Large Format Landscapes

[Corran]

Mangroves at Sunset - Lido Key, Florida
Intrepid 4x5 mk4, 72mm XL, T-Max 100, Pyrocat

I finally found a mangrove composition as the last light of the day filtered through the trees west, and discovered my cable release had fallen off sometime in the past hour. I scrambled around but the lens was on a Linhof board w/ QR so of course it doesn't work without the right release. So I put the lens cap on, setup my aperture, and loaded the film. I made the exposure with just the lens cap (15 seconds @f/22) and here is the result:

[Tin Can]

Like!

Never seen mangrove

Mangroves at Sunset - Lido Key, Florida
Intrepid 4x5 mk4, 72mm XL, T-Max 100, Pyrocat

I finally found a mangrove composition as the last light of the day filtered through the trees west, and discovered my cable release had fallen off sometime in the past hour. I scrambled around but the lens was on a Linhof board w/ QR so of course it doesn't work without the right release. So I put the lens cap on, setup my aperture, and loaded the film. I made the exposure with just the lens cap (15 seconds @f/22) and here is the result:

[Corran]

Thanks! They are hard to find. Not out in the open, they tend to be in really dense growth along small streams and tidal pools. You can do kayak tours among the mangroves but you can't exactly stop and shoot. I dove in to the undergrowth around a kayak rental place to find this scene. I'm only about 3 feet from the main body of the tree.

[Tin Can]

Looks like man catcher to me

[Alan Klein]

Never mind the panthers. What about the alligators?

[Corran]

Gators aren't too scary. We are much too large for them to bother for the most part, and this isn't their kind of environment (the mangrove area). I do keep an eye out though near water for sure. I've also noticed it's good to keep your eyes on them when you spot them - I've seen them creep closer whenever I intentionally turn my back for a minute!

A couple days ago we saw about 10 gators sunning, big ones, next to 20-30 vultures and other birds, egrets and ibises. They didn't bother the birds. Not much eating going on in winter.

[Alan Klein]

Gators aren't too scary. We are much too large for them to bother for the most part, and this isn't their kind of environment (the mangrove area). I do keep an eye out though near water for sure. I've also noticed it's good to keep your eyes on them when you spot them - I've seen them creep closer whenever I intentionally turn my back for a minute!

A couple days ago we saw about 10 gators sunning, big ones, next to 20-30 vultures and other birds, egrets and ibises. They didn't bother the birds. Not much eating going on in winter.

You just didn't see the birds they already ate before you got there.

[Corran]

First Light, Myakka Canopy Trail
Intrepid 4x5 mk.4, 72mm XL, TMX, Pyrocat

[Shailendra]

Ano Nuevo State Partk
Chamonix 4x10
Nikkor 210mm
Red 29 filter
Ilford Delta 100 @ f45


Ano Nuevo State Park by Shailendra Dhanoa, on Flickr

[Gary Beasley]

First Light, Myakka Canopy Trail
Intrepid 4x5 mk.4, 72mm XL, TMX, Pyrocat

Good light Bryan! I’m envious at how well you can pick out a scene from the busy mess mother nature hands us.