Large Format Landscapes

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Dusk, Porcupine Hills 10,000 Hectare Free Range, Williams Coulee, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10040409.jpg

[Heroique]

What skies of drama! Here are some skies-of-calm to complement (compliment) the imagery.

This shot is from two years ago. I’m at 5,000 feet in the Olympic mountains – a secret spot where I pitch my tent. About 80 miles distant, you can just see snow-capped Mount Baker rising in the Cascade mountains, a very different range. Mount Baker is a neighboring volcano to Mount Saint Helens. I remember in 1975 when Mount Baker began spouting steam, visible to the entire region. Many thought she’d lose her temper (as Mount Saint Helens did five years later). Then she quieted down. Thank goodness. But it’s just a matter of time…

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Fuji Tungsten-64 (w/ Lee 85b filter)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[jp]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Dusk, Porcupine Hills 10,000 Hectare Free Range, Williams Coulee, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10040409.jpg

Looks like ocean swells to me!

[dlin]

Nice, Daniel, very abstract. Good eye to see the potential there! Did you happen to shoot any of just the first "zone" or the second "zone" alone? I'd be curious to see something like that as well, particularly the "zone" with the thick cornstalks. I've seen images like just the foreground, but never anything like the part with the stalks.

Thanks, h2oman. I'm sure we've all seen plenty of shots of silhouetted grass in water before. What made this scene interesting for me was the progression from delicate individual blades in the foreground to the jumble of stalks in the background. Each zone by itself seemed less interesting.


Daniel...isn't that corn the type they plant in Illinois between Ottawa and DeKalb?

Yessiree. Taken me a while to get onto paper.

All the best,
Daniel

[john wood]

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/johnhwood/4090924310_82d2553f6c_b.jpg
canham dlc45 nikkor 90 f/8 velvia

[briand]

Shot yesterday Morning,
Horseman L45 4x5. Schneider 210mm ERA 100 @80ISO

http://www.apug.org/forums/members/briand-albums-large-format-landscapes-picture3709-aprl004-morning-light-bridge-creek-horseman-l45-4x5-era-100-80-iso.jpg

[rcjtapio]

It's really fun going out & shooting along side of Daniel. The problem is, I always seem to like his images better. Daniel has such a terrific eye!

Attached is my take from the same cornfield in Illinois. We had just spent the day shooting at Starved Rock State Park & were on our way north heading to DeKalb. The corn remonded me of Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

That was a fun day. Daniel, I'm still waiting to see that clump of trees.

Rick

[Steve M Hostetter]

It's really fun going out & shooting along side of Daniel. The problem is, I always seem to like his images better. Daniel has such a terrific eye!

Attached is my take from the same cornfield in Illinois. We had just spent the day shooting at Starved Rock State Park & were on our way north heading to DeKalb. The corn remonded me of Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

That was a fun day. Daniel, I'm still waiting to see that clump of trees.

Rick
Hey Rick,

wow nice pic, I see eyes looking to the right

[Michael Wynd]

Hey Brian,
no picture is showing with your post.
Mike

[Brian Ellis]

Shot yesterday Morning,
Horseman L45 4x5. Schneider 210mm ERA 100 @80ISO

http://www.apug.org/forums/members/briand-albums-large-format-landscapes-picture3709-aprl004-morning-light-bridge-creek-horseman-l45-4x5-era-100-80-iso.jpg

Not much detail in the highights. : - )

Sorry, there's a wise ass in every crowd. For future reference, you can click on the "preview post" button right next to the "submit reply" button before sending the message/photo and see whether the photo is properly attached.

[Merg Ross]

Flooded Corn Fields

TMY developed in Pyrocat HD
Printed on Ilford MGIV FB toned in selenium and thiocarbamide.

Excellent!

ps: Daniel, this image compelled me to have a look at your other work. Very fine, indeed. Shall I embarass you with the link?

http://www.dlinphotography.com/Main.html

[David de Gruyl]

Shot yesterday Morning,
Horseman L45 4x5. Schneider 210mm ERA 100 @80ISO

http://www.apug.org/forums/members/briand-albums-large-format-landscapes-picture3709-aprl004-morning-light-bridge-creek-horseman-l45-4x5-era-100-80-iso.jpg

Other than being B&W and 4x5, this one looks like a picture I took in Beijing about 4 years ago. Where is this?

Also, is it fog or what? (Beijing was a yellow pollution laden dust, for me).

[dlin]

Excellent!

ps: Daniel, this image compelled me to have a look at your other work. Very fine, indeed. Shall I embarass you with the link?

http://www.dlinphotography.com/Main.html

I'm blushing! Thank you for the encouragement- it means a lot to me.

All the best,
Daniel

[h2oman]

Daniel,

Merg's praise is well founded - accept it graciously and without embarrassment.

To Rick and any of the rest of you with like-minded LF buddies,

Count your blessings. I'd love to tag along with someone else who is doing LF B&W work of the things I like!

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Bergen, Alberta, Cowboy Trail, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10040104.jpg

[bobwysiwyg]

Jim,

I'm always amazed, and quite envious, of the tonal range of your images.

[Brian Ellis]

I'm blushing! Thank you for the encouragement- it means a lot to me.

All the best,
Daniel

I agree completely with Merg's comment. That's some terrific work you have there. Who'd have thunk in Eagle Creek, Indiana? Just goes to show that you don't have to travel a long way from home to make great photographs, at least not when someone has your talent.

[Rory_5244]

Very nice, igore!!

[J Maxwell]

Beautiful work!

[h2oman]

Crater Lake NP, Oregon. 4x5, 150mm

[jon.oman]

This is my second film.

Nice!

Jon

[SamReeves]

I am new to LF, so this is my first photo. Hope to have more of them in future.

And it's an excellent start. Nice one. :)

[KenM]

Igore, very nice. I would, however, like to see a bigger image. :-)

[Patrick Dixon]

Host it somewhere else (like flikr) and then post the url to the jpg here with [img] quotes around it.

[Scott Walker]

How about this
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5Ptm6eLEeFU/S9CZXNxD9TI/AAAAAAAAEGI/P5x-MIvtMIk/s912/3-3a.jpg

Much better size
Beautifull image

[NicolasArg]

My first 4x5 shot:
Toyo 45D, 210mm at f16
Expired Kodak Plus-x pan iso 125, exposed as iso100
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4524329047_25863c79e9.jpg

[bobwysiwyg]

A lot better than my first shot and many since. :) I like the tonal range. Good job!

[d lee]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4531960255_466af5642d_o.jpg

Mount Diablo, Walnutcreek, California. Toyo AII, Fujinon 180 mm, Fuji Film NPS
with polarizer. Taken in April 2001.

[CarstenW]

That shot is really beautiful, Igore. It has a jewel-like quality to it in small.

[mrladewig]

Mount Diablo, Walnutcreek, California. Toyo AII, Fujinon 180 mm, Fuji Film NPS
with polarizer. Taken in April 2001.

Absolutely stunning color d_lee.

[dng88]

The picture here is so good and I enjoyed them very much.

