Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by Corran

Another nice one Nana! Sadly I know nothing about ImageShack.

Here's one I took last week. Linhof MT, Nikkor 90mm f/8 w/ polarizer and both a 4x and 8x ND filter, Velvia 100F and then converted it to b&w with a "virtual" red filter:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/...e-0079bwss.jpg

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Thanks, Brian, this photo of yours is stunning!

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Home made 4x5 camera, Schneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, 25A filter, Rodinal, Epson V700.

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Originally Posted by Corran

Another nice one Nana! Sadly I know nothing about ImageShack.

Here's one I took last week. Linhof MT, Nikkor 90mm f/8 w/ polarizer and both a 4x and 8x ND filter, Velvia 100F and then converted it to b&w with a "virtual" red filter:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/...e-0079bwss.jpg

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Love it awesome shot!!

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Originally Posted by Nana Sousa Dias

Attachment 119006

Home made 4x5 camera, Schneider SA 47 XL, Fomapan 100, 25A filter, Rodinal, Epson V700.

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love the light ,And the way you have controlled it in this image.

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Originally Posted by Gary Tarbert

love the light ,And the way you have controlled it in this image.

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Thanks, Gary.

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Originally Posted by StoneNYC

Are you using it in a 220 back? Remember that with normal will film there is backing paper for 120, so you have to use a 220 back which pressure plate sits closer to the film and therefore would keep it a little flatter or at least in theory that should help alleviate some of your issues.

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Good point! No, this was a 120 back, so a 220 back could be a solution.

Also, Corran, interesting that you haven't encountered this problem; I suspect working with old film could be part of the problem, as old film stock sometimes has the tendency to curl quite badly.

Kudos Mark, the third one is my favourite.

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Originally Posted by Mark G

Here are three photographs I took of a wall around a wood, I was using a home made Pinhole camera 5x4 f200 with a laser drilled pinhole in copper. I used Ilford FP4 rated at 100 and deved in HC110. the neg was then scanned on a flatbed . I Live in Cumbria, an area covered in dry stone walls. I have begun a project that I loosely call "Wood Wires & Wiggly Tin" but I will include some stone in that too. This is based on fences and walls around the rural areas of Cumbria. I used pinhole because it was what i was shooting at the time, but I do enjoy the uncertainty and the freedom of trying to frame an image that you can't actually see. Along with the vagueness of the exposure. (If in doubt expose longer.) it's a nice change from the precision of the studio camera.Anyway i hope you enjoy the pictures, Oh and yes I know they are a bit soft :D

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Thanks Nana and Gary. I'm not sure I didn't push the contrast too far.

koraks, I never thought about what Stone mentioned, with the backing paper. Maybe you could try taping some backing paper from an old 120 roll onto the pressure plate? I might try that as well, because it makes sense. I'm sure the DOF of the lens I used covered up any minute differences in focus plane but it wouldn't hurt to try it. That said, yeah might be the old film causing your problems.

Sunset in the Swamp.
Chamonix 45n1, Schneider 38XL, Velvia 50, square crop:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/...8mm-0084ss.jpg

A post-script to this one - I was out there pretty late so it was almost totally dark on the roughly mile-hike back to the car. What was weird and creepy was on the boardwalk handrail, when in the deepest part of the swamp woods, every 15-20 yards was a massive wolf spider (I think) that spanned 3-5 inches from end-to-end. They were just sitting on the handrail, almost evenly spaced. We saw 9 of these massive spiders. I think they've figured out the little lizards that live around here love to sprint down the handrail like it's a little road or something, so they just wait for a free meal. My girlfriend was freaking out so bad when I started pointing them out. The funny part was their coloring was almost perfectly matched to the handrail so they blended in. I've never seen anything like it.

Those colors. Those trees. Excellent! You must have done more with those trees, no? We don't get them like that around here with the lichen hanging down from the branches like that. Pity, really!

I'm contemplating putting some backing paper behind that 35mm film, but I'm still grieving because my little convenient plan fell apart: the setup I created with a saw and a file allowed me to use the film straight from the canister, no respooling required upon loading the film. Alas! ;)