Wonderful photograph, Robert. The depth and the sharpness and the texture all come together to make a very appealing scene.
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This is in Delaware Water Gap Park, NJ, last Monday. It was almost 100, the sun about as directly over as it can get. I wanted to see if I could get the shade vs. sun contrast range, near-far focus, etc. etc. And the noon-son-hotness.
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"Hotternhell"
I'm also shooting in the 100 plus weather but at about 10:00 in the morning! First shot with an old Protar V in a Volute shutter. 5x7 Tri-X 400.
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My first image post here. Only the second image to come out of the camera, I´m still testing as much as anything, and the image material isn´t all that special, but as Nana says - make the best of what little opportunities you may have.
A small shed in the middle of a field of wheat, near my home in southern Norway. Shot with DIY 4x5/6x12 P+S camera on TMX @f16 1/60s handheld. Epson 16bit scan @2400dpi. I´m still battling a light leak, so there´s some cropping here.
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Ezzie,
Welcome! A nice capture with a great sense of space. The cloud formation is magnificent.
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Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, Schneider Symmar S 150/5.6, Fomapan 100, yellow filter.
4x5" Chamonix iso 320 w/ 7" petzval
5x7" Hostilux hand held wide open @f5.6 90mm paper neg