Large Format Landscapes

[hiend61]

Here's a Scottish themed one. My first Large Format shot outside so go easy on the criticism! :)

Foma 200

Messed around with tones in LR and PS, so apologies if this isn't really in keeping with what people normally do with B&W.

225993

I like it very much.

[Meekyman]

I like it very much.

Me too!

Where is it? Cracking looking location!

Graham

[mono]

I think it´s Ardvreck castle in Scotland ...

[Rory_5244]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52133501174_3cb21eb9a9_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nqRPAw)Running up that Hill (https://flic.kr/p/2nqRPAw)

Intrepid 8x10 Mk II, Kodak Tri-X Pan film.

[mono]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52133501174_3cb21eb9a9_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nqRPAw)Running up that Hill (https://flic.kr/p/2nqRPAw)

Intrepid 8x10 Mk II, Kodak Tri-X Pan film.

Good one!

[ericantonio]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52133501174_3cb21eb9a9_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nqRPAw)Running up that Hill (https://flic.kr/p/2nqRPAw)

Intrepid 8x10 Mk II, Kodak Tri-X Pan film.

I had this dream. And it was scary. Lovely photo

[Alan Klein]

Nice lighting adjustments. Can I ask what you did?

[Bill Poole]

Now dat's art!!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52133501174_3cb21eb9a9_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nqRPAw)Running up that Hill (https://flic.kr/p/2nqRPAw)

Intrepid 8x10 Mk II, Kodak Tri-X Pan film.

[Bill Poole]

Landscapes, Old Things, I can never figure out where stuff goes.

Ferndale, California, last month

Chamonix 45-H1
150 Sironar N
210 Aus Jena Tessar
HP5
HC 110 E

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52116651725_4d256c5ce9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2npnsQM)Relic Windmill, Southeast of Ferndale, California (https://flic.kr/p/2npnsQM) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52116142771_d40918ef7b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2npjRxH)Relic Windmill, Southeast of Ferndale, California (https://flic.kr/p/2npjRxH) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

[John Olsen]

Rory: Great image. Thanks for showing it.

[Rory_5244]

Nice lighting adjustments. Can I ask what you did?

Hi Alan, the sun was out behind the camera, so it helped illuminate the road. I then further dodged the road in Photoshop and added a slight vignette. An orange filter helped the clouds in the distance.

Thank you so much, everyone!

[Alan Klein]

Hi Alan, the sun was out behind the camera, so it helped illuminate the road. I then further dodged the road in Photoshop and added a slight vignette. An orange filter helped the clouds in the distance.

Thank you so much, everyone!

Good job.

[eepskamp]

Critique please and thanks
Graflex Crown Graphic w/ 135 mm 4.7 Optar lens
Kodak Ektar 100
Naubinway, Michigan
Exposure not recorded

ATTACH=CONFIG]228093[/ATTACH]

[John Layton]

I like the composition generally...with the three strong lines converging towards the left horizon.

I'm a bit distracted by the crooked horizon line, and also I would possibly like to see the close end of the log included in the image, with just a bit of "breathing room" between this and the bottom of the frame.

Also...the far end of the log looks like a dragon's head - and it would be interesting to have taken another image featuring this detail more prominently.

Colors and contrast are believable and softly relaxing - but as always it would be nice to see this as a physical print.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Horseshoe Bend Arizona

Linhof Supertechnika
Schneider Kreuznach Super Angulon 90/F5.6.
Kodak Tmax100
HC110 B


https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220505/c368cf8674122202a85c6e5fb7153caf.jpg

Nice!

[Skiper75]

Nice!

Thanks

[otto.f]

I like the composition generally...with the three strong lines converging towards the left horizon.

I'm a bit distracted by the crooked horizon line, and also I would possibly like to see the close end of the log included in the image, with just a bit of "breathing room" between this and the bottom of the frame.

Also...the far end of the log looks like a dragon's head - and it would be interesting to have taken another image featuring this detail more prominently.

Colors and contrast are believable and softly relaxing - but as always it would be nice to see this as a physical print.

I agree with most of this, and actually never a fan of crooked horizons, but somehow in this image it doesn’t disturb me. It seems to contribute to it even.

[Gabe]

I like the composition generally...with the three strong lines converging towards the left horizon.

I'm a bit distracted by the crooked horizon line, and also I would possibly like to see the close end of the log included in the image, with just a bit of "breathing room" between this and the bottom of the frame.

Also...the far end of the log looks like a dragon's head - and it would be interesting to have taken another image featuring this detail more prominently.

Colors and contrast are believable and softly relaxing - but as always it would be nice to see this as a physical print.

Agree with this.

I would also add that there appears to be not enough DoF in the foreground, so perhaps a tilt adjustment was called for here?

In addition I think the composition would have benefitted from a higher camera position with some front fall/rear rise to get the driftwood in. That way the fore-, mid- and background would be better balanced in terms of scale and impact.

[Alan Klein]

Critique please and thanks
Graflex Crown Graphic w/ 135 mm 4.7 Optar lens
Kodak Ektar 100
Naubinway, Michigan
Exposure not recorded

ATTACH=CONFIG]228093[/ATTACH]

There's a color cast that has to be removed. Here's my try at it.

[kevinjp]

Lake Superior shoreline in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.

Toyo 45AII, Funjinon 90mm, 1/15s at f32, Delta 100.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52150075102_891f69ff13_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nsjLrU)

Lake Superior Shoreline (https://flic.kr/p/2nsjLrU) by Kevin Pihlaja (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpihlajaphotography/), on Flickr

[Martin Aislabie]

228249

Spring - Gunnerside - Swaledale - UK

5x4 + HP5 + ID11 (1+1)
MG Cooltone RC + MG Dev

Martin

[Martin Aislabie]

228251

Evening - Lock Etive - Scotland

5x4 + HP5 + ID11 (1+1)
MG Cooltone + MG Dev

Martin

[newtorf]

Kodak TMAX 100 4x5, HC-110

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52153637032_59602724dc_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nsD2hu)Oak Trees on Hill (https://flic.kr/p/2nsD2hu) by Jingmin Zhou (https://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_reality/), on Flickr

[4erepazzi]

2 pics from mountain trip.
Linhof MT

Fomapan 200
FomadonR09

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52147887121_e5353615e3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ns8y36)0314_4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2ns8y36) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

Fomapan 200
Pyrocat HDC
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52145213936_e469e74e4d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nrTRoG)0313_4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2nrTRoG) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

[Martin Aislabie]

2 pics from mountain trip.
Linhof MT

Fomapan 200
FomadonR09

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52147887121_e5353615e3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ns8y36)0314_4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2ns8y36) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

Fomapan 200
Pyrocat HDC
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52145213936_e469e74e4d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nrTRoG)0313_4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2nrTRoG) by Vladimir Borisov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143304235@N07/), on Flickr

These are great.
Really like the hints of the mountains behind through the mist/snow.
Martin

[Ulophot]

Very fine work, Vladimir!

[4erepazzi]

Very fine work, Vladimir!


These are great.
Really like the hints of the mountains behind through the mist/snow.
Martin

Thank you!

[eepskamp]

Thank you. Dragon head... I had not noticed that. I appreciate the feedback.

[eepskamp]

Thank you.

[eepskamp]

Thank you!

[eepskamp]

Thanks, I really have not explored movements and am not sure when they are needed. Your thoughts are helpful.

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/sheet0436.jpg

Close to Kittelfjäll in northern Sweden
Eastman 2-D 5x7, G-Claron 355mm, Foma 400

[John Layton]

...love the separation of tonal values in the sky and the side-lit trees. Also maybe a sense of foreboding...leaving the serenity and sunshine and moving towards a colder, more darkly rugged and mysterious place...a progression which I also embrace - so long as I can return to the sunshine!

[lassethomas]

...love the separation of tonal values in the sky and the side-lit trees. Also maybe a sense of foreboding...leaving the serenity and sunshine and moving towards a colder, more darkly rugged and mysterious place...a progression which I also embrace - so long as I can return to the sunshine!

Thanks!
Had to wait a fairly long time before the sun broke through. And I saw the scene with the background lit up and a darker foreground. But that didn't happen. Came out good the other way round too, but with a very different feeling and mood.

[Ulophot]

Lassethomas, this is an exceptional fine image, a real pleasure.

[lassethomas]

Lassethomas, this is an exceptional fine image, a real pleasure.

Thanks, kind words

[Martin Aislabie]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/sheet0436.jpg

Close to Kittelfjäll in northern Sweden
Eastman 2-D 5x7, G-Claron 355mm, Foma 400

Fabulous
Just one question - on my monitor the print looks very slightly dark - did you print it that way ?
Martin

[lassethomas]

Fabulous
Just one question - on my monitor the print looks very slightly dark - did you print it that way ?
Martin

Thanks!
Yes it's meant to have a very dark white point. Making it to bright takes away a lot of the mood I think. It becomes to up-front so to say.
But there is a hard to balance tipping point from mood to too dark. Maybe I overdid it this time.

[Bill Poole]

Oooh, that's dandy. Love the sky, snd particularly like the four bright parralel lines carrying the eye into then distance. I like that the tonal range is of the image lets those bright features in the road and utility line stand out. Well done!
https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/sheet0436.jpg

Close to Kittelfjäll in northern Sweden
Eastman 2-D 5x7, G-Claron 355mm, Foma 400

[Joe O'Hara]

lassethomas, this is a fine picture. Great light, only photography can do this convincingly. I would love to see a print.

[Martin Aislabie]

Thanks!
Yes it's meant to have a very dark white point. Making it to bright takes away a lot of the mood I think. It becomes to up-front so to say.
But there is a hard to balance tipping point from mood to too dark. Maybe I overdid it this time.

