Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by Corran

Ward Creek Trail

Wehman UL 8x10 w/ Chamonix 4x10 holder, Schneider 90mm XL, Ilford FP4+, tray developed in Pyrocat 1:1:100:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/pho...ega-2484ss.jpg

So I just bought this film holder from a fellow LF photographer. It is shaped like an 8x10 holder but has a 4x10 film area instead. Works perfectly and makes it possible to use my 90mm XL on this panoramic format! I have read the 72mm XL also covers 4x10 barely so I will have to try that. For this kind of shot it works great, since it's impossible to use a half-darkslide solution due to the extreme bellows compression (unless wanting to force a 2-inch rise or fall, which may be interesting for architecture, but also has problems with 8x10 coverage). Anyway, I took this photo with my Widelux and knew it would be good to shoot with LF so shot it again today to test out the holder. Wish I could shoot it with 8x20 but I don't have a wide enough lens for this composition.

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Nice, looking into getting into 4x10. Do you cut your film to size or buy it that way?

Steven, I literally just got this holder and this is the first shot I took. Included with the back was a mostly-full box of FP4+ 4x10 film. From what I can see, the 4x10 FP4+ is about 10% more expensive than buying 8x10 and cutting it, so IMO not worth it. Of course if you want to shoot color film...well I guess you better learn to cut down film.

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Originally Posted by Corran

Wehman UL 8x10 w/ Chamonix 4x10 holder.

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Definitely something about 1:2.5 that's like Wallace Stevens' proverbial "jar in Tennessee.":) FWIW, that Wehman/Chamonix holder combo strikes me as about perfect if you're making contact prints in this part of the world.

Yes I am in love with 1:2.5. I am definitely moving more towards contact printing everything. 4x10 with a window mat to about 10 x 15 inches might look perfect for these.

8x10 enlarger is on the back-burner due to some design issues...but perhaps enlargements in the future too.

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Originally Posted by AnteroP

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4895/4...bd2c6ffa_b.jpg

Old (retired) Powerplant.
Expired Kodak Portra 160 NC 4x5. Super Angulon 75mm f8 @f22
Selfdevelopment.

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I like how the sky colors are reflected off the water and snow/ice. Very nice and will done.

http://www.patrickjames.net/lff/2009-165-03.jpg

Polaroid 110B conversion, 135 Symmar, HP5

A few of us North GA LF Photographers met up today up in the Chattahoochee National Forest, at one of the most popular hiking spots. After we got done photographing some waterfalls, we said our goodbyes and headed home. While the others went south, I detoured north around the ridge to see the sunset, but was pleasantly surprised to find a wonderful wall of ice up near the top of the mountain that hadn't melted away despite being over 40 degrees all day (the sun didn't hit that side of the mountain). It was going fast though, with the drip-drip-drip of melting ice constantly echoing along the wall (in fact, a huge chunk broke off and crashed into the ground a few dozen feet away while I set this photograph up).

Anyway, here's the first shot I made. I like the forms and contrast against the dark rock wall.

Linhof Master Technika, 150mm f/9 G-Claron, Agfa APX 100 developed in HC-110 dil. H for 15 minutes (N+2):

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/pho...ice-2525ss.jpg

I found this extra box of APX in my freezer recently. This was a good film! I don't remember where I got this.

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Originally Posted by PRJ

http://www.patrickjames.net/lff/2009-165-03.jpg

Polaroid 110B conversion, 135 Symmar, HP5

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Bravo !

Bryan...fantastic! You've inspired me to get off my butt...and out of the darkroom - and go look for some ice, which we have plenty of up here in Vermont! And oh, yes...that APX could be really nice!

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Originally Posted by Ken Lee

Bravo !

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Thanks Ken, I try...