What did you compose at Waters Edge?

[jtomasella]

Thank you. I used more foreground because I felt the ripples in the sand added more interest than the sky.

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49195721856_a9a9b1139a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hXfW9Y)caddo lake (https://flic.kr/p/2hXfW9Y) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP, 180 Symmar, Fp4+, Rodinal

[CreationBear]

Great, imaginative composition, Andy. FWIW, I'd assumed your cypress pictures were from the Great Dismal...glad to see you were exploring Caddo Lake in my old neck of the woods.:)

[Andrew Tymon]

Great, imaginative composition, Andy. FWIW, I'd assumed your cypress pictures were from the Great Dismal...glad to see you were exploring Caddo Lake in my old neck of the woods.:)

Thanks Creationbear! I lived in Shreveport for a number of years and had relatives from Oil city. I loved exploring the lake and do miss the Cypress trees.

[CreationBear]

I lived in Shreveport for a number of years

Ha, we seemed to be following one another--I got my undergraduate degree at LSUS and am currently fetched up in Knoxville. At any rate, I suppose it was a pretty scruffy scene when I was there, pre-casino/post oil-bust, but exotic enough for someone (literally) just off the farm.:)

[Andrew Tymon]

Ha, we seemed to be following one another--I got my undergraduate degree at LSUS and am currently fetched up in Knoxville. At any rate, I suppose it was a pretty scruffy scene when I was there, pre-casino/post oil-bust, but exotic enough for someone (literally) just off the farm.:)
It was pretty exotic for me coming from the UK too. So many things to bite or hurt you.�� We get to Knoxville a couple of times a year as it's only two hours away. Nice to visit and shop.

[CreationBear]

It was pretty exotic for me coming from the UK too.

Ha, that's hilarious--though you'd have to go a ways to beat my Yankee wife, who I put through a classic "meet the parents" scenario on what was then a working cattle ranch up in Arkansas.:) (Ironically, every subsequent spin of the wheel here in academic Thunderdome has since kept us south of the Mason-Dixon.)

At any rate, let me know if you get the urge to explore the GSMNP--I've spent an unconscionable amount of time up there with a flyrod in my hand, so I might be able to point you in a direction.

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49213716846_6a4a0d6f77_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hYRarq)Cape Kiwanda, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/2hYRarq) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Hugo Zhang]

Austin,

Really nice composition!

[austin granger]

Thanks Hugo! The light was drab all day, but as I was hiking back to the car, the sky opened up for a few minutes.

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49214542101_f16318b3de_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hYVoKX)The Columbia River Gorge (https://flic.kr/p/2hYVoKX) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NPAT.jpg

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/fence2T.jpg

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dangerousdrop.jpg

[chuck461]

Rainy day at the Hemlock Trail

198566

198567

198568

[johnny77]

Plenty of great inspiration for me here. My first post of a photo. Made with ERA 100 film, Fotoman 45PS with 90mm lens. I had carried my tripod down to the rocks, then discovered I'd left the camera mounting plate back at the accommodation. So this was shot hand-held, braced, at 1/15 and f/32.

[CreationBear]

Rainy day at the Hemlock Trail


Nice set and some beautiful country back in there--I've traipsed through the region quite a bit, but never got to explore, say, the Dolly Sods as much as I would like. (Also, a lot of history in that area as well, e.g. Great Meadows/Fort Necessity where George Washington basically kicked off the first "world war.":))

[Chester McCheeserton]

198573

198574


198575

[chuck461]

Nice set and some beautiful country back in there--I've traipsed through the region quite a bit, but never got to explore, say, the Dolly Sods as much as I would like. (Also, a lot of history in that area as well, e.g. Great Meadows/Fort Necessity where George Washington basically kicked off the first "world war.":))

Thanks!
WV is a lovely place. You'd be rewarded if you found the time to explore some.

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/1870/29222231107_ec541ac60f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LwgzdP)Veil 2, From the series Woodland Seen (https://flic.kr/p/LwgzdP) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP, 180 Symmar, Fp4+, D23

[CreationBear]

Thanks!
WV is a lovely place.

Well, US 52 up to Huntington always left me feeling a little under-gunned, but as a whole I agree.:) FWIW, I always regret not fishing the Cranberry Wilderness a bit more--I haven't seen peaty water like that this side of Wales...you could probably tan hides with it straight from the stream.

[CreationBear]

https://live.staticflickr.com/1870/29222231107_ec541ac60f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LwgzdP)Veil 2, From the series Woodland Seen (https://flic.kr/p/LwgzdP) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP, 180 Symmar, Fp4+, D23

Now that's what I call making a virtue out necessity.:) (Speaking as one who's spent an inordinate amount of time--and incurred more than a few falls--trying to find a window through or over the riparian vegetation in this part of the world.)

[Louis Pacilla]

FWIW, I always regret not fishing the Cranberry Wilderness a bit more--I haven't seen peaty water like that this side of Wales...you could probably tan hides with it straight from the stream.

Sad thing is in WV a lot of what you refer to peaty water is actually abandoned mine runoff and is a big problem for the water in the entire state. I am BTW a GIGANTIC fan of the state of WV being only 30 mile from the boarder and having a second home for quite a while in Oakland Md and that home was less then a 1/2 a mile from the boarder of WV. But MANY streams in the area have the peaty color but again it's NOT vegetable matter causing the brownish red color but a abandoned coalmine leaching into the streams and waterways.

[Louis Pacilla]

[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/LwgzdP]Veil 2, From the series Woodland Seen (https://flic.kr/p/LwgzdP) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

MPP, 180 Symmar, Fp4+, D23

Andrew I must say I have really been enjoying your many recent posting of your images. Keep em coming as they are fairly familiar to my travels and love of this part of the world.

[CreationBear]

Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't let James Wright weigh-in about West Virginia:

For the river at Wheeling, West Virginia,
Has only two shores:
The one in hell, the other
In Bridgeport, Ohio.


:)

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dually.jpg

Some spalted spruce snags. Say that 3 times fast.

[Andrew Plume]

Andrew I must say I have really been enjoying your many recent posting of your images. Keep em coming as they are fairly familiar to my travels and love of this part of the world.

AND +1 FROM ME TOO, Andrew/Andy - this is my type of an image, part soft/out of focus the other sharp - this imho is what View Cameras artistically/creatively were designed for

rgds

Andrew

[Andrew Plume]

Dear Mr Colin Graham

After quite some time you're back posting your work on here........................ and you've been on a real roll this month, it really is all terrific work Colin, always great to see work from the Paciifc NW

best regards

Andrew

[Colin Graham]

Hey thanks very much Andrew.

[Jerry Bodine]

My favorite local area in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington State. Photo made in 1971, Sinar Norma on my first trip with the new camera, before I started keeping notes of the photo details. The original photo is an Ektachrome E3 process, but I wanted to make a b&w print later, so I copied the 4x5 original on a Macbeth lightbox of correct color balance to get a Polaroid PN55 negative and enlarged it to a 16x20 print. It held up very well at that size.

[Andrew Tymon]

Thanks so much Louis!

[Andrew Tymon]

Now that's what I call making a virtue out necessity.:) (Speaking as one who's spent an inordinate amount of time--and incurred more than a few falls--trying to find a window through or over the riparian vegetation in this part of the world.)

Thank you CreationBear! I will post the one where the canopy isn't moving, it is not as interesting.

[Andrew Tymon]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dually.jpg

Some spalted spruce snags. Say that 3 times fast.

I like this!

[Andrew Tymon]

AND +1 FROM ME TOO, Andrew/Andy - this is my type of an image, part soft/out of focus the other sharp - this imho is what View Cameras artistically/creatively were designed for

rgds

Andrew

Thanks so much Andrew!

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/7474/16295004402_033d99833b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qPWa6L)Veil. From the series Woodland Seen. (https://flic.kr/p/qPWa6L) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

[Colin Graham]

I like this!

Thanks Andrew. I am much enjoying your riverbed & wind image from the previous page. I keep coming back for another look. Wonderful photo!

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/glareflare.jpg

More flarey stuff from 3rd Beach/ Kalaloch.

[jonesp]

The Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge and Chugach Mountain Range, Southcentral Alaska.

Toyo 45A II, 150mm Symmar-S, TMax 400, D76. 198628

[Tin Can]

Very close to me our 'new' coal mine expects to operate another 50 years and dump a lot of **** in the Big Muddy

Some are waking up. Residents ask Illinois EPA to not allow Pond Creek Mine to dump water into Big Muddy (https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?pli=1#inbox/FMfcgxwGCQbMsLwlPfgVGNRLPjMPVTlg)

It will continue, the Big Muddy feeds the Mississippi.

I once knew well the first woman coal miner in this area. A proud strong person 45 years ago...


