Large Format Landscapes

[Matus Kalisky]

One from french Jura taken on the last day of my business trip - just before heading home to Germany. I found a few hours to visit a smaller ski centrum close to where our experiment is located. I had no skis so I just walked - made a lot of people wondering what is that guy with a big backpack doing there :-)

I used Tachi with Osaka 400/8 and Fuji Pro160s. I also used recently acquired lens hood just to find out that it vignettes in the very corners. Given the weather (hazy) a BW film with orange or red filter would have been a better solution. Scanned with microtek F1.

I just wanted to get the view of the distant Alps when these few skiers appeared - apparently waiting for the rest of the group. I think they improved my composition a lot.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4617337914_91e17fee8f_o.jpg

[Brian Ellis]

One from french Jura taken on the last day of my business trip - just before heading home to Germany. I found a few hours to visit a smaller ski centrum close to where our experiment is located. I had no skis so I just walked - made a lot of people wondering what is that guy with a big backpack doing there :-)

I used Tachi with Osaka 400/8 and Fuji Pro160s. I also used recently acquired lens hood just to find out that it vignettes in the very corners. Given the weather (hazy) a BW film with orange or red filter would have been a better solution. Scanned with microtek F1.

I just wanted to get the view of the distant Alps when these few skiers appeared - apparently waiting for the rest of the group. I think they improved my composition a lot.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4617337914_91e17fee8f_o.jpg

You did a great job with the snow. There's such a fine line between getting the tone right but losing the texture and vice versa. Also an excellent composition I think and I agree, the skiers make it a very different but to me more interesting photograph than it would have been without them. I don't know why things like that don't happen to me. If I had been making the photograph a big old snow plow would have driven over the ridge, messed up the snow, and then parked. : - )

[D. Bryant]

You did a great job with the snow. There's such a fine line between getting the tone right but losing the texture and vice versa. Also an excellent composition I think and I agree, the skiers make it a very different but to me more interesting photograph than it would have been without them.

Ditto what Brian said. You've transformed this shot from just yet another technically perfect picture postcard like shot to one that creates a human interest aspect to a beautiful natural backdrop.

Your tonal palette is super!

Don Bryant

[Colin Graham]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4653496533_b8261d53c9_b.jpg

Alders, Olympic NP. 5x12/300mm 4.5 xenar opened up

[dlin]

Alders, Olympic NP. 5x12/300mm 4.5 xenar opened up

Just gorgeous, Colin.

Best,
Daniel

[gevalia]

Just starting to post process negatives from my April vacation. This is the 1st and while its just a snappy, Im glad that the wind (gusts to 60mph) and clouds blew in to reduce the haze. Having lived in AZ for 2 years a while back, I never had the time to make it to the canyon.

http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/img548finalweb/883900368_LeT9a-XL.jpg

[jim kitchen]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4653496533_b8261d53c9_b.jpg

Alders, Olympic NP. 5x12/300mm 4.5 xenar opened up


Dear Colin,

Such a beautiful image... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[mandoman7]

Extremely nice, Colin

[Jan Pedersen]

Very nice Colin, Good to see your work again. And you found a 300 Xenar :)

jan

[Ken Lee]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4653496533_b8261d53c9_b.jpg

Il poeta è tornato !

The poet is has returned !

[gevalia]

Moments before a storm along I285 in Colorado.

http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/img550finalbook/884657084_TcWRv-X2.jpg

[Colin Graham]

Many thanks for the generous comments, quite an honor.

[al olson]

A superb panoramic, Colin. I am especially drawn to the excellent detail in the foreground and the texture of the trees. It nicely complements the branches over the water.

Beautiful snow scene, Matus. The nearly silhouetted skiers balance the blacks from the trees. It really pulls my eye into the picture. Great snow texture. I like the way the snow in the foreground balances with the haze of the distant peaks.

[mandoman7]

...
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

Jim,

As I'm another admirer of the tonality you're getting for your clouds, I'm curious as to what method of calibration you're using to make TMY negs fit your to the 750? I have your well written pdf on xtol w/tmy...

[bbarna]

Huang Shan, Chamonix 45N, Schenider 135/5,6, FP4

[jim kitchen]

Jim,

I'm curious as to what method of calibration you're using to make TMY negs fit your to the 750...

Dear mandoman,

Thank you for your comments... :)

My negatives are not truly calibrated to the 750, since they are black and white negatives, other than what I achieved while recalibrating my TMY-2 dilutions with XTOL to produce lower densities that allowed me to reduce the inherent artefacts in the denser highlights, and where the thinner negatives allowed me to obviously extend the lower density capture.

I found that the Epson 750 and the 700 are surprisingly good digital devices with large format negatives, especially 8X10 negatives, but they still fail miserably with tricky delicate important shadow details, whether the negative is 8X10 or not. I have yet to see a well crafted drum scan fail with any shadow detail that may be present within my negatives. I am not a fan of blocked shadow details, and I cringe when I see large blocked shadows present in an image, and although their effect can be effectively reduced with the careful use of a rubber stamp tool method, as stated earlier by Ken Lee in a separate post, the effect happens to be only as good as the author's skill sets.

The reduced TMY-2 development times and the reduced XTOL solution strength opened several doors for me, and allowed me to explore and, or extend several darkroom techniques within Photoshop, where it seems that the Epson 700 series scanners enjoy the thinner negatives, and it seems that the Epson software does not become super saturated with a large dynamic range, which leads me to believe that the scanner's software is partially responsible for the annoying blocked shadow details, and the annoying artefacts within the highlights. I would liken the saturation level to a buffer overload, and the lack of warnings to that effect. I could be terribly wrong with my statement, but there was a significant reduction in blocked shadow details and highlighted artefacts going forward, while scanning the thinner negatives.

I should qualify that statement, because I also believe you are at the mercy of each scanner's inherent characteristics, and although they are different, you must adjust my earlier stated development TMY-2 and XTOL development times to accommodate your own equipment's natural characteristics.

There are a few excellent scanning techniques available on the net, and after scanning techniques that produce a grey scale image, but I decided to develop my own after scanning approach to mimic my learned darkroom techniques as taught by other master printers, while using the negative's captured information. I don't think my scanning approach is better, but the after scanning process that I use surely gets me to where I want to be with immediate effect, compared to not. The clouds that you speak to are handled effectively with proper masking and detailed isolated gamma control, where my digital approach to voluminous dramatic cloud cover is not different from my darkroom approach. The effect you see within the clouds happens to be what I would do in the darkroom, using various developer strength techniques, multiple developers, bleaching techniques, and good old fashioned dodging and burning, but I now apply various tools and procedures to mimic those darkroom techniques within Photoshop to achieve the same result, while using several controlled masking layers. I do not dodge and burn in Photoshop, and my files are always north of 10GB with the masking layers, and I save the files as Large Format Documents.

I hope this long winded comment helps...

jim k

[David Hedley]

Just blowing the dust off some negatives from the archives - this is from the Japanese northern alps;
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/4650344441_50c9d7d491_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Fujinon 90mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

In the same location, I'm not sure if I would take the same picture today - part of me thinks I might, another part thinks not.

[mrladewig]

Spring Evening, Garden of the Gods

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2750-1/45_FP160C_20100601_002_sm.jpg

Fuji 125-NW, Fuji Pro160C, f32, 1/8, 3 stop hard GND

[mandoman7]

Dear mandoman,

Thank you for your comments... :)

My negatives are not truly calibrated to the 750, since they are black and white negatives, other than what I achieved while recalibrating my TMY-2 dilutions with XTOL to produce lower densities that allowed me to reduce the inherent artefacts in the denser highlights, and where the thinner negatives allowed me to obviously extend the lower density capture.

I found that the Epson 750 and the 700 are surprisingly good digital devices with large format negatives, especially 8X10 negatives, but they still fail miserably with tricky delicate important shadow details, whether the negative is 8X10 or not. I have yet to see a well crafted drum scan fail with any shadow detail that may be present within my negatives. I am not a fan of blocked shadow details, and I cringe when I see large blocked shadows present in an image, and although their effect can be effectively reduced with the careful use of a rubber stamp tool method, as stated earlier by Ken Lee in a separate post, the effect happens to be only as good as the author's skill sets.

The reduced TMY-2 development times and the reduced XTOL solution strength opened several doors for me, and allowed me to explore and, or extend several darkroom techniques within Photoshop, where it seems that the Epson 700 series scanners enjoy the thinner negatives, and it seems that the Epson software does not become super saturated with a large dynamic range, which leads me to believe that the scanner's software is partially responsible for the annoying blocked shadow details, and the annoying artefacts within the highlights. I would liken the saturation level to a buffer overload, and the lack of warnings to that effect. I could be terribly wrong with my statement, but there was a significant reduction in blocked shadow details and highlighted artefacts going forward, while scanning the thinner negatives.

I should qualify that statement, because I also believe you are at the mercy of each scanner's inherent characteristics, and although they are different, you must adjust my earlier stated development TMY-2 and XTOL development times to accommodate your own equipment's natural characteristics.

There are a few excellent scanning techniques available on the net, and after scanning techniques that produce a grey scale image, but I decided to develop my own after scanning approach to mimic my learned darkroom techniques as taught by other master printers, while using the negative's captured information. I don't think my scanning approach is better, but the after scanning process that I use surely gets me to where I want to be with immediate effect, compared to not. The clouds that you speak to are handled effectively with proper masking and detailed isolated gamma control, where my digital approach to voluminous dramatic cloud cover is not different from my darkroom approach. The effect you see within the clouds happens to be what I would do in the darkroom, using various developer strength techniques, multiple developers, bleaching techniques, and good old fashioned dodging and burning, but I now apply various tools and procedures to mimic those darkroom techniques within Photoshop to achieve the same result, while using several controlled masking layers. I do not dodge and burn in Photoshop, and my files are always north of 10GB with the masking layers, and I save the files as Large Format Documents.

