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Hot Springs: Durango Colorado
Ed, thanks for your comments and suggestions.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdWorkman
This was a first go at printing this neg. I have been so preoccupied with retaining the detail in the shadowed rock on the left hand side (Hanging Rock) that I hadn't really thought about the right hand side. Your suggestion is a good one so I'll give it a go (assuming my printing skills are up to it...). Many thanks :)
Regards
CareyQuote:
Originally Posted by seabird
It is a scarey spot, but have you tried getting to the bottom, of the valley of the waters at Wentworth falls after rain, thin muddy tracks no fences plenty of trees at the bottom to stop your fall, some amazing waterfalls.
regards
David
Hi David,Quote:
Originally Posted by David Woods
I've been down the Valley of the Waters as far as Sylvia Falls (at least I think thats what they're called - the next ones down from Empress Falls). Two things have stopped me going further: 1. I don't have a particularly good head for heights. 2. You gotta come back up the same way with your camera gear on your back... :mad:
Cheers
New film back from the lab.
http://ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2802-1...100818_003.jpg
4x5 Velvia 100f, Fuji 125 -NW, rear tilt, 3 stop hard GND filter
An easy summer morning on the glacial remnants in the Upper Mohawk Lakes, Colorado
http://ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2800-1...100818_005.jpg
4X5 E100G, 75/8 Super Angulon, 3 stop soft GND
That is awesomeness right there. Beautiful chrome. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mrladewig
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img315a.jpg
Massachusetts
Sinar P, 450mm Fujinon C
5x7 Ilford FP4+, Pyrocat HD
Dear mrladewig,Quote:
Originally Posted by mrladewig
Fabulous... :)
Your colour images are quite spectacular!
Nicely done, where this image presents a feeling of a great open space.
jim k
Dear Ken,Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Lee
An excellent subtle image... :)
Did you get wet?
Nicely done.
jim k
Thanks Sam and Jim.
Jim, I am particularly grateful to see your comment for a couple reasons. First, I find your B&W work to be quite inspiring. I just don't have the ability to see well in B&W myself, but I enjoy it done well. But second, because you've responded to the feeling of an open expanse I was hoping to carry across in this image. In my broader landscapes, I'm always trying to communicate this breathing room.
I have more to come from this quick overnight trip.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/...fb721333_b.jpg
Ebony SU45, 210mm Fujinon W, 0.6 GND hard, Horseman 6X12, Fuji Reala 100, Tetenal C41.
Technicly I think it is my best development so far, and scanning with my new Epson V700 using ICE is also an improvement.
Artisticly I am also very happy about it. I had done a series of landscapes with low flying jets in them, and this concludes the series. I had my fear about me placing an object in the landscape would come out too "constructed" or artzy-fartzy, but to me it works high above my expectation.
Detail (that shows the connection to air traffic):
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/...fc0b6a96_b.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tri Tran
that's a great contact print, Tri
you sure that this was taken recently, those folks seem to be wearing some pretty old clothing.........?
andrew
notice how the roof beams extend out to catch that porch roof .. Then they used 4 out of level posts to look more authentic..
On the side there looks to be a screen over the window..?
Thank you !Quote:
Originally Posted by jim kitchen
Out here, our only choices are subtle, and extra-subtle :rolleyes:
The Ruby Mountains, in Nevada, from a couple summers ago. 4x5, 150mm lens, Velvia.
Pretty post-cardish. I'm a big fan of shots with a "mood," which I originally thought this image to be lacking. I then realized that it displays the typical mood of a bright, clear morning in alpine terrain during the summer. Whether that is a good thing or not photographically, I don't know - I'm just throwing this out there for fun.
Dear mrladewig,Quote:
Originally Posted by mrladewig
Merci...
It is safe to say, that I do not know how to create a great colour image at all, although I can certainly see when someone like you creates them on command... :)
jim k
Nice images everyone :)
Here's the closest thing we've got to Ansel's tripod holes in Australia: My take on the vista that every tourist with a camera captures while in the Blue Mountains.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~cbird/3...10_frame_1.jpg
The Three Sisters, Echo Point, Blue Mountains, Australia NSW 2010
135/f5.6 Apo-Sironar-S on Linhof Super Tech IV
Ilford FP4+ (E.I. 64 ASA) in Rodinal 1+50
All and any comments welcome.