Sad thing is in WV a lot of what you refer to peaty water is actually abandoned mine runoff and is a big problem for the water in the entire state. I am BTW a GIGANTIC fan of the state of WV being only 30 mile from the boarder and having a second home for quite a while in Oakland Md and that home was less then a 1/2 a mile from the boarder of WV. But MANY streams in the area have the peaty color but again it's NOT vegetable matter causing the brownish red color but a abandoned coalmine leaching into the streams and waterways.

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/7433/16257638749_3921016206_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qLCDAn)Caddo Lake (https://flic.kr/p/qLCDAn) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

[Andrew Tymon]

Thanks Andrew. I am much enjoying your riverbed & wind image from the previous page. I keep coming back for another look. Wonderful photo!

Thanks Colin, I really appreciate it.

[Ben Calwell]

That’s a beauty, Colin. I love the tonality in the shadowed areas.

[Louis Pacilla]

More flarey stuff from 3rd Beach/ Kalaloch.Love it!


The Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge and Chugach Mountain Range, Southcentral Alaska.

Toyo 45A II, 150mm Symmar-S, TMax 400, D76. Love It!


[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/qLCDAn]Caddo Lake (https://flic.kr/p/qLCDAn) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on FlickrLove It!

[jonesp]

Love it!

Love It!

Love It!

Thank you Louis.

[Pedro_fiz]

Bohoyo, Gredos Spain.
A lot of water this year and all rivers in Spain are beautiful.
Graflex crown graphic
Ilford HP5+400
HC110 1+31 5min
Epson V800
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191224/a957d6d2e19ab9a03fbc571f03a25b1d.jpghttps://flic.kr/p/2i4CkR1

[Pedro_fiz]

Ledesma, Spain
Ilford FP4+125
HC110 1+31 7min (1 min less than standard to compensate high contrast)
Epson V800
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191226/a75671f87ecc9cd934bdc705659fd87d.jpg

[jtomasella]

198868

A photo that will be in my next video. F32 1/8 second FP4+ 1+31 development 150mm
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49301830532_b5a3db6395_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2i7CLyU)img20191230_15525853-Pano-Editfishing peir 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2i7CLyU) by John tomasella (https://www.flickr.com/photos/186014358@N07/), on Flickr

[rrunnertexas]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49313927007_f3b1168746_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2i8GLqP)ROC Climax Lens Shore Tree Small (https://flic.kr/p/2i8GLqP) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

1905 Rochester 8 x 10 view camera, Climax brass barrel lens - Lake Joe Pool, Mansfield, Texas.

[Tin Can]

Memories of good times, obviously Chicago, but was with 2 active LFPF members when this was shot on 4X5, enlarged optically to 8X10 RC, scanned on V700

Miss you guys!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49321541343_bdd6d9b835_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2i9nMUt)2020-01-03-0001 (https://flic.kr/p/2i9nMUt) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49357394293_e249972759_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2icxxJM)The Snake River at Central Ferry, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2icxxJM) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[David Schaller]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49357394293_e249972759_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2icxxJM)The Snake River at Central Ferry, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2icxxJM) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr
Beautiful tones in this one Austin. Thanks for posting.

[Martin Aislabie]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49357394293_e249972759_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2icxxJM)The Snake River at Central Ferry, Washington (https://flic.kr/p/2icxxJM) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Wonderful

The composition and print tonality of quiet shots is so hard to get right.

Martin

[austin granger]

Thank you Martin, David.

[Tin Can]

Still raining, 5" at dawn

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49370245152_8f552e9f12_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2idFpRj)Dawn 5 inches rain (https://flic.kr/p/2idFpRj) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[Ootsk]

Amazing Photo Austin. Can I ask a very newbie question? How do you meter for a shot like this? I usually do portraits, and I meter with a L358.
I point the dome towards the camera, and take a reading. That shows the light that hits the face of the subject.
For a landscape like this, what/how would I use this meter? Point towards the sky?
Point towards the camera? I see these photos, and ones that are, say, in a forest with trees as the subject, and wonder how I would
meter with my incident meter.
Thanks....

[austin granger]

Thank you for the kind words. As far as your question, for large format stuff, I use an old Pentax spot meter, and employ a sort of sloppy Zone System. Generally, that means I'll meter the shadow area, or the darkest area where I want to retain some detail (here it was the landform at left, where it meets the water), and then I'll place that on Zone three, so basically dark but retaining some detail, and then I'll let the rest fall where it may. Alternatively, for a scene with bright highlights, say sunlit snow, I might meter the brightest area and place that on zone eight (so I'd add three stops to the meter's recommendation which wants everything to be zone five middle gray) and then let the rest fall wherever it does. Does that make sense? As I said, this a very sloppy way to use the zone system, but I'm simple-minded when it comes to technical stuff, and need all my mental facilities to try and recognize pictures in the first place.

I can't speak specifically to the L358, but I often use a medium format camera with center-weighted metering (a Fuji GF670), and in this case, I would take its general recommendation and then have given an extra stop or so, figuring that the brightish sky might have fooled it to underexpose, and also to retain the general feeling of lightness that I wanted.

I realize that this all sounds somewhat vague, but I'm afraid it's the best I can offer. Honestly, when I'm out photographing, I'm not super precise, technically speaking; it's more like I have a feeling that something needs more or less exposure. In general, I tend toward fuller exposures, as I can reign those in somewhat, whereas if I under-expose, it's a bigger problem.

If you don't have it already, I would highly recommend the Ansel Adams book "The Negative" which covers metering way better than I ever could. It was very helpful to me when I was starting out.

Best, Austin

[Ootsk]

Thank you for that. I'll check out that book.

[Mike in NY]

Boats cast upon the shore of New York's Croton Reservoir.
Ilford FP4+ using a Zone VI 4x5 View Camera

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49411968661_f8d336ba24_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ihnfNa)

Boats on Shore (https://flic.kr/p/2ihnfNa) by Michael Stewart (https://www.flickr.com/photos/186561324@N06/), on Flickr

[gnuyork]

Thank you for the kind words. As far as your question, for large format stuff, I use an old Pentax spot meter, and employ a sort of sloppy Zone System. Generally, that means I'll meter the shadow area, or the darkest area where I want to retain some detail (here it was the landform at left, where it meets the water), and then I'll place that on Zone three, so basically dark but retaining some detail, and then I'll let the rest fall where it may. Alternatively, for a scene with bright highlights, say sunlit snow, I might meter the brightest area and place that on zone eight (so I'd add three stops to the meter's recommendation which wants everything to be zone five middle gray) and then let the rest fall wherever it does. Does that make sense? As I said, this a very sloppy way to use the zone system, but I'm simple-minded when it comes to technical stuff, and need all my mental facilities to try and recognize pictures in the first place.

I can't speak specifically to the L358, but I often use a medium format camera with center-weighted metering (a Fuji GF670), and in this case, I would take its general recommendation and then have given an extra stop or so, figuring that the brightish sky might have fooled it to underexpose, and also to retain the general feeling of lightness that I wanted.

I realize that this all sounds somewhat vague, but I'm afraid it's the best I can offer. Honestly, when I'm out photographing, I'm not super precise, technically speaking; it's more like I have a feeling that something needs more or less exposure. In general, I tend toward fuller exposures, as I can reign those in somewhat, whereas if I under-expose, it's a bigger problem.

If you don't have it already, I would highly recommend the Ansel Adams book "The Negative" which covers metering way better than I ever could. It was very helpful to me when I was starting out.

Best, Austin

This generally how I meter (with a Zone VI modified Pentax Digital Spot), but I tend to focus more on the finding the brightest spot rather than the shadow areas as most of my exposures are done with transparency film. When I start to shoot more B&W film I may need to adopt the shadow approach more. I have the L358, the Pentax spot, and I now use an app on my phone lately and sometimes I bring a small digital camera to check, and it seems they all give me slightly different to quite different meter readings, so now I find myself second guessing a lot (this is with my newly acquired Hasselblad 500 C/M). I have not processed any film yet, but shorty I'll send off the transparencies to see the results of my phone metering.

[jtomasella]

This generally how I meter (with a Zone VI modified Pentax Digital Spot), but I tend to focus more on the finding the brightest spot rather than the shadow areas as most of my exposures are done with transparency film. When I start to shoot more B&W film I may need to adopt the shadow approach more. I have the L358, the Pentax spot, and I now use an app on my phone lately and sometimes I bring a small digital camera to check, and it seems they all give me slightly different to quite different meter readings, so now I find myself second guessing a lot (this is with my newly acquired Hasselblad 500 C/M). I have not processed any film yet, but shorty I'll send off the transparencies to see the results of my phone metering.

I've forgotten my spot meter at times and use a phone app to meter. Everything turns out okay.

