What did you compose at Waters Edge?

[kev curry]

Great Skuas ''become possessed with a sense of exclusive ownership''. They sound just like Americans....kidding, I'm kidding, just a bit of fun right, give me a break;-)

[Steve Gledhill]

...
Bonxies are Great Skuas. ...

In the US, and no doubt other places, skuas are know as jaegers. So the Great Skua or Bonxie is the Great Jaeger.

[kev curry]

Any relation to Mick?

[Struan Gray]

... the Great Skua or Bonxie is the Great Jaeger.

My field guide is old enough to have bird names in various European languages. Although variants of Jaeger mean 'hunter' in many N. European countries, only the Dutch seem to call skuas by such a relatively noble name. In Sweden they are a kind of 'labb', which refers to their big feet and awkward rolling gait when walking. 'Bonxie' in Shetland also means a dumpy old woman, so I suspect the root is the same there. In German they're 'robber gulls', which gets closest to the truth.

Despite their generally unsavoury behaviour great skuas haven't any reputation for evil in most folklore, unlike, say, ravens, who are admired by city-dwelling twitchers but generally despised as pernicious killers out in the country. Arctic skuas are gorgeous birds - seeing one raiding a flock of feeding terns is like high-speed ballet. Fishermen have a soft spot for them rather like the myths that grew up around albatrosses in the Southern Oceans.

One of the themes that has emerged from my Scottish photography is a sense of deep time. The marks of human history are plain and obvious in the form and ecology of the landscape, but also the deeper shapings from weather patterns, ice ages and other, longer-term geological processes.

Names are a surprisingly robust, if somewhat unreliable, tracer of former times. My own name is a Norse loan word into gaelic, and maps of North-West Scotland are scattered with similar borrowings which, like odd pieces of soapstone among the glacial rubble, tell a story that I think is worth attending to. If the gulls, gannets, petrels and skuas would only stand still long enough I'd be photographing them as part of the project.



http://struangray.com/miscpics/applecross.jpg

Topshell, and the billion year old beach. East of Garvie Bay, Coigach.


It's a little hard to make out at this onscreen size, but these slabs are covered with ripples made on a beach or wadi one billion years ago. There were no plants then, nor animals of any kind, and Scotland was 30° south of the Equator, seperated from England by 1000 km of shallow ocean. Perhaps it's just the antiquarian packrat in me, but these days the backstory is an increasingly important part of the photograph. I've stopped photographing just shapes and patterns, and gone back to photographing things.

[David Hedley]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5452088640_425534b843_b.jpg
Chain of Pools, Granite Bay


Gelatin-silver photograph, on Ilford MG.1P single weight paper, from a 8x10 Tri-X negative exposed in a Nagaoka double extension field view camera with a Commercial Congo 360mm f6.8 lens.

What a beautiful and lyrical image, born out of your sense of form and light.

[Maris Rusis]

Thank you David. Granite Bay contains many inspiring forms where the hard rock has been ground and polished by the sea. Here is another example:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5177/5456725943_0276b56733_b.jpg
Pool, Granite Bay

Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford Multigrade IV FB from a 4x5 Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera with a Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f8 lens.

[David Hedley]

Sublime, Maris. Two related, but quite distinct metaphors in these two images.

[SamReeves]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5452088640_425534b843_b.jpg
Chain of Pools, Granite Bay


Well executed, and a beauty! :D

[briand]

Great Images.
this is one I took yesterday after an overnight 55mm of rain, this creek is usually dry in summer.
EA 100 @ 80 ISO
1/4sec @f22. very overcast :D

[ThePhilosopher]

Testing the expired Velvia 50-Sinar Alpina Schneider Xenar 150mm f/5.6:
http://www.bartkophoto.com/Film/Velvia45/MJP_005.jpg

[Cornelius]

A picture of the water's edge. Iron oxide contamination. Rodenstock 75mm MC @ F/22. Expired Portra 400NC I picked up here on the forum.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58665536@N08/5464788114/#/photos/58665536@N08/5464788114/lightbox/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/58665536@N08/5464788114/#/photos/58665536@N08/5464788114/lightbox/

[austin granger]

Fog, Chimney Rock, Point Reyes

[Heroique]

The Queets River – flowing through a rain forest in bright sun.

A mile or so later, it disappears into the Pacific Ocean.

(Olympic Peninsula, Wash. state)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Lee WA hood (for multi-directional reflected light)
Velvia-50
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Andrea Gazzoni]

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/6716/valnontey.jpg



Valnontey stream at dusk, late october
Tachi 8x10, G-Claron 305mm, Velvia 100F drum scanned, blue curve adjustment.
Too lazy to remove that twig after a day under the backpack..

[briand]

this is a test shot I did over the weekend,6x7 horseman roll film back on my Home built 4x5 wide, 47mm XL lens.
cheers Brian :D

[Ramiro Elena]

Some surfers down the beach in Sitges.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5537592120_8d33541045_z.jpg
Eastman View No.2 8x10
B&L Zeiss Tessar 6 1/2 x 8 1/2
Efke100

[Eric James]

Beautiful image Ramiro!

Sentinel Rock from Lower Yosemite Falls (B&W conversion from Astia)

[vinny]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4270218285_55284c7f84_z.jpg

Fishermen, Eastern Sierras
konica ir 750, 89b filter 6x12 back 210mm, I think.

[spkennedy3000]

Ramiro that is a real beauty.

[Ramiro Elena]

Thanks guys :)

[mentalcrisis00]

This is a shot taken from the Edge of the water at Willard Park in Rhode Island. This was one of the first 4x5's I took with my new Wista DX and Schneider 90mm SA.

[Donald Miller]

Ligurian Sea Italy

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

[Scott Walker]

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg90/Beecool/KickingHorseRiver.jpg

Kicking Horse River, British Columbia

Home made 4x5 camera, 150mm Rodenstock Sironar-N, T-Max 100, printed on Galerie grade 2, and as usual, sorry about the crappy scan :o

[Heroique]

Kicking Horse River, British Columbia. ...Sorry about the crappy scan.

The scan looks okay on my screen – maybe the tripod, if in the water, shook a bit?

Also curious if this is inside Banff.

Quite dramatic, full of danger.

[Scott Walker]

The scan looks okay on my screen – maybe the tripod, if in the water, shook a bit?

Also curious if this is inside Banff.

Quite dramatic, full of danger.

I don't think there was any camera shake, my scanner bed is not quite big enough so the print sags and the only spot that would be focused properly is the center of the image.

West of Banff, between Field & Golden BC

Yes, climb in, climb out, and do not slip

[PolarBear1973]

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/PolarBear1973/PeckmanRiverTrainBridge.jpg

Cedar Grove, NJ

[jp]

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img318.jpg

R.Waldo Tyler Wildlife Management Area (Tidal Marsh), South Thomaston ME, yesterday. First chance to take my own Kodak 305 lens outdoors! Perhaps the last notable springtime snow?

Kodak 305 Soft Focus, Some down tilt of the front standard, B&J 8x10. Fomapan 100 in xtol 1+2.

[PolarBear1973]

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/PolarBear1973/img248P.jpg

Devil's Hole
NJ

FP4+

[Rick A]

Sol'ice--Calumet cc400 4x5/127 Ysarex
Arista EDU ultra 100
8x10 on Fotokemika Varikon km

[PolarBear1973]

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/PolarBear1973/ng.jpg

Norvin Green State Forest, Bloomingdale, NJ

[dperez]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5637798986_d28a0a8b57_b.jpg
Santa Monica Pier, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Fuji 160S QL. Slight crop, curves adjustment, noise reduction, and sharpening in CS3.

Larger Version Here: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5637798986_cbf3de7f21_o.jpg

[Heroique]

Santa Monica Pier, CA

One of my favorite posts this week. Well, this month.

