Large Format Landscapes

[assanto]

Ben,
I really like the last pic. Even though the photo is confined to this relatively small slab of rock, you still get this immense sense of scale and size that is so characteristic of Zion. Well done!
Tony

[Maris Rusis]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1442/25197256026_af46b3ce00_b.jpg
Lake Jindabyne, Evening Cloud, Infrared

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.6cm X 24.4cm, from a 8x10 Efke IR820 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Wollensak 159mm f9.5 wide angle lens and a IR680 filter. Signed, stamped, and annotated verso.

[AnzaRunner]

While I don't (yet) have any Large Format landscapes to contribute, I only shot my first 6 frames this past weekend (5 PanF+ 1 Ektar) with my new Horseman 45HD, I just have to give you a pat on the Back. I saw your images and recognized them as Been Horne from YouTube, checked your profile and sure enough it was you. I want to thank you for your videos, your channel is what inspired me over the edge to take the plunge into Large Format.

Keep those amazing images coming!


That's awesome to hear about making your first 6 exposures on the Horseman. You're going to have a blast with large format, and I'm honored that I helped push you over the edge! :-)

[Don Homewood]

Oh hey, I'm another one that Ben Horne convinced to make the leap (I was wondering if you posted here or not). I had already been shooting 4x5 in pinhole for a couple of months, but after discovering his youtube channel last September, well, I kinda had to go all the way.

For thread content, I think I've finally found a film that agrees with me! :D
(FP4+)

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries/ForestsGrasslands/i-Xhhw84R/1/XL/_DSC0008-Edit-XL.jpg (http://www.donhomewoodphotography.com/Galleries/ForestsGrasslands/i-Xhhw84R/A)
Point Reyes National Seashore

[AnzaRunner]

Oh hey, I'm another one that Ben Horne convinced to make the leap (I was wondering if you posted here or not). I had already been shooting 4x5 in pinhole for a couple of months, but after discovering his youtube channel last September, well, I kinda had to go all the way.

For thread content, I think I've finally found a film that agrees with me! :D
(FP4+)



That shot turned out fantastic Don. I really like the zig zagging wood in the foreground and the texture of the grass.

[scheinfluger_77]

That shot turned out fantastic Don. I really like the zig zagging wood in the foreground and the texture of the grass.

I have to agree, nicely done. Good control of your tones, and pinhole to boot

[Don Homewood]

That shot turned out fantastic Don. I really like the zig zagging wood in the foreground and the texture of the grass.

Thanks! This was one of those cases of "remember to look behind you, there may be a better scene". What I was originally framing up was no where near as exciting as this.


I have to agree, nicely done. Good control of your tones, and pinhole to boot

That photo wasn't pinhole, actually. Apologies if my wording made it sound that way. That was with my Fuji 90mm.

[RHITMrB]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1674/26529650731_115e143827_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GqkoTe)
Lower Grand Coulee (https://flic.kr/p/GqkoTe) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

[kenj8246]

Fairly new poster and I should probably post this to the mistakes thread as I made a pretty egregious error: opened the changing bag without putting the top on the Paterson tank. Managed to salvage this exposure somewhat. A shot from out on the Taos mesa. Chamonix field camera, Portra 160 film. Late evening sunset light on the mountain...should've been 30 minutes sooner, too.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1524/26555598566_5dfdf4d212_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GsCogG)Lucky Dog Casa on the mesa at Taos NM. (https://flic.kr/p/GsCogG) by Kenny Johnson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bykenny/), on Flickr

Kenny

[ALVANDI Camera]

Hi all, How can I share a photo on this page? When I share of my computer, it appears small. Even when I share of my website url, it appears small. How do I share my Flickr, or other networks? Thanks

[stawastawa]

Dave, would you share a bit about your stitching process?


Rowsley to Chatsworth, Derbyshire Peak District

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider 150mm Apo-Symmar, Ilford Delta 100, Lee Yellow/Orange #16 filter

2º rear tilt back, 2º front tilt front, 8mm front fall, exposure not recorded, but f/32 likely. Easter Monday 2016

"scanned" on lightbox with D800E and 60f/2.8 AF-S micro, four shots stitched in CS6.

Larger version in my 5x4 flickr album

[stawastawa]

Panoral,
from flickr, if you click the share arrow at the bottom right of the image you want to share, then select "BBC code" and copy the provided code into a post. choose a smallish size and should show up here nicely.
n


Hi all, How can I share a photo on this page? When I share of my computer, it appears small. Even when I share of my website url, it appears small. How do I share my Flickr, or other networks? Thanks

[ALVANDI Camera]

Panoral,
from flickr, if you click the share arrow at the bottom right of the image you want to share, then select "BBC code" and copy the provided code into a post. choose a smallish size and should show up here nicely.
n

Thanks, Stawastawa.

[ALVANDI Camera]

Iran, Tehran, Darabad, Toyo Field 45A, Schneider Super Angulon 90/5.6, Iford FP4 4x5in
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1505/24775328871_f718973c92_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/DKj37B)

[aapov27]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1516/26443089845_33d5dd47ec_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GhFKma)Ghost (https://flic.kr/p/GhFKma) by Alex Povaliy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/povaliy/), on Flickr

[Jim Becia]

Here are a couple of images taken last spring that I finally scanned. Both of these were taken with a Chamonix 5x8. The first was taken near Hanksville, Utah and was on Velvia 100 and the second was in Capitol Reef using Velvia 100F. I did not record nor do I remember the lenses used.

[Deval]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1560/26558809611_4f5f101215_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GsUQNx)Selfie (https://flic.kr/p/GsUQNx) by Deval Joshi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/devaljoshi/), on Flickr
Selfie
Toyo 45a II
Schneider 72mm Super Angulon MC 5.6
Fuji Neopan Acros 100
Pyrocat HD
Filters:Center Filter IVb
F32.5 1/8

Its been a long time since I've been able to shoot, so I was happy to get out this weekend. I guess I could have posted this to the mistakes good or bad thread...thought about cropping out my shadow but the more I look at it, the more accepting of it I get...

[biedron]

Nice Jim. I especially like the Hanksville shot. Was this from up on Factory Butte?

Bob

[stawastawa]

^+1

i agree jim the one of the blue hills outside Hanksville is lovely. I linger on it.

[Andysnap]

Well having just spent a happy half hour catching up on the stunning photos in this thread I suppose I should post something. Weather and life have interrupted my LF photography for a few weeks but hopefully an improvement in at least the weather will let me get out and about.

Wista Field 45, Nikon W 180mm on Kodak Portra 160. I cropped this a bit as the sky was a bit boring. Langdale in the Lake District UK.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1452/25001735666_596445bf0f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/E6jqY3)Langdale-5 (https://flic.kr/p/E6jqY3) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andysnapper1/), on Flickr

Same camera/lens but on Fomapan 100. I call this 'Fish in a Top Hat'
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1621/25251209214_21f0904200_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Etn3L7)The-Devil's-Chair (https://flic.kr/p/Etn3L7) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andysnapper1/), on Flickr

[fishbulb]

Here is a series of photos I shot on my annual winter visit to Zion.

Very nice! Makes me want to go back to Zion again.

[dave_whatever]

I remain to be convinced if this actually works, but here it is. Shot last year, I had this composition in mind but even stopped down to f/64 I had nowhere near enough DoF (lens was a 150 or 240, I forget) so I decided to go the other way and shoot it wide open and emphasis the "glowing" rock.

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Velvia 50, Chamonix 045F1.

[stawastawa]

Dave, it feels crowded and even a bit chaotic.

[Sergio]

Here are a couple of images taken last spring that I finally scanned. Both of these were taken with a Chamonix 5x8. The first was taken near Hanksville, Utah and was on Velvia 100 and the second was in Capitol Reef using Velvia 100F. I did not record nor do I remember the lenses used.

Hi Jim,
two great shots, the "golden" cloud of second is fantasic.
At the next.

[RHITMrB]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1459/26088542614_70403311be_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FKmANS)
Grand Ronde (https://flic.kr/p/FKmANS) by Isaac Sachs (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhitmrb/), on Flickr

[Corran]

The near-far relationship on this last one RHITmrB is especially nice.

[RHITMrB]

The near-far relationship on this last one RHITmrB is especially nice.

Thanks!

[krishmandal]

I remain to be convinced if this actually works, but here it is. Shot last year, I had this composition in mind but even stopped down to f/64 I had nowhere near enough DoF (lens was a 150 or 240, I forget) so I decided to go the other way and shoot it wide open and emphasis the "glowing" rock.


Dave, I think it "almost" works. The colors are wonderfully vivid, but the small subject surrounded by blurred space is hard to overcome. I'd much rather have wanted to see the near rocks in focus and the farther one out of focus, if you had to choose.

[dave_whatever]

Dave, I think it "almost" works. The colors are wonderfully vivid, but the small subject surrounded by blurred space is hard to overcome. I'd much rather have wanted to see the near rocks in focus and the farther one out of focus, if you had to choose.