[mitch.goddard]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49452728512_82a04e77f2_b.jpg

Abandoned oil storage facility, Staten Island
Chamonix 045N-2, Fuji 75 SWD, expired Acros 100
Using a 10 stop ND, 2 minutes at f/22

[mitch.goddard]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49458931403_93834f8cf4_b.jpg

Not quite the edge as I was actually standing in the water. I'd like to thank my LL Bean boots for making this shot possible.

[Dugan]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49452728512_82a04e77f2_b.jpg

Abandoned oil storage facility, Staten Island
Chamonix 045N-2, Fuji 75 SWD, expired Acros 100
Using a 10 stop ND, 2 minutes at f/22

I really like this! Great composition, a lot going on!

[jtomasella]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49458931403_93834f8cf4_b.jpg

Not quite the edge as I was actually standing in the water. I'd like to thank my LL Bean boots for making this shot possible.

I just bought some Wellies from orvis that come to the top of my calf in hopes that I can use them for this exact purpose.

[scheinfluger_77]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49458931403_93834f8cf4_b.jpg

Not quite the edge as I was actually standing in the water. I'd like to thank my LL Bean boots for making this shot possible.

A traffic light on a waterway? I love the cognitive disconnect in this image.

[mitch.goddard]

A traffic light on a waterway? I love the cognitive disconnect in this image.


Sometimes it's a road, but it's in a very low area that's already pretty much wetlands to begin with so after a few days of heavy rains it looks like this for a while. The whole area is a former Gulf Oil storage facility so it's not exactly a public road and no longer maintained at all.

[Salmo22]

Since the Gillespie Dam was breached in 1993, a natural riparian preserve has slowly formed. A sanctuary where Pelicans, Egrets, Herons, and water fowl flourish. The jagged edge of the broken structure mirrors the slopes of the nearby Buckeye Hills in a blending of unique Arizona topographics.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49515866943_2d01f1abba_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2irxL8R) BREACHED OASIS - Arlington Valley, Arizona (https://flic.kr/p/2irxL8R) by Jeff D. Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

Arca-Swiss 4x5, Ilford Ilfotch DDX, Illford FP4+, Nikon Nikkor-M 300mm f/9, Epson V850, SP-445 Compact 4x5 Film Processing System

[johnmsanderson]

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b46b0607e3c3a7a060eacde/1581645578593-GCXNYXHQIGU6O6SKH1U9/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kPuCoe_r6JEoK4iRNzWAQv17gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0luj0xCD0oh5KMc0gpox0u-wAZdww36oXzNQAQjvaNegeTAi20rnUMfIkWjSp6S6hw/John_Sanderson_Cabin_Creek_West_Virginia.jpg?format=2500w

Cabin Creek, West Virginia, Portra

[tuco]

Scanning some old Tri-X, TXT 4164, images

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49394904816_83255141a8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ifRNiW)
Lake 22 (https://flic.kr/p/2ifRNiW) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr

Symmar-S 180mm

[Corran]

Hogpen Gap Ice Wall
From our NGLFP Group Outing 2/16/20

Linhof MT, 150mm APO Symmar, T-Max 100, Pyrocat 1:1:120 semi-stand

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/hogpenraven-5306ss.jpg

[Vaughn]

Wreck of the steamer Mary D. Hume
Gold Beach, Oregon
8x10, platinum/palladium print

[jtomasella]

Hogpen Gap Ice Wall
From our NGLFP Group Outing 2/16/20

Linhof MT, 150mm APO Symmar, T-Max 100, Pyrocat 1:1:120 semi-stand

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/hogpenraven-5306ss.jpg

very nice.

[CreationBear]

Pyrocat 1:1:120 semi-stand



That's one of the stronger Pyrocat semi-stand dilutions I've seen: is it predicated on using that particular film, or did you have some printing issues you were planning on?

At any rate, good to see some photos from your outing dropping--looks like a good day to thrash around in the rhodie.:) I'll have to get y'all up to the GSMNP at some point so you can explore some bigger country (especially if you take your Wehman and Eric's got his 5x12 by that point.)

[Corran]

Thanks guys. CB, when I'm doing a full 12-sheet batch, my normal development seems to be too weak. I've done 1:1:200 for 6-sheet batches. So I gave this dilution a try with only slight "semi-stand" development - 20 minutes with agitation 3 times in the course of that time.

Negatives look gorgeous so I'll be doing this again. I was thinking the time/dilution might be too much, but the light was very flat so an N+ development was okay. It ended up being just right, maybe a tad bit +, but good I think for most negatives.

[CreationBear]

Negatives look gorgeous so I'll be doing this again.


Excellent, I've been curious as to solution-strengths lately as I try to get dialed in using a Paterson Orbital with 5x7.:)

[Corran]

This is the only time I've really experienced that issue, so I've been playing around with different dilutions and development times to dial in something since I like doing large batches.

Speaking of semi-stand, I took the solution from that development round and added another 3 ml of each part A and B to "replenish" the developer a bit, and did another batch of semi-stand developing, this time Efke PL100 film developed for an hour.

Amicalola Creek
Linhof MT, Nikkor 90mm f/8, Efke 100 per above:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/amicalola-5320ss.jpg

I've seen this little S-curve in the creek for years, but it always has lots of detritus in the creek and also it's overgrown at the trail so hard to get at. They did some maintenance and the recent rain cleared the junk so I finally got this photo.

[CreationBear]

I've seen this little S-curve in the creek for years, but it always has lots of detritus in the creek

Ha, Heraclitus definitely had it right in these parts--the only constant is change, especially on the higher gradient streams in the GSMNP.:) That is a photogenic stretch of water, though.

[j.e.simmons]

I usually have high SBRs and use what would be minus developments. I settled on 1.5:1:150 for EMA Pyrocat. I need up join you guys sometime. I’ve been in the flatlands so long, I don’t know if I remember how to take a picture of a hill.

[Corran]

Indeed CB, I've shot probably hundreds of sheets / rolls along the creek in Amicalola Falls State Park.

John, we need to come down to St. Simons (or Jekyll!). I've been meaning to try camping at Jekyll. Of course you are welcome up this way any time!

[Scott --]

Wreck of the steamer Mary D. Hume
Gold Beach, Oregon
8x10, platinum/palladium print

This is remarkable.

[tuco]

Amicalola Creek
Linhof MT, Nikkor 90mm f/8, Efke 100 per above:


It turned out well. I like the creamy white effect from the shutter speed in this shot.

I've done stand development both in 120 roll and sheet film. For me, it's a risk of uneven development. It's hit and miss on the same roll. I've tried different ways and suggestions. But I have observed one natural law. The better the picture, the higher the probability it will have uneven development. :)

The way I understand it is we agitate film in the first place to replenish exhausted developer along the so-called fluid boundary layer common to the surface of the film. And we agitate in a vigorous enough way to make sure we did that. So for development to happen without doing this means some natural convection occurs or something. I have no clue. But I do think such a process would be delicate and subject to not working "evenly" on large areas of film. When I think of roll film wrapped on my SS reels, I know the gap between wraps can be variable (toughness of the wrap) . Does something like that change the dynamics of it all. I dunno.

[Corran]

Thanks tuco. I've been happy with semi-stand, but I usually do more agitation than true "stand" development. Perhaps I get away with that, or perhaps my setup just happens to work fine.

Vaughn lovely print, I missed it earlier.

[Andrew Tymon]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49561950783_4a1aec1074_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ivBXfP)Caddo Lake,winter (https://flic.kr/p/2ivBXfP) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

Diy 8x10,305 Apo Nikkor,J&C pro 100, Rodinal 1+50

[fj55mike]

Very nice work, Andrew. How was Caddo Lake from an LF perspective? I'd like to plan a trip there but it looks like solid ground for tripods is scarce.

[Andrew Tymon]

Very nice work, Andrew. How was Caddo Lake from an LF perspective? I'd like to plan a trip there but it looks like solid ground for tripods is scarce.
Thanks!
This was taken in the park near Oil City,LA. I'm not certain about the Texas side, though I'm sure there must be a park or a boat ramp. You could always try the Louisiana side.

[CreationBear]

You could always try the Louisiana side.

If you keep rolling another hour or so to Doyline, Lake Bistineau is another nice cypress-y body of water, again with a state park and cabins. Unlike Caddo Lake, however, it does experience seasonal draw-downs as they try to fight the spread of salvinia, so it might be worth calling ahead for conditions.

(FWIW, speaking of cypress, I always wanted to explore the Edwards Plateau a bit more, especially that turquoise water swirling around the cypress trees there on the Guadalupe and San Saba.:))

[gimenosaiz]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49561950783_4a1aec1074_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ivBXfP)Caddo Lake,winter (https://flic.kr/p/2ivBXfP) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

Diy 8x10,305 Apo Nikkor,J&C pro 100, Rodinal 1+50

Hi!!! This is amazing!!