I hope this long winded comment helps...

jim k


Thanks for taking the time to explain your methods, Jim. At the very least, you have offered confirmation that beautiful tonalities don't just happen by accident.:)

My take from your comments is that the scanner likes thinner negatives that have good shadow detail, and that a fair amount of masking is used in the highlight tones of the clouds, requiring an ability to work with large files (Not to mention a good working familiarity with your film/developer combination).

Its great to have the opportunity to see the work of a real craftsman, and to learn of his techniques like this.

[jim kitchen]

Dear John,

I apologize for forgetting your name, and I thank you for your comments, again… :)

Yes, I do extract information stored in the negative, and I try to transfer this information to a digital file with effect and purpose, but I do not succeed as often and, or as well as I would like, because I am still learning to transfer a few of my previous darkroom skill sets into Photoshop. The negative's information is there to print, and I try to learn through trial and error how best to extract that information effectively, while making the image look as natural as possible. Again, sometimes I am nearly successful, and other times I am busted, and my total restarted images can be as exhaustive as Carter's liver pills.

Dragging information out of a well formed negative happens to be fun...

Making the image look natural happens to be a difficult task, and a task that many user's abandon if it becomes too difficult and, or they abandon the drama because they do not understand a specific darkroom technique, or comparative digital technique to minimize the obvious miscarriage within the image. I am in that group too...

I managed to attend a few workshops through the Owens Valley packages several years ago, and during those workshops I learned how to place important shadow detail information onto the negative, I observed minor "light bulb" details presented by the image makers to use later, and I learned how to selectively extract and apply the negative's information into the final print, while obviously working in the darkroom. Transferring that information into the digital environment was, and still happens to be a very difficult task for me, because I do not always know the digital tool's boundaries, embedded within Photoshop, nor the strength of the digital tool's effect. Acquiring minor, but effective boundary knowledge takes time to accomplish, and although I still learn better procedures, or more effective procedures every other week, I am always amazed at the wonderful detailed macro, or micro control a user has within the lightroom environment, compared to the numerous discarded prints I produced in the darkroom, and the prohibitive associated cost with wasted, or discarded near perfect darkroom prints beside the pile of homemade tools on the darkroom bench. A good digital negative seems as though I saved money.

As a side note, I am asked to review other folks technical work periodically, and although I am not a critic, nor would I ever claim to be one, nor do I like criticizing another artist's interpretation, I can quickly see however, that they do not understand the required darkroom mechanics to produce an effective image, for whatever reason, because they are led to believe that what they captured is what they print, not what they captured, allows them to make a print. I know in a heartbeat what I want the final image to look like, especially when I view a potentially positive scene, or developing scene through a viewing card, so I endeavour to quickly capture the negative's information with purpose, process the negative with purpose, and extract the negative's information with purpose, while using several layered masks that contains the darkroom effect within each mask. I try to carefully place these selective masks, complete with their embedded darkroom effect, into certain areas of the final image to enhance the image's balance or drama, just as if I were toying with the image in a darkroom, where I must admit I believe I am more successful in the lightroom now, compared to my darkroom's past.

That said, everyone can produce an excellent image, knowing that the information happens to be present within the negative and digitally captured with effect, while having the acquired darkroom knowledge, combined with good transferred digital skill sets, and where they should be able to produce that near perfect image, today.

Lastly, I am preparing a series of weekend workshops for next year, where the workshops will be held up against Alberta's southwest foothills and mountains, conveniently located on a working ranch, and a local artist's retreat. The daytime activities and pleasant surroundings might overwhelm a few of the participant's spouses, whether they attend the extracurricular activities or not, so be prepared to spend a few extra days in the local area if they do, and while you have fun too. My presentation should be ready by the end of the summer, but more likely the fall when all the associated costs are tabulated. Be prepared to ride on horseback and camp in the high mountain wilderness.

Again, thank you for your comments...

jim k

[Scott Walker]

Definately count me in for your workshops Jim.

[nray]

Alders, Olympic NP. 5x12/300mm 4.5 xenar opened up

This is just excellent! Wonderful image.

[Ezzie]

Definately count me in for your workshops Jim.

I only wish I was on the right side of the Atlantic. :(

[nray]

This is my 3rd attempt in the darkroom. Getting better I think.
TMY-2 1/8@f16 Caltar II-N 6.8/90mm HC110

Early morning just after sunrise, Michigan UP.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o131/nray53/scan243.jpg

[Vaughn]

I posted this in the Alt photo thread, but thought I'd cover my bases by posting it here, also...

A carbon print I made yesterday...

Chilnualna Creek, Yosemite National Park, 1995
f22 at 15 seconds
Kodak Copy Film (ASA 25)
HC-110, Dil.B, 70F for 7 minutes
Light bleaching of the negative to boast contrast

Enjoying all the images here very much!

Vaughn

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Free Range, 264 St West and 434 Ave West, Alberta Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10052301.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Another winner Jim. I think I want to move to Alberta...

[jon.oman]

This is my 3rd attempt in the darkroom. Getting better I think.
TMY-2 1/8@f16 Caltar II-N 6.8/90mm HC110

Early morning just after sunrise, Michigan UP.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o131/nray53/scan243.jpg

Black river?

Jon

[nray]

Black river?

Jon

No, the Menominee River, Piers Gorge. Separates Wis. and the UP.

[jim kitchen]

Another winner Jim. I think I want to move to Alberta...

Dear Jim,

Thank you for you kind words... :)

There happens to be plenty of room north of the 49th.

By the way, keep up your great images, too.

jim k

[jnantz]

just a vacant lot that i photograph from time to time
when i get my oil changed ...

[Donald Miller]

just a vacant lot that i photograph from time to time
when i get my oil changed ...

Really nice John, I like this a great deal.

[jnantz]

thanks don

im glad you like it

- john

[David Hedley]

just a vacant lot that i photograph from time to time
when i get my oil changed ...

What a beautiful image; may I ask about some of the technical details, how it is printed, and how big the final print is?

[jnantz]

hi david thanks for your nice comment ...

it is expired ilford delta 100 shot with a graflex slr.
i typically pull my film so this was over exposed probably by
4 or 5 stops, ( i shoot everything with this camera 1/15th + open ... this lens was @ 3.8 )
the film was processed in a strong caffenol c solution
cut with ansco 130 1:6 ... and i stand develop for about 20-30 mins
i haven't made the paper print yet but it will probably be barely enlarged,
or a contact print.
this is just a film scan, inverted.
the levels / contrast are barely tweaked ...

caffenol film tends to give great tonality and grain...
the film scans and prints with paper really nicely.

john

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Cloud Burst, North Northeast of Anchor D Ranch, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10051510.jpg

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great image, Jim.

Do you enlarge these photos on enlarger and fiberbase photographic paper, or you just use scanner and inkjet prints?

[Darren H]

Jim, those Cowboy Trail images are fantastic!

[36cm2]

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

Joel, just wanted to echo the great feedback you've received on your "2009 - A Photographic Year in Review." First Light and Winter Shadows are two of the most compelling images I've seen this year. Simply wonderful work.

Leo

[jim kitchen]

Great image, Jim.

Do you enlarge these photos on enlarger and fiberbase photographic paper, or you just use scanner and inkjet prints?

Dear Nana,

But first, gentlemen thank you for your comments... :)

My 8X10 negatives are scanned with either an Epson 750 and, or with a drum scanner, and where the drum scanner is put into service when the Epson fails to extract the shadow detail information properly from a keeper negative. I develop a digital negative from that file to produce a print, going forward...

I have three digital output processes that I use and that I trust, where the first happens to be a digital proof from an Epson printer that is in continuous service locally, and incorporates "ImagePrint" as the RIP. The second process is a Jon Cone print where Jon provided me with a fabulous curve to fit my images perfectly, and lastly through Bob Carnie at Elevator Digital, where we are now working together to produce a silver based image through his digital enlarger. The printed images are "what I see is what I get" when compared against my calibrated monitor. They process my digital negative file with great care, fabulous expertise, and without interruption.

As a side note, my darkroom disappeared a few years ago, once I made a decision to remove my family and myself from that environment with specific intent to remove my son from the minor effects it caused with his sensitive skin condition, and because I happen to have very limited ventilated space within my home.

jim k

[SamReeves]

Hanging arounda at the top of Castle Crags, California in October of 1998

Tachi 4x5 Field, Fujichrome Velvia.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CT45001018_3post.jpg

[Darren H]

Lake of the Clouds in the Michigan UP. Arca-Swiss 4x5 and Velvia


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4683285225_4af30a4b72.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

Lake of the Clouds in the Michigan UP. Arca-Swiss 4x5 and Velvia


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4683285225_4af30a4b72.jpg

Hi Darren,,

Nice shot. Porccupine mountains ,, I can almost see the glacier moving away

[tgtaylor]

Hanging arounda at the top of Castle Crags, California in October of 1998

Tachi 4x5 Field, Fujichrome Velvia.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CT45001018_3post.jpg

Great composition Same!


Lake of the Clouds in the Michigan UP. Arca-Swiss 4x5 and Velvia


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4683285225_4af30a4b72.jpg

Absolutely beautiful colors!

[jim kitchen]

Dear Sam,

Such a powerful viewpoint... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[mrladewig]

I tested some new films the other day, Ektar 100 being one of them.