Cheers
Dear Carey,
We Canadians have a mountain range with an identical name to the "Three Sisters" in Canmore Alberta, a few kilometres west of Calgary, and a quaint bustling town located just few kilometers before you enter the town of Banff, Alberta along the TransCanada Highway, where the named mountain range refers to a group of Nuns wearing their Habits, and although the image of our mountain range does not look similar to this image at all, your image is totally superb... :)
You continuously demonstrate an eye for a balanced image, and the obvious skill sets to reproduce it effectively.
I would eliminate anyone to add an image like that, complete with an Alberta cloud filled sky, to my portfolio.
Nicely done.
jim k
Hi Jim,
Thanks for your kind words. They mean a lot to me as I have nothing but the utmost respect for your eye and vision - an opinion formed on the basis of the exceedingly fine images you post here with a regularity that I can only envy :)
As regards the name "The Three Sisters", Aboriginal legend has it that these three rocks are three sisters that were turned to stone by their father, the witch doctor Tyawan, to protect them from a marauding Bunyip. Unfortunately Tyawan lost his magic bone before he was able to turn his three daughters back into human form, so here they remain to this day...
Clearly the sister on the left was the looker of the three, while the middle sister had, shall we say, good "child bearing hips"... ;)
I'm not sure whether you get Bunyips in Alberta. One day I'm going to visit and find out.
Thanks again.
Haystack Rocks, Cannon Beach, Oregon
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/...748aabca_z.jpg
Deardorff 8x10, 19" Goerz APO Artar, Efke PL 25 developed in Kodak D76
Five Mile Creek, near Columbia, CA
http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/566-1-Web.jpg
Tachihara 4x5, 210 Symmar-S, Astia 100F
The images displayed in this thread are outstanding! What an inspiration!
--P
Very nice greens for Astia. I always seem to fight with sickly looking green when I use Astia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Preston
One of the few images I have ever seen from the Ruby Mountains. Talk about being seldom visited........Show us more!Quote:
Originally Posted by h2oman
One from the flat plains outside Amarillo, Texas
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/...9abefd7eb6.jpg
Arca-Swiss 4x5
Efke 25
dr5 processing
Epson 4990 scanner
Darrren, thanks for the comment.
I spent several months at Amarillo AFB back in '66. We had a saying that went something like, 'You can't go AWOL from this base because they could still see you three days days later from the control tower.' Your photo shows the lonesomeness very well.
--P
Sunset over Lower Mohawk Lake, 10-mile Range, CO
http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/27...818_002_sm.jpg
E100VS, 75/8 Super Angulon, 3 stop GND
Mel, this is drop-dead gorgeous! Of you recent postings, this one is my favorite! Well done!
--P
Thanks back at ya. Your own experience about Amarillo is about spot on for the flat found there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Preston
Mel- that is really nice colors there.
Betterlight Super 6K-HS, ISO 200 @ 1/120th sec line time, F-16 on a Schneider Super Symar HM 120, Zone VI camera.
Zion National Park
http://web.mac.com/routlaw/iWeb/Phot...1132-3-dng.jpg
http://www.patrickrobertjames.com/web/2008-073-04n.jpg
Bowling Ball Beach
Polaroid 4x5 Conversion with Symmar 135mm, HP5, Pyrocat-P
Bravo !
Many very cool images in this thread, makes my cable-release-button-finger (is that a proper phrase?) itch.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/...80898900d3.jpg
A fairly recent effort from the end of what looked like it was going to be a very dull day's shooting.
Ebony SV45ti, Nikkor SW 75mm, Velvia 100
This is one of the few times I've headed up to an alpine lake and not checked the alt/azimuth info for sunrise against the topo. I miss calculated how the shadows would fall and had to adjust as the sun was rising.
I'd love to get some feedback if one stands out from the group to you.
Ektar 100
http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/28...18_014_ssm.jpg
Velvia 50
http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/28...100818_006.jpg
Ektar 100
http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/28...818_013_sm.jpg
Pro 160C
http://www.ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/28...100818_012.jpg
A single coated 75/8 super angulon was used for all. A 3 stop soft GND was used as well on all the images.
All of the above.
Lenses used?
Duh! There is the lens info.