Cheers
Antonio

[Andrew Tymon]

Thanks Antonio!

[jp]

Very nice photos Andrew and Bryan!

Ash Point preserve, Owls Head Maine. January 2020. 4x5 speed graphic with Aero Ektar lens. tmy2 tmax 400 film in pyrocat hdc.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49619973027_06b9d219c6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iAKkfk)
img019b (https://flic.kr/p/2iAKkfk) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jtomasella]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49623696638_eee0d00e88_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iB5q9w)This one (https://flic.kr/p/2iB5q9w) by John tomasella (https://www.flickr.com/photos/186014358@N07/), on Flickr

V600 scan of a darkroom print from last night. Taken with a Nagaoka Seisakusho field camera 150mm Symmar-S 5.6 at f22

[John Olsen]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49623696638_eee0d00e88_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iB5q9w)This one (https://flic.kr/p/2iB5q9w) by John tomasella (https://www.flickr.com/photos/186014358@N07/), on Flickr

V600 scan of a darkroom print from last night. Taken with a Nagaoka Seisakusho field camera 150mm Symmar-S 5.6 at f22

A graceful plant and nice forms in the ice. This works very well.

[jtomasella]

A graceful plant and nice forms in the ice. This works very well.
Thank you, I'm pretty happy with this one.

[Peter De Smidt]

Here's one from the early 1990s:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7sc11igdd7tklcf/45_-0776_1000.jpg?raw=1
The Dells of the Eau Claire River

[Tin Can]

Ethereal!


Here's one from the early 1990s:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gzl7artbfmzp9xp/45_-0776_1000.tif?raw=1
The Dells of the Eau Claire River

[Tin Can]

I miss vacation in Wisconsin

Used to go often

[md-photo]

Peter, the image isn't coming up in your post for me.

[md-photo]

Baltimore. Nikkor-W 180 5.6, Linhof Master Technika 2000, HP5+ and orange filter.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49671361477_d452d03f92_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iFhHf6)000237630002 (https://flic.kr/p/2iFhHf6) by Maryland Photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/marylandphotos/), on Flickr

[Peter De Smidt]

Peter, the image isn't coming up in your post for me.

Sorry about that. I mistakenly uploaded a tif. It should be fixed.

Thanks, Randy. Wisconsin misses you!

[md-photo]

I see it now, thanks. And terrific, the slowed water swirls looks mesmerizing!

[Rick A]

Freeman Run
Wollensak Velostigmat 7 1/4" 1/10@ f 32 EDU 200 5x7 film
scan of print
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49688179503_1821779c97_c_d.jpg

[jtomasella]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49692178276_e41fca768b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iH8pmq)img20200323_17142607-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/2iH8pmq) by John tomasella (https://www.flickr.com/photos/186014358@N07/), on Flickr

A shot from the weekend before we got locked down. Delta 100, 150mm lens, 4 second exposure with a red filter. This is a scan of the darkroom print.

[Michael Roberts]

One Wall Street impervious to financial panics....
1895 Rochester King 8x10, 240mm G-Claron, Velvia 100F

https://michaellynnroberts.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2224557415-5.jpg

[jtomasella]

That looks like the same place Ben Horne photographed last fall in Zion. Nice shot.

[Kiwi7475]

That looks like the same place Ben Horne photographed last fall in Zion. Nice shot.

To be fair, him and a few million other people :-)

[Michael Roberts]

That looks like the same place Ben Horne photographed last fall in Zion. Nice shot.

Thanks John!

Ben who?

[MultiFormat Shooter]

Ben who?

He's a photographer with a pretty decent following on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtiLZhefLrm4CEMrctJyzUQ

[Dugan]

Thanks John!

Ben who?

Audrey's dad on "Twin Peaks".
J/K... :D

[Michael Roberts]

To be fair, him and a few million other people :-)

Hah. Tru dat.

Probably not so many with 8x10s, though.;)

[Kiwi7475]

Hah. Tru dat.

Probably not so many with 8x10s, though.;)

That’s true — if I had to guess, maybe around 100? I mean I know at least 4 people that have taken a similar picture with their 8x10, so throughout time probably still many dozens... Gosh I assume back in the day, when LF cameras were *the* only cameras around or very common, people still visited Zion.....
It’s fun to think about this.

[Corran]

This week I found a box of negatives I had misplaced since moving a few years ago. These included a bunch of 4x5 and 120 negatives I had selected to print back at my old house / darkroom, so in other words my better images. So I've been having a ball printing some of these to larger sizes I couldn't do back then.

One of these negatives was from November 2014, taken along the Withlacoochee River in south GA. The water was low, with lots of tannin, and the leaves moved along with the flow beautifully. I am pretty sure I used my Chamonix 45n1, Nikkor 90mm, and an R25 filter, on TMX, likely developed in Rodinal. Here's the image:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/withlacoochee7-ss.jpg

And here it is, printed to 19 x 23 inches, in the wash:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/withlacoochee7-ssp.jpg

[Peter De Smidt]

looks great, Bryan!

[Michael Roberts]

Very cool. I don’t think I’ve seen that effect with flowing leaves before.

[Corran]

Thank you both. The conditions were just right for that - flowing enough to show motion but not so many leaves to overwhelm the tannin water. These southern rivers don't flow like the mountain streams - they are slow and steady.

This along with 8 or 9 other images were featured in a small show with the local Riverkeeper association back in 2015. There was a large county park that had many miles of trails along this river that I photographed for years - sometimes flooding, sometimes in drought.

[Corran]

Speaking of flowing water, here's another old negative printed recently, this time along an offshoot of the Alapaha River near Jennings, Florida. Taken with exactly the same gear as the previous image - Chamonix 45n1, Nikkor 90mm + R25 filter, TMX, but developed in FX-39. Here is the 19x23 print as matted to 24x30 and photographed with my D800e in the "studio" area of my basement:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/DSC_5063ss.jpg

My good friend and I canoed to this remote area of north Florida a number of times. But the first time I went I shot 2-3 really stupendous negatives. I need to visit Florida again and go back with my Noblex, which I didn't have back then. This shot was about 30 seconds long if I remember.

[Michael Roberts]

Dreaming of summer...

[Ben Calwell]

202146
From a few years ago. Linhof 5x7, 180mm lens, Tri-X in HC110. V700 scan.

[Michael Roberts]

That's really nice Ben. Love the detailed elements in the foreground contrasted with the moodiness of the steam off the lake and the clouds.

[Ben Calwell]

That's really nice Ben. Love the detailed elements in the foreground contrasted with the moodiness of the steam off the lake and the clouds.
Thanks, Michael. It’s a tough negative to print, but I think I’ll have another go at trying to make a decent contact print.

[Michael Roberts]

5" of snow forecast for tomorrow.
Still dreamin of summer...

https://michaellynnroberts.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3874752061-5.jpg

[Ben Calwell]

5" of snow forecast for tomorrow.
Still dreamin of summer...

https://michaellynnroberts.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3874748578-5.jpg
That’s a beauty! Cloud tonality is great.

[Michael Roberts]

Thanks, Ben! I'm a big fan of cumulonimbus.

[Joe O'Hara]

202146
From a few years ago. Linhof 5x7, 180mm lens, Tri-X in HC110. V700 scan.

I like this very much. As rendered here, it kind of reminds me of a photograph from the late 19th century. Something about the tonality.

[Ben Calwell]

I like this very much. As rendered here, it kind of reminds me of a photograph from the late 19th century. Something about the tonality.

Thanks, Joe. It does have that look about it.

[Michael Roberts]

16 degrees and freezing fog outside this morning...
thinkin 'bout summer....

https://michaellynnroberts.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3875417708-5.jpg

[Reinhold Schable]

. . Oneonta Gorge. . In the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49670396876_8cbc936c5b_3k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iFcLv3). . Oneonta Gorge (https://flic.kr/p/2iFcLv3) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr. ..Neg# ORGE 055. 4x5 Tachihara, 90mm, Yg filter, PXP film. 1983

More here... Neg# ORGE 055. 4x5 Tachihara, 90mm, Yg filter, PXP film. 1983

Reinhold

[Joe O'Hara]

https://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s/v-10/p3876233288-4.jpg

Black Run Preserve

[jmontague]

https://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s/v-10/p3876233288-4.jpg

Black Run Preserve

This is very nice. Well done.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[McSnood]

Took this many years ago when I was a student, reprint it from time to time. FP4,4x5, Omegaview, 210mm

202279

[Michael Roberts]

That’s wonderful.

