Large Format Landscapes

Thanks for the comments everyone! I was fortunate that the systems cloud bands was still passing through as I had to wait until the afternoon when the sun would be at my back in the west to provide the lighting. Late November/early December is the traditional start of the normal rainy season in northern California and you can see in the photo that not all of the grasses had transitioned from the golden browns of summer and fall to winters green. This was the first major storm of the season and a significant one: http://www.weatherwest.com/archives/358

Thomas

Happy New Year everyone!!
I start to understand frames with a trip to the south. The conditions were most favorable, in the morning there is stray light from dark cities, the temperature varies from -20 to +15 degrees with snow, fog, ice and impassable mud. January turned out to be in the Crimea is unusual cold night temperatures reaching 20 degrees. It was possible to catch the amazing sunset views.

Ice quiet bay, in January 2016, the Crimea, Russia.
Anba Ikeda/Nikkor SW90@16/Tmy-2/Xtol 1+1
http://album.foto.ru/photos/or/353575/4266031.jpg

One of Ben Lui in the South West Highlands, had a lovely walk in (in the dark) and stopped here on the way back for my breakfast.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1623/...e742e31a_b.jpgBen Lui Downstream by Steven, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by Arkasha_from_Russia

Happy New Year everyone!!
I start to understand frames with a trip to the south. The conditions were most favorable, in the morning there is stray light from dark cities, the temperature varies from -20 to +15 degrees with snow, fog, ice and impassable mud. January turned out to be in the Crimea is unusual cold night temperatures reaching 20 degrees. It was possible to catch the amazing sunset views.

Ice quiet bay, in January 2016, the Crimea, Russia.
Anba Ikeda/Nikkor SW90@16/Tmy-2/Xtol 1+1
http://album.foto.ru/photos/or/353575/4266031.jpg

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wonderful

Arkasha: Wonderful photograph. I am interested in any hints you have for working in such cold conditions. I have a background (albeit from my younger years) of a lot of winter camping and some minor mountaineering, so I understand layering, but have to admit that I find working with a view camera in the cold "challenging," since with so much standing still (set-up, composing the image, focus, etc.) I still end up getting quite cold.

Awesome photograph, Arkasha!
Love how you've emphasized perspective with the close-up foreground.

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Originally Posted by Arkasha_from_Russia

Happy New Year everyone!!
I start to understand frames with a trip to the south. The conditions were most favorable, in the morning there is stray light from dark cities, the temperature varies from -20 to +15 degrees with snow, fog, ice and impassable mud. January turned out to be in the Crimea is unusual cold night temperatures reaching 20 degrees. It was possible to catch the amazing sunset views.

Ice quiet bay, in January 2016, the Crimea, Russia.
Anba Ikeda/Nikkor SW90@16/Tmy-2/Xtol 1+1

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Wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks to all, guys!
to Peter Lewin:
I no longer take pictures with a dark cloth. I sewed the tube of the double layer taffeta silver cloth and attach it to the ski mask. Inside mask i have folding 4х magnifier. So I can breathe and focus without fear of icing and misting focusing glass.
I hope you understand me, even though Google translation=)
Here is a picture of my camera...
http://iconosquare.com/p/1146541524173220145_2063031305

Good luck and beautiful winter frames!

Smart. Good idea!

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Originally Posted by Arkasha_from_Russia

Thanks to all, guys!
to Peter Lewin:
I no longer take pictures with a dark cloth. I sewed the tube of the double layer taffeta silver cloth and attach it to the ski mask. Inside mask i have folding 4х magnifier. So I can breathe and focus without fear of icing and misting focusing glass.
I hope you understand me, even though Google translation=)
Here is a picture of my camera...
http://iconosquare.com/p/1146541524173220145_2063031305

Good luck and beautiful winter frames!

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Great idea and very neat.

You should think about making and selling them.

Martin