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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
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Wow, that's outstanding Jim!
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Have you tried a PNG file instead ? Lossless compression, 16-bits.
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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
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Agreed. The layering is mighty fine Jim.
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Can't you make a PNG directly from the printable file ?
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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
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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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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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Andrew Mckay
my first shot with LF.
First mistake was under exposing - did not allow enough for the center filter
Nature reserve near Durban
Andrew, that's excellent.
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Very beautiful image Congrats I would like to begin a collection of BW prints from Large Format photographers. Are your prints availabale?
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AlexLF
Very beautifull image!
WOW! Put beautiful on that! Want to sell a print? I am a Brasilian Photographer collector.
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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.......
thanks Ed I took two shots and the first was under exposed. The second was only one stop difference and I had told the developer I suspected both were under developed.
He told me he " pushed " the second one ( the one I posted ). I never knew such a technique existed , which tells me two things. One, I have a lot to learn and two the best way to learn is to take shots.
cheers Andrew
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Here's some shots from Mono Lake and Yosemite Valley
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I suppose you could call this architecture just as well as landscape. The iconic House on Fire in Cedar Mesa.
http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/22...21_004_001.jpg
Symmar-S 150/5.6, Portra 400NC
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This was taken in late July or early August on Hermit Pass in the Sangre de Cristo mountains under light rain.
http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/22...921_010_lg.jpg
Provia, Symmar-S 150/5.6
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LOL, that's the perfect name for it. What a beauty of an image! :)
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I've seen a few 100% digital versions of this house. Yours is 100% better. Does the house always look like this or only at certain times of the day? I'm assuming sunrise or more proably sunset is best?
Combine House on Fire with Falling Roof and you get a great double header.
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I've seen a few 100% digital versions of this house. Yours is 100% better. Does the house always look like this or only at certain times of the day? I'm assuming sunrise or more proably sunset is best?
Combine House on Fire with Falling Roof and you get a great double header.
Try to be there before noon in the late morning depending on the time of year. The light is reflected from the opposite canyon wall. It loses all it's glory in direct light. This pic captured the scene very nicely. It's called "house on fire" but it should be called "closet on fire":) It is a tiny little space, it's deceiving.
regards
erik
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venchka
I've seen a few 100% digital versions of this house. Yours is 100% better. Does the house always look like this or only at certain times of the day? I'm assuming sunrise or more probably sunset is best?
Combine House on Fire with Falling Roof and you get a great double header.
You're much too kind. Its just my mediocre attempt at a scene that has been shot many times before me, and probably composed much better by others. The only advantage I feel film holds over digital here is the ability to hold detail in the fire reds and oranges where digital capture so easily clips the red channel.
What often happens in the Colorado Plateau is that reflected light intensifies the glow of the sandstone. This was shot near mid-day when light hits the slab below the house but does not reach the house itself. The house is in a relatively deep alcove. The time when ruins or canyon walls glow is dependent on their orientation, but many reach the zenith of their intensity near mid day.
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Thanks to both of you. Information noted. I hope I can get there myself some day.
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Great images everyone... :)
A recent image from the Alberta Badlands.
jim k
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Jim, I love the shapes, textures and tomes of that image. Nice!!
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Dinosaur.
Deep_Detail_Delight!
Deep!
is that a re-modified Epson job?
Andrew
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Gentlemen,
Thank you... :)
Andrew, yes this image is the first image from my almost modified Epson 750 8X10 negative holder, where I mounted the image 2mm above the scanner's glass platen, hanging the negative from the bottom of the glass plate. The focus is not perfect, but other modifications to follow should fine tune the exact location. I am still working on that feature.
jim k
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Hello, a landscape of Catamarca, Argentina, by far wind. Greetings to all
Linhof 90mm Tmax 100 D76
www.ninograngetto.com.ar
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Matterhorn reflected in the Riffelsee, Zermatt
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/...3492c8a3_b.jpg
Toyo metal field (4x5), Fujinon 90mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro
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Wow... incredible depth and detail, David. NICE!!