Yeah I know what you mean, that's kinda what I was feeling. I think whenever the closest object to the camera isn't in focus you've always got to really justify it compositionally. As my attention was drawn to the centre rock primarily I wouldn't have even thought of letting it go out of focus.

I do have a second version of this stopped down a lot, but the foreground rocks are sharper but nowhere near looking in focus, so it looks just like they're out of focus accidentally rather than deliberately, so it ends up looking worse.

I will have to get up there this summer and have another attempt at it, it's only a certain time of year that the centre rock is struck by the setting sun. Might actually be better trying it with a smaller format camera, for greater DoF with a shorter lens - might even work better as an iPhone shot!

[mat4226]

Trickle at Middle Falls, Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1490/26617193282_8538b55cc6_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mat4226/26617193282/)

Tachihara 8x10 + Fujinon W 250mm f/6.7
Ilford HP5+ in Pyrocat HD 1:1.5:100

[JeRuFo]

Spectacular as all your forest scenes, Mat. Very nicely done.

[Myxine]

Hi there,
Sharing our first picture from our recent trip to Yosemite. Though not the most dramatic conditions, it is always with great pleasure that we stop and stare at this landscape, most of the time for hours.
We had the pleasure to meet with Mr and Ms Jim Becia this evening. Not so common to see 2 Ebony cameras side to side. 1 small (mine), one big (his). Can't wait to see what he saw this very evening

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1653/26739676295_c257c7d575_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GJTQaD)Tunnel View (http://arnauddaval.tumblr.com/post/143658159917/yosemite-tunnel-view) by Arnaud Daval (http://arnauddaval.tumblr.com/post/143658159917/yosemite-tunnel-view)

Ebony 45S, 150mm and Ilford Fp4+ with Pyrocat

[Valdecus]

Traveling light with the Wanderlust Travelwide 90.


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1652/26720004576_3282fd5989_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GHa1s5)

Winter Trees, Vosges, France (https://flic.kr/p/GHa1s5) by Valdecus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23492914@N07/), on Flickr

Travelwide 90, Rodenstock Super-Angulon 8/90mm MC @f22, Provia 100F

[Harley Goldman]

Traveling light with the Wanderlust Travelwide 90.


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1652/26720004576_3282fd5989_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GHa1s5)

Winter Trees, Vosges, France (https://flic.kr/p/GHa1s5) by Valdecus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23492914@N07/), on Flickr

Travelwide 90, Rodenstock Super-Angulon 8/90mm MC @f22, Provia 100F

Beautiful! Love the dreamy look.

[Valdecus]

Thanks, Harley!

Andreas

[axs810]

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

Sorry the image size is so big. I used imgur since I don't have a flickr account (heard you have to pay to have flickr now?)



Anyways...this is a boring image but it's a test for a new scanning method I'm doing

[Larry Gebhardt]

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Yosemite a few years ago. My note taking skills are terrible. I know it's 4x5 TMY2 with a Chamonix camera and likely a 200mm Nikon M.

[Rory_5244]

Traveling light with the Wanderlust Travelwide 90.


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1652/26720004576_3282fd5989_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GHa1s5)

Winter Trees, Vosges, France (https://flic.kr/p/GHa1s5) by Valdecus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23492914@N07/), on Flickr

Travelwide 90, Rodenstock Super-Angulon 8/90mm MC @f22, Provia 100F

Love!

[Don Homewood]

Traveling light with the Wanderlust Travelwide 90.


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1652/26720004576_3282fd5989_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GHa1s5)

Winter Trees, Vosges, France (https://flic.kr/p/GHa1s5) by Valdecus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23492914@N07/), on Flickr

Travelwide 90, Rodenstock Super-Angulon 8/90mm MC @f22, Provia 100F

This is supremely captivating. It has a wonderful calming effect that makes me never want to look away. Very well done. :)

[Myxine]

A few weeks back from Yosemite, I'm finally done with developping & scanning. Here is a picture from Mirror Lake, beautiful quiet place and a very easy walk.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/26180826413_104f680970_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FTvzyR)Mirror lake (http://arnauddaval.tumblr.com/post/143771616327/mirror-lake) by Arnaud Daval (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nolarnaud/)

Ebony 45S, 90mm, Ilford Fp4+

[stawastawa]

I like the tones a lot. but my eye's don't rest. There are many details I would like to sink into as the main subject of the image, but neither grass, willow, trees, reflction, or cliff draw me and hold me.


A few weeks back from Yosemite, I'm finally done with developping & scanning. Here is a picture from Mirror Lake, beautiful quiet place and a very easy walk.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/26180826413_104f680970_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FTvzyR)Mirror lake (http://arnauddaval.tumblr.com/post/143771616327/mirror-lake) by Arnaud Daval (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nolarnaud/)

Ebony 45S, 90mm, Ilford Fp4+

[Deval]

I like the tones a lot. but my eye's don't rest. There are many details I would like to sink into as the main subject of the image, but neither grass, willow, trees, reflction, or cliff draw me and hold me.
Perhaps trying to separate out the tonal ranges from foreground to midground might help a bit... If the image was in color, I'd imagine the color would let your eyes travel into the picture a bit more..

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

[Myxine]

Thank you for your comments, both.

I don't really have this problem - my eye goes to the main tree on the left and to the brighter spot at the bottom on the cliff. Looking at the picture on my work computer, it looks less contrasty than my home screen and the foreground is indeed a bight to bright compared to what I have in mind (and at home).

[krishmandal]

Thank you for your comments, both.

I don't really have this problem - my eye goes to the main tree on the left and to the brighter spot at the bottom on the cliff. Looking at the picture on my work computer, it looks less contrasty than my home screen and the foreground is indeed a bight to bright compared to what I have in mind (and at home).

Myxine, I also don't have the problem that Nicholas stated. I start in the foreground, make my way to the tree, and then on to the cliff in the background. The curves of the reflection of the cliff, and the curve of the tree help me to follow a line.

This is a good enough image, but I clicked through to your Flickr site and was jealous and impressed. I really like your vision, and have favorited you, though I rarely use my own Flickr. Good work, in my humble estimation!

[Myxine]

Thanks a lot Krish! That's very encouraging

[stawastawa]

hmm, it may also be that the image is just meant to be seen BIG. =)
And I like the image! but just noticing the unsettled wandering and sense of dissatisfaction as I look at it.

[Myxine]

Hey Nicholas,
No problem :) And I agree with you: when I saw the picture scanned, I had the feeling that it needed to be seen big, and surely printed big to be appreciated.
Maybe I'll print it large someday and realize that no, in fact it's a dud :)

[Ron (Netherlands)]

A beautiful image, nothing wrong with it.... on the contrary I very much like all the detail and the many differences in tones!

[stawastawa]

Indeed so much to enjoy there!

I hope to see it big someday myxine, even if you just want to do 16x20 or 20x24 ... my darkroom is available for your use =)

A beautiful image, nothing wrong with it.... on the contrary I very much like all the detail and the many differences in tones!

[Myxine]

A beautiful image, nothing wrong with it.... on the contrary I very much like all the detail and the many differences in tones!

Thanks Ron, I appreciate your comment!

@Nicholas: thanks a lot for the offer. It is very tempting :)

[Peter Lewin]

Found this old negative (circa 1990) while looking for images to enter in a show entitled "Signs." Taken on what I think was called the "Miners Trail" near Leadville, CO.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7224/26833627165_cda05ede7f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GTcmue)signs-2-mosquitopass (https://flic.kr/p/GTcmue) by Peter Lewin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterlewin/), on Flickr
Tri-X, HC-110, probably Schneider 210 and my old Sinar F.

[Lightbender]

Lake Clementine Dam

Not sure if this counts as landscape. CC welcome.
Shen Hao 4x5. Grandagon 65mm

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[stawastawa]

Lightbender, I dont think I would call it landscape, (more water's edge) but I like it! very neat glow in that water. could watch that a while.

[scheinfluger_77]

Lake Clementine Dam

Not sure if this counts as landscape. CC welcome.
Shen Hao 4x5. Grandagon 65mm

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You have taken a mundane, or well photographed subject and injected lots of sparkle into the composition. Nice job.

[Myxine]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7658/26843248475_d8061043ec_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GU3EyT)Half Dome from glacier point (http://arnauddaval.tumblr.com/post/143923363032/half-dome-glacier-point) by Arnaud Daval (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nolarnaud/)

A view of Half Dome from Four Mile Trail. I must say it was one tough hike with the equipment on the shoulders.

Ebony 45S, 210mm and Fp4+

[orgraph]

2016-05-09. Kiev Rus, Ukraine. Wista SP 4x5, Congo 400/8 @ 22, Foma 200 in D23 1:3, t22C, 15 min
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[orgraph]

2016-05-09. Buki,"Kiev Rus", Ukraine. Wista SP 4x5, Symmar 135/5,6 @ 22, Foma 100 in Ilford HC 1:31, t23C, 9 min
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[Romeo Koitmäe]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/26867882315_533a5772c9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GWdVmg)Alone tree (https://flic.kr/p/GWdVmg) by Romeo Koitmäe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/siilur/), on Flickr
Toyo G45 / Schneider Super-Symmar 110mm / F16 / 1/8 s / Ilford FP4

[HiHoSilver]

Hi there,
Sharing our first picture from our recent trip to Yosemite. Though not the most dramatic conditions, it is always with great pleasure that we stop and stare at this landscape, most of the time for hours.
We had the pleasure to meet with Mr and Ms Jim Becia this evening. Not so common to see 2 Ebony cameras side to side. 1 small (mine), one big (his). Can't wait to see what he saw this very evening

Ebony 45S, 150mm and Ilford Fp4+ with Pyrocat

Breathtaking execution. Scenery is almost its own composition, but your processing/execution does all the justice it deserves.