I like the rainbow lines lower left; the purple triangle lower right; the hallucinogenic circle up above.

All the shapes are as fun as the colors.

[PaulRicciardi]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5642280280_fd3927cd40_z.jpg

Whole plate

[Ramiro Elena]

I enjoyed your work in Perú Paul. Was that commisioned or personal?

[SamReeves]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5637798986_d28a0a8b57_b.jpg
Santa Monica Pier, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Fuji 160S QL. Slight crop, curves adjustment, noise reduction, and sharpening in CS3.

Larger Version Here: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5637798986_cbf3de7f21_o.jpg

Fantastic.

[PaulRicciardi]

I enjoyed your work in Perú Paul. Was that commisioned or personal?

Ramiro,
It was commissioned by an NGO who work with the Quechua. I spent roughly 3 months there splitting my time between two Quechua villages and a small town where the NGO had their headquarters.

Trying to get the photos all together into some kind of a book
-Paul

[Heroique]

Santa Monica Pier, CA

This carnival scene has all the lights switched on – but almost no people. Pretty spooky. Then it occurred to me that the exposure time might have been long enough to eliminate moving crowds (if they’re actually there); however, the appearance of the water & Ferris wheel suggest the exposure wasn’t that long. So I’m right back to “pretty spooky”! It’s a super image in many ways.

[Ken Kapinski]

Truly inspiring work from everybody. Hats off to you all. Here is an oldie of mine. From just outside Aspen Colorado. I call it "Babbling Brook"

Ken


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8bUHAKdSFCQ/TbOGhWRVfJI/AAAAAAAAAVw/_qV8xQQDf7c/s1600/babbling-brook-small.jpg

Horseman 45FA, Fuji Velvia, and I think a Schneider 210 f5.6

[Ramiro Elena]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5649442130_886c5616b2_b.jpg

[SergeiR]

Xenar on 4x5 Acros 100

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5647766433_c99c260e6f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/5647766433/)
Untitled_Panorama3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/5647766433/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5681797790_b896c3194d_b.jpg
Action shot bonus
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5675736801_8556742f5a_z.jpg

[Struan Gray]

Lovely Sean. You're in danger of becoming a twigographer.

[Maris Rusis]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5678685388_a99d5b7898_b.jpg
Angular Pool, Monument Bay

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC 111 FB VC, image dimensions 18.5cm X 21.5cm, from a 4x5 Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF camera with a 90mm f8 Schneider Super Angulon lens.
Some things, clear still water for example, are invisible unless they reflect some thing else. But their beauty, while borrowed, is not diminished.

[Michael Wynd]

Really nice, Maris.
Mike

[Hector.Navarro]

angular indeed!

great photograph Maris.

[rcjtapio]

Last month the Midwest Large Format Asulym shot in Evanston, IL & found this old pier.

Rick Tapio

[Frank Bunnik]

Linhof MT with 5,6 90mm Super Angulon MC lens fitted with Lee Big Stopper. Slight post processing in Adobe Lightroom

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[bobwysiwyg]

Last month the Midwest Large Format Asulym shot in Evanston, IL & found this old pier.

Rick Tapio

Nice shots!

Question about the first one. What produced the fog affect that is limited to just a few inches above the water's surface? Was this a long exposure and this is water surface movement?

[rcjtapio]

The first shot was taken at sunrise shooting east into the sun (over Lake Michigan)...had it been there. The morning was foggy & rain. I believe it was about a 6 minute exposure (on Tri-X at f/45) and I had to shield the lens with my raincoat. There is a reason why we call our group an "asylum." Thanks for your comment.

Rick Tapio

[bobwysiwyg]

Thanks for the details. It turned out to be a great affect as far as I'm concerned. Just goes to show, if you know what you are going, you can get a great shot no matter the lighting or conditions. Nice job.

[rcjtapio]

A friend of mine, who was also shooting on the beach that day, told me he heard in a lecture long time ago that all great photographs are taken on the "edge" of something....edge of a storm, edge of land, etc. Maybe he's on to something there.

Rick Tapio

[Maris Rusis]

Really nice, Maris.
Mike

Thank you!

[Maris Rusis]

angular indeed!

great photograph Maris.

Much appreciated!

[Frank Bunnik]

Two piers.

Linhof MT, Schneider Apo-Symmar 120L, Lee Big Stopper.

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[jvuokko]

Melting sea, almost month ago.
4x5 TMY-2, Symmar-S 5.6/150mm and Hasemi FT 45.

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2011-04-13-4%20meri%20sulaa%20web.jpg

[Frank Bunnik]

"Nine poles"

The poles are used to hang fishing nets between.

Linhof MT, Sironar N 210mm, Lee Big stopper. Slightly cropped and post processed in Adobe Lightroom.

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[nray]

Santa Monica Pier, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 90mm Schneider Symmar-S f/8 lens, Fuji 160S QL. Slight crop, curves adjustment, noise reduction, and sharpening in CS3.

Wow...this is wonderful. Well done.

[Gem Singer]

Hall Office Park--Frisco, TX

Canham 5x7--Nikon/Nikkor 120SW--Ilford HP-5+ developed in Pyrocat-HD.

[Panoman617]

Midwest Large Format Asulym shot in Evanston nice photo rcjtapio. Did you go on the may outing in Ohio?

[Roger Thoms]

Thomas, for some reason I can't view your photograph.

Roger

[Ken Lee]

Photo for sale, moved to For Sale section. See here (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=75957).

[tgtaylor]

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2101/5709908627_904145739d_z.jpg

Toyo ROBOS, 210mm Symmer-S, Fuji Acros rotary developed in Xtol 1:1, Ilford WT RC.

I shot this image last week, printed it on Monday night and plan to selenium tone it later today. I also took the same image on Fuji 160-S color negative film and plan to print it this evening.

It's interesting to note that although Ansel Adams was a daily visitor to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 which, he said, "would be my school for that year," he never, as far as I am aware, took a photograph of what he termed "the glorious Palace of Fine Arts."


*****

I posted this image earlier this morning and after reading the posts in the Business section of the forum decided to start selling my images. Good images are hard to come by (If you get one good one a month you're doing good! - Ansel Adams). But maybe I can find that one good one and break even on this interest. If you're looking for a good print, then you'll also find the above in the forum's For Sale section.

Thomas

Thomas

[uphereinmytree]

pittsburgh Pa , 450mm nikkor ,orange filter, efke 25

[rcjtapio]

Midwest Large Format Asulym shot in Evanston nice photo rcjtapio. Did you go on the may outing in Ohio?

Actually the MWLFA outings are always on the 3rd Saturday of the month which means the May outing is coming up in a couple weeks. We will be shooting along Lake Michigan in Chicago close to the Osaka Garden (near the Museum of Science & Industry) and some of the many bridges near Chinatown. More details can be found on the MWLFA website (www.midwestlargeformat.com). I see you check in there from time to time.

The outing in Ohio (just south of Cleveland) is organized by an active MWLFA friend (John) who does a great job of bringing LF shooters together for a great weekend of shooting, viewing prints and making friends. He organizes 3 or 4 outings a year. If you ever find the time to go, you will have a great time. I made one of the Ohio outings last year and enjoyed every minute. Because of being Mother's Day weekend, I could not make this one.

Hope to see you on a future outing.

Rick Tapio

[Randy]

Along Rock Castle Creek in Southwest Virginia.
Cropped 8X10. Probably Caltar-SII 300mm on Arista EDU 100 in HC-110...you know, I am often drawn to these small cascades along my mountain streams, but I am seldom satisfied with the end product. I guess there is only so much you can do with wispy water over rocks.

http://rsphoto.fileave.com/186.jpg

[Gerry Meekins]

Along Rock Castle Creek in Southwest Virginia.
Cropped 8X10. Probably Caltar-SII 300mm on Arista EDU 100 in HC-110...you know, I am often drawn to these small cascades along my mountain streams, but I am seldom satisfied with the end product. I guess there is only so much you can do with wispy water over rocks.


