Thanks Alan.Originally Posted by Alan Klein
Thanks Alan.
Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/210, Portra 400, square crop.
Really love this Gabe, detail over the entire image! I just keep looking...
I own the gear, but those don't make masterpieces. My everyday experience.
Many thanks.
The compositional elements obviously precluded using any tilt, so I had to stop down to f45 for this one. Even at this aperture the extreme background/foreground elements aren't quite pin-sharp, but I didn't want to lose any more to diffraction by stopping down further, and it was also quite windy that day so I also needed to avoid motion blur of the foreground flowers & foliage. Ah, the joys of compromise
To be honest though this is just my inner perfectionist talking, and the "problem" wouldn't really be noticeable unless noseing a 40" print.
Bosham Harbour at Sunset by Toby Key, on Flickr
I have revisited this scene a few times over lock down trying to get the definitive image and also using it as my test location for trying different films and filters under different conditions. This was shot on 4x5 with a 210mm APO Symmar @ f32. Film was FP4+ with a red filter.
Linhof V
Schneider 90/f8
Ilford delta 100
HC 110
Up the Skagit River expecting big runoff flow, but the dams weren't releasing much, so I scrambled around in the gorge to find some smaller flow. TriX with yellow filter, 150mm lens, scanned from print.
[IMG]N9B Flkr by John Olsen, on Flickr[/IMG]
Doing more 5x7 work now
2D9A6337 by Robert Brewster, on Flickr
Im Not Here by Paul Fitz, on Flickr
Darkroom print. Ilford rc grade 2, dodge and burn, selenium, bleach, refix, agfa brown.
double exposure
orange filter
4x5 hp5 in d76
linhof technica 3, 150mm lens.
Back out into the woods, definitely my happy place....
Chamonix F1, Fujinon W 180mm f5.6, Tmax 100, Yellow Green filter, PMK pyro
f22 1s
Hundred acre woods, Hampshire, UK.
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