Large Format Landscapes

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I like the trees and the farm house. Both are great Steve

[scm]

I like the trees and the farm house. Both are great Steve

Thank you!

[scm]

That is a stunning photo. If possible, can you give us a bit more info about how image was made? If this is a print, can you say a few words about the paper, toning, etc. Thanks in advance.

Thank you, Don!

I remember the day I took this photo, it was in the Spring of 1987 and it was the first and last time I ever went with another photographer with the intention of doing some shooting. I was using my Gowland Pocket View 4x5 that day with a Fujinon 150mm/5.6 lens, my film of choice at the time was Kodak HIE (infrared). I wish that I would have made an exposure or two with a regular pan film, if only to see how it would be different.

What I don't remember is why I didn't ever make a print of this in the darkroom, as I was printing most everyday back then. I didn't even scan it until 2012, more than fifteen years after I started digitizing my collection.

So, the only prints that I have made from this negative are digital but my approach in scanning, editing and printing digitally is heavily based on all of those hours I spent in the darkroom, I don't think that is any way that it couldn't be. I would go so far as to say that just about anyone who is producing high quality digital prints learned in the darkroom first.

Anyway, "rediscovering" this negative really was a gift, I consider it one of my all time best images.

[Don Ciccone]

Thanks for the info, I was wondering if you used infrared film. Personally, I don't think it matters whether the print is "digital" or analog, either way it's a really great photo.

[scm]

Pahreah, UT - Eastman Commercial View - 14" Ektar - HP5+

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Pahreah, UT - Eastman Commercial View - 14" Ektar - HP5+

Which road is this off of? Nice image. I was there a few months ago, but didn't get any images.

[aaronnate]

Pahreah, UT - Eastman Commercial View - 14" Ektar - HP5+

Very nice what filter did you use. I tend to favor the orange.

I once had an argument with someone regarding the contrast range of the Pahreah area. I was photographing, and he was telling me I was wasting my time. he swore up and down that everything would look the same, and makes for muddy ugly BW photographs. He then got in his car and left.

[scm]

Which road is this off of? Nice image. I was there a few months ago, but didn't get any images.

Thanks, Steven.

This area is North of Highway 89, the road cuts off about 20 miles east of Kanab

[scm]

Very nice what filter did you use. I tend to favor the orange.

I once had an argument with someone regarding the contrast range of the Pahreah area. I was photographing, and he was telling me I was wasting my time. he swore up and down that everything would look the same, and makes for muddy ugly BW photographs. He then got in his car and left.

Thanks you! I used to take a number of shots with different filters (but 8x10 Tmax was around $55 for a 25 sheet box back then) and found that a middle green did about what I wanted with the red rock; it moderately darkens the sky and darkens and separates the red and orange colors.

[md-photo]

Nice striated landscape in Utah!