Large Format Landscapes

Years ago I operated a giant Hell scanner and an Optronics Colorgetter in a print shop, but since then haven't used one. I am really impressed at how good the lower end scanners models are. Just like digicams, cheaper and better all the time. Drum scanners and zany high end flatbeds are just out of my league, but I don't torment myself with the differences because personally I can't see anything lacking in the amount of detail in these prints.

To my eyes these modern tools are not the weak link any more, now it's all just a matter of human skill to get the quality you want. Well, it is ALWAYS human skill, but crummy tools do put a damper on the party. I would consider fluid mounting on the V750, though. But I'm in no rush to get a drum scanner, although it would be a trip to use one again. (I actually was fired from my first job partially over disagreements on what settings to use on the Hell scanner!)

The paper is, well, glossy; which means nice Dmax, long tonal range and it's also very sharp. Sometimes I think there's only really two or three kinds of paper in the world to choose from providing you don't:

1) Touch them
2) Look at them cockeyed

Heh!

Nathan,, next time use a beveled cut

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Originally Posted by Thad Gerheim

Walter has some great stuff on his website! I hope he is getting recognition and exposure in museums and galleries.

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Amazing,,,!

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/m...8/Sommerx2.jpg
This is two photos of Genoa by Giorgio Sommer (1834-1914). I found the left hand print in a junk shop in Berlin and the right hand print in a Philadelphia gallery. The contact prints were scanned then spliced rather than stitched in RealViz. The lens corresponds to about 350mm on full plate He shifted the camera position about five yards for the right-hand shot and took it about one minute later. The distance a rower rowed between shots gives the time.

Christopher - did you reconstruct that image from two separate photographs that you found? If so, that is an amazing story!

One of my personal favs. is of a rock wall I found in Joshua Tree National Park a few years ago. 5x4 Tri-X, 150mm Sironar-S IIRC. I made a 125 x 100 inkjet print on canvas which really shows off the difference in textures between the rough rocks and the smooth clouds.

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Originally Posted by David Hedley

Christopher - did you reconstruct that image from two separate photographs that you found? If so, that is an amazing story!

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Yes, I found the two prints five years apart, one in Germany, one in America and reconstructed (spliced) the two together to make complete panorama. As I said, Sommer took them one minute and a few yards apart.

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Originally Posted by David Hedley

Christopher - did you reconstruct that image from two separate photographs that you found? If so, that is an amazing story!

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Yes, I found the two prints five years apart, one in Germany, one in America and reconstructed (spliced) the two together to make complete panorama. As I said, Sommer took them one minute and a few yards apart.

That's crazy!!!!! How big were the original prints?

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Originally Posted by Bruce Watson

I made a 125 x 100 inkjet print on canvas...

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That's 125 x 100 cm. Sorry for leaving that out of my post.