Large Format Landscapes

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nana, very nice images, as usual. The first seascape is excellent.

Thank you very much.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nana, but are very nice images. Wonderful tones in the second, very rich. The first does not look like a 47mm to my eye, if your homemade is a 4x5. To me it has much more of a normal perspective. Real fine image either way.

Thank you, Harley.

In fact, that's the lens I'm shooting more with for landscape photography, nowadays. The camera is 4x5". This lens corresponds to a 12mm, it's 120º wide.
I made this camera with fixed focus wich I fixed on about 9 ft, actually, 2,80 mt, wich is the hiperfocal distance for f8, for this lens and 4x5 format. That results in a DOF from 3ft to infinity at f22, the aperture I use with this camera mostly.

I equiped the camera with external viewfinder, as long as a groundglass wich I rarely use.
This turned out to be very adequate for seascape photography, wich I shoot the most.
The camera is very fast to operate, I just have to fix aperture and shutter speed, insert a film holder, go to the spot, compose with the external viewfinder, shoot, and run fast. I usually shoot during autumn winter and spring and here, where I live, sea isn´t flat at that time of the year. You can see it here, this was shot in 2011, 80 miles from where I live, it's a about 98 ft high wave...although, I've never seen a wave this big, fortunatelly!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ubctGE3Vc

some photos of my camera...

[vinny]

Larks Lake, Michigan 135mm nikkor, fp4, kentmere fineprint.

sandy 2-track by vinnywalsh.com, on Flickr

[Vaughn]

I like this, Vinny. Do those deep black have a texture to them in the print, or did you let them go pure black? (I can see more in the blacks on the Flicker image)?

Vaughn

[vinny]

I like this, Vinny. Do those deep black have a texture to them in the print, or did you let them go pure black? (I can see more in the blacks on the Flicker image)?

Vaughn

The print has a bit of detail but I did print it pretty dark.

[Vaughn]

it gives the eye a good reason to travel quickly up the road to the light at the end. Well done!

Vaughn

[Edward (Halifax,NS)]

Home made 4x5" camera, Schneider Super Angulon 47mm XL, Tmax 100, yellow filter, V700.

This is an amazing seascape. Someday I hope to make images as fine!!

[Holdenrichards]

Home made 4x5" camera, Schneider Super Angulon 47mm XL, Tmax 100, yellow filter, V700.

Really so very very beautiful. I really enjoy your images

[dave_whatever]

I was just looking back at some shots from a couple of years back where we had a very snowy winter, in contrast to this january where we've already had 12degrees and its forecast to be warm again this week. I\m not sure if I've posted this before, apologies if so:



Velvia 4x5. Can't remember if the lens was a 90 or 150. Maybe 150 Symmar-s. No filters on this one.

[EOTS]

Awesome, dave!!
Love the side lighting and the "snake-like water flow" (sorry, don't know how to express this exactly in English ;-) )

Greetings,