without the aim in comparing too different images, I'll show a picture of a flickr poster, which used more or less the same "sky portion at the top" with a returning point to the canvas,

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5570/15048176848_23e3f14d17.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oVKQGY)

2014_July_Hietaniemi-Helsinki_Graflex-Ektar-152mm_004 (https://flic.kr/p/oVKQGY)
by Tatu Korhonen (https://www.flickr.com/people/81466295@N04/), on Flickr

The pic above is neither better or worst then yours - it's not a matter of ranking in any way, but I hope it explain the composition subject i'm talking about.
In the pic above I see another white "something" in the foreground which balance the entire image, and the most important think: a path linking both - the clear perspective effect created by the graves on the ground,

Cheers,

Renato





Oh my!!! I didn't meant to kick off such a discussion!!! Maybe it serves a purpose though.

Here's the funny thing!! I had intended coming on here this evening to have a look at the comments - but also i actually did my darkroom print of the image yesterday, and scanned it just now (the earlier post was a neg scan). I did a final crop in the darkroom - have a look below at my own interpretation on the neg!! Maybe I should print it both ways!!

Many thanks to all who contributed - your comments are extremely useful! George - did you see the thread on APUG re a meet up on Oct 5th?

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Fran

[RSalles]

Fran,

That's why this thread was open - share images, discuss, exchanging point of views, that's it...

Cheers,

Renato

[Leonardo Ralves]

Hi Nanã!

This one I have on my wall. Good to see new ones here in this thread. Great work as usual!

Abraços!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Hi Nanã!

This one I have on my wall. Good to see new ones here in this thread. Great work as usual!

Abraços!

Thanks, Leonardo.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Stunning work Nanã.
Thanks, Dick.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Wonderful work.
Thanks, Panoral.

[DennisD]

Oh my!!! I didn't meant to kick off such a discussion!!! Maybe it serves a purpose though.

Here's the funny thing!! I had intended coming on here this evening to have a look at the comments - but also i actually did my darkroom print of the image yesterday, and scanned it just now (the earlier post was a neg scan). I did a final crop in the darkroom - have a look below at my own interpretation on the neg!! Maybe I should print it both ways!!

Many thanks to all who contributed - your comments are extremely useful! George - did you see the thread on APUG re a meet up on Oct 5th?

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Fran

Hi Fran,

The full frame version does not play so well to my eyes - especially the more i look at it.

The cropped version is a much more careful and focused composition. It takes you right to the subject without any distraction (the white triangle) or unnecessary elements (the right side of the image).

The cropped version is lovely !

Dennis

[Woodturner-fran]

Thanks Dennis for the kind words. I think I prefer the cropped version too.....


Fran

[hiend61]

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag448/nanasousadias/Maresias251_zps530d41d3.jpg (http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/nanasousadias/media/Maresias251_zps530d41d3.jpg.html)
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Symmar 150mm, Fomapan 100
Outstanding assortment of textures and shapes Nana. Well done!

[algarzai]

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NSD 45 PS, Fomapan 100, Red filter

i like this.. wonderful composition, exposure, development and scanning.
something you dont see often.

[algarzai]

i love this atmosphere. i have spent the past 2 weeks in the alps except a few days for photokina. I have only shot 4 exposures partly because i don't know the place and the kind of person who wants to know the place very well before taking picture and also because i am on holidays with my family. i try to avoid photography when traveling with non-photographers.
The picture makes me regret the time spent not photographing!

Question, is the pink color enhanced with a filter or with post processing? i don't see the color reflected in the water. it is there but not as intense as you would expect it to be.


The "Tegernsee", Alpes, Germany, very early in the morning

Tachihara 4x5, 90mm, Ektar 100

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/15300147642_a27dbc42e5_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15300147642/)
Tegernsee 1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15300147642/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

There was a time when I would leave the house to take pictures.

Toyo 45A, 90mm Grandagon, Ektachrome.


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

Jonathan

[Corran]

Ha! That's some nice color and lines.

[Vaughn]

There was a time when I would leave the house to take pictures. Toyo 45A, 90mm Grandagon, Ektachrome. Jonathan

Very good! First impression is Banks Lake, WA. Incredible landscapes! Dry Falls is a strange-feeling place...I like photographing there.

[StoneNYC]

There was a time when I would leave the house to take pictures.

Toyo 45A, 90mm Grandagon, Ektachrome.


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

Jonathan

When your home was your car and you were living on the side of the road?

The exposure is PERFECT! Nice!

[Jim Cole]

There was a time when I would leave the house to take pictures.

Toyo 45A, 90mm Grandagon, Ektachrome.


Jonathan


I don't believe it. Who really took that? ;)

[JaZ99]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2949/15170892460_48426498b0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p7AMMo)
Imperfect symmetry #79 (https://flic.kr/p/p7AMMo) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Caltar N-II 150/5.6
Foma 100
Geotagged

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Outstanding assortment of textures and shapes Nana. Well done!
Thanks, Juan.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

i like this.. wonderful composition, exposure, development and scanning.
something you dont see often.
Thanks.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag448/nanasousadias/SR005_zps5c7154b0.jpg (http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/nanasousadias/media/SR005_zps5c7154b0.jpg.html)
NSD 45 PS, SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter.

[jcoldslabs]

Ha! That's some nice color and lines.

Thanks, Bryan. Funny what you discover when you reorganize your 4x5 negatives and transparencies.



Very good! First impression is Banks Lake, WA. Incredible landscapes! Dry Falls is a strange-feeling place...I like photographing there.

Banks Lake it is. I lived in Spokane for a short while and used to love taking drives around the region--back when gas was cheap.



The exposure is PERFECT! Nice!

Thanks, Stone. This was taken 20 years ago but that same Pentax spot meter is still providing me with great results.



Who really took that?

Some guy I used to know in his early 20s. I catch a glimpse of him in the mirror now and again....

Jonathan

[alexn]

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag448/nanasousadias/SR005_zps5c7154b0.jpg (http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/nanasousadias/media/SR005_zps5c7154b0.jpg.html)
NSD 45 PS, SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter.

This is beautiful! That sky.... Wow

[Nana Sousa Dias]

This is beautiful! That sky.... Wow

Thanks, Alex...

[ndg]

Nana, it is one thing to have access to beautiful scenery and amazing landscapes to photograph. It's another thing to capture it in such a s way that the breathtaking aspect is immortalized. Your images just do that. Bravo!


http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag448/nanasousadias/SR005_zps5c7154b0.jpg (http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/nanasousadias/media/SR005_zps5c7154b0.jpg.html)
NSD 45 PS, SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nana, it is one thing to have access to beautiful scenery and amazing landscapes to photograph. It's another thing to capture it in such a s way that the breathtaking aspect is immortalized. Your images just do that. Bravo!

Thank you, very much. There is nothing so special about this scenery, here. I just pay atention to the sky and sea, that is what really makes the scenery... and its diferent, everyday... ;)

[Harley Goldman]

Since I have not been out on a photo trip in some time, I have been occasionally looking through the files at film I never scanned.

I am amazed at how my perspective on film changes over times. Images that were once some of my favorites don't do that much for me anymore and some I never bothered with look more appealing than they once did. Moral of the story is don't throw away any rejects, I might like them someday.

This was from a Utah trip over Christmas, 2005.

Arca Swiss 4x5
Lens, who knows?
Velvia 100




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

[pdmoylan]

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag448/nanasousadias/SR005_zps5c7154b0.jpg (http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/nanasousadias/media/SR005_zps5c7154b0.jpg.html)
NSD 45 PS, SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, red filter.

Very nice.

I would love to see this in color. Ever consider shooting the same scene with both on a regular basis?

PDM

[David Hedley]

Since I have not been out on a photo trip in some time, I have been occasionally looking through the files at film I never scanned.

I am amazed at how my perspective on film changes over times. Images that were once some of my favorites don't do that much for me anymore and some I never bothered with look more appealing than they once did. Moral of the story is don't throw away any rejects, I might like them someday.

This was from a Utah trip over Christmas, 2005.

Arca Swiss 4x5
Lens, who knows?
Velvia 100




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

Harley - that really is excellent! A landscape both flowing and frozen at the same time.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Very nice.

I would love to see this in color. Ever consider shooting the same scene with both on a regular basis?

PDM

Thanks. No, I shoot in B&W because I love B&W and because I love to develop and print my films and photos in my darkroom. Colour photography doesn't ring my bell at all.

[jcoldslabs]

I am amazed at how my perspective on film changes over times. Images that were once some of my favorites don't do that much for me anymore and some I never bothered with look more appealing than they once did. Moral of the story is don't throw away any rejects, I might like them someday.

I couldn't agree more. One of the benefits of photographing over a period of decades is being able to see a progression in one's own work.