Hi
No, I don't think you over did it, the image on my monitor looks dark - but I wasn't sure if that was a function of the scanner or your original intention.
As the photographer, you have the right to print your work how you see fit.
I like the effect - it makes the mood rather foreboding and overall it makes for a fabulous print.
Martin :)

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Nikkor-M 9/300, Velvia 50.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52170706951_0b6b4cbee8_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nu9vzr)Rhododendrons (https://flic.kr/p/2nu9vzr) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/sheet0440.jpg

Borka, close to Kittelfjäll in northern Sweden.
Eastman 2-D 5x7, G-Claron 210mm, Fomapan 400

[Serge S]

Beautiful Mood.


https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/sheet0440.jpg

Borka, close to Kittelfjäll in northern Sweden.
Eastman 2-D 5x7, G-Claron 210mm, Fomapan 400

[lassethomas]

Beautiful Mood.

Thanks!

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/sheet0447.jpg

Borka from another angle on another day

Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, G-Claron 355mm and E100

[Corran]

Badwater Basin in Death Valley NP

Shen-Hao 4x5 / 150mm APO Symmar

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98oQZ01ktYn3w-fHXqN3i9FiuCrwRSOJ3bMsuqfyk-n_va5FSKj-zGkdvUlU_gp7gsQMVmoaEPlv0GGLW10i9LHaEDmay2SLJZWzGDzpx-GEl-0w18OVNV9la5ztgf5f6X7BHGfvQ5rJ96XNIkSOEzxvqd0KrQQbpq29CLIpDHyaGfoTLh6nd8i0z/s900/junert-9644s.jpg

[Vaughn]

Nicely done, Bryan. It is a difficult image to pull off. You have blended together the fore/mid/background well and avoided what can sometimes give the viewer the feeling of looking at two different images in one photo (I find it distracting). I might print it with a little more atmospheric distance, but that is my Death Valley -- a shake 'n' bake in an oven set too high.

This is the backside of Manly Beacon -- I believe...it has been awhile and sometimes it can be difficult knowing exactly where one is. At the back end of Golden Canyon, though.
16x20 silver gelatin print from 4x5 (150mm lens).

[tgtaylor]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52182685789_66aab87044_z.jpg

Rush Creek Canyon from Grant Lake with Reversed Peak in Background. Platinum-toned Kallitype.
Toyo 810 MII w/300mm Nikkor-W.

[Corran]

Thanks Vaughn. I'll have to experiment with the printing. This is pretty much a straight scan, but I forgot to mention that I used both an R25 filter and polarizer. I was hoping, and got, a good deep shadow with detail in the mountain on the upper right, but I wasn't sure what the sky would do with that filtration. Pretty much the same thing it does here in the summer - a middling grey.

[tgtaylor]

Forgot to mention that this was shot with a B+W UV circular filter and a Tiffen Deep Yellow 15 4x4 filter (1-2/3stops.) The Yellow filter really brings out the detail. Initially I was somewhat concerned about leaving the UV on (overkill?) but left it on. The resulting exposure was f22-1/3 at 1/15 second on Delta 100.

Thomas

[Maross396]

228710 MT.Lemmon Wisner FP4 XTol

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/sheet0451.jpg

Along the Vapst river, northern Sweden
Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, Fujinon 125mm NSW, FP4+

[Corran]

Hoh Rainforest
Shen Hao 4x5 / Nikkor 90mm

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL1qpeLD-42NoRUZ4SqEtyo9QSVHgEcDdPDGUgvM2RrwA_dIWU_7tFiXPIG8ZH4gO2LR5XWS8NAmUSQuFh_MjD42wyLixCecoVhydztmZBfh_T-EmddkqorH3lcUzhpzqBYFpKN6KJyOD_BrbKmGy0J38SMZhD7KkSpNDN4hEWbsTFCyxGOnTEfR4/s900/juneru-9763s.jpg

[Gary Beasley]

Difficult lighting, well done Bryan!

[CreationBear]

Difficult lighting, well done Bryan!

+1 from me as well--very impressing sifting of tones here, so any liner notes would be appreciated. Otherwise, my favorite so far--though I think the barn/lane shot will be a bestseller for you.

[lassethomas]

Hoh Rainforest
Shen Hao 4x5 / Nikkor 90mm

Very nice. I like it a lot

[Corran]

Thanks y'all! The light was so different there than what I was used to. It didn't feel overly contrasty and I think my meter reading gave me a solid 7-8 stops, but the impressive array of green tones makes a great greyscale! I shot this in color too I think...

CB, this is developed in Pyrocat 1:1:100, for 20 minutes at 75F, with agitation at the start and every 6-7 minutes. So not quite stand development but almost. Also, the developer is used twice. Once for 5 rolls of film (agitated normally, 11 minutes) and then 6 sheets of 4x5. This seems to work well for me and is economical when I shoot a lot of rolls and sheets!

[Ron in Arcata California]

So how did the Hao do in the Hoh?

[Corran]

:)

That reminds me. I had to wait almost 30 minutes for folks to stop walking through the area or looking at the camera and talking with me about this or that. I'm lucky to have gotten a few seconds to shoot my exposure! I think this is my favorite b&w 4x5 from the trip, unless I find something better in the half dozen sheets of Efke I shot and haven't developed yet.

[CreationBear]

It didn't feel overly contrasty and I think my meter reading gave me a solid 7-8 stops, but the impressive array of green tones makes a great greyscale! I shot this in color too I think...


Excellent, "greens" are always a mystery to me (unfortunate for our part of the world;)) so it's nice to see what can be done "filterless."

[esearing]

I like the rainforests shots the best from your trip so far. And the boat at Point Reyes.

CB - Try delta 100 for greens in spring/early summer. It takes on a different quality and separates out the yellow, green, blue much better than HP5 and even FP4. I have no idea why as its tonal range is about the same as FP4, but its noticeable in large areas of green.

[CreationBear]

CB - Try delta 100 for greens in spring/early summer.

Very cool--Paul Barden mentioned Delta 100 as a favorite a while back; and I believe it was John Layton who was recommending X-ray film for green vegetation as well. (FWIW, I'm am patiently awaiting someone to reintroduce 8x10 IR film, but that might be after the Last Trump sounds.:))

[Corran]

It would be interesting to shoot in such a lush but almost monocolored environment, with a variety of color filters and polarizer on different films.

I also noticed less reflective highlights like we have here with some of the leaves that are waxy. I think that makes a much bigger difference in the rendering than I would have guessed, visually.

I'm lucky that I got to Hoh. For reasons I won't really go into, I didn't think I was going to get there, and then I buckled down and made a full round-trip of the Olympic Peninsula in a day so I could get out there and shoot for about 2 hours.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Lee Orange 21, Heliopan CPL, Delta 100, DD-X.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52206013432_985dfc67c3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nxgsXS)Shutlingsloe & Verdant Uplands (https://flic.kr/p/2nxgsXS) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[KevinAllan]

Routin Linn in Northumberland, England.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51783194286_3b49742272_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mTUpyA)
Routin Linn #3 (https://flic.kr/p/2mTUpyA) by Kevin Allan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/182246743@N07/), on Flickr

Intrepid 4x5 Mark 3
Nikkor-W 150/5.6
Fomapan 100 rated at EI50
N-1 Development
HC110 Dilution H

[Simon Benton]

Kevin - stunning

[KevinAllan]

Kevin - stunning

Thanks Simon

[Capt. E]

My work with large format is so much better than with anything hand held. It slows you down and requires you to compose your photograph with more care. Have you ever seen a contact print from an 8x10 or even 4x5? No comparison to smaller formats. I have always said that 90% of all photographs can be made on tripod. Unless you are an action photographer, that alone will improve your work.

[Martin Aislabie]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Lee Orange 21, Heliopan CPL, Delta 100, DD-X.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52206013432_985dfc67c3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nxgsXS)Shutlingsloe & Verdant Uplands (https://flic.kr/p/2nxgsXS) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

Lovely - as ever
Martin

[Martin Aislabie]

Routin Linn in Northumberland, England.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51783194286_3b49742272_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mTUpyA)
Routin Linn #3 (https://flic.kr/p/2mTUpyA) by Kevin Allan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/182246743@N07/), on Flickr

Intrepid 4x5 Mark 3
Nikkor-W 150/5.6
Fomapan 100 rated at EI50
N-1 Development
HC110 Dilution H

Very nice Keven
Martin

[Gabe]

Lovely - as ever
Martin

Thanks Martin, too kind.

[Gabe]

Routin Linn in Northumberland, England.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51783194286_3b49742272_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mTUpyA)
Routin Linn #3 (https://flic.kr/p/2mTUpyA) by Kevin Allan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/182246743@N07/), on Flickr

Intrepid 4x5 Mark 3
Nikkor-W 150/5.6
Fomapan 100 rated at EI50
N-1 Development
HC110 Dilution H

Very nice work.

[Bill Poole]

This is a dandy! Well done.


Routin Linn in Northumberland, England.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51783194286_3b49742272_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mTUpyA)
Routin Linn #3 (https://flic.kr/p/2mTUpyA) by Kevin Allan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/182246743@N07/), on Flickr

Intrepid 4x5 Mark 3
Nikkor-W 150/5.6
Fomapan 100 rated at EI50
N-1 Development
HC110 Dilution H

[otto.f]

Thanks Martin, too kind.

Can’t be too kind. A marvellous image which shows very good craftmanship too

[Gabe]

Can’t be too kind. A marvellous image which shows very good craftmanship too

Many thanks Otto.

[lassethomas]

Routin Linn in Northumberland, England.


Intrepid 4x5 Mark 3
Nikkor-W 150/5.6
Fomapan 100 rated at EI50
N-1 Development
HC110 Dilution H

Striking! Well done!

[John Layton]

...and I love the Loch Ness monster - rearing its head in the foreground! (homesick for the Loch?)

[peter brooks]

Routin Linn in Northumberland, England.


Wow, that's a wonderful image.

Did you use some tilt or a small aperture (or maybe both)?