[mitrajoon]

202291

https://secure.flickr.com/photos/79977169@N04/

[jtomasella]

https://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s/v-10/p3876233288-4.jpg

Black Run Preserve
Which side? I haven't really explored the side closer to Kings Grant. I have made a video on the other side though.

[PatrickMarq]

202416
Somewhere in the German Eifel
Kodak Ektar 100
3Sec f45

[Ulophot]

MdSnood, very fine.

[Merg Ross]

202430

Sand and Water, Oregon

4x5 FP4+

[Monty McCutchen]

Stunning.

[Ben Calwell]

202430

Sand and Water, Oregon

4x5 FP4+
Wow — that’s nice!

[Merg Ross]

Stunning.

Always good to hear from you, Monty. Hope you are busy and keeping well.

Best,

Merg

[Merg Ross]

Wow — that’s nice!

Thanks, Ben. Late afternoon light along the coast.

[Ulophot]

Merg, wonderful ambiguity of scale.

[Roger Thoms]

Merg, wonderful ambiguity of scale.

Yes, he’s standing right over it, no wait Merg has got himself a drone.

Roger

[Andrew Plume]

Which side? I haven't really explored the side closer to Kings Grant. I have made a video on the other side though.

A very very clever image which imo you have to study more than once (to obtain the full benefit etc)

regards

Andrew

[darkrat]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49452728512_82a04e77f2_b.jpg

Abandoned oil storage facility, Staten Island
Chamonix 045N-2, Fuji 75 SWD, expired Acros 100
Using a 10 stop ND, 2 minutes at f/22

Very nice!

Andrea

[Ken Lee]

202430

Sand and Water, Oregon

4x5 FP4+

Magic !

[Hans Berkhout]

Kootenay River B.C. along shore

4x5 APX100 D23
Dagor 8 1/4"

202464

apologies, can't get a better in focus scan.....

[Ben Calwell]

202463

Kootenay River Shore

4x5 APX100 D23
Dagor 8 1/4"

scan out of focus-apologies

I like it. I’m using D23 more and more.

[Ulophot]

Nicely done, Ben.

[Joe O'Hara]

Hi jtomasella, That picture was made on the part of Black Run on the Kings Grant side, towards the south end.

These days, the "local authorities" have decided that being out alone in the woods is bad for our, or somebody else's,
health, so I will not be photographing there for a while (or anywhere, except maybe in my back yard).

Are you local? PM me if you wish to discuss.

[Joe O'Hara]

A very very clever image which imo you have to study more than once (to obtain the full benefit etc)

regards

Andrew

Thank you Andrew, jtomasella, and others who took the time to comment on my photograph.

[Joe O'Hara]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49623696638_eee0d00e88_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iB5q9w)This one (https://flic.kr/p/2iB5q9w) by John tomasella (https://www.flickr.com/photos/186014358@N07/), on Flickr

V600 scan of a darkroom print from last night. Taken with a Nagaoka Seisakusho field camera 150mm Symmar-S 5.6 at f22

Very nice. This year? The ponds only froze once locally, as I recall.

[Joe O'Hara]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49561950783_4a1aec1074_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ivBXfP)Caddo Lake,winter (https://flic.kr/p/2ivBXfP) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

Diy 8x10,305 Apo Nikkor,J&C pro 100, Rodinal 1+50

Stillness. I like it. Must be a nice print to see.

[Joe O'Hara]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49458931403_93834f8cf4_b.jpg

Not quite the edge as I was actually standing in the water. I'd like to thank my LL Bean boots for making this shot possible.

I like both of your Staten Island pictures very much. The first (B/W) one, that sky really makes it. You must have used
an ND filter or such to get the long exposure. Nicely done.

I've driven by (and over) "The Meadowlands" often enough to think that there could be some good photographs to be made there,
but have never done so.

[Meekyman]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49733657218_dcdfcafb38_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iLMZAA)Isolated in Ashop Clough (https://flic.kr/p/2iLMZAA) by Graham Meek (https://www.flickr.com/photos/11704207@N00/), on Flickr

Isolated in Ashop Clough

A lone rock gets pounded by the River Ashop, Peak District National Park, on a dreary, wet January day.

Chamonix 045N-2, Nikon 300mm f9@f22 and 1/3, 1s, Ilford Delta 100. Epson V700 scan and colourperfect/lightroom processing.

[ericantonio]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49561950783_4a1aec1074_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ivBXfP)Caddo Lake,winter (https://flic.kr/p/2ivBXfP) by Andy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverphotons/), on Flickr

Diy 8x10,305 Apo Nikkor,J&C pro 100, Rodinal 1+50

lovely image.
J&C pro 100? Wow, I remember those. I had a bunch of 120 J&C, it curled like crazy!

[Andrew Tymon]

Stillness. I like it. Must be a nice print to see.

Thanks Joe! It's okay as a contact print. It Was the second sheet of film through the camera, sometimes we get lucky.

[Andrew Tymon]

lovely image.
J&C pro 100? Wow, I remember those. I had a bunch of 120 J&C, it curled like crazy!

Thanks Eric! The sheet film was fine though the batch I bought was slightly oversize and needed to be cut down to fit the holder. I wish we could still get it.

[Reinhold Schable]

. . Pengra Bridge (1938). Oregon. An awful, dark, damp, cold, foggy, drizzly day...
Pengra covered bridge (1938). Lane County. Oregon
https://live.staticflickr.com/4820/46169397202_554d7deb03_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dkQegG). . Pengra Bridge (1938). Oregon. (https://flic.kr/p/2dkQegG) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr
Neg# BR 396. Canham 8x20" camera, 335mm lens, HP5 film.

Reinhold

[bill2424]

Italy 4x5 Zone VI 90mm

[ericantonio]

. . Pengra Bridge (1938). Oregon. An awful, dark, damp, cold, foggy, drizzly day...
Pengra covered bridge (1938). Lane County. Oregon
https://live.staticflickr.com/4820/46169397202_554d7deb03_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dkQegG). . Pengra Bridge (1938). Oregon. (https://flic.kr/p/2dkQegG) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr
Neg# BR 396. Canham 8x20" camera, 335mm lens, HP5 film.

Reinhold

That's beautiful!

[ericantonio]

Italy 4x5 Zone VI 90mm

WOW!!!

Not only a great image, I bet you had the best food there.

[scheinfluger_77]

. . Pengra Bridge (1938). Oregon. An awful, dark, damp, cold, foggy, drizzly day...
Pengra covered bridge (1938). Lane County. Oregon
https://live.staticflickr.com/4820/46169397202_554d7deb03_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dkQegG). . Pengra Bridge (1938). Oregon. (https://flic.kr/p/2dkQegG) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr
Neg# BR 396. Canham 8x20" camera, 335mm lens, HP5 film.

Reinhold

Well Reinhold your photo is certainly none of those things, thanks for sharing it.

[Andrew Plume]

WOW!!!

Not only a great image, I bet you had the best food there.

Yes great work Mr Bill

regards

Andrew

[bill2424]

Thank you for the comments

[esearing]

In anticipation of my new Chamonix 5x12 camera coming later this year I am reworking a couple of images in PS to preview the format. FP4+, Pyrocat M, printed and cropped in PS.

https://www.searing.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DicksCreek5x12_web-1.jpg

[Merg Ross]

202854

Reeds, Pokagon State Park, Indiana 1959

8x10, Turner Reich Convertible, 12"-19"- 25"

Cronar Press Film, ABC Pyro

[Pat Kearns]

Merg,"Reeds" is my most favorite image of yours.

[Joe O'Hara]

From 2016: It was mid-March, and the last snow was dropping off the trees as I made this picture. I just got around to making a satisfactory print from it.

https://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s/v-10/p3885560379.jpg

Woodland Township, 2016

[Merg Ross]

Merg,"Reeds" is my most favorite image of yours.

Pat, you picked a good one; thanks. This has always had a special place in my life as a photographer --- it was my first published photograph, appearing in the 25th Anniversary edition of US Camera, 1961. It was also my first sale of an 8x10 contact print: $15, signed, and delivered! I'm enjoying your recent (and past) work.

[Richard Wasserman]

Is it ok if I didn't take it? This is a news photo from 12/30/1941

"Officer Jerry Shea examines sheepskin lined slipper and hat found at spot from which middle-aged man was last seen to leap into Chicago River early this morning. Coast Guardmen are dragging for the body" Chicago Daily News

[David Schaller]

I went back yesterday with my 4x5. 135mm FP4 in Pyrocat HD.
https://i.imgur.com/aZsft9o.jpg

[Ben Calwell]

From 2016: It was mid-March, and the last snow was dropping off the trees as I made this picture. I just got around to making a satisfactory print from it.

https://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s/v-10/p3885560379.jpg

Woodland Township, 2016

That's very nice.

[Joe O'Hara]

Thanks, Ben.