[HiHoSilver]

Yosemite a few years ago. My note taking skills are terrible. I know it's 4x5 TMY2 with a Chamonix camera and likely a 200mm Nikon M.

Larry, I'm most impressed w/ how you hung on to such a range of light. Masterful.

[RSalles]

Arnaud,

Superb shot - as said, no pain, no gain.

Romeo,

Wonderful also, the tree seems to "dance" over the snow, very well view,

Cheers,

Renato

[Harley Goldman]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/26867882315_533a5772c9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GWdVmg)Alone tree (https://flic.kr/p/GWdVmg) by Romeo Koitmäe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/siilur/), on Flickr
Toyo G45 / Schneider Super-Symmar 110mm / F16 / 1/8 s / Ilford FP4

Beautiful!

[Romeo Koitmäe]

Tanks, Renato and Harley

[Myxine]

Thanks Renato and HiHosilver! Very much appreciated.

Hi agree with Renato and Harley, I really love your picture Romeo. I find trees very hard to photograph, and your picture is very graceful.

[gogo120]

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4x5
72mm

[Alan9940]

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4x5
72mm

Beautiful shot! I love how the line of the cloud just over the tree mimics the right-hand line of the tree and, similarly, the line of the cloud over the distant mountains, if one does a vertical flip of the cloud line. It always thrills me when this kind of natural and unexpected phenomenon happens in my own images. It can be a pleasant surprise because I don't always notice these things "in the heat of the moment."

[krishmandal]

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4x5
72mm

I love the composition on this. Absolutely love it!
It shows a lot of contemplation and being ready for "the moment." I do wish the upload were a little sharper so we could enjoy the details that are there, and the subtle plays of light and dark.

[gogo120]

I love the composition on this. Absolutely love it!
It shows a lot of contemplation and being ready for "the moment." I do wish the upload were a little sharper so we could enjoy the details that are there, and the subtle plays of light and dark.

Thank's Guys. It was lucky shot!

[Christopher Nisperos]

A view which is not only classic, but classy . . . Bravo!

[ImSoNegative]

one shot today, 8x10, my newly acquired fujinon 250mm 6.7@f22, xray film.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/27034255931_f0f6460a3b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HbVCqT)Looking acros the Ocoee (https://flic.kr/p/HbVCqT) by john golden (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[AlexGard]

11x14 tintype

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7686/27090743136_b77ce057de_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HgV97d)

please excuse flickr sharpening

[koraks]

Impressive image, Alex! I'd love to see it in person!

[AlexGard]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7708/27142907645_5c763595db_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HmwuNi)

[amandac]

I have only a few images to show, due to my lack of success
http://hautavis.net/138/o.png

[Myxine]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/27183526595_05aa4c8e81_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Hq7Fp2)Yosemite valley (https://flic.kr/p/Hq7Fp2) by Arnaud Daval (http://arnauddaval.tumblr.com/post/144784222762/yosemite-valley-sunset)

On the way down from Glacier Point last March. Ebony 45S, 150mm and Ilford Fp4+

[AlexGard]

Impressive image, Alex! I'd love to see it in person!

Sorry I missed this mate. Yes the whole idea of moving to 11x14 was having a bit more of an impactful image to frame. 8x10 is nice and they go well in a frame but I wanted something just a little bit larger. These definitely do the job for me and I think I've found my happy medium. Also, the aluminium seems to be a lot shinier for some reason, I'm using the same varnish and collodion but they are just seem to pop a lot more than the black glass.

[ALVANDI Camera]

Iran, Tehran, Savadkuh, Panoral 45 handmade camera, Schneider Super Angulon 47/5.6 XL, center filter IIIC, Cokin P121M, Kodak E100VS 4x5in slide film
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/26580427654_d9a6c63fed_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GuPD6q)

[Deval]

Vs indeed. Seems like a lovely time of year in Tehran

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

[ALVANDI Camera]

Vs indeed. Seems like a lovely time of year in Tehran

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

Yes, this image is spring, about 150 kilometers from Tehran.

[Christopher Nisperos]

good job at catching the "mood" of the moment

[ALVANDI Camera]

good job at catching the "mood" of the moment

Thank you so much.

[darkrat]

Hello, I'm just arrived in this community.

This is a shot taken in the kindergarten of my children, near Lake Maggiore, Italy. In front of me the quiet, behind the din of the children ;-)

Rodenstock Grandagon 115, Tmax 400 4x5 in HC110 1:47, printed on Rollei vintage 111 24x30

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Andrea

[darkrat]

Ops, maybe this shot was better for Trees thread and not Landscapes, but I don't know how to change or delete it... I'm sorry

[mathomas]

One from a couple nights ago at a neighborhood open-space park (lucky to have them)
Arca Swiss F-Line (old 171mm frames)
120mm Super-Symmar
Arista Ultra 400 in Rodinal 1+25 (experiment -- think I'll stick with lower dilutions from here on out)
A bit of back tilt on the rear standard, and a bit of rise on the front. I'm pretty new to this, but I'm happy with the result.

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7352/27233789375_e60181c394_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HuyhLF)
cherry knolls park (https://flic.kr/p/HuyhLF) by Mike Thomas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathomas/), on Flickr

[krishmandal]

One from a couple nights ago at a neighborhood open-space park (lucky to have them)
Arca Swiss F-Line (old 171mm frames)
120mm Super-Symmar
Arista Ultra 400 in Rodinal 1+25 (experiment -- think I'll stick with lower dilutions from here on out)
A bit of back tilt on the rear standard, and a bit of rise on the front. I'm pretty new to this, but I'm happy with the result.


I think it's fantastic. I mistook the framing when I stopped scrolling at a point that made the frame a perfect square, so I understood eventually to keep scrolling. The picture stands just fine as framed, and can even stand a different format (square!) so I think you've got two perfectly good images here!

[krishmandal]

Hello, I'm just arrived in this community.
This is a shot taken in the kindergarten of my children, near Lake Maggiore, Italy. In front of me the quiet, behind the din of the children ;-)
Rodenstock Grandagon 115, Tmax 400 4x5 in HC110 1:47, printed on Rollei vintage 111 24x30
Andrea

Andrea, I hope you don't find my critique too critical, but I feel that the scene has too much foreground in it. Is there a reason you framed it almost half trees / half ground?

[Christopher Nisperos]

Andrea, I hope you don't find my critique too critical, but I feel that the scene has too much foreground in it. Is there a reason you framed it almost half trees / half ground?

I agree: It's an interesting image, but much stronger when cropped to be a square ... in my opinion. Anyway, as I said, interesting shot!

[AlexGard]

This is a subject that came up on another forum I use (that a couple of other posters here I know of use as well), and in the "Landscapes" thread, someone replied to a traditionally aesthetically 'correct' image



Would be a lot better if you weren't trying to slavishly follow the rule of thirds.

The thought had crossed my mind a few times. I am an absolute sucker for just slavishly following the rule of thirds, and seems that many people quite easily question it when it isn't followed unquestioningly. I understand that 'breaking' the rule may be hard to execute well and should probably be 'broken' with pre-meditated deliberation? I'm not sure.. a lot of the photographers from this other forum seem to haphazardly ignore this 'rule of thirds' and pull it off exceptionally well. The criticism of Andrea's photo just seems to be pushing it back into the 'rule of thirds' or something, I'm not quite sure how to articulate my argument but I am becoming more aware of the rule of thirds being a super-dominant defining law in landscape (in my short 10 or so years of taking photos)... I'm not sure, perhaps trying to stimulate argument here, perhaps a little drunk... but I appreciate people trying to challenge the rules...? (Unless this is an old, tired argument in which case I will shutup and go away)

[Corran]

Alex, I think you make a great point. A good composition is not merely putting something on as many thirds as possible.

My eye is drawn to the center line formed by the pathway and tree, so if anything I personally would've considered taking a step left myself and tried to make an inverted cross shape between that line and the horizon - but as it is I think it's engaging, and the tones are certainly excellent. Nice work!

[darkrat]

Andrea, I hope you don't find my critique too critical, but I feel that the scene has too much foreground in it. Is there a reason you framed it almost half trees / half ground?

I always need the gaze of a third party to better interpret my own photographs. The foregroung is so big because I like to give breath to the eye, although the result is actually a bit "weak". Live there is a greater three-dimensionality, especially "entering" in the woods.
Thanks for the tips!