[PatrickMarq]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213791388_73463cbc93_h.jpg
Fomapan Creative 200
Chamonix F45-2

[PatrickMarq]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213775926_6dc8557c39_h.jpg
Fomapan Creative 200
Chamonix F45-2

[newtorf]

Arista Pro 400 (Ilford HP5 Plus) 4x5 expired in 2001, HC-110.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52212999297_f885006b7b_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nxTgBP)Log in lake (https://flic.kr/p/2nxTgBP) by Jingmin Zhou (https://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_reality/), on Flickr

[Willie]

Arista Pro 400 (Ilford HP5 Plus) 4x5 expired in 2001, HC-110.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52212999297_f885006b7b_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nxTgBP)Log in lake (https://flic.kr/p/2nxTgBP) by Jingmin Zhou (https://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_reality/), on Flickr

If I crop just below the far shore I like it a lot better.

[mono]

Me too!

[KevinAllan]

Wow, that's a wonderful image.

Did you use some tilt or a small aperture (or maybe both)?


Thank you, Peter.

I used rise on the front standard to get the waterfall in. However tilt would have made the top of the fall out of focus so I had to rely on a small aperture.

[Martin Aislabie]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213791388_73463cbc93_h.jpg
Fomapan Creative 200
Chamonix F45-2

Nice.
When I see these water towers I am always reminded of the Men in Black alien spaceship.
Martin

[Corran]

Badwater Basin in Death Valley NP
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98oQZ01ktYn3w-fHXqN3i9FiuCrwRSOJ3bMsuqfyk-n_va5FSKj-zGkdvUlU_gp7gsQMVmoaEPlv0GGLW10i9LHaEDmay2SLJZWzGDzpx-GEl-0w18OVNV9la5ztgf5f6X7BHGfvQ5rJ96XNIkSOEzxvqd0KrQQbpq29CLIpDHyaGfoTLh6nd8i0z/s900/junert-9644s.jpg

Coming back around to this image, I shot this other sheet in DV:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuZCY1hGji7CZTj_IDlfGwfttjhcSqKDuzevVzSojY11OA4UcPsGw3nIkUaSzrFKk4qdBvN7LQGE9R3CT1yo6bUGGmqHMwsunmxUK4HGKqWO1hEV4rCO9eGU-BSVz1aeJpJvx1D6eOcVWIEPdKKNfGCt0io4Qq1XzuCKZr24f_8jh-0em4WfrkRGQ/s900/junerv-0068s.jpg

This image is more sparse but I have a stronger feeling of "heat" from it. Though that may be my perception having been there as the temperature reached the mid 110s. But the angle of light as well as the stronger contrast (Efke 25) has kept me engaged with this image.

As an aside, while I was setting up this shot, a photographer with multiple cameras on their shoulders came up and asked me "where this picture is," showing me their cell phone with a shot of Badwater Basin with perfect hexagonal salt formations. As you can see in these images, the hexagons are buckled and breaking. I told her that we were at Badwater Basin but I didn't know why they were not like the typical pictures. I assumed it has to do with rain or lack of it, but I'll have to read a bit more about the basin and see if there is different explanations. Or maybe there is just a different location in the area that looks like that.

[Michael R]

I find that second one interesting. The landscape and point of view made me think of some of the Venera pictures on Venus. Death Valley is quite a place.

[PatrickMarq]

Nice.
When I see these water towers I am always reminded of the Men in Black alien spaceship.
Martin
Thank you Martin

[Corran]

Venus.

Yes! I was telling my wife it felt like being on a different planet, when I was in DV.

Here's a color image from the Painted Desert in Arizona. 90mm and a lot of tilt:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ur5fjU3TUjrYurfN13mhK8b7azPTG0IPHfhv73_mfWCjs_JDGeg_EmrTignyDVVffIzKUPLksV5yJ3wlBSz_m_VXohmO9ZRKGJgVRahIZ_NjfwRBxm_dvics8QOmGVzkrq6qcxhrhrf-PrrqFPntWo5Zl3VUwWc80M-bdroH4LjXdl17aZ9CrGqN/s700/junerv-0114s.jpg

[6x6TLL]

What are the light streaks up at the top part of the image? Flare? Light leak?

Cool shot!

[Corran]

Possibly a little bit of flare. I also had this film in the car for over 3 weeks and I think the heat and such may have impacted it a little bit, at least the color film, which was already expired.

[bgh]

This is terrific, well done!


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213791388_73463cbc93_h.jpg
Fomapan Creative 200
Chamonix F45-2

[PatrickMarq]

This is terrific, well done!
Thank you

[Martin Aislabie]

Coming back around to this image, I shot this other sheet in DV:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuZCY1hGji7CZTj_IDlfGwfttjhcSqKDuzevVzSojY11OA4UcPsGw3nIkUaSzrFKk4qdBvN7LQGE9R3CT1yo6bUGGmqHMwsunmxUK4HGKqWO1hEV4rCO9eGU-BSVz1aeJpJvx1D6eOcVWIEPdKKNfGCt0io4Qq1XzuCKZr24f_8jh-0em4WfrkRGQ/s900/junerv-0068s.jpg

This image is more sparse but I have a stronger feeling of "heat" from it. Though that may be my perception having been there as the temperature reached the mid 110s. But the angle of light as well as the stronger contrast (Efke 25) has kept me engaged with this image.

As an aside, while I was setting up this shot, a photographer with multiple cameras on their shoulders came up and asked me "where this picture is," showing me their cell phone with a shot of Badwater Basin with perfect hexagonal salt formations. As you can see in these images, the hexagons are buckled and breaking. I told her that we were at Badwater Basin but I didn't know why they were not like the typical pictures. I assumed it has to do with rain or lack of it, but I'll have to read a bit more about the basin and see if there is different explanations. Or maybe there is just a different location in the area that looks like that.

Your right - it is all about the water table in the salt pan.
The salt is sat on top of an ooze of mud - hence the dreadful smell off the salt.
It is possible to have the salt flooded in exceptional circumstances (after a lot of rain) and as it dried out you get the perfect looking salt hexagons.
As the mud dries even more, the salt hexagons buckle and break apart to give you what you have in your shot.

Fabulous shot by the way.

Martin

[Corran]

Thanks Martin!

[jeannicolas]

https://i.imgur.com/BCYY0I2.jpg

Rocky beach scene in Northern Quebec
FPP Frankenstein 200, HC-110 B for 4.5min
OmegaView 45F, good old Wollensack 135mm f4.7 (shot at f32)

[newtorf]

Kodak Tri-X 4x5 film, HC-110.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52230694071_09f3124af2_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nzrXE8)Oak tree on hill (https://flic.kr/p/2nzrXE8) by Jingmin Zhou (https://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_reality/), on Flickr

[_tf_]

One from a holiday in March,

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51988520443_71556135a6_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nd3KSK)Boat Bay (https://flic.kr/p/2nd3KSK) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

Intrepid mk VI, Symmar-S 150, Heliopan Orange 22 + LinPol filters, @ f22 on Fomapan 100 (in Pyrocat-HD 1:1:100, 12min @ 20C) + long wait.

[Ben Calwell]

One from a holiday in March,

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51988520443_71556135a6_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nd3KSK)Boat Bay (https://flic.kr/p/2nd3KSK) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

Intrepid mk VI, Symmar-S 150, Heliopan Orange 22 + LinPol filters, @ f22 on Fomapan 100 (in Pyrocat-HD 1:1:100, 12min @ 20C) + long wait.



Beautiful! Nicely done.

[Martin Aislabie]

One from a holiday in March,

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51988520443_71556135a6_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nd3KSK)Boat Bay (https://flic.kr/p/2nd3KSK) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

Intrepid mk VI, Symmar-S 150, Heliopan Orange 22 + LinPol filters, @ f22 on Fomapan 100 (in Pyrocat-HD 1:1:100, 12min @ 20C) + long wait.

Stunning
Where is it ?
Martin

[Gabe]

One from a holiday in March,

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51988520443_71556135a6_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nd3KSK)Boat Bay (https://flic.kr/p/2nd3KSK) by tthef (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tf_/), on Flickr

Intrepid mk VI, Symmar-S 150, Heliopan Orange 22 + LinPol filters, @ f22 on Fomapan 100 (in Pyrocat-HD 1:1:100, 12min @ 20C) + long wait.

Nice shot.

What's the white object near the jetty? A parasol?

[MattKHardy]

Porth Joke Beach, Newquay Cornwall.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52253430941_801f7b2166_o.jpg

Ilford FP4
Nikkor 90mm f4.5 SW

[Edison]

229647
Arista.edu 100

[sunofo]

229659
Shanghai Night

[_tf_]

Stunning
Where is it ?
Martin

The Assynt/Coigach area in NW Scotland.


Nice shot.

What's the white object near the jetty? A parasol?

That's an up-side-down boat, a canoe I think.

[kmallick]

Eleven Mile Canyon, Florissant, Colorado.

VDS 8x10 + Fujinon 250 + Fomapan 200 + Rodinal 1:50

https://kaushixphotos.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/largeformat/eleven_mile_canyon-5.jpg

[Martin Aislabie]

The Assynt/Coigach area in NW Scotland.

That's an up-side-down boat, a canoe I think.

Cheers

Martin

[CreationBear]

Shanghai Night


Very nice view of Lujiazui--I'm afraid I've only seen it from the Bund during the day (and not, I'm guessing from this shot, from Suzhou Creek.) At any rate, thanks for sharing--I hope this means life in Shanghai is recovering somewhat from the lockdowns...it's a great city for the photographer, I think.

[CreationBear]

Eleven Mile Canyon, Florissant, Colorado.


Those exposed rock faces really lend a lovely tonality--as for the stream, it might be worth exploring if you can retain a bit of texture in the water by making "accumulative" exposures. Otherwise a great place to explore!:)

[kmallick]

Those exposed rock faces really lend a lovely tonality--as for the stream, it might be worth exploring if you can retain a bit of texture in the water by making "accumulative" exposures. Otherwise a great place to explore!:)

Thank you for your kind words and great wisdom. I like the idea and I will be sure to experiment with accumulative exposures.

