post your urban landscapes

[vinny]

velvia 100, 305mm g claron. los angeles river.

[dsim]

Nice pic Vinny. I was scouting some LA rivers yesterday.

[Gordon Coale]

Nice. I lived in LA in the mid 1980s. I wanted to do a series called "The rivers and streams of LA" but life got in the way. Those concrete drainage ditches have so many photographic posibilites. I've loved them since I saw "Them" as a kid.

[paulr]

I'm curious ... in light of the recent "cityscapes" thread, do any of you make a distinction between a cityscape and an urban landscape?

[Kirk Gittings]

velvia 100, 305mm g claron. los angeles river.

I love the irony in this.

[vinny]

I'm curious ... in light of the recent "cityscapes" thread, do any of you make a distinction between a cityscape and an urban landscape?

Yup. I consider the image I posted an urban landscape not a cityscape. I'm probably not the one to define this though.

[bobwysiwyg]

Tough call. One definition is;

"A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape."

[Gary L. Quay]

"Modern Art"

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3969586201_e7194ed8b4.jpg

Camera: Calumet 45N
Lens: 150mm Fujinon
Film: Kodak 160VC

[Richard Wasserman]

Chicago River FP-4+ 110mm Super Symmar:

[Toyon]

velvia 100, 305mm g claron. los angeles river.

Great photograph Vinny. You may want to read up on the river's history. The whole city was founded around it, but for a century it has been essentially pumped dry to supply a portion of LA's water supply. The water entering it now is effluent from water treatment stations.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

An image from the past...

jim k



Painted Post Office Steps

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

[harrykauf]

shanghai
kodak portra 160vc, 72mm @ 4x5

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/4196636753_9b402decb7.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38431789@N00/4196636753/in/set-72157594448248889/

[Vaughn]

Very cool, Harry!

[Monty McCutchen]

shanghai
kodak portra 160vc, 72mm @ 4x5

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/4196636753_9b402decb7.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38431789@N00/4196636753/in/set-72157594448248889/

Harry that is a absolutely wonderful piece of art.

well done,

monty

[Heroique]

shanghai
kodak portra 160vc, 72mm @ 4x5




Makes one ask, [i]Is the haunting foreground the future or the past?

[SamReeves]

shanghai
kodak portra 160vc, 72mm @ 4x5

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/4196636753_9b402decb7.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38431789@N00/4196636753/in/set-72157594448248889/

That is epic for sure. Nice one!

[vinny]

Harry, exceptional shot.

[Math]

That does indeed look amazing! Just one thing... Is that your camera's bed in the foreground? ;)

[harrykauf]

That does indeed look amazing! Just one thing... Is that your camera's bed in the foreground? ;)

yes it is! :-)

[Sean Galbraith]

Reminds me of one of my favourite photographers, Greg Girard. Wonderful shot.

[jb7]

Fabulous. Ethereal, I suppose...

[sly]

Very hard to follow Harry's gorgeous and disturbing image, but somebody's got to do it.

Not far from here this bridge crosses a stream. The small lake it feeds is popular in the summer. If I'm in the mood for a few 4x5 frames, but don't have time for an expedition up the mountain, this park is a good place to head for.

I'm experimenting with the trial pack of paper that B&S sent. This is Cranes Diploma. Doesn't hold a candle to Cot 320. Na2/palladium print

[tbirke]

Urban Landscapes, that's all photography is about for me. So keep posting and inspire!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3498335890_c5eb8bd4ec_b.jpg

Thomas
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www.birke.net

[Robert Hughes]

Welcome Thomas. But you're fooling no one here - THAT's not Berlin! You don't have ocean liners there. :confused:

[tbirke]

That is Hong Kong,

unfortunately Berlin is not that urban at all.

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http://www.birke.net

[Scott --]

Urban Landscapes, that's all photography is about for me. So keep posting and inspire!
---
www.birke.net

I love the very slight hint of mountains in the background - perfect!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Vincennes IN,

Korona 8x10 480mm first, 8-3/4" wollensak verito second, paper neg,foma 100 Dektol 1:1

[Peter Mounier]

Here is a shot I did because this scene is likely to disappear as the city grows up, and in-filling is preferred over sprawl. 50 or more years ago this group of small houses was available for abalone fishermen to rent during the season. The rents, I'm told were $16.00 a month. Less than 40 years ago (but still decades ago) it was affectionately known as hippy hollow for the cheap rents. Then there was a fire, and they've been vacant ever since. Now I suspect they are just waiting for the bulldozer.

http://www.morrobaygiclee.com/urbanlandscape.jpg

Peter

[Ed Richards]

Magazine Street in New Orleans. Late afternoon light, Nikon 65mm, 4x5 Tmax 100

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/a1-favorites/photos/1264.jpg

[Rick Tardiff]

Magazine Street in New Orleans. Late afternoon light, Nikon 65mm, 4x5 Tmax 100

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/a1-favorites/photos/1264.jpg

just wonderful

[tgtaylor]

Great image Ed. Where on Magazine Street is that?

[Ed Richards]

I would guess about 20 blocks up-river from the Blue Moon area. The 65mm and waiting for a moment without traffic makes it look like a wide blvd - you would be hard pressed to recognize the corner just going down the street. I wanted to capture the look of a more relaxed time.

[tgtaylor]

I would guess about 20 blocks up-river from the Blue Moon area. The 65mm and waiting for a moment without traffic makes it look like a wide blvd - you would be hard pressed to recognize the corner just going down the street. I wanted to capture the look of a more relaxed time.

Would that be near Napoleon Ave? Louisiana Ave?

[Kirk Gittings]

Nice Ed, great light, well seen.

[Mark Stahlke]

The Denver Public Library as seen from the Denver Art Museum grounds.
Shen Hao PTB 4x5, Fuji C 300, FP4+ in DD-X.
http://stahlke.us/images/Art_Museum001.jpg

[Mark Stahlke]

Another shot from the same location. Odd that this one seems to have a warmer tone. I guess I need more practice scanning B&W negatives.
http://stahlke.us/images/Art_Museum002.jpg

[Mark Stahlke]

Since I needed the practice...
Looks like a cooler tone again. I'm not sure why that's happening.
This is the last one. I promise.
http://stahlke.us/images/Art_Museum003.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

4x5" 165mm triX D-76

[mrladewig]

Mark, Great series from the DAM/Library. The color on the library building is great though. Shame to loose that color.

Mel-

[Stephane]

Back north. Winter day with snow. View from the kitchen.
Double exposure by inattention, which adds to the misery...
Nicola Perscheid 480mm @ f/4.5

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4465926466_6d4f4b5b31_o.jpg

[Colin Graham]

Back north. Winter day with snow. View from the kitchen.
Double exposure by inattention, which adds to the misery...



yes, excellent!

[JWaldinger]

long exposure of the Ravenswood power plant as seen looking east from Roosevelt Island.

This is the largest power plant in all of New York State. It used to be part of New York's ConEdison before generation was deregulated and the plant was sold off to Keyspan and then TransCanada. It's located in Long Island City just east of Roosevelt Island and is one of the primary sources of electrical generation for Manhattan with a nameplate capacity of about 2 gigawatts.