[coolbreeze1983]

Kent Falls State Park
Kent, CT

Intrepid 4x5 Nikkor 150mm Lens
Bergger 4x5 film 4xnd filter green filter
1 sec f45.5

[scheinfluger_77]

What’s with the cairns?

[Ulophot]

coolbreeze, that's fun.

[DaveF]

Blue Streak

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49851863146_c065f1b0e3_b.jpg

Now (after a re-edit...) one of my favourite film photos I've ever taken.

This was one of my sheets of Velvia which I managed to process incorrectly (incorrect mix of colour dev chemistry iirc, producing some funky and unhelpful colour shifts). Reprocessed now it does what I wanted. It also makes me want to shoot more colour film on large format - something I've not actually done since I returned from a Scotland trip to the Isle of Harris in September 2018, and then moved up to 10x8 B&W with the Chamonix a few months later. I'm now dying to try some Provia and Velvia on the Chamonix - I still have the TK, but the viewing and shooting experience on 8x10 is (if more nuts) just enhanced even more. The scenes on the ground glass are fantastic. I can now also develop 8x10 film at home of course so that's not an issue.

I think this is from a trip where I wild-camped on location. The advantage of doing this was that I could stay on location across the whole day until the sun was low, instead of having to pack up for the 4hr drive home again, and watch the light change around the cove, and discover a range of different scenes and subjects across the different tide levels.

Porth Meudwy, Aberdaron, North Wales
2.45pm 16th February 2018

Linhof Technikardan S45
Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6
Fujichrome Velvia 50
1/2" f/22
245mm bellows extension
5º front tilt

Home-developed with Jobo CPE-3 and Tetenal E6 (FD 7mins 10secs)
Digitized with 4-frame stitch on lightbox with D800E/85PC-E

[coolbreeze1983]

Thanks Ulophot,

Always happy when someone else enjoys my view.

[John Layton]

Dave this is so amazing...now I know that I need to wild camp and process "incorrectly!"

[DaveF]

Thanks:
Yes, I mixed the colour dev wrongly I think and came up with a slide that had a massive cyan cast - bit like an inverted sheet of colour neg. A few layers in post processing sorted it out - but only after I came back to it after a number of months to revisit it.


Dave this is so amazing...now I know that I need to wild camp and process "incorrectly!"

[coolbreeze1983]

Croton Diverting Dam

Intrepid 4x5
Bergger 4x5 @200
1 sec f32
Xtol replenished

[coolbreeze1983]

Twin Waterfalls from Bulls View Covered Bridge
Intrepid 4x5
Nikkor 150mm Lens
Bergger 4x5 film @200
1 sec f45.5 4x ND Filter

[Too Many Cameras]

About two months ago I had a chance to road trip through the mountains here in Colorado for a day. I took my Gibellini Proxima, Schneider Tele-Arton 360 f/5.5, Schneider (Caltar II) 210 f/5.6, Astragon 90mm f/6.8, and Komura 75mm f//6.3. I think those are the apertures on the Astragon and Komra, anyway. Here are some shots from that day with some notes about them.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-SVdzRWf/0/X2/i-SVdzRWf-X2.jpg
Komura 75mm, no movements (of course, with this lens), Ektachrome 100, 1/8th at f/22. Random alpine lake south of Leadville.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-8DTG33M/0/X2/i-8DTG33M-X2.jpg
Same lake, same lens, same film, 1/4 at f/45.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-kvG5ndB/0/X2/i-kvG5ndB-X2.jpg
Same film, Schneider 210, 1/60th at f/8, Granite Colorado from the shore of the river that runs past it.

I'll post a few more in a separate post.

[Too Many Cameras]

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-GRsqnF4/0/X2/i-GRsqnF4-X2.jpg
Cascade Falls from down in the water (I realize this isn't technically water's edge and may be stretching the parameters of the thread), Atomic-X developed in Microdol-X (LegacyPro Mic-X) +3 for 23 minutes, Astragon 90, 1/4 at f/16

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9n2JrNc/0/X2/i-9n2JrNc-X2.jpg
Agnes Vaille Falls, still frozen, Ektachrome 100, Schneider 210, f/~95 (stopped the Copal 1 all the way down, way past the f/45 mark) for 1/4. There's a thin wisp of water up near the top that I was trying to blur.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-xpWJ3Cc/0/X2/i-xpWJ3Cc-X2.jpg
Just to post a photo taken with each lens, here's one more of Agnes Vaille Falls, Schendier 360mm f/5.5 Tele-Arton, Ektachrome 100, 1/5th (Compur 3 shutter, so old timing calculations) at f/65. Fun fact about this lens, I picked it up recently unused NoS. It had been in a camera store's back room (along with a boatload of other LF and MF NoS gear of the same era) unsold and forgotten about for decades. This was the second photo taken with that lens (the first doesn't meet the requirements of the thread.) Just a fun thing. It's not often that I buy a film camera lens new (well, unused and in the original box.)

[Greg Y]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49853253242_60a180c721_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iXmXk1)[url=https://flic.kr/p/2iXmXk1] [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/156629749@N02/]
Deardorff 5x7, Dagor 8 1/4", FP4+, print on Foma Variant lll.

[jtomasella]

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-GRsqnF4/0/X2/i-GRsqnF4-X2.jpg
Cascade Falls from down in the water (I realize this isn't technically water's edge and may be stretching the parameters of the thread), Atomic-X developed in Microdol-X (LegacyPro Mic-X) +3 for 23 minutes, Astragon 90, 1/4 at f/16

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9n2JrNc/0/X2/i-9n2JrNc-X2.jpg
Agnes Vaille Falls, still frozen, Ektachrome 100, Schneider 210, f/~95 (stopped the Copal 1 all the way down, way past the f/45 mark) for 1/4. There's a thin wisp of water up near the top that I was trying to blur.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-xpWJ3Cc/0/X2/i-xpWJ3Cc-X2.jpg
Just to post a photo taken with each lens, here's one more of Agnes Vaille Falls, Schendier 360mm f/5.5 Tele-Arton, Ektachrome 100, 1/5th (Compur 3 shutter, so old timing calculations) at f/65. Fun fact about this lens, I picked it up recently unused NoS. It had been in a camera store's back room (along with a boatload of other LF and MF NoS gear of the same era) unsold and forgotten about for decades. This was the second photo taken with that lens (the first doesn't meet the requirements of the thread.) Just a fun thing. It's not often that I buy a film camera lens new (well, unused and in the original box.)

Those blues ��

[Reinhold Schable]

. . Seal Rocks, Oregon
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49751344117_ce0ef8670d_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iNmDi8). . Seal Rocks, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/2iNmDi8) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr. . Neg# COOR 026b. Self made 5x7 camera, (split 5x7 film = 6x17 format). 90mm lens, Yg filter. FP4 film. 1991

The camera here... https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/two-617-negs-on-a-5x7-camera-built-june-’93.155715/

Reinhold

[Ben Calwell]

. . Seal Rocks, Oregon
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49751344117_ce0ef8670d_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iNmDi8). . Seal Rocks, Oregon (https://flic.kr/p/2iNmDi8) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr. . Neg# COOR 026b. Self made 5x7 camera, (split 5x7 film = 6x17 format). 90mm lens, Yg filter. FP4 film. 1991

The camera here... https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/two-617-negs-on-a-5x7-camera-built-june-’93.155715/

Reinhold

Lovely shot, Reinhold. I like that format.

[Corran]

Radiation Cascades
Intrepid 4x5 "Black," 150mm f/9 G-Claron, T-Max 100 dev'd in Rodinal 1:50, N-1.5

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/radiation-5387ss.jpg

This was a place I've been itching to go back to. The road was damaged the first time, making the trip a grueling 7 mile hike in the height of summer last year. But they recently repaired the road and so it was just a pleasant mile or so down to a pair of waterfalls in a local WMA. I've unofficially renamed them to "Radiation Falls," hence my title, as this scene was found in-between the upper and lower falls. The name comes from the fact that this WMA used to be a classified nuclear testing facility. They irradiated the surrounding area to see what this would do to local flora and fauna. Now it's a rather poorly-marked WMA mostly used for camping and hunting. The bright sun illuminating the leaves and open water area, gradually turning into dappled light on the cascades, evokes a bit of the history of the place to me.

[Salmo22]

ALCOVES 69, 70, 71 v.1 - Gillespie Dam, Arizona

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49875379102_2396f4cfd8_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iZjmzm) ALCOVES 69, 70, 71 v.1 - Gillespie Dam, Arizona (https://flic.kr/p/2iZjmzm) by Jeff D. Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

Arca-Swiss 4x5 | Ilford Ilfotch DDX | Illford FP4+ | B+W Orange MRC 040M Filter | Nikkor-M 300mm f/9

[John Layton]

Nice image Bryan...and (irradiation aside!), it evokes for me exactly the kind of place I've been thinking about...especially often these days it seems, as where I want to/need visit (and visit often) over the upcoming Summer months. And if it does not happen, well, at least I've got images such as these to transport me when needed - so thank you!