[sunofo]

Very nice view of Lujiazui--I'm afraid I've only seen it from the Bund during the day (and not, I'm guessing from this shot, from Suzhou Creek.) At any rate, thanks for sharing--I hope this means life in Shanghai is recovering somewhat from the lockdowns...it's a great city for the photographer, I think.

Thanks

[Martin Aislabie]

229691

Mullion Cliffs - Cornwall.

5x4 + 135mm lens + Deep Yellow filter
HP5 + ID11 (1+1) @ 7 stops
MG Cooltone RC + MG Dev

Martin

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52287652512_42576e8fbf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nEtTqd)1992 Great Sand Dunes No 1 (https://flic.kr/p/2nEtTqd) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Our goal was to ascend the Great Dunes. This is the view when we stepped off the parking lot. Notice the figure in the distance; when I got there (to that point) I HAD to rest! 4x5 Sinar Norma 90mm f8 Norma Super Angulon HP5 d76 1:1. 8x10 fibre print Fortezo Dektol 1:2 Omega Dii Omegalite 180mm black Rodagon. I knew this was going to be something special. It was late afternoon sun

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52289139300_188bb67e72_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nEBvou)1992 Great Sand Dunes No 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2nEBvou) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

The sand is blowing up to my knees. If I lowered Norma it would be catastrophic. The light was starting to get really, really good. 4x5 Sinar Norma 90mm f8 Norma Super Angulon HP5 d76 1:1. 8x10 fibre print Fortezo Dektol 1:2 Omega Dii Omegalite 180mm black Rodagon.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52287699802_e91b20a4fa_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nEu8ty)1992 Great Sand Dunes No 3 (https://flic.kr/p/2nEu8ty) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

I am sinking knee-deep into the sand. This is a glorious experience. I stayed in this spot quite a while just enjoying everything about this. 4x5 Sinar Norma 90mm f8 Norma Super Angulon HP5 d76 1:1. 8x10 fibre print Fortezo Dektol 1:2 Omega Dii Omegalite 180mm black Rodagon.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52288722237_caaedb1de9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nEznpK)1992 Great Sand Dunes No 4 (https://flic.kr/p/2nEznpK) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Those are the beginnings of the Sandre De Christo Mountains in the background. By the time I got back to the parking lot, I was exhausted. No sign of my Assistant Charlie who had the car keys. A nice Guy from Santa Fe (50 miles south) gave me a ride back to our campsite, he had an Uber+ Motor Home. Told me he owned one of the top restaurants in Santa Fe. Had an over the top Linhof 4x5 Technikardon I remember. We laughed when he said to me "You B&W Guys always use wooden tripods". What a fantastic evening. 4x5 Sinar Norma 90mm f8 Norma Super Angulon HP5 d76 1:1. 8x10 fibre print Fortezo Dektol 1:2 Omega Dii Omegalite 180mm black Rodagon.

[CreationBear]

Very much enjoying the series and the travelogue, Daniel--I'd have to say #2 and #3 are my favorites, definitely hope they've made you a little coin over the years.;)

[Martin Aislabie]

A great series Daniel.

I have a question - did you plan your shots ahead of time - and therefore your route to avoid putting footprints in an otherwise pristine scenery - or were you just lucky with what you found ?

Thanks

The reason I ask, is I have ruined many a snow shot by standing in the pristine snow and wondered how you managed to avoid the same fate.

Martin

[FrancisR]

Marvelous shots Daniel !

[GoodOldNorm]

A great series Daniel.

I have a question - did you plan your shots ahead of time - and therefore your route to avoid putting footprints in an otherwise pristine scenery - or were you just lucky with what you found ?

Thanks

The reason I ask, is I have ruined many a snow shot by standing in the pristine snow and wonde format photographers can walk on waterred how you managed to avoid the same fate.

Martin Bloody hell! Martin don't you know that if large format photographers can walk on water not leaving footprints on sand or snow is not a problem! ;-)

[Daniel Unkefer]

Very much enjoying the series and the travelogue, Daniel--I'd have to say #2 and #3 are my favorites, definitely hope they've made you a little coin over the years.;)

Thanks CreationBear! I enjoy viewing these and recently found these original prints. I have a 16x20 Ektalure print of #3 hanging in hallway of my home. It hung in my parent's house for thirty years and has always been a favorite.

[Daniel Unkefer]

A great series Daniel.

I have a question - did you plan your shots ahead of time - and therefore your route to avoid putting footprints in an otherwise pristine scenery - or were you just lucky with what you found ?

Thanks

The reason I ask, is I have ruined many a snow shot by standing in the pristine snow and wondered how you managed to avoid the same fate. Martin

Thanks Martin!

I was lucky. Next dune over was a happy couple who stripped off all their clothes and playfully frolicked in the sand; also taking photos

[Daniel Unkefer]

Marvelous shots Daniel !

Thank You Martin! I do appreciate it

[Daniel Unkefer]

Bloody hell! Martin don't you know that if large format photographers can walk on water not leaving footprints on sand or snow is not a problem! ;-)

Thanks GoodOldNorm!

[ALVANDI Camera]

Iran, Panoral 45 (https://www.mr-alvandi.com/products/panoral-45-ver-II.html) camera, Schneider Symmar-S 150/5.6, Hoya red filter, Ilford FP4, 9x12cm sheet film.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52298539571_ec638d1f09_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nFrFL8)

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/sheet0475.jpg

Back and started developing from my yearly trip to the cabin in Kittelfjäll.
This is Klippfjällt and Grönfjäll in late evening light

Chamonix 45H-1, G-Claron 240 and FomaPan 400

[Mark Sampson]

lassethomas, a beautiful photograph. Well done!

[Bill Poole]

Drake's Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore

This one came out pretty much as I envisioned it, despite a howling wind that kept the dark cloth flapping across the ground glass and constantly changing light as the fog came and went by the moment.

Chamonix 45 H1
Sironar N 150
HP5
HC110


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52319791136_806c38d5c3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nHjB7q)Drake's Beach (https://flic.kr/p/2nHjB7q) by William Poole (https://www.flickr.com/photos/poolephoto/), on Flickr

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/sheet0487-1.jpg

Moon over Borka, northern Sweden
Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, G-Claron 240mm, FP4+

[Ulophot]

Nice formal harmonics and tone, Bill.
Lassethomas, this last one is extraordinary.

[lassethomas]

Nice formal harmonics and tone, Bill.
Lassethomas, this last one is extraordinary.

Thanks Philip.
Here is another one taken a couple of hours earlier. All sheets between these two were ruined because I turned the ring on the shutter the wrong way in the darkness, not bothering to check. So instead of T I got 1/400. There are a million ways...
But I've got these two so I shouldn't complain.
And I really love the shooting stars far right on the first image.

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/sheet0486.jpg

Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, G-Claron 240mm, FP4+

[SimonMaddock]

Thanks Philip.
Here is another one taken a couple of hours earlier. All sheets between these two were ruined because I turned the ring on the shutter the wrong way in the darkness, not bothering to check. So instead of T i 've got 1/400. There are a million ways...
But I've got these two so I shouldn't complain.
And I really love the shooting stars far right on the first image.

Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, G-Claron 240mm, FP4+

Beautiful! I have to say I prefer this one over the other.

Hälsningar från norrmalm,
S

[Martin Aislabie]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/sheet0487-1.jpg

Moon over Borka, northern Sweden
Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, G-Claron 240mm, FP4+

Both shots are fabulous.
But, I prefer this one - somehow more moody.
The shooting star is just a wonderful bonus.
Controlling the reciprocity must have been a heck of a challenge.
Martin

[Ben Calwell]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/sheet0487-1.jpg

Moon over Borka, northern Sweden
Chamonix 45H-1 with 4x10 back, G-Claron 240mm, FP4+

That’s beautiful. How long was the exposure, and how did you develop the negative?

[lassethomas]

That’s beautiful. How long was the exposure, and how did you develop the negative?

Exposure was around 15 minutes f/16 on fp4.
Developed in Xtol 1+1 for 13 min in rotation so pushed a bit.
Still a hint of ambient light being so far north.

But the moon travels a fair bit in that time so I made a much shorter exposure for the moon part and then assembled in PS

[Bill Poole]

Now that's some fancy hybrid work. These photos are gorgeous.


Exposure was around 15 minutes f/16 on fp4.
Developed in Xtol 1+1 for 13 min in rotation so pushed a bit.
Still a hint of ambient light being so far north.

But the moon travels a fair bit in that time so I made a much shorter exposure for the moon part and then assembled in PS

[MakPhotography]

French Alps:

230564

Ebony RW45 / Nikkor-W 150 f/5.6 / TXP320 / Yellow Filter / HC110 / Epson V800

Mak.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52331547154_513325bfbe_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nJmRLo)Backyard Snow (https://flic.kr/p/2nJmRLo) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

1980s Sinar Norma 4x5 210mm f5.6 Nikkor, 4x5 Tri-X pro D76 1:1. 8x10 fibre print Fortezo, Omega DII Omegalite Dektol 1:2

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52333858170_91a2c91e76_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nJyGKu)Ludlow Falls 1980s 4x5 Norma 90mm F8 SA (https://flic.kr/p/2nJyGKu) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Ludlow Falls 1980s 4x5 Norma 90mm F8 Super Angulon HP5 D76 1:1 fiber 8x10 print Fortezo Dektol Omega DII Omegalite

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/sheet0478.jpg

The river Vojmån with Borka in the background.
Kittelfjäll in northern Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1, G-Claron 240mm, 9x12 FP4+

[PatrickMarq]

Here are my images from: Not my best day out in the field
https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?170074-Not-my-best-day-out-in-the-field

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52341594977_8834caa5d7_k.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52342984025_c041facbe0_k.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52342552136_dba5e45dd4_k.jpg

[Corran]

Amicalola Creek, Fall 2022
Speed Graphic, modded with Pentax 67 35mm f/4.5 fisheye, at f/22 with yellow filter on T-Max 100 dev'd in Acufine:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqDLs7tuirWg1M2RZPVtlpFsraSZElGKStynbZw50V65S9y3akwm41v8xC9pYNe4GvBJ12XForUWc0exuBYb6xGRrhqEqbVdRHe-VuF29-dGYBF4xr2Va6BsCBSyU11OSwzmCX74yAtmYKHdmTQEKx-BtABboESsakm10vuDRoICjyg9eqvQldztu/s800/35mmfish-0443s.jpg

This lens was mounted using a 3D printed adapter (thanks to LargeSense Camera for providing the file that was edited and printed by Zebra Dry Plates). Camera was taken apart and the bed physically bent to get out of the way of the image circle. Still debating ripping it off entirely. Since the FFD of all P67 lenses are the same, I can use any of them on this 4x5 - I've heard some cover or nearly cover, so I'll try all of mine at some point, but the 35mm was my main interest. This was one of the first test images I made this afternoon. Especially interested in doing some architectural shots with this camera.