Well, the original posting is for new camera and new picture. May be I just post mine even though not in the same league -- at least it was taken whilst there is a storm going on out there, taking quite a bit of risk with my then new Kodak 2D 8x10 (Cropped as the development ... etc. is not perfect as well)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisngathk/4548391566/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisngathk/4548391566/

[Bradford Armstrong]

http://www.bradarmstrongphotography.com/images/large_format_forum/maricopawilderness_lfpf.jpg

On a hot summer day a couple of years back this is the North Maricopa Wilderness, in Arizona. It was 112 degrees in the shade. Deardorff 8X10 / HP5 neg / Schneider 150 XL lens.

[KenM]

How about this
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5Ptm6eLEeFU/S9CZXNxD9TI/AAAAAAAAEGI/P5x-MIvtMIk/s912/3-3a.jpg

Bingo! I like it!

[jon.oman]

But, it is a very good image!

Jon

[h2oman]

Yeah, I like that too.

[Joe O'Hara]

Very nice.

[d lee]

Absolutely stunning color d_lee.
Thank you for your comment. It was a beautiful day and the light was just right for the polarizer to saturate the color a little more than natural. I some how could not get the blue sky in the right color without changing the color of the grass a little more than it's natural looks.

[dupont07]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/4553131641_45a0456ea2_b.jpg

[dupont07]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4553779318_31e3aa2eb0_b.jpg

[Tri Tran]

Location: Dana Point Harbor, California
Medium 8x10 , 14 inches Trigor
Pyro HD

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7834/danaed.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/i/danaed.jpg/)

[dlin]

Trees in Flooded Corn Field, Illinois.
4x5 TMY developed in Pyrocat HD
Print on Ilford MGIV toned in thiocarbamide.

[Steve M Hostetter]

This lighthouse is in Nova Scotia ,, If not the Digby lighthouse it is near Digby. Maybe someone knows..?

4x5 90mm

[Andrew ren]

57 tmx.

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/2010/ChongQing,-Study-1.-China.-2010.jpg

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http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/2010/ChongQing,-Study-5.-China.-2010.jpg

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http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/2010/ChongQing,-Study-6.-China.-2010.jpg

[Rory_5244]

Wow!

[Jan Pedersen]

Double Wow! Always admirer your work Andrew.

jan

[Hugo Zhang]

Nice, Andrew!

[mrladewig]

American Plum Study

4X5 Velvia 100F, Fuji 125-NW, 2 Stop Soft GND

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2684-1/45d_RVP1F_20100427_010_2448_sm.jpg

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2679-1/45w_RVP1F_20100427_005_sm.jpg

4X5 E100G, Fuji 210-NW

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2695-1/45w_E1G_20100427_006_sl.jpg

[mrladewig]

Spring Storm

4X5 Velvia 100F, Nikkor 300M
http://ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2702-1/45d_RVP1F_20100427_009_sl.jpg

[Rory_5244]

Just awesomeness, mrladewig. Velvia 100F looks niiiiice, maybe I'll stop ignoring it when next I buy some film.

[Kerik Kouklis]

Nice work Andrew! I especially like the second one.

[David Hedley]

Gosh - excellence above from Andrew and mrladewig!

[Andrew ren]

Thanks everyone.
these were taken on my trip back to beijing a month ago.
the water-lever of Yangtze River was @ her historically low. some rocks have never been seen for some hundreds years. and #2 photo is one of them. :-)

http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/2010/ChongQing,-Study-3.-China.-2010.jpg

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http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/2010/ChongQing,-Study-2.-China.-2010.jpg


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http://www.andrewren.com/Images_for_web/2010/ChongQing,-Study-4.-China.-2010.jpg

[jon.oman]

Andrew,

Very nice set of images, both this set, and the last one!

Jon

[mrladewig]

Thanks all. I appreciate the feedback.

Mel-

[Andrew ren]

Appreciated! Jon.

Andrew

[sheeep]

http://5onitnyc.com/JPEGS/caumsette-rockandwater.jpg

Simple one from Caumsette park on the north shore of Long Island

[jim kitchen]

Dear Andrew,

Welcome back from your trip... :)

Great images, and wonderfully executed.

jim k

[Andrew ren]

Yes, Sir. I am back.

How was the winter storm yesterday anyway? no fun, eh?

Andrew

[jim kitchen]

Dear Andrew,

It was ugly, and it was brisk with 90kph winds, so my day was filled with a wee bit of grief, but this normally happens in late April, if not early May, and this low pressure system is headed your way.

A few Calgarian drivers think and drive responsibly during episodes such as this... :)

jim k

[dh003i]

Here is a shot of the waterfall at Corbett Glen in Rochester, NY. (http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/shared/34670/d0m6ps4hgo8kltr)

Shot #13; 2009, 10-24. Taken with Nikon Nikkor-SW 90/4.5 at f/50.8 with a 2 s exposure. -1 EV. (underexposed by 1 stop, because metered at ISO 200 and exposed @ 100).

(all of the crops & where they came from are shown in the link)

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[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7103/se012.jpg (http://img249.imageshack.us/i/se012.jpg/)
NSD 45 PS (Home made) Schneider 47 XL, Fomapan 100, orange filter.

[Allen in Montreal]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7103/se012.jpg (http://img249.imageshack.us/i/se012.jpg/)
NSD 45 PS (Home made) Schneider 47 XL, Fomapan 100, orange filter.

Another real beauty!
Nice work.
:)

[dh003i]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7103/se012.jpg (http://img249.imageshack.us/i/se012.jpg/)
NSD 45 PS (Home made) Schneider 47 XL, Fomapan 100, orange filter.

Fantastic! This picture has a wonderful presence. I'm curious, do you remember if you used any tilt when setting it up, or just used a large f-stop # and parallel standards?

[BetterSense]

I don't mean to answer for him, but since he was using a homemade box camera, I think it's safe to conclude that there was no tilt involved.

[dh003i]

I don't mean to answer for him, but since he was using a homemade box camera, I think it's safe to conclude that there was no tilt involved.

Oh yea, good point!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Fantastic! This picture has a wonderful presence. I'm curious, do you remember if you used any tilt when setting it up, or just used a large f-stop # and parallel standards?

Thank you.

This is a home made 4x5" camera, kind of a point-&-shoot, no movements at all and no focusing system, it's fixed focus at about 10 feet. I used f22 aperture. The camera was positioned on tripod about 1 1/2 foot from ground.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Oh yea, good point!

You can see the camera here:

http://home.online.no/~gjon/dias.htm

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Another real beauty!
Nice work.
:)

Thank you, Allen.

[dh003i]

You can see the camera here:

http://home.online.no/~gjon/dias.htm

Wow, what a beautiful camera! What is on top of it? Looks like another lens, or flash?, on top?

Talk about a nice KISS! system!

So my guess is that you try to have the first thing in your photo about 5 feet away or so?

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Wow, what a beautiful camera! What is on top of it? Looks like another lens, or flash?, on top?

Talk about a nice KISS! system!

So my guess is that you try to have the first thing in your photo about 5 feet away or so?

That's the viewfinder. I can use the GG or that viewfinder, just to compose the image. On the text, in that link I indicated you, you can read the way I made that viewfinder.

The lens has a big DOF, I can have everything on focus, at f22 from 3 ft to infinity.

[dh003i]

That's the viewfinder. I can use the GG or that viewfinder, just to compose the image. On the text, in that link I indicated you, you can read the way I made that viewfinder.