[Corran]

Thank you for the kind words John, and I hope the summer is milder for you than it generally is for us down here ;).

[coolbreeze1983]

Corran,

How was working with the Intrepid all metal?

[Corran]

Take a look at this thread I made, more specifically the last couple of pages after I received the Intrepid:

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?157390-New-Intrepid-quot-Black-quot-Edition-4x5-Camera-No-Plywood!-Also

The tl;dr is that I'm seriously impressed. It's not the most amazing camera in terms of getting things lined up nicely and precisely but it's also almost 1/3 the weight of my Linhof Master Technika so...

[Corran]

One thing about creek detritus...wait long enough and it'll kindly move! I didn't like how this rotted branch was positioned last time I was out at Amicalola Falls but it was much more photogenic this go-round. Diagonals and such. A fair bit of tilt - wanted to test that out in practice with the new camera too.

Haven't developed the black and white, but did some color this evening since the light was nice - diffuse but directional, illuminating the scene well but not casting shadows.

Intrepid 4x5, Nikkor 90mm, Portra 400:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/amicalola-5394ess.jpg

[Vaughn]

Lovely shot, Reinhold. I like that format.

Yes to both.

I have never split my 5x7. I have thought about it, but I only contact print and that is a bit on the small size. I split my 8x10 in half, but also my 11x14 -- image area measures 5"x13.5", which is darn close to the split 5x7.

[Reinhold Schable]

. . The Chambers Bay lift bridge is a one-of-a-kind “direct vertical lift bridge” Railway bridge designed by Joseph Strauss, engineer for the Golden Gate Bridge. Steilacoom, (Tacoma) Washington.
https://live.staticflickr.com/951/27063209917_541bcadac2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Heu2rx). . Steilacoom Washington (https://flic.kr/p/Heu2rx) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr. . Neg# BR 191. Deardorff 5x7 camera, 450mm lens. 1994

[Martin Aislabie]

. . The Chambers Bay lift bridge is a one-of-a-kind “direct vertical lift bridge” Railway bridge designed by Joseph Strauss, engineer for the Golden Gate Bridge. Steilacoom, (Tacoma) Washington.
https://live.staticflickr.com/951/27063209917_541bcadac2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Heu2rx). . Steilacoom Washington (https://flic.kr/p/Heu2rx) by Reinhold S. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287991@N05/), on Flickr. . Neg# BR 191. Deardorff 5x7 camera, 450mm lens. 1994

Wow - what a cool structure.

I bet it is a pig to maintain it in operating condition.

Martin

[RenoAmiens]

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Intrepid 4x5 MK4 , Fujinon 180mmf5.6 nsw Fomapan 100

[CreationBear]

Very nice, Reno--I'm finding the inky blacks very nice...are we looking at a toned print? At any rate, a great scene, though in my imagination at least :) more common to, say, Bretagne and not Amiens.

[rainpanda]

Do you have a twitter acct and share any photos there, Too Many Cameras? I moved from Denver to north of Seattle (2 hrs south of Vancouver BC) in 1991. Nice Leadville and Granite pics. My 2 large format cameras were in my car trunk when it was stolen years ago, so I can only vicariously enjoy LF here.😭 Don't think it's permitted to post ordinary digital photos here. Have a good summer! Thx!


About two months ago I had a chance to road trip through the mountains here in Colorado for a day. I took my Gibellini Proxima, Schneider Tele-Arton 360 f/5.5, Schneider (Caltar II) 210 f/5.6, Astragon 90mm f/6.8, and Komura 75mm f//6.3. I think those are the apertures on the Astragon and Komra, anyway. Here are some shots from that day with some notes about them.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-SVdzRWf/0/X2/i-SVdzRWf-X2.jpg
Komura 75mm, no movements (of course, with this lens), Ektachrome 100, 1/8th at f/22. Random alpine lake south of Leadville.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-8DTG33M/0/X2/i-8DTG33M-X2.jpg
Same lake, same lens, same film, 1/4 at f/45.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-kvG5ndB/0/X2/i-kvG5ndB-X2.jpg
Same film, Schneider 210, 1/60th at f/8, Granite Colorado from the shore of the river that runs past it.

I'll post a few more in a separate post.

[rainpanda]

Lovely, Merg! Do you share any photos on Twitter, by any chance? Have a good summer!

[RenoAmiens]

Thank you CreationBear. I will print it one day ... It is a dslr scan. edited and minor adjustments in Photoshop.

[CreationBear]

Thanks, Reno--I'm always curious as to how people are sharing their output.:)

[Merg Ross]

205670

Kelp, California, 1962

[Jim Graves]

205670

Kelp, California, 1962

Merg .... always such a pleasure to see your work. It always makes me want to go out and shoot.

[Merg Ross]

Merg .... always such a pleasure to see your work. It always makes me want to go out and shoot.

Jim, this is the highest compliment, thank you. I grew up around a few photographers who inspired me to do just that. You know the story. It is why I post the occasional image on this forum. Most go unnoticed, at least without comment. However, my intent in doing so has always been to inspire or motivate. Fortunately it works both ways; I have, at times, been inspired by work posted here.

Best,
Merg

[PatrickMarq]

205736
Chamonix 045F-2 90mm 1 sec f/45

[chuck461]

Jim, this is the highest compliment, thank you. I grew up around a few photographers who inspired me to do just that. You know the story. It is why I post the occasional image on this forum. Most go unnoticed, at least without comment. However, my intent in doing so has always been to inspire or motivate. Fortunately it works both ways; I have, at times, been inspired by work posted here.

Best,
Merg

I don't comment, but I do notice. Please keep posting.

CW

[Ulophot]

Patrick, fine tonalities and feeling of motoin in the water.

[PatrickMarq]

Patrick, fine tonalities and feeling of motoin in the water.
Thank you

[PatrickMarq]

206041
Another one from the same day
206042

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/sheet0139.jpg

In the garden of the Tyresö Palace south of Stockholm, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1 & Super Angulon 90/8 if I remember rightly

[Martin Aislabie]

206041
Another one from the same day
206042

Fabulous

Martin

[Rick A]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/sheet0139.jpg

In the garden of the Tyresö Palace south of Stockholm, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1 & Super Angulon 90/8 if I remember rightly

Stunning!

[Lightbender]

Mount lassen.
Shen Hao 4x5, Velvia 100.
Hope you enjoy!

[Merg Ross]

206245

Coastal Stones, Gaspe Peninsula
Quebec, Canada, 1970
4x5 Plus-X, 150mm Symmar

[Vaughn]

Cool, Merg. I think I would have reduced the amount of horizon by half, but that is just my way of seeing...but I certainly would not have thought of it 50 years ago.

[Merg Ross]

Cool, Merg. I think I would have reduced the amount of horizon by half, but that is just my way of seeing...but I certainly would not have thought of it 50 years ago.

Thanks, Vaughn. That's a good observation. My initial prints of this in the 70's had double the horizon seen here. Over the years I have reduced it; a slight bit more reduction also works. I'll keep the thought.

[Dugan]

Beautiful tonality, Merg...That must be a gorgeous print to see in person.

[Merg Ross]

Beautiful tonality, Merg...That must be a gorgeous print to see in person.

Thank you, Dugan. The stones were wet from a heavy mist, evident at the horizon. They had a beautiful glow to them in that light. It made the 3,500 mile drive from Berkeley worthwhile!

[Michael Roberts]

Mount lassen.
Shen Hao 4x5, Velvia 100.
Hope you enjoy!

Wow! Gorgeous color and light on the mountain and water. Very nice, simple composition. Works for me!
Thanks for posting this.

[peter brooks]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50177500916_3f7bcaabd7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2js1NS9)
Lockdown arrangements (https://flic.kr/p/2js1NS9) by Peter Brooks (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119783084@N04/)

Someone has been busy in this low river. The stony bank that I was standing on was also covered with these balancing acts.

Canham 5x7, Fomapan 100, Nikkor-M 300mm, 15 secs at f32, Rodinal 1:50

[md-photo]

Back to the water's edge. Downtown Baltimore around the Inner Harbor area.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50319698312_66dda93e07_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jEzBco)LinhofMasterTechnika_Velvia100_001 (https://flic.kr/p/2jEzBco) by Maryland Photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/marylandphotos/), on Flickr

Linhof Master Technika, Nikkor-W 135 5.6, and Velvia 100, developed with Tetenal E-6 in SP-445 tank.