[otto.f]

Amicalola Creek, Fall 2022
Speed Graphic, modded with Pentax 67 35mm f/4.5 fisheye, at f/22 with yellow filter on T-Max 100 dev'd in Acufine:



This lens was mounted using a 3D printed adapter (thanks to LargeSense Camera for providing the file that was edited and printed by Zebra Dry Plates). Camera was taken apart and the bed physically bent to get out of the way of the image circle. Still debating ripping it off entirely. Since the FFD of all P67 lenses are the same, I can use any of them on this 4x5 - I've heard some cover or nearly cover, so I'll try all of mine at some point, but the 35mm was my main interest. This was one of the first test images I made this afternoon. Especially interested in doing some architectural shots with this camera.

Very very good! This is top craftmanship, combined with a very well succeeded original and artistic result; a rare combination. Incredible, rarely seen depth and 3D effect. Congrats

[John Layton]

Nice Bryan!

OK...here's a mind-bending question: what if you mounted two of these Pentax fisheye lenses on a board and placed them in front of a long-format camera - for "fisheye stereo" images? You could probably also cobble together some optics from a supply house (like Edmund Optics) to best take advantage of the specific properties of the images in creating a fisheye stereo viewing device?

Further thought - I'd imagine that in the above scenario the interocular distance would (due to lens front diameters) be significantly further apart than that of most human eyes and thus the 3-D effect would be further exaggerated...could be great!

[Corran]

Thank you both! John, it sounds like you are starting to describe VR goggles :). I would imagine the 180 degree FOV would be exceedingly disorienting.

[Robert Opheim]

231211

Whidbey, Fidalgo Islands from Camano Island. 6 1/2 inch Dagor lens, f/32 - 1 second Tri-X HC-110 - Technikardan

[Rick A]

Amicalola Creek, Fall 2022
Speed Graphic, modded with Pentax 67 35mm f/4.5 fisheye, at f/22 with yellow filter on T-Max 100 dev'd in Acufine:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqDLs7tuirWg1M2RZPVtlpFsraSZElGKStynbZw50V65S9y3akwm41v8xC9pYNe4GvBJ12XForUWc0exuBYb6xGRrhqEqbVdRHe-VuF29-dGYBF4xr2Va6BsCBSyU11OSwzmCX74yAtmYKHdmTQEKx-BtABboESsakm10vuDRoICjyg9eqvQldztu/s800/35mmfish-0443s.jpg

This lens was mounted using a 3D printed adapter (thanks to LargeSense Camera for providing the file that was edited and printed by Zebra Dry Plates). Camera was taken apart and the bed physically bent to get out of the way of the image circle. Still debating ripping it off entirely. Since the FFD of all P67 lenses are the same, I can use any of them on this 4x5 - I've heard some cover or nearly cover, so I'll try all of mine at some point, but the 35mm was my main interest. This was one of the first test images I made this afternoon. Especially interested in doing some architectural shots with this camera.

Wow! I'm gobsmacked!

[John Layton]

Bryan...did you incorporate some sort of intermediately adapted shutter into your Pentax lens to LF interface...or simply use the "lens cap method" by which to make your exposure?

[Alan Klein]

Bryan great shot. All you need are snowflakes floating around in the globe.

[Corran]

Hi John - nope, I am using the Speed Graphic's focal plane shutter (take a look at my Instagram for a pic of the camera, second image in the first post). Though for this image I probably could've used a lens cap - the exposure was 3.5 minutes. So much is in the frame that I would be hesitant to do that though - I would not be surprised to see a blurred arm in the photo.

Thanks Alan. We'll see if snow comes this year :).

[peter brooks]

Amicalola Creek, Fall 2022
Speed Graphic, modded with Pentax 67 35mm f/4.5 fisheye, at f/22 with yellow filter on T-Max 100 dev'd in Acufine:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqDLs7tuirWg1M2RZPVtlpFsraSZElGKStynbZw50V65S9y3akwm41v8xC9pYNe4GvBJ12XForUWc0exuBYb6xGRrhqEqbVdRHe-VuF29-dGYBF4xr2Va6BsCBSyU11OSwzmCX74yAtmYKHdmTQEKx-BtABboESsakm10vuDRoICjyg9eqvQldztu/s800/35mmfish-0443s.jpg



Yes, wow, that's a wonderful shot... The spherical format gives it a really magical, dream-like quality.

[Corran]

Thanks Peter!

I made a 15" print last night. I'm leaning towards a circular mat. I think it'll be unique, and one friend suggested perhaps even a circular frame too.

Either way I want to get a circular mat cut to different print sizes to make a physical "mask," allowing the print to look more like the above scan with a white surround, rather than being suspended in black which I think is a bit depressive.

231295

[CreationBear]

I made a 15" print last night. I'm leaning towards a circular mat. I think it'll be unique, and one friend suggested perhaps even a circular frame too.


Very nice, though unless there are a lot of hobbits on the ground there in N Ga. :) I think I'd like to see this one drymounted on 16x24 gatorboard, with maybe 40% bottom weight. (FWIW, I generally don't like the negative space/museum look, I'm thinking floating this one in space like the proverbial Big Blue Marble might be arresting.)

[Alan Klein]

Thanks Peter!

I made a 15" print last night. I'm leaning towards a circular mat. I think it'll be unique, and one friend suggested perhaps even a circular frame too.

Either way I want to get a circular mat cut to different print sizes to make a physical "mask," allowing the print to look more like the above scan with a white surround, rather than being suspended in black which I think is a bit depressive.

231295

Don't forget the snow. :)

[Chris7521]

Taken up at Moose Hill in Sharon, Massachusetts
CM fujinon W 125mm f56
Chamonix 045n2
Ilford delta 100

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52398564098_fe1ec4e8e4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nQhkyW)

[newtorf]

lovely!


Taken up at Moose Hill in Sharon, Massachusetts
CM fujinon W 125mm f56
Chamonix 045n2
Ilford delta 100

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52398564098_fe1ec4e8e4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nQhkyW)

[Gary Beasley]

Taken up at Moose Hill in Sharon, Massachusetts
CM fujinon W 125mm f56
Chamonix 045n2
Ilford delta 100

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52398564098_fe1ec4e8e4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nQhkyW)
I like how well you got the tonal separation in this image. Not always easy to do that.

[Vaughn]

Amicalola Creek, Fall 2022
Speed Graphic, modded with Pentax 67 35mm f/4.5 fisheye, at f/22 with yellow filter on T-Max 100 dev'd in Acufine:
...

Hello! Missed this post somehow. Very cool. Wonderful image...I like how it does not over-play the fisheye effect. Having that tree trunk on the left is perfect...and I like that the composition, while not centered, places one's eye in the image's center -- and since there is nothing in the center to grab one's eye, one is free to wander back into the rest of the environment. It keeps the image active. Pretty nice 'test image'!

A good friend does a lot of work with the circular image...an interesting departure from his earlier panoramic work. Going out into the field with him is fun -- his camera 'sees' so differently! I have a couple of his prints in my living room.

He has enlarged them to mural size (digitally) and made large silver gelatin prints. One of his is on my wall (living room) is a 14" dia image on a 15x19 horizontal black frame, with the non-image portions of the paper exposed to black. The framing is an interesting choice, normally would not be my first choice but works well specifically with this image.

With your image (and if it were mine to frame), I would tend towards a more traditional approach. Printed on silver gelatin paper, window matted square, but on a vertical rectangular frame. Square frames can work very well, but they also can tend to over-play the form of the circle. But what is more comforting than a square box containing a circle of warm pizza, cut into lovely triangles? Excuse me...still on my diet...

Another way to get white around the image area is to make a circular mask to lay on the photopaper. You could make a mask slight larger than the image if you wanted a thin black line around the image (to hold in skies, etc). Edited -- whoops I read a later post that this is what you'll be doing.

Have fun!

PS -- just thinking...if your enlarger is not well aligned, the circle may not be so circular!

[Chris7521]

lovely!
Thank you!


I like how well you got the tonal separation in this image. Not always easy to do that.
Thanks, I get lucky every now and then!

[Corran]

Hello!

Thanks for your thoughts Vaughn! It was great seeing Geir's prints on your wall. I found a website with some of his fisheye images (https://www.modernbook.com/geirjordahl/circles/images.htm).

I definitely will be thinking about presentation. I did get a circular mat cut, inside of a square mat, and I like the look. But there's lots of options to try. I also had some time this afternoon to shoot more circular images that I need to develop here tonight...