While all are great, the last two grab me the hardest. I thought perhaps you had used a longer lens.
i lik ethe last three better than the 1st. was the 1st just the earliest so it had the most purple (blue cast) or maybe an adjustment of the C41 film in PS?
I like the purple in the first. However, all of these great color images have me wanting to get out with some color film. It is good to see examples of the Ektar as I have some in my refrigerator. :cool: :D
I think your online presentation of your images would be greatly improved if you abandoned the use of the faux frame and over matt. I find the use of those to be a great distraction which adds nothing to support the viewing enjoyment of your images.Quote:
Originally Posted by seabird
Don Bryant
Wow! What a great collection of shots - quite the morning of shooting. I think the 3rd works for me best - I prefer it subtly over the similar 4th. (The mountains at the left edge of the frame look 'grittier' and just more dramatic to me, and near the center of the frame the mountains look like they're starting to blow out and lose detail just a little in the 4th, whereas the detail seems preserved in the 3rd very nicely).
I do love that first bit of light catching the peaks on the 1st though.
Upper Young Lake, Yosemite National Park
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/...2c308924_z.jpg
Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 150mm f/5.6 (I think), Fuji Provia 100F
Going back a couple years, it was really a couple prints from Charles Cramer at Young Lakes that ultimately persuaded me to even try Large Format. Getting up there in July was a real treat for me.
Eddie,Quote:
Originally Posted by eddie
The shots are ordered in sequence.
Because of the altitude here, we often get a very visible band of purple/magenta in the sky on the fringe of the earth's shadow. The mountain peak is at 13,950 feet, while I'm at about 12,400 feet. On this particular morning, the magenta cast seemed rather strong to me and there were some clouds catching that light and bouncing it into the scene in front and behind me. But this was shot on color neg, and to me its always a somewhat abstract process of interpretation.
Oh man that is some sweet light and a beautiful location. The only thing I would do is crop out that bright patch on the top right.Quote:
Originally Posted by MumbleyJoe
I went back and forth on that myself. I ended up keeping it in the frame as I felt it gave a bit more context to the area, but can also see it being a distraction. Thanks for the feedback.
I agree with you as well. It gives some context to the location. Great work!Quote:
Originally Posted by MumbleyJoe
Joe, It's a great scene, but cropping and values can be your best friend. As you've already determined, your real subject here is the light. Just a suggestion, but enhancing that light by discarding what isn't "the light" and printing it much deeper to reveal the light bursting from the shadows may give you much more satisfaction.
Only my opinion, but from the scene, I think this reveals your real image...and a gorgeous one it is. Beautiful place and a wonderful image.
The problem with crop is, if you are looking for a "grand" landscape style of photograph, the crop destroys that. That's fine, if that is your vision. I personally prefer the grand landscape. However, I would make that area a bit darker.Quote:
Originally Posted by lenser
Well, I appreciate the depth of consideration from both of you (sincerely), I normally have a hard time getting anyone to engage beyond "Yay" or "Nay" level of discourse. :)
I have generally gone in the direction of the "grand landscape", particularly with Large Format, but have recently been trying to edit down and become more focused on singular or simpler elements of the scene. As such, the "to crop" or "not to crop" lies somewhat at the crossroads of that decision. When I cropped it last night (with my wife's input as well, which is nice as she was there when the photo was taken) we both preferred the more "open" view, despite my general move away from the broader landscape. That could also be our personal bias, as its a sort of souvenir of our backpacking trip as well as a stand-alone photograph, so the broader context means more to me. I essentially never tolerate blown-out skies either (part of the practical rationale for tighter framing is simply to keep the exposure within the narrow confines of slide-film exposure latitude). As it is, I like that the light is still somewhat 'soft' and 'subtle' here - as the sunset progressed it got more dramatic.
Anyhow, I'll leave it at that, as I don't want to imbue this with more importance that it warrants. Thanks for the feedback!
Hi Don,Quote:
Originally Posted by D. Bryant
Thanks for the comment :)
I do vascillate over this manner of presentation. But seeing as I decided to present the images this way on my website, its easier to just link to those images using [IMG] tags. Apologies if its distracting. I trust you still derived a *little* enjoyment from my images... :)
Regards
Hope you don't mind if I setup in your tripod holes in about 3 weeks :DQuote:
Originally Posted by seabird