Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by Ken Lee

Massachusetts, October 2011
Tachihara Field Camera, 200mm Nikkor M
4x5 TMY, D-23

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Another great image Ken! Would you mind sharing where you placed the plane of focus on this shot (and aperture). These shots typically stump me and I end up trying to do something cute like swing the focus along the trees on the right which turns the left edge of the frame to mush. I've been in this situation several times with my 210 mm and ultimately use a 90 for the increased depth of field. But perhaps, I'm underestimating what I can keep in focus by stopping down. Any insights would be much appreciated.

mitomac

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Originally Posted by mitomac

Another great image Ken! Would you mind sharing where you placed the plane of focus on this shot (and aperture). These shots typically stump me and I end up trying to do something cute like swing the focus along the trees on the right which turns the left edge of the frame to mush. I've been in this situation several times with my 210 mm and ultimately use a 90 for the increased depth of field. But perhaps, I'm underestimating what I can keep in focus by stopping down. Any insights would be much appreciated.

mitomac

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I almost always shoot This sort of thing at f/22. Here there was a very slight forward tilt.

The scale is a bit deceptive: the tree is quite large and further away than it appears.

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Above Silt Colorado on the Burford Road
Sinar F1
Rodenstock 210mm
Kodak Portra

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Above Rifle Colorado
There is a radioactive tailings dump just to the left of frame
Chamonix 45n2
Rodenstock 210mm
FP-4

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Ruins of old coking ovens
Cardiff Colorado (Near Glenwood Springs)

Chamonix 45n2
150mm Rodenstock
Fuji NPS

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Originally Posted by ashlee52

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Ruins of old coking ovens
Cardiff Colorado (Near Glenwood Springs)

Chamonix 45n2
150mm Rodenstock
Fuji NPS

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I first saw the coke ovens (on the way to Marble) a few years back but when I drove through 4 weeks ago, they had started to restore them and were 1/2 way done. I don't understand what they are or why someone would want them restored but . . . They are quite interesting in morning light.

These are different ovens about 40 miles from Redstone/Marble. There are several old sites here in the county. Coke is a purified coal (nearly 100% carbon) used in blast furnaces and for making high carbon steel. You bake coal in ovens to drive off impurities.

In this site there are maybe 25 ovens all in a line, largely overgrown as you can see by the sage.

Tree trunk and grasses, an image from the Dutch nature reserve Loonse & Drunense duinen.

I used a Cambo Wide camera with a 5,6 65mm super-angulon lens fitted with a 2 stop Lee ND grad filter, Fuji Velvia. Exposed for about 4 seconds at f/22.

Thanks for looking, Frank
www.frankbunnik.zenfolio.com

Very nice image, I really like it.

Here is one i did today looking out over chilhowee mt. located in eastern tenn. shot with an old burke and james 5x7 field camera, 121mm SA http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6034/...27b7b40f_b.jpg
view from chilhowee mt. by J. Golden, on Flickr