Large Format Landscapes

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Originally Posted by Corran

Color shot of the above. I tried an interesting Photoshop technique here. The sunlight hitting the rapids area was really intense, and as expected it blew the highlights out. I should've pulled the development a bit but I went with it. Anyway, I took the b&w version, overlaid it, and then changed the blend mode to "Linear Burn." Then I used a layer mask to basically burn in the highlight areas using the tone of the b&w image. A slight color layer to pull in some color to the highlights and it's finished. Looks fairly proper, or, what do you think?

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/...-2190-e1ss.jpg

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Looks really good, perhaps a little too much on the "clarity" or "sharpen" slider(s) but looks good.

Now try it in the darkroom ;)

No sliders here. And we both know printing chromes in the darkroom is pretty much a thing of the past...

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Originally Posted by Corran

Went canoeing in some of the wild areas of Florida. This is Turkett Falls on the Alapahoochee River:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/...aha-2110ss.jpg

Here is a rapids area along the Dead River:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/...aha-2114ss.jpg

Both taken with my Chamonix 45n1, 90mm f/6.8 Angulon, on T-Max 100, developed in Acufine.

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nice work. I saw the color image which works as well, but now that I know what the details in the shadows are, I think I prefer the Tmax image.

Thanks, and yes I agree.

I've wondered before about using a center filter in such a situation, even though it's not "needed" technically, to try to balance a hot-spot of light in the center of an image. Not that I had my CF with me anyway...

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Originally Posted by Corran

Color shot of the above. I tried an interesting Photoshop technique here. The sunlight hitting the rapids area was really intense, and as expected it blew the highlights out. I should've pulled the development a bit but I went with it. Anyway, I took the b&w version, overlaid it, and then changed the blend mode to "Linear Burn." Then I used a layer mask to basically burn in the highlight areas using the tone of the b&w image. A slight color layer to pull in some color to the highlights and it's finished. Looks fairly proper, or, what do you think?

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/...-2190-e1ss.jpg

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That's a great technique. I'll bet it would work even better with a color neg. That could save the shadows too.

Or just shoot the color neg instead? ;)
I had some with me, so I should've done that as well, for comparison at least.

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Originally Posted by Corran

Or just shoot the color neg instead? ;)
I had some with me, so I should've done that as well, for comparison at least.

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Yes but I thought the idea was you prefer the look of chromes. If so then shooting a color neg also could save both highlight and shadow detail... but so could shooting two or three chromes at different exposures.:)

Right! I have tried that in the past (multiple chromes) with mixed success. Since I develop myself I am still experimenting with pulling development (in either the first developer or color developer, or both) for increased DR. I have a love/hate relationship with negatives. Sometimes they work really well. This probably would've been one of those times.

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Originally Posted by sdzsdz

Thank you everybody, much apreciated!

Here are two more, the places, time and equipment are written down in extension in below the images on flickr.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/...c9ce0b7a_b.jpgKillarny 1 by Sebastian Dziuba, auf Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3747/...05e92ed3_b.jpgDark Hedges 1 by Sebastian Dziuba, auf Flickr

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Some really lovely work in here right now, but love these particularly!!

Here are a few new ones! C&C welcome.

http://bainesphoto.com/files/gimgs/36_ir-red-1.jpg
Mount Rainier from Tolmie Peak.
Wista 45vx, Nikkor-W 90mm f/8 @f/22. Rollei “Infrared” film. Deep red filter. 1/30 IIRC. Photo of fiber print by Blue Moon Camera and Machine in Portland OR

http://bainesphoto.com/files/gimgs/36_rainier-1_v2.jpg
Comet Falls
Mount Rainier National Park
Wista 45vx, Nikkor-w 90mm f/8 @f/22. Yellow filter. Small front tilt. FP4+ rated at 80, 8 second exposure. Photo of fiber print by Blue Moon Camera & Machine Lab in Portland, OR.