Yeah, on the road heading out of the valley sounds about right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
Rick "who'd like to go back during the week that they prohibit tourists...oh, wait..." Denney
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Yeah, on the road heading out of the valley sounds about right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
Rick "who'd like to go back during the week that they prohibit tourists...oh, wait..." Denney
Oh, and thanks for the spelling correction. I just fixed it on my website.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
Rick "whose website HTML is a ton easier to edit now" Denney
The scoop I got from one of the Valley shuttle bus drivers (and they know!) -- if you have to be there in the summer...less traffic on Tue/Wed/Thurs. Best time of year -- late February for less people, but through April still not too bad. The two or three weeks before Memorial Day (but still Tue/Wed/Thurs), for the combo of less people, the falls and flowers, etc in the Valley.Quote:
Originally Posted by rdenney
If you go after the falls have dropped significantly, here is a possibility for Bridalveil Fall -- quite the hike up with the 8x10, but it was worth it! Don't think I'll get the 11x14 up there without my three sherpas doing the hauling!
Base of Bridalveil Fall (October)
Scanned 8x10 Carbon print
Vaugh, nice take on Bridalveil!
Winter is the time to go there to avoid the crowds. The park is downright peaceful in winter.
You are making me want to go!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
Also, I have memories of Tuolomne Meadows and I did not make any large-format photos there. My trip to Yosemite was a one-day screamer--slept the first night in Merced and the second night in Tonapah.
Rick "but not for 'quite the hike'" Denney
Thanks -- the image is also reversed due to the print being a single-transfer carbon print. I have not made any carbon prints of Half Dome...LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Harley Goldman
I also set up the 8x10 in about the same spot last February -- lots of water and I wanted an image of just the rock wall and the wall of water. I was looking at the GG at the fall and all of a sudden there was no water! I pulled my head from under the dark cloth and looked up -- only to see the fall coming straight down towards me! The wind had pushed it over in my direction. I had a second or perhaps two to pull the darkcloth over the whole camera and cover my pack -- then the water hit me.
It was like being in an instant tropical downpour, but a lot colder! Fortunately the weather was not too cold and the sun was out (except I was in shadow). I got the image I wanted (with the wind shifting the fall on top of me a couple more times, then we hiked back to the van and drove up just past the Wawona Tunnel, where we had lunch and I set all my camera gear on the rock wall in the sun to dry it all out (and myself, too). The boys were already wet as they had hiked down to the base of the fall.
Wow! How close were you?! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
I may make a trip to Yosemite in Dec...
Same spot as where I took the image above -- which was taken with a 'normal' lens (300mm for 8x10). The pool is where the fall usually drops into. The Fall shifted over perhaps 40 yards in order to mail me!Quote:
Originally Posted by richardman
Unfortunately the image I got was not as sharp as I would like. My focusing and camera movements was not as refined as I hoped...I felt a bit rushed between downpours.
Of course, if it had been springtime, 1) I would not have been able to get this close and 2) a shift in the falls like this would have flattened me! I tried to get to the base of Ribbon Fall one spring. It was like walking against the rain-laden wind of a hurricane!
[QUOTE I may make a trip to Yosemite in Dec...[/QUOTE]
If you want to go in winter and want to get close to any falls (or in general), I would recommend picking up some of those quick strap-on crampons that will go onto any boot with rubber band-like straps. It can be icy and dicey there in winter. I tried to walk to the bottom of Bridalveil one winter without them and almost broke my neck (well, more like my ass). Good insurance for mobility.
http://www.rei.com/product/838971/ka...iking-crampons
http://markkarpinski.com/web/largefo...ing_hills1.jpg
Early morning light hitting the rolling hills of Carroll County Arkansas.
Shen-Hoa PTB 6x17 Panoramic camera
Schneider 150mm f/5.6 lens
Velvia 50 RVP film
CPL + 3 stop grad filter
Really nice, as usual!
What grad filters are you using? I need to invest in some better ones, and a nicer holder and adapter setup for my LF lenses.