The lens has a big DOF, I can have everything on focus, at f22 from 3 ft to infinity.

ahhh, I see. The viewfinder, a doorviewer lens from apartment doors, actually produces comparable compositions to the 47mm lens?

Incredible DOF, as expected from such a short lens (although for the same magnification ratio of a given object, dof is the same or very nearly so for all focal lengths, it is just if you are the same distance).

My widest angle is a 90mm on 4x5.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

ahhh, I see. The viewfinder, a doorviewer lens from apartment doors, actually produces comparable compositions to the 47mm lens?

Incredible DOF, as expected from such a short lens (although for the same magnification ratio of a given object, dof is the same or very nearly so for all focal lengths, it is just if you are the same distance).

My widest angle is a 90mm on 4x5.

Not quite, I made a mask with black tape to suit about the same lens field coverage. As to those aspects of DOF, I know very little about the issue. I spend a lot of time shooting, developing and in the enlargers, I should study a little bit more photography but I'm a professional musician, composer and record producer, so, I don't have much time sparing. Anyway, I think this photo will be reasonably sharpen untill a 16x20" enlargement.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Thank you.

This is a home made 4x5" camera, kind of a point-&-shoot, no movements at all and no focusing system, it's fixed focus at about 10 feet. I used f22 aperture. The camera was positioned on tripod about 1 1/2 foot from ground.

Nice shot Nana! :) so, If I understand you have you focus at hyper focal distance for a 47mm lens ...?
I was thinkin of makin a simulated Hobo point&shoot 8x10 w/ 115mm, the Hobo's I've seen had 90mm lenses

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nice shot Nana! :) so, If I understand you have you focus at hyper focal distance for a 47mm lens ...?
I was thinkin of makin a simulated Hobo point&shoot 8x10 w/ 115mm, the Hobo's I've seen had 90mm lenses

Right, Steve. You can find the right focusing distance for 8x10" format and 115mm lens here: http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

I think it's a good idea to build a 8x10" camera with a super wide lens that covers the entire format. I'm not an enthusiast of those round 90mm lens images on the Hobo. I have plans to build a 5x7" P&S camera equiped with a 90mm lens.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Right, Steve. You can find the right focusing distance for 8x10" format and 115mm lens here: http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

I think it's a good idea to build a 8x10" camera with a super wide lens that covers the entire format. I'm not an enthusiast of those round 90mm lens images on the Hobo. I have plans to build a 5x7" P&S camera equiped with a 90mm lens.

Thank you Nana for the info! found out it's 9.97 ft. :)

[David Woods]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7103/se012.jpg (http://img249.imageshack.us/i/se012.jpg/)
NSD 45 PS (Home made) Schneider 47 XL, Fomapan 100, orange filter.

very very nice work

[dlin]

Spring Along Eagle Creek

Delta 100 developed in Pyrocat HD
Print on Ilford MGIV toned in thiocarbamide

[Rory_5244]

^^ Wow, nice! I know some folks don't like Delta 100 shadows too much but (in pictures online) I find Delta 100 highlights to be "sparkly" for want of a better description. I think I'll try some in 8x10 when my TXP runs out.

Oh, I might add that these Fomapan examples look really great too re: Nana!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

very very nice work

Thank you, David.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

^^ Wow, nice! I know some folks don't like Delta 100 shadows too much but (in pictures online) I find Delta 100 highlights to be "sparkly" for want of a better description. I think I'll try some in 8x10 when my TXP runs out.

Oh, I might add that these Fomapan examples look really great too re: Nana!

Thank you, Rory

Fomapan 100 is a little bit "tricky", especially it we overexpose it but, if the exposure and development is ok, the film is great. It's very cheap.
Another problem with this film is the huge reciprocity failure. At 100 s indicated by the lightmeter, you have to expose it for 16 minutes!:eek:

[Rory_5244]

Another problem with this film is the huge reciprocity failure. At 100 s indicated by the lightmeter, you have to expose it for 16 minutes!:eek:

Oh Gad! I thought FP4/TXP were bad. Anyway, your examples along with the operative word, "cheap", will see me trying some. Thank you!!

[NicolasArg]

Great landscapes posted here without any doubt.
I took this one on the beach of the Nahuel Huapi lake in Patagonia. I've posted my first shot in another post I believe. This is my second sheet exposed. The bellows on the Toyo monorail I'm using are completely wasted, so I've patched every single hole I could find but it still leaks through the bellow material since it is pretty old. To fix this, I just bought some black out fabric and covered the bellows during the exposure.
Toyo 45D monorail+210 Schneider Lens+shot at f16 at sunset. Some front and rear tilt and front shift was involved.... for sure.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4539427362_e5f56d7bd9_o.jpg

[NicolasArg]

P.D. I call it the "Pebbles King" :)

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great landscapes posted here without any doubt.
I took this one on the beach of the Nahuel Huapi lake in Patagonia. I've posted my first shot in another post I believe. This is my second sheet exposed. The bellows on the Toyo monorail I'm using are completely wasted, so I've patched every single hole I could find but it still leaks through the bellow material since it is pretty old. To fix this, I just bought some black out fabric and covered the bellows during the exposure.
Toyo 45D monorail+210 Schneider Lens+shot at f16 at sunset. Some front and rear tilt and front shift was involved.... for sure.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4539427362_e5f56d7bd9_o.jpg

Impressive quality and general tones, Nicolas. May I know what film and scanner did you used ?

[Rory_5244]

Wow, what film?

[NicolasArg]

Thank you Nana and Rory. I'm a total newbie in terms of large format film and BW so'll just copy what it says on the box:
Kodak plus-x pan iso 125/22. Emul 8421. Expired 12/2000. Never refrigerated from what I've been told.
I exposed it at iso100 using my DSLR for metering and the kodak reciprocity failure curve for compensation.
The camera belongs to a friend of mine, he developed the film and scanned it using the Epson V700 (2400 dpi). Well, he was kind enough to print a 40x50 cm copy of this shot on an Epson printer and it looks very very nice :)
Hope this helps.
Best,
Nicolas

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



High Noon Ranch, Cowboy Trail, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050206.jpg

[Rory_5244]

Good grief, Nicolas, your second LF shot, huh? Wow.

Thank you, Jim, for demoralizing me further with that awesome pic.

[NicolasArg]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


[CENTER]High Noon Ranch, Cowboy Trail, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010



Amazing clouds Jim. Really nice balance.



Thanks Rory :) Yep, since I can't process my own film for now, I shot a couple of sheets and sent them to BSAS just to make sure the camera is in more or less working shape. BW is a challenge for sure, I tend to see my photos in color

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Amazing clouds Jim. Really nice balance.



Thanks Rory :) Yep, since I can't process my own film for now, I shot a couple of sheets and sent them to BSAS just to make sure the camera is in more or less working shape. BW is a challenge for sure, I tend to see my photos in color

Amazing work, Nicolas! You should buy yourself a 4x5 camera and a V700!

Shen Hao cameras are very cheap and they are quite good. I sold my Linhof Technika IV and my Wista DXII after buying the Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9748/maresias242.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/i/maresias242.jpg/)
Wista DX II, Nikon W210/5.6, FP4+

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1523/maresias60.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/i/maresias60.jpg/)
Linhof Technika IV, Schneider SA 65/8, Tmax 100, orange filter

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7568/magoito2.jpg (http://img210.imageshack.us/i/magoito2.jpg/)
Wista DX II, Fuji SWD 90/5.6, Tmax 100, orange filter

[dsim]

Inspiring images Nana and Jim.