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2761-1/45_EKTAR1_20100601_004.jpg

[David Hedley]

I tested some new films the other day, Ektar 100 being one of them. ]

Now that's really good - I like the range of light and brooding atmosphere.

[Darren H]

@Steve and tgtaylor

Thanks. Its easy to get a decent image when you have great color and overcast sky.

Great location for those in the midwest.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

But first, gentlemen thank you for your comments... :)

My 8X10 negatives are scanned with either an Epson 750 and, or with a drum scanner, and where the drum scanner is put into service when the Epson fails to extract the shadow detail information properly from a keeper negative. I develop a digital negative from that file to produce a print, going forward...

I have three digital output processes that I use and that I trust, where the first happens to be a digital proof from an Epson printer that is in continuous service locally, and incorporates "ImagePrint" as the RIP. The second process is a Jon Cone print where Jon provided me with a fabulous curve to fit my images perfectly, and lastly through Bob Carnie at Elevator Digital, where we are now working together to produce a silver based image through his digital enlarger. The printed images are "what I see is what I get" when compared against my calibrated monitor. They process my digital negative file with great care, fabulous expertise, and without interruption.

As a side note, my darkroom disappeared a few years ago, once I made a decision to remove my family and myself from that environment with specific intent to remove my son from the minor effects it caused with his sensitive skin condition, and because I happen to have very limited ventilated space within my home.

jim k

Thank you for your explanation, Jim.

I keep doing my photos on my darkroom but I don't know if I'm gonna doing that for much more time long. It's been hard to find affordable fiberbase paper and the power supplies on my Durst 5x7 and 6x9 enlargers are very old and sometimes they "sleep". I bought a second Durst 138S (the other one is a 139G with dichroic head) with condenser head wich is power supply free, but there will be hard to find lamps for it in a short future. It's getting hard, to enlarge photos, nowadays...

[mrladewig]

Thanks David. So far I'm liking Ektar better with the slower shooting styles of MF and LF than what I was getting with 35mm.

Mel-

[SamReeves]

Lake of the Clouds in the Michigan UP. Arca-Swiss 4x5 and Velvia


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4683285225_4af30a4b72.jpg

Holy freaking smokes. I thought Michigan could never be so scenic. :D Maybe I watch too many car chase movies in Detroit.


Great composition Sam!



Absolutely beautiful colors!


Dear Sam,

Such a powerful viewpoint... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

Thanks guys. It was a steep hike up to the top that day, but worth it to see it up close!


I tested some new films the other day, Ektar 100 being one of them.

http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2761-1/45_EKTAR1_20100601_004.jpg

Beautiful. I am going to have to get some myself when my Porta 160VC runs out.

[Darren H]

@Sam
Thanks! Yes, the UP has some nice areas. The Porkies are probably the best, biggest, and maybe only things in Michigan you might call a mountain. It sure is a nice location in that last week of September!

[dcypher]

My contribution... Not exactly a "classical landscape", but it's a landscape...

http://razorpix.co.uk/SnowyLandscape.jpg
Anniversary Speed Graphic + Aero Ektar 7", HP5+ in xtol 1+1

[jon.oman]

@Sam
Thanks! Yes, the UP has some nice areas. The Porkies are probably the best, biggest, and maybe only things in Michigan you might call a mountain. It sure is a nice location in that last week of September!

I lived about forty miles from the Porkies for about 20 years, but I only went there once. Long story, short day! Nice image of the lake.

Jon

[Mick Noordewier]

dcypher, what a cool photo.

[gevalia]

I cannot tell you how many times I have driven by this and marvelled. I just could not figure out how to shoot it. Well, I gave it a shot in April.


http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/img514fixedbook/895272887_Vajxd-XL-1.jpg

[h2oman]

I cannot tell you how many times I have driven by this and marvelled. I just could not figure out how to shoot it. Well, I gave it a shot in April.


http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/img514fixedbook/895272887_Vajxd-XL-1.jpg

Cool! Where is that? I feel like I should know...

[gevalia]

Cool! Where is that? I feel like I should know...

It's on route 24 between Hanksville and Capitol Reef NP in Utah. If this is your thing, you could spend weeks just on and off that stretch of road. The errosion patterns are amazing. And there are a few rivers flowing through and the cottonwoods blaze yellow in October.

[spkennedy3000]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4687862318_67e04c84a2_b.jpg
Schneider Xenotar 150mm f2.8 on Provia 100 Toyo VX125b.

[nray]

I cannot tell you how many times I have driven by this and marvelled. I just could not figure out how to shoot it. Well, I gave it a shot in April.

We drove by this area last fall and it was like a different planet. Really weird. The rock and rubble at the bottom are very dark. When I saw your photo I knew immediately where it was taken.

[h2oman]

Thanks Ron. I'll have to get by there someday.

[gevalia]

We drove by this area last fall and it was like a different planet. Really weird. The rock and rubble at the bottom are very dark. When I saw your photo I knew immediately where it was taken.

I agree. The amazing thing to me are the patterns. Miles and miles of mesas that have erroded. Each mesa seems to have a distinct errosion pattern that is duplicated all around its sides. Very cool at dusk.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



A Powerful Spring Snow Squall, Aldersyde, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050910.jpg

[Darren H]

Nice work everyone is right.

Playing around with B+W conversions of some Velvia chromes. Here is one from Big Bend National Park in far west Texas.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4688860885_f22e804a23.jpg

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great images, Jim and Darren.

Darren, I wish I colud see that image a bit larger...

[SamReeves]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



A Powerful Spring Snow Squall, Aldersyde, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050910.jpg

Oh Canada…just perfect Jim. Springrtime is skytime!

[Peter Mounier]

Here's a picture taken in the Alabama Hills, at the foot of Mt. Whitney. I like the textures and the tonality, but the jury in my head is still out on the composition. Maybe a horizontal view would be more pleasing to look at, but I think the jumbles of rock in the foreground would've been too discombobulating.
Any comments are welcome.

Peter

http://www.MorroBayGiclee.com/WhitneyGully.jpg

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7999/barragemdamarateca001.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/barragemdamarateca001.jpg/)
Kodak 2D 8x10, Nikkor W 210/5.6, Tmax 100, orange filter

[nray]

Here's a picture taken in the Alabama Hills, at the foot of Mt. Whitney. I like the textures and the tonality, but the jury in my head is still out on the composition. Maybe a horizontal view would be more pleasing to look at, but I think the jumbles of rock in the foreground would've been too discombobulating.
Any comments are welcome.

Peter

I like the vertical crop. I think I'd try a flip horizontally.

[Peter Mounier]

nray
Thanks for the comment. I tried a flip horizontally (in the privacy of my own home) at your suggestion, and perhaps it does look better that way. I hesitate to present it in public that way though because the recognizable geographical features (Lone Pine Peak and Mt. Whitney) would be out of place. I can't bring myself to mess around with mother nature in that way.

Peter

[Ezzie]

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7999/barragemdamarateca001.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/barragemdamarateca001.jpg/)
Kodak 2D 8x10, Nikkor W 210/5.6, Tmax 100, orange filter

Whow Nana. That's just brilliant, lovely composition, tones, the lot.

[Jim Cole]

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7999/barragemdamarateca001.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/barragemdamarateca001.jpg/)
Kodak 2D 8x10, Nikkor W 210/5.6, Tmax 100, orange filter

I love this one as well. I think I would have liked to see a little more space on the right, but that may have been impossible.

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Here's one from last weekend: Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 90mm f8, Tmax 100 in Xtol 1:1

Arch, Heavy Fog, Tettegouch State Park, Minnesota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/TettegoucheArchFog1-10.jpg

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Whow Nana. That's just brilliant, lovely composition, tones, the lot.

Thank you, Ezzie.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I love this one as well. I think I would have liked to see a little more space on the right, but that may have been impossible.

Thank you, Jim. It was possible but not very interesting.

[dsim]

@Joel: Wow!! What a gorgeous image. Love the mood you captured.

@Nana: As usual, outstanding.

@Jim: Love the depth and detail of your clouds.


Inspiring work by everyone. :)

[Darren H]

@Nana Another nice image.

@Joel You keep finding those fantastic midwest images! Kudos.

[rdenney]

Kodak 2D 8x10, Nikkor W 210/5.6, Tmax 100, orange filter

I wish I could see compositions with that kind of balance. All your images have such balance.

Rick "for whom something is always out of whack" Denney

[jim kitchen]

Dear Nana,

Again I must say, damn you are good... :)

jim k

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Thank you, guys.

[jim kitchen]

Here's one from last weekend...


Dear Joel,

Excellent balance, exposure, and image... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Here's one from last weekend: Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 90mm f8, Tmax 100 in Xtol 1:1

Arch, Heavy Fog, Tettegouch State Park, Minnesota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/truckyj/TettegoucheArchFog1-10.jpg

Beautifull...

[SamReeves]

Here's a picture taken in the Alabama Hills, at the foot of Mt. Whitney. I like the textures and the tonality, but the jury in my head is still out on the composition. Maybe a horizontal view would be more pleasing to look at, but I think the jumbles of rock in the foreground would've been too discombobulating.
Any comments are welcome.

Peter

http://www.MorroBayGiclee.com/WhitneyGully.jpg

Excellent stuff. Sometimes shooting into the sun is a good thing! :D

[jp]

first 4x5's processed with Caffenol-C. Used the recipe at http://www.digitaltruth.com/data/caffenol.php. 12 minutes at 72f for Efke pl 50 film, developed in a tray. No photoflow was mixed, so there are some water spots.

