Valentine's Weekend Hike @ Helton Creek Falls
Intrepid 4x5 mk.4, Schneider 72mm XL, Efke 100, Pyrocat
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Valentine's Weekend Hike @ Helton Creek Falls
Intrepid 4x5 mk.4, Schneider 72mm XL, Efke 100, Pyrocat
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O-Ccq4aTu.../DSC_8532s.jpg
Nice, a classic large-format shot.
The waterfall looks blown out, is that just the JPEG repro here? Or maybe just my monitor.
Perhaps your monitor. I can see a variety of tones in the higher values. That said, this is a super quick and dirty scan on a lightbox with my DSLR. I'll definitely print this shot - better than my previous attempts here. I've been here numerous times, it's a very well-known waterfall near where I live.
Looks like a good bit more driftwood washed in than last I saw the place. Composition gives pretty good depth to the shot.
Thanks Gary! Yes there was much more there since last I've been, bunched up below the observation deck. I was excited to see it as I thought this composition worked really well. It was actually raining while I shot this which gave the wood a slickness that enhances the tonality I think.
I also shot some Portra 160 of this scene so I'll have to see how that came out. It was really pouring when I shot those so hopefully I didn't mess anything up.
If you are interested, message or email me and I'll send you my raw DSLR scan and then a high-end scan from my Screen Cezanne when I scan it properly later tonight. Sometimes when I'm impatient to see the image, I just take the wet negative and slap it on my $25 lightbox and snap a pic with my D800E and 55mm Micro.
Either way I don't generally do digital prints but instead make silver gelatin prints in my darkroom. Scanning just for reference or the occasional one-off digital print for family or whatever.
Ditto