[EdWorkman]

Nana
The middle one 65mm orange filter- WOW
thanks for sharing these great images

[Rory_5244]

I think I better relocate to Portugal!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Inspiring images Nana and Jim.

Thank you

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nana
The middle one 65mm orange filter- WOW
thanks for sharing these great images

Thanks, Ed

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I think I better relocate to Portugal!

Don't do that, you'll regret it for the rest of your days! :D

These photos have nothing to do with reality...:D :D :D

If you want to move to europe and find a beautifull place to shoot seascapes you should go to Scotland, there you will find a large number of excellent spots, see Joe Cornish photos.

Portugal has some good spots but you must know the coast VERY well to find some good spots. I know very well the west coast (about 350 miles) and therefore I can go directly to the good spots when sky is ok but, probably, someone who doesn't know it so well will hardly find a good spot to shoot.

As I am also a professional musician, I travel a lot, for the last 30 years, so I know all the west coast. Next year I will be travelling to explore the south coast, Algarve.

[jim kitchen]

Dear Nana,

I believe that wherever you travel, your images will reflect your natural talent... :)

jim k

[mono]

< If you want to move to europe and find a beautifull place to shoot seascapes you should go to Scotland, there you will find a large number of excellent spots, see Joe Cornish photos. >

I fully second this!!

see: http://www.monoart.de/section388072.html ;-))

[NicolasArg]

Great shots Nana and Igore.
Nana- the rocks on the first one look like brains, very surreal. Excellent scene.

[rdenney]

Don't do that, you'll regret it for the rest of your days! :D

These photos have nothing to do with reality...:D :D :D

If I cam to Portugal because of these photos, it wouldn't be to admire the unique scenery. It would be to follow you around and to try to learn to see as you do.

Rick "admiring the clarity of these images" Denney

[Rory_5244]

Yes, ditto what Rick said!

[Steve M Hostetter]

stairway to heaven TXP 320 4x5 58mm

[Steve M Hostetter]

Dartmouth N.S. 4x5 480mm

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

I believe that wherever you travel, your images will reflect your natural talent... :)

jim k

Thank you for your kind words, Jim.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great shots Nana and Igore.
Nana- the rocks on the first one look like brains, very surreal. Excellent scene.

Thank you, Nicolas.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

If I cam to Portugal because of these photos, it wouldn't be to admire the unique scenery. It would be to follow you around and to try to learn to see as you do.

Rick "admiring the clarity of these images" Denney

Thank you, Rick

If you come, let me know, I will show you soime good spots around Lisbon.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Riley Road Junction, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050202.jpg

[dlin]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Fantastic!

[Joel Truckenbrod]

You've got a way with those skies Jim. Very nice. What time of day do you tend to shoot at?

[jim kitchen]

Gentlemen,

Merci... :)

Joel, I tend to capture any image at or near dusk, since the brisk winds in Alberta tend to calm down a few knots in the back half of a late afternoon and, or into the late evening, allowing me to keep my view camera stable then. The sun likes to stay afloat until 10:00 pm during the peak summer hours, and this image; for example, was captured a few minutes before 9:00 pm as the sun was setting behind the Eastern Slopes.

Unfortunately, there are times when my exposures are longer than I desire them to be because of the hour, causing the cloud formations to be softer than I would like, but then again the softness adds a wee bit of flavour to the image, against a sharp fence line, or stable foreground. Its too bad you cannot see the barb wire knots...

jim k

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Thanks for the info Jim. I've been trying to dial in a good compromise between contrast and directionality of light for large landscapes containing skies. Having come from a color transparency background, it's a quite shift in working methodology (where extremely low contrast light was generally desirable). Much appreciated.

[k_redder]

I'll share one, if I may...

http://kurtreddersen.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/rainier11.jpg

Mount Rainier and Cloud. Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor W 210mm, TMY-2

Comments (good or bad) are welcome.

[Jan Pedersen]

Fabulous, Please share one more :)

[k_redder]

Fabulous, Please share one more :)

Sure. This one is from near Lake Crescent on the Olympic Peninsula.

http://kurtreddersen.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/marymere_falls.jpg

Marymere Falls

Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor SW 90mm, TMY-2

Hope you like....

[Rory_5244]

^^ Superb, Kurt. Jim, stellar as usual. BTW, Jim, you have a fantastic website.

[jim kitchen]

Dear Rory,

Thank you... :)

I must update my web site with a few newer images, where I must park a few of my older images, and where that will happen when I can gather a few moments away from my daily routine.

Again, thank you.

jim k

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great images, Kurt and Jim.

[Scott --]

Dear Rory,

Thank you... :)

I must update my web site with a few newer images, where I must park a few of my older images, and where that will happen when I can gather a few moments away from my daily routine.

Again, thank you.

jim k

Jim -

Upon Rory's comment, I checked out your site. Masterful, and I feel unworthy.

Scott

[Steve Gledhill]

How about sending some of your skies over my way Jim ... please.

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Riley Road Junction, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050202.jpg

[Sean Galbraith]

Not a great photo by any means (or a good one), but it was the first one I developed at home (E6) and the first time using my new 90/f8.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/4592888313_413f2b2528.jpg

[jim kitchen]

Gentlemen,

Thank you for your comments, again... :)

That cold front Steve, complete with its bodacious clouds, should be just off the east coast of Newfoundland today, and heading right to your fabulous coastline. These clouds were a precursor to a powerful low pressure system that swept through our area quite a few days ago, while traveling naturally along the jet stream's path.

Have fun when it reaches your western shore...

jim k

[k_redder]

Jan, Rory and Nana,
Thank you very much for your kind words.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Marching Squall, Eastern Slopes, Cowboy Trail, Furman, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050204.jpg

[Rory_5244]

Lawd. You guys goin' make me pelt my camera out the window, yes.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/36/praiaazul4.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/i/praiaazul4.jpg/)
Home made P&S 4x5 camera, Schneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, orange filter.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2228/praiaazul3.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/i/praiaazul3.jpg/)
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Nikon W 210/5.6, Fomapan 100, orange filter

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1443/intro1x.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/i/intro1x.jpg/)
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider SA 47 XL , Fomapan 100, orange filter

[jim kitchen]

Dear Nana,

Damn, you are good... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[Rory_5244]

Beautiful shots, Nana. I also like the donkey.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

Damn, you are good... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

Thank you, Jim, I'm just learning...I started just 10 years ago, I've a lot to learn...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Beautiful shots, Nana. I also like the donkey.

Thank you, Rory

The donkey reminded me Ansel Adams and his mule...I went there by car...

[jim kitchen]

Thank you, Jim, I'm just learning...I started just 10 years ago, I've a lot to learn...

Dear Nana,

I believe you are well beyond "I've a lot to learn..." and I believe that you forgot a zero in your quote, after the "10" too... :)

jim k

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

I believe you are well beyond "I've a lot to learn..." and I believe that you forgot a zero in your quote, after the "10" too... :)

jim k

Ahahahahah...