It has 4 primary gas fired generators and a number of smaller secondary gas fired generators. The 4 big boys are monstrous. The largest being the 1 gigawatt "Big Allis" or Generator 30 (named after the manufacturer Allis Chalmers). It has two sisters, Generators 10 & 20. All 3 are single cycle gas fired generators. Natural gas is burned, it heats up an air/water mixture, the pressurized steam drives the rotation of a magnet, and this creates electricity.

Smoke stacks from left to right are 40 (not shown), 30, 20, 10. You can see a massive conveyor belt complex in front that goes off the frame, that used to transport coal from river barges when it was first built. The plant upgraded to burning relatively clean natural gas in the 60s. The coal apparatus remains.

http://www.justinwaldinger.com/images/portfolio/border.jpg

Chamonix 45n-1
Schneider 150mm apo symmar L
adox chs 50 + rodinal

[sensy]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4484691449_8724248e04_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/4484691449)

[jeff knight]

I reckon this counts as an urban landscape. Shot with my Busch Pressman on Efke PL100. Developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 10 minutes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cavesalamander/4501676836/

[Ezzie]

Back north. Winter day with snow. View from the kitchen.
Double exposure by inattention, which adds to the misery...
Nicola Perscheid 480mm @ f/4.5

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4465926466_6d4f4b5b31_o.jpg
Grønland? The double exposure gives a nice effect by the way.

[catshaver]

Chicago looking north

http://scottedwards.us/images/image001.jpg

[Stephane]

Grønland? The double exposure gives a nice effect by the way.

Yes, Grønland (east side of Oslo center).

[sepiareverb]

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/sepiareverb/prettydecorating9pt.jpg

2nd Street at Avenue A NYC, what seems like a lifetime ago.

[SamReeves]

Chicago looking north

http://scottedwards.us/images/image001.jpg

Was that a view camera in a chopper? :D

[Ari]

Back alley stuff...
http://i39.tinypic.com/i4fyc5.jpg

Converted Polaroid 110B, Shanghai film, HC-110

[catshaver]

Was that a view camera in a chopper? :D

Thanks for the question. No, it was taken from the observation deck of the John Hancock Building. I got lucky with the windows having just been washed. Busch Pressman - handheld.

-Scott

[JWaldinger]

shot on the promenade in battery park city with the goldman sachs tower rising above the Jersey City shoreline

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4522430386_a8782a4dce_b.jpg

Chamonix 45n-1
Schneider apo symmar 210mm
adox 50 [tmax 1/4 dilution]

[jon.oman]

Nice one!

Jon

[BetterSense]

Hate to be a spoil sport, but to me it's distracting how the forground pillar lines up exactly with the waterline, with the clock wheel there but not centered and all.

[Tony Lee]

College building delta 100 Worcester City, England, UK the finest 60's architechture:(

[Gary L. Quay]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4529559404_025d283784.jpg

Hawthorne Blvd, 3:00 AM, December 2008.
Calumet C-1 with modified Packard Shutter.
13" Cooke Series II Portrait Lens.
Ilford HP5+ Developed in HC110

[lenicolas]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CTp2jYnkThg/S8yHBBVI_9I/AAAAAAAAADM/Ba5mzQxfhnk/s1600/musee-avions.jpg
musée de l'air et de l'espace, Le bourget, France.

[Ari]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2gwf1u8.jpg

Textiles
Bernard street, Montreal

[Jeffrey Sipress]

The Presidio, in Santa Barbara, CA, sort of a quasi-historic structure that supposedly is a replica of the original from long ago. Every couple of years new adobe bricks are pressed in the traditional fashion and set to dry on the property. They are used to construct new parts of the complex. Ebony SV45U, Rodenstock 90mm.

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/presidiobricks2.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

Grave yard in Martinsville IN 4x5 graflex / Downtown Vincennes IN 8x10 Foma paper neg

[creep]

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/ka-800.jpg

Quay Arch (sculptor Vladas Urbanavičius), Vilnius, Lithuania

on TMX in Sinar F/F2 + SS110XL

[jon.oman]

Nice!

Jon

[tmbg]

http://www.prototechnical.com/img/crossing.jpg

Ian

[spkennedy3000]

Ian,

Amazing.

[Tri Tran]

Sorry posted wrong threat

[Steve M Hostetter]

http://www.prototechnical.com/img/crossing.jpg

Ian

WOW,, Ian,nice shot!

[tmbg]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to attempt to print it at 16x20 tonight, wish me luck! :D

[tmbg]

Printed and matted!

http://www.prototechnical.com/img/rrcrossingprint.jpg

[spkennedy3000]

TMBG - print looks fantastic.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/4594556917_22f41f488f_o.jpg

Schneider Xenotar 150mm f2.8 fuji provia 100f toyo vx-125b.

[David Hedley]

Not my usual stomping ground, but here is one from earlier today;

Das Breite Hotel, Birsfelden
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1268/4606031441_3f3d591959_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Fujinon 90mm, TMY-2 / Tanol

[SCHWARZZEIT]

This is a series of five images I photographed one year ago over a period of 104 minutes on the evening of May 31st, 2009.

http://www.high-end-scans.de/img/bilder/DV090531_04_270ppi.jpg

http://www.high-end-scans.de/img/bilder/DV090531_06_270ppi.jpg

http://www.high-end-scans.de/img/bilder/DV090531_07_270ppi.jpg

-Dominique

[SCHWARZZEIT]

...and the last two.

http://www.high-end-scans.de/img/bilder/DV090531_09_270ppi.jpg

http://www.high-end-scans.de/img/bilder/DV090531_10_270ppi.jpg

-Dominique

[siloseven]

My first photos with my new Arca F-Line 4x5. All shot on Ektar and scanned on a canon 9950f. Comments and criticism welcome.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/4847075309_2ecf8b455a_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4847075139_61d120dcc1_b.jpg


This last one was probably taken about 10 mins too late and the scan has gone a little flat as I tried to pull up the underexposed detail in the foreground. I'll probably have another go when I've got more time

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4847696818_c82d73f5d3_b.jpg

[JC Kuba]

Silo, I like the second picture where it seems the very cold toned modern section of the city contrasts with the much warmer tone of the older part of town.

[Dave Wooten]

long exposure of the Ravenswood power plant as seen looking east from Roosevelt Island.

This is the largest power plant in all of New York State. It used to be part of New York's ConEdison before generation was deregulated and the plant was sold off to Keyspan and then TransCanada. It's located in Long Island City just east of Roosevelt Island and is one of the primary sources of electrical generation for Manhattan with a nameplate capacity of about 2 gigawatts.


It has 4 primary gas fired generators and a number of smaller secondary gas fired generators. The 4 big boys are monstrous. The largest being the 1 gigawatt "Big Allis" or Generator 30 (named after the manufacturer Allis Chalmers). It has two sisters, Generators 10 & 20. All 3 are single cycle gas fired generators. Natural gas is burned, it heats up an air/water mixture, the pressurized steam drives the rotation of a magnet, and this creates electricity.