Thanks Bryan
I'm using a B+W MRC Circular Polarizer and for the grads I usually use Singh-Ray 3 stop hard grad filter or a Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse split grad filter. In most of my scenes I like to use two grad filters, one for the sky and then with the second grad I like to mount it upside down for the foreground so I can center the light on the subject in the middle (especially for panoramics.)
Interesting. Thanks.
Sensational shot.. I love RVP50 on green hills with a CPL... Just beautiful.. A very nicely rendered scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by C4D
Thanks Alex... I have a tough time nailing Velvia but when I do get the shot right its always well worth it!
Lovely image! I use a PTB617 as well. I need to get some grad filter...Quote:
Originally Posted by C4D
If you want to go in winter and want to get close to any falls (or in general), I would recommend picking up some of those quick strap-on crampons that will go onto any boot with rubber band-like straps. It can be icy and dicey there in winter. I tried to walk to the bottom of Bridalveil one winter without them and almost broke my neck (well, more like my ass). Good insurance for mobility.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harley Goldman
http://www.rei.com/product/838971/ka...iking-crampons[/QUOTE]
Thanks Harley. I will need to get some snow chain too!!
I haven't shot color film in ages. Last time was probably in 2007, when I shot 100+ rolls of Provia/Sensia with the XPan. Looks like Provia 120 is also pretty good too:
http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121109-Scanned-49.jpg
Owen Valley, Shenhao 617, Fujinon 150/5.6 Provia 400X.
Hi all,
I am looking into this thread everyday. It is really an inspiration for me. So first I want to thank all of you contributors for sharing your work.
Now, this is the first picture I dare to share.
Guincho, Portugal
Attachment 83300
ShenHao, SA 120/8, Adox CHS50 5x7 in Pyrocat HD
Tobias
someone once asked me to remove my camera from my tripod once i am done shooting so that he can use my spot!
a great shot..
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Originally Posted by richardman
great light and color..
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Originally Posted by C4D
C4D - Agreed.. I reckon 60% of what I shoot on Velvia 50 gets binned, but the 40% that come out exactly as planned are by far the best shots I have.. Shooting a bit of Kodak Ektar 100 at the moment and it's really nice to develop a roll of film, note that it looks 1/3rd under exposed and still get a beautiful, useful, colorful image as the result, as opposed to velvia being 1/3rd under, and because of how touchy it is in post, you look at it and don't even bother to scan it.. :)
How do you like the 150/5.6 on 617? I love my 90mm but at times find it too wide.. At this stage its all I've got. I've been planning a 180mm as my next length to buy.
Alex, not C4D here, but I have both 90mm and 150mm for my 617 (also have 210mm and 300mm). The 90mm definitely is too wide at times. I only started to use the camera (Shenhao PTB617) more recently, I would say my mix is 40%, 35%, and 25% (90/150/210). See my 150mm image above.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexn
If I have the $, I may pick up a 120mm for a in-between focal length, but certainly hiking with 3-4 lens is my limit...
Nice dreamy image, Tobias. It has a great surreal look to it. Thanks for sharing.Quote:
Originally Posted by quikphotography.de
I'm pretty much in full agreement with Richard. I find the 90mm is usually too wide but in some situations it is a must have. I would say the 150mm is my go to lens for most panoramic situations and I also have noticed with that lens I have very little light falloff on the edges. In the past month I have realized that a 210mm would be very helpful with panoramics also.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexn
Oh and I loooooooove Ektar 100!
David, I love your sensitivity. Your last few posts have been aesthetically superb... But this is surely a comment on our times - the invasion of the landscape by influences we don't like or need. I suppose we should highlight these things. Good work.
Barry.
Made this one near Canyonlands NP a couple of weeks ago. Chamonix 4x5, Fujinon 240 A, Delta 100, Rollo Pyro.
Critiques are always welcome.
http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/...landsWebLg.jpg
Those lines are at Monowai, they carry electricity from Deep Cove in Fiordland to Tiwai point where it is used by rio tinto to smelt alumunium, they use 15% of the countries electricity supply. if you have ever been to Doubtful sound on a bus tour you will have been deep into the earth to see the turbines.