Well, if you really want the truth, I started to shoot large format 7 years ago. It was then that I started to study the Zone System (actually, I still do it).
I've been a professional musician, composer and record producer for 30 years. Still am...10 years ago I realized that photography stops when music starts (when sunlight falls down) so, I thought it would be easy to manage those 2 activities...;)
I started then with a medium format camera.

[jim kitchen]

Dear Nana,

What ever the frig you are doing, your images are a joy to view... :)

Looking at your post time, you must be coming home at 03:00 hrs, correct?

jim k

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

What ever the frig you are doing, your images are a joy to view... :)

Looking at your post time, you must be coming home at 03:00 hrs, correct?

jim k

Jim, I'm not that good in english, what a "frig" is?

Now it's 3:55 AM, I'm kind of a bat, I go to bed late...

[jim kitchen]

Jim, I'm not that good in english, what a "frig" is?

Now it's 3:55 AM, I'm kind of a bat, I go to bed late...

Dear Nana,

It means the same as a specific swear word that has just as many letters... :)

Rather than be impolite, I say "frig, friggin, frigging..."

jim k

[Chris Strobel]

Looking across the bay at Point Reyes

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/4603214334_f28653a6e5_o.jpg

[Chris Strobel]

And one from the same excursion but at Point Lobos

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4602697677_69b063f4f9_o.jpg

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

It means the same as a specific swear word that has just as many letters... :)

Rather than be impolite, I say "frig, friggin, frigging..."

jim k


Oh, ok, you mean that bucking word wich starts with an "f", right?

By the way, your photos, have all a bucking dramatic and beautifull sky! I love it.

[jim kitchen]

Oh, ok, you mean that bucking word wich starts with an "f", right?

By the way, your photos, have all a bucking dramatic and beautifull sky! I love it.

Dear Nana,

:)

jim k

[KenM]

Kitchen, you suck. :D

What I mean is, you suck all the great clouds to wherever you're photographing. You've got the same talent as Ansel - setup the camera, and wait for the clouds that you *know* are going to show up.

Next time you head out, post where you're going so I can get in on some of these clouds :cool:

Or, perhaps you'd like me to post where I'm going, so you can go where I'm not, since that's where the clouds will be :D :D

Or perhaps that's what you've been doing all along?

[jim kitchen]

Dear Ken,

Now that is funny... :)

You can text me if you like to let me know when you are on the move, and what direction you might be headed, or what part of the world you might be visiting.

My general location happens to be north of the 49th within the great Province of Alberta, Canada, specifically the southwest corner of the Province this year, hiking, or on horseback along the foothills, which continuously bump into the Rocky Mountains' eastern slopes.

Or, you are welcome to join me...

jim k

[Bradford Armstrong]

http://www.bradarmstrongphotography.com/images/large_format_forum/arlington_lfpf.jpg

This is Arlington, Arizona. It's about 45 miles west of Phoenix. Not a great image by any means but one I made while taking an afternoon drive last winter. Thanks for looking.

PS. I see some image on this forum that really look great, are you guy positing high res images. This is 72dpi by 1080 pixels and it's YUKKY.

[Rory_5244]

^^ Uh, dude, that's a great shot

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Ken,

Now that is funny... :)

You can text me if you like to let me know when you are on the move, and what direction you might be headed, or what part of the world you might be visiting.

My general location happens to be north of the 49th within the great Province of Alberta, Canada, specifically the southwest corner of the Province this year, hiking, or on horseback along the foothills, which continuously bump into the Rocky Mountains' eastern slopes.

Or, you are welcome to join me...

jim k

Horseback? Great dramatic sky? 8x10 camera? That reminds me someone...

[David Hedley]

Marching Squall, Eastern Slopes, Cowboy Trail, Furman, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050204.jpg

I'd like to see a large print of this - the illuminated sky below the cloud layers and just above the horizon, and the gradation from top left darkness to bottom right light, is sublime. I get this sense of resolute defence against an oppressive weight.

[argos33]

Here is a small landscape located several hundred feet underground in Colorado:

40570

Wista SP, older 90mm f/8 Super Angulon, Fuji Provia exposed at F/22 or 32. Also shot some B&W but have not had a chance to develop/scan it yet. These are Helectite formations in Breezeway cave.

Evan

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Some sweet shots in the past couple of pages; love your open landscapes Jim and Nana...:)

Here's one from the other week (Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 400t, Tmax 100 in Xtol 1:1)


Spring Fog, Early Morning, Beaver River, Minnesota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/SpringFog-BeaverRiver-10.jpg

[Marko]

Joel, very nice!

[dsim]

Such beautiful work everyone.

[mrladewig]

Love the movement conveyed Joel. You can feel the surging power of water as it moves downhill.

[life_in_sepia]

Spring Fog, Early Morning, Beaver River, Minnesota

awesome shot!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Beautifull, Joel.

[David Hedley]

Spring Fog, Early Morning, Beaver River, Minnesota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/SpringFog-BeaverRiver-10.jpg

Excellent, Joel.

[Ken Lee]

Spring Fog, Early Morning, Beaver River, Minnesota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/SpringFog-BeaverRiver-10.jpg

Bravo, Maestro !

[Richard Martel]

Joel....Just beautiful.

Richard

[jim kitchen]

This is Arlington, Arizona...

Dear Bradford,

Your image presents the viewer with an expansive scene, and you certainly mastered its presentation... :)

That said, and to answer your question, I know I do not attend to the smaller image when I present any image within this forum. I simply let Photoshop give me an image while using "File > Save for Web & Devices..." but I do make a smaller file first, such as reducing my working print file to be the width and dimensions I wish to present, and I adjust the resolution to 100 to prevent Photoshop from choking during the process. I then save the resultant 72 ppi file, drag it back into Photoshop, assign a web based profile to the image after I open it, save it again, throw it into my server, and finally paste the files location into some text.

Although I work with large files, and I allow Photoshop to create an induced resolution, artefacts are present within the reduced image, but I do ignore them. I could sharpen the image a wee bit more, but I don't. Your image looks very good, as presented...

jim k

[jim kitchen]

Dear Joel,

Ditto... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[jim kitchen]

I'd like to see a large print of this - the illuminated sky below the cloud layers and just above the horizon, and the gradation from top left darkness to bottom right light, is sublime. I get this sense of resolute defence against an oppressive weight.

Dear David,

Thank you for your comments... :)

This image does sparkle along its lower boundary, and although I was rather lucky to capture this image, complete with the massive downpour of rain and hail, my original intent was to capture the leading edge of the storm front as it marched through, but alas, the front collapsed when I was ready to capture the scene.

Sometimes, I am only allowed to remember what I originally viewed, through my viewing card...

Again, merci...

jim k

[SamReeves]

Some sweet shots in the past couple of pages; love your open landscapes Jim and Nana...:)

Here's one from the other week (Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 400t, Tmax 100 in Xtol 1:1)


Spring Fog, Early Morning, Beaver River, Minnesota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/SpringFog-BeaverRiver-10.jpg

Excellent stuff. The early bird definitely got the worm there! :D

Old IR from Henry Coe Park near Morgan Hill, California. Tachi 4x5 and Maco IR 820c.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45010716_4post.jpg

[dh003i]

Excellent stuff. The early bird definitely got the worm there! :D

Old IR from Henry Coe Park near Morgan Hill, California. Tachi 4x5 and Maco IR 820c.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45010716_4post.jpg

This is great!

