Large Format Landscapes

[Alan Klein]

Meeky: Very nice shots. Conversion looks great from color. Nice tones. Contrast. Clear. Pretty scene.

[kevinjp]

A couple of nice images Meekyman! I gave you a follow on flickr.

[otto.f]

Meeky: Very nice shots. Conversion looks great from color. Nice tones. Contrast. Clear. Pretty scene.

+1!! Especially the second has a wonderful depth in it, I guess through a combination of the slope upward and the diminishing depth of field.

[Meekyman]

Thanks Alan, Kevin and Otto!

Otto - maybe. I don't tend to analyse my images too much (not that clever!), but I am drawn to certain features/shapes and I like the second photo more. It has a nice bottom left lead-in curve, loads of triangular shapes going on (riverbed, waterfall bit and the mountain) and that's what attracted me to the scene.

Cheers

Graham

[mono]

Graham,
I like both of them ... perhaps the second one a little bit more ... we have been there, too!
A lovely place!

[otto.f]

Thanks Alan, Kevin and Otto!

Otto - maybe. I don't tend to analyse my images too much (not that clever!), but I am drawn to certain features/shapes and I like the second photo more. It has a nice bottom left lead-in curve, loads of triangular shapes going on (riverbed, waterfall bit and the mountain) and that's what attracted me to the scene.

Cheers

Graham

Yes that’s how I work too, photography is and has to stay intuitive I think, but one can still speculate about why it worked out so well. I never saw such a sharp positive from a color negative btw.

[Meekyman]

Yes that’s how I work too, photography is and has to stay intuitive I think, but one can still speculate about why it worked out so well.

+1, 100%!

I never saw such a sharp positive from a color negative btw.

I take that as a compliment!! It's just a flatbed Epson V700 scan. I use a "Betterscanning" glass plate and holder (not sure if they're still in business) and calibrated some years back to get the best sharpness. I read around a lot about getting the best from a scanner. So, I scan at 6400 dpi and then scale back by a factor of 3 in the raw scan. To be honest I'm not sure of the reasons behind that, some years back that I read about it. I have a good tripod with speared feet and good head to hold the camera - sure that helps immensely.

Cheers

Graham

[Chris7521]

Along the North River 7/2020 , Marshfield, Massachusetts
Chamonix 045N-2
cm fujinon w 125mm f56
Ilford Delta 100

Marshfield, Massachusetts by Chris, on Flickr

[Ben Calwell]

Along the North River 7/2020 , Marshfield, Massachusetts
Chamonix 045N-2
cm fujinon w 125mm f56
Ilford Delta 100


Marshfield, Massachusetts by Chris, on Flickr

That’s a lovely photograph. I love the quality of light.

[GRAYnomad]

Image #00150

"Millennium Dawn"
Point Arkwright, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

This photo nearly didn't happen. I had been wandering around after taking another photo and, as was my custom, left the camera on the tripod with the lot slung over my shoulder.

When I saw this image I set everything up then went to open the shutter to compose the image on the ground glass...no cable release (my super-angulon has an old shutter that requires the shutter to be set to B and held open with the cable release).

I retraced my steps for what must have been about 15 minutes but to no avail. The cable release was nowhere to be seen. Needless to say I was upset but chalked it up to experience and resolved to carry a spare in future.

I packed up the equipment, folded the tripod, shouldered my backpack, bent over to pick up my jacket, and there it was. The release was in a small crack quite literally under my feet.

Naturally by now the sun was higher than when I first saw the shot but with the cloud it didn't really matter although the brightness range is quite extreme with 1200% extra exposure required in some parts of the sky.


Camera :: Tachihara 5x4 field camera
Lens :: 90mm f5.6 Schnieder Super Angulon
Exposure :: 10sec
Aperture :: f64