Thanks for the elucidation. You've got six ground planes working for you. Aerial perspective is for the birds!
Printable View
Thanks for the elucidation. You've got six ground planes working for you. Aerial perspective is for the birds!
Kansas Flint Hills, Morris County.
7x17 F&S, 305 G-Claron, FP4+
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/...9cf70e27_o.jpg
Dear Richard,
Merci...
You might remember this reposted view, too.
jim k
Gateway Valley, Near the Alberta and British Columbia Border, Canada, 1986
http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkit...s/86012406.jpg
Another repeat oldie...
jim k
Hoar Frost, Vermillion Crossing, British Columbia, Canada, 1986
http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkit...s/86012402.jpg
Your image is quite spectacular... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthman_1
Email me, if and when you decide to come this way.
jim k
Jim
Your mountain pics are wonderful!
Here is one of mine from the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mts.
Peter
http://www.morrobaygiclee.com/ClearingStorm.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthman_1
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim kitchen
Excellent posts gents. Walking into this thread really makes my day!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex Hawley
I'll jump on Jim's bandwagon and go with a semi-oldie myself. Here's the view from up top at Pinnacles, California in March of 2000. Tachihara 4x5 Field, Fujichrome Velvia:
http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/...0308_1post.jpg
Here's one taken soon after a misty sunrise - from a ridge above the Vale of Pewsey:
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files...leofpewsey.jpg
Eureka Valley Sand Dunes, CA -- Death Valley National Park
4x5, 150mm, T-Max100, HC-110 I think
Both of us are using Gowland Pocket Views (4x5)
Dang LF photographers all over the place! Actually we were traveling together here and down into Death Valley itself. We saw no one else while we were here. We eventually made it to the top of the tallest dune. I manage to get an image up there despite the strong wind and blowing sand (or because of it). A great place.
Vaughn
Vaughn, including the human element in this makes it stand out from other dune photos. Love the leading lines. Wonderful.
Very nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Gledhill
Jon
Beautiful shot, Jon. You must have a good lens shade.
And it's a fine image indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
one from the Grand Canyon..
Jim, this is a wonderful series of mountain photos. Many thanks for sharing them with us. (It also makes me feel a bit cooler than the 40 degrees C it has been here in Sydney recently.)Quote:
Originally Posted by jim kitchen
Do you have a website that exhibits more of your work?
Cheers
Chamonix 45N, Schneider 135/5.6, Ilford FP4
Bolivia, Salar de Uyuni
Arne
Nice print from the canyon.
Mike
http://images54.fotki.com/v554/photo...Pattern-vi.jpg
210 Schneider Symmar, Tri-x, D76
John,
I like it.
That is WAY too COOL John. :)
Oh boy John, that is freaking cool. :)
John, that is simply superb!
--Preston
Thanks fellas. I'll have to confess that it was pulled from the archives, taken about 20 yrs. ago.
Alabama Hills, near Lone Pine, California. 4x5 Linhof Master Technika, Ilford HP5+ film.
I hope you didn't get drenched. Nice one! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Arne Croell
Very nice, that texture of the desert is priceless. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bbarna
BrianQuote:
Originally Posted by Brian Ellis
Nice shot in the Alabama Hills! That place has so much variety and endless opportunities for photography.
Peter
It's salt.Quote:
Originally Posted by SamReeves
Very nice texture indeed.
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...cool/Chair.jpg
T-Max 100 4x5 printed on Gallerie
A quick question. The images I have posted on these forums do not really look much like the originals, they seem blurred, they have dust marks, and have lost tonal range. I am using a HP 4850 flatbed scanner and scanning mounted prints. I know there is a better way but do not know what that is. Would someone direct me to a thread on these forums discussing it or steer me in the right direction please.
Scott, any time you copy something you will suffer degradation, especially between very different media such as silver-based photographs and digital capture. That's one of the reasons that digital photos look so good in the magazines and web pages - they are direct digital copies of the original capture, whereas "real" photographs have to go through a significant extra step in the scanning process. With judicious Photoshop manipulation you can work around some of the degradation, but even the most expensive drum scan will be a mere approximation of the original. That's life!
I'm not all that knowledgeable but I do have suggestions for putting images on the internet.
First, its important to have your monitor standardized and calibrated as your base reference. A good test is to view your website or postings on several other computers to see how the images are reading. If your monitor is adjusted correctly, the average appearance on other's computers will look acceptable.
Secondly, internet images benefit from slightly more contrast, and a lot more sharpening, than printed photos. I don't really sharpen much when printing, but once an image is sized for the internet, a fairly strong treatment seems to help.
I believe this is true because in real life, we can move in on a printed image and see that its sharp and then pull back to see the overall composition. On a monitor, one size has to do both jobs at one viewing distance, so an impression of overall sharpness is more important at the initial viewing stage. Whatever the reason, I found the smaller internet images look better with strong sharpening, and printed images do not. Of course, if its noticeable that a treatment has been given, that's not good.
Thanks for the input Robert & John. I have just realised that a good portion of the problem is likely that I am scanning mounted prints that are not touching the scanners glass surface. I'l try an unmounted print.
What sort of finish does the print have? That can make a difference when scanning also. As for dust, I have found that when scanning negs. to post, I have to be very careful about not only cleaning the surface initially, but between scans as well whenever the cover it lifted. I believe the charges created by the electronic nature of the beast sucks nearby dust particles out of the air.:(
Lower Multnomah Falls, January 2010
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/...40f380fbe8.jpg
Camera: Deardorff V8.
Lens: 300mm Nikkor-W.
Film: Adox CHS 100 Art developed in PMK Pyro.
Printed on Ilford MGIV RV.
Thanks Peter, Alabama Hills is one of my favorite areas. This one is from my first trip there, we drove up from Death Valley and spent the day. I've been back two more times since for several days at a time and certainly will go again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Mounier
Beauty! I always wished I could go back there someday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary L. Quay
Has anyone got one of Upper and Lower all in one?
Upper Multnomah Falls
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files...nomahfalls.jpg
Just for fun -- another Multnomah Creek Falls. This one is farther up the drainage -- a bit of a hike.
I have shared this one before.
5x7 Tri-X
Raja 4x5/5x7 w/ Computar 210/6.3
Scanned carbon print
...and I loved it then, too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaughn
There is a nice sepia-toned vertical pano of both falls in my doctor's office. I once looke dup the photog's page I think, but I now don't recall who they were. Maybe a search would turn something up.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/...dd076b07_o.jpg
4x5 Tmax 100, schneider symmar 210mm.
South Africa, between Kenton on Sea and Alexandria (Eastern Cape) at sunrise.
Wow, just wow Stephane.
incredible!
Beautiful image Stephane.
Very nice Stephane
I'm piling on, great print!
Mike
Ditto here. Very nice!
Jon
Thank you guys, but it is a scan of neg. I made the print much later and did not scan it (I dont like scanning).
This is the photo that prompted me to DIY home darkroom printing: I brought this neg to a prof photo shop in Oslo, had it enlarged to 80x65 (or so) and mounted on aluminium plate: I paid a fortune and figured that for that price, I could get an enlarger. So now I only do B&W to avoid extra out sourcing costs so I can spend more on brass.
I guess this is a landscape.
Peter
http://www.morrobaygiclee.com/FarmEquipment.jpg
Darn right it is, and a good one.
Mike
Simpson's Gap near Alice Springs, Australia
Tachihara 8x10, 300mm Nikkor, Ilford FP4, printed on Ilford Multigrade FB matte
Mike