[David Hedley]

Excellent, Sam!

[rdenney]

Spring Fog, Early Morning, Beaver River, Minnesota

Damn!

Rick "just... damn!" Denney

[SamReeves]

Thanks guys.

Just another spring morning at Pinnacles, California in March of 2000. Tachi 4x5 and Tri-X.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45000308_4Apost.jpg

[dh003i]

Thanks guys.

Just another spring morning at Pinnacles, California in March of 2000. Tachi 4x5 and Tri-X.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45000308_4Apost.jpg

This shot is phenomenal. What focal length & f-stop did you use?

[David Hedley]

From this morning;

Gathering storm over Lac Léman
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/4613275452_917530e8e1_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, TMY-2 / Tanol

[dsim]

Great mood captured.

[jim kitchen]

Just another spring morning at Pinnacles...

Dear Sam,

A great strong image... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[jim kitchen]

Gathering storm over Lac Léman...


Dear David,

You probably got soaked, correct?

Great image... :)

jim k

[jim kitchen]

Great images every one... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Free Range, Range Road 34A, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10042503.jpg

[dsim]

Wow. Awesome cloud textures.

Very nice Jim.

[h2oman]

Great images every one... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Free Range, Range Road 34A, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10042503.jpg

Outstanding!

[David Hedley]

Dear David,

You probably got soaked, correct?

Great image... :)

jim k

We managed to shelter in a nearby vineyard's barn converted for wine tasting, and somehow struggled through the storm ;)

[SamReeves]

This shot is phenomenal. What focal length & f-stop did you use?

Thanks. Nikkor 150mm, and either ƒ45 or ƒ32. I can't remember.


Dear Sam,

A great strong image... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

Thanks Jim.


From this morning;

Gathering storm over Lac Léman
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/4613275452_917530e8e1_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, TMY-2 / Tanol

Freaking georgous. The dark skies are very striking.


Great images every one... :)

A recent image.

jim k


Free Range, Range Road 34A, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10042503.jpg

Another beauty Jim. Canada is going to give Montana a run for its money on the "big sky country" slogan.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great images, Jim and David.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

This is note rexactly a landscape photo but, I didn't know wich section to post it...

...Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider SA 47 XL, FP4+, orange filter.

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9638/img048o.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/i/img048o.jpg/)

[Jehu]

Delta 100 4x5 processed in Rodinal
2 seconds at f64
240mm lens with yellow filter and .9 ND grad

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4615185237_5cd403d501_b.jpg

I wanted to use a red filter. The sky would've looked better but I think I would've lost some contrast in the foreground rocks. They have a red tint to them.

[David Hedley]

Jehu - that looks like a painting by Dali - very good indeed.

[evan clarke]

Delta 100 4x5 processed in Rodinal
2 seconds at f64
240mm lens with yellow filter and .9 ND grad

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4615185237_5cd403d501_b.jpg

I wanted to use a red filter. The sky would've looked better but I think I would've lost some contrast in the foreground rocks. They have a red tint to them.

Beautiful. I use a red gradient for the sky in this situation, works great over a full yellow too...Evan Clarke

[Jehu]

Beautiful. I use a red gradient for the sky in this situation, works great over a full yellow too...Evan Clarke

I hadn't thought of that. I need to get one of those. Thanks.

[lenicolas]

great images on this thread lately!
makes me want to shoot b&w again! :)

here is some color though!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CTp2jYnkThg/S_GJvpKERJI/AAAAAAAAAEw/3qZ34xnPxR4/s1600/cdg001.jpg

[Jehu]

great images on this thread lately!
makes me want to shoot b&w again! :)

here is some color though!


I love the low clouds and contrails. Great capture Lenicolas.

[jim kitchen]

Gentlemen,

Great images too, and thank you for your comments... :)

Sam, you demonstrate excellent work by the way, and to add a wee bit of flavour to your Montana comment, Alberta does have massive skies, clear vistas that stretch for miles, and Alberta happens to rank fourth in total area among the Provinces in Canada, such as Montana's area happens to rank fourth as a State within the USA. To put that thought into one simple geographical perspective, for folks that might not know, Montana is a fabulous big State that I love to visit and just a few hours due south of Calgary, but you could place one and three-quarter Montana's, including Montana's fabulous skies into the Province of Alberta, Canada...

jim k

[Andrew ren]

Great images every one... :)

A recent image.

jim k

[CENTER]Free Range, Range Road 34A, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010


Jim, nice tonality! Eizo really helps out!

Andrew

[ethics_gradient]

This is note rexactly a landscape photo but, I didn't know wich section to post it...

...Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider SA 47 XL, FP4+, orange filter.

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9638/img048o.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/i/img048o.jpg/)

This is awesome, the placement of the cloud makes it appear as if the blades are shredding a hole in the sky or something.

[SamReeves]

Gentlemen,

Great images too, and thank you for your comments... :)

Sam, you demonstrate excellent work by the way, and to add a wee bit of flavour to your Montana comment, Alberta does have massive skies, clear vistas that stretch for miles, and Alberta happens to rank fourth in total area among the Provinces in Canada, such as Montana's area happens to rank fourth as a State within the USA. To put that thought into one simple geographical perspective, for folks that might not know, Montana is a fabulous big State that I love to visit and just a few hours due south of Calgary, but you could place one and three-quarter Montana's, including Montana's fabulous skies into the Province of Alberta, Canada...

jim k

Good points Jim. You know what they say. Size DOES matter. LOL. :D


This is note rexactly a landscape photo but, I didn't know wich section to post it...

...Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider SA 47 XL, FP4+, orange filter.

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9638/img048o.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/i/img048o.jpg/)

Beeeeautteeful. I hope somebody was getting some kilowatts outta that.


Delta 100 4x5 processed in Rodinal
2 seconds at f64
240mm lens with yellow filter and .9 ND grad

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4615185237_5cd403d501_b.jpg

I wanted to use a red filter. The sky would've looked better but I think I would've lost some contrast in the foreground rocks. They have a red tint to them.

Looks fine to me nonetheless. Excellent work.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Sinar 4x5 90mm XL

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Delta 100 4x5 processed in Rodinal
2 seconds at f64
240mm lens with yellow filter and .9 ND grad

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4615185237_5cd403d501_b.jpg

I wanted to use a red filter. The sky would've looked better but I think I would've lost some contrast in the foreground rocks. They have a red tint to them.

This is beautifull, Jehu...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

This is awesome, the placement of the cloud makes it appear as if the blades are shredding a hole in the sky or something.

Thanks. This was pure luck, I was making some tests, this cloud came on just to pose for me...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Good points Jim. You know what they say. Size DOES matter. LOL. :D



Beeeeautteeful. I hope somebody was getting some kilowatts outta that.



Looks fine to me nonetheless. Excellent work.

Thanks, Sam.

[rdenney]

Thanks. This was pure luck, I was making some tests, this cloud came on just to pose for me...

"Chance favors the prepared mind."

Rick "some people are just born lucky" Denney

[lenicolas]

that's from french scientist Louis Pasteur.
:)

[creep]

Old Barn, Duck Pond.

last weekend on P2+SS110XL+TMX.

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/sodyba800.jpg

[h2oman]

...and osprey nest?

