Large Format Landscapes

[Michael Roberts]

#1 is awesome, Robert.

[Michael Roberts]

Lovely, calm sunrise/set, Alex! Great colors. Very nice compositional choices for what could have been a blank open expanse of water.

[Alex Menkov]

Lovely, calm sunrise/set, Alex! Great colors. Very nice compositional choices for what could have been a blank open expanse of water.

Thank you!

[Alex Menkov]

Another landscape and trees./ Toyo 45 CF, 210 and 240 mm lenses, Velvia 100 /.
3 (2).jpg 002 by Alex Menkov, on Flickr
5 by Alex Menkov, on Flickr

[lassethomas]

Lake Borka with Daune in the background. Northern Sweden.

Chamonix 45H-1 and Symmar S 150/5,6
Kodak Ektar 100 4x5

[Corran]

One of my latest prints, an 8x20 contact print on Ilford MGIV matte paper and toned in thiourea, matted to 12x24

Dead Palmettos, Gulf Island National Seashore
8x20 Korona / Deardorff, 305mm f/9 G-Claron, HP5+, HC-110 dil. H

[Steven Ruttenberg]

All very nice images It is late and I got work in the morning, good thing though or I would comment on all the images posted as of late.

[CreationBear]

matte paper

Definitely a photogenic understory in that part of the world--though I'm still waiting for an Eastern diamondback digesting a pocket gopher...he'd probably hold still enough for the LF treatment.

A question: as my mama said, de gustibus non est disputandum, but I'm curious if you prefer matte to glossy for these sorts of "busy" shots (or perhaps you just got a deal on those big sheets?)

[Corran]

I generally prefer matte (or semi-matte) papers. I just think they have more depth, and sometimes glossy looks chintzy. But on the flip-side, they can be very difficult to print on. Glossy seems more forgiving, especially in the shadows, which on matte needs to look a little thin out of the frame, even dry, to look just right on the wall.

I haven't thought too much about glossy vs. matte for certain subjects, though I could see an argument for, say, water or ice being a bit strange on matte, but everything has a bit of sheen once it's behind glass.

Another thing - my friend/mentor used to wax his matte prints. This is an old-school technique, and it looks amazing, giving the paper more of a semi-matte look. But it takes a looooong time and is quite a lot of work.

[CreationBear]

I just think they have more depth

Very interesting...thanks for elaborating. I guess it's probably a stretch to say a matte print is analogous to what the carbon print guys produce, but I could imagine a bit of texture couldn't hurt conveying this fractal, high-detail landscape.