Did I say, "Decades?" Good grief!

J.

[sdzsdz]

i love this atmosphere. i have spent the past 2 weeks in the alps except a few days for photokina. I have only shot 4 exposures partly because i don't know the place and the kind of person who wants to know the place very well before taking picture and also because i am on holidays with my family. i try to avoid photography when traveling with non-photographers.
The picture makes me regret the time spent not photographing!

Question, is the pink color enhanced with a filter or with post processing? i don't see the color reflected in the water. it is there but not as intense as you would expect it to be.

First of all, thank you all very much for your kind comments.

I will try to answer this special question: The pink colour was neither enhanced with a filter nor with post processing. I did no selective PP. So this remains a good question. I used a Heliopan polarizer and a LEE ND grad (I think 0,9 soft). I don´t think, that the colour comes from the NDG so a possible answer could be, that the Polarizer treated the reflection from the lake in a different way than the ones from the sky because of other wave-length/angle?

I have here another Frame made about 10 minutes later with my 6x17 Cam, I like it a lot I have to say:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15137199169/sizes/h/

[David Hedley]

This is also a blast from the past. Over the weekend I was reading about the Japanese volcano, Ontake-san, that erupted without warning. We used to visit Kiso in the southern Japanese alps fairly often when we lived in Tokyo, and this is a picture of the village Kaida-mura, under Ontake-san;
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3171/3032314593_edfc4bf078_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32131681@N00/3032314593/)
This is one of my first attempts at large format, about 16 years ago, using Velvia and a Toyo Field with a Fujinon 90mm.

[Harley Goldman]

Harley - that really is excellent! A landscape both flowing and frozen at the same time.

Thanks David!

[Harley Goldman]

This is another one from Utah, Xmas 2005, scanned this weekend.

Arca Swiss 4x5
lens?
Velvia 100 converted to B&W.

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

[Jmarmck]

I have a roll of MF of this. Your perspective in far better. The B&W works very well with this scene. Nicely done Harley.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

This is another one from Utah, Xmas 2005, scanned this weekend.

Arca Swiss 4x5
lens?
Velvia 100 converted to B&W.

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

Fabulous shot...

[czmielek]

Here is some from Poland. Foma 200 and 100 9x12 and 4x5 in PMK.

http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/14119744411992.jpg


http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/14118925141215.jpg


http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/14119729661476.jpg

THX for looking,
Dave

[pdmoylan]

Fabulous shot...

I agree!

[Old_Dick]

This is another one from Utah, Xmas 2005, scanned this weekend.

Arca Swiss 4x5
lens?
Velvia 100 converted to B&W.




Hi Harley,

Two gold stars next to your name for this one. Your website is on par.


Warm Regards
Dick


Principal Unix System Engineer, Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems(retired)

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

[sdzsdz]

First of all, thank you all very much for your kind comments.

I will try to answer this special question: The pink colour was neither enhanced with a filter nor with post processing. I did no selective PP. So this remains a good question. I used a Heliopan polarizer and a LEE ND grad (I think 0,9 soft). I don´t think, that the colour comes from the NDG so a possible answer could be, that the Polarizer treated the reflection from the lake in a different way than the ones from the sky because of other wave-length/angle?

I have here another Frame made about 10 minutes later with my 6x17 Cam, I like it a lot I have to say:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15137199169/sizes/h/

And now with the picture. Don´t know how to correct a post.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/15391179911_b914f49e94_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/)
15137199169_23bf270d6d_h (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

[Myxine]

Wow! Gorgeous

[Nana Sousa Dias]

And now with the picture. Don´t know how to correct a post.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/15391179911_b914f49e94_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/)
15137199169_23bf270d6d_h (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

This one is a killer.

[Jmarmck]

Yes! The Rorschach nature between the mountains (and clouds) and reflections draw the eye right into the village. Very nice.

[Harley Goldman]

I have a roll of MF of this. Your perspective in far better. The B&W works very well with this scene. Nicely done Harley.



Fabulous shot...



I agree!





Hi Harley,

Two gold stars next to your name for this one. Your website is on par.


Warm Regards
Dick


Thanks. The comments are very much appreciated!!

[Harley Goldman]

And now with the picture. Don´t know how to correct a post.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/15391179911_b914f49e94_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/)
15137199169_23bf270d6d_h (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr


Beautiful! The image has a real nice painterly look, too.

[skiers4life]

This time of year the Hiwassee River in East Tennessee can drop to really low levels, especially in the mornings when they aren't using the dam to generate electricity. Because not much water is flowing, the surface of the water becomes one huge mirror...especially when the morning sun hits the opposite bank. Also, huge rock fields (for lack of a better term) are exposed which gives almost limitless compositions. I've ventured out the past few weeks to see what I can get. Both images below were taken on 4x5 Ilford Delta 100, developed in Ilfosol-3 N+1, and scanned with an Epson v700. Both were shot at f/45 with a 90mm lens. The first was one second, the second was 40 seconds.

Fun story about the second image. It was taken about 30 feet from the shoreline into the river. At best, the water was maybe half a foot deep, and there were plenty of larger rocks to walk on to get out that far. I spent about an hour out there walking around, scouting, and then shooting. As I was looking for another composition, I looked down and noticed that the rock I was standing on was now under water! I also noticed that the once smooth areas now had current in them; they had released the dam about an hour ahead of its schedule!!! I grabbed the camera first and got it to safety only to return and find my film was ALMOST in the water; another inch and it would've been ruined! Close call.

I really enjoy this image (2nd one), not only for the story, but I feel it's my best large format capture to date. It was a very chaotic scene and I love the way the rocks lead in and the way the reflection flows through the image. Who knows though, maybe I'm just really attached to it and can't see otherwise. Anyway, as always, C&C welcome and appreciated.



https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15210486647_525716c67f_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pb6HKM)


https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/15396993155_f954a4089a_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pszBDe)

[finarphin]

This is another one from Utah, Xmas 2005, scanned this weekend.

Arca Swiss 4x5
lens?
Velvia 100 converted to B&W.

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

Very nice range in tone. I like it.

[StoneNYC]

And now with the picture. Don´t know how to correct a post.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/15391179911_b914f49e94_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/)
15137199169_23bf270d6d_h (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

Damn son, the layers! absolutely fantastic!

[Daniel Stone]

Here is some from Poland. Foma 200 and 100 9x12 and 4x5 in PMK.

http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/14119744411992.jpg

THX for looking,
Dave


I really like the small details that make the eye 'wander' in this one :)

[RSalles]

Here is some from Poland. Foma 200 and 100 9x12 and 4x5 in PMK.

http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/14119744411992.jpg


http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/14118925141215.jpg


http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/konkurs/14119729661476.jpg

THX for looking,
Dave

Beautiful! Apart the ideal dev. and exposure what I like in this series is the focal length of the lens, perfect for the point of view.

I'm learning a damn lot with this last pages just looking at your work gens...

Naná, what do you use to expose your films, spotmeter and ZS?

Renato

[al olson]

And now with the picture. Don´t know how to correct a post.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/15391179911_b914f49e94_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/)
15137199169_23bf270d6d_h (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15391179911/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03
/) auf Flickr

Wonderful!

[Kirk Gittings]

From my recent artist residency at the Petrified Forest National Park. Shot with 4x5, FP4+ in Pyrocat HD.

[Bob Sawin]

I am so impressed with the high level of work shown in this thread. There are so many amazing, brilliant photographers showing their work...thanks to all.

[Harley Goldman]

From my recent artist residency at the Petrified Forest National Park. Shot with 4x5, FP4+ in Pyrocat HD.

Spectacular clouds and scene!! Beautiful, Kirk.

[Kirk Gittings]

Thank you Harley.

[Jmarmck]

From my recent artist residency at the Petrified Forest National Park. Shot with 4x5, FP4+ in Pyrocat HD.
Kirk, that is right up my ally! I have an obsession with thunderstorms. I love this shot.
The base of that storm is odd with that tilt.

[Kirk Gittings]

That was odd to me too and I was going to make a special thread asking about it. It is not due to WA distortion as it was just a 120 on 4x5 with a touch of drop. So it has to be a weather situation. Since taking this I have been studying such clouds and I have seen things slightly similar but not nearly as dramatically tilted. I think maybe the cloud as it moved to the left hit an updraft?

[Jmarmck]

It is a reflection of vapor pressure and an example of how it is not always parallel to the ground due to changing humidity and pressure in a local area. It is always higher at the forefront of the storm but not this pronounced. I wonder if the storm movement was somewhat toward you meaning that the tail end of the storm is farther than it seems, i.e. perspective issues.

[Kirk Gittings]

Sounds like you actually know something about this. That explains a lot. But I don't think it was moving towards me. I am looking North in that shot. It was moving East to West and slightly towards the North.