[Corran]

Another:

Laurel Cathedral
Wildcat Mountain, from Hogpen Gap on the AT
Same setup as before

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUUNcQ8W4YuqkFhrS2A_27L1gh1g733bR9TL6BCXPIIiF-pd_NJraW1z1vHMWV3OYzfBIwG51Tktx9r7oVHTRCykn7mw6zNjff_RAJAeTkH27guM9reU9p9tBwreIFR8QtITTgi9Lty9WAvmfSWjfsLlHxSdk7Ji4C8ff3KqOdE1dCBl9zKnHniNy/s800/wildcatfish-0503s.jpg

[fotopfw]

Great addition Corran! Love these circular images. Make them often with the Mamiya Fish Eye.

[Corran]

The Mamiya 37mm was my initial plan, what with the shutter. But I had the Pentax already so went with it, for now. Would love to see some of your circles!

One more, same location, not sure which I prefer yet:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3hxVMj2ANjf40AyVshq-4zOuCywyw-Pz5mZHL3oJCynj0KrPgfgC-RK93K9hPHchMQZNOcQa3bUQllcsKQIzsQgjZO6AstiKlotS5fU4sYt_ZmrJMYqj2I6XyhvSZGCZcUF_mvVFYm1QyGeBjLuWvw9sG0-qhADlAPfjCj0qb_qV4wwhK-yNzl0K/s800/FB_IMG_1664796089821.jpg

[John Layton]

I find each to be wonderful...but prefer the bilateral symmetry of the first. Bryan these are truly fantastic! Looks like you are really on to something with these!

[Corran]

Thanks John! The symmetry definitely works well with the frame. I love the sun shining with little sun stars through the background in the other though....

[6x6TLL]

I'd say the first is the stronger composition, the second has more of a chaotic appeal.

[newtorf]

Arista Pro 400 (Ilford HP5 Plus) 4x5 film expired in 2001, Legacy Pro L110.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52407075643_743621fa57_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nR2XKH)Run away from the mountains (https://flic.kr/p/2nR2XKH) by Jingmin Zhou (https://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_reality/), on Flickr

[FrancisR]

Fomapan 200 4x5.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52411580934_61d962afff_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nRr429)

[Corran]

Thanks 6x6 - I'm definitely going to try printing the symmetrical one.

And, I hope you all are still in the mood for some circular images :). I went on a short trip to Mississippi this past week. Here's something I just hung up to dry, and grabbed a quick pic with my cell phone:

Davis Bayou, Gulf Islands National Seashore - Speed Graphic / 35mm fisheye / T-Max 100 / Pyrocat

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpeLMsOucP2MWf3Df2SjFY-OffZAHue-khmRnMFgaqVxVgpLk_HD7Cv3gUXWpwqAqZ_4qsJ4jNyM30qyIFP0WS9I-JLpliykoj662kNq2OMziG17RBsbeVwdgib-eoWnl5nfwXf8m7XvjTTSJ-XovpRsxb_S31zPJ173bsMjBrYBI7cR_Pq7fszM1/s900/davisbayouoct22.jpg

[Gary Beasley]

A little world unto itself!

[John Layton]

...thats it! A little world - more like the illusion that everything is trapped inside a glass sphere...the way things seem to be trying to push outwards yet having to yield because there is no escape! Would also be interesting to play with this "trapped" concept by/while incorporating human subjects.

[Tin Can]

I really like round images

We watched r0und TV for 5 decades

I have a Chinese 7.5 mm fish on crop DIGI

Maybe I should fit to 35mm film as all the kids are 35mm




Thanks 6x6 - I'm definitely going to try printing the symmetrical one.

And, I hope you all are still in the mood for some circular images :). I went on a short trip to Mississippi this past week. Here's something I just hung up to dry, and grabbed a quick pic with my cell phone:

Davis Bayou, Gulf Islands National Seashore - Speed Graphic / 35mm fisheye / T-Max 100 / Pyrocat

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpeLMsOucP2MWf3Df2SjFY-OffZAHue-khmRnMFgaqVxVgpLk_HD7Cv3gUXWpwqAqZ_4qsJ4jNyM30qyIFP0WS9I-JLpliykoj662kNq2OMziG17RBsbeVwdgib-eoWnl5nfwXf8m7XvjTTSJ-XovpRsxb_S31zPJ173bsMjBrYBI7cR_Pq7fszM1/s900/davisbayouoct22.jpg

[xkaes]

The Mamiya 37mm was my initial plan, what with the shutter. But I had the Pentax already so went with it, for now.

The Mamiya not only benefits from a built-in Seiko shutter, but using filters on it is E-Z -- unlike most fisheyes. I'm not sure if this is true for all of the Mamiya 37mm lenses -- they made several versions -- but on my C 37mm (RB Pro-S era) there is a rear 40.5mm filter thread. With two step up rings, I can use any of my 55 or 77mm filters (my standards) -- even polarizers. (I still need to make some IR shots someday, though. :o)

And don't forget that with simple cropping you can make a FULL-FRAME 180° fisheye image -- which can be quite dramatic for certain subjects.

http://www.subclub.org/fujinon/gonefishin.pdf (http://www.subclub.org/fujinon/gonefishin.pdf)

[Corran]

Thanks y'all - I like the "little world" idea. Though it reminds me of the "little planet" images that were a big fad maybe ten years ago in the digital world, done by making a ton of images and stitched in photoshop into a sphere

xkaes, the Pentax has the usual fisheye filter set built-in, but not the rear filter thread. That's interesting, though perhaps not of much use other than the IR filter idea you mentioned (I tend to use R25 myself). I'm not sure what you mean by "full-frame 180 degree fisheye" in context of the 37mm vs my 35mm Pentax - that's exactly what I have here on 4x5 film (scanned and cropped square, of course). Perhaps you thought I meant a 35mm-film-sized fisheye but I mean the one for Pentax 67, 35mm focal length. As usual your website doesn't work - DNS errors on your end.

[Bill Poole]

Like!


Thanks 6x6 - I'm definitely going to try printing the symmetrical one.

And, I hope you all are still in the mood for some circular images :). I went on a short trip to Mississippi this past week. Here's something I just hung up to dry, and grabbed a quick pic with my cell phone:

Davis Bayou, Gulf Islands National Seashore - Speed Graphic / 35mm fisheye / T-Max 100 / Pyrocat

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpeLMsOucP2MWf3Df2SjFY-OffZAHue-khmRnMFgaqVxVgpLk_HD7Cv3gUXWpwqAqZ_4qsJ4jNyM30qyIFP0WS9I-JLpliykoj662kNq2OMziG17RBsbeVwdgib-eoWnl5nfwXf8m7XvjTTSJ-XovpRsxb_S31zPJ173bsMjBrYBI7cR_Pq7fszM1/s900/davisbayouoct22.jpg

[xkaes]

xkaes, the Pentax has the usual fisheye filter set built-in, but not the rear filter thread. That's interesting, though perhaps not of much use other than the IR filter idea you mentioned (I tend to use R25 myself). I'm not sure what you mean by "full-frame 180 degree fisheye" in context of the 37mm vs my 35mm Pentax - that's exactly what I have here on 4x5 film (scanned and cropped square, of course). Perhaps you thought I meant a 35mm-film-sized fisheye but I mean the one for Pentax 67, 35mm focal length. As usual your website doesn't work - DNS errors on your end.

I was unaware that the Pentax 35mm had filters built-in. That helps, but not with IR, of course. The R25 is the next best thing, but on my lenses that I can't use an IR filter, I combine an R25 with a X11 (green). Together they get rid of most of the visible light. http://www.subclub.org/gallery/laundry.htm (http://www.subclub.org/gallery/laundry.htm)

As to the "FULL-FRAME" format, as you know, the Pentax 35mm and Mamiya 37mm were designed as full-frame fisheyes (like the 15mm, 16mm & 17mm 35mm fisheyes), and adapting them to 4x5" makes them CIRCULAR fisheyes (like the 7mm, 7.5 & 8mm 35mm fisheyes). I was just pointing out that the 4x5" circular image with these lenses can be cropped to its original, rectangular 6x7 format -- it's still a 180° fisheye image, just FULL-FRAME, not CIRCULAR. Which to use? Depends on the subject and the photographer.

Happy shooting.

[Willie]

I was unaware that the Pentax 35mm had filters built-in. That helps, but not with IR, of course. The R25 is the next best thing, but on my lenses that I can't use an IR filter, I combine an R25 with a X11 (green). Together they get rid of most of the visible light. http://www.subclub.org/gallery/laundry.htm (http://www.subclub.org/gallery/laundry.htm)

As to the "FULL-FRAME" format, as you know, the Pentax 35mm and Mamiya 37mm were designed as full-frame fisheyes (like the 15mm, 16mm & 17mm 35mm fisheyes), and adapting them to 4x5" makes them CIRCULAR fisheyes (like the 7mm, 7.5 & 8mm 35mm fisheyes). I was just pointing out that the 4x5" circular image with these lenses can be cropped to its original, rectangular 6x7 format -- it's still a 180° fisheye image, just FULL-FRAME, not CIRCULAR. Which to use? Depends on the subject and the photographer.

Happy shooting.

If one gets a 47-75 wide angle for 4x5 will it give a full image circle on 5x7 or 8x10 film?

[xkaes]

If one gets a 47-75 wide angle for 4x5 will it give a full image circle on 5x7 or 8x10 film?

Any lens will give you a circular image if the film is larger than the image circle. BUT, the image will only be a fisheye if it is a non-rectilinear optic. For example, in 35mm format, you can have a 15mm full-frame fisheye with a 180° angle of view, and a 15mm full-frame rectilinear with a 110° angle of view. The difference -- besides the angle of view -- is mainly that one produces straight lines as straight, the other, as curved.

So if you like circular images, the world is your oyster -- but there's no need to buy new lenses or a larger format camera! Just put a narrow lens hood on whatever wide-angle lens you have.

[John Layton]

...but to get the "little world" effect a true fisheye is much more effective!

