Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by Joel Truckenbrod

Here's one from last weekend...

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Dear Joel,

Excellent balance, exposure, and image... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

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Originally Posted by Joel Truckenbrod

Here's one from last weekend: Tachihara 4x5, Fujinon 90mm f8, Tmax 100 in Xtol 1:1

Arch, Heavy Fog, Tettegouch State Park, Minnesota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rchFog1-10.jpg

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Beautifull...

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Originally Posted by Peter Mounier

Here's a picture taken in the Alabama Hills, at the foot of Mt. Whitney. I like the textures and the tonality, but the jury in my head is still out on the composition. Maybe a horizontal view would be more pleasing to look at, but I think the jumbles of rock in the foreground would've been too discombobulating.
Any comments are welcome.

Peter

http://www.MorroBayGiclee.com/WhitneyGully.jpg

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Excellent stuff. Sometimes shooting into the sun is a good thing! :D

first 4x5's processed with Caffenol-C. Used the recipe at http://www.digitaltruth.com/data/caffenol.php. 12 minutes at 72f for Efke pl 50 film, developed in a tray. No photoflow was mixed, so there are some water spots.

The tones on the negative are beautiful. It's not a thin negative, but scans really well. It's about average density with a little tiny bit of fog/stain/whatever you want to call it. I expect it will print well too.

It was a sunny summer afternoon with big clouds. Not an award winning composition, but I thought it was a good scene to test the film and developer. This is my computer center / tower / storage place I was visiting for work, and I just stopped in the driveway, got out the speed graphic and took two photos before reaching the parking area. speed graphic, stock optar.

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img194.jpg

I was not pleased with how grainy it is though. Is this the film or the developer/film combination? I would expect 50 speed film to be a little finer than this. I am accustomed to normally shooting TMY2/xtol, but tmax400 is not compatible with caffenol-c. Crop from 2400dpi scan:

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img194c.jpg

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Originally Posted by SamReeves

Excellent stuff. Sometimes shooting into the sun is a good thing! :D

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Thank you Sam.

Peter

If your face is that close to the print you are missing the picture- and if you are gonna see the picture, your face can't be that close. You got exquisite tones, you got all the detail a person can see, even if cropped to remove some distraction, say up to the eaves and off the left to get rid of the treetop above the eave line. So what would less grain get you? If you wanted only what's shown in the crop, use a longer lens. Try a composition that you THINK might need smaller grain and look at an appropriate size print from the appropriate viewing distance before you decide.

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2...ejoanes002.jpg
Home made 4x5 P&S camera, Fomapan 100, Orange filter

Outstanding image Nana.

Thank you, dsim.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/4084/magoito001.jpg
Linhof Technika IV, Schneider Super Angulon 65/8, Tmax 100, filtro laranja

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4202/guincho001.jpg
Wista 45 DXII, Fuji SWD 90/5.6, Tmax 100, filtro vermelho

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7494/arcos001.jpg
Linhof Technika IV, Schneider Super Angulon 65/8, Tmax 100, filtro laranja