Large Format Landscapes

[Rory_5244]

8x10 FP4+ with a borrowed Petzval lens.

[PaulRicciardi]

Rory, that last one is beautiful

[eddie]

just a quick scan from craters of the moon idaho.

i will print it later in the DR

8x10 chamonix. schneider 240 convertible at 240

[venchka]

These photos are totally intimidating. And inspiring.

On the one hand, I say to myelf, "Self, why bother? You will never be this good."

On the other hand, I say to myself, "Self, get out there and practice. Perhaps someday you will be almost this good."

[mandoman7]

These photos are totally intimidating. And inspiring.

On the one hand, I say to myelf, "Self, why bother? You will never be this good."

On the other hand, I say to myself, "Self, get out there and practice. Perhaps someday you will be almost this good."

The greats have that exact same discussion, believe me. Its part of the creative process. The "am I worthy?" discussion. Speaking as a musician, I can say that good players go through worse forms of that before important gigs. Its your mind playing games, essentially.

What differentiates artists is not whether they have those thoughts, but where they go from there.

JY

[venchka]

Thanks JY!

UP is the only way I can go from here.

[Steve Gledhill]

Ok then. Im waiting for the arrival of my first large format camera. Really looking forward to getting it, and then getting out into the landscape with it. But in the meantime I was just wandering if people could post up some of there favorite landscape shot on LF. Be it a large sweeping vista, or intimate details. Just really as a source of inspiration to myself when i get my camera and others like me, who cant wait to get out there with there new kit and shoot the land around them.

Thanks in advance, Edd

Edd,
You've had 147 replies to your original post. What do you think - have we inspired you? I've certainly enjoyed many of the submissions here.

[jvuokko]

Near Helsinki, Finland, two nights ago. Symmar 210mm f11 2 minutes. 4x5 HP5+.

[bspeed]

Thanks JY!

UP is the only way I can go from here.

You (we) just need to travel, hike, beat the brush back to find some inspiring locations.

then the clouds and weather have to cooperate
All of the sudden, I am very much wanting angry clouds in my pics.

[venchka]

Aye! Angry clouds. Angry sky. Angry weather. Works for me.