Dodge Truck
Kodak 2D, 240mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, D-23
Dodge Truck
Kodak 2D, 240mm Fujinon A
5x7 HP5+, D-23
That looks nice Ken, nothing wrong with square LF images.
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I still have some trouble with the square format - the abruptly square geometry seems to distract my eye. I bet it's just that I'm not use to seeing it. Dunno; maybe hereditary? Great image though. Ken could it be divided D-23? Hefty contrast - probably not divided.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
I don't recall cropping any of my 4x5s to square, but I would if they seemed to work that way.
I was somewhat surprised after getting a Yashica Mat 124 that I liked the square format and found it seemed to naturally fit a lot of my photos. I suppose not seeing that in LF is just a consequence of having the rectangular image presented on the ground glass, and I began to "see" in squares when I had a camera that presented the world to me that way.
Nice work, Ken! I love the tonality. This image calls for square.
Just D-23, not divided. (I found little difference between the two, so have ended up using just D-23 for around 6 months)Originally Posted by Nathan Potter
I just can't decide if I like square images or not: I go back and forth. That's why I thought it would be good to share/discuss.
This is about as close to square as I have ever cropped a LF image. Not sure why I shy away from the square format, could be that most of my subject matter lends itself better to a more panoramic perspective.
posting this to show you don't have to crop to get a square negative in LF...
"just" use the amazing Plaubel Makiflex, where you can get am adapter to LF, and this will give you square negatives (9x9cm)...
"Still Life"
(bromoil print)
Of course Gandolfi your image is so strong and with such perfect balance that the square format seems incidental. The more times I look at Kens image the less I'm distracted by the square; the grille and the lights form diagonal elements to the composition that eventually relieve the "squareness" of the format. Whoa, two splendid images there. Now for some reason I'm a bit more bothered with Scotts image in the square format.
Perhaps some of the problem is the subject matter and how we relate to it as a function of our life experiences. If the subject presses a button somewhere in our mind we are grabbed by it rather than the frame.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Wonderful image Gandolfi, whatever the means.
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