[tuco]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50332827201_431c019103_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jFJTXx)
Smokey Sunset (https://flic.kr/p/2jFJTXx) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr

Crown Graphic, APO Symmar 150mm, 400TMY

[tuco]

Another fire smoke shot with the Crown Graphic

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50342572238_7d03c69f0c_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jGAQPq)
Smoke-Filled Air From Fire - Mukilteo Park (https://flic.kr/p/2jGAQPq) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr

[John Earley]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50343341652_4aa478043c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jGEMxb)
Pocahontas Park 8x10 (https://flic.kr/p/2jGEMxb) by JOHN EARLEY (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacketch/), on Flickr

[tuco]

Soon to be the old ferry terminal location

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50343127697_0335182f8b_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jGDFWi)
Mukilteo Ferry Terminal (https://flic.kr/p/2jGDFWi) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr

Crown Graphic, APO Sironar 135mm N, RPX 25

[tuco]

Rescan of an old image

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377946716_73004985c3_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jKJ9qd)
Cannery Pump Remains (https://flic.kr/p/2jKJ9qd) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr

Wisner TF, SA 90/8, FP4

[giganova]

Seascape. Not sure if I posted this already. Linhof V 4x5, Schneider 180mm lens at f/16, ND1000 filter, 3-min exposure on Ilford FP4.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50380221033_d632b007ae_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jKVNuz)Corolla_Seascape_LF_2000pix (https://flic.kr/p/2jKVNuz)

[Pat Kearns]

Giganova, that seascape is excellent.

Regards,
Pat Kearns

[Chauncey Walden]

Stretching at the water's edge a bit, 4x5, unmarked brass lens wide open at f/11. San Juan Capistrano. 208045

[md-photo]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50415690098_f334ff4054_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jP4Adb)BaltimoreInnerHarbour014_4000dpi (https://flic.kr/p/2jP4Adb) by Maryland Photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/marylandphotos/), on Flickr

Baltimore waterfront, Linhof Master Technika, Nikkor 150 5.6, Tri-X, developed in Cinestill Df96

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150, Lee Big Stopper, Delta 100, Ilfotec DD-X

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50424546457_376644f5b9_h.jpg

[Vaughn]

Shows time well, Gabe.

[Gabe]

Shows time well, Gabe.

Thank you.

[Peter De Smidt]

Tuco, those are both excellent!

Fine work, Gabe.

[md-photo]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50443829658_8d16efa604_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jRxP81)Baltimore8X10_Tri-X004 (https://flic.kr/p/2jRxP81) by Maryland Photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/marylandphotos/), on Flickr

Gibellini Bellatrix 810, Nikkor-Q 300 f9, Tri-X 320. Developed with Df96 monobath in SP-810. Slight light leak - maybe need to check the baffles?

[John Earley]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50483589066_46a6149a03_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jV4Ad3)
View from the balcony (https://flic.kr/p/2jV4Ad3) by JOHN EARLEY (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacketch/), on Flickr

Very windy, rainy, cloudy and late in the afternoon from a 3rd floor balcony at an inn on Chincoteague Island, this was a difficult shot.

Gibillini Bellatrix 8x10, Nikkor Q 300mm, Arista EDU Ultra 400, HC-110h in an SP810 daylight tray, scanned on an Epson V800 and post processed in Lightroom.

[kevinjp]

Quartzite Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Toyo 45AII, Schneider Symmar 135mm, Delta 100, D76 1:1.

My first attempt at shooting a waterfall with large format, I think the water is a bit overexposed. I learned a few things with this shot. I need to get a 90mm lens, 135mm just isn't wide enough for waterfalls, something I plan on shooting much more of. I had to crop this a bit to straighten it out and it's still not perfectly straight. When composing, I had a hard time seeing the trees at the top to level off of since they were in shadow. I need to get a 3 axis hot shoe level to level the camera. I also learned that my 135mm lens sticks at longer shutter speeds. This was supposed to be a 1 sec exposure, but 1 sec on the lens sounded more like 2 seconds. 1/2 sec sounded close to a second, but it might be a bit long. I also had to clean up quite a few scratches in PS. I had difficulty loading this holder and figured the film was getting scratched.

208587

[John Olsen]

Quartzite Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Toyo 45AII, Schneider Symmar 135mm, Delta 100, D76 1:1.

My first attempt at shooting a waterfall with large format, I think the water is a bit overexposed. I learned a few things with this shot. I need to get a 90mm lens, 135mm just isn't wide enough for waterfalls, something I plan on shooting much more of. I had to crop this a bit to straighten it out and it's still not perfectly straight. When composing, I had a hard time seeing the trees at the top to level off of since they were in shadow. I need to get a 3 axis hot shoe level to level the camera. I also learned that my 135mm lens sticks at longer shutter speeds. This was supposed to be a 1 sec exposure, but 1 sec on the lens sounded more like 2 seconds. 1/2 sec sounded close to a second, but it might be a bit long. I also had to clean up quite a few scratches in PS. I had difficulty loading this holder and figured the film was getting scratched.

208587

With all the dark rocks your exposure was probably right, but perhaps just needed a little underdevelopment to hold back the water. As for the 90mm - a lot of times I can't get close enough to waterfalls to use the 90mm because of the spray. Don't dismiss your 135 yet. Good composition!

[kevinjp]

Thanks John. Maybe you're right about 90mm being too wide, I guess it depends on how close you want to get to the falls. I'm used to using my 16-35 on a full frame. I metered off the part of the water in the middle that looks a little bright and added 3 stops. I had 5 stops of range so I figured it was about right.

[Hans Berkhout]

208598

[David Schaller]

208598

Very well seen and executed Hans. Thanks for sharing.

[tuco]

Tuco, those are both excellent!


Thanks Peter.

[Ulophot]

I agree completely. Well done.

[Vaughn]

Quartzite Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Toyo 45AII, Schneider Symmar 135mm, Delta 100, D76 1:1.

My first attempt at shooting a waterfall with large format, I think the water is a bit overexposed. I learned a few things with this shot. I need to get a 90mm lens, 135mm just isn't wide enough for waterfalls, something I plan on shooting much more of. I had to crop this a bit to straighten it out and it's still not perfectly straight. When composing, I had a hard time seeing the trees at the top to level off of since they were in shadow. I need to get a 3 axis hot shoe level to level the camera. I also learned that my 135mm lens sticks at longer shutter speeds. This was supposed to be a 1 sec exposure, but 1 sec on the lens sounded more like 2 seconds. 1/2 sec sounded close to a second, but it might be a bit long. I also had to clean up quite a few scratches in PS. I had difficulty loading this holder and figured the film was getting scratched.

Great 1st LF image!!

If I don't trust the 1 or 1/2 second speeds on a shutter, I close down another stop and use B. "Exercing"' the shutter might help with those speeds, maybe not.

In dark situations, to see the image on your GG easier, place your eye on the line the light is traveling along -- in better words, if you want to see into a corner of the GG easier, look at the corner with your eye in-line with the center of the lens opening...where the light is coming from.

135mm is fine for waterfalls -- just learn to see with it and where one needs to be to set the camera up. There is no regular lens that is not great for waterfalls, it will be the eye and experience of the photographer that will determine if it a focal length works' best 'or not.

Have fun!

[Hans Berkhout]

Thank you David.

[esearing]

208598

You have several other good images in the one. View Top half vs Bottom half, and Left half vs Right 2/3.

[esearing]

Quartzite Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Toyo 45AII, Schneider Symmar 135mm, Delta 100, D76 1:1.

My first attempt at shooting a waterfall with large format, I think the water is a bit overexposed. I learned a few things with this shot. I need to get a 90mm lens, 135mm just isn't wide enough for waterfalls, something I plan on shooting much more of. I had to crop this a bit to straighten it out and it's still not perfectly straight. When composing, I had a hard time seeing the trees at the top to level off of since they were in shadow. I need to get a 3 axis hot shoe level to level the camera. I also learned that my 135mm lens sticks at longer shutter speeds. This was supposed to be a 1 sec exposure, but 1 sec on the lens sounded more like 2 seconds. 1/2 sec sounded close to a second, but it might be a bit long. I also had to clean up quite a few scratches in PS. I had difficulty loading this holder and figured the film was getting scratched.

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Nicely done. I rarely use my 90 for waterfalls, 135 or 65 for me if up close. Find a shutter tester and be sure, 1/2 vs 2 seconds makes a huge difference with white water.

[kevinjp]

Thanks Vaughn, and thanks for the hints. I'm still getting used to composing upside down and this scene in particular was a little disorienting.

[kevinjp]

Thanks esearing. Yeah maybe 90mm would be too wide. I'm still getting a feel for what field of view my 135 and 210 lenses have. I'll have to test that shutter and see where it's at.