[sanking]

From my recent artist residency at the Petrified Forest National Park. Shot with 4x5, FP4+ in Pyrocat HD.

Kirk

Very, very nice!

Sandy

[Scott Schroeder]

Kirk,
Wow man. I was mesmerized for a long time with this photo. Must have been a helluva day!

[h2oman]

From my recent artist residency at the Petrified Forest National Park. Shot with 4x5, FP4+ in Pyrocat HD.

I think that would be a great image even if cropped just below the thunderhead. I find the badlands and dry creek bed very compelling in their own right, and the composition of them to be excellent.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Beautiful! Apart the ideal dev. and exposure what I like in this series is the focal length of the lens, perfect for the point of view.

I'm learning a damn lot with this last pages just looking at your work gens...

Naná, what do you use to expose your films, spotmeter and ZS?

Renato

Yes, Renato, I use a Sekonik Incident/flashmeter/spotmeter.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

From my recent artist residency at the Petrified Forest National Park. Shot with 4x5, FP4+ in Pyrocat HD.

Fabulastic...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

That was odd to me too and I was going to make a special thread asking about it. It is not due to WA distortion as it was just a 120 on 4x5 with a touch of drop. So it has to be a weather situation. Since taking this I have been studying such clouds and I have seen things slightly similar but not nearly as dramatically tilted. I think maybe the cloud as it moved to the left hit an updraft?

There is a lot of movement inside cumulo-nimbus clouds. I think those incredible forces and high air speed forced the cloud to tilt. All the other cloud bottom are aligned with the horizon, so, it could not be lens distortion. These clouds can break a small plane wings and tails, this already hapened. Some of these clouds can be huge, with about 10 miles of height.

[Kirk Gittings]

Thanks all.


I think that would be a great image even if cropped just below the thunderhead. I find the badlands and dry creek bed very compelling in their own right, and the composition of them to be excellent.

Images within images.......yes I see that too. Generally speaking I cannot separate the land from the sky and see the sky as what sets the mood I guess.

[pdmoylan]

Fabulastic...

Couldn't agree more Kirk.

[h2oman]

Thanks all.



Images within images.......yes I see that too. Generally speaking I cannot separate the land from the sky and see the sky as what sets the mood I guess.

What I meant to imply is that it is a very nice image even without the cloud, and that puts it over the top!

[Kirk Gittings]

cool

[ImSoNegative]

one of a few shot today up in the smokey mountain national park, Rittreck view 5x7, 90mm caltar II lens, hp5

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2949/15393863766_23846e1f05.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/psizof)on the way to cades cove (https://flic.kr/p/psizof) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

another, 5x7, 150mm fujinon.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15416912505_893ebe580b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pukGYi)part of smokey mountain national park (https://flic.kr/p/pukGYi) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[JeRuFo]

I like the first one best. Great shot with the light trees and the arches and the round rocks in the front. Love the silvery tones.

[Jmarmck]

I like them equally, the first for the same reasons as JeRuFo, the second for the detail and textures in the rocks. I like how the lichens show.

[SergeiR]

one of a few shot today up in the smokey mountain national park, Rittreck view 5x7, 90mm caltar II lens, hp5


love it.

[ImSoNegative]

thanks for the comments

[Nana Sousa Dias]

one of a few shot today up in the smokey mountain national park, Rittreck view 5x7, 90mm caltar II lens, hp5

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2949/15393863766_23846e1f05.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/psizof)on the way to cades cove (https://flic.kr/p/psizof) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

Beautiful.

[koraks]

http://www.koraks.nl/galleries/4x5_archives/DD45TMX_141_03.jpg
Sand dune gully. SA 75/8, TMX in Rodinal 1:50. 4990 scan

[JaZ99]

Hintertux region:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/15241557129_d3549cccd6_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pdQXVK)
Into the valley (https://flic.kr/p/pdQXVK) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
CDU II + 85A
Fujinon 105/5.6
Geotagged

[Jmarmck]

I have to ask, are we to not comment on anything at all unless the poster requests it?

[StoneNYC]

Hintertux region:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/15241557129_d3549cccd6_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pdQXVK)
Into the valley (https://flic.kr/p/pdQXVK) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
CDU II + 85A
Fujinon 105/5.6
Geotagged

Wow.... Really mastering that CDU II

[Holdenrichards]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/15396993155_f954a4089a_o.jpg

What a wonderful image. Well done!

[Holdenrichards]

http://u1.ipernity.com/45/79/69/35307969.9063634f.640.jpg?r2

Been using up a box of Ilford Delta 100. Interesting film, dense, syrupy tones, likes agitation.

1897 Ak-sar-ben Camera - Schneider G-Claron 210mm - f/45 - Ilford Delta 100 - 8x10 Film - HC 110 1+100 - Unaltered Negative Scan

[JaZ99]

Wow.... Really mastering that CDU II

Thank you. CDUII is tough. I've recently developed a batch of photos from Iceland and it looks like most of them require severe digital postprocessing...

[Tin Can]

Read the rules. Few are obeying.


I have to ask, are we to not comment on anything at all unless the poster requests it?

[Steve M Hostetter]

1227628x10" fujichrome

[Steve M Hostetter]

1227638x10" fujichrome

[ImSoNegative]

nice shots steve, the leaves are turning nice up there

[Steve M Hostetter]

Thank you ImSo, these were taken a few years ago but I just got around to process them.. I think for the leaves this year I'm gonna switch gears and order some color neg film, some Ektar 100 w/ the C-41 chem kit from Adarama .. Should be a brilliant fall here but not quite yet:)

[StoneNYC]

Thank you ImSo, these were taken a few years ago but I just got around to process them.. I think for the leaves this year I'm gonna switch gears and order some color neg film, some Ektar 100 w/ the C-41 chem kit from Adarama .. Should be a brilliant fall here but not quite yet:)

They are already turning here...

[alexn]

One from a recent outing with the new toy, the 65mm f/5.6.. Very happy with the perspective it offers over my previous 90mm and 75mm lenses...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10679777_842064902510769_596580492149673223_o.jpg
"Granite Bay"
Noosa National Park

Chamonix 045N-2 : 65mm f/5.6 : Fomapan 100 @ 50
Dev : Rodinal 1:50 - 6min 30sec

[alexn]

Another....
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10639628_842073119176614_7507901573103332515_n.jpg?oh=88afb6cd86eb9793b863c29b0c298d2f&oe=54BE4E5B&__gda__=1421727367_96f85f9ea4f6c4017c82c094862aa5b3
"Exposed"

Chamonix 045N-2 : 65mm f/5.6 : Fomapan 100 @ 50
Dev : Rodinal 1:50 - 6min 30sec

[alexn]

Last one for today...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10320425_842083792508880_718620500103177084_n.jpg?oh=3b67c8e543e1e182b82d0c263c29f631&oe=54C17201&__gda__=1422703040_c2b8f37e5f3fc3a6239b6e1bb023d3eb
"The Wash"

Chamonix 045N-2 : 210mm f/5.6 : Fomapan 100 @ 50
Dev : Rodinal 1:50 - 6min 30sec

[Maris Rusis]

Alexn! Three fabulous surf and rocks pictures in a row. The location is actually Tea Tree Bay with Dolphin Point the jutting cape in the background. Granite Bay is the next beach beyond Dolphin Point. These locations are in Noosa, Australia where I moved in order to have these landscape treasures close at hand.

Alexn you are absolutely right about the spectacular properties of a 65mm lens when well used on a deep landscape. I've tried my Nikkor-SW 65mm f4 at these same locations but never with such stunning results.

[alexn]

Thanks Maris, I wasn't sure if I had ventured far enough around to be in Granite bay or not unfortunately, I arrived at Noosa Heads at about 4:20am, it was still quite dark.. I went off the basic locality map at the entrance, and walked up and past the boiling pot then down and around the next small headland, Looking at the map now, yes you are right it was Tea Tree Bay... Beautiful location it is too. I found composition a little difficult down there as it seems everywhere you look is a "Good" scene, but finding a stand out beautiful scene that will work as a photograph is quite tricky... In the end I found the only way to make the 65mm really work for me (especially for that first shot) was to get down low to the water, and accept the fact that I was going to be driving home very wet.

I ended up wet to just above my waist making that first image, although I was in shallow water the camera was only 30cm above the surge of the waterline.... Very tense when you're under a dark cloth and can't see the next set of waves :)

Thanks again for your comments and correction on the location Maris.

[alexn]

https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10678638_842550042462255_3141348388133256954_n.jpg?oh=6852acb5a985f44e67073f98a73318a4&oe=54C2712A
"Fractured"

That will be my last for at least a few days...

[ImSoNegative]

Nice shot alexn

[dodphotography]

This is my first sheet of 8x10 film that I recently had developed... I really enjoy how it came out. Expired Portra 100T, just a Lee Big Stopper used.. I left the 81A at home.