Smoke stacks from left to right are 40 (not shown), 30, 20, 10. You can see a massive conveyor belt complex in front that goes off the frame, that used to transport coal from river barges when it was first built. The plant upgraded to burning relatively clean natural gas in the 60s. The coal apparatus remains.

http://www.justinwaldinger.com/images/portfolio/border.jpg

Chamonix 45n-1
Schneider 150mm apo symmar L
adox chs 50 + rodinal

This is a beauty!

[tbirke]

Siloseven, these are awesome, all of them!

[tbirke]

Hong Kong, city of my dreams...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4829838091_5ecf282ef5_b.jpg

(larger version over at flickr -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/move_lachine/4829838091/sizes/o/in/pool-1084247@N20/)

[feppe]

Hong Kong, city of my dreams...

(larger version over at flickr -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/move_lachine/4829838091/sizes/o/in/pool-1084247@N20/)

Absolutely stunning! Do you have technical details for this, especially film and exposure?

[siloseven]

Slight better version of the third image. I let some of the shadow detail go to preserve the contrast

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4849142744_6de85de36b_b.jpg

[tbirke]

Absolutely stunning! Do you have technical details for this, especially film and exposure?

It's 8x10 Ektar 100.
2 Minutes f22.
Schneider-Kreuznach APO-TELE-XENAR 12/800.

See setup here -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/move_lachine/4745050556/

[siloseven]

Thanks for the encouragement Thomas, it means a lot coming from you. These were my first photos and one of the main inspirations I had when I decided I wanted to have a go at this was your work. My efforts don't compare to the excellent images you produce and I'm only shooting locally (Leeds doesn't have quite the visual impact of Hong Kong) but I'm pleased with results given all the things that could have gone wrong due to inexperience.

[feppe]

It's 8x10 Ektar 100.
2 Minutes f22.
Schneider-Kreuznach APO-TELE-XENAR 12/800.

See setup here -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/move_lachine/4745050556/

Thanks! I do quite a bit of nighttime cityscapes myself with APS-C digital, and have been considering trying it out with 6x6 MF or 4x5 LF. I used to do some 35mm shots with Velvia but have gotten better results with digital and stitching.

Your pictures prove it can be done with larger format film despite the ridiculous dynamic range requirements.

[kedbro]

My kind of thread. Here are two images from my first outing with the new 4x5. Shen-Hao 4x5, SK Technika Super Angulon 90mm f/8 at f/32 (I believe, don't have my notes with me), Ektar 100 rated at ISO 80. These are low-res scans with my Epson 4990 (stock film holders) and Silverfast Ai.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4878076780_468d9b84ef_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturemonger/4878076780/)
Untitled by kedbro, on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturemonger/4878076780/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4878175176_5e014e057a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturemonger/4878175176/)
Untitled by kedbro, on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturemonger/4878175176/)

[spkennedy3000]

Great stuff Kedbro.

[Matus Kalisky]

A yard where my wife grew up (Spisska Nova Ves, eastern Slovakia). Photographed from 7th. floor.

(more info and large image on flickr)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4874692133_950b0ca0be_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31007239@N06/4874692133/)

[engl]

Expressways at night in Roppongi, Tokyo. Bigger size available on Flickr. C&C welcome.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/4983388311_af4d54795a_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36164047@N06/4983388311/

[hiroki]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2417/1933419867_adba2f38cd_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirokun/1933419867/lightbox/)
Green Peas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirokun/1933419867/lightbox/) on Flickr

Linhof Master Technika (4x5)
on Kodak E100VS
in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

[SamReeves]

Expressways at night in Roppongi, Tokyo. Bigger size available on Flickr. C&C welcome.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/4983388311_af4d54795a_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36164047@N06/4983388311/

As Spock would say, "fascinating." I like the three levels of roadway in this scene.

[bobwysiwyg]

Like a river of light flowing through a canyon. Very nice!

[SamReeves]

Looking south on the Great Highway in San Francisco, California on September 7th.

Tachihara 4x5 Field, Rodenstock 210mm ƒ6.8 Geronar lens, Fomapan 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW45100907_1post.jpg

[feppe]

Expressways at night in Roppongi, Tokyo. Bigger size available on Flickr. C&C welcome.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36164047@N06/4983388311/

That's a gorgeous capture. I would expect the headlights to blow out, but they are not even near there. Is that PS or did you manage to do this in-camera?

Also, how do you determine the exposure? I bracketed like crazy when I did these with 35mm film, but can't imagine doing that much bracketing with LF.

[engl]

Thanks!


That's a gorgeous capture. I would expect the headlights to blow out, but they are not even near there. Is that PS or did you manage to do this in-camera?

Also, how do you determine the exposure? I bracketed like crazy when I did these with 35mm film, but can't imagine doing that much bracketing with LF.

Yes, the images are processed in Photoshop, which I use to bring out the huge dynamic range of the negative (which is quite flat in the straight scan). Im not doing any local adjustments, but Im using levels, curves, shadow/highlight controls etc.

As for the exposure, Im using a combination of knowing what exposure works for good light trails and some detail in lit windows, combined with a compact digital with M mode to see how the ambient light balances with that. I wait for the scene light level to drop to the exposure I want to use (since car lights and lit buildings/signs are at a constant level).

[BetterSense]

Just for a ballpark figure, how much exposure do you give for 'good light trails and detail in lit windows'? Say, about 1 minute at f/16 or so? I shoot black and white film but I also don't really use light meters. I guess pretty well in the daytime, but I've never tried nighttime urban photography.

[feppe]

Thanks!
Yes, the images are processed in Photoshop, which I use to bring out the huge dynamic range of the negative (which is quite flat in the straight scan). Im not doing any local adjustments, but Im using levels, curves, shadow/highlight controls etc.

As for the exposure, Im using a combination of knowing what exposure works for good light trails and some detail in lit windows, combined with a compact digital with M mode to see how the ambient light balances with that. I wait for the scene light level to drop to the exposure I want to use (since car lights and lit buildings/signs are at a constant level).

Thanks! I do all my low-light cityscape work in digital, but am considering trying film out now that I have an LF camera. Your photo (and the other samples here) give hope that it can yield gorgeous results :)

[Edwin Beckenbach]

Downtown Los Angeles in the rain
Ebony 45SU, 210mm Sironar-S, f16 1/15", E100VS Pushed 1 stop
http://www.sunlightwings.com/images/large/EHB0358big.jpg

[John NYC]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/4950497742_840d8d354b_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4966900856_979a86969b_b.jpg

[engl]

Just for a ballpark figure, how much exposure do you give for 'good light trails and detail in lit windows'? Say, about 1 minute at f/16 or so? I shoot black and white film but I also don't really use light meters. I guess pretty well in the daytime, but I've never tried nighttime urban photography.

With the film Im currently using (Agfa Optima 100, since long discontinued), Im using around 2 minutes at F16 as a starting value. This might of course be corrected as needed, but often I do not have too if the subject has a lot of traffic and buildings.

Unfortunately many of the shots I took in Tokyo this summer are not as good as Id like them to be, they have focus issues that I believe was due to a poor Crown Graphic I was using at the time. I have a better camera now, Ive not had the same issues.

[Liam:]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/4950497742_840d8d354b_b.jpg


This is epic, this needs to be printed big.

[John NYC]

This is epic, this needs to be printed big.

