Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by Andrea Gazzoni

this is where the path to refuge Vittorio Emanuele starts, Valsavarenche, Italy.
4x10 on Tachihara with split dark slide.
critics are more than welcome.

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Very well seen...very good use of subtle colors to add to the composition (yellow tones along the bottom and on the top) as well as the light itself. I like the way the darker tones on the right side holds one's eye on the image. Just excellent all the way around! Simple complexity...my eye travels up the path, but also up the draw -- and horizontally going from dark bush to dark bush, tree to tree.

I might have tried a polarizing filter to see if some of the blue light from the sky that is reflecting off the rocks and leaves could have been filtered out. But at the same time, the cool light off the rocks contrasts nicely with the warmer tones of the vegetation.

And yes, it looks like it would have made a great B&W image -- different, but perhaps not any better.

"And yes, it looks like it would have made a great B&W image -- different, but perhaps not any better. "

yeah... I agree. Different but not better.

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Originally Posted by Gary Tarbert

I have visited this shot several times , I like it more with each visit . Cheers Gary

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Originally Posted by Joel Truckenbrod

Exceptional image. The mood and sense of light are wonderful.

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Thanks fellas, much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by Andrea Gazzoni

this is where the path to refuge Vittorio Emanuele starts, Valsavarenche, Italy.
4x10 on Tachihara with split dark slide.
critics are more than welcome.

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Andrea, that image is wonderful... it has a rather painterly feeling to it, at least to me... might be because of the soft colors and lower contrast (?)... is it on a negative film?

Your composition is fantastic...

Jiri

Thanks Jiri and anyone else for the gentle feedback.
It is slide film, can't remember now if it is Provia or Velvia 100F, wet mounted and drum scanned here at home and some curve adjustments due mostly to the ageing of the film.
I've had it printed 70" wide and now am looking for space to hang it.

Here is another one from nearly the same place, this one is shot on a 6x17 roll film back.
Definitely a special place, most of the fun was just being there for a few hours with every kind of weather, enjoying the silence and the beauty all around.
The place is the oldest National Park in Italy, filled with animals like chamois, ibex, foxes and eagles.



https://dl.dropbox.com/u/94184552/bosco%20rosso.JPG

Andrea that is some beautiful light and a wonderful composition.

Wow that is gorgeous. Both of them for sure are excellent. Scenes I would walk right through unfortunately. Well seen.

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Originally Posted by Andrea Gazzoni

Thanks Jiri and anyone else for the gentle feedback.
It is slide film, can't remember now if it is Provia or Velvia 100F, wet mounted and drum scanned here at home and some curve adjustments due mostly to the ageing of the film.
I've had it printed 70" wide and now am looking for space to hang it.

Here is another one from nearly the same place, this one is shot on a 6x17 roll film back.
Definitely a special place, most of the fun was just being there for a few hours with every kind of weather, enjoying the silence and the beauty all around.Hi Andrea , Nice scene makes me want to put my hiking boots in the bag and go somewere . Cheers Gary
The place is the oldest National Park in Italy, filled with animals like chamois, ibex, foxes and eagles.



https://dl.dropbox.com/u/94184552/bosco%20rosso.JPG

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A very beautiful and well composed image, Andrea!

PS -- hopefully you will get the scanner parts you need. Glad someone else is handling that...I was out of my league with it!

Vaughn

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Originally Posted by Andrea Gazzoni

this is where the path to refuge Vittorio Emanuele starts, Valsavarenche, Italy.
4x10 on Tachihara with split dark slide.
critics are more than welcome.

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Remember that recent discussion about depth in a photograph? I think this is a perfect example of it. Feels like you can just walk in there...
I would love to see that 70" print :)