Randy,

I'd be darn happy to get the results you got here! Nice shot from a very nice area.

Gerry

[SamReeves]

Along Rock Castle Creek in Southwest Virginia.
Cropped 8X10. Probably Caltar-SII 300mm on Arista EDU 100 in HC-110...you know, I am often drawn to these small cascades along my mountain streams, but I am seldom satisfied with the end product. I guess there is only so much you can do with wispy water over rocks.

http://rsphoto.fileave.com/186.jpg

Count me in for being satisfied with that photo. Looks great!

[northcarolinajack]

My wife and I spent a few days at Holden Beach a few weeks ago. The shrimp boats are docked across the Inland Waterway from Holden Beach.

Camera- Super Graflex and 203 mm Lens
Film- Ilford Delta 100 in DDX

Jack


www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954
www.jackharrisphotography.com

[Frank Bunnik]

"Rocks, sea and sky"

Linhof MT, super angulon 5,6 90mm, Lee Big Stopper.

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[msk2193]

Grapevine, Texas

8X10 HP5 + 400

http://kan.com/images/2011-4-film/bin/images/large/Grapevine_Lake_2.jpg

[Panoman617]

Very nice photo Randy. I like the little streams of WV when I'm out east.

[dave_whatever]

One from a few weeks back:

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/home-turf/dp_longshawmoon077.jpg

Velvia 50, 90mm fujinon. Slightly cropped, I was limited in camera position by the water and encroaching trees. Overall quite happy with this although it was a bastard to scan.

[Scott --]

I've shot this scene many times, and it's always different. This is a crop from 10x12 (had some coverage and light leak issues). Euryscop IV #3, 30 seconds at f/81. Adox NP27 in HC-110 dil H.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/5716198091_1157a81c13_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5716198091/)
Monocacy Creek, 5/11 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5716198091/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[Shailendra]

Two piers.

Linhof MT, Schneider Apo-Symmar 120L, Lee Big Stopper.

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

Stunning work...

[SamReeves]

One from a few weeks back:

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/home-turf/dp_longshawmoon077.jpg

Velvia 50, 90mm fujinon. Slightly cropped, I was limited in camera position by the water and encroaching trees. Overall quite happy with this although it was a bastard to scan.


Wonderful!

[ederphoto]

I was biking with my wife 2 years ago on a early fall and i came across this fallen tree in a river near my home .I was biking on a mountain bike ,so there was no room for large format .All we had with us was a nikon coolpix 7900 pocket camera .The water was calm,no wind, the sun was low in the sky if i remember right and yellow and red leafs on the trees around caught my eyes .I asked her for her camera ,composed the picture the best i could and took the shot .There was no time to go back home and get the real stuff ,it was getting dark .When igot home and looked the picture in the computer i almost killed myself for not having the right equipment at that time .I love the felling and tonal range of the picture along with the reflection in the water .I went to the same place many times after that but the water is never like that ,neither the colors and even the trees around are getting bigger .I'm sad because it is not an 8x10 Tmax sheet of film shot through my Cooke XV ,but at the same time ,i'm happy to have taken the shot.At least i can make some 4x6 post card with it .4x6 ??? What is that ???????????

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20410993@N04/5718820087/in/photostream

[Frank Bunnik]

Stunning work...

Thank you very much.

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[ederphoto]

My previous post didn't came out right ,so ,here is the correction:

I was biking with my wife 2 years ago on a early fall and i came across this fallen tree in a river near my home .I was biking on a mountain bike ,so there was no room for large format .All we had with us was a nikon coolpix 7900 pocket camera .The water was calm,no wind, the sun was low in the sky if i remember right and yellow and red leafs on the trees around caught my eyes .I asked her for her camera ,composed the picture the best i could and took the shot .There was no time to go back home and get the real stuff ,it was getting dark .When i got home and looked the picture in the computer i almost killed myself for not having the right equipment at that time .I love the felling and tonal range of the picture along with the reflection in the water .I went to the same place many times after that but the water is never like that ,neither the colors and even the trees around are getting bigger .I'm sad because it is not an 8x10 Tmax sheet of film shot through my Cooke XV ,but at the same time ,i'm happy to have taken the shot.At least i can make some 4x6 post card with it .4x6 ??? What is that ???????????

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/5718820087_a69ca2f13a_b.jpg

[ThinkDefyUnite]

Lots of great images in this thread!

This one is from last weekend near a place called Peavine Falls in Oak Mountain State Park. I don't do a lot of color 4x5, but I had an expired box of Portra 160VC laying around, so I decided it to use it to capture something that said "Fall". It's a two minute exposure at f32 with a Caltar 180mm lens. I used a polarizer only as a neutral density filter to lengthen the exposure.

http://www.tedmastrandonas.com/images/BouldersStreamPeavineFalls2009-11-01.840.jpg

http://www.tedmastrandonas.com

My favorite shot of this entire thread so far (133 pages and counting...). Simply amazing. I would blow that up to 4 feet x 5 feet and hang it on my staircase wall.

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5725207394_df6cc23a1f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5725207394/)
Scan-110515-0017 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5725207394/) by smlgphotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5724649095_da517c3a8f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5724649095/)
Scan-110515-0011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5724649095/) by smlgphotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/5724649573_a1916eedd7_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5724649573/)
Scan-110515-0013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5724649573/) by smlgphotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

Tmax100

[D-tach]

Sunrise at Lago Nahua Huelpi - Bariloche - Patagonia
I know, it's a cliche one... but ideal for practicing the tilting and grads stuff (in half darkness and without mosquito spray :eek:)

Comments and critiques welcome!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/5735323600_0ac484df28_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60030955@N05/5735323600/)

Chamonix 45N2 - Schneider SA XL90 - Velvia 50

[Michael Wynd]

Love it
Mike

[Heroique]

Me too – looks like the snouts of gray whales, emerging to enjoy the sunset.

BTW, whales do enjoy beauty.

You can tell because they whistle like construction workers.

[D-tach]

Thanks Michael & Heroique!

[Scratched Glass]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5701498400_4f96f3ab67.jpg

Cattails' Morning Glow
It should have been wide open, but I still like it. However, I think I'll try again next year.

Linhof Technika V 4X5
210mm f 5.6 Schneider Symmar S
Fuji Provia 100F - RDP III

[Steve M Hostetter]

Sunrise at Lago Nahua Huelpi - Bariloche - Patagonia
I know, it's a cliche one... but ideal for practicing the tilting and grads stuff (in half darkness and without mosquito spray :eek:)

Comments and critiques welcome!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/5735323600_0ac484df28_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60030955@N05/5735323600/)

Chamonix 45N2 - Schneider SA XL90 - Velvia 50

Hey,,

This shot reminds me of a shot I took in Cape Bretton Nova Scotia.. Only difference is mine was shot 0n 8x10 Provia f100 w/ 210mm lens
I know you say cliche but I like it anyway.. Maybe I can dig mine out

[Frank Bunnik]

6 Poles.
Linhof MT, Sironar N 210mm, Lee Big Stopper

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[D-tach]

Sunset Villa Agostura - Patagonia

Comments & Critiques welcome!

those Epson holders seem to hide a part of what's on the negative, there's actually more room on the left of the stones :confused:

Tom

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2271/5751724606_836478c052_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60030955@N05/5751724606/)

Chamonix 45N2 - Apo Symmar 150 - Velvia 50

[briand]

Sunset Villa Agostura - Patagonia

Comments & Critiques welcome!

those Epson holders seem to hide a part of what's on the negative, there's actually more room on the left of the stones :confused:

Tom

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2271/5751724606_836478c052_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60030955@N05/5751724606/)

Chamonix 45N2 - Apo Symmar 150 - Velvia 50

Hi Tom.
Great image, I like the colors and the soft light, I haven't tried the Velvia 50 yet it looks fab. there are some great images here.
Cheers Brian:D

[Jim Becia]

Here are a couple. The first one is from a small lake in northern WI using an 8x10 with a Fuji 300 CW and the second is from Lake Superior using the 8x10 with Nikkor 150 SW

[msk2193]

Here are a couple. The first one is from a small lake in northern WI using an 8x10 with a Fuji 300 CW and the second is from Lake Superior using the 8x10 with Nikkor 150 SW

Beautiful, both of them.