The tones on the negative are beautiful. It's not a thin negative, but scans really well. It's about average density with a little tiny bit of fog/stain/whatever you want to call it. I expect it will print well too.

It was a sunny summer afternoon with big clouds. Not an award winning composition, but I thought it was a good scene to test the film and developer. This is my computer center / tower / storage place I was visiting for work, and I just stopped in the driveway, got out the speed graphic and took two photos before reaching the parking area. speed graphic, stock optar.

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img194.jpg

I was not pleased with how grainy it is though. Is this the film or the developer/film combination? I would expect 50 speed film to be a little finer than this. I am accustomed to normally shooting TMY2/xtol, but tmax400 is not compatible with caffenol-c. Crop from 2400dpi scan:

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img194c.jpg

[Peter Mounier]

Excellent stuff. Sometimes shooting into the sun is a good thing! :D

Thank you Sam.

Peter

[EdWorkman]

If your face is that close to the print you are missing the picture- and if you are gonna see the picture, your face can't be that close. You got exquisite tones, you got all the detail a person can see, even if cropped to remove some distraction, say up to the eaves and off the left to get rid of the treetop above the eave line. So what would less grain get you? If you wanted only what's shown in the crop, use a longer lens. Try a composition that you THINK might need smaller grain and look at an appropriate size print from the appropriate viewing distance before you decide.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2738/carreirodejoanes002.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/i/carreirodejoanes002.jpg/)
Home made 4x5 P&S camera, Fomapan 100, Orange filter

[dsim]

Outstanding image Nana.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Thank you, dsim.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/4084/magoito001.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/magoito001.jpg/)
Linhof Technika IV, Schneider Super Angulon 65/8, Tmax 100, filtro laranja

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4202/guincho001.jpg (http://img227.imageshack.us/i/guincho001.jpg/)
Wista 45 DXII, Fuji SWD 90/5.6, Tmax 100, filtro vermelho

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7494/arcos001.jpg (http://img714.imageshack.us/i/arcos001.jpg/)
Linhof Technika IV, Schneider Super Angulon 65/8, Tmax 100, filtro laranja

[jnantz]

first 4x5's processed with Caffenol-C. Used the recipe at http://www.digitaltruth.com/data/caffenol.php. 12 minutes at 72f for Efke pl 50 film, developed in a tray. No photoflow was mixed, so there are some water spots.
...
I was not pleased with how grainy it is though. Is this the film or the developer/film combination? I would expect 50 speed film to be a little finer than this. I am accustomed to normally shooting TMY2/xtol, but tmax400 is not compatible with caffenol-c. Crop from 2400dpi scan:



i process old tmy in caffenol C all the time and i add a little print developer ( ansco 130 )
in there to boost the contrast a bit ...
they are a great combination ...
i guess i am someone that doesn't worry about grain, since it is part of film photography, so ... i embrace it ...

[jim kitchen]

Dear Nana,

There you go again... :)

I'll bet money that you are a frigging great musician too... !

Damn you are good.

jim k

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

There you go again... :)

I'll bet money that you are a frigging great musician too... !

Damn you are good.

jim k


LOLLLLLL :D

I've been playing tenor, alto and soprano sax for 30 years but I'm not so sure I can play it well enough.;)

I should have my own website as a musician and as a photographer but, I don't!!! Yet...

meanwhile, you can hear me playing soprano sax at my friend Miguel Braga (piano player) Webpage.
I'm playing with Miguel and brasilian singer Ivan Lins on the song "O meu ritual". You must wait a little bit so the songs appear on a window upper right.

http://www.myspace.com/miguelbraga

After you hear that, you will know I'm a better photographer than musician...:D

[RmFrase]

Texas Landscape just South of Fort Worth.

Shen-Hao 4x5
Fujinon 150mm
Kodak Tmax 100
Scanned on Epson V700
Orange Filter
Metered with Sekonic L758DR



http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1276/4695180208_1b189ff08c_b.jpg


-Robert

[jim kitchen]

Dear Nana,

Bravo, great music... :)

I could not do that.

Ditto, what I said before.

jim k

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Dear Nana,

Bravo, great music... :)

I could not do that.

Ditto, what I said before.

jim k

Thank you, Jim.

I'm sure you can do it if you want...;)

[jp]

i process old tmy in caffenol C all the time and i add a little print developer ( ansco 130 )
in there to boost the contrast a bit ...
they are a great combination ...
i guess i am someone that doesn't worry about grain, since it is part of film photography, so ... i embrace it ...

Thanks; I'll try a sheet sometime in that combination. Haven't mixed developers yet.

I'll have to do some more scientific comparisons regarding where the grain came from. I'd just have used MF or 35mm if I wanted big grain.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img074A.jpg
Massachusetts, USA
Shen Hao, 300mm Fujinon A
Yellow Filter + Polarizer
8x10 Ilford HP5+, Pyrocat HD

[Peter Mounier]

Everyday I'm astounded by the great photographs I see here. It keeps me coming back for more.
Thanks to everyone for sharing.

Peter

[jnantz]

off of tillinghast road

[jnantz]

Thanks; I'll try a sheet sometime in that combination. Haven't mixed developers yet.

I'll have to do some more scientific comparisons regarding where the grain came from. I'd just have used MF or 35mm if I wanted big grain.

i don't think you will like it with my additives,
caffenol isn't a fine grain developer ...

the only way to make it fine grain is to look from
a good viewing distance, or don't magnify a scan ...
then it is about as fine grained as you can get !

[dlin]

off of tillinghast road

That's beautiful, John.

All the best,
Daniel

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6492/arcos002.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/i/arcos002.jpg/)

Wista 45 DXII, Fuji SWD 90/5.6, Tmax 100, filtro 23A

[Ezzie]

Goodness grief Nana. How do you get that depth of field? Even if you do attain hyperfocal focusing from 1m to inifinity, the whole picture isn´t in absolute crisp focus, but this one seems to be. You and Jim make me want to divide my time between Alberta and the Iberian peninsular, just don´t tell the wife and kids...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Goodness grief Nana. How do you get that depth of field? Even if you do attain hyperfocal focusing from 1m to inifinity, the whole picture isn´t in absolute crisp focus, but this one seems to be. You and Jim make me want to divide my time between Alberta and the Iberian peninsular, just don´t tell the wife and kids...

You must do some tilt on the back or lens standard to achieve absolute DOF. Don't be afraid of stoping down the lens to f32, or f45 if you need it. This one was made with f64, wich is a bit radical but, I prefer to sacrifice a bit of optical quality and keep things in focus. This one it's printable in 16x20", not more than that.

As to locations, don't do that, if you walk through this location, you wouldn't even think about making a photo here, it's awful.
You have millions of places like this one all over the planet, you just have to "see" a spot, between ugly things.
This is one of the worst seashore spots in Portugal... it has a lot of garbage, ugly buildings around you, ugly beach and even wastewater, wich is what you see on the right of the image...

I think the "trick" is to make a pre-visualization in black & white, and see if it will "sound" good or not...

I teach Landscape Workshops and sometimes, I stop in a spot and ask my sudents if they like the place to make a shot. Usually, they all say that the place has nothing that really worth some effort and a piece of film. Then, I step out of the car and show them "the right angle". Then, they remember some picture I did there, and say: "incredible, I wouldn't give a dime for this place"!;)

This happens all the time...

[Daniel_Buck]

Arista 100 8x10, about 3 minute exposure with Velostigmat 12" f4.5, it was getting pretty dark out, had to focus with a flashlight.

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mojave_8x10_04.jpg

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mojave_8x10_05.jpg

[Scott --]

Wista 45 DXII, Fuji SWD 90/5.6, Tmax 100, filtro 23A

Good Lord, that's one of the greatest images I've ever seen.

[spkennedy3000]

Daniel Buck, love those...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1307/4698872399_b09fa19d49_b.jpg

Toyo vx-125b schneider 150mm f2.8 fuji provia 100 4x5".

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/438/lagoa001.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/i/lagoa001.jpg/)

Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider Super Angulon 47/5.6 XL, Rollei IR 400, 89b filter.

[jon.oman]

Nana, your images are just great!

Jon

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nana, your images are just great!

Jon

Thank you, Jon.

[mrladewig]

Daniel Buck, love those...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1307/4698872399_b09fa19d49_b.jpg

Toyo vx-125b schneider 150mm f2.8 fuji provia 100 4x5".

Quite an interesting play of colors, form and focus here Simon.

Mel-

[Patrick Dixon]

Toyo vx-125b schneider 150mm f2.8 fuji provia 100 4x5".

I like that. Nice to see something in a slightly different vein too.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5780/monserrate001.jpg (http://img811.imageshack.us/i/monserrate001.jpg/)

Wista 45 DXII, Nikkor W 150/5.6, Tmax 100, yellow filter.

[Rhemz]

Nana that is gorgeous.




This one was taken in the Fiordlands on the South Island, NZ. schneider 150mm, 4x5 provia 100f. cpl + 1-stop hard gnd.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1252/4604498691_bcbdd100c5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rczeien/4604498691/)

[Ken Lee]

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5780/monserrate001.jpg (http://img811.imageshack.us/i/monserrate001.jpg/)

Wista 45 DXII, Nikkor W 150/5.6, Tmax 100, yellow filter.

Isso é poesia !

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)


Nana, your waterfall image is absolutely superb.
Nicely done.


A recent image.

jim k



Mossleigh, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050909.jpg

[David Woods]

Nana that is gorgeous.