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Yes, David, that's very very strong...
Jiri
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Thanks very much for your comments - my legs are still aching but it was a good day's hike.
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Matterhorn reflected in the Riffelsee, Zermatt
Toyo metal field (4x5), Fujinon 90mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro
A Beauty!
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Weisshord and Bietschorn, from Gornergrat near Zermatt
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2615/...11ae476f_b.jpg
Toyo metal field (4x5), Nikkor 300mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro
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Matterhorn reflected in the Riffelsee, Zermatt
David - I really like the shot, but try cropping the sky above the mountain out - i.e. git rid of the contrails. See what you think.
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but try cropping the sky above the mountain out - i.e. git rid of the contrails.
Actually, the contrails are one of the things that make this image for me.
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a beauty, and great force Greetings from Argentina:)
www.ninograngetto.com.ar
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Thanks, Nino. Here is another from earlier that day,
Gornergletscher (Gorner glacier), Zermatt;
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/...be6df025_b.jpg
Toyo metal field, Schneider 180mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro
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Another from the Gornergletscher;
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2476/...c50f50b5_b.jpg
Toyo metal field, Schneider 180mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro
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Dear David,
I am fascinated by your images. One of my geoscience degrees happened to be glacial geomorphology...
Nicely done... :)
jim k
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Great images everyone... :)
Here is another image from this past September, while I was out and about checking the brisk fall season within Kananaskis Provincial Park.
jim k
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I love the detail in the large images. How is it possible with the size limitations imposed by the forum? The size allowed is max pixels 650 and 178KB IIRC. I'm on a dialup connection and I still find it worth the wait especially Jiri's work and Jim Kitchen's work and David Hedley's Alps images are truly glorious. How are these large images posted?
Denise Libby
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Thanks very much for your comments, Jim and Denise. The glaciers in that part of the Alps are truly extraordinary, and even more so elsewhere where it is much more difficult to bring a camera. I'm aiming to do some more over the next few weeks, before winter is fully here, although we did get caught in a snowstorm near the Matterhorn last weekend.
The contrast and tones in Jim's last image are remarkable.
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Denise, I don't know about the forum size limits but some of these are slightly larger than 650px/178KB. My guess is the larger ones are hosted on a different server and the size limits are only imposed on those images hosted locally. I agree... there is some truly breath-taking imagery here.
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/...f440a2a7_o.jpg
wonder where this leads to? FP4+ Nikkor 150mm, in perceptol.
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Monsta, that' wonderful. All of the attributes of that print are so well chosen...
Jiri
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You may have stumbled on the doorway to hell. :) Nice shot though, interesting.
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archer
I love the detail in the large images. How is it possible with the size limitations imposed by the forum? The size allowed is max pixels 650 and 178KB IIRC. I'm on a dialup connection and I still find it worth the wait especially Jiri's work and Jim Kitchen's work and David Hedley's Alps images are truly glorious. How are these large images posted?
Denise Libby
Denise, if you host your picture somewhere else, such as your own web site or on one of the photo sites, you can link to it in your post directly by enclosing the URL to that picture between image tags. The forum software will help you if you click on the picture icon above that reads "Insert Image" in the tool tip when you mouse over it. A window will pop up where you enter the web address of the image (the image link itself, not the page on which the image is displayed). Some web pages don't make images accessible to external linking, so beware of that.
That's how most images are displayed in these threads. There are more sophisticated methods, but this is easiest and it works if you have a way to display images on the web.
I only link to images small enough to fit on the screens most people use, even on their laptops. My usual maximum limit for a web-hosted image is 700 to 900 pixels in the long dimension.
The best-looking images displayed that way are downsampled to the final resolution, and then sharpened afterwards for the target display. I also target the image to the sRGB colorspace for web display which is the default color space for most viewers.
Rick "thinking only a hint of detail is possible on a computer monitor" Denney