Large Format Landscapes

My first venture into LF photography and my first time showing on LFPF. I took the camera out on 1/7 for a sunrise in Clearwater Florida and took 6 photographs. This was the best of the bunch. Not the greatest composition but I'm still learning to compose with a view camera. The colors seem off depending on which monitor/browser I use. It shouldn't be too oversaturated.

Tachihara 4x5 - Nikkor-SW 75/4.5 (f22/4sec)- Fujichrome Provia 100F - Epson V700

http://www.jwbphotography.com/photos...-3sC2fT2-L.jpg

Nana, very nice images, as usual. The first seascape is excellent.

Nana, but are very nice images. Wonderful tones in the second, very rich. The first does not look like a 47mm to my eye, if your homemade is a 4x5. To me it has much more of a normal perspective. Real fine image either way.

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Originally Posted by chassis

Nana, very nice images, as usual. The first seascape is excellent.

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Thank you very much.

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Originally Posted by Harley Goldman

Nana, but are very nice images. Wonderful tones in the second, very rich. The first does not look like a 47mm to my eye, if your homemade is a 4x5. To me it has much more of a normal perspective. Real fine image either way.

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Thank you, Harley.

In fact, that's the lens I'm shooting more with for landscape photography, nowadays. The camera is 4x5". This lens corresponds to a 12mm, it's 120º wide.
I made this camera with fixed focus wich I fixed on about 9 ft, actually, 2,80 mt, wich is the hiperfocal distance for f8, for this lens and 4x5 format. That results in a DOF from 3ft to infinity at f22, the aperture I use with this camera mostly.

I equiped the camera with external viewfinder, as long as a groundglass wich I rarely use.
This turned out to be very adequate for seascape photography, wich I shoot the most.
The camera is very fast to operate, I just have to fix aperture and shutter speed, insert a film holder, go to the spot, compose with the external viewfinder, shoot, and run fast. I usually shoot during autumn winter and spring and here, where I live, sea isn´t flat at that time of the year. You can see it here, this was shot in 2011, 80 miles from where I live, it's a about 98 ft high wave...although, I've never seen a wave this big, fortunatelly!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ubctGE3Vc

some photos of my camera...

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/2963/img2001i.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5169/img2005t.jpg

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/5687/img2006vd.jpg

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/6066/img2201ch.jpg

Larks Lake, Michigan 135mm nikkor, fp4, kentmere fineprint.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2610/3...fc5bebabff.jpg
sandy 2-track by vinnywalsh.com, on Flickr

I like this, Vinny. Do those deep black have a texture to them in the print, or did you let them go pure black? (I can see more in the blacks on the Flicker image)?

Vaughn

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Originally Posted by Vaughn

I like this, Vinny. Do those deep black have a texture to them in the print, or did you let them go pure black? (I can see more in the blacks on the Flicker image)?

Vaughn

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The print has a bit of detail but I did print it pretty dark.

it gives the eye a good reason to travel quickly up the road to the light at the end. Well done!

Vaughn

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Originally Posted by Nana Sousa Dias

Home made 4x5" camera, Schneider Super Angulon 47mm XL, Tmax 100, yellow filter, V700.

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This is an amazing seascape. Someday I hope to make images as fine!!