[krishmandal]

I always need the gaze of a third party to better interpret my own photographs. The foregroung is so big because I like to give breath to the eye, although the result is actually a bit "weak". Live there is a greater three-dimensionality, especially "entering" in the woods.
Thanks for the tips!

I absolutely understand now. I would say, however, that the 3-dimensionality often tricks us into taking images that aren't as strong as they could be, or in some cases, outright failures (yours is not a failure by any means, fyi, it's a strong image, but in my estimation just needs some cropping).

All that nonsense aside, I've fallen into this trap a lot of times, and still do occasionally. What I've taught myself to do is to look with one eye closed. Or through a hole I create with my fingers. That stops the dimensional trickery that your brain does to you. I came upon this myself, but apparently Ansel Adams also wrote it in his book "The Camera." You start to flatten it out by seeing with only one eye, and then it's a truer representation of what will end up on the paper.

I'm sorry, I don't know if this actually helped you any, but I hope it did.

[j.e.simmons]

I generally consider corners and edges most. When looking at the print, I find things at thirds so that one might think I focused on those instead.

[Christopher Nisperos]

Thank you so much.

Mohammad, your photo is quite nice, too . . . but I was trying to comment on the photo by mrzine in post #11845. Apologies for my gaff.

[mathomas]

I think it's fantastic. I mistook the framing when I stopped scrolling at a point that made the frame a perfect square, so I understood eventually to keep scrolling. The picture stands just fine as framed, and can even stand a different format (square!) so I think you've got two perfectly good images here!

Thanks for your comment. Sorry for my tardiness. I've been traveling and replying to this forum with my iPad is a pain :-). I was really happy to have achieved great depth-of-field in this image. Makes me feel like I'm "getting it". Now if I'd only stop making stupid mistakes like pulling the dark slide with the lens open, I'll be golden!

I think you're right that this image works as a square (either top or bottom). Things don't usually work out that nicely.

[krishmandal]

Now if I'd only stop making stupid mistakes like pulling the dark slide with the lens open, I'll be golden!

I've been shooting for a long time and while LF is something I let go of for a while, and just got back into recently, I still makes "stupid mistakes." The thing is, this format takes patience, and sometimes quick thinking, two things that take a lot of practice if you want them to be present at the same time. There are a lot of factors to consider, and a process that you must create for your own camera, and your own style, and it all gets muddied up once you get the "oooh, ooh, oooh!" feeling that your image is about to be taken away from you because the light changes, or the wind picks up, or someone comes by and says, "Nice camera, mind if I watch while you work?"

I was photographing a rather simple shot in NYC but the camera was tilted up at a skyscraper. I get a lot of attention on the streets because of the LF camera. And it happened. Someone spoke to me, and I blundered. I pulled the dark slide on the wrong side of the cartridge, and stood there holding the slide and talking to the person. And then I realized I just ruined a sheet of film. I guess you can say I was driven to distraction by all the attention someone gave me because of my camera. :)

[Jerry Bodine]

Mistakes are not stupid. It's just that they exist in many forms and are so opportunistic (if that's a word) that they can manifest themselves in more than just one at any time. Developing habits of operational sequences can help, but there are no guarantees.

[mathomas]

...

I was photographing a rather simple shot in NYC but the camera was tilted up at a skyscraper. I get a lot of attention on the streets because of the LF camera. And it happened. Someone spoke to me, and I blundered. I pulled the dark slide on the wrong side of the cartridge, and stood there holding the slide and talking to the person. And then I realized I just ruined a sheet of film. I guess you can say I was driven to distraction by all the attention someone gave me because of my camera. :)


Mistakes are not stupid. It's just that they exist in many forms and are so opportunistic (if that's a word) that they can manifest themselves in more than just one at any time. Developing habits of operational sequences can help, but there are no guarantees.

When I started into this, my boss, who has a lot of experience in LF, enumerated a number of mistakes that I would make. I shot the first N sheets with no mistakes, but I was cautious because it was all very new. I feared that once I became more confident I would then run a larger risk of making mistakes. I also do YouTube videos, mostly on photography. I've noticed that worrying about video while I'm trying to set up an LF still shot would "take me out of my head" and risk mistakes.

So, on my last shoot while on vacation in KY, I was documenting it for YT and also feeling excited at the surroundings and possibilities. Predictably, I screwed up three sheets: pulled the dark slide with the lens open 1x, and metered but didn't set exposure before shooting 2x (I was able to re-take all). It will be interesting to develop all the sheets to see what other boo-boos I might have made.

I will say that, mistakes or not, it was one of the best times I've ever had. I was completely alone in a beautiful deep creek bed with waterfalls and cliffs and slow-running water. I took a lot of mental pictures, regardless of whether the actual negatives are any good.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7796/26741410073_108b0eec7c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GK3Hyn)
Shooting in Howard's Creek, Clark County, KY (https://flic.kr/p/GK3Hyn) by Mike Thomas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathomas/), on Flickr

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

Hi all
Morning light on Black Sea, Crimea, Russia.
Nagaoka 4x5, Telekongo 400 f32 Tmax100 Xtol 1+1
http://s011.radikal.ru/i316/1606/80/e03b57fbb241.jpg (http://radikal.ru/big/aae696670a144f97a58585a3d027ec68)

[koraks]

Stunning! That's a magic moment, captured in a magic way.

[Rory_5244]

Wow! Fantastic!

[krishmandal]

Wonderful and emotive image, with very little "discourse." Love it!

[Corran]

Exploratory image from a new location. Going back this weekend hopefully.

Linhof MT, 58mm XL + CF, T-Max 100, FX-39:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/3855ss.jpg

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

thanks guys!

[jp]

Hi all
Morning light on Black Sea, Crimea, Russia.
Nagaoka 4x5, Telekongo 400 f32 Tmax100 Xtol 1+1

Excellent! Thanks for sharing it here!

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

Thanks for the feedback guys. It was a unique deystvietlno morning. Light made its way to the sea, i was at an altitude of 1500 meters on the level of the clouds. I have a transparent original Velvia100F. In Moscow working laboratory for printing Cibachrome. This slide was printed panoramic 1 meter.
You can see Epson scan of slide.
Click///
http://i013.radikal.ru/1606/53/32d1a847e328t.jpg (http://radikal.ru/fp/3f612c66d40f4ef893f84de76dc5666a)

[mathomas]

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7102/27518788826_b3ca709804_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HVJZbj)
howard's creek, clark co, kentucky (https://flic.kr/p/HVJZbj) by Mike Thomas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathomas/), on Flickr

Used a slight rear swing to control focus and emphasis close-by cliff.

Arca Swiss F-Line Basic
Schneider 120mm f/5.6 Super-Symmar
Fomapan 400 @ 250
Rodinal 1+50, 11min

[mathomas]

Exploratory image from a new location. Going back this weekend hopefully.

Linhof MT, 58mm XL + CF, T-Max 100, FX-39:

...


Love the light in this.

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Hi all
Morning light on Black Sea, Crimea, Russia.
Nagaoka 4x5, Telekongo 400 f32 Tmax100 Xtol 1+1

Beautiful image. Great sense of atmosphere and light.

[Corran]

Thanks mathomas. I went back yesterday and got up right next to one of the rocks on the ground and took this:

Chamonix 45n1, Schneider 47mm XL, TMX, FX-39:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/rocks2-3855ss.jpg

[gmfotografie]

Chamonix
Portra 160
135mm

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7646/27742605856_20e99a05a5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Jgw7bC)Sylt_Küste (https://flic.kr/p/Jgw7bC) by Michael Guggemos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmfotografie/), auf Flickr

[Deval]

Chamonix
Portra 160
135mm

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7646/27742605856_20e99a05a5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Jgw7bC)Sylt_Küste (https://flic.kr/p/Jgw7bC) by Michael Guggemos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmfotografie/), auf Flickr
Just lovely tones

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[Maris Rusis]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1207/5165203807_d301c7bce1_b.jpg
Australian Icon: from the Biloela road.

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC111 FB VC, image area 24.7cm X 19.5cm, from a 8x10 Tri-X negative exposed in a home-assembled Bender 8x10 view camera fitted with a Schneider Symmar 300mm f5.6 lens and a #25 red filter.

[koraks]

Maris, if you don't get 10 responses of praise to each image you post, it's probably because we're speechless. They're gorgeous, each and every one of them!

[Corran]

One more, again with the 47mm XL:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/rocks2-3862ss.jpg

[Christopher Nisperos]

Your image does a great job of conveying the impression of a hot day (whether or not that was the case!). As well, I like the way you arranged the clouds to look like a hand in the form of a "peace" sign . . . that must've taken a lot of blowing, on your part!

[Christopher Nisperos]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1207/5165203807_d301c7bce1_b.jpg
Australian Icon: from the Biloela road.

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC111 FB VC, image area 24.7cm X 19.5cm, from a 8x10 Tri-X negative exposed in a home-assembled Bender 8x10 view camera fitted with a Schneider Symmar 300mm f5.6 lens and a #25 red filter.