Ritter 8x10
Portra 100T (expired Aug 2002)
Nikkor 300M @f45 11minutes - lab processed

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2947/15246196507_5b9a08ea4c_b.jpg

[Deval]

Dod, seems like it was a beautiful evening for a shot. Would you be up for any public discussion or critique of the image?

[dodphotography]

Dod, seems like it was a beautiful evening for a shot. Would you be up for any public discussion or critique of the image?

It was about 540 AM... I am always open to great discourse. I don't get any critique of my work, ever. It's frustrating to constantly hear ... "Oh, that's pretty"

[Deval]

I think its an interesting composition that demonstrates where the conventional rule of thirds is broken well. Traditionally horizons aren't placed at the midline, but in this case there are color, shape cues that create a rule of thirds with the shadows below and the color shift zone in the sky. I ended up buying a Lee Little stopper to counter the blue shifts that I ended up getting with the Big stopper. The blue does work well as an artistic choice in this case. I saw your website(well constructed) and it seems that central horizon is part of your signature.

I'm not a 100% familiar with Portra 100T, as all negatives are open to interpretation in scanning and development, but the text on the film rebate is clear(as opposed to orange). If the rebate text is supposed to be that color, then ignore the following statement. There may be a further color shift(possibly from the expiration date or how it was post-processed.

My eyes are repeatedly drawn to the shadows begging for a little more detail in the coastline. Is there detail seen on the actual negative? The scene seems to be in the range of color negative for capture, so I would imagine it would be there. If the natural scene was out of the range of the film, perhaps adding a ND grad would work well to bring the scene within range. Thankfully the LEE holder is great in that regards as far as stacking filters. Did you choose the water for metering? I will say the black rocks within the middle of the scene itself work well with the contrast.

Again many of the things I'm saying are a matter of choice and taste;again wonderful subject and shot. One more thing,did you develop your self or at lab. If at the lab, ask if they prewash which I've found notorious for getting unwanted color shifts in negative film.




This is my first sheet of 8x10 film that I recently had developed... I really enjoy how it came out. Expired Portra 100T, just a Lee Big Stopper used.. I left the 81A at home.

Ritter 8x10
Portra 100T (expired Aug 2002)
Nikkor 300M @f45 11minutes - lab processed

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2947/15246196507_5b9a08ea4c_b.jpg

[dodphotography]

I think its an interesting composition that demonstrates where the conventional rule of thirds is broken well. Traditionally horizons aren't placed at the midline, but in this case there are color, shape cues that create a rule of thirds with the shadows below and the color shift zone in the sky. I ended up buying a Lee Little stopper to counter the blue shifts that I ended up getting with the Big stopper. The blue does work well as an artistic choice in this case. I saw your website(well constructed) and it seems that central horizon is part of your signature.

I'm not a 100% familiar with Portra 100T, as all negatives are open to interpretation in scanning and development, but the text on the film rebate is clear(as opposed to orange). If the rebate text is supposed to be that color, then ignore the following statement. There may be a further color shift(possibly from the expiration date or how it was post-processed.

My eyes are repeatedly drawn to the shadows begging for a little more detail in the coastline. Is there detail seen on the actual negative? The scene seems to be in the range of color negative for capture, so I would imagine it would be there. If the natural scene was out of the range of the film, perhaps adding a ND grad would work well to bring the scene within range. Thankfully the LEE holder is great in that regards as far as stacking filters. Did you choose the water for metering? I will say the black rocks within the middle of the scene itself work well with the contrast.

Again many of the things I'm saying are a matter of choice and taste;again wonderful subject and shot. One more thing,did you develop your self or at lab. If at the lab, ask if they prewash which I've found notorious for getting unwanted color shifts in negative film.

The negative does posses some detail in the rocks, but it is very faint. I used a spot meter (pentax converted to Zone VI standards). I keep detailed notes for each exposure. I had the rocks as an EV O and the sky an EV 5. I placed the rocks in zone III. I'm actually pleased for how this came out because when I was leaving the house I grabbed the wrong Lee package and had my traditional holder in there, not the 95mm push on style one. I had to handhold the filter to the lens for 11 minutes, making sure I didn't bump and lose focus or let in stray light.

I do tend to keep the horizon around the middle... it is the admiration of Sugimoto in my work. I tend to pay 0% attention to photography rules.

This was processed by a lab, Color Services in Needham, MA. There aren't many left and they are significantly cheaper than Dorian... another lab whose reputation is sky high.

[alexn]

My 2c worth on that shot.
I feel it would work well as a minimalist panoramic if cropped 3:1 or 2.5:1 with none of the foreground rocks. I feel the rocks add little to the image and draw attention away from the stunning colours of the water and sky.

[StoneNYC]

This is my first sheet of 8x10 film that I recently had developed... I really enjoy how it came out. Expired Portra 100T, just a Lee Big Stopper used.. I left the 81A at home.

Ritter 8x10
Portra 100T (expired Aug 2002)
Nikkor 300M @f45 11minutes - lab processed

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2947/15246196507_5b9a08ea4c_b.jpg

I shot some of that 8x10 Portra100T too from that generous seller, but mine didn't come out quite so nice...

[jcoldslabs]

My 2c worth on that shot.
I feel it would work well as a minimalist panoramic if cropped 3:1 or 2.5:1 with none of the foreground rocks. I feel the rocks add little to the image and draw attention away from the stunning colours of the water and sky.

I thought so, too. Here is a quick crop:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/15246196507_5b9a08ea4c_b.jpg

I think it looks beautiful like this, and extra-otherworldly with the tungsten balanced film.

Jonathan

[Lachlan 717]

I thought so, too. Here is a quick crop:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/15246196507_5b9a08ea4c_b.jpg

I think it looks beautiful like this, and extra-otherworldly with the tungsten balanced film.

Jonathan

+1

[alexn]

I would buy a print of that. That's stunning.

[StoneNYC]

I thought so, too. Here is a quick crop:

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/15246196507_5b9a08ea4c_b.jpg

I think it looks beautiful like this, and extra-otherworldly with the tungsten balanced film.

Jonathan

Yes agreed!

[dodphotography]

Never even considered a crop... Looks great, like a group of art consultants

[dodphotography]

I would buy a print of that. That's stunning.

You can contact my gallery representative... Oh wait... Nope, don't have that.

[Pali K]

http://photolog.netsoft2k.com/blogImages/1014Black%20Hill%20HP5%20Oct%206%2014%20-%20004.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/19a3mv0.jpg)

Sinar Norma 4x5 [HP5+ HC110 Dilution B]
90mm F16
Grad ND + Circular Polarizer

[Peter Lewin]

Netsoft: Really nice exposure control, from maintaining detail in the dark woods to the moonrise and sky tones. Your note about the Grad ND and Circular Polarizer "looks" so casual, but the number of things you had to do very well to get this image, from metering to development to using the filters seems to me, at least, quite remarkable! A beautiful image.

[Preston]

Along Bishop Creek

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/npn-1/LF-296-1-cr-lg-Web.jpg

Tachihara 4x5
180mm Fujinon
Velvia 100
From October 2006. I found this one lurking in my archive.

Critiques are always appreciated.

Nice work, everyone!

--P

[Pali K]

Netsoft: Really nice exposure control, from maintaining detail in the dark woods to the moonrise and sky tones. Your note about the Grad ND and Circular Polarizer "looks" so casual, but the number of things you had to do very well to get this image, from metering to development to using the filters seems to me, at least, quite remarkable! A beautiful image.

Thank you for the nice words Perter. I am really happy to know that I am progressing in the right direction with LF and home processing :)

[Pali K]

Along Bishop Creek

Tachihara 4x5
180mm Fujinon
Velvia 100
From October 2006. I found this one lurking in my archive.

Love the image Preston. My eyes are drawn to the top-right section with the greens and I almost wonder what a crop that balances the yellow and the green may do for the image.

[ImSoNegative]

One I shot tonight, 1 hour exposure on 5x7, 90mm caltar II, that streak in the sky is the full moon.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3933/15297568787_0242366318.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/piN3eZ)Moon Trail over Blue Ridge (https://flic.kr/p/piN3eZ) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[tgtaylor]

Here's one that I shot several years back and until a few days ago was hung in the kitchen:

Diablo Range from Briones

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3947/15468876706_49c90158bf_c.jpg

Several inches of snow had fallen on the Diablo Range overnight and I shot this image on the afternoon of the next day with the sun behind my back. The Diablo Range is probably 15 or 20 miles across the valley and the city of Walnut Creek appears just before the range. Because this event occurred in late fall/early winter, not all the foreground grass had changed to winter green. At midpoint center a prominent red tree can be seen.