[Edwin Beckenbach]

Cattail Reeds Times Four
58mm Super Angulon XL, f32 4 seconds, center filter, Portra 160NC 4x5

[Joel Truckenbrod]

Cattail Reeds Times Four
58mm Super Angulon XL, f32 4 seconds, center filter, Portra 160NC 4x5

Unusual and very beautiful. Wonderful image, Edwin.

[Edwin Beckenbach]

Unusual and very beautiful. Wonderful image, Edwin.

Why thank you. This is in a structure behind a concrete pond at the top of a spillway. It's very near to where I grew up. I climbed up the spillway once about 25 years ago but never thought much about it until recently when I went back up to see if it had been found and modified by street artists. I didn't find much graffiti but I did find some unexpected optical effects. Here's one more:

[Struan Gray]

Cattail Reeds Times Four

Most excellent.

[D-tach]

Cattail Reeds Times Four
58mm Super Angulon XL, f32 4 seconds, center filter, Portra 160NC 4x5

Beautifull light and framing!

I read color neg film is difficult to scan or get the colors right... Why is that if I may ask?

regards
Tom

[Edwin Beckenbach]

Beautifull light and framing!

I read color neg film is difficult to scan or get the colors right... Why is that if I may ask?

regards
Tom

I don't find scanning color neg to be problematic at all. Maybe getting it right directly out of the scanner is hard but I scan uncorrected and adjust afterwards. The current negative films are so linear across almost the entirety of their characteristic curves that this is usually very simple. In fact I have much greater difficulty with transparencies, the transition to deepest shadows in particular because at some point black shifts away from neutral.

[Colin Graham]

Wonderful photos Edwin. The cyclops/lens-like hole in the the silhouette image is a nice touch.

[SMBooth]

Mooring, two boat waiting to be used.
Ektachrome 100plus Nikon135mm WistaField. V700scan

[Nigels]

A similar shot form me;
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/5700593264_a0e3cafce5_o.jpg

[Nigels]

And here is something I did with my first LF B&W;
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/5700795704_d94d015d5e_b.jpg

[SMBooth]

A similar shot form me;


Yep, old boats are cool. Your first B&W is fantastic, great job.

[SamReeves]

Sunrise at Lago Nahua Huelpi - Bariloche - Patagonia
I know, it's a cliche one... but ideal for practicing the tilting and grads stuff (in half darkness and without mosquito spray :eek:)

Comments and critiques welcome!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/5735323600_0ac484df28_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60030955@N05/5735323600/)

Chamonix 45N2 - Schneider SA XL90 - Velvia 50

That's a real beauty. And especially nice since those 90's are a hassle to focus in low light. At least mine is.


Here are a couple. The first one is from a small lake in northern WI using an 8x10 with a Fuji 300 CW and the second is from Lake Superior using the 8x10 with Nikkor 150 SW

Those falls colors on #1 are spetacular. Nice job!!


And here is something I did with my first LF B&W;
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/5700795704_d94d015d5e_b.jpg

That's a pretty darn good first LF B&W! Nice indeed!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

A carbon transfer print from Neptune Bay, Oregon.

[rcjtapio]

This was taken last Saturday while out with the Midwest Large Format Asylum. It is sunrise over Lake Michigan from the south side of Chicago. The sun was rising so fast that I clipped part of the sun on 2 negatives as I made two exposures. The sun only peeked out for about 30 seconds as it mostly hid behind the clouds. The image is both negatives sandwiched to complete the circle of the sun. As the composition is mostly symmetrical I ended up liking the crazy double exposure of the trees so the image is not so boring.

[rjbrine]

This one is a composition at sunset on Kuaui where the lava flow meets the sea. I was certainly feeling the pressure of the elements. The wind was getting up, the sun was setting fast, it was starting to rain and the waves were crashing ever closer to the tripod.

Velvia 100 F16 Schneider 150mm

[mdm]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CPWdlI2iA5U/TeGD8Z9_5DI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/wISn29An4i0/s1600/Scan-110529-0004-1-1.JPG

McCraken's Rest. Time to wipe my monitor?
5x7 Shanghai 100, 180mm Fujinon A

[Vaughn]

A carbon transfer print from Neptune Bay, Oregon.

Nice simple composition that draws you in.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Vaughn, thanks. That was what I was trying to do.

[MMELVIS]

Leffis Key in Florida

1943 Speed Graphic
Greflex Optar lens 6 3/8" at f16
Arista Edu 4x5 film iso 100
Developed in Arista Developer

[Eric James]

Very nice Nigels. Jim, your's is somewhat ero(rk)tic.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5541491191_5c55963e87_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/5541491191/)
Rock and Ice, Lower Yosemite Falls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/5541491191/) by EAJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/eajames/), on Flickr

[Ken Lee]

Very nice Nigels. Jim, your's is somewhat ero(rk)tic.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5541491191_5c55963e87_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/5541491191/)
Rock and Ice, Lower Yosemite Falls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/5541491191/) by EAJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/eajames/), on Flickr

Magnificent photo. A real feeling of presence, silence and massive scale. Not to mention lovely tones and exquisite detail. Wonderful understatement and a sense of mystery too. Plus it feels like it's breathing or moving.

[Miguel Coquis]

Sea !

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Mer/Veulettes-sur-Mer.jpg
Normandie

[ImSoNegative]

grass growing by the lake, shot with a 5x7 burke and james

[Eric James]

Thanks Ken - very kind of you!

[mitomac]

http://images.macalpine.org/Largeformat/Large-Format/i-wQsWv2d/0/L/dmm110603752679-L.jpg

Flood
Great Falls National Park, VA
Velvia 50, Tachihara, 210 mm

[Corran]

Still experimenting with C-41 development...
Schneider 90mm f/8, 6-second exposure at f/16 on Fuji 160S. Front tilt and rear rise, plus a bit of cropping.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/0018.jpg

[Jim Becia]

Here is an image from the base of Vernal Falls taken a few years ago when the water was just a trickle. Jim

[Ken Lee]

Here is an image from the base of Vernal Falls taken a few years ago when the water was just a trickle. Jim

A remarkable image. That's quite a place.

[bobwysiwyg]

Still experimenting with C-41 development...
Schneider 90mm f/8, 6-second exposure at f/16 on Fuji 160S. Front tilt and rear rise, plus a bit of cropping.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/0018.jpg

Your "experiment" went well. ;) I love the color!

[mandoman7]

Here is an image from the base of Vernal Falls taken a few years ago when the water was just a trickle. Jim

Excellent composition.

[MumbleyJoe]

Eric James & Jim - both wonderful work (even without my disproportionate fondness for Yosemite). I love seeing familiar places in unique ways, and you both did that exceedingly well.

mitomac - Wow! That's beautiful. I love that green in a sea of nearly neutral tones. Just awesome.

[Heroique]

Sea! Normandie.

Very nice, Miguel!

I like all the horizontal lines, alternating black and white, right up to the black line of the frame itself.

Just like waves.

[h2oman]

It's somewhat ironic that in Yosemite, known for its scale and grandeur, Eric and Jim have made two of the most wonderful images from Yosemite that I've seen without showing more than about 20 feet of width and height! Excellent work, guys.

