Well done. Love the desert!Originally Posted by Reinhold Schable
Juniper tree & Dry Lake.
Washoe County, Nevada
. . Juniper Tree. Nevada by Reinhold S., on Flickr
Neg# NVGE 108. 4x5 Tachihara, 135mm, O2 filter, PXP film, 1986
More Trees & More... https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287...57691611431345
Reinhold
Speed graphic and Aero Ektar, tmy2 in pyrocat hdc.
img648 by Jason Philbrook, on Flickr
Compares nicely with the small format at 50mm version: https://flic.kr/p/2boP2u8
I have a Portra 4x5 of this I have to get developed at some point too. Perhaps the best is yet to come.
And one more with AE, tmy2. I think I like this photo and might print it! (See it bigger in flickr)
img650 by Jason Philbrook, on Flickr
I thought this was a negative image at first. Pretty trippy looking, almost like there is solarization on the bottom half.'tis the season.
Actually, just another test session, this time with the 270/5.5 Tele-Arton on my Horseman HF. (FP4+ in Pyrocat HD.)
I was looking for some things to visit on Dauphin Island, Alabama a couple weeks ago and found a small public park called Indian Shell Mound Park. The rain was constant around this time on the gulf coast but I was able to make it there when it wasn't raining too hard. The park was gorgeous and had some amazing live oak trees. Here's one:
Chamonix 45n1, 58mm XL, TMX, Rodinal 1:50
I keep waiting to hear back from the Knox County Tourist Bureau...(FWIW, the strip of scrub in the foreground was catching a lot of sun as it set behind the knob, while the cedars and post oak along what no doubt was an old fence row was half in shade. Definitely want to do a proper scan or print to see what's really there in the negative...)
Otherwise, I keep admiring your ability to take a picture of a live oak--great trees. (It's a wonder, really, that any survived the Age of Sail, since their curvy limbs were so vital for constructing knee braces.)
Given the herpetofauna of that part of the world, I'm not sure I'd make a habit of getting that low...sometimes it's better not to know.
Actually, that shot does raise a question I had: let's say that there's a tree growing on, say, a 20-degree slope in front of me. Given the typical understory, I have to set up the tripod relatively close to the trunk to get any shot at all, so that a "level" camera is pointed straight ahead at the roots. Since I don't have rear rise or fall, and not enough on the front standard
to get enough of the trunk in the frame to suit me, I incline the bed of the camera 20-degrees.
My question: what combination of movements would provide the least distortion of perspective? My guess is that tilting the rear standard forward so that it's parallel to the tree trunk would be a start?
CB - it's a fairly common practice to tilt both the front and rear standards forward while the camera is aimed upward to get more front rise out of the camera movements (assuming your lens / bellows can handle it). I've done it, maybe once or twice. Usually a bit of tilt (of the camera) doesn't disturb me too much, and can even enhance the image by giving a dizzying upward perspective, especially if the camera is very low.
[QUOTE=Corran;1477489]I've done it, maybe once or twice. Usually a bit of tilt (of the camera) doesn't disturb me too much, QUOTE]
Nice shot, though I'm not sure my cervical vertebrae would stand up to my own attempt...
At any rate, I'm glad to see I'm on the right track, though in this environment my own "non-photographic tool" list might include a come-along and a Husqvarna with a 24-inch bar.
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