This one was taken in the Fiordlands on the South Island, NZ. schneider 150mm, 4x5 provia 100f. cpl + 1-stop hard gnd.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1252/4604498691_bcbdd100c5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rczeien/4604498691/)

awesome shot

[Marko]

Why don't we simply create a thread specifically for Jim, Nana, Joel, David, Ken and select few others to post their images, along with all the resulting praise so that the rest of us do not feel intimidated?

Or even better, forbid any praising of the mentioned gentlemen's work. Given the quality they present, praise should go without saying. Instead, let's speak up only in the unlikely event one of them delivers a less than excellent piece.

Seriously.

:)



Great images everyone... :)


Nana, your waterfall image is absolutely superb.
Nicely done.


A recent image.

jim k



Mossleigh, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10050909.jpg

[mdm]

Most farmers would not have been able to stand in that spot without pulling out the weed in the foreground. Bad, bad stuff but thankfully, now there is a biological control for Ragwort and one day we may be free of it.


Nana that is gorgeous.




This one was taken in the Fiordlands on the South Island, NZ. schneider 150mm, 4x5 provia 100f. cpl + 1-stop hard gnd.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1252/4604498691_bcbdd100c5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rczeien/4604498691/)

[JRFrench]

Why don't we simply create a thread specifically for Jim, Nana, Joel, David, Ken and select few others to post their images, along with all the resulting praise so that the rest of us do not feel intimidated?

Or even better, forbid any praising of the mentioned gentlemen's work. Given the quality they present, praise should go without saying. Instead, let's speak up only in the unlikely event one of them delivers a less than excellent piece.

Seriously.

:)

I was thinking something similar, not to sound like sour grapes, but it was getting a bit "flickr" in here, only one more step to start posting awards!

[mdm]

Bravo Maestro!

[Ezzie]

I was thinking something similar, not to sound like sour grapes, but it was getting a bit "flickr" in here, only one more step to start posting awards!

Praise should be given when deserved. The fact that there are some very good consistent contributors here is not a bad thing. Jim, Nana, Sam et al, also are very good at sharing their knowledge with us, which is even better.

[JRFrench]

Praise should be given when deserved. The fact that there are some very good consistent contributors here is not a bad thing. Jim, Nana, Sam et al, also are very good at sharing their knowledge with us, which is even better.

All good points, can't really argue.

[Ken Lee]

Why don't we simply create a thread specifically for Jim, Nana, Joel, David, Ken and select few others to post their images, along with all the resulting praise so that the rest of us do not feel intimidated?

Or even better, forbid any praising of the mentioned gentlemen's work. Given the quality they present, praise should go without saying. Instead, let's speak up only in the unlikely event one of them delivers a less than excellent piece.

Seriously.

:)

Why not ask them to share, on the subject of aesthetics ?

It's wonderful that we can share information about technique, but the next step, it seems to me, is to explore Aesthetics.

Ask them to politely critique your work.

Or, post one of your photos, and ask people how they would change it, crop it, tone it, etc. We learn a lot this way !

Or ask them what they think about some photos, not necessarily your own.

As an experiment, I have just started a thread called Critique Fest (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=63518). I'll be the guinea pig.

[Patrick Dixon]

Most farmers would not have been able to stand in that spot without pulling out the weed in the foreground. Bad, bad stuff but thankfully, now there is a biological control for Ragwort and one day we may be free of it.

My thoughts exactly. Horrible stuff!

[nray]

Why don't we simply create a thread specifically for Jim, Nana, Joel, David, Ken and select few others to post their images, along with all the resulting praise so that the rest of us do not feel intimidated?

Or even better, forbid any praising of the mentioned gentlemen's work. Given the quality they present, praise should go without saying. Instead, let's speak up only in the unlikely event one of them delivers a less than excellent piece.

Seriously.

:)

I hope this doesn't keep these folks from posting their wonderful images. I want to see them all. Please keep posting! Gives me something too shoot for. I love seeing all the images. I wouldn't mind even hearing a bit more of everyone's thinking/planning when making the shot, besides the obligatory film/lens etc.

[Vaughn]

I would love it if people would not copy the image they were praising into their post -- unless they are making a specific comment about something in the image. But this is just me being cranky from being up all night.

[D. Bryant]

I would love it if people would not copy the image they were praising into their post -- unless they are making a specific comment about something in the image. But this is just me being cranky from being up all night.

You have a valid point Vaughn, IMO.

Don

[spkennedy3000]

You have a valid point Vaughn, IMO.

Don

I agree...
Why do people do that anyway?

[Peter Mounier]

I agree...
Why do people do that anyway?

There can be many reasons why it's good to revisit an image after a comment is made about it. It doesn't have to be as big as the originally posted image though. A thumbnail would probably be good enough as a reminder. Or maybe a link to the original post with the image would be better. I've found myself looking for an image after a comment has been made about it, usually with success, but sometimes, after going back to the previous few pages without finding it, I give up.

Peter

[spkennedy3000]

There can be many reasons why it's good to revisit an image after a comment is made about it. It doesn't have to be as big as the originally posted image though. A thumbnail would probably be good enough as a reminder. Or maybe a link to the original post with the image would be better. I've found myself looking for an image after a comment has been made about it, usually with success, but sometimes, after going back to the previous few pages without finding it, I give up.

Peter

So have I, but looking through a thread with the same image appearing again and again is quite annoying. Especially when the image is quoted again the very next post.

[LF4Fun]

a simple numbering scheme would help a little.

[Vaughn]

If one clicks on the number of the post (upper right), that opens the post in a separate window -- then the web address can be copied and pasted into one's post to link directly to it.

If an image is several pages back, I can understand people copying the image into their posts -- but the reason it is probably several pages back is that others have copied images for no real reason. If folks had used a little restraint, we probably would be on page 65, not 165.

[Peter Mounier]

Vaughn
Good point, and thanks for the tip on posting a link to the image.

Peter

[Marko]

I hope this doesn't keep these folks from posting their wonderful images. I want to see them all. Please keep posting! Gives me something too shoot for. I love seeing all the images. I wouldn't mind even hearing a bit more of everyone's thinking/planning when making the shot, besides the obligatory film/lens etc.

I sincerely hope so too.

Just to make myself perfectly clear: I meant that as a true compliment to their image making skills and I definitely want to see and hear more from any and all of them.

What I had in mind was some sort of "Masters' Gallery" or perhaps "Masters' Corner"...

As for repeating the image in my quote, well, that happens when one hits the "Quote" button without cleaning up the generated quote. It was late and I was cranky too, you see, just like some of those who complained about it... ;) That's probably why my wording ended up so clumsy too.

[Heroique]

Just a little extra help for those who might be new to this game… :)

When you click “Quote” (so you can type a reply), the image part of the quote (not the words part of the quote) is indicated by the two bracketed codes: … . The image link is in-between.

If you wish not to re-post the image in your reply (but want to keep the poster’s words for reference), simply delete those two bracketed codes and what’s in-between. This prevents the image from reappearing, but keeps the words.

If later, someone reads your response, and wants to see the associated image that’s no longer there, they can click that blue arrow (in your quoted text, next to the quoted person’s name). I think that takes you to the initial image post, no matter “how far away” it is…

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Rhemz, Jim and Ken, thank you, very much

Rhemz, that field photo is fabulous.

Jim, another of your dramatic and beautifull skies...

[gevalia]

I got really wet that day.


http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/img614fixedweb/898560016_uwY9M-XL-1.jpg

[Darren H]

Nice images here every day. Thanks everyone for sharing and inspiring!

Here is one from Zion. Taken on Velvia, it was nice as color but it takes on a better life in monochrome.

Arca-Swiss Discovery 4x5, Nikon 75mm lens, Velvia

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4704226281_c47364233d.jpg

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Beautifull, Darren.

Here is one I made in 2003, when I sarted to shoot large format. Wista 45 DXII, Fujinon SWD 90/5.6, Tmax 100, polarizer + red filter.

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4462/arcos003.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/arcos003.jpg/)

[sergiob]

This a great thread. Inspiring images in here. I´ll share one I made recently.

Tree in fog. Tropical high altitude cloud forest in Colombia at 3400 mts. above sea level.
My humble barebones Cambo 45N with the Caltar 210 6,8 on FP4+ developed in Rodinal 1:50.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Cowboy Trail, Bottrel, Township Road 283, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10052407.jpg

[rdenney]

Nana,

Bloody hell. I give up. Anyone wanna buy my cameras?

Rick "who has also offered his tubas for sale after hearing real masters" Denney

p.s., no, neither the camera nor the tubas are for sale. But they should be.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nana,

Bloody hell. I give up. Anyone wanna buy my cameras?

Rick "who has also offered his tubas for sale after hearing real masters" Denney

p.s., no, neither the camera nor the tubas are for sale. But they should be.


Ahahahah...

Rick, there is nothing special on that photo, I simply closed the lens to f64, polarizer+red filter to get a long exposure time (7m) to get fluidity on water and sky.
There were some guys surfing but, due to 7 minutes exposure they were not "visible".
Like I said before (actually, who said that was mr. Adams) pre-visualization it's one of the most important things to do in landscape photography.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I made this photo 2 weeks ago, in north Portugal. This is a very old village called Penha Garcia.
Near this village, there is another one called Monsanto wich is one of the most interesting villages in Portugal. I've been there doing some photos for a comercial work, almost everything I did was with digital and medium format cameras, this photo is one of just two 4x5 images I did these 4 days (the other one is the same image, made seconds after this one).
I will be back to this place in september or october and, then, I will shoot much more with 4x5 camera.

Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider Symmar S 150/5.6, Fomapan 100, 25A filter.