Maris,

Your image does a great job of conveying the impression of a hot day (whether or not that was the case!). As well, I like the way you arranged the clouds to look like a hand in the form of a "peace" sign . . . that must've taken a lot of blowing, on your part!

(BTW, I can help but "crop" off the foreground [by scrolling the image down to the bottom of my screen] every time I look
at this image ... looks great as a square!)

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

Beautiful image. Great sense of atmosphere and light.

thanks for the comment Joel. I am very impressed with your electronic albums, a good job. Sea Smoke, Ellingson Island just blew my mind, bravo!

[krishmandal]

Wow, very nice! The textural contrasts in this image are a good capture.
I love the image as you've presented it. I also looked at it cropped at 1/3rd below the top, and I like that wider composition too.

[Maris Rusis]

Maris,

Your image does a great job of conveying the impression of a hot day (whether or not that was the case!). As well, I like the way you arranged the clouds to look like a hand in the form of a "peace" sign . . . that must've taken a lot of blowing, on your part!

(BTW, I can help but "crop" off the foreground [by scrolling the image down to the bottom of my screen] every time I look
at this image ... looks great as a square!)

Thanks Christopher Nisperos. It was a hot day all right but the air-con in the company car was throwing icicles. I saw the trees and kept driving for another 30 kilometres before I had to do a u-turn and go back, set up the camera at the farmer's fence, and wait (and wait) for the best clouds. The old Schneider Symmar 300mm f5.6 + #25 filter was an unfamiliar combination and I was cautious about using too much rising front and ending up with dark top corners. A little less foreground would have been nice.

[Maris Rusis]

Maris, if you don't get 10 responses of praise to each image you post, it's probably because we're speechless. They're gorgeous, each and every one of them!
Such plaudits! Thank you, thank you.

[gmfotografie]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7066/27231735653_41a25922d3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HunLgF)Schoenfeld - Lungau / Salzburg (https://flic.kr/p/HunLgF) by Michael Guggemos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmfotografie/), auf Flickr

Chamonix
Portra
Fujinon 125mm

[Maris Rusis]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5121/5228071272_566379b7ec_b.jpg
Marlong Arch

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford MG IV FB, image area 19.6cm X 24.5cm, from a 8x10 Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens.

[stawastawa]

what a wonderful and interesting place Maris. Well depicted. And I like how i see two kissing panthers.

I also feel like I am sitting behind the logs in the grass - there. =)

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

I also feel like I am sitting behind the logs in the grass ...and poo :rolleyes:

[Jim Becia]

Here are a couple of images that I made out in Death Valley this February. While the "super bloom" was going on, I spent most of my time working other areas. I found out quickly that the wind and the flowers were just too much for the 8x10. Did manage a few flower attempts, but nothing too exciting. I enjoyed the ridges and washes with their wonderful earth tones. Spent at least 3 if not 4 mornings in and around this area trying to keep Fuji in business! Both of these images were made with my Ebony 8x10. The first one is with Velvia 50 with my Fuji 300 and the second one is with Velvia 100F and my Nikkor 450. I am already planning to head back this winter.

[gmfotografie]

very beautiful

[Maris Rusis]

Thanks stawastawa and Arkasha_from_Russia. I had the arch in the top of the scene but needed a solid foreground. The logs were just right. The big concern was snakebite while clambering over all the dead wood. Australia is the most snake "infested" continent and Marlong Arch is very remote: more than 100 miles from the nearest medical help.

[Chris7521]

Here are a couple of images that I made out in Death Valley this February. While the "super bloom" was going on, I spent most of my time working other areas. I found out quickly that the wind and the flowers were just too much for the 8x10. Did manage a few flower attempts, but nothing too exciting. I enjoyed the ridges and washes with their wonderful earth tones. Spent at least 3 if not 4 mornings in and around this area trying to keep Fuji in business! Both of these images were made with my Ebony 8x10. The first one is with Velvia 50 with my Fuji 300 and the second one is with Velvia 100F and my Nikkor 450. I am already planning to head back this winter.
Very nice. I've been there a couple of times and I will most likely go again. It's a cool and unique place. More so than many think. That is especially true when shooting LF.

[Jim Becia]

Here are a couple more images taken in DV and recently scanned. Both were taken in the general vicinity of the last two that I showed. And both images were taken using 8x10 film with my Ebony 8x10. In the first image, I was hoping for the sun to pop out at sunrise and bath the ridges in nice warm light, but that was not to be. However, I did like the fairly dark clouds at the horizon, so I took a couple of chances and used two sheets of film. The second image is rather similar to the the one posted in post 11895. The composition is very similar, but it was taken on a different morning when the lighting was much warmer. I enjoyed spending my time in this area and the different light I experienced.

[Harley Goldman]

Here are a couple of images that I made out in Death Valley this February. While the "super bloom" was going on, I spent most of my time working other areas. I found out quickly that the wind and the flowers were just too much for the 8x10. Did manage a few flower attempts, but nothing too exciting. I enjoyed the ridges and washes with their wonderful earth tones. Spent at least 3 if not 4 mornings in and around this area trying to keep Fuji in business! Both of these images were made with my Ebony 8x10. The first one is with Velvia 50 with my Fuji 300 and the second one is with Velvia 100F and my Nikkor 450. I am already planning to head back this winter.

I like the first one. Nice flow to the image. The second one look muddy blue to my eye. If you are there next Jan., lets meet up.

[Holdenrichards]

http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/73/40/42347340.ab0c5526.640.jpg

1941 Eastman View Commerical B - Kodak Commercial Ektar 12" - f/45 - Arista Edu 100 - 8x10 Film - HC110 1+100 - Unaltered Negative Scan

Where do I begin to praise this lens? This is the type of lens Ansel had on this exact model of camera that I own. So the camera gear has gone "full Ansel" over here. But the results speak for themselves. Had to track down a special 60 year old filter but its all there. what a pleasure to use.

[RSalles]

Really nice Richards, maybe a small tweak on dev. to get rid of strong reflections over the rocks could have been done - I tough about a Linear Polarizer also but it would destroy those wonderful reflections on the water surface,

Cheers,

Renato

[scheinfluger_77]

Lots of great detail for the eye to wander around on. Thanks for sharing.

[Holdenrichards]

Thanks Renato! neg will make a super print, thanks Steve!

[DennisD]

Holden, Beautifully done !

Dennis

[Holdenrichards]

Thanks !

[Roberto Rico]

Very nicely done. Good sense of depth and good composition. Well crafted. Excellent.

[Holdenrichards]

Very nicely done. Good sense of depth and good composition. Well crafted. Excellent.

Thanks!

[Christopher Nisperos]

As everyone says, Holden, very nice image. I agree with Renato that the overexposure on the rock-tops are a pity . . . in the olden days, one solution would be to make a duplicate negative (for security, so as to leave the original negative untouched) and then "paint" a potassium permanganate type reducer onto the rocks. This reducer does add some graininess ... but in fact that would probably look pretty good on those rocks anyway.

Just a thought. Hope it helps!

[Toyo]

Congratulations on your image.
When faced with the tonal problems of the rocks, I often throw water onto them if it is practical - or have someone else do it for me - prior to taking the image. It cuts down the higher tonal values on the rocks themselves and makes printing that much easier.
T

[Holdenrichards]

Congratulations on your image.
When faced with the tonal problems of the rocks, I often throw water onto them if it is practical - or have someone else do it for me - prior to taking the image. It cuts down the higher tonal values on the rocks themselves and makes printing that much easier.
T

Yes that would help.
This is the thing, the rocks are covered with white powdery mud that has dried in the sun, so the exposure is fine, your water solution would work but it would be very easy to slightly burn them in with a mask.

[Maris Rusis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6186/6040783010_4ce7dae569_b.jpg
Girraween Creek, Slick Granite

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa MCC 111 VC FB, image size 19.6cm X 24.6cm, from a Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Bender self assembled 8x10 view camera fitted with a Schneider Symmar 300mm f5.6 lens.

[4erepazzi]

Hello All.
The first experiments with the format.
Montenegro Trip.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7338/27445488850_7a2bb51562_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HPgiDC)Provia100_4x5Scan-151109-0001 copy (https://flic.kr/p/HPgiDC) by Vlad Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr
Linhof Technika IV Fujinon 135 Provia
https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7594/27111062304_274781d9da_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HiHhhG)Provia100_4x5Scan-151030-0002 copy (https://flic.kr/p/HiHhhG) by Vlad Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

[Roberto Rico]

I love the symmetry. It fits the image perfectly.

[ericpmoss]

I LOVE that first photo. It's like three layers of stories from front to back.