[Jim Becia]

Thanks for the nice comments. I've only been to Yosemite a couple of times and find myself longing to go back. And while it's the grandeur that draws me there, it's these types of images that I find myself shooting. Jim

[mrladewig]

http://images.macalpine.org/Largeformat/Large-Format/i-wQsWv2d/0/L/dmm110603752679-L.jpg

Flood
Great Falls National Park, VA
Velvia 50, Tachihara, 210 mm

Beautiful scene mitomac.


Here is an image from the base of Vernal Falls taken a few years ago when the water was just a trickle. Jim

Fantanstic Jim.

[Revolucion Artistico]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/5808557859_1544346e2b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rscartaccini/5808557859/) 007f (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rscartaccini/5808557859/) by revolucion_artistico (http://www.flickr.com/people/rscartaccini/), on Flickr

My first outing with the speed graphic on a recent hike

[h2oman]

4x5, 150mm lens. I'm embarrassed to say that I'm using both fp4+ and HP5+ and I can't remember which this was. the exposure time was 5 minutes, though!

Taken near Somes Bar on the Klamath River, State of Jefferson.

[SamReeves]

4x5, 150mm lens. I'm embarrassed to say that I'm using both fp4+ and HP5+ and I can't remember which this was. the exposure time was 5 minutes, though!

Taken near Somes Bar on the Klamath River, State of Jefferson.

Heck of a nice 5 minute exposure. I've always liked going through K-Falls. Where there are more car dealers than there are people. :D

[h2oman]

I've always liked going through K-Falls. Where there are more car dealers than there are people. :D

Yeah, I find myself here after growing up in Wyoming, where there are more antelope than people!

[mitomac]

Mrladewig and MumbleyJoe,

Thanks for the kind compliments. I wish I could say the image was more than the result of dumb luck. But I;m at the mercy of luck when it comes to long exposures and reciprocity. Still getting the hang of this game but having a blast. The Falls image was Velvia 50 for close to a minute. I've also tried some long exposures with Ektar 100 and darn if I can expose that stuff long enough in the early dawn /pre-dawn light -- always underexposed. Just bought some Astia to try as it is supposed have improved reciprocity and exposure latitude.

Cheers,

mitomac

[David Aimone]

Monhegan Harbor, Maine

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v22/p841492655-5.jpg

[David Aimone]

Wyeth House at Lobster Cove, Monhegan, Maine

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v26/p100759718-5.jpg

[Corran]

And now for your daily dose of cliche:
Heavy crop from Schneider 90mm, Fuji Velvia 50.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/0028.jpg

[mdm]

And now for your daily dose of cliche:
Heavy crop from Schneider 90mm, Fuji Velvia 50.



With an ample serving of syrup. Its a classic.:)

[David Aimone]

On the coast of Maine

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v25/p823924800-5.jpg

[lbenac]

These were over the edge i.e. low tide in spring, the water was gone...
I have to come back when the slough is full and the boats are afloat.

That said these are photo #2 and #3 of my new venture in large format - newbie I am.

Ilford 125 Pyrocat 1+1+100 Nikkor 300/9

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/v21/p603205476-5.jpg


Ilford 125 Pyrocat 1+1+100 Nikkor 75/4.5

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/v25/p687825467-4.jpg


Cheers,

Luc

[jp]

On the coast of Maine

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v25/p823924800-5.jpg

That's nice. This must be on the east side of the island.

You've captured swells, curling waves, water running off the rocks like a waterfall, churning ocean, a little of everything. Never know what you're going to get with wave photos, and you did well.

Very rough out there at times; I've only boated around that part rather than walked it.

[David Aimone]

Yes, that was on the southeast corner of the island at Christmas Cove. The wind was by biggest problem for the week, and that day/place was the biggest problem. I ended up having to clean two lenses that night with lens paper and what I hope was very good quality eyeglass cleaner! It's all I had there, and the lenses were salt-encrusted from the wind-blown spray mists.

The only thing I looked for on this one was to get the water flowing over the rock on the right, waterfall style. The rest was a bonus!


That's nice. This must be on the east side of the island.

You've captured swells, curling waves, water running off the rocks like a waterfall, churning ocean, a little of everything. Never know what you're going to get with wave photos, and you did well.

Very rough out there at times; I've only boated around that part rather than walked it.

[David Aimone]

This one I just developed...immediately one of my favorites. Efke 25PLM in Pyrocat-MC

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v20/p122469924-5.jpg

[MMELVIS]

David Aimone the above shot is very well composed and has very strong shadows. Getting that shot must have been a challenge.

[Shailendra]

A remarkable image. That's quite a place.

agreed...

[David Aimone]

Two more from Monhegan Island, ME:

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v25/p373395889-5.jpg

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v25/p905245315-5.jpg

[dave_whatever]

Couple from recent holiday, Sardinia, Italy.

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/sardinia/dp_capotestapan02079.jpg

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/sardinia/dp_capotestapan01078.jpg

6x17 back on shen hao, top one is a 150mm g-claron, bottom one is 90mm fujinon.

[Panoman617]

Very nice Dave how do you like your 90mm fujinon? Do you use a center filter on it?

[dave_whatever]

I can't fault the fuji so far, and yes I have been using a CF, a rodenstock, the one with the same spec as the Schneider IIIB. I might post a few more with that combo once they're developed and scanned.

[mat4226]

Managed to get this shot below a pier near VA Beach while on vacation last week:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/5841912921_b39b8c3ce1_z.jpg

Eastman Commercial 8x10, Goerz 14" Red Dot Artar, Kodak Ektar 100

[SamReeves]

Couple from recent holiday, Sardinia, Italy.

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/sardinia/dp_capotestapan02079.jpg

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/sardinia/dp_capotestapan01078.jpg

6x17 back on shen hao, top one is a 150mm g-claron, bottom one is 90mm fujinon.

That's a pretty darn nice holiday. I like 'em both!!


Managed to get this shot below a pier near VA Beach while on vacation last week:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/5841912921_b39b8c3ce1_z.jpg

Eastman Commercial 8x10, Goerz 14" Red Dot Artar, Kodak Ektar 100

Wonderful color, nice one!

[mdm]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6w-mgFXMWIE/TfCKHV9eH0I/AAAAAAAAAuk/4YIkkkRLS_I/s1600/Scan-110608-0009.jpg

[Mattk]

Okay, so maybe not what was intended by the thread -but it is by waters edge. Running some film past the 7" Aero Ektar and Speed Graphic. Usng the JoLo adapter to mount it--highly recommended. Ektapan expire in '98 in Rodinal.

[Heroique]

Just a quick shot across a lake, before pitching my tent – right here – for the evening.

Found this spot w/ a paper map & my old boy scout compass.

No GPS needed. ;^)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider 110mm/5.6 XL
Ilford FP4+ (in HC-110)
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[dave_whatever]

I might post a few more with that combo once they're developed and scanned.

As promised:

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/northumberland/dp_embletonbaypan082.jpg

Embleton bay, northumberland, UK. Velvia 50. Pretty happy with this one!

[David Hedley]

Just a quick shot across a lake, before pitching my tent – right here – for the evening.

Nice place to wake up to in the morning; hopefully not too many biting flies near the water.


Embleton bay, northumberland, UK. Velvia 50. Pretty happy with this one!

I'm not surprised - it's excellent.

[dave_whatever]

I'm not surprised - it's excellent.

Thanks for the kind words. I remember that day started out so unpromising weather wise I nearly didn't bother taking the big camera out, pretty glad I did now.

[Steve M Hostetter]

As promised:

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/northumberland/dp_embletonbaypan082.jpg

Embleton bay, northumberland, UK. Velvia 50. Pretty happy with this one!

serenity

[Heroique]

Nice place to wake up to in the morning; hopefully not too many biting flies near the water.

I did swat a few mosquitoes in this October scene – and back home, I found several more inside my bellows.