Nice image Harley.
http://markkarpinski.com/web/largefo...mo_shorebw.jpg
Lake Taneycomo Shore, Taney County Missouri
Shen-Hoa PTB 6x17 Panoramic camera
Schneider 150mm f/5,6 lens
Kodak T-Max 100
I wonder if you can hear an echo if you start some yelling? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Harley Goldman
Really, a beauty of an image.
Harley, wonderful image... I really like the foreground rocks/rock ledge, they anchor me and provide sense of scale... Great one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harley Goldman
Jiri
Very nice image, Harley. Well done.
Mono Lake sunrise. I have since heard that sunset are better :-/ Next time then... Shenhao 617, Nikkor 90/8 SW, Provia 400X
(view large here: http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121109-Scanned-46.jpg)
http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121109-Scanned-46.jpg
A classic image of Mono Lake and tufa!
It seems like I am there more often in the morning than sunsets, but I use B&W film. I will be there early in the morning (again) of this coming Sunday (then down 395 for the night in the Alabama Hills). Early morning at Mono is just the way the road plays it out. Might walk around with the 8x10, depending on the patience of my boys. Last time I just took the Diana camera down to the Lake with the boys...and saved the 8x10 for the Alabama Hills. This time it would be good to get an 8x10 of the boys amongst the tufa. They would have the patience for one good set-up in the cold morning air. And I can probably get them to haul the tripod down to the Lake, too...and if they aren't sneaky enough, haul it back to the carpark, too!
Bryce Canyon NP, Utah.
I have always found Bryce Canyon challenging to photograph in black and white. It is so riotously colorful, and the majority of images are fairly wide shots from the rim capturing as much of the scene as possible. But Bryce Canyon's hoodoos and spires are marvelous examples of texture, form and tonality, at least to me. So I searched for a composition to juxtapose formations in the foreground with those in the background, and found an interesting spot along the Queen's Garden Trail. The setting sun nicely sidelit the rocks and provided some highlights.
Harley that is a great shot of Canyonlands NP.
Wista VX / 150mm Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S-ED lens / Kodak Tri-X Pan film / Acu-1 developer
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...eCanyonNP1.jpg
Duane,
A nice capture in B&W! Enough contrasts and variations in tone to make it work well. Tough job well done.
Very nicely done. I like the kind of spiral look to the composition. The tonal contrast works rather well. Bryce is not an easy place to pull of a good B&W.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duane Polcou
Thanks for the comment on my image, too.
Changing Seasons
I found this scene along a narrow country road in northwestern Colorado a couple of weeks ago. The road ran through many small towns. I had my 4x5 set up in the early morning and the locals driving by on their way to work looked at me like I was insane. They could not fathom what I might be pointing my camera at on a cold morning along this stretch of their little road.
Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor 300M, Velvia 50
Critiques are always welcome.
http://www.harleygoldman.com/images/...asonsWebLg.jpg
Lovely. Soft, subtle colors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harley Goldman
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Cole
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6011/am0042.jpg
NSD 45 PS (Home made camera) Schneider Super Angulon 47mm XL, Fomapan 100
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1221/as023.jpg
Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider Super Angulon 90mm XL, Fomapan 100
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6142/pf005.jpg
NSD 45 PS (Home made camera) Schneider Super Angulon 47mm XL, Fomapan 100
Bravo Maestro !Quote:
Originally Posted by Nana Sousa Dias
I would like to second that comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Lee
Mid-morning at Hite Crossing:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8...8e7a0a7a_b.jpg
Bridge at Hite Crossing, Hite, Utah, 2012 by Jeffery D Ross
On black.
And one more from a very damaged negative. I'm not to fond of the contrails:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8...51b364c7_b.jpg
Henry Mountains and Clouds, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 2012 by Jeffery D Ross
Chamonix 45N-2
Kodak TMax100
Red filter
Cropped
Nana, as always, your images are so nice to look at, so well composed, and with wonderful texture - especially the second one, that's stunning...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nana Sousa Dias
Jiri
Jeffery, excellent image... from another world (for me certainly)...Quote:
Originally Posted by ross
Jiri