[4erepazzi]

Thank you!
This one from my country house near Moscow. Summer time, white clouds, open spaces and 4x5. :)
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7308/27385092754_9357f19153_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HHVKZC)Summer Briz (https://flic.kr/p/HHVKZC) by Vlad Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

[darkrat]

Hello,

this is a picture from a project about paths. The shot was taken in Paruzzaro - Italy, and it's a straight scanning from the print, even if the print is less contrasted, more detailed and sharp :-(

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7299/27558200724_714358d23b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HZdYXN)Paruzzaro (https://flic.kr/p/HZdYXN) by Darkrat 71 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142935524@N06/)

Tmax 100 4x5 - HC110

[jmontague]

This is a bit of a post card shot, but I love the Maroon Bells (Aspen, Colorado). Shot with a Toyo 45G, HP5+, developed in PMK and printed on Ilford fiber based 11x14 paper.152604


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[ajsikel]

Oh, I believe that is the Kotor Bay .
Been there, climbed that hill, stunning view over the scape,


Hello All.
The first experiments with the format.
Montenegro Trip.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7338/27445488850_7a2bb51562_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HPgiDC)Provia100_4x5Scan-151109-0001 copy (https://flic.kr/p/HPgiDC) by Vlad Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr
Linhof Technika IV Fujinon 135 Provia
https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7594/27111062304_274781d9da_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HiHhhG)Provia100_4x5Scan-151030-0002 copy (https://flic.kr/p/HiHhhG) by Vlad Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

[4erepazzi]

Yes! This is another side from Kotor Bay. Very beautiful place for traveling.

[dukeku]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8866/28168739212_59bf44db7c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JVb9Ms)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/JVb9Ms) by Lucas DeShazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasd/), on Flickr

Bald eagle on the right.

[stawastawa]

nice composition Lucas!

[Maris Rusis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6075/6040303331_27ce1e8101_b.jpg
Melaleucas and Sedges
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa MCC 111 VC FB, image size 19.6cm X 24.5cm, from a 4x5 TriX Pan Professional negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Voigtlander Heliar 21cm f4.5 lens. Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

[mathomas]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7455/27928477925_c790cf7d08_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JxWKtt)
big dry creek and cottonwood (https://flic.kr/p/JxWKtt) by Mike Thomas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathomas/), on Flickr

Shot in a nice little corner of wild space in my neighborhood.

Chamonix 045F1
Schneider 120mm f/5.6 Super-Symmar
Foma 400 @ 250
Rodinal 1+50, 9 minutes (72 degrees)

[johnmsanderson]

stunner


Thank you!
This one from my country house near Moscow. Summer time, white clouds, open spaces and 4x5. :)
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7308/27385092754_9357f19153_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HHVKZC)Summer Briz (https://flic.kr/p/HHVKZC) by Vlad Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

[RSalles]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7455/27928477925_c790cf7d08_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JxWKtt)
big dry creek and cottonwood (https://flic.kr/p/JxWKtt) by Mike Thomas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathomas/), on Flickr

Shot in a nice little corner of wild space in my neighborhood.

Chamonix 045F1


Schneider 120mm f/5.6 Super-Symmar
Foma 400 @ 250
Rodinal 1+50, 9 minutes (72 degrees)

Hi Mike,

I saw this pic in a large size and it's wonderful!

Cheers,

Renato

[mathomas]

Hi Mike,

I saw this pic in a large size and it's wonderful!

Cheers,

Renato

Thank you!

[Vaughn]

on Flickr

Bald eagle on the right.
I am drawn to this. Trinity River, CA perhaps?

[4erepazzi]

Thank you John!

[vinny]

It is. I was thinking the same as I've floated through that spot several times.
I am drawn to this. Trinity River, CA perhaps?

[FredrickSummers]

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries/Mountians/i-Xw754dh/0/L/Fields%20of%20Hope-L.jpg (http://www.summersmountainphoto.com/Galleries/Mountians/i-Xw754dh/A)

Field of Hope - Mustard flowers in bloom on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Velvia 100/Fuji 90mm f8

[mathomas]

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries/Mountians/i-Xw754dh/0/L/Fields%20of%20Hope-L.jpg (http://www.summersmountainphoto.com/Galleries/Mountians/i-Xw754dh/A)

Field of Hope - Mustard flowers in bloom on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Velvia 100/Fuji 90mm f8

Wow nice!. I have to try slide film sometime soon. Do you dev your own, or send it out? I do my B&W, but E-6 is just one step too far for me.

[FredrickSummers]

Wow nice!. I have to try slide film sometime soon. Do you dev your own, or send it out? I do my B&W, but E-6 is just one step too far for me.

I develop my own. Arista E6 kit from freestyle and a JOBO cpe2. This was in my first batch of self developed. I now do all my own e6, c41, and bw. With something like a JOBO color is silly easy. I highly recommend that kit.

Thank you very much!


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[Maris Rusis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8298/7990293352_0c606c32db_b.jpg
Afternoon Light, Noosa Forest

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford MG IV RC, image size 19.5cm X 24.5cm, from a Kodak TXP 4x5 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f8 lens. Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

[Old_Dick]

Very nice work Maris, gold star +

[Pali K]

Really enjoying your work Maris. Beautiful as always.

Pali

[DG 3313]

Half dome in Yosemite 6 years ago. Toyo 4x5, TMX-100. yellow filter on a 90mm Grandagon N. DSLR scan.



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[JerryP]

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries/Mountians/i-Xw754dh/0/L/Fields%20of%20Hope-L.jpg (http://www.summersmountainphoto.com/Galleries/Mountians/i-Xw754dh/A)

Field of Hope - Mustard flowers in bloom on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Velvia 100/Fuji 90mm f8
Very nice saturation with Velvia 100. Have you tried Velvia 50? And if so, do you see much of a difference?

[Maris Rusis]

Very nice work Maris, gold star +

Really enjoying your work Maris. Beautiful as always.
Thanks Old Dick and Pali K. When it works it's good. Today I went out with camera and came back empty: no exposures. Thems is the breaks.

[FredrickSummers]

Very nice saturation with Velvia 100. Have you tried Velvia 50? And if so, do you see much of a difference?

I just recently shot a few frames of it and started a test comparing a number of films. I will post the results once I'm done. I don't have any 50 shots to show just yet though. The price difference between the two is large enough I have to really think if I want the 50 though. Provia has actually became my favorite though!


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[scheinfluger_77]

Half dome in Yosemite 6 years ago. Toyo 4x5, TMX-100. yellow filter on a 90mm Grandagon N. DSLR scan.



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Now that's kind of cool, the subject matter is obvious but it doesn't DOMINATE the frame

[DG 3313]

I was actually sold on the snow and grass covered field stones in the near and put the monument in the far. Half Dome is well known and photographed....I just saw it differently that day.


Now that's kind of cool, the subject matter is obvious but it doesn't DOMINATE the frame

[JerryP]

[QUOTE=FredrickSummers;1340581]I just recently shot a few frames of it and started a test comparing a number of films. I will post the results once I'm done. I don't have any 50 shots to show just yet though. The pronice difference between the two is large enough I have to really think if I want the 50 though. Provia has actually became my favorite though!
Idlike to see some examples of your Velvia 50 images, especially if you develop them yourself. I really enjoy the saturation of Velvia 50, but I haven't tried Velvia 100 yet. You are right about the price difference. Here is an example of my work on Velvia 50.
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Division Creek, near Independence, CA. 4x5 Crown Graphic, 90mm Super Angulon, Velvia 50 (ND filter + Polarizer).

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Near Bishop, CA. 4x5 Crown Graphic, 90mm Super Angulon, Velvia 50 (ND filter + Polarizer).

[Maris Rusis]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7066/6983679141_af84ed4b45_b.jpg
Frosted Horehound, Flinders Ranges

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC III VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.4cm X 24.4cm, from a 4x5 Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f8 lens.

[criswellgeraldine]

Those are some great exposures - Do you use Color Negative Film?
http://hautavis.net/146/o.png

[FredrickSummers]

[QUOTE=FredrickSummers;1340581]I just recently shot a few frames of it and started a test comparing a number of films. I will post the results once I'm done. I don't have any 50 shots to show just yet though. The pronice difference between the two is large enough I have to really think if I want the 50 though. Provia has actually became my favorite though!
Idlike to see some examples of your Velvia 50 images, especially if you develop them yourself. I really enjoy the saturation of Velvia 50, but I haven't tried Velvia 100 yet. You are right about the price difference. Here is an example of my work on Velvia 50.
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Division Creek, near Independence, CA. 4x5 Crown Graphic, 90mm Super Angulon, Velvia 50 (ND filter + Polarizer).

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Near Bishop, CA. 4x5 Crown Graphic, 90mm Super Angulon, Velvia 50 (ND filter + Polarizer).

Very nice! I will post my Velvia 50 shots and I do them as well. I develop all my own film now. I'm trying to get into being more active here. I think it really is a great group, if a bit over moderated.


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[FredrickSummers]

Those are some great exposures - Do you use Color Negative Film?
http://hautavis.net/146/o.png

There are some color negative shots in this thread. The popular two for landscapes is Ektar and Portra 160. I keep trying with Ektar but it just never makes me happy where as Provia and Velvia almost always do (as long as I get it right). I have very little experience with Portra 160 yet, but I have it in my comparison for testing. I want to like it.


