Large Format Landscapes

[Jiri Vasina]

Colorado CJ, thanks.

Yes, I did use some swing on the left side (on the left I wanted the foreground in focus, but on the right the trees, the main point of focus are farther...) and a bit of front tilt. But it's also the property of the lens used. I don't know the exact coverage of the lens or what format it was intended for (I think it was HalfPlate), so using it on 5×8" sheet might be a bit taxing - it does light the whole format, but the edges might be out of sharp coverage. This photo was taken at f/11.

This was more of a lens trial shot - first I made a similar composition with (my preferred) Xenar 210mm, but this "test shot" from the Schiffel 180mm lens works better. I had to step some 1.5m or 2m up the stream for the 180mm lens composition and the perspective is better.

Jiri

[Jmarmck]

Sentinel Mesa, Monument Valley, AZ
Horseman 450 Nikon 4.5/90, 1/4 sec @ f22, TMX@100, HC-110 1:31,
Sentinal Mesa by jmarmck, on Flickr

[fishbulb]

Very nice shot Marty. Excellent depth of field control and layering of the composition.

[Jmarmck]

Thanks fishbulb! This was the first stop in Monument Valley. I was hopping for an earlier sunrise shot but I got interrupted by a local wanting to take me on a tour of the "restricted" regions. I saw those regions from a distance. There is a very interesting looking hogback in that direction. But I was not interested enough to pay his fee. There was plenty of other things to photograph.

[Andrew Plume]

Marty, Hi

that's very very good Sir

regards

andrew

[Myxine]

Hey Marty, I really like it as well! Love the contrast and the textures on rocks

[blue4130]

Starting to get the hang of these big cameras, maybe...
Somewhere north of Beijing.
Nagaoka 4x5, Sironar 210 5.6, Shanghai 100 ASA, Kodak d76 1:1 for 15 minutes.

[StoneNYC]

Starting to get the hang of these big cameras, maybe...
Somewhere north of Beijing.
Nagaoka 4x5, Sironar 210 5.6, Shanghai 100 ASA, Kodak d76 1:1 for 15 minutes.

Nice, Nagaoka? Hmm I feel like I should know that brand, is that the custom made one that is a one man operation who makes Increadibly precise models custom?

Love the perspective, never be able to attack that wall from this spot

[fishbulb]

Nice, Nagaoka? Hmm I feel like I should know that brand, is that the custom made one that is a one man operation who makes Increadibly precise models custom?

Yes, sort of =) here is more info and some pictures: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...n-his-workshop

[Robert Langham]

Bristlecone Pine tangle in the White Mountains above Bishop, California. 1999.
5X7 and HP5.