[SMBooth]

On the edge of the Howqua River in the alpine area of Victoria Australia.
Delta 100 in Rodinal, Nikon90mmf8
Scan V700 and tone

[gth]

Very Nice David!

/gth



http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6w-mgFXMWIE/TfCKHV9eH0I/AAAAAAAAAuk/4YIkkkRLS_I/s1600/Scan-110608-0009.jpg

[mdm]

Thanks.

[Jim Becia]

I suppose this one could go into "trees" or "water's edge." Image taken in the UP in a boggy area. I was lucky to get the shot as the area where I was standing and shooting was basically water and grasses beneath me. I must have stood there for a couple of minutes hoping that the camera was absolutely still. It's not often I take too many images with a blue sky in them, but the gold tamaracks certainly contrasted nicely with the sky and the lighting wasn't terrible. Jim

[Michael Wynd]

Nice one Shane.
Mike

[SamReeves]

I suppose this one could go into "trees" or "water's edge." Image taken in the UP in a boggy area. I was lucky to get the shot as the area where I was standing and shooting was basically water and grasses beneath me. I must have stood there for a couple of minutes hoping that the camera was absolutely still. It's not often I take too many images with a blue sky in them, but the gold tamaracks certainly contrasted nicely with the sky and the lighting wasn't terrible. Jim

Fantastic Jim. I'm ready for the fall colors right now!

[Heroique]

Image taken in the UP in a boggy area.

The log’s yellow grasses mimic the shore’s yellow trees.

Like a preliminary study by Mother Nature.

Lots of fun.

[mdm]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nJdsTKrgylg/TgWYB3sW-gI/AAAAAAAAAxU/YOaULW4qXFc/s1600/Scan-110625-0001.jpg

[kiteboy]

Castle Howard, in the distance!

http://usera.imagecave.com/kiteboy/Castle%20Howard.jpg


Wista 5x4 Symmar 120 f 22 Fomapan 100, red filter. Rodinal 1:50

Any feed back welcome.

Thanks

Andrew

[Erik Larsen]

A pretty hike in Glenwood Canyon will bring you to this lake in Colorado. Snowmelt has made the falls extreme this year. My scanning leaves much to be desired:)

[bobwysiwyg]

Erik, great shot, great lighting!

[minesix66]

Somewhere In the UP Michigan

B&W conversion of Fuji Velvia 50

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5274/5902353907_f46860a453.jpg

[Panoman617]

minesis66 did you shoot that at photostock?

[Tony Evans]

David,
Beautiful minimalist composition. Gentle tones. Love it. Where?

[Ken Lee]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nJdsTKrgylg/TgWYB3sW-gI/AAAAAAAAAxU/YOaULW4qXFc/s1600/Scan-110625-0001.jpg

That one's got a real feeling of presence.

[mdm]

Riverton, just west of Invercargill, NZ. It was the last exposure of the day, spent on the coast, and the only semi reasonable one. 180 Fujinon A and about a 3 minute exposure. 10 seconds later a fishing boat cruised in and moved everything.

[Stephane]

By 23:30, the sun was out, and the clouds turned red. Put the kids to bed by midnight, then walked to the docks. Jumped into a boat, ride it to this beach and shot this at 1 am. The sky was still red.
Myken Fyr (lighthouse).

Port-Land 9". Even at f/16, it does not get sharp. Hehehe!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5918162141_880731a8ba_b.jpg

[Stephane]

This is Myken again, with the light house seen from the more common side.

Port-Land 9"

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/5919792214_731432a8fb_b.jpg

[bobpin]

By 23:30, the sun was out, and the clouds turned red. Put the kids to bed by midnight, then walked to the docks. Jumped into a boat, ride it to this beach and shot this at 1 am. The sky was still red.
Myken Fyr (lighthouse).

Port-Land 9". Even at f/16, it does not get sharp. Hehehe!



Although I never been in your place, I can imagine I also don't want to sleep in the Norway summer. :)

[Corran]

I am really happy with this shot, my best 4x5 shot thus far since I started two months ago. I am getting this printed on a 50x40 canvas and hung like a tapestry, which I saw done recently at a gallery and it looks very good.

The detail at 100% at 4000 DPI is mind-blowing.

Toyo GII, Schneider APO-Symmar MC at f/11, 1/4 second. Kodak TMax100 developed nominally with TMax RS. Scanned with an Agfa T2500, toned in Photoshop.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/blackwater.jpg

[Ramiro Elena]

Eastman View 8x10, B&L Zeiss Tessar wide open.
Water right behind the lights.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/5912284113_a7ea9a0210_b.jpg

[briand]

this is my latest one from a last week.
home made 4x5, 47mmXL. Acros 100

[Frank Bunnik]

4 Poles

Cambo Wide with 65mm SA lens

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[Frank Bunnik]

Flooded fence

Cambo Wide with 65mm SA lens

www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

[Marvin d martian]

Trying to get things right and learning to meter correctly!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6020/5926080077_4223d09f94_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/5926080077/) Waterways Museum (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvin-d-martian/5926080077/) by Marvin d martian100 (http://www.flickr.com/people/marvin-d-martian/), on Flickr
Cheers,

Mart

[Filmnut]

Jim;
Love your shot, it reminds me of one of my favourite places here in Ontario.
Keith

[vinny]

Ramiro,
Exceptional!

[Liam:]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5934458517_e3e4a74b85_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53243597@N02/5934458517/)

Crown Graphic / 90mm / Provia 100

[Heroique]

[The tranquil scene above]

After the shot, this is the place to skip rocks!

[Marvin d martian]

Liam, that is stunning!! I would buy a large print of that.

Mart

[mdm]

That is gorgeous.

[alexjim]

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=58674&stc=1&d=1310672777

This image was made in the very late afternoon at Grand Marais, MN using a Calumet C1 8"x10" camera, Schneider 150mm lens, Plus-X film and one hundred (100) exposures of 1/10 second each at f/45. One exposure was made each time a wave came in, resulting in the fog-like appearance of the water. My inspiration? "The Pilings" by Wynn Bullock.

[Marko]

http://48pixels.com/images/mammoth002.jpg
4x5 crop, Provia 100F, Nikkor-W 135mm

[MumbleyJoe]

Wow, love that Marko! I'm always a bit baffled how to compose a scene along a shoreline like this, but I really like this crop.

[Marko]

Thank you Joe!

[David Aimone]

Near Schuylerville, NY...Arista EDU400/Pyrocat-mc

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v21/p410234281-4.jpg

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v14/p965726264-4.jpg

[lbenac]

This one is "from" the water edge. In a winter storm or with really hight tide, the stairs are actually the water edge...

Fuji 125/5.6 Ilford FP4 125 Divided Pyrocat HD

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/v8/p400454300.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

[searover]

A Florida Waterfall

http://flrdc.com/oceanicrover/45/JMA-Rainbow3L-2.jpg

Well, my first attempt at shooting a waterfall with LF and an ND filter.

All Comments Welcome,

TK45, Fuji 300sf 3sec @ F5.6 & Neutral Density 8 -
Scanned on my old Epson 4490 and stitched together in PS4 -
You can see the Newtonian rings in the right small waterfall a quarter of the way up from bottom.

John

[rpsez]

Two pictures from the base of Chittenango Falls - one looking toward the falls, one looking away.

These two are from my first 'outing' with my Horseman L. Heavy, but worth the hassle.