Thank you... It's going to be!

[Cletus]

tbirk - I cannot stop looking at your "City of Dreams" Honk Kong photo. I so wish I could see the real thing! It is also the city of MY dreams! Great photograph...

[mandoman7]

What is "urban"? We have something that would probably qualify about 90 miles away, depending on what you mean by the term.

Does this mean you're actually considering posting an image, and joining the 1% that actually back up their commentary? ;)

[JamesFromSydney]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5002958473_94dccc63ab_b.jpg

North Sydney.

Chamonix 45N-1, 135mm Rodenstock APO-Sironar-S, expired Fuji NPL. Exposure was 30s, f/11 (from memory).

Testing extreme movements. There's vignetting in the top of the frame, which I didn't notice because it was so dark, but it worked well in getting rid of some distracting light sources.

[asph]

john, that first one is awesome!

[kedbro]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5031265482_59c08b287a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturemonger/5031265482/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturemonger/5031265482/) by kedbro (http://www.flickr.com/people/picturemonger/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5030649051_8c023a0482_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturemonger/5030649051/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturemonger/5030649051/) by kedbro (http://www.flickr.com/people/picturemonger/), on Flickr

Both Ektar, Shen-Hao 4x5 Schneider SA 90mm f/8 (no lens hood, oops!). I like Ektar but I'm not sure it's right for what I'm doing right now so I went ahead and ordered 100 sheets of NPS. Sadly it's like the last time I'll be able to order my favorite film. 160NC after this project, likely.

[Greg_Thomas]

Just joined today, heard about the forum from Jim Fitzgerald from whom I learned carbon printing last weekend. Here's a handheld shot from my rooftop with my Crown Graphic, Polaroid Type 55, f/8, around 1/100.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1377/4724617409_b75cd9505b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/4724617409/)
New Story Building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getphotos/4724617409/) by G.E.T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/getphotos/), on Flickr

[Riverman]

Cool shot Greg

Here are a couple from an ongoing project exploring NE DC in 4x5. As well as landscapes I've been doing some street portraits as well. Totally different (and in many ways more rewarding) experience than street shooting in 35mm or 120. See flickr link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbk21/sets/72157624396311475/

[Greg_Thomas]

Cool shot Greg

Here are a couple from an ongoing project exploring NE DC in 4x5. As well as landscapes I've been doing some street portraits as well. Totally different (and in many ways more rewarding) experience than street shooting in 35mm or 120. See flickr link.



Those street portraits are awesome. I really need to be carrying my Crown Graphic around downtown LA before I move. I'm missing lots of great photo ops.

[Riverman]

Those street portraits are awesome. I really need to be carrying my Crown Graphic around downtown LA before I move. I'm missing lots of great photo ops.

Thanks Greg. You should definitely carry your Crown about. I see you've got some Polaroid 55. I'm envious - never shot any :-(

[spkennedy3000]

Jamesfromsidney - that is really fantastic.

Kedbro - I love those too. I prefer FUji 160 personally because the reciprocity is so much better... 160NC is great for daytime stuff though.

Simon

[siloseven]

Not sure if this 'urban landscape' or just 'landscape' but it's got buildings in it so I posted it here.

This is a composite of two exposures taken about 20mins apart as the good sky had disappeared by the time the light levels had fallen enough to record the street lights.

Comments welcome.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5042356808_a879c63c4e_b.jpg

Arca Swiss 4x5. Caltar II-N 90mm f6.8. Fuji Pro 160NS.

[tbeaman]

That's great. Has an ethereal, almost storybookish quality to it.

[I4YM]

New to LF. Crown Graphic 4x5. This is a sun set Lake shot, Tobyhanna, Pa.

[I4YM]

Here is another, New York from the Jersey side. All recent since I have only taken 20 shots with Provia(Lake) Astia(NY) film.

[I4YM]

Critiques are fine.
Anthony

[Sascha Welter]

Critiques are fine.

They are sometimes hard to come by in here though...

to give you critiques on your images, they have to move me enough to unslack and click on "reply" first. Then, since I don't want to post only "great capture" style of stuff, I have to think about properly formulating whatever I want to say :-)

I liked those two pictures. I think they have a nice quiet quality to them, a simplicity. They didn't strike me so much that I wanted to give you a feedback if you hadn't asked for it though.

The second one, the city in the distance with the clouds, has some otherworldly feeling about it. But there is something that's missing for me in the framing... if it was my picture I would be telling myself again about my tendency to try to get it "all in one picture" at the cost of not getting a real good composition. But that might be just my problem, maybe what bothers me is something totally different really :-)

[Patrick Medd]

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
Ebony RSW45, Rodenstock Grandagon 75mm
Ilford Delta 100 in Ilford DD-X

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5068312680_ab8de34386_b.jpg

[Edwin Beckenbach]

8x10 Ektar 100 cropped, Sinar P, 890mm APO Ronar CL, f32 10 minutes
http://www.sunlightwings.com/images/large/EHB0541big.jpg

[SocalAstro]

Fantastic shot Ed! Where from was thi staken if you don't mind me asking?

-Leon


8x10 Ektar 100 cropped, Sinar P, 890mm APO Ronar CL, f32 10 minutes

[Edwin Beckenbach]

Fantastic shot Ed! Where from was thi staken if you don't mind me asking?

Its from the picnic area just past the little league field in Elysian Park. You're looking at the west side of the Dodger Stadium parking lot with the stadium itself just out of the frame to the left.

[tbeaman]

Its from the picnic area just past the little league field in Elysian Park. You're looking at the west side of the Dodger Stadium parking lot with the stadium itself just out of the frame to the left.

Edwin, I love the juxtaposition between the parking lot and the skyline.



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5068312680_ab8de34386_b.jpg

This is fantastic, Sean. Something about it seems to sing. That's the closest I can come to describing the feeling.


This is a Fuji FP-100c proof for a shot taken with my Speed Graphic and Optar 135 on Portra 100t. I'm really not sure how the camera got knocked out of alignment, but the proof was done second so it likely happened in between. Of course, I ended up liking the colour balance in this a lot and fear I'll regret having used tungsten stock, but we'll see. I'm also disappointed the vending machines are out of focus. Still, can't wait to see the full 4x5.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs396.ash2/67471_584059772854_48305099_34730067_2183763_n.jpg

[merelyok]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/5075378135_1eda815603_b.jpg

Toyo 45cf
150mm caltar
Arista Edu 400

[neoro]

GOing Urban

1)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5064701275_d266b68c9a_b.jpg

2)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5071936945_db499be9f5_b.jpg

3)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/5075876318_55dd4211d1_b.jpg

4)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1043/5075410797_0641a7f478_b.jpg

[Edwin Beckenbach]

Window
Portra 160 NC, Super Symmar XL 110mm, Center Filter, f22 10 minutes + double-polarized strobe, 400 watts x 64 pops

http://www.sunlightwings.com/images/large/loft_big.jpg

[Sascha Welter]

Window
Portra 160 NC, Super Symmar XL 110mm, Center Filter, f22 10 minutes + double-polarized strobe, 400 watts x 64 pops

This is really cool!