Shot on Fuji 160-S with a 150mm Lens on a Toyo 45CF and printed at 11x14 with a Jobo CPA-2 on Fuji CA and mounted to 16x20.

Thomas

[Daniel Stone]

Thomas,
I find there something quite pleasing about making a completely analog photograph, especially a color one.
From what I can see in this web-sized photo, it looks like there are many "layers" of details to be seen. Details that, IMO, will probably only be available when printed to a larger size :D

thank you for sharing!

-Dan

[JaZ99]

View from Penken mountain (Austria):

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3945/15490834421_1e3e40086c_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pASzo6)
Alpine meadow (https://flic.kr/p/pASzo6) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Fujinon 105/5.6
CDU II + 85A filter

[tgtaylor]

Thomas,
I find there something quite pleasing about making a completely analog photograph, especially a color one.
From what I can see in this web-sized photo, it looks like there are many "layers" of details to be seen. Details that, IMO, will probably only be available when printed to a larger size :D

thank you for sharing!

Thanks Dan.

In addition to the 11x14 shown, I also printed it at 16x20 but never (yet) mounted the latter. The solitary red tree near the center is situated in a grave yard which becomes more pronounced upon enlargement.

I managed to drop the frame when taking it down and the float glass cracked but without damaging the print. The print itself is in pristine condition - as if I printed it yesterday. I had corner mounted it onto 2-ply archival board and plan to dry mount it onto 4-ply using OP-3 Acrylic instead of plain glass.

Thomas

[gogo120]

123054

4x5
75mm
N-1

[h2oman]

Nice. I like the way the denser areas of leaves at the sides (and the top somewhat) frame the trunk and background trees.

[JeRuFo]

Beautiful tones. Love the slight movement in the leaves too.

[gogo120]

Thanks!

[StoneNYC]

123054

4x5
75mm
N-1

I like the exposure here, love how it glows.

[sdzsdz]

Two new shots from last week. Both taken with Tachihara 4x5 and 75mm Super Angulon. One on Ektar, one on Velvia 50.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15517917142_7e0d2023b3_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15517917142/)
Autumn Color 2 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15517917142/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3935/15495140396_bf774f3b3e_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15495140396/)
Autumn Color 1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15495140396/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

[pdmoylan]

Two new shots from last week. Both taken with Tachihara 4x5 and 75mm Super Angulon. One on Ektar, one on Velvia 50.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15517917142_9294529520_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15517917142/)
Autumn Color 2 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15517917142/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3935/15495140396_bf774f3b3e_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15495140396/)
Autumn Color 1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/15495140396/) von sdzsdz (https://www.flickr.com/people/88626385@N03/) auf Flickr

I particularly like Autumn Color. The composition and quality of the low light are very nice. Rather reminds me of some eastern us locations. May i ask where these 2 were taken ?

[David Hedley]

From this morning on the Vierwaldstättersee;

Two yachts, Brunnen
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5607/15331893720_a402fee603_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32131681@N00/15331893720/)
Sinar F, Nikkor-Q 300mm, Fuji Acros / Xtol 1:1

[David Hedley]

Two new shots from last week. Both taken with Tachihara 4x5 and 75mm Super Angulon. One on Ektar, one on Velvia 50.


Great use of the 75mm - maybe my favourite lense. I love the depth of colour in both of these, and at one and the same time, the clarity and opacity of the water.

[stradibarrius]

123160123161Here is a shot of a soybean field and a small cotton field in GA. This is my first outing with a Schneider Symmar 100mm f/5.6. It is not really a 4x5 lens but I just wanted the shutter for a G-Claron 150mm. I wanted to test the Copal #0.

[Jmarmck]

From this morning on the Vierwaldstättersee;

Two yachts, Brunnen
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5607/15331893720_a402fee603_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32131681@N00/15331893720/)
Sinar F, Nikkor-Q 300mm, Fuji Acros / Xtol 1:1

Very nice shot, David! Extremely dramatic despite being a tranquil scene. Thank for sharing this! :cool:

[Deval]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5613/15343358177_7271eb3373_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pnQHQe)Misty Morning (https://flic.kr/p/pnQHQe) by DevalJoshi (https://www.flickr.com/people/27757526@N00/), on Flickr

Misty Morning
Toyo 45aII
Nikkor 90mm f8SW
F32 1/15
Kodak Tmax 100 in Xtol 1:1

Waiting on my E-6 version of the velvia slide to come back.

[Zndrson]

http://33.media.tumblr.com/8d2ef5087e3f6d6a280733bc240ac3c6/tumblr_nd5yl0vWEx1qdur40o1_500.jpg

Savannah Marsh

Chamonix 045N-1 on Velvia 100 with Schneider 90mm Super Angulon XL.

[David Hedley]

Thanks Marty. The sun was high and rapidly burning off the morning mist, and I was trying to preserve the quality of the light at that time. I'm slowly working through my negatives from the weekend, and here's one more, cropped a little at the top to take out some distracting con-trails, and with a different mood because of the changing light, although just a few minutes earlier than the photograph already posted. Xtol is also new to me, and I wasn't sure how it would separate the highlights;

Ferry, Brunnen
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3933/15537413512_fcbd36fe66_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32131681@N00/15537413512/)
Sinar F, Nikkor-Q 300mm, Fuji Acros / Xtol 1:1

[Martin Aislabie]

From this morning on the Vierwaldstättersee;

Two yachts, Brunnen
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5607/15331893720_a402fee603_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32131681@N00/15331893720/)
Sinar F, Nikkor-Q 300mm, Fuji Acros / Xtol 1:1

Wow

The light is amazing - and you have caught it beautifully.

Did you have to work quickly to catch it ?

Martin

[gmfotografie]

NorthSea
Sironar; Portra160



https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5602/15538053702_68f70cb155_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pF3A2C)

I scanned it form the other side :-)
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3930/15351166258_b1e82a6a52_n.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/powJUj)

[Steve M Hostetter]

123281 8x10" Kodak 64T

[mat4226]

This is from back in June/July, but hoping to head back down to catch the beautiful fall colors!

Middle Falls, Hocking Hills

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3942/15523153381_ce630d2329_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mat4226/15523153381/)

Tachihara 8x10 Double Extension
Fujinon-W 250mm f/6.7
8 sec. @ f/16ish + front fall, tilt, swing
Ilford HP5+ @ ASA 200
14 min. in Pyrocat HD 1:1.5:100

[JaZ99]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5599/15518645476_efe6d6deb3_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pDk7D3)
Tuxbach waterfall (https://flic.kr/p/pDk7D3) by JaZ99wro (https://www.flickr.com/people/31584189@N02/), on Flickr

Graflex 4x5
Fujinon 105/5.6
CDUII with 85A filter

[Deval]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5602/15360510708_1ee9dc0199_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ppmCFw)Misty Morning (https://flic.kr/p/ppmCFw) by DevalJoshi (https://www.flickr.com/people/27757526@N00/), on Flickr

Toyo 45a II
Fuji Velvia 100
Nikon Nikkor 90mm SW F8
F32 1/15
Filters:Lee 2-Stop ND, 81B

Sorry for the duplicate subject matter from a recent BW I posted a few days ago. I was waiting for my slide film to come back, and when I saw it on the light table at the film shop, it was a special experience. I'll say, I love working with tonality in black and white, I love working with C41(especially the new ektar), but to me, there is absolutely nothing as gratifying in photography as seeing your new slides on a light table for the first time. Perhaps the second most gratifying experience is seeing your own print on the wall, but that solitary moment that you have with your slide before the rest of the world sees it really hits me every time.

[Steve M Hostetter]

1233768x10" Kodak 64T

[Alex Menkov]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/14938432143_7ea34d8df7_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oL4nqT)4X5, Schneider Symmar-s 210/5,6 ,Provia 100 F. (https://flic.kr/p/oL4nqT) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/people/84748708@N02/), on Flickr

[djdister]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/14938432143_7ea34d8df7_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oL4nqT)4X5, Schneider Symmar-s 210/5,6 ,Provia 100 F. (https://flic.kr/p/oL4nqT) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/people/84748708@N02/), on Flickr

A nice shot, but very interesting if you cut off the bottom half of the frame and leave just the top half - it has a very painterly look.

[StoneNYC]

A nice shot, but very interesting if you cut off the bottom half of the frame and leave just the top half - it has a very painterly look.

I don't understand what you mean, would you elaborate please?

[djdister]

I don't understand what you mean, would you elaborate please?

This is what I mean...

123446

[Alex Menkov]

This is what I mean...

123446Thank you. I understand your idea. But then it is better to do a shoot on the other points. Light quickly came and I couldn't make it.

[StoneNYC]

This is what I mean...

123446

Some reason I read that wrong and thought you were saying to him that he should cut off the top and leave just the bottom which seems to be what he did so I was confused, apparently I was up way too late last night because I don't even know why I was confused and thought that now that it's morning. lol!