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[Chris7521]

Blowing about 20mph the other night. 10:30pm in Alaska :)
Chamonix 045n-2
Heliar 15cm f4.5 @f8,#25 red filter and 3 stop gnd handheld.
Delta 100 @50

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8883/28183401120_ee5cd074cd_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JWtifY)img480 (https://flic.kr/p/JWtifY) by Chris Badessa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/-chris_b/), on Flickr

[FredrickSummers]

Velvia 100/Horseman 45HD/Fujinon 210 f5.6/Arista Chemicals
Only post processing was crop and minor sharpening.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries/Coastal/i-sR63zPs/1/XL/St%20Augistine%20Light-XL.jpg (http://www.summersmountainphoto.com/Galleries/Coastal/i-sR63zPs/A)

[Rory_5244]

Linhof 4x5. Kodak E100VS.

http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k532/moobie1/estuary1_zpseddnbelh.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/moobie1/media/estuary1_zpseddnbelh.jpg.html)

[ALVANDI Camera]

Iran, Mazandaran, Polour, Toyo Field 45A, Schneider Super Angulon 90/5.6, center filter IIIC, Kodak E100VS 4x5in film
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8742/28576005361_cf18b39218_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KxauPB)

[RSalles]

Absolutely beautiful, Panoral,

Cheers,

Renato

[FredrickSummers]

Iran, Mazandaran, Polour, Toyo Field 45A, Schneider Super Angulon 90/5.6, center filter IIIC, Kodak E100VS 4x5in film
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8742/28576005361_cf18b39218_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KxauPB)

Very nice!


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[Kevin J. Kolosky]

I think the photos are nice and very well done technically, but if your main subject is the mountain (which I think it is) then you have included too much of the trees and taken away some of the majesty of the mountain.
If you want a near far effect try and find something smaller and place it to the side, or at least in a much smaller proportion to the mountain.
If, on the other hand, your main subject was the trees, then I wonder if it was necessary to include the mountain?

[ALVANDI Camera]

Absolutely beautiful, Panoral,

Cheers,

Renato

Thanks

[ALVANDI Camera]

Very nice!


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Thank you.

[ALVANDI Camera]

I think the photos are nice and very well done technically, but if your main subject is the mountain (which I think it is) then you have included too much of the trees and taken away some of the majesty of the mountain.
If you want a near far effect try and find something smaller and place it to the side, or at least in a much smaller proportion to the mountain.
If, on the other hand, your main subject was the trees, then I wonder if it was necessary to include the mountain?

Yes, you are right. Mountain was the main subject. But for the foreground, there was not a proper subject of another nearby. So I think it was suitable composition. Of course, I shot other photos, but I think it is more beautiful than others.

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

[QUOTE=panoral;1342912]
[...]
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[QUOTE]

what I most appreciate from (some of) your images, Panoral, is the different point of view from Iran you show. Thanks.

[koraks]

you have included too much of the trees and taken away some of the majesty of the mountain.

I've been looking for the photographic composition rule book for years as I also really want to do it right (so many people have all the technical skills and then just end up shooting the WRONG composition, argh!) Could you point me to a bookstore that retails it?

Panoral, absolutely gorgeous image. It's perfect as it is.

[Tin Can]

There is a rule about no critique if not asked for. A simple "I like it" is not a critique, simply an affirmation.

I wonder why the no critique 'rule' is not enforced?

I also like the image of Iran. :)

[FredrickSummers]

I think the photos are nice and very well done technically, but if your main subject is the mountain (which I think it is) then you have included too much of the trees and taken away some of the majesty of the mountain.
If you want a near far effect try and find something smaller and place it to the side, or at least in a much smaller proportion to the mountain.
If, on the other hand, your main subject was the trees, then I wonder if it was necessary to include the mountain?

I actually like the composition how it is. The trees lead my eyes to the mountain. I don't see any of your images here though. I also don't see the CC request, though your post history is pretty much just that over the last year.

So why are all the other rules so ruthlessly enforced but not that one?


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[ALVANDI Camera]

[QUOTE=panoral;1342912]
[...]
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8742/28576005361_cf18b39218_o.jpg
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[QUOTE]

what I most appreciate from (some of) your images, Panoral, is the different point of view from Iran you show. Thanks.

Thank you so much, Domingo.

[ALVANDI Camera]

I've been looking for the photographic composition rule book for years as I also really want to do it right (so many people have all the technical skills and then just end up shooting the WRONG composition, argh!) Could you point me to a bookstore that retails it?

Panoral, absolutely gorgeous image. It's perfect as it is.

Thank you, koraks.

[ALVANDI Camera]

There is a rule about no critique if not asked for. A simple "I like it" is not a critique, simply an affirmation.

I wonder why the no critique 'rule' is not enforced?

I also like the image of Iran. :)

I like to simple composition. Thanks, Randy.

[ALVANDI Camera]

I actually like the composition how it is. The trees lead my eyes to the mountain. I don't see any of your images here though. I also don't see the CC request, though your post history is pretty much just that over the last year.

So why are all the other rules so ruthlessly enforced but not that one?


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I thank you, previously, I've posted many images of Iran on this site.

[FredrickSummers]

I thank you, previously, I've posted many images of Iran on this site.

Keep up the good work!


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[Maris Rusis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8442/7990398417_db4785b368_b.jpg
Ghost Gully, Tenterfield
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford IB4.1P photographic paper, image size 19.4cm X 24.6cm, exposed in contact with a Kodak Plus-X 8x10 negative from a hand built Bender 8x10 view camera fitted with a 305mm f9 G-Claron lens and #25 red filter.

[mathomas]

Iran, Mazandaran, Polour, Toyo Field 45A, Schneider Super Angulon 90/5.6, center filter IIIC, Kodak E100VS 4x5in film
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8742/28576005361_cf18b39218_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KxauPB)

I like this a lot. It has an obvious fore, middle, and background, and I actually think that gives the mountains massive scale.

[kabbott]

Sunrise over Manteo Lighthouse, Manteo, NC. April 2016. Kodak Ektar 100 - Nikkor SW 90 f/8 - 4x5.

Comments and critique welcome.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscapes-and-Nature/USA-North-Carolina/Outer-Banks-April-2016/n-2mSjDb/i-vRjNghF/0/X2/i-vRjNghF-X2.jpg

[ALVANDI Camera]

I like this a lot. It has an obvious fore, middle, and background, and I actually think that gives the mountains massive scale.

Thank you, mathomas.

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

"I actually think that gives the mountains massive scale."

I think that if one wants to show scale he/she will place something that is familiar next to something else to show a difference. Or to put it another way, to show scale. I think that if one wanted to show the grandeur and size of a mountain one would place things that are smaller in the photo next to the mountain to emphasize scale rather than something that is larger in the photo. Otherwise the scale may seem off.

[Jim Jones]

This is one of those rare photographs that are so pleasing that they should be enjoyed, not merely analyzed.

[Maris Rusis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8440/8007821105_7a55d90309_b.jpg
Paper Bark Tree, Lake Weyba
Gelatin-silver photograph on Kodak Polymax Fine Art VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.7cm X 19.6cm, from a Kodak TriX 8x10 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 121mm f8 lens.

[Pali K]

Beautiful photographs panoral and Maris!

Pali

[Professional]

Wish i can visit Iran as i see nice beautiful photos here, so i better just watch and not wish to travel there.

[ALVANDI Camera]

Beautiful photographs panoral and Maris!

Pali

Thanks, Pali.

[ALVANDI Camera]

Wish i can visit Iran as i see nice beautiful photos here, so i better just watch and not wish to travel there.

Iran is very beautiful. Thanks, Professional.

[mmerig]

Here is a photo I took for an APUG traveling negative event. This is a scan from a print that I made from the one negative that I kept. Not much has happened with that event, so I guess it is okay to post the picture here.

The scene is in northwest Wyoming, USA, looking into Grand Teton National Park from within the Jedediah Smith Wilderness, Targhee National Forest, February 24, 2015. Ten minutes after taking the picture, the storm clouds obscured everything.

Imaged on 4 by 5 Ilford FP4+, using a 135 mm Wide Field Ektar at f22, with no movements. Printed on Ilford MG IV RC deluxe glossy paper, in Dektol 1:2. No dodging or burning-in. It's a working print, but I have no firm plans to do much else with it.

Comments and critique welcome.

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[Maris Rusis]

Beautiful photographs panoral and Maris!

Pali
Thanks Pali K for the kudo. Big film and beautiful subject matter go well together!

[mono]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8440/8007821105_7a55d90309_b.jpg
Paper Bark Tree, Lake Weyba
Gelatin-silver photograph on Kodak Polymax Fine Art VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.7cm X 19.6cm, from a Kodak TriX 8x10 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 121mm f8 lens.


Master of the trees!

[Chris7521]

It's a beautiful view and photo. Nice work with the exposure too!

Here is a photo I took for an APUG traveling negative event. This is a scan from a print that I made from the one negative that I kept. Not much has happened with that event, so I guess it is okay to post the picture here.

The scene is in northwest Wyoming, USA, looking into Grand Teton National Park from within the Jedediah Smith Wilderness, Targhee National Forest, February 24, 2015. Ten minutes after taking the picture, the storm clouds obscured everything.