I was always fascinated by the relationship of windows and framed pictures (which goes back a long time in history, that's where the idea of paintings with frames come from an art historian once told me). I think your execution of that idea is perfect.

[Edwin Beckenbach]

This is really cool!

I was always fascinated by the relationship of windows and framed pictures (which goes back a long time in history, that's where the idea of paintings with frames come from an art historian once told me). I think your execution of that idea is perfect.

Thanks, It's actually a test shot from the other day for something a bit more elaborate I'm working on but I like it quite a lot. It happens to be my studio window.

[Greg_Thomas]

Window
Portra 160 NC, Super Symmar XL 110mm, Center Filter, f22 10 minutes + double-polarized strobe, 400 watts x 64 pops


Wow, that came out perfect. Did you do many tests of this? The exposure is excellent.

Is your studio around 5th and Los Angeles?

[Edwin Beckenbach]

Wow, that came out perfect. Did you do many tests of this? The exposure is excellent.

Is your studio around 5th and Los Angeles?

No tests...because that is the test. The outside exposure is easy because I have a lot of experience doing ambient night shots in the area. On the inside I just metered the polarized strobe light off a gray card through another appropriately oriented polarizer, compensated for aperture and added a bunch of pops guessing about a stop of reciprocity failure knowing I couldn't possibly overexpose the film. I used 3cm of shift and 1 cm of rise to position the skyline so I used the centerfilter but I still had to use a PS curve layer and gradient mask to correct for some falloff.

Winston and San Pedro, two blocks farther east.

[Greg_Thomas]

No tests...because that is the test. The outside exposure is easy because I have a lot of experience doing ambient night shots in the area. On the inside I just metered the polarized strobe light off a gray card through another appropriately oriented polarizer, compensated for aperture and added a bunch of pops guessing about a stop of reciprocity failure knowing I couldn't possibly overexpose the film. I used 3cm of shift and 1 cm of rise to position the skyline so I used the centerfilter but I still had to use a PS curve layer and gradient mask to correct for some falloff.

Winston and San Pedro, two blocks farther east.

Thanks for tech info. I'm just a beginner, especially with LF, so I'd be very interested in seeing get these types of shots set up. I'm at Spring and 7th at least for a couple more months. See my shot from my rooftop earlier in this thread.

[sully75]

5x7 180mm Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar HP5 D76


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5062700910_9e05a351c3_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5062089503_637a6270aa_b.jpg

[gevalia]

5x7 180mm Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar HP5 D76


You're killing me man. I've been itching to get a 5x7 because it seems more natural for my style. No, must fight the urge. Economy sucks. Kids need food. Wife needs shoes. Dog needs a bone. Ah, that's better, I love my 4x5.

[sully75]

You're killing me man. I've been itching to get a 5x7 because it seems more natural for my style. No, must fight the urge. Economy sucks. Kids need food. Wife needs shoes. Dog needs a bone. Ah, that's better, I love my 4x5.

Dude I'd save your marriage. I really like working with 5x7, but have been working in 4x5 a bit lately and I don't think you can really tell the difference. This negative (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/5062071401/sizes/o/in/photostream/) is maybe my best so far. On 4x5 and you couldn't really ask for more detail (the scan doesn't do it justice).

cheaper film, cheaper cameras, cheaper holders, smaller equipment.

The only reason to shoot 5x7 to my mind is to make contact prints. I'm not sure if I'm ever going to get around to doing that, so it may all be a waste. However, it's great fun.

[Edwin Beckenbach]

Food Truck
4x5 crop, 210 Sironar-S, f32 10 minutes.

http://www.sunlightwings.com/images/large/foodtruckbig.jpg

[Sean Galbraith]

This is fantastic, Sean. Something about it seems to sing. That's the closest I can come to describing the feeling.


Thank you very much.

[jp]

5x7 180mm Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar HP5 D76


That bridge/tunnel image is real nice; the shapes and motion and texture and graffiti.

[sully75]

That bridge/tunnel image is real nice; the shapes and motion and texture and graffiti.

Thanks!

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1227/5112662215_10c3d27e94_b.jpg
Foggy day in Toronto.
Schneider Linhof 90 on Tmax100

[sully75]

Nice one Sean, looks like a nice city!

[SocalAstro]

[QUOTE=Sean Galbraith;642167Foggy day in Toronto.
Schneider Linhof 90 on Tmax100[/QUOTE]

Very nice photo and city indeed. I have always wanted to visit Toronto - Namely to get the YYZ luggage tags :-) I'm a Rush fan, what can I say?

-Leon

[Frank Petronio]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/bv_rip.jpg

[jon.oman]

The lady lost her face!

Cool one.

[Frank Petronio]

Both of these are from the 80s obviously...

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/bv_night.jpg

[Sean Galbraith]

SUlly75 and SocalAstro: Thanks!
Toronto's a great city... very photogenic.

[S.Charles]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/5120492694_bea979ace0_b.jpg


My first foray into night photography. Especially LF. I need a wide angle lens for my 4x5. This was shot with a 210mm which is way too long.

I developed for about 2.5 minutes less than the development time because there was such a disparity between the light on the street and the bright lights. I could have gone to 7 minutes, but I am not sure how that would have affected the mid-tones.

Again I'm not a big fan of the composition but I was limited with the focal length I used. Also I decided to use the SALE sign as a foundation. Something you eye can recognize.


Film: FP4+ , D-76 1:1 @ 7.5 minutes
Toyo 4x5

[craig nye]

lens board finally arrived for my Technika V, shot a photo quickly walking to the station after work playing with movements handheld is a little tricky.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5123516920_610f2d9388_o.jpg

[Sirius Glass]

lens board finally arrived for my Technika V, shot a photo quickly walking to the station after work :) playing with movements handheld is a little tricky.


Is the lens properly mounted on the lens board? Is the lens board properly seated in the camera? The left side [port] is out of focus and yet the right side [starboard] is in focus.

Steve

[craig nye]

playing with movements

i.e. moving the front lens standard, for effect, to gain a desired image effect.

[roteague]

lens board finally arrived for my Technika V, shot a photo quickly walking to the station after work playing with movements handheld is a little tricky.

Which station were you going to? I assume it was close by. I was in Sydney just a few weeks ago, just on the other side of Luna Park from this photo. I'm curious about the location.

[craig nye]

Which station were you going to? I assume it was close by. I was in Sydney just a few weeks ago, just on the other side of Luna Park from this photo. I'm curious about the location.

Milsons Point, walking there from Blues Point Rd down past Luna Park :)

[Gary L. Quay]

Riverplace, Winter 2008.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/5116971308_bb0ca26b02_z.jpg
Camera: Kodak Commercial Studio 8x10.
Lens: 12" Kodak Ektar.
Film: Ilford HP5+
Contact Printed on Ilford MGIV FB developed in Ansco 130.

Lombard St., Winter 2008.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1083/5116971222_78ca3950e6_z.jpg
Camera: Calumet C-1 8x10.
Lens: 12" Goerz RD Artar.
Film: Ilford HP5+
Contact printed on Ilford MGIV FB paper developed in Ansco 130.

