Large Format Landscapes

[MichaelPRyan]

I am in FL and I asked the same question about Clyde Butcher and I have come to the conclusion that I bring a different perspective. Everyone sees different. My cousin lives in Pas, MI and yes there are some great locations there. If you go just a bit east on route 90 out of Pas, there is a place called Gulf Coast Gator Ranch and Tours and they'll take you out on an airboat into the bayous. Very very cool.

Thanks CB. Lately I have been thinking that there are an awful lot of good photographers down in Florida, shooting large format no less, so what am I bringing to the table that isn't already being done by the likes of Clyde Butcher, John Brady, etc.? But south Mississippi - there's a huge, beautiful area that seems ripe for the picking. The Pascagoula River watershed is a truly spectacular area.

I just need a boat.

[chassis]

Dead Palmettos

Bryan, this is great. It has a feeling of light.

[Corran]

Thanks chassis!

Michael, I agree with you. We all have (or try I think) to have differing perspectives, regardless of photographing the same landscapes sometimes. However I think there's something to be said for exploring and photographing a place without preconceptions, intentional or not, which is easier when it's a new place and you haven't been seeing images from and being inspired by a LF photographer of that landscape, as I have been with Clyde's (and others') work.

[orgraph]

Early Morning, Shepard State Park - Gautier, Mississippi

Summers in Mississippi bring lots of rain, and consequently lots of humidity. When I take my lenses out first thing, they instantly fog up from the humidity compared to my car. I wipe them down and get to shooting. I've often thought it would be interesting to see how they image with the fogged glass. This time, I guess the inside surface was also very foggy or re-fogged and so I got my test, unintentionally. I like the result.

Mercury 4x5, 47mm XL, TMX, FX-39:

Like!

[Holdenrichards]

Gulf Islands National Seashore - Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Korona/Deardorff 8x20, 305mm f/9 G-Claron, Ilford HP5+, HC-110 dil. H, 10:00 @ 21C

Beautiful...

[Frischbild]

Aguoglia d’Es-cha, canton of Grisons, Switzerland





Chamonix H1, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm/f4.5, Kodak Ektar 100, Tetenal C-41

[Jim Jones]

Frischbild, Welcome to LFP site. Your shot is a great introduction.

[jon.oman]

Aguoglia d’Es-cha, canton of Grisons, Switzerland





Chamonix H1, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm/f4.5, Kodak Ektar 100, Tetenal C-41

Very nice!

[David Hedley]

Bravo, Frischbild!

[Corran]

Thank you orgraph and Holden.

Nice image of Switzerland Frischbild. The rocks in the lower corners make the composition, for me.