Imaged on 4 by 5 Ilford FP4+, using a 135 mm Wide Field Ektar at f22, with no movements. Printed on Ilford MG IV RC deluxe glossy paper, in Dektol 1:2. No dodging or burning-in. It's a working print, but I have no firm plans to do much else with it.

Comments and critique welcome.

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[Maris Rusis]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7268/7476750166_d15b29cc31_c.jpg
Church, Ravenswood
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC 111 VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.5cm X 17.3cm, from a 4x5 Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a 90mm f8 Schneider Super Angulon lens and a #25 red filter.

[Heroique]

Nice Maris, I like how the space on right invites the viewer to squeeze around and follow the curved wall.

[Maris Rusis]

Nice Maris, I like how the space on right invites the viewer to squeeze around and follow the curved wall.
Oh yes, that space is historic. Ravenswood is a old boom-bust gold mining town that is now reduced to a half a dozen widely spaced buildings. If the gold had held out the church would have had a magnificent wall all the way around.

[HiHoSilver]

that paper-bark tree is killer, Maris. Beautiful work (again).

[mmerig]

It's a beautiful view and photo. Nice work with the exposure too!

Thank you for the kind words.

[Maris Rusis]

that paper-bark tree is killer, Maris. Beautiful work (again).
Thanks HiHoSilver. A 121mm lens on 8x10 sure dramatises subject matter that is visually dramatic to start with!

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

Perhaps a companion photo with the gate open to see if there is a different feeling. Maybe one of welcoming.

[FredrickSummers]

Sunrise over Manteo Lighthouse, Manteo, NC. April 2016. Kodak Ektar 100 - Nikkor SW 90 f/8 - 4x5.

Comments and critique welcome.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscapes-and-Nature/USA-North-Carolina/Outer-Banks-April-2016/n-2mSjDb/i-vRjNghF/0/X2/i-vRjNghF-X2.jpg

Very nice! I really like those colors too! I don't know why I can't get anything I like from Ektar. I've tried in all 3 formats I've shot and not one image I like from it still. Very well done.


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[SergeyT]

>> I don't know why I can't get anything I like from Ektar

Try scanning it as positive and converting + adjusting in PS. Should give you plenty of flexibility for interpretations of colors and tones

[FredrickSummers]

>> I don't know why I can't get anything I like from Ektar

Try scanning it as positive and converting + adjusting in PS. Should give you plenty of flexibility for interpretations of colors and tones

I will try that next time. I just really like how no interpretation is needed with Provia/Velvia. In fact most of the time with those films nearly no post is needed for me for what I want from the scene.


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[Maris Rusis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8355/8344366735_d869135b86_b.jpg
Hydro Surge Towers, Tasmania

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa MCC III VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.5 cm X 24.6cm, from a Kodak TriX Pan Professional 8x10 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens and #25 red filter.

[kenj8246]

Hwy 54 north from Van Horn TX. Sierra Diablo mtns. Taken from the side of the road.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8746/28707666262_ee9f4f9fe6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KJNi29)Sierra Diablo Mtns, Van Horn TX (https://flic.kr/p/KJNi29) by Kenny Johnson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bykenny/), on Flickr

Kenny

[vitality]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8567/27801315414_ba1f0b57af_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JmH1uo)Sunrise, Azores, Sao Miguel (https://flic.kr/p/JmH1uo) by Vitaliy AK (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitalityname/), on Flickr

[Deval]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8567/27801315414_ba1f0b57af_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JmH1uo)Sunrise, Azores, Sao Miguel (https://flic.kr/p/JmH1uo) by Vitaliy AK (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitalityname/), on Flickr
Unreal

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[Corran]

Agreed, wow!

[Pali K]

Absolutely stunning vitality! The colors are gorgeous.

[Chance2]

Love the look of that one, Vitality.

[FredrickSummers]

https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries/Coastal/i-t5HWKBx/1/X2/StAug%20Fort%203%20palms%20velvia-Edit-X2.jpg (http://www.summersmountainphoto.com/Galleries/Coastal/i-t5HWKBx/A)
Velvia 100

[baro-nite]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8394/28965450366_d6ffb18294_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/L8zvfE)
Sculpted (https://flic.kr/p/L8zvfE) by Jeff (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fiat-lx/), on Flickr

Chattooga River in western North Carolina
Provia 100F

[koraks]

That's beautiful, Jeff. Really nice framing and color composition.

[Jim Jones]

Yes, indeed, Jeff. Perfect exposure for a difficult subject.

[baro-nite]

Thanks for the kind words. Normally I prefer a shorter exposure for moving water, but I didn't have a choice here and I'm happy with how it turned out.

[Pali K]

Really like the softness of the water in your recent image baro-nite. Beautiful photo indeed.

Pali

[Maris Rusis]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8052/8101468193_b80f71c067_b.jpg
Snow Gum Grove, Early Winter.
Gelatin-silver photograph on Freestyle Private Reserve VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.4cm X 21.3cm, from a Fomapan 400 4x5 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 lens. Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.

[Deval]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8394/28965450366_d6ffb18294_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/L8zvfE)
Sculpted (https://flic.kr/p/L8zvfE) by Jeff (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fiat-lx/), on Flickr

Chattooga River in western North Carolina
Provia 100F
Nice shot. Crazy there isn't leaf movement at that length of time

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[baro-nite]

Really like the softness of the water in your recent image baro-nite. Beautiful photo indeed.

Thank you! It's a favorite spot of mine, although I can only get there a few times a year.


Nice shot. Crazy there isn't leaf movement at that length of time

Yep, most fortunate. It was early, which helped.

[vitality]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/2/1504/26672870382_0f99526c86_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GCZr6y)Kinderdijk (https://flic.kr/p/GCZr6y) by Vitaliy AK (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitalityname/), on Flickr

[orgraph]

2016-08-26. Georgia. View of Mount Ushba (4690 m.) From the top of the mountain Koruldi (3270 m.)
Nagaoka 4x5, Congo 90 / 6.3 @ 22, Foma 100 in Rodinal 1:50, 20C, 9 min.
Yuriy Sanin, Kiev, Ukraine.

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8313/29275263092_5fa9f69531_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LAXnMo)Ushba, Georgia, 2016. Yuriy Sanin (https://flic.kr/p/LAXnMo) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

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[stawastawa]

that is shot with a 90! field of view seems narrower than that.
nice movement with the clouds though to reveal the peak nicely.

[orgraph]

Romanian Carpathiansю Tachihara 4x5, Ilford FP4, Fujinar 180/9
Yuriy Sanin, Kiev, Ukraine.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7495/29301835782_297d7a6187_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LDiyVd)Romanian Carpathians (https://flic.kr/p/LDiyVd) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

[orgraph]

08/23/2016. Georgia. Waterfall below Ushinsky glacier. Nagaoka 4x5, Schneider 135 / 5.6 @ 22, Foma 100 in XTOL 1: 2, 9:15 min.
Yuriy Sanin, Kiev, Ukraine.
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8580/28788825773_7ffa2923dd_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KRYfV4)Ushba waterfall. Georgia (https://flic.kr/p/KRYfV4) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

[Maris Rusis]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1626/24749815299_7de1903988_b.jpg
Cattle and Egrets, Kin Kin
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford VC RC photographic paper, image size 24.4cm X 19.6cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens. Signed, stamped, and annotated verso.

[RSalles]

2016-08-26. Georgia. View of Mount Ushba (4690 m.) From the top of the mountain Koruldi (3270 m.)
Nagaoka 4x5, Congo 90 / 6.3 @ 22, Foma 100 in Rodinal 1:50, 20C, 9 min.
Yuriy Sanin, Kiev, Ukraine.

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8313/29275263092_5fa9f69531_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LAXnMo)Ushba, Georgia, 2016. Yuriy Sanin (https://flic.kr/p/LAXnMo) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

Wonderful shot, Yuriy,

Cheers,

Renato

[orgraph]

Every time I think - this is the last chance

[sdzsdz]

Chamonix 045N-2, 150mm Rodenstock Sironar-W, Velvia 50, drumscanned on Heidelberg Tango

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8140/28822428943_b6c6271b5c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KUWtY4)Backlight 3 (https://flic.kr/p/KUWtY4) by Sebastian Dziuba (https://www.flickr.com/photos/88626385@N03/), auf Flickr

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

http://s50.radikal.ru/i128/1609/e1/b88f4c17d46a.jpg (http://radikal.ru/fp/a3ffdad38a5b41acb4e9f71120c12785)
Anba Ikeda4x5
Nikkor SW90@22
Velvia50
ND9 Hard
1 sec
Epson 4870

[BoilerBasher]

http://s50.radikal.ru/i128/1609/e1/b88f4c17d46a.jpg (http://radikal.ru/fp/a3ffdad38a5b41acb4e9f71120c12785)
Anba Ikeda4x5
Nikkor SW90@22
Velvia50
ND9 Hard
1 sec
Epson 4870

Stunning!

[Pali K]

Sebastian and Arkasha, stunning images and the colors are just so so nice.

Pali

[Arkasha_from_Russia]

BoilerBasher, Pali K
Thanks you. It was really powerful sunset