[John NYC]

Wehman 8x10, 240mm G-Claron, Ilford FP4 Plus, xtol

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/5129464344_273de0bc07_b.jpg

[tbeaman]

Stunning, as always, John! Interesting choice for black and white instead of colour. There's such a massive amount of visual information here, the black and white gives it the depth it deserves.

It's Polaroid Week, so I've been scanning a few each night. These are from Parc Lafontaine, here in Montreal.


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1055/5146864155_2cbd5589be_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombeaman/5146864155/sizes/l/)
Speed Graphic, Optar 135mm, Fuji FP-100c


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5146864323_a88db611fd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombeaman/5146864323/sizes/l/)
Speed Graphic, Optar 135mm, Fuji FP-100c

The last was a proof for a 4x5 Portra 100t film shot. It'll be interesting to see how the tungsten film handles the colors. I kind of like them like this.

[John NYC]

Stunning, as always, John! Interesting choice for black and white instead of colour. There's such a massive amount of visual information here, the black and white gives it the depth it deserves.

Thanks, Tom. Funny you should mention color... I did do one, but I like the b&w better in this case. The light wasn't good that night. Too cloudy.

(By the way, very nice Polas!)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/5147058145_f4d7ba7049_b.jpg

[Frank Petronio]

Nightime, NYC

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/cris_nyc_night.jpg

Morning After:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/cris_nyc_rain_01.jpg

[Matt Magruder]

Some recent images from a series I'm working on in downtown Austin.

all are created with 8x10 wet plate collodion images on aluminum. Various sizes.

http://matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/41_8x10wpaldowntown20x2409122010.jpg

http://matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/41_8x10al16x20dowtown2b.jpg

http://matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/41_8x10wpaldowntown24x4010172010.jpg

[jon.oman]

Now, that is cool! I love what you have done here!

[sly]

Yes. Wonderful stuff. I particularly like the first one with diverging building at the top.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Some recent images from a series I'm working on in downtown Austin.

all are created with 8x10 wet plate collodion images on aluminum. Various sizes.


pretty wild, I like it to say the least

[S.Charles]

- Matt Magruder

Really interesting concept and fantastic work.

[jb7]

Great stuff everyone-
Matt, I'd love to be able to see those plates-
they look like a lot of work went into them-
wonderful pictures-

[tgtaylor]

Alviso, California

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4859113618_7b204ae241.jpg

120mm Lens on a Toyo 45AX. Kodak Tmax 100. This is a scan of an 8x10 fiber print.

[tgtaylor]

A quick note on the above image:

Alviso is a small town situated astride the Guadalupe river at the extreme southern edge of the San Francisco Bay and on the eastern edge of San Jose with which it was incorporated with in the late 1960's. It's an old town that was first incorporated in the 1850's and for many years served as a shipping port and rail transportation hub for San Jose. Steamboats regularly traveled between San Francisco and Alviso.

At the turn of the last century, a Chinese immigrant Sai Yin Chew opened a cannery in Alviso that at one time was the 3d largest cannery in the United States and the first cannery to can asparagus. During the Great Depression of the 1930's Alviso was known for its dance halls and gambling establishments.

Less than 2 miles north - straight up the railroad tracks in the image - lies the ghost town of Drawbridge which is slowly sinking into the bay. Drawbridge was still inhabited in the mid 1980's when the local news media erroneously reported it as a ghost town. Several occupants of Drawbridge had their homes broken into and ransacked by curiosity seekers. If I remember correctly, profuse apologies followed in the press.

Thomas

[Julie-Anna]

stunning image vinny!
..."hi everyone, I'm new to LF"

[Julie-Anna]

Geez! That one is beautiful too...and I love the abstract you included of the place's history.

[Miguel Coquis]

urban landscape by night...
RB autograflex

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/nov%202010/Tour-001.jpg

[John NYC]

Nice!


urban landscape by night...
RB autograflex

[Frank Petronio]

Being Sunday, expect a miracle

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/lebaron.jpg

[CarstenW]

The miracle being... someone steals your LeBaron so you can cash in the insurance!

[tbeaman]

Terrific, Frank!

[jon.oman]

Car raffle?

[Frank Petronio]

Achoo!

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/eugene_mowed.jpg

[Frank Petronio]

This is old, from Memorial Day

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/memorial_day_master.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/nov%202010/atardecer.jpg

oui !!!
Paris
à la tombée de la nuit....

[SocalAstro]

I really DIG this shot; very nice!

-Leon


[QUOTE=Frank Petronio;649465]This is old, from Memorial Day

QUOTE]

[Philippe Grunchec]

Roofs and walls in Paris. Toyo45AII. Lith print.

[tbeaman]

This is old, from Memorial Day


That's the kind of shit to hang a hat on. Awesome.

[l2oBiN]

the tracks to Stockholm at dusk..

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/237/20101031toyo8b2400hdrwe.jpg

[Frank Petronio]

A few old shots newly scanned....

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/bv_steps.jpg

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/bv_flip.jpg

[dofmaster]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4288145594_156fa50111_o.jpg

[jon.oman]

Nice! So where is this?

[Ben Syverson]

Quick and dirty scan from 8x10 Portra 400NC, Fujinar 250mm/4.5

Spiegelgracht, Amsterdam

[tgtaylor]

Being Sunday, expect a miracle


This image bring to mind an incident which happened in New Orleans back when I was in my late pre or early teens. A hurricane blew into town - I can't remember the storms name but it probably was the one just before Betsy. Anyway, a guy in the neighborhood had just purchased a shiny new car and his plan to protect that car from storm damage was to park it on the wind blocking side of a Catholic church (for those readers that are New Orleans savvy this church is/was located on Camp street across from Coliseum square and which I believe it is now the International School...I actually attended Kindergarten there) and then move the car to the opposite side when the eye of the storm had passed through. This seemed to be a good plan to me because when the eye of a hurricane passes, the wind changes direction by 180 degrees and blows just as strong as it did previously but in the opposite direction; the substantial church should provide excellent protection. The Church was a masonry structure with a tall steeple with an adjoining elementary school.

Well, what seemed at the outset a foolproof plan for the car owner turned into a complete disaster for the strong winds toppled the church's steeple onto the car completely crushing it. If I remember correctly the image of crushed car with overlaying steeple made the front page of the local newspaper - the Times Picayune. After the storm had passed it and the adjoining elementary school was a sight to behold for the latter, a masonry structure of 3 or 4 stories, had its rear wall completely stripped by the storm but the desks in each of the classrooms were left in perfect alignment as if nothing had happened.

One picture is worth a thousand words.

Thomas

[Robert Hall]

Here is some recent work I did while in New Mexico. It's urban by their standards. :)

http://www.roberthall.com/nm/SantaFe001a.jpg

http://www.roberthall.com/nm/SantaFe003a.jpg

http://www.roberthall.com/nm/SantaFe006a.jpg

[Donald Miller]

Really nice Robert. I like the compositions.

[sheeep]

http://allianceskateshop.com/uploads/JPEGS/stanastasia_small.jpg
larger & on dark (http://allianceskateshop.com/uploads/JPEGS/stanastasia.html) - Carnival in Little Neck, NY

[hiroki]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5226006834_803373cbd7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirokun/5226006834/lightbox/)

Linhof Master Technika Classic 4x5"
on Kodak EPN

Oh my beloved EPN... am still sad that it was discontinued. My favorite slide film for night shots. Luckily I still have like 100 sheets in stock :)

[MIke Sherck]

Here is some recent work I did while in New Mexico. It's urban by their standards. :)

Lovely, Robert! I'll bet that the prints are just gorgeous!

