Large Format Landscapes

Gentlemen,

Merci... :)

Joel, I tend to capture any image at or near dusk, since the brisk winds in Alberta tend to calm down a few knots in the back half of a late afternoon and, or into the late evening, allowing me to keep my view camera stable then. The sun likes to stay afloat until 10:00 pm during the peak summer hours, and this image; for example, was captured a few minutes before 9:00 pm as the sun was setting behind the Eastern Slopes.

Unfortunately, there are times when my exposures are longer than I desire them to be because of the hour, causing the cloud formations to be softer than I would like, but then again the softness adds a wee bit of flavour to the image, against a sharp fence line, or stable foreground. Its too bad you cannot see the barb wire knots...

jim k

Thanks for the info Jim. I've been trying to dial in a good compromise between contrast and directionality of light for large landscapes containing skies. Having come from a color transparency background, it's a quite shift in working methodology (where extremely low contrast light was generally desirable). Much appreciated.

I'll share one, if I may...

http://kurtreddersen.files.wordpress.../rainier11.jpg

Mount Rainier and Cloud. Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor W 210mm, TMY-2

Comments (good or bad) are welcome.

Fabulous, Please share one more :)

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Originally Posted by Jan Pedersen

Fabulous, Please share one more :)

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Sure. This one is from near Lake Crescent on the Olympic Peninsula.

http://kurtreddersen.files.wordpress...mere_falls.jpg

Marymere Falls

Chamonix 4x5, Nikkor SW 90mm, TMY-2

Hope you like....

^^ Superb, Kurt. Jim, stellar as usual. BTW, Jim, you have a fantastic website.

Dear Rory,

Thank you... :)

I must update my web site with a few newer images, where I must park a few of my older images, and where that will happen when I can gather a few moments away from my daily routine.

Again, thank you.

jim k

Great images, Kurt and Jim.

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Originally Posted by jim kitchen

Dear Rory,

Thank you... :)

I must update my web site with a few newer images, where I must park a few of my older images, and where that will happen when I can gather a few moments away from my daily routine.

Again, thank you.

jim k

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Jim -

Upon Rory's comment, I checked out your site. Masterful, and I feel unworthy.

Scott

How about sending some of your skies over my way Jim ... please.

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Originally Posted by jim kitchen

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

jim k

Riley Road Junction, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkit...s/10050202.jpg

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