Large Format Landscapes

Great images everyone... :)

Well done mrladewig, Ken, and David.

The following image is a recent image from a late afternoon jaunt through the mountains...

As a side note, logging trucks and off-road weekend adventurers continuously cruise through the mountains, the mountain passes and the dry logging roads, where they both contribute to raising the dust levels throughout the summer months within the regional mountain valleys. The dust, although unavoidable on calm cloudless days, happens to be very annoying while breathing, but the result of this airborne particulate matter can be unexpectedly wondrous.

It is unfortunate that this "jpg" file cannot show the subtle detail within the forest floor's deep shadows. Then again, maybe it is not..

jim k

Logger's Dust, Late Afternoon, Peter Loughheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada, 2009

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkit...s/09083002.jpg

Wow, that's outstanding Jim!

Have you tried a PNG file instead ? Lossless compression, 16-bits.

Dear Ken,

Thank you for the suggestion, but the "png" file is weak too within the shadows. The printable image does not exhibit this issue, nor should it...

That said, the jpg image and the png image obtained artifacts near the cloudless sky and the distant mountain range, which can only be attributed to the repeated re-sizing steps I introduced. The original image, made ready for print, does not exhibit any scurrilous edging. Anyway, I will continue to investigate.

Jim thank you for your comment. :)

jim k

Agreed. The layering is mighty fine Jim.

Can't you make a PNG directly from the printable file ?

Dear Ken,

I did that and results are similar to the "jpg" file, if not identical...

The quality of the small image is not an issue for me presently, but the blocked shadow area became an item that I noticed, as I reduced the image to show the group. The reduced pixels have definitely ganged up in a few areas of the smaller image along with a few incremental artifacts, and I should probably expect that to happen when tight localized areas contain Zone 1 through Zone 3. I just thought, "Whoa, this is different..."

That said, I captured a few images in the waning hours of sunlight during the past few weeks, where the shadows are deep and rich with tremendous detail, and although the shadow information hovers around and, or below Zone 3, the shadows within the final image present themselves naturally.

So, for the moment I would believe that the reduced image size, and the loss of detail in shadow areas happens to be closely related. :)

Again, thank you for pointing out the "png" file option.

jim k

my first shot with LF.
First mistake was under exposing - did not allow enough for the center filter
Nature reserve near Durban

Dunno Andrew- the spot of sun in the way background looks about right- and the rest of it emphasizes that-draws me in. If anything, I wonder what a two-bath developer would have done- per recent threads. So all you have to do is go back and wait for that fleeting light to re-happen and shoot two more.......

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Originally Posted by Andrew Mckay

my first shot with LF.
First mistake was under exposing - did not allow enough for the center filter
Nature reserve near Durban

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Andrew, that's excellent.