Mike

[Robert Hall]

Thank you Gents, we had a good time and it was really hot, but I miss the warmth now.

[spkennedy3000]

Beautiful Hiroki.

[Bob McCarthy]

Linhof Master Technika Classic 4x5"
on Kodak EPN

Oh my beloved EPN... am still sad that it was discontinued. My favorite slide film for night shots. Luckily I still have like 100 sheets in stock :)

WoW, lighting is very nice

Very nice,

Bob

[tgtaylor]

Hahaha....I really dig the giant ground pepper can with the ladder running up its side: Neatooo!

[jonreid]

Ammonium nitrate plant, Stockton NSW Australia
Deardorff 5x7 14" Red Dot Artar
Tri-x in Rollo Pyro and pure palladium print (image is from scanned neg, not print)

[jonreid]

and another from the series:
Blast furnace remnants, Lithgow NSW Australia
Deardorff again. 90mm Schneider (being very careful not to move it at all....)
Tri-X in Rollo Pyro etc
Not yet printed, scanned from neg....

[mortensen]

Big Up, Hiroki and jonreid... like it very much!

[MatchingMole]

Big Up, Hiroki and jonreid... like it very much!

big up too, especially the plant

[jonreid]

I realised after posting that they're not really urban landscapes, but I posted because they occur in urban areas/fringes....

Jon

[hiroki]

Another one from Toyko @5am
Taken with my beloved Linhof Master Technika Classic 4x5"
on Kodak E100VS

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5046/5232634720_d13e8be374_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirokun/5232634720/lightbox/)

[Matus Kalisky]

Early sunday morning in summer. Domplatz square, Muenster (Germany).

Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 125/5.6 CM-W, Fuji Pro160S

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5243757392_5f323bf196_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31007239@N06/5243757392/)

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5256182565_823c726581_b.jpg
Kodak Ektar 203 + FP5

[John NYC]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5207/5256746766_a89ef07095_b.jpgWehman Lightweight 8x10, Schneider G-Claron 300mm, Fuji Provia 100F

[John NYC]

Kodak Ektar 203 + FP5

Sean, that is great!

[Sean Galbraith]

Thank you very much

[hiroki]

Kodak Ektar 203 + FP5

Sean, I really like this! Especially like the lower part with the big wagons aligned so densely.

[hiroki]

Wehman Lightweight 8x10, Schneider G-Claron 300mm, Fuji Provia 100F

Very nice exposure, John!

[hiroki]

Inside Tokyo

Linhof Master Technika Classic 4x5" / 150mm
on RDP III
@5:30am

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5128/5260699634_de7fe360f0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirokun/5260699634/lightbox/)

[SocalAstro]

Am I the only one who can't see any of the pics posted on the last couple of pages?

:(

[edtog]

All look fine to me.

[edtog]

Here's one I did last week. First pic from a new project I'm working on.
5x4 Kodak Ektar 100/Schneider 150mm

[Liam:]

Here's one I did last week. First pic from a new project I'm working on.
5x4 Kodak Ektar 100/Schneider 150mm

Very cool, looking forward to more!

[mortensen]

Hiroki, I really like your Tokyo shots... but how on earth do you get access to the rooftops??? I really need some tips in that field. I am currently travelling in India with 4x5 and it is a PITA that every time you encounter a building with a good vantage point, some stupid watch man - understanding nothing of what you are saying btw - stand in you way waving his hands "permission... permission... permission". And I can only imagine Japan to be much more strict in that matter, right?

[numnutz]

travelling in India with 4x5 and it is a PITA that every time you encounter a building with a good vantage point, some stupid watch man - understanding nothing of what you are saying btw - stand in you way waving his hands "permission... permission... permission".

Try using the international green coloured private 'permission' payment paper.

nn :)

[SocalAstro]

All look fine to me.

They appear OK on my home iMac/Safari, but nothing on my work PC/I.E.

I just wanted to congratulate everyone on the great images posted here in the last few days; very good stuff! I have to put Tokyo on my list of places to go to now :-)

Cheers,
Leon

[GabrielSeri]

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/LargeFormat/content/bin/images/large/LABaptistWEB.jpg

[Richard M. Coda]

Las Vegas Nov. 2010
4x5 TMax 100 and Velvia 100

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/new/vegas002.jpg

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/new/vegas003.jpg

http://www.pctype.com/rcphoto/new/vegas004.jpg

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[Richard M. Coda]

Las Vegas Nov. 2010
4x5 TMax 100 and Velvia 100

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[SamReeves]

Las Vegas Nov. 2010
4x5 TMax 100 and Velvia 100

Fantastic splash of color.

[jmooney]

Las Vegas Nov. 2010
4x5 TMax 100 and Velvia 100

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Fantastic!

Is this the hotel where they had to made modification because the reflection was catching things on fire and sunburning people badly?

[Richard M. Coda]

Fantastic!

Is this the hotel where they had to made modification because the reflection was catching things on fire and sunburning people badly?

I don't know about that... I got hooked from their TV commercial... the music is haunting. Also haunting... when I took this photo it was freezing and WINDY! Seems they have created a wind tunnel at City Center. As these are probably the tallest building on the Strip there is a funnel effect. Most of the rooms in these hotels have balconies... the wind creates this haunting (and loud) whistling type noise. Kind of like standing next to a Saguaro when it's a little breezy, only much magnified.

[Richard M. Coda]

I don't know about that... I got hooked from their TV commercial... the music is haunting. Also haunting... when I took this photo it was freezing and WINDY! Seems they have created a wind tunnel at City Center. As these are probably the tallest building on the Strip there is a funnel effect. Most of the rooms in these hotels have balconies... the wind creates this haunting (and loud) whistling type noise. Kind of like standing next to a Saguaro when it's a little breezy, only much magnified.

I have more here but they are not LF...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35379&id=100000711616732&l=f69beac1a3

[Richard K.]

Wehman Lightweight 8x10, Schneider G-Claron 300mm, Fuji Provia 100F

NICE!! I love the 13 water towers. What film did you use?

[CarstenW]

Funny, I couldn't see 13 towers for the longest time, but when I finally found the missing ones, I ended up with 17! :) Neat shot somehow. Not very traditional.

[Ben Syverson]

My fiancé makes watertower sculptures (http://upintheairsomewhere.com/ceramics/watertowers/large-gray.html), and anytime we show them in New York, we get the same question: "oh, are you guys from Brooklyn?"

John, can you help me understand this? There seem to be just as many watertowers in Manhattan as Brooklyn. Not to mention that there are plenty in Chicago and just about any other midwest or east coast city. It's always puzzled me why so many New Yorkers single out one of their boroughs as the most watertower-y.

[tbeaman]

Did someone say New York water towers?


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5275905068_bacc5b9eb5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombeaman/5275905068/)

Just started processing my New York shots from a trip this summer. This is just a low-res prescan, but I won't have much of a chance to work on it for awhile, so I can't resist showing it now.