Rick

The Falls: (210mm Schneider Symmar-S, 1 sec at f32, Delta 100 in HC-110 Dil 'B')
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5948791120_53b058724e_b_d.jpg

Looking Away: (210mm Schneider Symmar-S, 2 sec at f45, Delta 100 in HC-110 Dil 'B')
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5948810228_00e45c3dc9_b_d.jpg

[Donald Miller]

Boat/Reflections - Lombardia, Italy

5X7 - 210 Symmar S

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

[gandhi]

Some amazingly beautiful and inspiring images on here!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5951482211_ac6aeab0c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/)
Blenheim Palace and Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/) by Itsallaboutlight (http://www.flickr.com/people/9324784@N06/), on Flickr

Adox CHS25 in Rodinal 1:100. 135 Symmar S - Red Filter

[bvaughn4]

Gandhi, beautiful bridge, composition and tones.

[Donald Miller]

Some amazingly beautiful and inspiring images on here!
Adox CHS25 in Rodinal 1:100. 135 Symmar S - Red Filter

Very nice

[Jim Becia]

Here is an image taken with my 4x10 last fall. This boggy area is just a short drive from Silverton, CO. Jim

[Donald Miller]

Here is an image taken with my 4x10 last fall. This boggy area is just a short drive from Silverton, CO. Jim

Very nice Jim...one of my favorite areas of the state.

[MMELVIS]

Some amazingly beautiful and inspiring images on here!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5951482211_ac6aeab0c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/)
Blenheim Palace and Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/) by Itsallaboutlight (http://www.flickr.com/people/9324784@N06/), on Flickr

Adox CHS25 in Rodinal 1:100. 135 Symmar S - Red Filter

Outstanding work, the detail is very fine.

[SamReeves]

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=58674&stc=1&d=1310672777

This image was made in the very late afternoon at Grand Marais, MN using a Calumet C1 8"x10" camera, Schneider 150mm lens, Plus-X film and one hundred (100) exposures of 1/10 second each at f/45. One exposure was made each time a wave came in, resulting in the fog-like appearance of the water. My inspiration? "The Pilings" by Wynn Bullock.

Well done!! And especially for keeping the camera in one spot. The slightest move can really wreck a multiple exposure like that!!

[Jim Cole]

Some amazingly beautiful and inspiring images on here!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5951482211_ac6aeab0c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/)
Blenheim Palace and Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/) by Itsallaboutlight (http://www.flickr.com/people/9324784@N06/), on Flickr

Adox CHS25 in Rodinal 1:100. 135 Symmar S - Red Filter

This is an absolutely stunning image.

[Leigh]

Some amazingly beautiful and inspiring images on here!
Adox CHS25 in Rodinal 1:100. 135 Symmar S - Red Filter
Gandhi,

That's an absolutely beautiful shot. Very well done. Thanks.

- Leigh

[bobwysiwyg]

Some amazingly beautiful and inspiring images on here!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5951482211_ac6aeab0c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/)
Blenheim Palace and Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/) by Itsallaboutlight (http://www.flickr.com/people/9324784@N06/), on Flickr

Adox CHS25 in Rodinal 1:100. 135 Symmar S - Red Filter

Wow! Very nice, love the lighting and detail.

[Chilidog]

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=58674&stc=1&d=1310672777

This image was made in the very late afternoon at Grand Marais, MN using a Calumet C1 8"x10" camera, Schneider 150mm lens, Plus-X film and one hundred (100) exposures of 1/10 second each at f/45. One exposure was made each time a wave came in, resulting in the fog-like appearance of the water. My inspiration? "The Pilings" by Wynn Bullock.

Nice. I am headed up there in August. I can't wait.

[maurits]

Spin'a Cavallu - Corsica

Deliberate cheesy holiday pic... :)

http://www.mauritsbollen.com/files/images/c_08.jpg

Imagon on 4x5" Adox CHS 25

Cheers, Maurits


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[Stephane]

Woaw! Nice!

[Jim Cole]

Spin'a Cavallu - Corsica

Deliberate cheesy holiday pic... :)

Imagon on 4x5" Adox CHS 25

Cheers, Maurits


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I think it's lovely, serene, painterly, a perfect scene for a picnic.

[Steve Gledhill]

Gandhi - quite one of the best landscapes I've seen for a good while. Beautiful.

[Steve Gledhill]

Over the last couple of years I’ve been working on a portfolio of photographs taken along and under the Glamorgan coastline of South Wales. The visits have been well spread out – just four in total. It’s a remarkable stretch of stratified rock which offers fantastic forms, contrasts and textures for b&w photography. Images from the portfolio could be posted in any one of a number of our threads, Landscape, Water’s Edge, Rocks, Folds, Faults and Fossils, and perhaps others – but not Trees! This one was taken last Friday on a very fruitful day – in spite of the bright sun! Along this stretch of coastline there are several sea caves up to about 100m in depth (horizontally). Some of my images are made deep inside, hence the “under” in my first sentence.


http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/2471acrossthebristolchanneltoexmoorfromtheglamorgancoastnearllantwitmajor.jpg

Across the Bristol Channel to Exmoor


My Glamorgan Coast portfolio is linked here (http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/portfolio100661.html) where the first six images were all taken last Friday.

As an aside for Doctor Who and Torchwood followers – this stretch of coast often features in scenes from the TV programmes. The production base for Doctor Who and Torchwood is in nearby Cardiff. If anyone saw the first episode of the latest Torchwood “Miracle Day” – it features the lone cottage on the hillside in this photograph (http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/photo3203138.html) where Gwen is living, until her whereabouts is discovered and there’s a great helicopter fight around the cottage and over the beach! It’s further west along the South Wales Coast at the west end of the Gower peninsula.

[h2oman]

Steve,

Very nice images from that area at your web page. That looks like a wonderful place to shoot.

[MumbleyJoe]

Some amazingly beautiful and inspiring images on here!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5951482211_ac6aeab0c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/)
Blenheim Palace and Bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9324784@N06/5951482211/) by Itsallaboutlight (http://www.flickr.com/people/9324784@N06/), on Flickr

Adox CHS25 in Rodinal 1:100. 135 Symmar S - Red Filter

As others have rightly said, this is absolutely beautiful! This is one of those shots that teeters between inspiring me to worker harder and learn this whole craft better, or simply toss my camera and give up because I have so far to go. It's a beautiful image - well done!

[northcarolinajack]

This is Curtis Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
I shot several lenses at this same small creek. This one is with an old
Speed Graflex 4x5 and a very small Kodak Doublet F11 lens that to my surprise covers 4x5. Film was Delta 100, shot at F32 at 1 second.

Jack


www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954

[vinny]

A Florida Waterfall

http://flrdc.com/oceanicrover/45/JMA-Rainbow3L-2.jpg

Well, my first attempt at shooting a waterfall with LF and an ND filter.

All Comments Welcome,

TK45, Fuji 300sf 3sec @ F5.6 & Neutral Density 8 -
Scanned on my old Epson 4490 and stitched together in PS4 -
You can see the Newtonian rings in the right small waterfall a quarter of the way up from bottom.

John


Try printing it without the posts on the left. Nice image and light here.

[Boinzo]

Only my second outing with my LF camera. I enjoyed rock hopping up the creek to this small waterfall with my massive photobackpacker bag on!

I'm very new at this - but think the hinge line thing might actually have started to make a little sense!

Both are FP4 in Rodinal 1:50 scanned on v700. Both F22.

I added an orange filter on the second shot to give it a moodier feel.

Comments and suggestions not just welcome but humbly requested. I'd love all the help I can get :)

[bbuszard]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5984949822_4ca76db4d9_b.jpg

Baker Creek, Great Basin National Park.

[Boinzo]

Now my third outing!

These are from a hike yesterday in Lamington National Park near Brisbane - Queensland, AU.

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/Photos/Bunyip Falls.jpg

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/Photos/Box Log Falls.jpg

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/Photos/Elabana.jpg

These are FP4+ in Rodinal 1:50. Wondering if I should have maybe pushed the development longer. I am still trying to get my head around it all. There was a bit of wind which didn't help and I think I got my plane of focus all wrong in the last one.

Any comments or suggestions on how I can do better gratefully appreciated!

