Large Format Landscapes

Morning fog in a abandoned copper, silver and gold mine

Wista m450 + Fuji 210mm + Portra 400 @ f/22

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/...cbb09065_b.jpg

Very nice capture. The colors are fantastic. The fog/mist really makes the image. The contrast with the bark is and attention grabber.
As for nits, a different feel could be had with a shorter focal length, i.e. get more or the tree top and get more of the reflection in the water.
This gives me more faith in Portra film. I have never shot the 400. Again very nice.

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Originally Posted by Jmarmck

Very nice capture. The colors are fantastic. The fog/mist really makes the image. The contrast with the bark is and attention grabber.
As for nits, a different feel could be had with a shorter focal length, i.e. get more or the tree top and get more of the reflection in the water.
This gives me more faith in Portra film. I have never shot the 400. Again very nice.

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Thanks Marty
I had the 90mm with me but I think it would be to "wide", don´t ask me why. Feeling at the time. About the reflection it would be impossible to get it all, the "river" is too narrow.
Yes, love the colors too :) I would be posting a lot more from this place, went today to the lab and pickup 20 sheets :)

If you do B&W c-41 is not any more difficult. It could save you some cash if you handled the quantities right.

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If you do B&W c-41 is not any more difficult. It could save you some cash if you handled the quantities right.

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For the moment I don´t have any place at home to make my own lab :( family growing, third kid arriving. Hope that will change till the end of the year, the lab of course ;)
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I have a dark closet, a 4x5 tank and a kitchen. That will get you started.
Congrats on the kid(s).

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Originally Posted by Bruno Gil

Morning fog in a abandoned copper, silver and gold mine

Wista m450 + Fuji 210mm + Portra 400 @ f/22

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Excellent, subtle colors. Just wonderful. This soft palette is so much more enticing than those garish HDR images so popular nowadays.

Hi Bruno

a very good image indeed, subtle too

I agree a 90mm lens would have been too wide, a 180 probably the best

and..............keep posting

best regards
andrew

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Originally Posted by Jmarmck

Eagle Mesa, Oljata Utah December 26.2014
Horseman 450 TMX 100, HC-110 ~1:63
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/...8fede938_b.jpgShrouded Eagle Mesa by jmarmck, on Flickr

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Hi Marty

refreshingly different to, say, the more oft seen colour images of the Utah area

great work, too, btw

regards
andrew

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Originally Posted by Ryanscott

I am fairly new to LF and I am curious how often do you find yourselves using tilt or Scheimpflug technique when photographing landscapes? So far it seems that when I have thought to use it I am only tilting maybe 2 or 3 degrees forward with my lens, if that? Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks!

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Ryan, Hi

welcome to this terrific Forum

the 'Scheimpflug technique' - read about it, read some articles, never used it at all or if I have accidentally, then I possibly have.............I'm sure that others on here will also say that you can get way way too bogged down with technical discussions and this can start to cloud your vision, I definitely do

my personal opinion, fwiw, is to set up the gear, level everything out, choose your lens and then play around with the movements in whatever direction or direction to each other until I find what's "me" on the gg. I'm far from being a straight documentary kind of f64 image taker, what I'm after is often fairly abstract compared to that way of working

do your own thing, forget the tech stuff and enjoy do

regards
andrew