What did you compose at Waters Edge?

[md-photo]

Tachihara45-Nikkor135_5_6_TriX_320001 by Maryland Photos, on Flickr

Tachihara 4X5, Nikkor-W 135 f5.6, Tri-X 320 developed in HC-110

[jemery]

I agree - I am very disappointed in my Intrepid 4X5, but I guess it is what it is

You definitely get what you pay for. For me, the Intrepid 4x5 was a great educational tool. I took some good photos with it and got into large format using it. But once I used a higher quality camera, its deficiencies really came to light.

[Gabe]

You definitely get what you pay for.

It was ever thus.

[johnmsanderson]

Great composition and colours !
Gursky's Rhine II pops out in my memory immediately
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...hine-ii-p78372

High praise! Thanks. That work influenced me a lot in embracing the "horizontal"/"lateral" of the railroad tracks. Of course color field painting too.

[kevinjp]

Backwater along Cliff Drive in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.

Toyo 45AII, Fujinon CM-W 150mm, Ilford FP4+



Backwater by Kevin Pihlaja, on Flickr

[John Olsen]

Kevin, Your "Backwater" is very nice. Congrats.

[kevinjp]

Thanks John!

[jemery]

I took this photograph along Minnesota's wonderful North Shore, one of my favorite places on earth, this past August. The water levels were dangerously low, but that worked as a blessing for me, since it gave me the opportunity to photograph the North Shore's many waterfalls from angles that are typically inaccessible.

Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Fujinon 135mm @ f/32
Exposure: 2 seconds
Film: Ilford Delta 100
Printed on Ilford glossy fiber paper, neutral tone

[speedfreak]

John, what an amazing photograph! So many details are just perfect. The layers of depth of course are what jump out, but the way the grass is cut, the lonely small trees both in the foreground and the grass, the linear elements found everywhere, and really this almost perfectly constructed utopia on one side on the river with the wilds beyond. The light, the sky, it all works so damn well. A master piece in my eyes. I'm sure you're very proud of this one!
I followed your last road trip and it's all so inspiring. The ups and downs day to day certainly paid off!

House Along the Ohio River, November 2021

Arca Swiss 8x10
E100G
Rodenstock Sironar 210mm W

[SeanAmadio]

Edro III Shipwreck, Cyprus by Sean Amadio
Chamonix 45F-2, 150mm Nikkor f/5.6 @ f32, 3min, Portra 160