Large Format Landscapes

[Meekyman]

Thanks Fagrid and Louis!

Graham

[Meekyman]

Some more autumnal images from the Scottish Highlands, this time around the Glencoe area and in colour!

Backlit Birches, Kinlochleven

Chamonix 045N-2, Nikon 300mm f9@f22 and 1/3, 1/2s, Kodak Ektar 100, Epson V700 scan and colourperfect/lightroom processing.

Scoop! Allt a'Chaorainn river, Glen Etive

Chamonix 045N-2, Rodenstock 135mm f5.6@f22 and 1/3, 1/4s, Fuji Provia 100F, 1.5 stop hard ND grad filter, Epson V700 scan and capture nx2/lightroom processing.

Misty Loch Leven,

Chamonix 045N-2, Rodenstock 135mm f5.6@f16, 8s, Fuji Velvia 50, 2 stop hard ND and 1 stop soft grad filter, Epson V700 scan and capture nx2/lightroom processing.

Silver Birches, Glen Etive

Chamonix 045N-2, Nikon 300mm f9@f22, 12s, Fuji Velvia 50, Epson V700 scan and capture NX2/lightroom processing.

[Keith Fleming]

Meekyman,

I really like the black &white image of An Tudair. I do recommend some consideration to cropping off the bottom up to the rock on the right. I believe it would give an increased sense of depth, and the eye would naturally travel from the right tree to the left one, and then up the valley in the distance.

Keith

[Corran]

I took this image a while ago but just developed it. I posted the b&w one previously, but I decided to shoot a sheet of color as well. However, I discovered my Linhof film holders didn't fit the Mercury 4x5 camera properly, so I just kinda held the holder up to the back and gave it a go. Worked well enough (a tiny light leak in the corner, easily fixed in PS). I need to shoot more color here, as the earthy tones in the fog and misty morning light were quite nice.

Indian Shell Mounds Park
Dauphin Island, Alabama
Mercury 4x5, 47mm XL, Portra 160VC:

[CreationBear]

I need to shoot more color here, as the earthy tones in the fog and misty morning light were quite nice.

Very nice--I like the color version better...the olive drab of the palmettos reminds me of a movie still from "Platoon."

At any rate, a question about shooting color under canopy--what's the minimum average EV in the scene where you don't have to worry about crushing your shadows? Or is there a push/pull analog to the Zone system that you bring to darker scenes that keeps you out of the event horizon?

[Corran]

Shooting color negative, just make sure you give the shadows proper exposure and don't worry too much about the highlights (but if shooting something like sunset with a horizon line, I still think a graduated neutral density filter is essential, even for negative film). Slide film is another ball of wax entirely.

My photo here is a little underexposed for my liking, but it's not that far off.

Some folks like to really overexpose color neg film but I'm not into that. It's pretty flexible though.

[John Layton]

Nice one Bryan...very primeval feeling about this - like there must be a T-Rex lurking about!

[Corran]

Thanks! An alligator is close enough to a T-Rex...

[tuco]

Indian Shell Mounds Park
Dauphin Island, Alabama
Mercury 4x5, 47mm XL, Portra 160VC:

Nice Bryan. Me too, it feels like I should be looking for a dinosaur or something in the scene.

[SergeyT]

>> Some folks like to really overexpose color neg film
It is almost impossible to do that