[Jehu]

Old Barn, Duck Pond.

last weekend on P2+SS110XL+TMX.

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/sodyba800.jpg

Excellent!

[mrladewig]

I agree creep. you've posted a beautiful pastoral scene here. One thing I was wondering about is a sharp falloff in sharpness on the right-hand flowering tree. It seems a little odd considering the photo is pretty sharp all over.

[eddo123]

Some sweet shots in the past couple of pages; love your open landscapes Jim and Nana...:)

Here's one from the other week (Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 400t, Tmax 100 in Xtol 1:1)


Spring Fog, Early Morning, Beaver River, Minnesota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/SpringFog-BeaverRiver-10.jpg

Joel, your work never fails in give a sense of awe and wander, a constant source of inspiration

[h2oman]

Yeah, the shift over to B&W from color hasn't slowed Joel a bit!

[Ken Lee]

I agree creep. you've posted a beautiful pastoral scene here. One thing I was wondering about is a sharp falloff in sharpness on the right-hand flowering tree. It seems a little odd considering the photo is pretty sharp all over.

Wind ?

[Steve M Hostetter]

I noticed it.. It's wind

[NicolasArg]

Great thread, really wonderful scenes.


Joel- this is just amazing! I've visited your site and currently downloading the 2009 pdf collection.
It's such an inspiration.

[Joel Truckenbrod]

A genuine thank you for all of the kind words and encouragement regarding my recent post. Much appreciated!




Old IR from Henry Coe Park near Morgan Hill, California. Tachi 4x5 and Maco IR 820c.

Sam, this is sweet. How did you calculate the exposure?



From this morning;
Gathering storm over Lac Léman
Compelling mood/feeling captured here.



Free Range, Range Road 34A, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada, 2010
Um, wow! Amazing scene and execution. Really top notch Jim.


Old Barn, Duck Pond.

last weekend on P2+SS110XL+TMX.
Very well balanced and rich image...lots to explore. Wonderful.

[Alan S]

Most likely a Stork!

[creep]

reply to a previous post:
its swing applied, the p2 being shifted to almost it's limits.

here comes the duck plus the old trick :)

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/antis.jpg

[SamReeves]

Sam, this is sweet. How did you calculate the exposure?


Pure trial and error. There wasn't much info when Maco released its 4x5 IR during that time. I finally found that ASA 6 was the sweet spot with a Hoya R72 IR filter. Then just used my old spotmeter like I always would.

[Patrick Dixon]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4629322449_c0a5290d16.jpg

4x5 e100vs, angulon 90mm/f6.8, 8secs @ f22 1/2

[jon.oman]

Very nice!

Jon

[SamReeves]

Some old fall colors along the Big Sur River near its namesake city in California. November 2005. Tachi 4x5 Field, Kodak Portra 160VC.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CN45051114_3post.jpg

[Rory_5244]

Arca Swiss 8x10, Delta 100, red filter.

http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss20/Snoflo/wc3v2.jpg

[Patrick Dixon]

Thanks Jon.

[David Hedley]

Epesses
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4634359509_1a61520838_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, TMY-2 / Tanol

[msk2193]

The Colorado River at Dead Horse Point State Park, UT
5x7 Deardorff, 180mm

http://kan.com/images/LF/Dead-Horse-State-Park---CO.jpg

[Bob McCarthy]

Michael, thats a part of the world I must see, just never happened. Needs too, what amazing vistas,

bob

[Heroique]

Here’s some forest cover to complement the dramatic vistas above.

During set-up, an owl flew-by, left-to-right, between the trunks, just like a field goal. (“It’s good!”) I think a barred owl, which enjoys daylight hunting; they seem curious and often “investigate” me in these woods. It was “flapping” its wings, but its flight was silent and eerie. Maybe it was showing off.

This mid-day scene is in the Olympic National Forest (outside the Park), Washington state. A sunny day in the rain forest – typical for the summer season. In the coming weeks, I’ll return to this spot for softer, less-contrasty light. Maybe do a study of that tree, arched in mourning. I like this hidden creek. I discovered it by walking up-stream from where it empties into the Pacific. I might pitch my tent for a night. And listen for owls…

Tachi 4x5
Fujinon W 125mm/5.6
Ilford FP4+ (in Rodinal 1:50)
2.5 sec. @ f/22
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Patrick Dixon]

More woodland chaos:-

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4638699892_f71a1b2e26.jpg

4x5, pan-x plus, dd-x

[dlin]

Spring Foliage, Eagle Creek

Ilford Delta 100 in Pyrocat
Print on Agfa Classic toned in selenium and thiocarbamide

[David Hedley]

Clearing storm, Lac Léman
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/4638953499_3e19987679_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, TMY-2 / Tanol

[Struan Gray]

Spring Foliage, Eagle Creek

Gorgeous. The toning just adds to the mood.

[Jim Becia]

A couple of images from Death Valley this past February. Spent four mornings hiking above Zabriskie waiting for the sunrise. First one was on 5x7 film and the second one on 4x10 film.

[Tom J McDonald]

A couple of images from Death Valley this past February. Spent four mornings hiking above Zabriskie waiting for the sunrise. First one was on 5x7 film and the second one on 4x10 film.

That's spectacular.
Is it sand or rock in the foreground?

[SamReeves]

A couple of images from Death Valley this past February. Spent four mornings hiking above Zabriskie waiting for the sunrise. First one was on 5x7 film and the second one on 4x10 film.

Excellent stuff on the first photo! :)

[cjbroadbent]

Clearing storm, Lac Léman
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/4638953499_3e19987679_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, TMY-2 / Tanol
David, It' unbelievable what you manage to do with weather. Great inspiration!

[Diane Maher]

Here’s some forest cover to complement the dramatic vistas above.

During set-up, an owl flew-by, left-to-right, between the trunks, just like a field goal. (“It’s good!”) I think a barred owl, which enjoys daylight hunting; they seem curious and often “investigate” me in these woods. It was “flapping” its wings, but its flight was silent and eerie. Maybe it was showing off.

This mid-day scene is in the Olympic National Forest (outside the Park), Washington state. A sunny day in the rain forest – typical for the summer season. In the coming weeks, I’ll return to this spot for softer, less-contrasty light. Maybe do a study of that tree, arched in mourning. I like this hidden creek. I discovered it by walking up-stream from where it empties into the Pacific. I might pitch my tent for a night. And listen for owls…

Tachi 4x5
Fujinon W 125mm/5.6
Ilford FP4+ (in Rodinal 1:50)
2.5 sec. @ f/22
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

The first thing that struck me when I opened this image was that there is what appears to be a face right in the middle of the image.

[SocalAstro]

This is the Airport campsite along the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands UT.
taken with a Toyo VX125, Nikkor SW65mm, and Fuji Velvia 100

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Bottrel, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10052408.jpg

[dsim]

Wow Jim. Love the comp and cloud textures.

[dsim]

Leon, beautiful image.

Really awesome images on your site.

[Andrew ren]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


[CENTER]Cowboy Trail, Bottrel, Alberta, Canada, 2010


This is neat! Jim.

Andrew

[pplpilot]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4629322449_c0a5290d16.jpg

4x5 e100vs, angulon 90mm/f6.8, 8secs @ f22 1/2

Patrick, Nice photograph. This looks very very familiar, I have an almost Identical photograph, this wouldn't be Dudmaston wood by any chance?

