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Thanks Nicolas. TMY-2 is my primary film too and I agree. TMX of course has pretty much the same advantages only with even less grain. OTOH, a shoulder isn't necessarily a bad thing, it depends where it falls and how much it levels off. If it goes to horizontal then there simply isn't any separation there. But if the slope simply decreases it can still record detail where a straight line might have pushed highlights to XIII or wherever, still there but very difficult to print or requiring a lot of N- development. I never liked what minus development more than -1 or so does to midtone and shadow contrast even if it does tame the highlights.
But I do love TMY (and TMX, I just don't really need the finer grain and can use the two stops of speed) in large format. Since I don't currently print larger than 11x14 and don't even plan to print larger than 16x20 grain is pretty much a non-issue for me in 4x5, and with that combined with the low inherent grain of TMY for a 400 film it frees me to expose generously, get rich detailed shadows and still have plenty of easily printable highlight detail.
Another great film in that regard was XP2. I wish it were still available in 4x5, it would sorely tempt me to stock up on C41 chems. I have an 8x10 from 35mm XP2 hanging on my living room wall, also a snow scene, and it's virtually grainless at any reasonable viewing distance. Of course C41 gets less grainy with more exposure.
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Ken Lee
IMHO, forest photography is very difficult to do well. This is a subject where 8x10 film helps considerably - as Ansel has demonstrated time and again :)
Another approach is to apply sharpening, using one of the more elaborate methods that emphasizes detail but doesn't introduce too many artifacts.
In my opinion a 5x7 and a 210 Sironar S does pretty well, if their is a weak point it is scanning on a v700.
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Excellent as usual, Austin.
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bbuszard
Mt. Wheeler from the alpine lakes below the saddle.
Excellent shot! Thanks. :) :cool:
- Leigh
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Joel Truckenbrod
Excellent as usual, Austin.
Thanks Joel. I appreciate that.
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I like it, Austin. What movement did you apply?
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austin granger
Sunrise, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
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austin granger
Excellent. I was instantly reminded of Buzz Aldrin's words about the surface of the moon, "magnificent desolation!" with the tire tracks reminding us that humans have at least been here, amongst all the nothingness.
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Roger Cole
Thanks Nicolas. TMY-2 is my primary film too and I agree. TMX of course has pretty much the same advantages only with even less grain. OTOH, a shoulder isn't necessarily a bad thing, it depends where it falls and how much it levels off. If it goes to horizontal then there simply isn't any separation there. But if the slope simply decreases it can still record detail where a straight line might have pushed highlights to XIII or wherever, still there but very difficult to print or requiring a lot of N- development. I never liked what minus development more than -1 or so does to midtone and shadow contrast even if it does tame the highlights.
But I do love TMY (and TMX, I just don't really need the finer grain and can use the two stops of speed) in large format. Since I don't currently print larger than 11x14 and don't even plan to print larger than 16x20 grain is pretty much a non-issue for me in 4x5, and with that combined with the low inherent grain of TMY for a 400 film it frees me to expose generously, get rich detailed shadows and still have plenty of easily printable highlight detail.
Another great film in that regard was XP2. I wish it were still available in 4x5, it would sorely tempt me to stock up on C41 chems. I have an 8x10 from 35mm XP2 hanging on my living room wall, also a snow scene, and it's virtually grainless at any reasonable viewing distance. Of course C41 gets less grainy with more exposure.
Very interesting Roger, actually it got me thinking about trying some ektar film for color, I wonder if it would be noticeably better in terms of DR.
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austin granger
Shot on Mars, totally scifi.