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52269440548_59bfce2271_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nCSxCQ)Great Sand Dunes Ntl Monument SW Colorado 1992 (https://flic.kr/p/2nCSxCQ) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Sunrise at the Great Sand Dunes National Monument SW Colorado late 1980s. 4x5 Sinar Norma, HP5 (not +) PMK+ dev 90mm F8 Norma Super Angulon. Norma Yellow Glass FIlter, 8x10 Foma fibre paper Dektol developer. Omega DII Omegalite head 180mm black Rodagon.

What a lovely experience this was. Quite a long hike to get to this spot. Who says you can't use Monorail View Cameras in the field? :)

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52266296092_837df09deb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nCAqU5)Cuyahoga Falls 8x10 HP5 PMK 240 Symmar Ektalure R (https://flic.kr/p/2nCAqU5) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Late 1980s Cuyahoga Falls 8x10 Sinar Norma 240 Symmar HP5 (not +) PMK+ Ektalure 8x10 print Ektanol Print Developer. Using a lot of tilt correction. Focus on the far, then tilt until the near is sharp.

[Vaughn]

Interesting image, Daniel! The way you focused seems to have enlarged the foreground relative to the rest of the image -- giving us a place to stand and look across the water.

[Daniel Unkefer]

Thanks Vaughn! :)

[Corran]

I was just pointing out that the 4x5" circular image with these lenses can be cropped to its original, rectangular 6x7 format -- it's still a 180° fisheye image, just FULL-FRAME, not CIRCULAR. Which to use? Depends on the subject and the photographer.

Ah, I understand what you mean now. I did notice the 35mm Pentax barely covers the nominal 6x7 image size.

Here's a sheet of Velvia 50 I developed last night, from way back in June. It was agonizing waiting for a family to get out of my frame. I specifically avoided where they were, taking family snapshots, to stay out of their frame. And then just as I got ready to shoot they looked right at me and walked into my shot. They wandered around for almost 30 minutes before finally moving behind the tufa enough for me to bang out a quick color image. The light went from sunset reds to blue post-sunset but there was nothing to do but wait, unless I wanted 4-5 random folks in the midground

Blue Hour at Mono Lake
Shen-Hao 4x5, Nikkor 90mm f/8

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEpIV0geDqhaGgQtX4Q8JFsJOIX-ezErTh6LpZJ4r46yCT1wfMa7Cdrgh__C810Nr7QYAlKoY_roZ3-e2zhVwhEXIq_BWBtcBAESgivPP_DMLDASPuLC6MQ5RUYyFgaa2cVcV6N17yhZ2ODcoHk8PcnVHYM2dCcwQqz0aAKmJ-Shsps4KsVxVH5bq/s1000/roadtrip-0697s.jpg

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52435012271_cc2f8c22ae_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nTv9kH)Old Man's Cave Falls (https://flic.kr/p/2nTv9kH) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Old Man's Cave Falls 8x10 Sinar Norma 240mm Norma Symmar, 8x10 HP5 (not +) D76 1:1 fibre 8x10 print Fortezo Dektol

[newtorf]

I feel your pain!


Ah, I understand what you mean now. I did notice the 35mm Pentax barely covers the nominal 6x7 image size.

Here's a sheet of Velvia 50 I developed last night, from way back in June. It was agonizing waiting for a family to get out of my frame. I specifically avoided where they were, taking family snapshots, to stay out of their frame. And then just as I got ready to shoot they looked right at me and walked into my shot. They wandered around for almost 30 minutes before finally moving behind the tufa enough for me to bang out a quick color image. The light went from sunset reds to blue post-sunset but there was nothing to do but wait, unless I wanted 4-5 random folks in the midground

Blue Hour at Mono Lake
Shen-Hao 4x5, Nikkor 90mm f/8

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEpIV0geDqhaGgQtX4Q8JFsJOIX-ezErTh6LpZJ4r46yCT1wfMa7Cdrgh__C810Nr7QYAlKoY_roZ3-e2zhVwhEXIq_BWBtcBAESgivPP_DMLDASPuLC6MQ5RUYyFgaa2cVcV6N17yhZ2ODcoHk8PcnVHYM2dCcwQqz0aAKmJ-Shsps4KsVxVH5bq/s1000/roadtrip-0697s.jpg

[Maross396]

231878 Abandoned Air Force Space surveillance system known as "Space Fence" Wisner 4x5 Delta100 XTol

[John Layton]

Ha! Years ago I had a similar "interference" issue at Mono Lake...and while I always try to respect the rights of others to move freely about areas in which I'm otherwise attempting to make photographs, in that particular instance it became obvious to me that the culprit was truly attempting to hinder my work - and after I called him on this he reluctantly walked off in a huff! (hmmm...maybe my camera was bigger than his :confused:)

[Michael R]

231878 Abandoned Air Force Space surveillance system known as "Space Fence" Wisner 4x5 Delta100 XTol

Very nice, and an interesting subject.

[xkaes]

Ha! Years ago I had a similar "interference" issue at Mono Lake...and while I always try to respect the rights of others to move freely about areas in which I'm otherwise attempting to make photographs, in that particular instance it became obvious to me that the culprit was truly attempting to hinder my work - and after I called him on this he reluctantly walked off in a huff! (hmmm...maybe my camera was bigger than his :confused:)

I've mainly had the opposite experience where people don't want to walk in front of my camera -- not realizing that: #1 - I've already taken the picture or #2 - It's going to take me at least 15 minutes to set everything up. So I have to assure them that "Everything is OK!".

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52437649805_f393407d81_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nTJEor)Rocky Mountain National Park 1992 (https://flic.kr/p/2nTJEor) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

4x5 Sinar Norma 240mm F9 Norma Apo Ronar Norma Yellow Glass Disc HP5 D76 1:1 8x10 fibre Fortezo Dektol.

[Vaughn]

I've mainly had the opposite experience where people don't want to walk in front of my camera -- not realizing that: #1 - I've already taken the picture or #2 - It's going to take me at least 15 minutes to set everything up. So I have to assure them that "Everything is OK!".

Same here -- or it is a long enough exposure they are not going to show up unless they decide to sit awhile and contemplate their navels.

This image was improved by two ladies enjoying the fall from the log near the water by making me wait until they left...the light got even better.

[xkaes]

Nice shot!!!

[Vaughn]

As they say, some people are like clouds; the day brightens up when they leave...

[xkaes]

I think the "some people" you are referring to are largely "in-laws".

[SergeyT]

I've mainly had the opposite experience where people don't want to walk in front of my camera -- not realizing that: #1 - I've already taken the picture or #2 - It's going to take me at least 15 minutes to set everything up. So I have to assure them that "Everything is OK!".

And me too.

And the more pictures I take the less I am stressed about "lost opportunities" due to someone walking into "my" scene. What works : avoiding places where everyone else goes or going there during the times when not many come (early mornings and off-seasons are the best still):)

[Corran]

Nice image Vaughn.

To be fair, I generally don't have issues with folks coming into my shot. At worst, folks are in the shot while I set up, and I expect they'll be leaving soon, so I wait till this happens. This was a bit more...deliberate, it seemed, but it is what it is. I almost walked over and asked them to move slightly behind a tufa for a few minutes but didn't.

Anyway, I also shot this sheet, whilst specifically avoiding the area they were using (that's the thing - I was at least trying to stay out of their family photo shoot!). Same setup.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2kjwIHXvPX3Xj6l6oGq4-tztVHJPsUVv5gFD4-gYsA5HunwZaT3UyE99lVmVwS8mTp2JcA1rZR0NLOGbyrBRl0RdLp0B3eORsVrrTd9QkgNxTZU75Rij1YZenTpW5RXbTGV35c6v4pzi0yUmO3Kq7xR1cDSPWjzT3ym6e3hxjOmbH-97AQTfXshL/s900/roadtrip-0698s.jpg

[Vaughn]

Great, Bryan!

[Martin Aislabie]

Simply lovely Vaughn.

Martin

[Vaughn]

Thanks, Martin -- my first negative has the fall centered -- but fortunately I did not stop there.

[h2oman]

Thanks, Martin -- my first negative has the fall centered -- but fortunately I did not stop there.

My wife and I listened to an interesting podcast recently, about being able to see other peoples' points of view. They featured a first grade teacher who had his students draw a picture of their home. He then asked them to draw three more, all different, to try to get them to look at things differently. I was thinking "I need to do that when I photograph!"

After that, he had the students constructively critique each others' drawings as well.

[Alan Klein]

Nice image Vaughn.

To be fair, I generally don't have issues with folks coming into my shot. At worst, folks are in the shot while I set up, and I expect they'll be leaving soon, so I wait till this happens. This was a bit more...deliberate, it seemed, but it is what it is. I almost walked over and asked them to move slightly behind a tufa for a few minutes but didn't.

Anyway, I also shot this sheet, whilst specifically avoiding the area they were using (that's the thing - I was at least trying to stay out of their family photo shoot!). Same setup.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2kjwIHXvPX3Xj6l6oGq4-tztVHJPsUVv5gFD4-gYsA5HunwZaT3UyE99lVmVwS8mTp2JcA1rZR0NLOGbyrBRl0RdLp0B3eORsVrrTd9QkgNxTZU75Rij1YZenTpW5RXbTGV35c6v4pzi0yUmO3Kq7xR1cDSPWjzT3ym6e3hxjOmbH-97AQTfXshL/s900/roadtrip-0698s.jpg

Is the sky so blue because of no center filter or a polarizer? Nice shot.

[Corran]

Thanks Alan. I probably used a pol here. The sun was set but the sky in the upper right is still illuminated I guess (civil twilight) making it brighter. If on b&w film I could probably burn it down. On a print of this I might consider dodging the darker blue sky a bit.

[Martin Aislabie]

My wife and I listened to an interesting podcast recently, about being able to see other peoples' points of view. They featured a first grade teacher who had his students draw a picture of their home. He then asked them to draw three more, all different, to try to get them to look at things differently. I was thinking "I need to do that when I photograph!"

After that, he had the students constructively critique each others' drawings as well.