Fomapan 100 rated at 50 asa, developed in Rodinal 1+50, 5:00 at 22º C, on Jobo ATL2.

f22, 1/2 s

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/1118/penhagarcia001.jpg (http://img717.imageshack.us/i/penhagarcia001.jpg/)

[Ezzie]

Nana. How did you meter the exposure (the 7min one of rocks etc)?

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nana. How did you meter the exposure (the 7min one of rocks etc)?

I used a "digital" spotmeter, a Fuji 6900Z, to read the light on the black rounded rocks near me and aligned them with Zone III. The light was very low, it was sunset. As the sky was full of clouds, the contrast was ok, no need for N- development.
Then, I gave a compensation time because of reciprocity failure, wich gave me the indication of a 7 minutes exposure. I don't remember exactly what was the time indicated by the lightmeter but, I think it was about 2 minutes.
At that time (these were my first photos after studying the Zone System) I didn't know there were different reactions of highlight and shadows to reciprocity failure, the failure is much more evident in shadows than in highlights.
As a result, this negative has high density on highlights (I should give about 20% less developing time) but it's printable, I've made 11x14" and 16x20" enlargements of it, with contrast grade 1.
However, I know it is not quite good, I must try again to enlarge it, now, I know a bit more that I knew at that time (7 years ago).;)

[Miguel Coquis]

[QUOTE=Nana Sousa Dias;599755]I made this photo 2 weeks ago, in north Portugal.....

...beautiful sky, lovely villages !!!

[spkennedy3000]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1278/4706102312_84a045321c_o.jpg

Toyo VX-125b provia 100 4x5" Schneider Xenotar 150mm f2.8

[Darren H]

Here is one I made in 2003, when I sarted to shoot large format. Wista 45 DXII, Fujinon SWD 90/5.6, Tmax 100, polarizer + red filter.

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4462/arcos003.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/arcos003.jpg/)

Well done! Looks great as is, but I'd love to see that with your 47.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

[QUOTE=Nana Sousa Dias;599755]I made this photo 2 weeks ago, in north Portugal.....

...beautiful sky, lovely villages !!!

Thank you, Miguel

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Well done! Looks great as is, but I'd love to see that with your 47.

Thank you,

You gave me a good idea, I'll try to shoot this again with my P&S...

[Ezzie]

I used a "digital" spotmeter, a Fuji 6900Z, .....;)
Oh well, probably just as good as any modern Sekonic, and much cheaper. I´ve two digital cameras that could be used, but the one with spot metering is a bit big (D2x). ;)

Nothing special this, but since you asked (in another thread) I´ll post the first image from my DIY 4x5/6x12 P+S. Taken in the shade from under a bridge, as luck had it, meant it was the only frame of the day to come out without (too much) damage. The Graflok back was ever so slightly warped and let in light. Oh well, not to worry - repairs are in progress already. I got the focus wrong too, but at least exposure was not too bad, and I managed not to screw up my first film development in 20 yrs.

I also took a digital capture which doesn´t compare really, the highlights are much better in this version, without loosing shadow detail. And I´m a newbie wrt scanning too, so this can only get better.

Sande I Vestfold, Norway

TMY-2 (TMAX 400) @f16, 1/30s (on a tripod). TMAX developer 1+4 @ 5:30s, Epson scan 24bit colour @ 3200dpi.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4706926370_7609a97428_b.jpg

[mdm]

Something else to break the monotony of unimaginative 90mm big sky and rocks.

[seabird]

I got really wet that day.


... but given the resulting image, it was well worth it! :)

Cheers

[Nana Sousa Dias]

[QUOTE=Ezzie;599919]Oh well, probably just as good as any modern Sekonic, and much cheaper. I´ve two digital cameras that could be used, but the one with spot metering is a bit big (D2x). ;)

Nothing special this, but since you asked (in another thread) I´ll post the first image from my DIY 4x5/6x12 P+S. Taken in the shade from under a bridge, as luck had it, meant it was the only frame of the day to come out without (too much) damage. The Graflok back was ever so slightly warped and let in light. Oh well, not to worry - repairs are in progress already. I got the focus wrong too, but at least exposure was not too bad, and I managed not to screw up my first film development in 20 yrs.

I also took a digital capture which doesn´t compare really, the highlights are much better in this version, without loosing shadow detail. And I´m a newbie wrt scanning too, so this can only get better.

Sande I Vestfold, Norway

TMY-2 (TMAX 400) @f16, 1/30s (on a tripod). TMAX developer 1+4 @ 5:30s, Epson scan 24bit colour @ 3200dpi.

Nice Photo, Ezzie

4 years ago I bought a Gossen Ultraspot, wich is a great spotmeter.

[David Hedley]

Great images over the last few pages, everyone.

This photograph of the Alplihorn near Arosa is from a year ago, and we have just arranged to return in a few weeks time;
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4709775018_d371065973_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Schneider 180mm, Acros (my last batch of Quickload) / Xtol

[Peter Mounier]

David
That is awesome! Did you hike in? How far?
I hope you're bringing your LF gear again on this upcoming trip and post more like it after your return.

[David Hedley]

Hi Peter - it's about a 90 minutes hike, with moderate gain in height, across some wonderful streams and with a bit of a scramble just before this lake. I am definitely planning to take an LF camera there again!

[jnantz]

thanks daniel!

john

[spkennedy3000]

David Hedley, amazing shot...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4710888333_7cc1ca53a3_b.jpg

Schneider 150mm xenotar, toyo vx-125b fuji provia 100.

[jim kitchen]

Alplihorn near Arosa...

Dear David,

An excellent image... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[David Hedley]

Thanks, Simon and Jim.

Simon - I have just been looking at some of the images on your website, and particularly like the ones from Nepal and Gokyo Lake. Perhaps one day I'll make it there.

Jim - I have been following your Cowboy Trail images with real interest in the variations in landscape and cloud formations. I have just come back from a trip to the US, where I got stuck in Cincinnati for seven hours as a severe thunderstorm with the blackest wall cloud I have ever seen passed over the airport. A pity I didn't have a camera with me.

[jnantz]

...

[Steve M Hostetter]

David Hedley, amazing shot...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4710888333_7cc1ca53a3_b.jpg

Schneider 150mm xenotar, toyo vx-125b fuji provia 100.

really nice ,,, do you have a pic of the lens

[jim kitchen]

Dear David,

This year seems to be better for cloud formations in Southwest Alberta, so I had a few more opportunities to capture a few brilliant days, compared last year... :)

That said, the American Southwest, Midwest, and Eastern Seaboard States can be home to many spectacular, powerful cloud formations, for obvious reasons, and although Alberta tends to get a few, they are more likely to develop a few hundred kilometres east of the Rocky Mountains.

The moment you describe can only be remembered...

jim k

[Andrew ren]

...

now this is what i called

Picturesque!

[jnantz]

now this is what i called

Picturesque!

;) thanks andrew

[jim kitchen]

Why don't we simply create a thread specifically for Jim, Nana, Joel, David, Ken and select few others to post their images, along with all the resulting praise so that the rest of us do not feel intimidated... ? :)


Dear Marko et al,

I appreciate your comments as always, since I do enjoy a periodic compliment like everyone else, and I am humbled to be included in your list… :)

I would like to reiterate that no one should ever be afraid to post an image within this group, and I stated that comment in a previous posting a few months ago, and although a forum member may have the benefit of a fabulous back yard to generate a great image, compared to not, it should never deter any forum member from being proud of their presented work. There are several great image makers within this group, and few well-known image makers that do not present an image at all, for whatever reason, and I happen to strongly believe that this group has the maturity and mindset to leave their unsolicited critiques at the door.

I must state first that I am not a critic nor will I pretend to be one nor will I purposely degrade another member's work by stating any error in composition, tonality, poor exposure, or poor aesthetics that may exist within a presented image. However, I do cringe when I see an image that requires a wee bit more work, or a better interpretation from the source negative, but I just believe that the author is still learning their craft, obviously exploring their medium, and trying to do their best by presenting an image among other talented individuals, created by their current base knowledge level. I know I will compliment them on their work, especially when they excel at their craft, and I will compliment anyone to encourage them, compared to producing a discouraging remark. I might however, present a darkroom technique or tool to assist them, when the individual requires assistance, but I know that I rarely migrate or intrude along that individual's route, and if I do for whatever reason, I do so knowing that the individual will put the technique to future use, and with great effect.

I believe strongly that any qualified critique should propagate from a choice that you issue to a specific individual, where you believe that their critical voice will enrich you directly, and where you will listen to that individual intently, and where that individual might resolve a troubling issue that you do not know how resolve, compared to an armchair critic's ridiculous remark, or an armchair critic that has a few "thumbs or points" beside their current nom-de-plume, on some obscure web site. The world is full of critics, whether they reside in "photoSig," "Flickr," in front of your gallery image, or any other forum that may issue boy scout proficiency badges for every critique they issue, whether it adds value to the task at hand, or not. I prefer to be judged by a group of my peers, and not by some yahoo that believes they qualify as a critic, because they took "Critiquing 101," or they are possibly influenced by a group of friends that have never produced an image in their life, let alone know how to push the shutter button. A critic should be someone that you choose wisely, you believe will add value to your image making techniques, and where you respect their poignant criticism, and especially because they produce images that you aspire too create.

Ken Lee made a good statement in a separate post earlier, about the "rubber hitting the road…," where I believe Ken might have eluded to critiquing an image openly, and how we and other individuals could learn from that critiquing exercise. I welcome Ken's approach to include a separate area where anyone could post an image to ask for a genuine critique, or a series of critiques, which may include an image to dissect and, or massage. It could be an exercise that may transfer knowledge to an inexperienced forum member, and unfortunately it may unwittingly transfer bad habits, bad comments, and bad artistic values too...

