Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by lbenac

Very nice.
Is that in the national park in the North of Portugal contiguous to Spain?
It was featured in national Geographic and looks like beautiful.

Cheers,

Luc

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Thanks, Luc.

You must be talking about Parque Nacional do Gerês. That's not the place where I took this photo, although, I have some photos taken over there.

This one was taken at Mertola, south east Portugal. This is at Rio Guadiana, contiguous to Spain. This place is called Pulo do Lobo, wich means Wolf's Jump.
Guadiana River is a quite large river and it makes a natural border between Portugal and Spain, on the east side of Portugal. Pulo do Lobo, is the only place where wolves could jump from one side of the river to the other.

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Originally Posted by Zaitz

Wonderful tonality.

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Thank you, Zaitz.

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Originally Posted by MumbleyJoe

Agreed, that's awesome Nana! (both actually)

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Thanks, Joe.

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Originally Posted by bbuszard

Both are very nice, but I particularly like the contrast in textures in the first one.

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Thank you, Bradley.

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Originally Posted by Ken Lee

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/l37a.jpg
Massachusetts, 2011
Kodak 2D, 300mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, D-23

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Beautiful. That small patch of grass softly lit in the lower left really makes it for me.

Nana,

Your image of the eroded rock wall against the sky is breathtaking. This represents, for me, an example of the exquisite beauty of B/W LF photography. Shape, texture, tonality, sharpness, the composition of the diagonal sandstone strata playing against the diagonal pattern of the clouds. Outstanding.

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Originally Posted by Duane Polcou

Nana,

Your image of the eroded rock wall against the sky is breathtaking. This represents, for me, an example of the exquisite beauty of B/W LF photography. Shape, texture, tonality, sharpness, the composition of the diagonal sandstone strata playing against the diagonal pattern of the clouds. Outstanding.

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Thanks, Duane.

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Originally Posted by MumbleyJoe

Thanks Leigh!
I can't say there's anything I particularly dislike about HC110, other than that I seem to keep producing negatives that don't scan well, mostly from developing too much density (not always). I just haven't been able to control high-contrast scenes to my liking/expectations, and I'm thinking about D23 as an alternate, in part so that I can also prepare divided D23 for compensating development (I admit to being substantially persuaded by Ken Lee's photography and advocacy for D23). I'd really like to try divided Pyrocat HD too, just haven't gotten a hold of it yet. (Also, I feel like I'm the only person who uses HC110 with FP4 film, and that can't be good!)

Bottom line, no particularly good reason that I can defend. It seems everyone here has years of experience in the darkroom, whereas I only began developing negatives a couple years ago on the bathroom floor... I have much to learn, and the best way to learn is through experience. I DO love the convenience of HC110 though.

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Try the unofficial dilution "H", which I believe is 1:63 and double the dev times as B. I found that I tended to overdevelop with B, but the longer dev times with H give me a little more room for error.

I also use HC-110 with FP4, and have been mostly happy with the results.

Nana, I've been missing your work for a little while now. Tuco's excellent work must have drawn you out. Thank you for the latest dose of inspiration.

When the artists ask if there is anything left to be said about the landscape, your pictures in particular come to my mind. None of them depict the sort of unique places that are fascinating even in poor pictures. But your work makes the normal landscape special, and presents a point of view that seems to me unique. When you post one of your photos, I don't need to read the name on the post.

Rick "who finds the juxtaposition of the eroded sand and the cirrus clouds breathtaking" Denney

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Originally Posted by richardhkirkando

Try the unofficial dilution "H", which I believe is 1:63 and double the dev times as B. I found that I tended to overdevelop with B, but the longer dev times with H give me a little more room for error.

I also use HC-110 with FP4, and have been mostly happy with the results.

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Thanks Richard, I actually recently tried the H dilution to try to tame some contrasty shots from California's redwoods (probably about 10 pages back in this thread). I started with a test shot that I developed with the "B" and "H" dilutions, and found the H a little better managed.

Honestly, I am just in no position to really critique a film & developer combination, but I felt like I was still struggling to control the contrast even with the H dilution. For 90% of photographs (with reasonable contrast) I have been pretty happy with HC110 and FP4. I love how cheap and easy it is in particular. :)