Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by Alan Gales

Ken,

I agree with Jim, but it's such a beautiful photograph otherwise. What if you photoshopped the limb out? I don't think anyone would notice. I really think it's worth a try before you throw it into the duds collection.

I know. I'm being sacrilegious or so a good friend says I am. To me photography is an art form, not a true representation of reality.

Alan

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I agree with you about fiddling with photos.

So here's a version without the branch. Thank you for your encouragement. How does this one look ?

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/l66-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by ElRooster

Toyo 45A Schneider 75mm F5.6 Ilford Delta 100 Orange Filter

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/...usana1copy.png

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Cool, must around Chatsworth?? Now you need to wait for Metrolink or UP to show up.

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Originally Posted by Ken Lee

I agree with you about fiddling with photos.

So here's a version without the branch. Thank you for your encouragement. How does this one look ?

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/l66-1.jpg

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I like it! :)

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Originally Posted by atlcruiser

Triple score Mr Rooster! I like the skewed perspective and the contrail/cloud in the upper left is very well seen

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Thank you David. I shot this with a Schneider 75mm lens which I then had to sell. I need to recuperate another similar lens. I like the wide angle effect.

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Originally Posted by SamReeves

Cool, must around Chatsworth?? Now you need to wait for Metrolink or UP to show up.

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Hi Sam, Yeap that is in Chatsworth. Have you been there before? Yes, you are right I need to wait for the train to pass by. I need to wait longer next time. Maybe I'll reshoot it soon but it will have to be with a 90mm lens instead of the 75. I sold my 75mm soon after I shot this.

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Originally Posted by Bill_1856

I fail to see any difference between landscapes taken with Large Format equipment, and anything else. It's just a lot more work with the camera, and somewhat less in the darkroom.

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I accept the web is restrictive in appraising any good image. There is no comparing the quality and degree of sharpness that can be attained with LF. For some the process of creating the image (the hard way) is also part of the thrill. It's like asking why climb Everest when you can take a space shuttle to the moon.

Fallen Birch and Waterfall. Adirondack Park, NY.

Wista VX 4x5 / 210mm 5.6 Schneider Apo-Symmar lens / TXP in Acu-1 developer.

I felt the icicles were some of the most precariously beautiful I have ever seen forming off of a fallen log in such a way, and I tried to use the smooth water in the top of the frame as a strong visual counterpoint. The conditions of cold were almost unbearable. I just gave some front tilt, stopped down, and hoped for the best.

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...allLogcopy.jpg

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Originally Posted by Duane Polcou

Fallen Birch and Waterfall. Adirondack Park, NY.

Wista VX 4x5 / 210mm 5.6 Schneider Apo-Symmar lens / TXP in Acu-1 developer.

I felt the icicles were some of the most precariously beautiful I have ever seen forming off of a fallen log in such a way, and I tried to use the smooth water in the top of the frame as a strong visual counterpoint. The conditions of cold were almost unbearable. I just gave some front tilt, stopped down, and hoped for the best.

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...allLogcopy.jpg

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good job.. i like how the frozen ice contrasts with the flow of water..

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6...04fd6099_z.jpg
Saad dunes by agarzai, on Flickr

taken in Saad, Saudi Arabia..

Very cool Duane Polcou. I'll look for some icicles like that here in Michigan.