[alexn]

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/1618281_850429185007674_8712665604866500859_o.jpg
"Forgotten"

Home built 4x5" point and shoot
90mm f/8 Super Angulon.
38sec f/32
T-Max 100 @ 64 in Xtol

I get the feeling I under-developed this or under exposed... it was a very long time ago now and I can't recall how I was adjusting for reciprocity or the processing times etc.. I know it would have been rotary developed, and would have been stock solution of xtol...

Majority of the wreck pictured here has now been removed by the local council for the sake of public safety... It is a real shame as its a staple of the local landscape photographers, and will be sorely missed when it is all but gone.. I have a few frames of her on T-Max, a few on RVP-50 and a few digital exposures (that I shan't speak of here) in my portfolio... It makes me both happy and sad at the same time to think that I have images on film now of something that will soon be no-more...

[axs810]

Alexn - It's a back lit photograph so technically you exposed closer to the sky in this photograph. You would have needed to expose for the shadows (formations) and use a grad ND filter for the sky if you wanted detail in the formations and the sky. And perhaps could have developed 10-15% less to keep the sand tones in a good area. Still a cool photo though I like the silhouette :)

[alexn]

I used a 3 stop hard edge grad filter but it clearly wasn't enough. Haha.

[Dean]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5599/15396501678_56a5674253_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/psx6xu)g018 (https://flic.kr/p/psx6xu) by 多啦73 (https://www.flickr.com/people/88481600@N05/), on Flickr

[Jmarmck]

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/1618281_850429185007674_8712665604866500859_o.jpg
"Forgotten"

Home built 4x5" point and shoot
90mm f/8 Super Angulon.
38sec f/32
T-Max 100 @ 64 in Xtol

I get the feeling I under-developed this or under exposed... it was a very long time ago now and I can't recall how I was adjusting for reciprocity or the processing times etc.. I know it would have been rotary developed, and would have been stock solution of xtol...

Majority of the wreck pictured here has now been removed by the local council for the sake of public safety... It is a real shame as its a staple of the local landscape photographers, and will be sorely missed when it is all but gone.. I have a few frames of her on T-Max, a few on RVP-50 and a few digital exposures (that I shan't speak of here) in my portfolio... It makes me both happy and sad at the same time to think that I have images on film now of something that will soon be no-more...

Personally, I like it the way it is. For a minute I thought it was force perspective example using the shore and some Moab Utah rock formations. The tones and texture on the sand are perfect for the mood. I wouldn't change a thing.

[ImSoNegative]

This is from back in June/July, but hoping to head back down to catch the beautiful fall colors!

Middle Falls, Hocking Hills

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3942/15523153381_ce630d2329_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mat4226/15523153381/)

Tachihara 8x10 Double Extension
Fujinon-W 250mm f/6.7
8 sec. @ f/16ish + front fall, tilt, swing
Ilford HP5+ @ ASA 200
14 min. in Pyrocat HD 1:1.5:100

very nice shot, that would be a nice contact print, i think you are the fellow i was talking about on another thread the other day, did you do a sheet a day for a year and post on flickr? they were just random things i really enjoyed looking at them.

[mat4226]

very nice shot, that would be a nice contact print, i think you are the fellow i was talking about on another thread the other day, did you do a sheet a day for a year and post on flickr? they were just random things i really enjoyed looking at them.

Hey there! Well, back in 2011 and 2012 I did do a sheet a day for a whole season each time (and yes, they were quite random!), so that probably was me. Hoping to make both some alt process and enlarged prints of this in the near future. Thanks. :)

[RSalles]

This is from back in June/July, but hoping to head back down to catch the beautiful fall colors!

Middle Falls, Hocking Hills

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3942/15523153381_ce630d2329_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mat4226/15523153381/)

Tachihara 8x10 Double Extension
Fujinon-W 250mm f/6.7
8 sec. @ f/16ish + front fall, tilt, swing
Ilford HP5+ @ ASA 200
14 min. in Pyrocat HD 1:1.5:100


A couple of weeks ago we had a conversation about how the eye is driven inside a frame, sadly the author didn't got the point as you did with this nice picture...
I do prefer the fluid with detail of a ND filter as you used in this picture, instead of the strongest ND's made to hide anything which is not static in some sort of fog.
Terrific shot, like it a lot,

Cheers,

Renato

[Steve M Hostetter]

1238198x10" tranny converted to B&W

[Joe O'Hara]

Near Dover Forge, Lacey Township, NJ.

Hat tip to PD Moylan who clued me in about this place, which I was unaware of before.
I'll be going back to explore further for sure.

This was nearly the first thing that I saw last Saturday morning when I passed through
the entrance gate.

[Thomas Greutmann]

Evening light, Lustrafjord (Sognefjord), Norway

http://blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Sognefjord/001049-fi-skjolden-fjord-fog-evening.jpg?m=1414243718

Linhof Master Technika with Grandagon 90mm, TMAX 400 developed in XTOL 1:1

Greetings, Thomas

[Jmarmck]

"Oh WOW!" were the words out my mouth when I saw this Thomas. Very well done.

[t0aster]

Evening light, Lustrafjord (Sognefjord), Norway

http://blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Sognefjord/001049-fi-skjolden-fjord-fog-evening.jpg?m=1414243718

Linhof Master Technika with Grandagon 90mm, TMAX 400 developed in XTOL 1:1

Greetings, Thomas

That's a pretty breathtaking view, Thomas.

[Peter Yeti]

I don't comment very often here because there are so many excellent images presented in this thread. But this one looks just unreal and breathtaking! Bravo

[Pali K]

http://photolog.netsoft2k.com/blogImages/1014Black%20Hill%20HP5%20Oct%205%2014%20Velvia%20-%20001.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/51SCKs6.jpg)

Sinar Norma 4x5 - Fuji Velvia 100
Caltar 90 II MC with Grad ND
Jobo CPP2 + Tetenal E6 Kit

This is the first time developing E6 (or color) at home and I am surprised I pulled this off right!

[Andrew Plume]

"Oh WOW!" were the words out my mouth when I saw this Thomas. Very well done.

exactly, really strong work

regards, andrew

[Kirk Gittings]

These three images from my artist residency at The Petrified Forest are currently being exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum:124067124068124069

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Lovely photographs, Kirk. The center image (portal) speaks to me in particular. Amazing sense of space and distance.

[JeRuFo]

Agreed, I like the second one best too. Looks very peaceful with the bright part right in the center of the sky.

[Scott Schroeder]

Kirk I also really enjoy all three. I believe I've seen the first one before. I'd love to see that second one in person. How large did you print them?

[Thomas Greutmann]

Marty, t0aster, Peter and Andrew: thank you very much.

Greetings, Thomas

[David Hedley]

Evening light, Lustrafjord (Sognefjord), Norway

http://blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Sognefjord/001049-fi-skjolden-fjord-fog-evening.jpg?m=1414243718

Linhof Master Technika with Grandagon 90mm, TMAX 400 developed in XTOL 1:1

Greetings, Thomas

Thomas, that's excellent! The small wisps of cloud just appearing behind the slopes of the fjord are both whimsical and beautiful.


These three images from my artist residency at The Petrified Forest are currently being exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum:124067124068124069

Three superb images there, Kirk. The second - Portal - resonates strongly with me.

[Deval]

Excellent work on all three Kirk. Mind sharing dev and print info

[pdmoylan]

These three images from my artist residency at The Petrified Forest are currently being exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum:124067124068124069

Masterful.

[Kirk Gittings]

Thanks all for the kind words.

Scott,
Kirk I also really enjoy all three. I believe I've seen the first one before. I'd love to see that second one in person. How large did you print them?
Yes I posted an unfinished version of the first one before. I prefer not to print too large, 11x14 or 16x20 usually.

Deval, Phillips 4x5, images 1&2 with a Nikkor 120 SW. 3 with a 210 Symmar S, All with B&W orange filter, Ilford FP4+ in Pyrocat HD.

[Ari]

These three images from my artist residency at The Petrified Forest are currently being exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum:124067124068124069

Dramatic and striking images, Kirk; masterful work.
My preference leans toward the first image, but I can appreciate the comments made by others on the other two images as well.

[Jerry Bodine]

These three images from my artist residency at The Petrified Forest are currently being exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum:124067124068124069

Kirk, the first image is a bell ringer for sure. I recall when you posted it recently and the discussion about the tilting cloud. I get the distinct feeling that the left end of the cloud is nearer than the right end, resulting in a converging lines effect (e.g., railroad tracks converging to a point in the distance). Could that have been the case?

[Thomas Greutmann]

Thomas, that's excellent! The small wisps of cloud just appearing behind the slopes of the fjord are both whimsical and beautiful.



Thank you David.

