Large Format Landscapes

[ajmiller]

Thanks Vaughn, I appreciate your comment.

I am appreciating your composition, Tony. Instead of being a stable centered image with ones eye always sliding comfortably down the path (demonstrated by cropping off some of the left to make it a square image). My eyes always have to deal with the trees on the left before being able to go down the path. It creates a little visual tension and makes the image more active and interesting. My eyes get drawn down the path, but are constantly returning to the white trees on the left before going down the path again.

[John Layton]

Love this image Tony...how the path is at once inviting and yet becoming mysterious in its eventual occlusion near what the perspective hints at as a horizon. Makes me want to put on my walking shoes!

[ajmiller]

Thank you John, it’s a great place for a walk!

Love this image Tony...how the path is at once inviting and yet becoming mysterious in its eventual occlusion near what the perspective hints at as a horizon. Makes me want to put on my walking shoes!

[tgtaylor]

Intrepid 4x5 camera, Caltar 150mm lens, Fomapan 200, HC-110.

A perfect subject for b&w. Bravo!

[fly fisher]

LOVE IT ! Hope you printed it on good paper

[newtorf]

Thank you! It indeed is a perfect subject with perfect cloudy weather.

A perfect subject for b&w. Bravo!

[Joe O'Hara]

Near Hampton

From earlier this week. I used a 23A medium red filter to balance out the tone in the sky. This is a nice time of year to visit areas like this: The soil (this is essentially floodplain near the upper Batsto River) is drier, and mercifully, there are no bugs.

[Ulophot]

Very lyrical, Joe.

[fly fisher]

Hi everyone,
Using my 4X5 slows every thing way down and makes me stop, look ,listen and think about good composition and exposures and wait for the light to be just right. LF is not for lever snappers or motor drivers. When I do get out into landscape work , I only bring two or three film holders my 8 1/2 and 3 1/2 in. lenses and a Gossen Pilot 2 meter. Everything including a thermos fits into an old Boy Scout Knap Sack. Sometimes I include a Mamiya C330 F with one roll of B&W film for longer outings.

[newtorf]

Oak tree in someone's backyard. Intrepid 4x5 camera, Nikkor 210mm f/5.6 lens, Fomapan 200, HC-110.