[briand]

Hi Boinzo.
how long are you processing your negs for? I use FP4 and Rodinal @ 1+50.
I rate my Film @ 80 ISO, and process for 7.5 min @ 20 deg.
I'm heading down to the Otways Vic.on Monday for a week, based at cape Otway. taking the Tachihara and my home built 4x5 Ultra Wide, hope to get some good shots, hope the weather is kind. You are doing well,
Cheers Brian.

[Boinzo]

Thanks Brian. I metered at 100 ISO and these were all 15 mins @ 20C ... I might try a bit less development next time although I think the 100 ISO might be leading me to underexposing a bit too.
Enjoy the Otways - would love to get there some time!
Practice will eventually get me there I hope.

[Accordionist]

Bonzo, I think, that major problem is in low detail in shadows. So, you need to do longer exposure, because development affectst only ligts. So, by pushed developement you will get only higher contrast, not the shadows. Zone system is your answer :)

[briand]

Boinzo..
I forgot to mention my processing is done in a Jobo tank with continuous agitation.
I think you are processing a bit to long. If you have a Grey Card meter from that, use that exposure, take two shots, then process one at 13min, and the second at 11min,
see if the negs are better.
Cheers Brian

[Boinzo]

Thanks Accordianist. I did try to use the zone system but was very concerned about blowing the highlights because there was such a big range of tones. The water was metering at about 12 and the shadows under the rocks down as far as 1. This left me very unsure on how best to proceed....

[Accordionist]

My recipe - with spotmeter measure the darkest area in the scene, where do you still want to have details. Now, move the measured value in Zone 2. (so, if you have measured e.g. 1/30 f22 its 1/4 f22) This is your exposure time. If there is to high contrast, you must short the developement. (do tryouts at home, to determine how much) And/Or you must use compensating developer like Pyro 510.

And it would be best, before all this to determine your own E.I.

[JamesFromSydney]

Boinzo: developing longer will push the highlights up and have little effect on the shadows. The shadows are basically set by the exposure. The bible for understanding this is The Negative by Ansel Adams, if you haven't read it yet.

Nice compositions, btw.

What are your exposure times for these shots?

[Boinzo]

Thanks James. The light bulb has started to light!
I have Ansel's book and have started reading.
Exposure times were around 4secs @ F22. I can clearly see I should have pushed the original exposure and pulled the dev now. I guess I'm still shaking off the digital "don't blow the highlights" thing...

[Brian Ellis]

Now my third outing!

These are from a hike yesterday in Lamington National Park near Brisbane - Queensland, AU.

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/Photos/Bunyip Falls.jpg

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/Photos/Box Log Falls.jpg

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/Photos/Elabana.jpg

These are FP4+ in Rodinal 1:50. Wondering if I should have maybe pushed the development longer. I am still trying to get my head around it all. There was a bit of wind which didn't help and I think I got my plane of focus all wrong in the last one.

Any comments or suggestions on how I can do better gratefully appreciated!

I'd suggest a longer exposure to retain some detail in those large black areas in the background and then reduce development time to keep the highlights from blowing out. Of course we're looking on a monitor, maybe those areas actually have detail in the print.

[JamesFromSydney]

Thanks James. The light bulb has started to light!
Exposure times were around 4secs @ F22.

Did you add exposure for reciprocity failure?

[Boinzo]

Did you add exposure for reciprocity failure?

Well that could be part of my issue. I knew I needed to add reciprocity but didn't have a table of values for fp4 with me. In the end I added only an additional half second or so to indicated exposure. I definitely need to put a table in my bag....

Brian - thanks for the input. It's true that in the original scans there is a touch of detail in the shadows but it isn't enough and the images are not how i had visualised them. There is much to learn....

It's fair to say i had it ar#e-about. I think you guys have helped get me back on track! Now I just need to get back into the forest!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Lighthouse in Digby Nova Scotia,Canada
4x5 Sinar P w/ 90mm 5.6 XL schneider super angulon converted from Provia 100f

[Roger Cole]

Well that could be part of my issue. I knew I needed to add reciprocity but didn't have a table of values for fp4 with me. In the end I added only an additional half second or so to indicated exposure. I definitely need to put a table in my bag....

Brian - thanks for the input. It's true that in the original scans there is a touch of detail in the shadows but it isn't enough and the images are not how i had visualised them. There is much to learn....

It's fair to say i had it ar#e-about. I think you guys have helped get me back on track! Now I just need to get back into the forest!

I dunno... I had the same thoughts as the others, "needs more exposure" but then... I also actually sort of like them this way. There's something about the deep tones in the shadows and the higher contrast rendering that's very dramatic and different from your normal waterfall scene.

On the other hand, they still need more exposure. Even if you do expose more there's absolutely nothing preventing you from printing more fully exposed negatives with more contrast and darker shadows. Even if you wanted that type of rendering, it's nice to have the option post exposure.

[Marko]

http://48pixels.com/images/mammoth007.jpg

Shen-Hao 4x10, Symmar-S 210mm

[Boinzo]

Same compositions. Now with added Velvia 50 goodness!

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/photos/Lierich%20Falls%20E6.jpg

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/photos/Elabana%20E6.jpg

http://www.pumpinteractive.com/photos/Box%20Log%20E6.jpg

[Tom J McDonald]

Boinzo, I love that first one.

[Boinzo]

Thanks Tom. It was so dark under that ledge to the left of the water fall that my spot meter said "0 ev". I could have changed film under there....

These are my first ever 4x5 trannies and I have to say - it was just a fantastic feeling when I first held them up to the light. :)

[Tom J McDonald]

I kinda think the lack of details down there adds a mysterious tension.

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/6001348663_012a653523_b.jpg
Provia 100 + Nikon 210

[austin granger]

Abandoned Home, Salton Sea
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/6002447820_10257becd1_b.jpg

www.austingranger.com

[searover]

Try printing it without the posts on the left. Nice image and light here.

Thanks Vinny, your right. I printed the full net here with no crop. When I print it again I will do it without as you suggest. Posts seem everywhere in my life.
John

[briand]

Hi from Down Under.
this is a shot near Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road, FP4 @ 80 ISO,
Image is cropped a little. 47mm XL on BHWide.
Cheers All Brian. :D

[Sergio]

Hi at all, Lago delle Baste, a small lake on the Dolomites, Italy
Tmax-400, Rodenstock f/5,6 150mm APO Sironar S, Toyo 45CF

[Jim Cole]

Sergio,

Looks like an excellent candidate for a square crop.

[Miguel Coquis]

après la pluie....
Veules les Roses
13x18, Xenar WO
Delta on D76 1/1 12 min

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Time/apres-la-pluie.jpg
Après la pluie....

[David Aimone]

Sulpher Spring, Saratoga Springs, NY

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v34/p33756549-4.jpg

[austin granger]

Abandoned Home, Salton Sea
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6054486063_b4d4b28517_b.jpg

[andreios]

après la pluie....
Veules les Roses
13x18, Xenar WO
Delta on D76 1/1 12 min

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Time/apres-la-pluie.jpg
Après la pluie....

Miguel, that's an outstanding image! I wouldn't hesitate to hang it on my wall.

[Miguel Coquis]

Miguel, that's an outstanding image! I wouldn't hesitate to hang it on my wall.
Thanks Andreios for your extremely fine compliment.
Great visuals at Flicker, really interesting.
Thanks

[h2oman]

David, when I move that image up to cut out the white sky, and move back about 3-4 feet from my monitor, that image really moves me. I love the white sky reflection and how it balances the sulfur "dome," for lack of a better word.

[David Aimone]

Thanks h2oman, I'll consider the crop when printing!


David, when I move that image up to cut out the white sky, and move back about 3-4 feet from my monitor, that image really moves me. I love the white sky reflection and how it balances the sulfur "dome," for lack of a better word.