Incidentally, this makes the first formal 4x5 film shot I've shown here.

Oh, and it's upside down because I'm left-handed and this was taken handheld with a Speed Graphic (135 Optar on Portra 400NC).

[John NYC]

NICE!! I love the 13 water towers. What film did you use?

Thanks a bunch Richard!

I put the gear and film below the image. Provia 100F.

[John NYC]

Funny, I couldn't see 13 towers for the longest time, but when I finally found the missing ones, I ended up with 17! :) Neat shot somehow. Not very traditional.

Thanks Carsten!

I'm cheating a little bit because I am looking at the full size scan (which as sized now would print at 24x30) and there are 21 water towers in (or partially in) the shot. I actually had not counted myself before.

[John NYC]

My fiancé makes watertower sculptures (http://upintheairsomewhere.com/ceramics/watertowers/large-gray.html), and anytime we show them in New York, we get the same question: "oh, are you guys from Brooklyn?"

John, can you help me understand this? There seem to be just as many watertowers in Manhattan as Brooklyn. Not to mention that there are plenty in Chicago and just about any other midwest or east coast city. It's always puzzled me why so many New Yorkers single out one of their boroughs as the most watertower-y.

Ben, those sculptures are great! I really like all those ceramic pieces... you might be tempting me to spend more money at a time of year when I shouldn't be.

As far as water towers go, there is a city ordinance dating from the 1800's that makes water towers mandatory for buildings of more than six stories. Two companies make them, one in Manhattan and the other in Brooklyn. Perhaps because of the locale of the second builder people associate water towers with Brooklyn? Don't know.

I have no facts to back this up, but due to the stated law and my guess that Manhattan is more populated with tall buildings on average, I would be willing to wager that Manhattan trumps Brooklyn in water towers per square mile (if not in total).

My favorite "water tower" in New York is the Rachel Whiteread sculpture on top of the MOMA.

[John NYC]

Did someone say New York water towers?


Nice view! Was this from a public building where I could not set up a tripod I am assuming? Now that you've been here with LF in hand, I'm sure you can see why a rooftop project is such a blast to undertake, although very difficult in getting locations.

[hiroki]

Went shooting recently.
I quite liked the setting. I'm thinking about going back and shooting some more in that neighborhood.

Linhof Technikardan S 4x5
150mm
E100VS

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5279827024_5f0074fef1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirokun/5279827024/lightbox/)

[Donald Miller]

Torino, Italy

5X7 - 180 Nikkor

[Bill Poole]

http://www.poolephotography.com/Public-Galleries/5X7-B/2010120306/1138158388_6ozfu-O.jpg

Lots of wonderful images in this thread. This is my second post to this forum after years of hanging around and finally buying a camera from another member last month. Homes above the Castro District, San Francisco. Deardorff 5X7 w/ 4X5 back. 14 in. Red Dot Artar. FP4, HC110.

[jp]

Monday morning during the blizzard. Rockland ME. Windy, cold, blowing snow. Speed graphic with 135 optar. 4x5 TMY2 developed in PMK and scanned with epson v700

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img289.jpg

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img290.jpg

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img292.jpg
Yeh it could have used a little rise, but I'm still happy with the texture and tones. Remember this is in the middle of the blizzard handheld.

[Jiri Vasina]

Monday morning during the blizzard. Rockland ME. Windy, cold, blowing snow. Speed graphic with 135 optar. 4x5 TMY2 developed in PMK and scanned with epson v700
...
Yeh it could have used a little rise, but I'm still happy with the texture and tones. Remember this is in the middle of the blizzard handheld.

Those are wonderful shots, especially the second one...

Jiri

[sanchi heuser]

Hi jp,

the second one looks very interessting with the textures on the sign,
wall and ground. The person in the background is just the tipping.

Thank you for showing.

Andi

[jp]

Thanks, I was quite taken by the texture there too and was glad to be able to capture it. It took quite a long time for a person to walk into that spot in the background as almost nobody was foolish enough to be out walking around.

[jon.oman]

jp,

I like them all, but especially the second one. The person in the distance just adds to it!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Monday morning during the blizzard. Rockland ME. Windy, cold, blowing snow. Speed graphic with 135 optar. 4x5 TMY2 developed in PMK and scanned with epson v700

Yeh it could have used a little rise, but I'm still happy with the texture and tones. Remember this is in the middle of the blizzard handheld.

JP, great series! would love to see more:)

[Philippe Grunchec]

Paris 2009. Toyo 45AII. Lith print.

[austin granger]

I've never tried to post an image here before, so forgive me if this doesn't work. OK, here goes:

From Grand View Park, San Francisco

www.austingranger.com

[lenicolas]

From Grand View Park, San Francisco


Very nice!

Here's one form sunday :
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CTp2jYnkThg/TStXqG34smI/AAAAAAAAAUI/J-5w8H9yW0w/s1600/lcna-2011-01-003.jpg
Chamonix 4x5, nikkor 135 f/5.6, provia 100.

[SamReeves]

I've never tried to post an image here before, so forgive me if this doesn't work. OK, here goes:

From Grand View Park, San Francisco

www.austingranger.com

An excellent first image post. :D

[austin granger]

Thanks Sam; I appreciate that. Can you by chance tell me how to post a larger image (as opposed to the thumbnail) in the body of my text, as other people have? I've looked around but can't seem to figure it out.

[SamReeves]

Thanks Sam; I appreciate that. Can you by chance tell me how to post a larger image (as opposed to the thumbnail) in the body of my text, as other people have? I've looked around but can't seem to figure it out.

Use the and tags, and you should be able to post it.

[austin granger]

Thanks! Let's see:
http://austingranger.com/web/lights/40-rampage_santa_rosa.jpg

Hey, it worked! I'm such a luddite...

[Steve M Hostetter]

From Washington St.

11x14 Xray film 300mm Dagor w/ some rise

7:45 am Jan. 2 , 2011

[tgtaylor]

I really don't know what to think about this one:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5349789591_af2b93a5bc_z.jpg


Must be one of them carbon transfers thingamagigs.

6x9 back on a Toyo 45CF

[tgtaylor]

Which of these do you think is the better? The one posted above or this one? Why?

Thanks,

Thomas

[bobwysiwyg]

Which of these do you think is the better? The one posted above or this one? Why?

Thanks,

Thomas

I prefer this one, a bit more contrast to my eyes. Nice shots both though.

[tgtaylor]

Thanks! I like the bottom also for the same reasons that you mentioned. I'm a novice at scanning and went back and rescanned the image and adjusted the contract and shadows in PS. I'm going to try to duplicate the scan tonight in the darkroom.

Thomas

[Sean Galbraith]

Tampa, FL

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5365039027_9f199bf3de_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5365254794_d506604396_b.jpg

Crown Graphic, FP4+

[Richard M. Coda]

I have to say I keep coming back to this thread... so many wonderful images that I would be proud to put on my wall.

http://www.rcodaphotography.com/test/Downtown-%28from-garage%29002.jpg

Here's one from a few years ago.
8x10 TMax 100
Phoenix from the parking garage by Chase Tower.