[SamReeves]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Bottrel, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10052408.jpg


That's some major skyage there Jim. Another excellent neg.

[Hugo Zhang]

Jim,

Amazing picture! That cloud in the middle is very three dimentional. Orange or red filter?

Hugo

[SocalAstro]

Gotta love the dramatic sky in this; Great picture Jim

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Bottrel, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10052408.jpg

[SocalAstro]

Thank you for the kind words :-)

Cheers!



Leon, beautiful image.

Really awesome images on your site.

[argos33]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k




Jim - These are great - I like this style showing big sky. Have you tried stitching 2 or more frames together? I know with the bigger formats it's a nightmare to say the least, but I'm thinking some Panos with the sky stretching across several frames might show the expanse of the landscape and sky even more.

Just a thought - nice job!

Evan

[mikebarger]

Jim, that may be the best cloud print I've seen. Some may be more dramatic, but none have used the frame better than this one.

Mike

[Heroique]

The first thing that struck me when I opened this image was that there is what appears to be a face right in the middle of the image.

Didn’t notice it before, but I think I see it now.

Owls in the air … Scowls in the creek …

These Olympic woods must be haunted!

[Heroique]

Cowboy Trail, Bottrel, Alberta, Canada, 2010

And, Jim, you should float these Alberta clouds over to Ken’s “Just Clouds” thread. Beautiful!

:)

[Patrick Dixon]

Patrick, Nice photograph. This looks very very familiar, I have an almost Identical photograph, this wouldn't be Dudmaston wood by any chance?

Thanks. No this is Horton in South Gloucestershire, just on the edge of the Cotswolds.

I guess nature has a habit of repeating herself.

[jim kitchen]

Gentlemen,

Thank you for your kind words... :)

I captured the image you speak to, as well as a few other recent images, with a "Rodenstock K15" deep yellow filter. This filter resurfaced a few months ago, and I thought I would try it again, since it was buried for several years, and I remembered how this filter separated the clouds by just the right amount from the deeper blue sky. I place the filter over the rear element of my 210XL.

As for the marriage of two 8X10 negatives to give a broader landscape, I did that procedure earlier with a mountain scene that had minimal cloud cover, which I posted a few weeks ago, but that marriage only works well with very stationary objects, and very little cloud movement. As a side note, I could never capture two back-to-back images with roving clouds such as these and produce a decent believable landscape image, while resetting and re-levelling my 8X10 camera for the next image.

I would consume a few beers after that exercise...

jim k

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Range Road 40 Junction, Bottrel, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10052402.jpg

[Andrew ren]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k


[CENTER]Cowboy Trail, Range Road 40 Junction, Bottrel, Alberta, Canada, 2010



Gees, I am with ya, how about some aged Scotch then?

Andrew

[lenicolas]

jim, your last shot is amazing!

[Ezzie]

They all are. Jim´s an inspiration indeed.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Range Road 40 Junction, Bottrel, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10052402.jpg

This is very good, Jim. Is this digitalized directly from negative?

[Andrew ren]

Jim,
Hope you got some nice snow shots today, as May 29th. :-0

Andrew

[jim kitchen]

Dear Nana,

Merci, and yes the image originates from a scanned negative... :)

I pre-scan the negative with an Epson 750 to determine whether the image's shadow detail can be retrieved effectively, and if the shadow detail performs admirably, I will continue my procedure using the Epson's digital capture. The negative is drum scanned when significant shadow detail becomes blocked and, or lost in an Epson scanned image, for whatever reason.

As a side note, my shadow detail improved significantly, therefore reducing my dependency upon a drum scanned image, once I modified my negative development times and developer dilutions to accommodate the scanning process with the Epson 750. I also believe that a negative's resultant image quality will always be at the mercy of the scanner's inherent characteristics, the scanner's inherent quality, and reflected in the final image. The size of my 8X10 negative, and the resultant RGB file size, contributes significantly and effectively to the original digital information that I can transfer to a digital negative, or print.

jim k

[al olson]

Sinar 4x5 90mm XL

Out of curiosity, Steve, when did you make that Peggy's Cove photo. The reason I am asking is that I met someone there who was shooting a Sinar. It was the first Sinar I had seen up close.

However, this was a long time ago ... around October 2002. It would be an unlikely coincidence.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Hello al,,

Yes, that is the lighthouse at Peggy's Cove..!

Was the guy pretty big with a mustache and wearing Scarpa mountain boots..? I say that because I get a lot of compliments on my boots..:D

Seems like I remember you al but as you say it was a long time ago.. What a place though and I miss it..! :)

[al olson]

. . .

Was the guy pretty big with a mustache and wearing Scarpa mountain boots..? I say that because I get a lot of compliments on my boots..:D

Seems like I remember you al but as you say it was a long time ago.. What a place though and I miss it..! :)

I don't recall the boots or mustache. I was really interested in the camera. I vaguely recall that he was pretty large.

I started the conversation with a dumb question: "What kind of camera is that?" I was carrying my Nikon and had left the Linhof in the trunk.

The guy's response was, with slightly veiled irritation, an explanation about about large format. After I quickly broke in and explained that I, also, was using large format the conversation went to a higher plane.

I do recall that the man was from California and that he had something unique on his license plates. Perhaps they said SINAR.

[Steve M Hostetter]

I don't recall the boots or mustache. I was really interested in the camera. I vaguely recall that he was pretty large.

I started the conversation with a dumb question: "What kind of camera is that?" I was carrying my Nikon and had left the Linhof in the trunk.

The guy's response was, with slightly veiled irritation, an explanation about about large format. After I quickly broke in and explained that I, also, was using large format the conversation went to a higher plane.

I do recall that the man was from California and that he had something unique on his license plates. Perhaps they said SINAR.

It must not of been me. I'm from Indiana and once you get me to talkin photography in general I hardly shut-up,,
I've been to N.S. 3 times now, last time was in 05. I went over on the Cat from Bar Harbor.. On the second trip I went all the way around Cape Bretton ,, can't recall the earlier years but I was always there in Oct.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

Merci, and yes the image originates from a scanned negative... :)

I pre-scan the negative with an Epson 750 to determine whether the image's shadow detail can be retrieved effectively, and if the shadow detail performs admirably, I will continue my procedure using the Epson's digital capture. The negative is drum scanned when significant shadow detail becomes blocked and, or lost in an Epson scanned image, for whatever reason.

As a side note, my shadow detail improved significantly, therefore reducing my dependency upon a drum scanned image, once I modified my negative development times and developer dilutions to accommodate the scanning process with the Epson 750. I also believe that a negative's resultant image quality will always be at the mercy of the scanner's inherent characteristics, the scanner's inherent quality, and reflected in the final image. The size of my 8X10 negative, and the resultant RGB file size, contributes significantly and effectively to the original digital information that I can transfer to a digital negative, or print.

jim k

Hi. Jim

Thanks for the explanation.

I have the Epson V700, wich is an excelent scanner for the price and recently bought an Howtek 4500 drum scanner, still waiting for a SCSI board for my computer. I hope it is much better than the V700, not that I paid very much for it (150€) but because it was a pain in the ass to carry it home, it's fu**** big and heavy!!!:D