I should qualify that last comment, since it does require clarity. Our new found digital environment produces a new artist every time a digital camera is sold, and so much so, that we are surrounded by a new critic ten days later after incubation, once they learn how to review an image on their camera's three inch back window. They spread like little "Aliens..."

As a side note, there are several image makers outside our forum walls that are truly gifted too, and when I scour the internet for other image makers work I take the time to look at their work, and I take the time to wonder how they achieved a certain look and feel within their images, and finally I explore those avenues to see whether I can achieve that level of expertise through trial and error. Anyone can state compositional rules, present you with an exposure and development technique that is guaranteed to bring success to your doorstep, give you the perfect development times for a series of chemicals in the darkroom and, or the perfect curve for your printer, but it is up to any individual to know how to use those tools effectively, practice with the tools effectively, and learn how to use the tools with effective purpose.

I also believe that a mentor is a valuable asset, and when a mentor adds value to your finished product through workshops, with casual or direct conversations, or as you travel with them while they shoot an image, or when you simply enjoy their shared knowledge and comradery at a local gathering, you will learn from them with immediate effect. I would seek a mentor and, or befriend one.

Lastly, when I present an image, as others may do, I do so knowingly and with purpose that I have an image that I want to place in a gallery, and not an image where I need to justify the image's aesthetics among a few friends and, or argue the image's inherent quality over a few beers at the dinner table. I am too old for that crap, and quite possibly after a few beers, combined with a few bad reviews, I would probably punch the critic's lights out... :)

These are just my two pennies worth of babble, and it is not my intent to speak openly for the other great image makers that you mentioned...

jim k

[RmFrase]

A Lone Tree on a hill. Taken this morning.

Shen-Hao 4x5
CALTAR II-N MC 150mm
Kodak TMax 100
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4716195522_bbc69075dd_b.jpg


-Robert

[RmFrase]

A Lone Tree. Taken this morning.

Shen-Hao 4x5
Nikkor 90mm
Kodak TMax 100
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR




http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4716273764_84a3dfe1b8_b.jpg


-Robert

[jim kitchen]

Dear Robert,

Excellent balance... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[mikebarger]

The second one has a really interesting crown. Nice!

Mike

[David Hedley]

Lake Pearson, New Zealand South Island
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4711142881_3c9c7ca173_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Nikkor 300mm, Acros / PMK Pyro, yellow filter

[spkennedy3000]

David - another beauty.
Glad you liked the site, but those are such old pictures now... desperately needs updating.
Nepal is incredible - I am sure you would love it.

Steve Hostetter, I will get a pic of the Xenotar... glad you liked the image.


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/4723268647_e7327a771e_b.jpg


Schneider 150mm xenotar, toyo vx-125b fuji provia 100.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

A Lone Tree. Taken this morning.

Shen-Hao 4x5
Nikkor 90mm
Kodak TMax 100
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR


-Robert

Excellente photos Robert, superior image quality....(I must "tune" my V700)

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Lake Pearson, New Zealand South Island

Toyo 4x5, Nikkor 300mm, Acros / PMK Pyro, yellow filter

This is awesome, David!

[David Hedley]

Thanks, Simon and Nana. This was taken on the last day of a visit to the South Island; we had had two weeks of solid rain and low cloud, and hadn’t seen any of the South Island mountains, including Mt Cook. We got in the car and headed off to the airport and this scene presented itself – I managed to take a few shots on Velvia and Acros before the clouds rolled in again.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I shot this one last saturday in Algarve, south Portugal, I was there playing 3 days in a Jazz Festival. As always, I carried my saxophones and my "acordeons"...at night, I play saxophone, during day, I play "acordeon"!
Home made P&S 4x5 camera, Shneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, Center filter+ orange filter, developed with Rodinal, 1+50, 5:00 @ 21ºC, on Jobo ATL2. Scanned on Epson
V700.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8243/praiadotivoli001.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/i/praiadotivoli001.jpg/)

[jim kitchen]

Dear David and Nana,

Brilliant images, both of you... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Thank you, Jim.

[David Hedley]

I shot this one last saturday in Algarve, south Portugal, I was there playing 3 days in a Jazz Festival. As always, I carried my saxophones and my "acordeons"...at night, I play saxophone, during day, I play "acordeon"!

Great - I feel like I am in the belly of a saxophone!

Jim - thanks for your kind words.

[rdenney]

I shot this one last saturday in Algarve, south Portugal, I was there playing 3 days in a Jazz Festival. As always, I carried my saxophones and my "acordeons"...at night, I play saxophone, during day, I play "acordeon"!
Home made P&S 4x5 camera, Shneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, Center filter+ orange filter, developed with Rodinal, 1+50, 5:00 @ 21ºC, on Jobo ATL2. Scanned on Epson
V700.

Whatever you do, don't stop posting your pictures. Just looking at them gives me my daily photography lesson.

Rick "loving the lack of clutter in this one" Denney

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great - I feel like I am in the belly of a saxophone!

Jim - thanks for your kind words.

Eheheheheheh....

[Allen in Montreal]

I shot this one last saturday in Algarve, south Portugal..........

Beautiful!

I have fallen behind on these pages and there is a lot of really nice work. :)

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Beautiful!

I have fallen behind on these pages and there is a lot of really nice work. :)

Thank you, Allen.

[patrickjames]

I shot this with one of my handy dandy 4x5 polaroid conversions, handheld.

http://www.patrickrobertjames.com/f11/saguaro.jpg

[bbuszard]

Cannons at Malvern Hill:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1332/4730890483_729e6fce16_b.jpg

On the federal line at Malvern Hill, VA. I swung the back slightly for exaggerated perspective and then the front to focus on the row of cannons. A kind of landscape photo, depending on how rigidly one defines the term.

Tachihara 4x5
Nikkor 150mm f/5.6
Ilford FP4+

[spkennedy3000]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1172/4732841176_c6d438fcea_b.jpg

Nikkor-sw 90mm f4.5 Toyo vx-125b fuji pro 160s.

[sun of sand]

nice cactus

early morning few days ago
needs more exposure in the leaves

[Darren H]

I shot this with one of my handy dandy 4x5 polaroid conversions, handheld.

http://www.patrickrobertjames.com/f11/saguaro.jpg

Really nice!

[tgtaylor]

Looking Over Weston Beach, Pt. Lobos

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/4734316039_7bd534e312.jpg

Toyo 45AX, 150mm Lens, Fuji Acros. Scan of an 8x10 RC Work Print.

[Jehu]

45 second exposure at f64.
4X5 Delta 100 / Rodinal
Nikkor 240mm lens

[David Aimone]

I think I'm starting to get the hang of large format (slowly). Here are two from Monhegan Island, ME, the first in Velvia 100 (4x5):

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4713386814_3f31f56a93_b.jpg

and the second Tri-X 320:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4715032616_96228596b2_b.jpg

[spkennedy3000]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4745457056_649f2dbd72_o.jpg

Toyo vx-125b nikkor-sw 90mm f4.5 fuji pro 160s

[Darren H]

The rolling grasslands west of Fort Worth, Texas.


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4746678133_797d900bbd.jpg






Arca-Swiss 4x5, Nikon 210mm lens, Velvia 100F, scanned on an Epson 4990, and converted to mono in CS5.

[gevalia]

An old train tunnel in Steep Rock park, CT.

Adox CHS 25 in divided pyrocat-hd. 4 minute exposure.

http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/img623fixedweb/918017801_dXXXS-XL.jpg

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

An image from last April.

jim k



Quincy's Pond, Millarville, Range Road 32, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10041805.jpg

[Ken Lee]

An old train tunnel in Steep Rock park, CT.
A wonderful convergence of mystery and beauty.

[Darren H]

Great stuff everybody!

Ranch Road west of Fort Worth from Saturday.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4761764987_5fe972c4d8.jpg



Acrca-Swiss 4x5, Mikon 75mm lens, Efke 25

[BetterSense]

Quincy's Pond, Millarville, Range Road 32, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

IR? The foliage seems rather light. I bought some Efke IR820 recently so I was just wondering.

[RmFrase]

Windng Road - Texas
Taken Saturday


Shen-Hao 4x5
150mm
Kodak TMax 100
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4762430260_a8e012e3a4_b.jpg


-Robert

[jim kitchen]

IR? The foliage seems rather light. I bought some Efke IR820 recently so I was just wondering.

Dear BetterSense,

Good question, but the image is not an infrared image... :)

I captured the image in mid April with a K15 filter, which generates better separation between the dark evergreens and the lighter cattail foliage. There is no foliage on the trees, because the poplar leafs do not sprout until mid May combined with generous sunshine and heat, and the cattail leafs are dry and parched light yellow from the dry winter climate, which supports the darker remnants of last year's fruit. The filter made the cattail leafs lighter, and the darker shrubbery happened to be naked too. One match would have made the entire lower portion of the scene a true deep black...

jim k

[jim kitchen]

Windng Road - Texas

-Robert

Dear Robert,

Nicely done... :)

jim k

[RmFrase]

Great images everyone... :)

An image from last April.

jim k



Quincy's Pond, Millarville, Range Road 32, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10041805.jpg



Jim, if I could get just this ---> <--- much as good as you I'd be happy....
Another awesome photo you have there.

[jim kitchen]

Dear Robert,

Thank you for your kind words... :)

I would state that you are doing quite well with your images, and that you have a very good grasp on your image's exposure, compositional balance, and tones.

Keep up the good work.

jim k

[Allen in Montreal]

Just seeing this now,

Jesus Murphy Jim,
that is perfect, right down the dark clouds in the upper corners.