FWIW, I have over the last couple of years changed my approach to landscape photography.

I have stopped just taking one photograph of a subject but to approach it more like a portrait session - spend a lot longer taking many more shots of a single chosen subject from different perspectives and different compositions using different lenses as necessary.

It means I end up with a range of shots of the subject to choose from.

YMMV

Martin

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52458353906_7ce0a8b956_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nVyLZG)Frozen Cypress Swamp Dawes Arbor (https://flic.kr/p/2nVyLZG) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Frozen Cypress Swamp Dawes Arbor 4x5 Sinar Norma 90mm Norma Super Angulon HP5 D76 1:1 8x10 fibre print Fortezo #2 Dektol.

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 4.5/90, Heliopan CPL, Ektar 100.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52475336186_444eb52d82_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nX4PeC)Padley Gorge, early autumn. (https://flic.kr/p/2nX4PeC) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[Edison]

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Lake Okonoka, Detroit, MI
Fuji HR-U
150mm

[Alan Klein]

Nice shot Gabe. Is it a little dark to me. I have a monitor calibrated to sRGB. You say you color correct based on Adobe. But the internet uses sRGB. So could the conversion defeat your calibration?

Histogram seems a little on the dark side.
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[Gabe]

Nice shot Gabe. Is it a little dark to me. I have a monitor calibrated to sRGB. You say you color correct based on Adobe. But the internet uses sRGB. So could the conversion defeat your calibration?

Histogram seems a little on the dark side.
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Thanks Alan. Adobe RGB vs sRGB won't have any noticeable affect on the image histogram.

The image is purposefully somewhat dark, which matches my recollection of the conditions at the time. Bear in mind this was fairly late on an overcast day in October, and also the subject is in a heavily wooded gorge. Viewing it on a white background doesn't help though. Better to view it fullscreen on black.

[Ulophot]

Edison, that's superb.

[Ulophot]

Lovely, Gabe.

[h2oman]

+1

I'm kind of with Alan, but it is up to you to render the scene as you see fit.

Great composition - I know from personal experience that photographing groups of trees is NOT like shooting fish in a barrel, although it seems it should be...

[Edison]

Edison, that's superb.

Thanks!

[Hugo Zhang]

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Lake Okonoka, Detroit, MI
Fuji HR-U
150mm

Very lovely!

[Gabe]

Lovely, Gabe.


+1

I'm kind of with Alan, but it is up to you to render the scene as you see fit.

Great composition - I know from personal experience that photographing groups of trees is NOT like shooting fish in a barrel, although it seems it should be...

Thanks both.

[Gabe]

In the cold light of day I realised you guys were right. It was too dark. That's what happens when you edit late at night when you're tired. I've replaced the original with a half stop brighter version.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50823673491_d70718234c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kr7BsB)Abandoned Orchard Apple Tree HRU Maki 210 Heliar (https://flic.kr/p/2kr7BsB) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

n my neighborhood there are remnants of the apple orchard that stretched for a good distance many decades ago. At the back of my property is one of the original trees, now gone wild.

Plaubel Makiflex Standard, 210mm Makiflex Auto Iris Heliar, Fuji XRAY HRU 4x5" cut from 8x10. Grafmatic Film Back, Sinar 103mm Glass Disc Yellow Green. 1/15 at F5.6 Legacy Mic-X 18 minutes at 60C. Aristo #2 8x10 Omega DII Omegalite Diffusion Head Multigrade dev

[Robert Langham]

5X7 in Utah. This was one of my images in Guggenheim portfolio.

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[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Scheider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Heliopan CPL, Lee 0.6H GND, Portra 400.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52479594988_a416637412_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nXrDef)A Wind on the Heath (https://flic.kr/p/2nXrDef) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[Alan Klein]

Nice photo Gabe. It looks about a stop too dark.

[Martin Aislabie]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Scheider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Heliopan CPL, Lee 0.6H GND, Portra 400.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52479594988_4c309256f4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nXrDef)A Wind on the Heath (https://flic.kr/p/2nXrDef) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

Very lovely

Where is it ?

Martin

[Gabe]

Nice photo Gabe. It looks about a stop too dark.

Thanks Alan. I tend to favour a slightly darker rendering of images than most, but again I think that in staring at the image for hours I had lost perspective slightly. I sometimes fall foul of posting images immediately, when leaving and coming back to them with fresh eyes might benefit. A whole extra stop is too much IMO, but I have tweaked it up about a half stop again and replaced the original. I get the feeling that my method of inverting colour negs artificially depresses the mid-tones in order to avoid clipping, which then needs compensating for to varying degrees.

Another possible factor is your monitor's output may be set too dark. This is the problem with digital presentation; everyone's screens are different.


Very lovely

Where is it ?

Martin

Thanks Martin. It's on Owler Tor in the Peak District.

[Salmo22]

Wonderful image Robert. I’ve always enjoyed your ‘shadowscapes’ and admired your exceptional capacity to see these projected forms and resulting compositions. Congratulations on your Guggenheim Fellowship.


5X7 in Utah. This was one of my images in Guggenheim portfolio.

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[Edison]

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Fuji HR-U
D76 1:6 12 minutes

[Christo.Stankulov]

Linhof Master TEchnika Classic
Apo-Sironar S 150
FP4+ Ilford

Bid'a Parc - Bidart, NOV. 2022
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[Alan Klein]

Thanks Alan. I tend to favour a slightly darker rendering of images than most, but again I think that in staring at the image for hours I had lost perspective slightly. I sometimes fall foul of posting images immediately, when leaving and coming back to them with fresh eyes might benefit. A whole extra stop is too much IMO, but I have tweaked it up about a half stop again and replaced the original. I get the feeling that my method of inverting colour negs artificially depresses the mid-tones in order to avoid clipping, which then needs compensating for to varying degrees.

Another possible factor is your monitor's output may be set too dark. This is the problem with digital presentation; everyone's screens are different.



Thanks Martin. It's on Owler Tor in the Peak District.

Eye fatigue is a problem. We adapt to what we look at for too long. One check is to view the histogram. If you do that, you can readily see the right space is empty.

[Gabe]

One check is to view the histogram. If you do that, you can readily see the right space is empty.

I do routinely check the histograms when editing, but I also only treat them as a guide rather than gospel. Depending on the nature of the scene, the "correct" rendering can often produce histograms which are far from evenly weighted.

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/sheet0503.jpg

River Vapst, northern Sweden close to the Norwegian border.
Eastman 2-D 5x7, Angulon 165/6.8, Fomapan400

[Martin Aislabie]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/sheet0503.jpg

River Vapst, northern Sweden close to the Norwegian border.
Eastman 2-D 5x7, Angulon 165/6.8, Fomapan400

Yet another wonderful shot.
Really like the progression in o the mist of the hills in the background.
Martin

[ericantonio]

Linhof Master TEchnika Classic
Apo-Sironar S 150
FP4+ Ilford

Bid'a Parc - Bidart, NOV. 2022
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Lovely. Like a movie still.

[Robert Opheim]

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75mm Grandagon f22 1/8 second Tri-X D-76 4x5 Technikardan - Oregon Coast

[martin-f5]

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Schauinsland, Freiburg, Germany

Zone VI, Yashinon 127
Fomapan 100

[CreationBear]

That looks like perfect landscape weather conditions, Martin :); I hope you get some nice prints from this one.

[Alan Klein]

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Schauinsland, Freiburg, Germany

Zone VI, Yashinon 127
Fomapan 100

I like your style, Martin. Well done. Alan.

[martin-f5]

That looks like perfect landscape weather conditions, Martin :); I hope you get some nice prints from this one.

that's my next step with this, but there are so many chances to go up there next weeks that I can't stop capturing more and more.

[martin-f5]

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Same day, same camera and film

[Gabe]

Lovely work Martin.

[Ulophot]

Martin, a lovely composition and print.

[Joe O'Hara]

that's my next step with this, but there are so many chances to go up there next weeks that I can't stop capturing more and more.

It looks cold! Good picture.

[Alex Menkov]

4x5, super angulon 90/5,6 , velvia 50/

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52341975072_0f500e8ae4_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nKhiC5)img 59094 (https://flic.kr/p/2nKhiC5) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alex-meshera/), on Flickr

[jtomasella]

4x5, super angulon 90/5,6 , velvia 50/

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52341975072_0f500e8ae4_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nKhiC5)img 59094 (https://flic.kr/p/2nKhiC5) by Alex Menkov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alex-meshera/), on Flickr

Russia is such a beautiful country. I follow a photographer on Instagram from there (bonuseventus).

[Jim Noel]

I wouldn't want it any brighter.

[Alex Menkov]

Thank you very much!! Although I can only photograph a small area.

[Califmike33]

Woodyman 4x5, Fujinon 150 mm, Fomapan 200

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51907249684_7cbe8aeea0_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n5SdUL)

Very nice shot indeed.

[Ulophot]

Well done, Califmike.

[FrancisR]

Very nice shot indeed.

Thank you Califmike !

[RenoAmiens]

French alps
Intrepid 4x5 MK4
SuperAngulon 90mmf8
Home modified holder to shoot 2 1/2 size one 1 sheet
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52549686973_e121bcc2ed_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2o4CT8K)plan lachat (https://flic.kr/p/2o4CT8K) by renaud henry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/renohenry/), sur Flickr

[h2oman]

Nice use of the format!

[FrancisR]

Well done Renaud !

[Alan Klein]

French alps
Intrepid 4x5 MK4
SuperAngulon 90mmf8
Home modified holder to shoot 2 1/2 size one 1 sheet
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52549686973_e121bcc2ed_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2o4CT8K)plan lachat (https://flic.kr/p/2o4CT8K) by renaud henry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/renohenry/), sur Flickr

Nice shot. Did you use a filter?

[RenoAmiens]

Nice shot. Did you use a filter?

Thank you Alan, I probably did use a orange filter.