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Here is a post card I printed of a lunar eclipse gone wrong (5x7 neg contacted onto post card paper). The post card was taped to my office door for a few years.

Tri-X, 5x7, 28" (710mm) lens,...

And perhaps Holly Roberts...:cool:

I mailed off a Graphic View II off in its very nice case -- created a cardboard box around it...lots of tape. Not a lot of added weight and it arrived safely.

We are getting to be an old crowd...

West Coast Photography vs Surrealism. Film at 11.

Exactly -- it can be miserable, but we still enjoy it.

As a climber put it..."No one climbs Everest for fun."

How about "photography can be down right miserable."
Great experiences and memories, but times that were in no way, fun.

The average National Park visitors are in awe of LF cameras....they'll line up to be able to have a turn under the darkcloth. During my AIR in Zion NP, some of the most appreciative comments I got...

I think a lot has to do with how one approaches making images. Using only one lens per format for decades has trained me to make the most of my lens decisions prior to determining where the camera...

Yeah -- some folks seem to be sliding into sarcasm, but I'm going with what the OP asked for -- one's own beliefs/opinions about LF that are not popular with other LF'ers. 150mm on 4x5 is sweet.
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Sounds like a good exploratory trip.

Last time I was in that area I hitch-hiked through in 1976...spent 4th of July in Forks, WA. They would not let this hippy into the square dance hall,...

That's unpopular?! Certainly not with the "Every photograph is a self-portrait" crowd! (waving my hand amongst the redwoods)

To a greater or lesser degree, what does every photograph of a female...

Ah, but composing is opening one's senses up to nature at its fullest, and every moment is divisive. Whoops, decisive. Where's Freud?

I like to judge my placement of the plane of focus by watching the change in DoF on the GG as I close the aperture down -- tough to do when I use my 600mm!

Your processing practices (single tray)...

One warm December day, I decided to stay out and photograph the rising lunar eclipse in Saguaro National Park while wearing shorts and a light shirt. The wool cap I kept stashed in my camera bag, my...

Put a piece of photo paper in each side and test for leaks. They might be fine. The light traps (felt) are robust in those. akeas' idea sounds like something easy to give a go.

As are focus cloths, meters in general, tripod heads, loupes, and lens shades. And usually the photographer...

Fun video! One finds methods of working with a process to fit the size and type of space one has to work in.

Any lens longer than 600mm and you'll need longer arms!

You're welcome! :cool: My printing process (single transfer carbons) also reverses the image so I need to be aware of that when working with the image on the GG. I mentally flip the image around an...

I like this. If one says 150mm, others will say vanilla. Not a popular 4x5 focal length, but should be.

Congrats!
I might head up to Washington in June -- possibly head back south on 97. If it happens, I'll let you know!

I took another look at your images -- those rocks in the ocean looked...

With exceptions, of course. And I would prefer 'equaled' rather than 'matched'. The quality is as high, but different.

If the OP's question was about one's most biased opinion, mine would be that...

I mailed off a beautiful Graphic View II to a member for the postage. It was given to me and it was a shame it was not being used.

I learned 4x5 with rail cameras. A Graphic View, a Linhof and...

Yes, I see. I have a 5x7 Eastman View No.2. I have the sliding block they were designed with that helps to balance them easier (and stiffens up the camera at the hinge).

Depending on the camera, it might be possible to move both the back and the front standard forward on the camera base. This moves the lens forward relative to the camera base and gets the base out of...

That is an image of the bed of your camera.

The front of the bed of the camera extended into the image area -- must have been a wide-angle lens.

Actually this sounds similar to the images that can be created in single transfer carbon prints. My images have a raised relief, where the image is made of "greek columns" of pigmented gelatin. The...

Never read the book, never heard of such corrections. Not the typical resiprocity failure. If anything those short shutter speeds are more likely to be off...and if anything slightly longer than dial...

Great image, Corran. The well placed depth of field stands the Volunteers out in the field.

Also it looks like they are waiting for someone to volunteer to open that keg of beer.

I have the FujiW 360/6.3. It's a heavy lens to be sure, but any 11x14 worth its salt can handle it. At infinity, I find I need to use it at f16 or smaller aperture to get the corners in...

There is the difference between a contact print and an enlargement. Simple enough. A small difference for some people, a big difference for some, and of course, no diff to others.

I often use my...

Very cool!

A second tripod for the umbrella...a nice big golf style if there is no wind.

I have a VW Eurovan with a large lift-up door on the back. I have set the camera under it during rain (waiting for...

I didn't know the words "Large Format" were of any great significance until I joined the LFPF. :cool:

PS...as I aged and increased in girth, I slowly went from Rolleiflex to 4x5 and onward to...

Wonderful image -- and many images within the larger one. The limb on the right where it almost touches the water is magical...full of energy.

Ah, the urban landscape.

Rust never sleeps

Yeah, but not just landscape.

God dang parking lot snuck into my photo -- and worse, two people were walking in the parking lot!

Or wonderfully conceived, depends on one's POV. :cool:

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Just went through the seven portfolios AA produced over his career. I assume he picked images that were very important to...

Actually, my response was on the same level as your 'thrust'. Which was my response's semi-humorous point. People have been working with the landscape of nature and with the landscape of the human...

And photographers keep making the exact same head-and-shoulder images of people over and over and over and over again. What a strange compulsion.

Photographs of people on the street, over and over...