Re: Large Format Landscapes
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Originally Posted by
Leigh
Marvelous mid-tones on that one, Austin. It looks alive.
- Leigh
That mountain IS alive Leigh. Seriously, thanks.
Re: Large Format Landscapes
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Originally Posted by
Martin Aislabie
Hi Stevo
I'm not sure out of focus left to right is always mis-aligned standards - but its a very good bet.
One of the easiest ways I use to check that the front and rear are parallel is to put the back of the camera back flat down on a horizontal surface and then check the front standard with a spirit level.
The difference between good and just off can be tiny.
Hope this helps
Martin
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Originally Posted by
Jerry Bodine
Steveo, if you're fortunate enough to have access to a
Versalab Parallel (normally used for enlarger alignment), it can also be used to very accurately confirm mis-aligned standards. I did this with my 8x10 Sinar Norma. Place the camera on a tabletop, resting on its rear standard, remove the lensboard and carefully place the laser device on the lens side of the groundglass and turn it on, then place one of the Versalab's glass reflectors across the front standard opening (or better, if you have a lensboard with the lens removed, place the reflector across the lens opening). You will see immediately any mis-alignment, as the reflected laser beam will not be centered on the laser source's cross-hairs.
This procedure is made a little easier if your bellows can be removed, as with my Sinar. That allowed me to mount the camera on a tripod and manually hold the laser device against the gg with one hand and hold the reflector in place (without flexing it) with the other hand.
Cheers guys, I've no fancy gear so I'll just have to try and lay the standards with out the bellows and see. I've shot another couple of frames last night so I'll get them in the soup and see how they've turned out.
Re: Large Format Landscapes
This was shot at the end of May in Tatra Mountains, Poland:
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2926/...2f94954a_z.jpg
Zielony Staw by JaZ99wro, on Flickr
Graflex 4x5
Fujinon 105mm
CDU II + 85A filter
Re: Large Format Landscapes
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Originally Posted by
JaZ99
I've been wondering about this film... Cool!
Too bad there isn't a lot of 8x10 around for cheap like the 4x5 stuff...
Re: Large Format Landscapes
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Originally Posted by
JaZ99
This was shot at the end of May in Tatra Mountains, Poland:
Beautiful! I have to visit the Polish side of Tatra mountains one day...
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Glad you posted the poem.
My memory was served well.
Thank you
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Originally Posted by
Heroique
I think you got it in a good way – say, let's quote Frost's brief poem since it will remind many LFers about the landscape-scouting experiences that led to the fine images here:
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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Originally Posted by
StoneNYC
I've been wondering about this film... Cool!
Too bad there isn't a lot of 8x10 around for cheap like the 4x5 stuff...
Thanks! This is indeed a great film. A little bit too slow, and not daylight balanced, but with excellent latitude.
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Originally Posted by
andreios
Beautiful! I have to visit the Polish side of Tatra mountains one day...
You are always welcome! Out part of Tatra mountains are opened full year around, unlike Slovakia part....
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Bunchberries near the Gunflint Trail, North of Grand Marais, MN
http://static.wixstatic.com/media/20...a23271.jpg_400
Technical Information:
-Shen Hao PTB 4x5
-Schneider 65 mm SA
-Delta 100 in Pyrocat HD for 17 min
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Lovely Jeff!! The trees receding into the mist really invites me in.
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Originally Posted by
Jeff Dexheimer
Lovely is right! Wow.