Greetings, Thomas

[jp]

These three images from my artist residency at The Petrified Forest are currently being exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum:124067124068124069

I like the rain photos best; perhaps because of symbolism that goes with it in a dry area.
The second photo which seems to be the same geography, looks like it does not belong with the others. To me (as someone who lives near the ocean), looks like a sea scene with the clouds opening up for the sun. It is exhibit-worthy as well!

[Kirk Gittings]

Kirk, the first image is a bell ringer for sure. I recall when you posted it recently and the discussion about the tilting cloud. I get the distinct feeling that the left end of the cloud is nearer than the right end, resulting in a converging lines effect (e.g., railroad tracks converging to a point in the distance). Could that have been the case?

Thanks. No both edges are so far from me that perspective would not be a factor. After spending some time subsequent to making this print and talking to some people who know something about this, I found out that it is not uncommon as a cloud moves into an area with slight air and earth temperature changes from where the bottom was level.

[Kirk Gittings]

I like the rain photos best; perhaps because of symbolism that goes with it in a dry area.
The second photo which seems to be the same geography, looks like it does not belong with the others. To me (as someone who lives near the ocean), looks like a sea scene with the clouds opening up for the sun. It is exhibit-worthy as well!

Thanks, there is also rain in the background of the second too but it is less prominent. All of these were taken within about 100 ft of each other on different days at the edge of a high mesa-a lesson in how framing and timing can render very diverse images from a given vantage point I guess. My main interest in this spot is actually the history that resides in this landscape. In the first and third the rain is falling on old RT 66. To the left are Anasazi ruins and just this side of RT 66 are the first tracks that the Santa Fe RR laid through this part of the west. Somewhere along there the Pony Express also ran and the building walls still stand. Just in front of all that is the Puerco River along which Clovis hunters hunted mammoths 13k years ago just after the last Ice Age. At my feet is a chert and petrified wood lithics scatter, stone flakes from prehistoric tool making.

Thats the kind of back story that makes a landscape come alive for me. Its that history that draws me to such vistas and the light on a given day that makes me get a camera out. I have little interest in landscapes that have no knowable human history. "Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind" Nathaniel Hawthorne. I see it more as a patina, but shadow works too.

I had been photographing there for years as I traveled to and from commercial shoots in Vegas and Phoenix. The artist residency which I set up during the "monsoons" finally allowed me to get expressive images from that spot, Blue Mesa.

More than anyone probably wanted to know, but I find the motivation behind image making fascinating.

[StoneNYC]

Evening light, Lustrafjord (Sognefjord), Norway

http://blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/Sognefjord/001049-fi-skjolden-fjord-fog-evening.jpg?m=1414243718

Linhof Master Technika with Grandagon 90mm, TMAX 400 developed in XTOL 1:1

Greetings, Thomas

Wow!!!!! Gulp... I am humbled and feel unworthy...

[Harley Goldman]

These three images from my artist residency at The Petrified Forest are currently being exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum:124067124068124069

Very well done, Kirk. The center one really does it for me. Beautiful.

[Meekyman]

124342

Chamonix 045n-1, Ilford delta 100, orange filter. Three Shires Head in the Peak District National Park, UK. First home scanned negative, EPSON V700, colorperfect and capture nx2.

Sorry it's so small (500 x 400 pixesl, 72 dpi). What settings are normally used here?

Graham

[Thomas Greutmann]

Wow!!!!! Gulp... I am humbled and feel unworthy...

Thank you Stone

Greetings, Thomas

[Thomas Greutmann]

First snow, Lake Vangsmjosa, Norway.

http://blackandwhitegallery.de/var/albums/ORTE---PLACES/NORWEGEN-FJELL/001088-fi-vangsmjosa-first-snow.jpg?m=1415133932

Linhof Master Technika with Symmar-S 150mm, Kodak TMAX 400 developed in XTOL 1:1

Greetings, Thomas

[Jim Cole]

Grand Canyon near Yavapai Point. 4x5 Acros, 300mm Nikkor. Curves and toning in Photoshop.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/15532295589_05c70b45e6_o.jpg

[Jmarmck]

Very nice Jim. I like the way the depth is expressed.

[Jim Cole]

Thank you, Marty.

Here's one from this past August at the height of Monsoon here in Flagstaff. This is a huge field of Brittle Bush flowers about 1/4 mile from my house with the San Francisco Peaks in the background. On 4x5 Acros with a 300 Nikkor.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5612/15534574600_6a4a6b046e_o.jpg

[ImSoNegative]

One shot today, 5x7 Rittreck View, 210mm fujinon, ilford delta 100

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/15537328190_75507537e5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pEYSmN)autumn on the river (https://flic.kr/p/pEYSmN) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[jesse]

Ebony 4x5, Ross Protarlinse 6 1/2", HP5, D-76

http://forum.hklfc.com/data/attachment/forum/201411/08/02062928xp4bq9z194yyy5.jpg

[Robert Langham]

Up near Lake Tenaya. Ansels Lightning bolt rock.
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A larger view, showing how we wet it down.
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I shot a reverse. Great area up there.
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Those quartz veins run all through the granite across from Lake Tenaya. Needed to take a step stool to get up a little higher.

[dodphotography]

Plum Island
Portra 100T (expired)
Ritter 8x10
Nikkor 300 w/ Lee Big Stopper


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7484/15734989435_d18a904a86_b.jpg

[Kirk Gittings]

Very well done, Kirk. The center one really does it for me. Beautiful.

Just saw this Harley. Thank you.

[Robert Langham]

Weston's 1936 Juniper up over Lake Tenaya.

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Another view. Afternoon light. Morning much better.
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Many Weston junipers in the area.
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[Vaughn]

Up near Lake Tenaya. Ansels Lightning bolt rock...

A larger view, showing how we wet it down...Needed to take a step stool to get up a little higher.

How beer did you have to drink to be able to wet it down so well?

[JeRuFo]

That morning shot of the juniper is spectacular, Robert. Great composition and the dappled sunlight on the rocks gives it great depth.

Jewan

[nede]

Hello guys and gals,
I've was given some fomapan 100iso 8x10 sheets
First time doing film, I've got only my DSLR to measure light, are they any advice you can share to shoot some close range landscape? (I uselly do wetplate)
I was told: spot measure on the shadows I want some details in and then underexpose by 2 stops (I develop with rodinal 1+50)
thank you , this thread is very inspiring!

[JeRuFo]

Hi nede,
That is how I shoot it too (shadows at -2), my EI is ISO 32. Don't forget about reciprocity failure with fomapan, that can get you to wetplate times quickly. A reasonably accurate list can be found here: http://consumptive.org/technical/Fomapan_100_Schwarzchild_Effect.pdf

[Jeff Dexheimer]

One shot today, 5x7 Rittreck View, 210mm fujinon, ilford delta 100

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/15537328190_75507537e5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pEYSmN)autumn on the river (https://flic.kr/p/pEYSmN) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

I love this one!

[nede]

thank you very much for the list, I will print and keep it in my bag :)
thanks for the advice, can't wait to shoot now!

[ImSoNegative]

Thanks Jeff

[Robert Langham]

Vaughn: Ha! There is actually a little video of us wetting it down on the Blackfork6 Channel on Youtube. I certainly wonder how Ansel wet it down. His crop is about a beers worth.... Maybe he was there on a rainy day. Photos in late afternoon first week of October light. Mid-morning much better for the Weston 1936 tree, though other Junipers require different times. It's gotten brushy around them since Weston came through. We spent two afternoons up there, with the morning in between at Bodie out Tioga Pass. Need to spend a whole long day from sun-up to sundown there. Detailed instructions in the Lounge on how to find those trees. I'm sure I will never print these negs but wasn't going to miss a chance to set up and look through the camera at them. Always something to learn. Missed two wonderful shots up the Mist Trail in Yosemite Valley when I didn't pack my big camera along....still yearning over them and they were season-specific. Oh well. It wasn't really a shooting trip. Just showing the area to my wonderful wife and enjoying people we were with.

Going to put up a vid of the area fairly soon...in the pipeline.

[Alex Menkov]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3937/15740495111_4d0634c61a_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pYW9NK)4X5 Apo-symmar 180\5,6 Velvia 50. (https://flic.kr/p/pYW9NK) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/people/84748708@N02/), on Flickr


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/15740483471_bf00e433e1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pYW6m4)4x5 Apo-symmar 210\5,6,Velvia 50. (https://flic.kr/p/pYW6m4) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/people/84748708@N02/), on Flickr

[Peter York]

Here are two from my trip to the Wind River Range in July/August. The first is Mount Bonneville from Lower Bonneville Lake. Getting here is about a 30 mi. roundtrip backpack. The lake was intermittently still, so I was constantly switching between my 90mm and 150mm as the sun set. This one is on Provia 100f. On the left side of the picture you can see the saddle (between the two rounded knobs) I hiked over to get here from Lee and Middle Fork Lake.