Great images everyone... :)

An image from last April.

jim k



Quincy's Pond, Millarville, Range Road 32, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10041805.jpg

[sergiob]

Here I go with another one. I shot this in FP4+ developed in Rodinal 1:50 with a red 25. Noy sure if I used a polarizer. I tried to place most of my tones in the extremes. Everything except the clouds I put pretty low somewhere between z2 and z3 and the clouds in z8 or so. the print is pretty sharp, and I think Rodinal is making grain very visible.

Lens: a tiny 135 Nikkor W 5.6 on a cambo 45N.

[Deniz Merdanogullari]

Sergio,
Wonderful photography ruined by terrible webdesign.
Please dont use Simpleviewer!
I would love to see your images fill my screen.

All in good intention..

Cheers

[creep]

Morskie Oko mountain lake from Czarny Staw waterfall, Tatry, Poland, last weekend.

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/mo-1-800.jpg

[Heroique]

A wind-torn mountain landscape – Olympic National Forest, Washington.

In the distance (on right) is Mount Olympus – the tallest mountain in the Olympic range. It’s just shy of 8,000 feet. The Olympics aren’t as high as the nearby Cascades, but they get more snow. And more rain. Down in those valleys are temperate rain forests, whose roaring rivers gush into the nearby Pacific. This photo is from a squally spot where I like to pitch my tent for the wide-open views, including sunrises and sunsets. It looks like I’m higher than Mount Olympus, but I’m only at 3,800 feet. On the nearby mountains, you can see the remote FS roads to get up here. It’s a hell of an ascent, but worth it when the weather’s calm. And terrifying when it’s not.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110/5.6 (w/ orange filter)
Polaroid Type 55 (Baby, I miss you.)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Jim Cole]

Heroique,
There's a real feeling of a pre-historic landscape here. I don't remember seeing anything that has given me that feeling in quite a while... since being in Denali National Park where I first experienced it. Don't know why, but it does. I really like this one.

[Heroique]

Thanks, Jim. I share that “pre-history” feeling when I’m up here. Not sure why, but these are also the most melancholy mountains I know. Sometimes, I think it’s just me, but I know better than that.

;)

[john wood]

yes...there's a pose in there or two...so, maybe not a true landscape...but the landscape dominates, so I'll press my luck and post...
canham dlc45 (now doing great work in another LFFers hands), nikkor 90mm sw f8 (very tall mountains; this was with a 90, not 150), disneychrome 50...


http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/johnhwood/1549526204_4a9235d4e2_b.jpg

[bobwysiwyg]

I think the "pose" is fine, adds some scale. Nice shot.

[john wood]

Thank you. Forgot to add that this is in Alaska, in Wrangell St. Elias national park.

[Bob McCarthy]

Personally the 180/185 has gotten my attention.

bob

[john wood]

Yeah...agree; stripped down to the wires and wings, Mr. Claus' plane (and his flying, of course) was pretty amazing. I think we played around in the town of your namesake, too.

[Bob McCarthy]

I had an Atlee Dodge equipped Supercub in my former life. But living in the lower 48 .....

Not me but close....

bob

[al olson]

Wonderful photograph, Robert. The depth and the sharpness and the texture all come together to make a very appealing scene.




Windng Road - Texas
Taken Saturday


Shen-Hao 4x5
150mm
Kodak TMax 100
Scanned on Epson V700
Metered with Sekonic L758DR



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4762430260_a8e012e3a4_b.jpg


-Robert

[gbogatko]

This is in Delaware Water Gap Park, NJ, last Monday. It was almost 100, the sun about as directly over as it can get. I wanted to see if I could get the shade vs. sun contrast range, near-far focus, etc. etc. And the noon-son-hotness.

http://www.inluxeditions.com/hidden/hotternhell.jpg

"Hotternhell"

[Peter Mounier]

This is in Delaware Water Gap Park, NJ, last Monday. It was almost 100, the sun about as directly over as it can get. I wanted to see if I could get the shade vs. sun contrast range, near-far focus, etc. etc. And the noon-son-hotness.

"Hotternhell"

It worked. Somebody get me a cold beer!
Nice shot.

Peter

[goamules]

I'm also shooting in the 100 plus weather but at about 10:00 in the morning! First shot with an old Protar V in a Volute shutter. 5x7 Tri-X 400.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4776895323_6651a5bbf1_z.jpg

Larger (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4776895323_6651a5bbf1_b.jpg)

[Ezzie]

My first image post here. Only the second image to come out of the camera, I´m still testing as much as anything, and the image material isn´t all that special, but as Nana says - make the best of what little opportunities you may have.

A small shed in the middle of a field of wheat, near my home in southern Norway. Shot with DIY 4x5/6x12 P+S camera on TMX @f16 1/60s handheld. Epson 16bit scan @2400dpi. I´m still battling a light leak, so there´s some cropping here.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4776468963_710eb1475b_b.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Ezzie,
Welcome! A nice capture with a great sense of space. The cloud formation is magnificent.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6052/serradaestrela005.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/serradaestrela005.jpg/)
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider Symmar S 150/5.6, Fomapan 100, yellow filter.

[Steve M Hostetter]

4x5" Chamonix iso 320 w/ 7" petzval

[Steve M Hostetter]

5x7" Hostilux hand held wide open @f5.6 90mm paper neg

[Ezzie]

Ezzie,
Welcome! A nice capture with a great sense of space. The cloud formation is magnificent.

Thank you Jim, much appreciated.

[Louie Powell]

This is in Delaware Water Gap Park, NJ, last Monday. It was almost 100, the sun about as directly over as it can get. I wanted to see if I could get the shade vs. sun contrast range, near-far focus, etc. etc. And the noon-son-hotness.

"Hotternhell"

Hmm.

I had wanted to be there last weekend also, but my dentist scheduled a 'procedure' that forced me to change my plans.

Interesting choice - torture in the dentist's chair in an air-conditioned office, versus outdoor photography on the hottest day of the year.

[Steve M Hostetter]

5x7" Hostilux hand held @ 5.6 90mm paper neg

[Joe O'Hara]

Land of no shadows, but a few poles. Near Overton, NV. 300mm, polarizer, TMAX400.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Mothman Cloudburst, Sibbald Flats, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10060506.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Mothman Cloudburst, Sibbald Flats, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10060506.jpg

man oh man ! what a great one,,,oh man

[siloseven]

I took this years ago and can't remember many details. It's somewhere in the English Lake District taken with an MPP 4x5 on Velvia

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4789401746_1593106fc8_b.jpg

[siloseven]

same story as the one above really except this time it's somewhere in Scotland (I think)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4788771587_78535eefbf_b.jpg

[Ulrich Drolshagen]

I took this years ago and can't remember many details. It's somewhere in the English Lake District taken with an MPP 4x5 on Velvia

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4789401746_1593106fc8_b.jpg

Can't say for sure, but may be it's Ashness Bridge somewhere between Keswick and Grange. The Lake in the background is Derwant Water.

Ulrich

[siloseven]

full marks -it is indeed Ashness Bridge, I've just checked on Google.

[Ulrich Drolshagen]

full marks -it is indeed Ashness Bridge, I've just checked on Google.

I've been there about this time last year. I'd like to have taken your picture. I've screwed up mine. Didn't match the hight contrast there.

Ulrich

[MIke Sherck]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Mothman Cloudburst, Sibbald Flats, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10060506.jpg

Man oh man, nothing but miles and miles for miles and miles...

My step-father tells the story of how he, my mother, and my grandparents visited our Canadian cousins back when he and mom first married. They were standing outside on the great plains on Uncle's farm and my step-father asked my uncle where the boundaries of his farm were. Uncle looked north, turned to the south, then to the east and to the west, looked a little sheepish and said, "I guess you can't see them from here." :p

Another great story was the one about the bear that got into a neighbor's kitchen one Sunday when they were at church...

Mike

[David Hedley]

[CENTER]Mothman Cloudburst, Sibbald Flats, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010


Sensational image, Jim. Such drama in the sky.

[mandoman7]

http://images19.fotki.com/v193/photos/2/1219782/7565497/Cemetery-vi.jpg
nr. Goldfield, Nevada
9.5 dagor

[David Hedley]

John - another marvellous image - I particularly like the way that the clouds on the left mimic the shape of the gravestones, and those on the right the Joshua tree.

[jim kitchen]

Dear John,

Great image... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[jim kitchen]

Gentlemen,

Thank you for your comments... :)

A recent image.

jim k



Millarville, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10041801.jpg

[mandoman7]

Thanks Dave and Jim. A recent trip to the E. Sierra region.
Another incredible cloud image, Jim. Beautifully rendered.

[archer]

Dear John;
The graveyard is very haunting and the image is beautiful. I have a question. I notice that on my monitor the image looks to be toned differently in different areas of the print. Some warm, such as the area from the front gravestones to the back gravestones and the area in front of the front row of graves to the middle of the road and to the Joshua tree, seems much colder in tone. Is this intentional or is it just my monitor?
Denise libby

[Ezzie]

Dear John;
The graveyard is very haunting and the image is beautiful. I have a question. I notice that on my monitor the image looks to be toned differently in different areas of the print. Some warm, such as the area from the front gravestones to the back gravestones and the area in front of the front row of graves to the middle of the road and to the Joshua tree, seems much colder in tone. Is this intentional or is it just my monitor?
Denise libby

Now that you mention it I see it too. Lovely picture none the less

[spkennedy3000]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4793251056_b1a77f054f_b.jpg
Toyo vx-125b nikkor-sw 90mm f4.5 fuji provia 100.