Large Format Landscapes

The aptly named Devil's Homestead, Lava Beds National Monument. Tmax 100 developed in D23, Fujinon 125W lens on 4x5. For some musings on Lava Beds and photographing there, see the most recent blog post at my web page.

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Intrepid 4x5 camera, Caltar 150mm f/5.6 lens, Ilford HP5 Plus film, f/11, 60 minutes exposure, Tunnel View of Yosemite National Park under full moon light.

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[QUOTE=newtorf;1626509]Intrepid 4x5 camera, Caltar 150mm f/5.6 lens, Ilford HP5 Plus film, f/11, 60 minutes exposure, Tunnel View of Yosemite National Park under full moon light.
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Very nice and well done! Must have been quite a calculation of the shuttertime!

My D850 digital camera shot it at ISO 400, f/11, and 6 minutes. Reciprocity table says at least 4 times of normal exposure time. We exposed the first sheet at 30 minutes just to be safe. But then I guess it is not long enough. So the second sheet was exposed at 60 minutes. And the result is quite nice.

When we arrived at the Tunnel View, it was already long past sunset. We could barely see the shape of the mountains from the ground glass. Thankfully, it was near full moon. So we focused on the moon, and recomposed to take this photo. Not sure if we are the first one to shoot Tunnel View in the evening with a large format camera?

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Originally Posted by newtorf

My D850 digital camera shot it at ISO 400, f/11, and 6 minutes. Reciprocity table says at least 4 times of normal exposure time. We exposed the first sheet at 30 minutes just to be safe. But then I guess it is not long enough. So the second sheet was exposed at 60 minutes. And the result is quite nice.

When we arrived at the Tunnel View, it was already long past sunset. We could barely see the shape of the mountains from the ground glass. Thankfully, it was near full moon. So we focused on the moon, and recomposed to take this photo. Not sure if we are the first one to shoot Tunnel View in the evening with a large format camera?

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Perhaps the first succesful one :) Compliment for HP5+ too

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Originally Posted by newtorf

Intrepid 4x5 camera, Caltar 150mm f/5.6 lens, Ilford HP5 Plus film, f/11, 60 minutes exposure, Tunnel View of Yosemite National Park under full moon light.

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Fabulous shot.

The star trails are pretty cool too.

Martin

Gregg that photo gives me the chills - a distant, wrecked metropolis...nestled in its own postapocolyptic haze.

+1 to that Gregg. Wonderful strange tonality with that grass amongst the lava, nailed it perfectly.

Another D23 believer!

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Originally Posted by John Layton

Gregg that photo gives me the chills - a distant, wrecked metropolis...nestled in its own postapocolyptic haze.

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Interestingly, it is sometimes promoted as a "land shaped by fire," in reference to the lava flows, but it has also been the site of a significant wildfire each of the past two summers. Of course they didn't burn in the Devil's Homestead, a natural firebreak!

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Originally Posted by Joe O'Hara

+1 to that Gregg. Wonderful strange tonality with that grass amongst the lava, nailed it perfectly.

Another D23 believer!

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Thanks, Joe. I gravitated to D23 mostly because I can mix it quickly as needed - I have a history of going long periods with no developing, although I am hoping that is going to change! I've also seemed to have pretty good luck with roll film using a two-solution D23 recipe I found in an article by this guy Barry Thornton.