The second picture is Squaretop from Lower Green River Lake, shot with a 300mm on Delta 100. I came out of the above backpack just in time. The monsoon arrived the next day and didn't let up for at least a week. I made the trip from the campground to this spot each sunrise for three days, hoping for a nice shot. This is from the second morning. On the third day, the fog was so heavy I could barely see the road. The parking lot (mostly backpackers and horse trains) was almost full on the first day, and quite sparse on the last.

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[Jim Cole]

Here are two from my trip to the Wind River Range in July/August. The first is Mount Bonneville from Lower Bonneville Lake. Getting here is about a 30 mi. roundtrip backpack. The lake was intermittently still, so I was constantly switching between my 90mm and 150mm as the sun set. This one is on Provia 100f. On the left side of the picture you can see the saddle (between the two rounded knobs) I hiked over to get here from Lee and Middle Fork Lake.

The second picture is Squaretop from Lower Green River Lake, shot with a 300mm on Delta 100. I came out of the above backpack just in time. The monsoon arrived the next day and didn't let up for at least a week. I made the trip from the campground to this spot each sunrise for three days, hoping for a nice shot. This is from the second morning. On the third day, the fog was so heavy I could barely see the road. The parking lot (mostly backpackers and horse trains) was almost full on the first day, and quite sparse on the last.

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Peter,

Love the color palette on the Provia shot. Perfect capture!

[Deval]

Here are two from my trip to the Wind River Range in July/August. The first is Mount Bonneville from Lower Bonneville Lake. Getting here is about a 30 mi. roundtrip backpack. The lake was intermittently still, so I was constantly switching between my 90mm and 150mm as the sun set. This one is on Provia 100f. On the left side of the picture you can see the saddle (between the two rounded knobs) I hiked over to get here from Lee and Middle Fork Lake.

The second picture is Squaretop from Lower Green River Lake, shot with a 300mm on Delta 100. I came out of the above backpack just in time. The monsoon arrived the next day and didn't let up for at least a week. I made the trip from the campground to this spot each sunrise for three days, hoping for a nice shot. This is from the second morning. On the third day, the fog was so heavy I could barely see the road. The parking lot (mostly backpackers and horse trains) was almost full on the first day, and quite sparse on the last.

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Well done on both.

[ImSoNegative]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3937/15740495111_4d0634c61a_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pYW9NK)4X5 Apo-symmar 180\5,6 Velvia 50. (https://flic.kr/p/pYW9NK) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/people/84748708@N02/), on Flickr


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/15740483471_bf00e433e1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pYW6m4)4x5 Apo-symmar 210\5,6,Velvia 50. (https://flic.kr/p/pYW6m4) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/people/84748708@N02/), on Flickr

nice shots, really like the second one

[Rory_5244]

^ Love that second one as well. Also love the b&w one, Peter Y!

[Peter York]

Thanks Jim, Deval, and Rory_5244!

[Crash10]

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Speed Graphic, 75mm, HP5+, HC110 dilution H

[dodphotography]

Ritter 8x10, 300mm, Delta 100, DDX 1+9


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7473/15761819072_a03471dd2e_b.jpg

[Jmarmck]

Excellent Daniel! Great DOF & tone gradience

[Alex Menkov]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5613/15768072905_7bee213509_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q2nuHX)4x5 210 mm (https://flic.kr/p/q2nuHX) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/people/84748708@N02/), on Flickr

[dodphotography]

Excellent Daniel! Great DOF & tone gradience

Thank you... Still new to LF, working hard.

[Jim Cole]

I spent the better part of a day over my anniversary weekend at the Grand Canyon a couple of weeks ago, trying to shoot during the worst time of the day (10am - 4pm) and with a cloudless blue sky. I took it as a challenge to find landscapes that avoided the sky and offered some variation in color and tone to at least make the photo interesting.

This shot is on 4x5 Portra 160 with a Nikkor 300mm lens. The color negative was scanned as a positive with all color correction turned off and then converted with the Color Perfect plug-in using the Portra 160 film setting. No other curves or color corrections were made. Amazingly, of all the shots I've made on color film (almost all transparency), this is the most accurate representation of the colors of the Grand Canyon that I think I've ever shot. Granted, the shot is no piece of art and as all of us do, I shoot almost always during the sunrise and sunset hours, but I'm amazed that the conversion filter did such a good job. I've only used it a few times now and in almost all cases, it has surprised me.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15589624749_5609a0fefd_o.jpg

[StoneNYC]

I spent the better part of a day over my anniversary weekend at the Grand Canyon a couple of weeks ago, trying to shoot during the worst time of the day (10am - 4pm) and with a cloudless blue sky. I took it as a challenge to find landscapes that avoided the sky and offered some variation in color and tone to at least make the photo interesting.

This shot is on 4x5 Portra 160 with a Nikkor 300mm lens. The color negative was scanned as a positive with all color correction turned off and then converted with the Color Perfect plug-in using the Portra 160 film setting. No other curves or color corrections were made. Amazingly, of all the shots I've made on color film (almost all transparency), this is the most accurate representation of the colors of the Grand Canyon that I think I've ever shot. Granted, the shot is no piece of art and as all of us do, I shoot almost always during the sunrise and sunset hours, but I'm amazed that the conversion filter did such a good job. I've only used it a few times now and in almost all cases, it has surprised me.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15589624749_5609a0fefd_o.jpg

Having been there a couple times now I have to say that I completely agree with you, I'm actually pretty impressed with the accuracy, though I also agree that sometimes accuracy isn't always everything. But really cool, thanks for sharing.

[Too Many Cameras]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MHDm0p_GsV8/VGMKc2qWnAI/AAAAAAABZRQ/GppOrB5Gu7k/s912/19.jpg
I haven't done a lot of LF landscape work, so last week when I set out to do some specifically, I managed this shot which was the best of the lot.

Cambo SCN, Caltar-S II 210mm f5.6 @f45, 1/2 second on Arista 100. The negative was really thin and I learned the hard way that my Ilfosol 3 had lost potency. I'm not displeased by the result, though.

[Harley Goldman]

Ritter 8x10, 300mm, Delta 100, DDX 1+9


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7473/15761819072_a03471dd2e_b.jpg

Very well done, Daniel.

[pdmoylan]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MHDm0p_GsV8/VGMKc2qWnAI/AAAAAAABZRQ/GppOrB5Gu7k/s912/19.jpg
I haven't done a lot of LF landscape work, so last week when I set out to do some specifically, I managed this shot which was the best of the lot.

Cambo SCN, Caltar-S II 210mm f5.6 @f45, 1/2 second on Arista 100. The negative was really thin and I learned the hard way that my Ilfosol 3 had lost potency. I'm not displeased by the result, though.


I like the bucolic feel of this image. The lens flare and what looks like possible bellows light leak at the top are a little distracting. But nice image.

PDM

[pdmoylan]

Ritter 8x10, 300mm, Delta 100, DDX 1+9


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7473/15761819072_a03471dd2e_b.jpg

An image to be emulated. Very nice.

I assume this is the sought after 300w nikkor used here?

PDM

[Too Many Cameras]

Thank you. I'm hoping to go back in a month or so after there's been some rain and the air is clearer.

The light leak is a digitization issue and appeared on all of my negative scans. The negative, however, don't show any light leaks.


I like the bucolic feel of this image. The lens flare and what looks like possible bellows light leak at the top are a little distracting. But nice image.

PDM

[dodphotography]

An image to be emulated. Very nice.

I assume this is the sought after 300w nikkor used here?

PDM


Thank you very much.

I'm assuming I have the sought after 300 W 5.6. To be honest, my 8x10 glass came from one person: Ben Horne. I used to be the type who would spend 75 on a crap lens, then sell it and buy a 200 dollar lens, then sell that and but a 500 dollar lens. Rather than doing that I asked him what glass he had, he told me and then I went off and searched and waited for a great deal. I picked mine up from BH and it's mint, looks like it was never touched. I don't have much experience with other brands to compare, but I like the lens so far.

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[pdmoylan]

Good choice. I like my 300w quite a bit but it has shutter issues at the slower end which needs attention.

[alexn]

dodphotography - Is Ben Horne a member on these forums? I follow a lot of his work via his website/blog and youtube channel but I'd love to be able to have a conversation with the guy.. (being on the other side of the planet doesn't help I guess) but he's quite an inspiration to me....

[dodphotography]

dodphotography - Is Ben Horne a member on these forums? I follow a lot of his work via his website/blog and youtube channel but I'd love to be able to have a conversation with the guy.. (being on the other side of the planet doesn't help I guess) but he's quite an inspiration to me....

I just emailed him... Not sure if he's a member here.